US Nationals 2010

[StachuK1992]

Did you know:
Master Curvycopters may squeak. A lot.

CURVYcopter? I thought he called it a KIRBYcopter o_O
oh, and he fixed the squeaking later on.

you would

lolol I did the same. :e
I related it with the Kirby plushie that someone had.

 

[shelley]

Did you know:
Master Curvycopters may squeak. A lot.

CURVYcopter? I thought he called it a KIRBYcopter o_O
oh, and he fixed the squeaking later on.

I thought he said Kirbycopter too! Then when I was telling Ambie about it, I realized he probably meant curvy, not Kirby.

 

[deathbypapercutz]

But yes, I would second the proposal to possibly play music during a competitor's solves in next year's final if the competitor requests it. When 300 people are watching you silently, the pressure is o_O.

Also, music would potentially help to cover up any f-bombs I might decide to drop.

 

[blah]

You actually go through a decision process before dropping them? O_O

 

[jms_gears1]

Yeah, music would've been a lot nicer. The silence was so distracting.

What would the rules for this be though? Are there limits to what the competitor may request? Not that I would ever make it to a final round, but if I did I would want to listen to some kind of metal like Killswitch Engage or Lost Eden. This would probably not be very audience friendly, but it would certainly help me in my cubing. Would a competitor be within their rights to request something like hard core death metal?

Chris

I would say its well within the competitors rights to request w/e they want. It might not be audience friendly, however the music isnt really impacting the audience, but it does the competitor.

and besides no matter what type of music you play, someone doesnt like it.

 

[ShadenSmith]

Yeah, music would've been a lot nicer. The silence was so distracting.

What would the rules for this be though? Are there limits to what the competitor may request? Not that I would ever make it to a final round, but if I did I would want to listen to some kind of metal like Killswitch Engage or Lost Eden. This would probably not be very audience friendly, but it would certainly help me in my cubing. Would a competitor be within their rights to request something like hard core death metal?

Chris

I would say its well within the competitors rights to request w/e they want. It might not be audience friendly, however the music isnt really impacting the audience, but it does the competitor.

and besides no matter what type of music you play, someone doesnt like it.

Everybody likes the Spice Girls.

 

[Sa967St]

Yeah, music would've been a lot nicer. The silence was so distracting.

What would the rules for this be though? Are there limits to what the competitor may request? Not that I would ever make it to a final round, but if I did I would want to listen to some kind of metal like Killswitch Engage or Lost Eden. This would probably not be very audience friendly, but it would certainly help me in my cubing. Would a competitor be within their rights to request something like hard core death metal?

Chris

I would say its well within the competitors rights to request w/e they want. It might not be audience friendly, however the music isnt really impacting the audience, but it does the competitor.

and besides no matter what type of music you play, someone doesnt like it.

Everybody likes Lady Gaga.

yup!

 

[waffle=ijm]

Yeah, music would've been a lot nicer. The silence was so distracting.

What would the rules for this be though? Are there limits to what the competitor may request? Not that I would ever make it to a final round, but if I did I would want to listen to some kind of metal like Killswitch Engage or Lost Eden. This would probably not be very audience friendly, but it would certainly help me in my cubing. Would a competitor be within their rights to request something like hard core death metal?

Chris

I would say its well within the competitors rights to request w/e they want. It might not be audience friendly, however the music isnt really impacting the audience, but it does the competitor.

and besides no matter what type of music you play, someone doesnt like it.

Everybody likes Lady Gaga.

yup!

second

 

[ChrisBird]

Yeah, music would've been a lot nicer. The silence was so distracting.

What would the rules for this be though? Are there limits to what the competitor may request? Not that I would ever make it to a final round, but if I did I would want to listen to some kind of metal like Killswitch Engage or Lost Eden. This would probably not be very audience friendly, but it would certainly help me in my cubing. Would a competitor be within their rights to request something like hard core death metal?

Chris

I would say its well within the competitors rights to request w/e they want. It might not be audience friendly, however the music isnt really impacting the audience, but it does the competitor.

and besides no matter what type of music you play, someone doesnt like it.

Everybody likes Lady Gaga.

yup!

second

third

This is an epic link

 

[TeddyKGB]

Yeah, music would've been a lot nicer. The silence was so distracting.

What would the rules for this be though? Are there limits to what the competitor may request? Not that I would ever make it to a final round, but if I did I would want to listen to some kind of metal like Killswitch Engage or Lost Eden. This would probably not be very audience friendly, but it would certainly help me in my cubing. Would a competitor be within their rights to request something like hard core death metal?

Chris

I would say its well within the competitors rights to request w/e they want. It might not be audience friendly, however the music isnt really impacting the audience, but it does the competitor.

and besides no matter what type of music you play, someone doesnt like it.

