US Nationals 2010

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Here's the video I shot, standing, well, right in front of him.

Dan Cohen's 5x5 World Record Solve

Great video

 

[StachuK1992]

Sarah

This, so many times over.
Am sad that what happened happened.

Pretty much crushed the awesomeness of the weekend, for her, and anyone else that cared.
What was done is just pathetic. ~sigh~

(stuff was stolen)


In other news, congratulations to everyone who competed, and thank you many times over. Although I'm still at the hotel, with cubers, I feel the fun having slipped away for a good part, but will never forget this. Truly the most enjoyable weekend of my life thusfar, and it couldn't have been enjoyed so much without the tremendous amount of care in our community. It's times like these when I get all nostalgic to when I started cubing, and remember how overwhelmed I first was when I saw just how closely-knit we are. It's fantastic how people like Tim exist, organizing so much to happen.
Many thanks to all who helped out, whether by organizing, judging, or just making the atmosphere a bit more enjoyable.

It was fantastic meeting people for the first time. Many people from hashrubik, skype, speedsolving, etc. that I had been anticipating to meet greatly fulfilled my expectations for the weekend. I really look forward to meeting you all again.

Also, it was great seeing some of you again. You know who you are. I hate that we talk so much online, sometimes even hours a day, yet are only able to see eacher in-person seldom. If more people were like those of our community, that would be fantastic. Just walking within a mile radius of the hotel, and seeing people with cubes, or cube-related shirts was just awesome.

Before this post gets too long, I shall stop. I plan to make a " speedcubin'" thread sometime 'sune' with a discussion of the many awesome, lovely moments that occur due to this simple hobby.

with great thanks,
statue

ps- john tamanas, will you tie my shoes?

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

Sarah

This, so many times over.
Am sad that what happened happened.

Pretty much crushed the awesomeness of the weekend, for her, and anyone else that cared.
What was done is just pathetic. ~sigh~

(stuff was stolen)


In other news, congratulations to everyone who competed, and thank you many times over. Although I'm still at the hotel, with cubers, I feel the fun having slipped away for a good part, but will never forget this. Truly the most enjoyable weekend of my life thusfar, and it couldn't have been enjoyed so much without the tremendous amount of care in our community. It's times like these when I get all nostalgic to when I started cubing, and remember how overwhelmed I first was when I saw just how closely-knit we are. It's fantastic how people like Tim exist, organizing so much to happen.
Many thanks to all who helped out, whether by organizing, judging, or just making the atmosphere a bit more enjoyable.

It was fantastic meeting people for the first time. Many people from hashrubik, skype, speedsolving, etc. that I had been anticipating to meet greatly fulfilled my expectations for the weekend. I really look forward to meeting you all again.

Also, it was great seeing some of you again. You know who you are. I hate that we talk so much online, sometimes even hours a day, yet are only able to see eacher in-person seldom. If more people were like those of our community, that would be fantastic. Just walking within a mile radius of the hotel, and seeing people with cubes, or cube-related shirts was just awesome.

Before this post gets too long, I shall stop. I plan to make a " speedcubin'" thread sometime 'sune' with a discussion of the many awesome, lovely moments that occur due to this simple hobby.

with great thanks,
statue

ps- john tamanas, will you tie my shoes?

My eyes. They tear.

 

[Forte]

TORN APART

 

[StachuK1992]

My eyes. They tear.

I hope this isn't bad.
Was I being too sad/serious?

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

Like Forte said. Good

 

[StachuK1992]

Like Forte said. Good

Mhmm. I shall write the thread, then.

Again, thanks.
You all make statue happy, and you've no idea how much that means.

 

[nlCuber22]

Thanks to:
All the organizers for a great competition
Chris for assembling my Maru 4x4
Everyone except Joey p), for not being a douche to me (that was what I expected)
That store in the food court place next to Kresge, for having Orangina
Orangina for being Orangina
Waffle for breaking Orangina WR
Everyone who broke a WR, I was there to watch all of them (Congrats on your records btw)
Chris for allowing lots of people to hang out in his hotel room
Statue/Waffle for doing the same, except they had an N64

 

[mark3]

Would anyone who was watching the finals kindly list what each competitors intro music was?

