US Nationals and Open

My travelling so far has been pretty crazy:

Monday: Czech Republic (Pardubice, Praque) back to The Netherlands (Enschede) with Eric and Joey
Tuesday: NL-Enschede to NL-Home, have a small cube meeting with Anja, Frank, Eric and Joey
Wednesday: NL-Home to Ireland-Dublin, should have been just a small stop before Memphis, but turned out to be an overnighter with some people I met
Thursday: Ireland-Dublin to NL-Home, should have been to Memphis but every plane was overbooked so I was asked to return home and got tickets for.....
Friday: NL-Home directly to Atlanta (arrival at 13:40). Seems like I will miss the lunch party, but I guess I will make it for dinner. Still have to find a hostel/place-to-sleep in Atlanta though.

See you tomorrow
 
Eric is the English version of Erik right?

(right now my languages are completely weird. My mind cannot understand the constant language changes. I even MSN-ed with Erik in English today without any reason)

And the travelling is only for this week. Last week was "just" going from NL-Home -> Hakan -> NL-Airport -> NL-Home -> NL-parents -> NL-Erik -> Germany -> Czech Republic-Pardubice
 
Tyson said:
After listening to all the complaints from people on the east coast about west coast competitions and having a competition on the east coast, it becomes apparent to me that the east coast people didn't want a competition on the east coast: they wanted one in their back yard. The lack of participation of people in the east coast in this competition really suggests that it doesn't matter. People who will travel will travel, and the others who won't travel will simply complain about it.

I think it would be simply more economical to save $10,000 and host the competition somewhere more convenient for the organizers. I would be more encouraged to host it on the east coast if those 83 competitors at Princeton would show up for Atlanta.
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I remember seeing this poll a while ago, and it really supports the statement that people will either travel, or won't. There are 2 humps... one at ~4 hours, which means a lot of people will only go to relatively nearby competitions, then the 8+ hump, for people who are willing to really travel.

Mike Hughey said:
That being said, I think that the biggest plus of moving around the Open is to allow the opportunity for new people to get in on it.
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This is a good idea. If some people are only willing to drive about 4 hours, then it really makes sense to move around the competitions. It will reach a wider audience... spectators and competitors alike. Regardless of where it is, it will inconvienience some people... be it some of the organizers or a portion of the competitors. I guess the organizers usually are the caltech/cal clubs, or people from them, which is probably a good thing as they now have quite a bit of experience.

I propose that it might be a good idea to include an east coast club such as Cornell's in future organizations so they can gain experience. I can't speak for them, and I don't know how dedicated thaey would be, so I they might not be willing to do it even. But perhaps in the future they (or other east coast organizers/organizations) would be able to alternate years organizing with people on the west coast. Although do NOT hold nationals at Cornell... its really the middle of nowhere.
 
Does anyone know of selling a 2x2? preferably eastsheen. My 2x2 is stiff because it is an ice 2x2. I want to get another one.
 
I am totally interested in meeting with cubers with a lunch/dinner. Would that be Friday July 18th? Would it be okay if I went even if I was meeting the people there for the first time? That sounds kind of weird but I hope you know what I mean :)

If it is indeed on the 18th what time would it be?
 
I know there was talk of having a live feed from Atlanta this weekend. Has anyone made any progress regarding that? I sadly have to work this weekend and am unable to make it down to Atlanta but it would be great if there was a feed.

Either way, good luck to everyone! I hope to see quite a few new WRs! Maybe the Americans can take a few more!
 
Taylor said:
I would really like it if you guys would set up a live feed, I mentioned it on the chatroom...

My predictions

New WR 3x3 Average
New WR 5x5 single and Average (Dan Cohen)
New OH WR (Dan Dzoan)
New NAR Pyraminx Average

This is assuming that the above competitors will be there.
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The OH WR was going to be Lofty. But now, maybe not =[

NAR Pyraminx single/average. That shall be set. By me :D
 
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