Andreaillest
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Wow. Congrats to Collin Burns! I hella wish I was there to experience this comp in person.
#Nats2012andWorlds2013 5eva.
#Nats2012andWorlds2013 5eva.
US Nationals 2014 - Jersey City, New Jersey - August 1-3, 2014
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collinbxyz
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I bet you guys didn't see that one coming.
I certainly didn't.
I certainly didn't.
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Deleted member 19792
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We didnt know until early December for this year, so we can wait on that
E:
DYK:
Sammy is really cool in real life?
...Despite the fact that he has 15 bans here, and counting?
Yay!
Oh it was 13 bans by the way.
Bob
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Thanks to all who attended. We hope you had a great time (even if it seemed like I was mean at the competition, I assure you that I was just very busy.)
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Please come run at my competition.
My thoughts on the venue and my experience with it:
The venue's setup and everything about it sucked. I understand it was the 40 year anniversary and this huge exhibit and all, but the fact that spectators had to PAY TO GET IN, was complete ********. There should have honestly been passes printed out for spectators attending the competition with competitors, restricting you to the competitors area.
The lighting screwed up my recognition, especially with the Grooviks Cube flashing 1000 times. The flash photography screwed some people over. Being that close to a crowd pulling over to watch was annoying, and I was distracted quite a bit by some spectators. For instance, during 3x3, I could not concentrate because of some non-cuber parent shouting "DODODODODODO"
The venue was a bit too crowded, and I tripped over a couple of bags, a tripod, and a little kid's shoe.
There were no places to sit and some of us had to end up practicing on the floor.
Noticed a lot of table touching [Against WCA Regs]
Someone picked up my mega piece after being told not to do so, and brought it to Bob, causing me to DNF.
People were screaming and being a bit distracting
The dropoff table was a bad idea, causing multiple cubes to get stolen.
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Hah, "easily."
Internet was too slow to do any streaming there, but we did try (even tried a mobile hotspot). As for the other random crap you mentioned, I believe commentary/interviews were tried before and they were a massive failure/never took off from the start.
Noahaha
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My opinion of the venue:
-Lighting was fine.
-Noise levels were loud, but constant (which is fine).
-The competition area was crowded, but there was plenty of space to chill and hang out.
-If you really wanted to watch a solve, it wasn't that hard to find somewhere to see it from.
-Lighting was fine.
-Noise levels were loud, but constant (which is fine).
-The competition area was crowded, but there was plenty of space to chill and hang out.
-If you really wanted to watch a solve, it wasn't that hard to find somewhere to see it from.
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I got shoved quite a bit so people could watch 7x7 finals. Then again, I could have simply gone upstairs.
Ninja Storm
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-Lighting was okay, but the blue and green stages had a definite advantage over the end of the red stage, where it was really crazy yellow light.
-Yeah noise wasn't too bad.
-There was space, but there weren't many tables or chairs. When staff tried to enforce that the tables were for cafe guests only(I'm glad they gave up trying), it only got worse.
-Going into the competition area was miserable, though. The entrances weren't clearly marked and people were always crowding them.
Dene
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haha wee fazzles completely bombed it and still got 2nd.
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I have to say that the lighting at some of the practice tables was horrible. For some tables, that is.
SolveThatCube
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I've never won Pyra at Australia nationals, you've come closer to 1st at US nats on average than I have to 1st at Aus nats
Really? I'm sure you'll win this year
lol
AvGalen
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...Maybe I don't understand what "publicly accessible" means, but didn't that violate https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#8a6 (An official WCA competition must: Be publicly accessible.)
hcfong
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"publicly accessible" is not necessarily the same as freely accessible or free entrance. I have been to competitions where I had to pay to get into the venue, like Essen. Publicly accessible just means that it must be held in a place where the general public has access to. For example, having a comp in a theme park is okay, because it's accessible for the general public, as long as they pay the entrance fee. Having a competition in let's say the headquarters of the CIA would not be okay, because obviously only people with certain privileges can get in there.
Stefan
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They'd probably have the technology for great live streams, though, and each competitor could have their own interrogation room and be undistracted by the spectators behind the one-way-mirror.
newtonbase
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Nobody would have their cubes nicked either.
IamWEB
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Mr Cubism
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Nobody recorded Faz 48.42??
Bob
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Not quite true. The judge for the adjacent station returned to see a piece on the table. She picked it up and asked me why it was there and I told her to put it back and pointed to you looking for pieces. She put it back where she found it and you could not find it because you were looking on the floor. I have serious doubts that you would have been able to solve that puzzle within the 5 minute time limit anyway, since your time was already 4:00+ and there was quite a few pieces out of place.
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Yeah, I know. I couldnt find the pieces after the pop at aroubd 2:30
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