Message #3857

From: Ty Jones <whotyjones@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Speedsolving contest test successful
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:22:06 +0000

He’s only here for Friday Saturday so Sunday would work if people could do
it then!

On Sun, Dec 3, 2017, 9:58 PM Melinda Green melinda@superliminal.com
[4D_Cubing] <4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Can you ask your friend to wait or watch you while you compete? It will
> also be helpful to have someone there to watch the chat and alert you if we
> have any false starts. The contest may not even take very long though that
> is impossible to say. At worst, please suggest some other dates that might
> work. I’m certainly happy to postpone if it means we can include everyone
> who wants participate.
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> -Melinda
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> On 12/3/2017 7:48 PM, Ty Jones whotyjones@gmail.com [4D_Cubing] wrote:
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> Bummed I’m not doing to be able to make it after all 😞 A friend will be
> in town from out of state next weekend now. Good luck to those that compete!
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> On Sat, Dec 2, 2017, 2:37 PM Melinda Green melinda@superliminal.com
> [4D_Cubing] <4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks to Nan and Luna, we shook out a couple problems and found that we
>> could run a contest through streaming YouTube chat. The functionality is
>> very minimal, but it’s enough. The best part is that anyone with a browser
>> should be able to use it right away without joining or configuring
>> anything. And the winner of the test was Luna with a fast solution to a
>> completely unfamiliar but very easy puzzle. The test and solution files are
>> here: http://superliminal.com/cube/contest3/. The puzzle ended up being
>> the file test2.log, and Luna’s solution was luna2.log. Congratulations Luna!
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>> I wish a few more people showed up to test so that you’ll be less likely
>> to stumble while handling log files or operating any related software. I’ll
>> pick a puzzle that I think someone should be able to solve in an hour or
>> two if not much less. I can’t be certain how long it will go, but if you
>> practice with a few random MC4D puzzles and try to keep your plans
>> relatively free for a few hours, there’s a chance that you can win. Even if
>> you think you have no chance to win, you can still have a lot of fun. Our
>> last contest was actually pretty hilarious and surprisingly exciting. Even
>> this little test was fun. Even if you have no intention to participate, you
>> may still enjoy just showing up to watch and maybe encourage the
>> participants.
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>> For reference, the official starting time will be 11 AM, Pacific time,
>> Saturday December 9th. I’ll aim to publish the scramble URL as close to
>> that time as possible, so do show up a little early. The location is here:
>> https://www.youtube.com/c/MelindaGreen/live. The winner will be the
>> first to send me a correctly solved version to melinda@superliminal.com.
>> You can use macros but you should define them during your solution. You
>> don’t need to submit your macro files. If you want to participate and can’t
>> get into the chat for any reason, send me email immediately.
>>
>> Any questions? Please ask publicly or privately.
>>
>> Good luck!
>> -Melinda
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