World Championships 2013 - Las Vegas

JF1zl3 said:
Just registered. Payed the fee and everything. Haven't gotten the email though... And my name isn't on the competitor list yet either. This worries me. Does the email have a delay to it?
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How about trying this for a change: have a little patience and wait. If you don't have a response within 24 hours then start to worry.
 
Dene said:
How about trying this for a change: have a little patience and wait. If you don't have a response within 24 hours then start to worry.
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How about this: The internet is nearly instantaneous from all reaches of the planet, and I have no reason to believe the email wouldn't be sent within at least the first 5 minutes after registering. Even websites that do tell me that some sort of verification email could take up to an hour to send, seem to always have it sent out right after I click the link that tells me it will send me an email, and WCA didn't once say that it is a possibility that the email could be delayed. Unless I overlooked that, but I do not see it anywhere.
 
JF1zl3 said:
How about this: The internet is nearly instantaneous from all reaches of the planet, and I have no reason to believe the email wouldn't be sent within at least the first 5 minutes after registering. Even websites that do tell me that some sort of verification email could take up to an hour to send, seem to always have it sent out right after I click the link that tells me it will send me an email, and WCA didn't once say that it is a possibility that the email could be delayed. Unless I overlooked that, but I do not see it anywhere.
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The WCA delegates are only human. They don't have all the time in the world to send an e-mail notification within the hour or minute. Sometimes it will take time and you just need the patience to wait for it. Trust me, not all websites will send you an email so quickly and I'm sure when the WCA delegates see you, you'll get your email. In the mean time; wait until the next day or so to get it. If you still have yet to receive it then I'd suggest you email the WCA or message Tyson.
 
Andreaillest said:
The WCA delegates are only human. They don't have all the time in the world to send an e-mail notification within the hour or minute. Sometimes it will take time and you just need the patience to wait for it. Trust me, not all websites will send you an email so quickly and I'm sure when the WCA delegates see you, you'll get your email. In the mean time; wait until the next day or so to get it. If you still have yet to receive it then I'd suggest you email the WCA or message Tyson.
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Well that's the thing, is it sent by a delegate or auto generated? I was under the impression that something was sent to you by their server automatically. If not, then I can see why it wouldn't be instant. And I'm perfectly capable of waiting, I just don't understand the need to be so frank about it.
 
Anyone who has a problem should use the contact form on the World Championship website. One of the organizers will respond to you quickly. This forum is not the appropriate medium through which you should ask questions about your registration, etc.

@AndreaIllest- I appreciate your sane, reasonable approach but I do not want to suggest to people to contact the WCA Board or Tyson alone. Tyson is only one of 10 organizers who can answer questions. Our contact form is the best place to address issues.
 
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Edit: Found the email. No idea why I missed that, I spent a good 10 minutes looking for it yesterday. Maybe I just got it recently, huh. Well anyway, now the link doesn;t work properly. Using the contact form to ask the delegates directly.
 
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Kian said:
@AndreaIllest- I appreciate your sane, reasonable approach but I do not want to suggest to people to contact the WCA Board or Tyson alone. Tyson is only one of 10 organizers who can answer questions. Our contact form is the best place to address issues.
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Fair enough. :)

anyway, my uncle pretty much gave me the ok in taking me again like he did for Nats. I have registered and am praying that everything runs smoothly between now and then.
 
Make sure you check your spam folders. It sounds like a lot of confirmation emails get caught in spam filters.
 
Noahaha said:
I'm working on having a comp in CT in the Fall. I also haven't heard anything about a Yale comp, and I don't think Captain's Cove is happening again either.
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I know all about both competitions, but this doesn't seem to be the appropriate thread to discuss either.
 
Bob said:
I know all about both competitions, but this doesn't seem to be the appropriate thread to discuss either.
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I am new to posting. What thread is appropriate? Does one exist? How would I know what the appropriate thread is? Should I have created a new thread in the "competition" forum? More importantly, can you share what you know about the CT competitions? Thanks.
 
christmasx2 said:
I am new to posting. What thread is appropriate? Does one exist? How would I know what the appropriate thread is? Should I have created a new thread in the "competition" forum? More importantly, can you share what you know about the CT competitions? Thanks.
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This thread should be about Worlds. When other competitions are announced they will become public knowledge and be listed on the WCA site and CubingUSA. We are not going to discuss uncertainties about future competitions that have not yet been announced because we can never know when things may change.
 
Kian said:
This thread should be about Worlds. When other competitions are announced they will become public knowledge and be listed on the WCA site and CubingUSA. We are not going to discuss uncertainties about future competitions that have not yet been announced because we can never know when things may change.
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Too bad. Who plans these competitions anyway? I am assuming that someone wants to do a competition and then clears it via WCA. I was just hoping that whoever is planning a competition in CT would respond. Maybe I should start a thread for competitions that people want to see. Does WCA forbid people from blogging about competitions that they are planning?
 
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