World Championships 2013 - Las Vegas

Coolster01 said:
That's true! But on the other hand he probably would've been just fine with getting the $100 and not giving any money away. Also, donating motivates others to practice and possibly get fast. I dunno.
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fazdad said:
I heard recently that a "world championship" texting competition had prize money of $100,000 for the fastest texter. Life's just not fair.
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That's a rather greedy stance you both are taking. I don't think anyone who solves cubes competitively is in it for a cash prize primarily. I've always seen the competition setting as a community-enriching environment from a competitor's standpoint.
 
Ranzha V. Emodrach said:
That's a rather greedy stance you both are taking. I don't think anyone who solves cubes competitively is in it for a cash prize primarily. I've always seen the competition setting as a community-enriching environment from a competitor's standpoint.
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I'm not going for money, I'm saying it's awesome that other people aren't that greedy. ;D
 
Ranzha V. Emodrach said:
That's a rather greedy stance you both are taking. I don't think anyone who solves cubes competitively is in it for a cash prize primarily. I've always seen the competition setting as a community-enriching environment from a competitor's standpoint.
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Fazdad's statement was greedy? I guess you don't like being rewarded for hard work.

Edit: And even though cubing is a hobby that we all do for fun, I'd still consider years of cubing to become one of the fastest in the world "hard work."
 
Michael Womack said:
I wonder how hard it will be for the people who don't know English or don't have an English keybord on there phones.
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Well, yeah, so that's just a cell phone provider or some marketing group that's been paid to put on that promotion.

And regarding the donation for the cash prizes, for all donations to the cash prizes, we will simply update that amount on the webpage and we the organizers will award the cash on the stage in $2 bills.

Due to logistics concerns though, if a bunch of people start donating $3 for random prizes, I don't really want to be crediting everyone who donated. So you can collect your recognition here, but we will give out the cash prizes on stage with the award if you donate the prize via the donate button. This applies to all events.
 
Mike Hughey said:
Heh, I'm terrible at feet in competition for some reason. Probably largely because of the difference in surface, but I also seem to have more trouble seeing the cube in competition than at home for some reason.

Still, sure, I'm up for the rematch (although I think you'll probably kill me).
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Actually I was mainly just joking >.< . I haven't done a feet solve in many years... I didn't even register for it and it's too late now. Maybe we can have an unofficial race :D
 
Ranzha V. Emodrach said:
That's a rather greedy stance you both are taking. I don't think anyone who solves cubes competitively is in it for a cash prize primarily. I've always seen the competition setting as a community-enriching environment from a competitor's standpoint.
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When did I say, or imply, that competitors are in it for the prizemoney? I was just wondering why texting as a skill commands more prizemoney than cubing.
 
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