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The article just mentions he needs to challenge additional quadruple jumps like the 4S and 4Lz, not that he'll definitely add the 4Lz. Considering his 3Lz(e)(!), I think he'd be better off with the 4S but toe jumps are sort of more his thing, aside from the 3A. I don't know what is going through his head, but he has actually not trained the 4Lz as he has trained the 4S, as far as I know. I agree that a good way to raise Yuzu's BV is a 4-quad FS with a 4Lz and two -3T combos. Still sticks to mostly the same layout as this season but with added difficulty and BV. And then he would need to nail that. I guess it's all dependent on how he feels about the 4Lz in the off-season, though. And given Shoma's ambition, I don't know if Yuzu can afford to not raise his BV next season in some way.

I think there may have been an hiccup with thread merging at some point here....

I added an option for "Others" - and also enable voters to revote Gah, but now the poll reset. :cry:

:goe: They're absolutely fabulous and I loved them the first moment I saw them at Europeans 2017. Fierce programs in both SP and FS. Inspired musical choices, too.

Since Yuzu is winning by a landslide, I'm going to do the sacrilege-y thing and vote for Boyangman. Because, come on, can you blame me!? :grin: Edit: Wait, I can't find a poll? Edit 2: Wasn't showing up on Chrome but did on Firefox.

Thing is, having two great horses in the race should be a good thing vs having just one, but. Guess this is where inside politicks come in and fuck the big picture :whiteflag: Exactly! The competitiveness should be between the two contenders, not brought through the media itself! But this is not only a Japanese thing. Russia also seems to have interesting politics depending from which area you train in.

The like button is sorely needed about now. (no hurries, admins, we're cool!)

Because Shoma was less than 3 points behind Yuzu at Worlds. And technically won over him at WTT. And Yuzu may not be around for long after PC 2018. And because there's some rivalries between skating areas in Japan. There's many reasons why they might want to start hyping Shoma up. His results through the season did prove that he is a contender. Now, how they do it, that's the issue. They could just hype both of them up without these more interesting PR tidbits.

:omg: I can't believe I forgot about believe it's one of my favourites too, he needs to do it again!!!! :cry: We need a whip emoji. Lacking that :stick: There could always be an option for Others.

Mishin seems to have a really lovely relationship with Zijun. I liked his interactions with her at WTT, asking for photos at the Banquet.

There is a sort of 'shippy' thread at the Church section of the forum where people have been having fun commenting on stuff like this. Only low-key fun shipping: no one actually believes people are secretly banging... or are they! :s_crazy: Xerya! You are OFF TOPIC!! :ban: :rofl: Don't scare me like that, I thought you were Mathman! :whiteflag:

There is a sort of 'shippy' thread at the Church section of the forum where people have been having fun commenting on stuff like this. Only low-key fun shipping: no one actually believes people are secretly banging... or are they! :s_crazy:

the50person, these program music analysis are amazing. Thank you for the time you took to write them. I feel like we should archive them somewhere for posterity! Much like unico's H&L analysis back in the GS FF, which I don't think was saved in the Media Thread, sadly.

Source: vk.com via Pinterest. PM if you know who made it.