I have been wanting to know ever since I heard about it on CubeCast...

 

[Carrot]

Thanks to:
All the organizers for a great competition
Chris for assembling my Maru 4x4
Everyone except Joey p), for not being a douche to me (that was what I expected)
That store in the food court place next to Kresge, for having Orangina
Orangina for being Orangina
Waffle for breaking Orangina WR
Everyone who broke a WR, I was there to watch all of them (Congrats on your records btw)
Chris for allowing lots of people to hang out in his hotel room
Statue/Waffle for doing the same, except they had an N64

N64 !!!

 

[Vincents]

This is directed to the finalists who were in the auditorium downstairs while we were waiting to be called... I picked up a Stackmat timer from the end of the southernmost table that people were practicing at. No name, no particular distinguishing marks except for some dents in the screen, probably from having cubes dropped on it. PM me or something if it's yours.

If Phillip Espinoza sees this, I also picked up his FII (the one with two caps switched) from the downstairs auditorium but couldn't find him outside afterwards so I think we gave it to Adam Zamora, not sure if Adam got it to him yet.

You actually gave it to me, who gave it to Phillip, but I'm sure he'll take antother...

 

[Vincents]

What I remember:
Rowe: You Belong with Me
Andy: Pokemon Theme Song (original)
Justin (?): Final Countdown
Someone: We are the Champions
Andrew: Tik Tok
Dan: Double Rainbow Song
Lucas: Dr. Who Background

 

[rowehessler]

taylor swift

 

[Anthony]

Would anyone who was watching the finals kindly list what each competitors intro music was?

I have been wanting to know ever since I heard about it on CubeCast...

Uh, some of us are in this room, so we'll see what we remember..

Anthony
Weston
Andy
Phillip
John Tananamanamas
Rowe
Andrew
Tim
Patricia
Justin
Emily
Dan
Mitchell
Michal
Lucas
Rick
Erik..

Yeah, we couldn't remember Erik at all, and kind of remembered Lucas', but don't know the name, so we put something appropriate.

 

[Tim Major]

Would anyone who was watching the finals kindly list what each competitors intro music was?

I have been wanting to know ever since I heard about it on CubeCast...

Uh, some of us are in this room, so we'll see what we remember..

Rick

Can't listen to that, because I live in Aus, but Rick should've had this.

Haha at Lucas'

 

[Andreaillest]

Dan: Double Rainboy
Rowe: T-Swizzle
Lucas...Interesting...

 

[4Chan]

Lol.

This was the best competition I've ever been to.
I'm going to save up money for the next one.

Orangina chugging was excellent.
Looking at Waffle's oragina vomit was excellent.
Watching Weston accidentally knock over the orangina bottles and shattering them was excellent.

More stuff I can't remember.

It felt so cool to see the people I looked up to in cubing.
Basically, Statue's post.


My apologies if I'm a jerk. D:

I envy mister Forte and miss Sarah's accents, but I REALLLLY envy mister Rowan, mister Joey, and mister Jude's accents.

The people aspect was incredible, thanks so much for being so kind, everyone!

 

[nlCuber22]

Lol.
Orangina chugging was excellent.

Ah, the joys of Orangina.

My apologies if I'm a jerk. D:

I doubt anyone thought that of you, you seem really nice.

 

[Dene]

Sarah

This, so many times over.
Am sad that what happened happened.

Pretty much crushed the awesomeness of the weekend, for her, and anyone else that cared.
What was done is just pathetic. ~sigh~

(stuff was stolen)

Oh dear I hope she didn't lose too much. What a douche thing to do. That stuff is just not on.

EDIT: ocrap I heard what happened :'(

 

[StachuK1992]

Sarah

This, so many times over.
Am sad that what happened happened.

Pretty much crushed the awesomeness of the weekend, for her, and anyone else that cared.
What was done is just pathetic. ~sigh~

(stuff was stolen)

Oh dear I hope she didn't lose too much. What a douche thing to do. That stuff is just not on.

EDIT: ocrap I heard what happened :'(

am sad statue.
$, laptop, camera, phone, etc.
NO LAPTOP!!! D:<
Now how will she facespace?