World Championship 2015 - São Paulo, Brazil - July 17-19, 2015

[DuffyEdge]

Wondering if they might understand French a little, as it is similar to Spanish and Portuguese.

I'm gonna let a more knowledgeable Brazilian answer, but I would take a guess at no.

Although French is within the same language group as Portuguese, it is not intelligible in the same way that Spanish is. So you'd be better off speaking English, (or learn some Portuguese! )

Btw, I could be wrong. I'm no expert

 

[LeandroAlleoni]

Hello everyone!

I'm a Candidate Delegate for Brazil and will be the delegate for at least 5 competitions here this year. I would certainly like to comment on most "bad points" made in the beginning of this thread, but I'm proud to notice it's no longer necessary. The community as a whole stepped up and the conversation is very mature (even the arguments against are more grounded now, which is nice).

Regarding language, you will certainly find enough people that are able to help you. I work in a software-building company and I have to communicate with Americans daily. Ok, that may not be the rule here, but last case scenario feel free to call me

The Spanish part is also true, from my point of view... if you know it, we will probably understand it, because most of the languages are similar, and non-native Spanish speakers talk slower than native speaker (that's when we have issues =P).

Maybe you will find someone knowing other languages, but in general you should stick with English/Spanish. Personally I don't know many people that talk French/German/Italian, and those are not cube-related.

I don't have anything to add right now =D but I wanted to present myself and let you know that doesn't matter where you come from, you will be well-received by us (or at least by me!). I really want to make friends all over the world!
If you have any question, just let me know. I will try to be active in this forum while we prepare for the WC!

Muito obrigado! (Thank you very much!)
Leandro

 

[Pedro]

Having studied French for some time, I say we brazilians probably wouldn't understand much of it. The structure is similar, and so are some words, but most are different. Original French is already hard to understand, and I guess non-native French is even harder.

But yeah, spanish is good, and I'm sure there will be a lot of people in the competition who can communicate in english.

 

[CiaranBeahan]

My overall dream for this is to get sponsored. I'm going on a show viewed by over 2 million people annually, fyi, there's only one show a year. I'm going to tell them about everything and then you never know. There is still a possibility that I could go if I don't get sponsored. But even if I don't go I'm still excited! I'm hoping that I will be able to do all bld events by the time, as they are the only events I don't do now. Does anybody have any new info about it? i.e. website, registration ect.

 

[sergei740]

2015 World Rubiks cube championship

I would like to compete in the world championship next year, but it is being hosted in Sao Paolo. I have heard that it is one of the most dangerous cities in Brazil. I actually fear that I might not even compete because I have nobody to go with-I don't want to go alone. Am I the only one facing this issue? Does anyone see a solution?
P.S. I'm under 19

 

[Ninja Storm]

I would like to compete in the world championship next year, but it is being hosted in Sao Paolo. I have heard that it is one of the most dangerous cities in Brazil. I actually fear that I might not even compete because I have nobody to go with-I don't want to go alone. Am I the only one facing this issue? Does anyone see a solution?
P.S. I'm under 19

I'm probably going to go alone and will be under 19.

Just don't do anything stupid. That usually gets people out of trouble.

 

[Ron]

Lufthansa now has offers from Europe, with fly-out dates in June 2015.
If you fly out end of June 2015 and fly back shortly after WC 2015 the total price for the ticket is 591 EUR.
I think I will book soon.

 

[Carrot]

Lufthansa now has offers from Europe, with fly-out dates in June 2015.
If you fly out end of June 2015 and fly back shortly after WC 2015 the total price for the ticket is 591 EUR.
I think I will book soon.

I would just like to point out that those prices are from the netherlands only. (but it shouldn't be too hard to get to the netherlands from any other european country)

 

[antoineccantin]

Registration isn't open yet, is it?

 

[Deleted member 19792]

Is there even any update on this competition?

 

[Ninja Storm]

When will registration be open? I don't want to reserve flights and hotels until everything is set up.

 

[LucyTanaka]

Well, I'm Brazilian and obviously don't speak English with fluency enough even to write, considering that need Google translator to understand some things (not all, to speak reasonably). Perhaps this is my first post here since I created my user.

Anyway, wish you could be sure and feel like coming to compete in our country, because this weekend was finalized the preparation for the World Championship and I can assure you it was a success (the few errors will be corrected for the World).

Registration will open soon as our delegates are preparing to organize a great schedule that meets all.

I didn't come to talk much, just to make it clear that all are welcome in our country and you can be sure, many here scratch in English, but no one will refuse to offer help or try to understand it best to offer the best support .

See you people.

 

[Pedro]

Hi everybody. The website is up. Check here: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=WC2015

Registration will be open in a few days.

 

[megaminxwin]

Hi everybody. The website is up. Check here: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=WC2015

Registration will be open in a few days.

Me wanty

 

[Wilhelm]

I would've loved to see 3 rounds of Skewb but I guess there is a good reason for that

 

[Pedro]

I would've loved to see 3 rounds of Skewb but I guess there is a good reason for that

As it is stated there, those numbers are not final. They may (and probably will) change as registration goes on.

 

[megaminxwin]

I'm assuming the omission of FMC on the events page is a mistake?

 

[Pedro]

I'm assuming the omission of FMC on the events page is a mistake?

Fixed.

 

[Dene]

So in Brazil, does signage tend to come in only Portuguese, or would we often see convenient English as well?

 

[Pedro]

Well, if you mean street signage, you'd probably get it for the World Cup stadium

But I believe at the competition there will be english as well. They had a bunch of posters and signs for the preparation comp, so for Worlds it will probably be even better.