I think he finally found a way to make them coexist in the FS. By the end of the season (the 4S pop at WTT notwithstanding, that seemed to be a weird random slip than a lack of confidence in the jump). The issue, on the other hand, migrated to the SP, to the point he started having mental blocks over the SP itself (his comments on beginning to think he's bad at them). So he'll need to work on that. A change of music might help a lot; start anew. Adding a 4Lz in the SP might be troublesome, but it's the only way I could see him going back to a 4T3T combo there. If he doesn't add 4Lz to the SP, he is not going to go from the 4S3T to a 4T3T, no matter what. The BV difference is minimal but he's already out-BV'ed in the SP and FS by all the three youngsters and I doubt he wants to give ground even a little there. If he doesn't add the 4Lz to the SP, I see him keeping his current layout. Maybe try to move the combo to the second half. I don't think he's had a combo on his first jump pass since... 2012? And even then he'd combo the 3Lz more often than not. It would make things so much easier, yes, but he's never wanted easy. Then again, it's Olympic season: maybe he'll be a bit more reasonable! :think: Whether the 4Lz makes an appearance in the FS is another matter. Even if it doesn't, Yuzu can't keep his current layout as is, if he doesn't want to be even more out-BV'ed. We don't know yet if Nathan is going to bring in the 4Lo he has reportedly landed in practices, but even his planned 6-quad Worlds layout (two 4Lz, two 4F) is scary as heck in terms of BV. He won't be doing 6-quads from the beginning, since he can simply scale down depending on the competition, but he'll bring at least those 6-quads for the Olympic FS. Boyang will definitely add the 4Lo now he has more time to develop a layout with it. And Shoma... I have no clue what he'll do, whether he'll train the 4S or the 4Lz(e), whether he'll go for the layout he tried at WTT with the second half 4F combo. Whatever they decide, they WILL be increasing their BV. And so Yuzu must also. But a layout without a 4Lz has some limitations on what increase in BV in can give (I posted some options earlier) and those with the highest BV difference do involve replacing 4S3T with 4Lo3T, an even less tried and true combo than 4S3T! Summary of all this: we're doomed to worry about this until and after we know his planned layout a few months from now.

There's always that last jumping pass in the last moments of the FS to make you bite your nails all through the choreographic sequence. Low blood pressure, what's that!?

I see some guests there! Why are you not registering, guests?

Meme Lord!Yuzu

I wonder if you can change the way the url BB code works. Can it allow you to automatically add the link to an already existing text? Right now, if you select a text and click url BB code, it just adds the tags between the text and doesn't have a place to add the link (you have to manually add url=link within the opening tag to do so). When you select text and click url BB code, can we maybe add a prompt to insert the link so then the code automatically appears as: [url=link]text[/url]

is there a chance that he will skate FS? since Shoma seems to do well in his SP, and Yuzu is good with FS this season In team event Japan have to skate very well in SP so as to proceed to FS. So anyone who has highest SB in SP will have to skate SP I guess. Yeah, basically it'll depend on what they do during the season. Hopefully Yuzu will be back to his stellar SP success rate so he doesn't have to kill himself in the Team Event FS. Shoma has actually a lot more experience skating in tightly scheduled competitions (see his busy weeks between 4CC and Worlds) so I think he'd do well in the Team Event FS and still have plenty of energy for the individual event. His stamina doesn't seem to be much of an issue.

I think best would be to upload the banner to any of the free image hosts (Imgur, maybe?) and post a link here.

Yuzu was out-spidering Boyangman back then! :rofl:

Some more updates on programs, to add to lilsailor's list. Men Andrew Torgashev (USA) FS: Tango de Roxanne Artur Gachinski (RUS) SP: Tango de Roxanne (with lyrics) Ladies Alexia Paganini (USA) FS: Phantom of the Opera Pairs Pfund/Santillan (USA) SP: You Raise Me Up-Josh Groban LP: Gone with the Wind Della Monica/Guarise (ITA) SP: a revised version of their 2015-16 program. FP: Tree of Life by Roberto Cacciapaglia Dance Pogrebinsky/Benoit (USA) SD: Baddest Girl in Town, Lo So Che Finera, and Bailar Tobias/Tkachenko (ISR) SD: Shape of You-Ed Sheeran She Will Be Loved-Rhythms del Mundo Fireball-Pitbull FD: Samson et Dalila-Camille Saint-Saëns Lorenz/Polizoakis (GER) FD: Trio élégiaque No. 2 & Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninof

It's so hard to choose two. Every time I checked two I hesitated to submit because... what about that one... and that other one??? It's easier to pick those you don't much care for.