Tyson -- First of all: You Are Amazing! Pulling off a Nationals at the Palms in Vegas (along with all the tournaments you've helped organized before this) I think earns you some serious write-in votes for Most Influential Cuber. I know the tournaments are why I got back into cubing and have stayed involved.
Second: I looked back through some competitions in the past. SF 2006 was the largest US competition (56 people in 3x), but at Worlds there were about 150 people in 3x, 100 of whom were listed as from the US. 100 at Vegas might be a stretch, but let's go for it! Third: Eating competitions and Worlds Strongest Person only have 8- 12 competitors, and they're popular. Fourth: Maybe it's time to try to get ESPN2 involved? Anyone have any contacts? (perhaps the folks who ran Worlds2005 could help, since it was at a Disney park and CapCities owns Disney and ESPN2). Great work, Tyson. If Palms happens, let's all try to make it a great competition. yeff --- In [email protected], Tyson Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay, so this is what happened. Originally, I was going to do US > Nationals at Caltech, and everything was going to be very quick and > easy, but then someone, and I think his name begins with a "Mike," > spoke up and said that something like Vegas would be really fun. Then > more of you guys, (rhymes with badam) chimed in and agreed that US > Nationals 2006 in Vegas would be really fun. > > I'm really close to this. However, I need help from you guys. > Basically, I'm going to look like a fool if we can't draw 100 > competitors, so please help me out. The competition is scheduled for > August 5 and 6. That's a weekend, Saturday to Sunday. > > We had 56 people for US Nationals. Everyone native to California is > within driving distance of Vegas. That should be 100 people right > there. PLEASE HELP ME! I'm putting a lot on the line here. If this > thing flops, I look like a big fool, people get pissed at me, and all > that other stuff, and it just sucks a lot for me. > > So yeah, tell your friends, get people addicted to cubing, get people > to go to US Nationals. Look at your calendars, try to keep August 5 to > 6 free, and yes... > > The goal... 100 competitors, or else Tyson sucks. I'll look really bad > if 20 people show up to this thing. > > Is money your problem? I have ideas to help you raise money. If you > can find a large group of people who want to learn how to cube, I'll > try to work out a way so that you can get cubes for cheap, sell them, > and make some money to go to Vegas. > > Or do what Frank Morris does and get a company to sponsor you. > > Please come! > > Note Vegas is not finalized yet, but it's getting really close, and > I'm going to be very nervous if it does get finalized... because I'm > basically promising them 100 competitors. We had 56 in San > Francisco... we should be able to do 100 for a national competition. > > Tyson Mao > Astrophysics '06 > California Institute of Technology > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
