US Nationals 2010

[rowehessler]

hey tyson, i can most likely get St. Josephs college to sponsor the event for free. We have a nice gymnasium where the competitoin could maybe take place. It is huge and has probably the best lighting a venue can have. Also its about 10 minutes away from a bunch of hotels and macarthur airport in islip. My dad can definately pull some strings since hes an assistant dean there, and im a student.

 

[Tyson]

hey tyson, i can most likely get St. Josephs college to sponsor the event for free. We have a nice gymnasium where the competitoin could maybe take place. It is huge and has probably the best lighting a venue can have. Also its about 10 minutes away from a bunch of hotels and macarthur airport in islip. My dad can definately pull some strings since hes an assistant dean there, and im a student.

What about a school auditorium? Columbia University is probably a better choice, but yeah, I have no doubt you can pull some strings. I don't think people would fly into MacArthur, as opposed to JFK due to price. Does the school have an auditorium like the one we had at Stanford?

 

[masterofthebass]

What about a school auditorium? Columbia University is probably a better choice, but yeah, I have no doubt you can pull some strings. I don't think people would fly into MacArthur, as opposed to JFK due to price. Does the school have an auditorium like the one we had at Stanford?

I'd rather have a gym. It allows for tables in the audience, and usually less direct lighting. Perhaps we could get a large riser to put the 'stage' on, but I really think an auditorium isn't the most ideal setting for a competition. Chairs and tables are much nicer in my opinion.

 

[Mike Hughey]

What about a school auditorium? Columbia University is probably a better choice, but yeah, I have no doubt you can pull some strings. I don't think people would fly into MacArthur, as opposed to JFK due to price. Does the school have an auditorium like the one we had at Stanford?

I'd rather have a gym. It allows for tables in the audience, and usually less direct lighting. Perhaps we could get a large riser to put the 'stage' on, but I really think an auditorium isn't the most ideal setting for a competition. Chairs and tables are much nicer in my opinion.

I agree with this. I know that it seems like a stage is nice for spectators, but it always seems like the day is so much more enjoyable at competitions that are not held in auditoriums. Auditoriums discourage socializing, while big open rooms and tables for the audience encourage it.

 

[Paul Wagner]

You don't necessarily need to fly into MacArthur because in Islip there is a train station on the LIRR so you can fly into JFK and get onto the AirTrain from JFK to Jamaica, then transfer onto the Hicksville Branch on the LIRR and then you transfer onto the Ronkonkama Branch and get off in Central Islip and we can do Pick-Ups from there!

 

[Bryan]

You don't necessarily need to fly into MacArthur because in Islip there is a train station on the LIRR so you can fly into JFK and get onto the AirTrain from JFK to Jamaica, then transfer onto the Hicksville Branch on the LIRR and then you transfer onto the Ronkonkama Branch and get off in Central Islip and we can do Pick-Ups from there!

Exactly how long would that take? If I'm coming in off an 6 hour flight, I don't want to spend another 3-4 hours transferring to get to my destination. Plus, when I leave, I need to be able to get to the airport easily again. If my flight leaves at noon, do I need to be up by 6 AM in order to make it? Also, does this route even run at that time?

 

[Kian]

You don't necessarily need to fly into MacArthur because in Islip there is a train station on the LIRR so you can fly into JFK and get onto the AirTrain from JFK to Jamaica, then transfer onto the Hicksville Branch on the LIRR and then you transfer onto the Ronkonkama Branch and get off in Central Islip and we can do Pick-Ups from there!

Exactly how long would that take? If I'm coming in off an 6 hour flight, I don't want to spend another 3-4 hours transferring to get to my destination. Plus, when I leave, I need to be able to get to the airport easily again. If my flight leaves at noon, do I need to be up by 6 AM in order to make it? Also, does this route even run at that time?

Hmm, it's 37 miles from JFK to Islip, so I guess it depends on how fast the LIRR is, but it's not an egregiously far distance.

 

[Boxcarcrzy12]

I really like the osu idea, and if its "private" it would be less pressure.