What about songs with bad language? some of the audience would probably be quite young, other than that I think I could do some pretty good cubing listening to some Disturbed or some AC/DC

 

[Jude]

Awesome competition! It was great meeting all you US cubers finally, plus I actually did well in alot of events for once. Also, thanks to all the organisers, you did an amazing job

Oh, and if anyone remembers me whining about the alg I forgot during FMC which cost me getting a 25 move solution, it turns out more moves cancelled than i thought, and it would've infact been a TWENTY move solution See here http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?p=432899#post432899

 

[ianini]

I just got home from Boston and I would do a long-ass "DYK?" sessions but you'd get bored so I'm just going to make this short: Nationals was amazing. I loved meeting all the people from the forums that I am finally able to meet in real life. Great competition and I look forward to next year. (or i might ditch nats '11 and just go to WC )

 

[shelley]

When 300 people are watching you silently, the pressure is o_O.

That's the whole point. It's the final round of the main event, there should be pressure.

 

[Bob]

You guys are lucky I didn't make the finals. I would have kicked ass! I think Andrew may have even filmed some of my crazy speed on his webcam...though for some reason, that cube had two orange/yellow edges and a blue/green edge...and blue was opposite green.

 

[PhillipEspinoza]

You guys are lucky I didn't make the finals. I would have kicked ass! I think Andrew may have even filmed some of my crazy speed on his webcam...though for some reason, that cube had two orange/yellow edges and a blue/green edge...and blue was opposite green.

Ya that was my cube. That's what happens when you drop an F2 and all the caps pop off and you put them in the wrong way. It's a puzzle in itself to put it back together the right way. You would think it wouldn't be but it is.

 

[Pixel 6]

Did you know that:

- This was the first competition I have ever been to.
- I learned everything I know about cubing from the internet.
- Until last week, I had never met a cuber faster than me.
- I almost didn't come until Patrick Kelly motivated me to go.
- I am glad I did.
- This competition was the 2nd time I have ever used a Stackmat timer.
- I popped twice in my 3x3x3 speed solve.
- I lubed over 200 cubes.
- I gave out over 50 tubes of Lubix, and 2 dozen shirts.
- The GuHong is an amazing cube.
- I had never been east past Wisconsin.
- At the Hyatt, you can substitute your side of rice for a full Lobster.
- The meeting room the Hyatt gave us for free to practice in should have cost several hundred dollars a day.
- I only type in Dvorak.
- I got boo'd by Stefan Pochmann for not knowing... er, what's his name.
- I walked out of a fancy restaurant to get Pizza, and it was delicious.
- I'm changing from the Petrus Method to Roux.
- I got $90 in parking tickets in 24 hours... I didn't bring my car.
- The Ghost Hand cube has a sleep number... it's 35.
- I learned the Roux method from Richard Meyer, and Patrick Kelly.
- I went to a USPS in the Bronx.
- I bought baklava in Harlem.
- I had sushi in China Town at 11pm with Pat and Richard.
- The subway in NYC is 400º Fahrenheit.
- Within 3 minutes of getting to Time Square, I had a cop reaching into my pockets.
- Dropping a cube with loose caps on a metal grate in NY is a bad idea.
- Geocaching is more fun when you find one.
- My Haiyan Memory, Stackmat, and Alpha 6 were delivered to my house right after I left for the Nationals.
- Chris with V-Cube guy has an amazing memory.
- I saw a Skyline modified by Mine.
- Dan Cohen can solve a Rubik's cube with his feet, faster than I can eat a grab bag of Cheetos.
- Bacon grease is not a good lubricant
- While cubing in Time Square, someone came out of the crowd and did an 11 second solve.
- The 4 Hour Work Week is an amazing audio book to fall asleep to.
- I met some amazing people, and loved every moment of it.


- Pixel -

 

[Anthony]

When 300 people are watching you silently, the pressure is o_O.

That's the whole point. It's the final round of the main event, there should be pressure.

I totally understand that, and there always will be pressure. However, if something as simple as a little noise will help relieve a lot of nervousness that a cuber may have up on stage, I don't see why it would be a problem assuming that it's feasible.

 

[macky]

Are you learning using only that video? If so, why not use written lyrics in conjunction with the song (I don't hear a difference between the one you linked and the OP/ep24)?
For example (kanji, romaji, ignore the translation):
http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/luckystar/motteke.jis.txt

Compare the time between "F R E E Z E!" and "Nankadaru." But I think that's the only difference.

Eh, being Japanese I prefer to rely on the original lyrics, with the stars, hearts, spaces, arrows, random katakanas, and kanjis that aren't usually used. Anything else means information loss.

 

[Edward]

Are you learning using only that video? If so, why not use written lyrics in conjunction with the song (I don't hear a difference between the one you linked and the OP/ep24)?
For example (kanji, romaji, ignore the translation):
http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/luckystar/motteke.jis.txt

Compare the time between "F R E E Z E!" and "Nankadaru." But I think that's the only difference.

Eh, being Japanese I prefer to rely on the original lyrics, with the stars, hearts, spaces, arrows, random katakanas, and kanjis that aren't usually used. Anything else means information loss.

I'll get back to you on that when I finish learning Japanese :rolleyes:

 

[Carson]

Did you know that:

- I got $90 in parking tickets in 24 hours... I didn't bring my car.
- Pixel -

I would love to hear the details on this one...