World Championships 2013 - Las Vegas

fazdad said:
Could someone please advise on tipping etiquette in Las Vegas? How much should one give to the taxi driver, porter, hotel housekeeper, barman, restaurant...
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Taxi driver: 15% (unless they're horrible at driving)
Porter: $1/bag, at least $5
Housekeeper: a couple dollars
Barman: 15%
Restaurant: 15%, more or less depending on service
 
Stefan said:
Or alternatively, you could let more people into the second round :D
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I agree. I don't think it would be too much time consuming to add ~25 or more people in. Obviously if they are already squeezing the schedule then I can understand that they can't.

I am obviously influenced by the fact that I am borderline to making it in 2nd round. :p
 
fazdad said:
Could someone please advise on tipping etiquette in Las Vegas? How much should one give to the taxi driver, porter, hotel housekeeper, barman, restaurant...
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Bar/Restaurant: it is said 18%. Usually just like 15-20% depending on quality of service.
Hotel housekeeper: like $2-3
Taxi driver: idk. Like 15% or so. Depends on length of ride.
 
Sebastien said:
Because there are WCA Regulations we need to follow?!
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Is the main limitation on the consolation round recording solves officially the fact that we need to advance to "earn" another average? With all of the delegates and judges I can't think of any other reason. If this is true, I understand and still very much appreciate the consolation option. But I wonder if it could be possible to call the round a separate event altogether and call it "World Championship Consolation Round" and have participants sign up and register as usual. I know it's late to organize something like this for this year but it's an idea.
 
immortalchaos29 said:
Is the main limitation on the consolation round recording solves officially the fact that we need to advance to "earn" another average? With all of the delegates and judges I can't think of any other reason. If this is true, I understand and still very much appreciate the consolation option. But I wonder if it could be possible to call the round a separate event altogether and call it "World Championship Consolation Round" and have participants sign up and register as usual. I know it's late to organize something like this for this year but it's an idea.
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The main limitation is staff resourcing. By having an unofficial competition, we can take something that was thought of with a few weeks to go and ask a WCA delegate or two to just run this without worrying about the operations. If things go inefficiently, it's not a worry for us. If people cheat, it's again not a worry for us, and we can spend our staff on the actual competition going on.

With about 72 hours before some of us leave for Vegas, none of the organizers are going to spend resource cycles to properly resource an idea which is at most one month old.
 
This may be a completely stupid idea and perhaps too late to implement, but I think it would work out. Instead of an unofficial consolation round, there could be an official competition with just 1 round of 3x3 running parallel to the main competition. In that way, those who didn't make it to the second round, can still do an official average. The room is there, the equipment is there and looking through the psych sheet, there are enough delegates who are unlikely to make it to the second round and who could act as delegates for this parallel competition. Much of the logistics is already done, so organisation wise, it's not that much work on top of what has already been done. It's mainly an admin matter. As far as I know, there is nothing in the WCA Regulations, which prohibits multiple competitions happening in one venue at the same time.

But as I said, it might be completely stupid but it's an idea.
 
hcfong said:
This may be a completely stupid idea and perhaps too late to implement, but I think it would work out. Instead of an unofficial consolation round, there could be an official competition with just 1 round of 3x3 running parallel to the main competition. In that way, those who didn't make it to the second round, can still do an official average. The room is there, the equipment is there and looking through the psych sheet, there are enough delegates who are unlikely to make it to the second round and who could act as delegates for this parallel competition. Much of the logistics is already done, so organisation wise, it's not that much work on top of what has already been done. It's mainly an admin matter. As far as I know, there is nothing in the WCA Regulations, which prohibits multiple competitions happening in one venue at the same time.

But as I said, it might be completely stupid but it's an idea.
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See Tyson's post.
 
I don't think hcfong's post and Tyson's post contradict each other. Tyson said there was not enough staff to run it as part of the official Worlds 2013 competition, but if it's a comp distinct from Worlds 2013, that's another story.

But I don't think running a separate official comp is possible anyway because of rule 8a4; it will happen in less than two weeks, it's now too late to announce it.
 
Tyson said:
The main limitation is staff resourcing. By having an unofficial competition, we can take something that was thought of with a few weeks to go and ask a WCA delegate or two to just run this without worrying about the operations. If things go inefficiently, it's not a worry for us. If people cheat, it's again not a worry for us, and we can spend our staff on the actual competition going on.

With about 72 hours before some of us leave for Vegas, none of the organizers are going to spend resource cycles to properly resource an idea which is at most one month old.
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Like I said, late for this year. Makes sense. I'm still happy we will get another round I don't get many competitions nearby.
 
fazdad said:
Could someone please advise on tipping etiquette in Las Vegas? How much should one give to the taxi driver, porter, hotel housekeeper, barman, restaurant...
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Taxi- 10-15%
Porter- $1 a bag
Housekeeper- $2 a night
Bartender- $1 -$2 a drink. Maybe a $1 for a beer and $2 if he/she is making you something
Restaurant- 15% minimum, usually 18%-20% depending on service.

These are rough estimates and what is generally expected in the United States. Not tipping a waiter/waitress would be in very poor form, as they earn their living almost entirely on tips. They are not subject to the minimum wage other occupations are.
 
Kian said:
Taxi- 10-15%
Porter- $1 a bag
Housekeeper- $2 a night
Bartender- $1 -$2 a drink. Maybe a $1 for a beer and $2 if he/she is making you something
Restaurant- 15% minimum, usually 18%-20% depending on service.

These are rough estimates and what is generally expected in the United States. Not tipping a waiter/waitress would be in very poor form, as they earn their living almost entirely on tips. They are not subject to the minimum wage other occupations are.
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These are about accurate, with each situation depending on attitude, service, amount of work, etc. I've left some hotel rooms completely obliterated after some stays, and I'm inclined to leave way more for the staff than usual. As a server in Los Angeles, I actually do make minimum wage, but my two week, ~50hr paychecks come out to about 40$, as I'm taxed heavily on what the IRS assumes I'm making in gratuities based off of restaurant sales and after tipping out the rest of the service staff, i.e. busser, runner, host, bartender, barista, expo, etc.

That was a lot, of commas.

This is my first post in years.

I'm pretty excited about Worlds. I should probably start practicing soon. Haven't touched a cube in months.

Is anyone planning to gamble away more than they should and drink all the beer they can find? Cause I'm almost prepared to do that. Craps tables and relative poverty, here I come.
 
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