 

[Lars Petrus]

A whole other approach to finding good locations could be to talk to other similar sports. Where have similarly sized speed stacking, tic tac toe or speed eating contests taken place recently? This problem has been solved many times by other sports, and why not use their knowledge?

Sending out emails to the organizations for similar sports could prove useful.

 

[Bryan]

A whole other approach to finding good locations could be to talk to other similar sports. Where have similarly sized speed stacking, tic tac toe or speed eating contests taken place recently? This problem has been solved many times by other sports, and why not use their knowledge?

Sending out emails to the organizations for similar sports could prove useful.

I think a shared venue might also be good to work with other organizations. If you have some place that more room than we could use, it would be kind of neat to have many different competitions going on. Cubing, juggling, chess, etc....

As long as we're in separate rooms, it might be a good way to get spectators.

 

[wrbcube4]

A whole other approach to finding good locations could be to talk to other similar sports. Where have similarly sized speed stacking, tic tac toe or speed eating contests taken place recently? This problem has been solved many times by other sports, and why not use their knowledge?

Sending out emails to the organizations for similar sports could prove useful.

I think a shared venue might also be good to work with other organizations. If you have some place that more room than we could use, it would be kind of neat to have many different competitions going on. Cubing, juggling, chess, etc....

As long as we're in separate rooms, it might be a good way to get spectators.

For me atleast, I think it would be too big. But that is just my opinion.

 

[Ethan Rosen]

A whole other approach to finding good locations could be to talk to other similar sports. Where have similarly sized speed stacking, tic tac toe or speed eating contests taken place recently? This problem has been solved many times by other sports, and why not use their knowledge?

Sending out emails to the organizations for similar sports could prove useful.

I think a shared venue might also be good to work with other organizations. If you have some place that more room than we could use, it would be kind of neat to have many different competitions going on. Cubing, juggling, chess, etc....

As long as we're in separate rooms, it might be a good way to get spectators.

I think that the problem with this would be the media coverage. Instead of articles about the competition itself, we would be a small note in an article about strange hobbies.

 

[fanwuq]

A whole other approach to finding good locations could be to talk to other similar sports. Where have similarly sized speed stacking, tic tac toe or speed eating contests taken place recently? This problem has been solved many times by other sports, and why not use their knowledge?

Sending out emails to the organizations for similar sports could prove useful.

I think a shared venue might also be good to work with other organizations. If you have some place that more room than we could use, it would be kind of neat to have many different competitions going on. Cubing, juggling, chess, etc....

As long as we're in separate rooms, it might be a good way to get spectators.

I think that the problem with this would be the media coverage. Instead of articles about the competition itself, we would be a small note in an article about strange hobbies.

I thought Petrus means to get venue ideas from other sports rather than sharing the same venue at the same time.

 

[Lars Petrus]

Yes, I meant talk to others to learn about venues they've used in the past.

But if any contacts lead to an oddball olympics down the road, that could be fun too

 

[rowehessler]

tyson, we do have an auditorium but its not as huge as stanford's. But the reason why i mentioned a gym is because it does seem like a much better place for a competiton as far as lighting, and space. also, there are bleachers which would make it nice for spectators as well. the only problem is if people drop their cubes and stuff under them... maybe the bleachers at St. Josephs are nice ones that don't huge gaps between each row i don't know yet I'll look into that. But yeah if you want i can look more into it just email me. (and i will answer ive been good with my email lately).

 

[ckcommando]

KANSAS!! hello, it is IN THE MIDDLE OF THE US!!
seriously, it would be perfect
edit: and Wichita has a large, but not crowded airport.... downtown wichita also has many places to rent out(not outrageously expensive)

 

[Faz]

KANSAS!! hello, it is IN THE MIDDLE OF THE US!!
seriously, it would be perfect
edit: and Wichita has a large, but not crowded airport.... downtown wichita also has many places to rent out(not outrageously expensive)

If you are from the area which you recommend, I will probably ignore you.

:fp

 

[TEGTaylor]

I vote east coast, but i don't want to be too bias

 

[ecuber11]

Please Please have it in Atlanta

 

[Bob]

Please Please have it in Atlanta

I probably wouldn't go. :/