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    @kaeryth Have you ever considered a career in espionage?
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    Boyang said in his post-Finlandia interview he was focused on improving his programs and not going to add technical upgrades for now, hence his layouts being the same as last season. Which is a really good mindset for him and shows his focus on really working on those areas. The issue is that while I feel his SP will be a great vehicle for that improvement, his FS may not work quite as well. At this point, the music cuts are just too distracting (imho). But I admire Boyang's focus.
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    There are some A spins I like but the skater usually brings their leg a bit up and wider comparatively to the versions I don't like as much (which Yuzu sadly does). But I don't hate it and sometimes it just fits? Like the combo spin at the end of LGC (especially in purple pants); the A-spin wasn't bad in there at all.
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    I do agree there seems to be very high levels of hyping regarding Nathan's programs, especially from the US fan corners. And I think his SP totally deserves the hype, I kinda really love it. I don't think his FS is quite the end all be all of this season's programs, though (but I quite like his music choice!), but in a season of so many warhorses and repeats, his choices do stand out. Which is a good strategy for him, but it was the only strategy he could have. Repeating a program was just not an option for Nathan. And going with the same kind of musical choices would just remind people too much of his previous season. The direction Nathan has gone in was the absolutely necessary direction for him to go in; he above all other men had to show greater versatility in the Olympic season, to remove the image of last season and to improve his PCS (no matter if Hersh keeps harping about how he's being held back in PCS because his balletic roots means he is super artistic).
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    Definitely! I guess clean-ish Seimei 2.0, then. I just want him to be there and feeling that step sequence.
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    I don't think ACI is a good indicator of whether he's removed the Biellman permanently. He didn't do a Biellman in H&L at ACI 2016 or at 4CC either and it was back in later competitions. Yuzu did come out of a week of rest to compete at ACI due to the knee issue, it's possible he was just saving his body the strain of a Biellman for this particular competition.
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    Some things just naturally get changed as you go along, of course. I remember missing the H&L Besti squat Yuzu had at ACI but I think it was gone by NHK (I didn't watch Skate Canada so not sure if it was still there). He just did a spread eagle there instead of a Besti. But in Nathan's case, he's going to have to set up for 6-7 quads and that's not going to be easy and the program will probably have to suffer somewhere for it. I'm still waiting for clean Seimei 2.0 to convince me to love it more than Seimei 1.0, much like I'm still trying to be convinced that Turandot 2.0 can be as good as Turandot 1.0 (better costume, though, A+++ choice there). Mods: This post mentioned Yuzu, it's on topic!
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    Nathan is no slouch artistically, though, as shown on his junior programs and EX. And his programs this season show he is trying to change the image he left last season. But he does have a strategy involving very high BV and he's not going to change it. I think he'll be able to keep the quality of his SP even with the quads. The nature of the SP assures some limitations. And it's a great SP! The FS is more debatable if he's really going for 7 quads as endgame. The stamina necessary for that kind of jump content may make him remove some things. Question is if judges will care if the 3-4 quad version had more inbetween content than the 7 quad version, by the end. Who was it who said a pairs Team once broke a record at the beginning of the season then in order to maintain consistency they removed some transitions and other details on further outings but their PCS never suffered for it?
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    Wasn't that composite photoshopped, though? There's a lot of weirdness in the background compared to the other composites you posted, so I'm not sure it's a good example to use. Reminds me a bit of the Japan Openopenopenopen photo. But I think every composite in those Nikkan tech articles were kind of weird, not just this one.
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    Hey I was just posing an option! I have no idea what Sportiva's brand of US propaganda is. But what I've learnt from reading this twitter user is to just ignore everything outside of translations.
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    Probably a Nathan related article in the Sportiva praises him and talks about his balletic roots, which I guess is 'US propaganda'? I've found it's just best ignore this user's cryptic tweets.
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    Jeff Buttle on Yuzuru Hanyu (2017.9.29 - Figure Skate Life 11) Translated by @gladi https://wherespacepooh.tumblr.com/post/166334252409/jeff-buttle-on-yuzuru-hanyu-2017929-figure
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    I don't know if this has been answered before but is there the possibility to insert a function in the forum for keeping formatted tables we copy from another source? Sometimes it's so useful to just copy tables from the ISU results page and then tweak as we wish instead of creating whole new tables for results. At least, if this function already exists, I don't know how to use it.
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    Yeah, I think the Swan was actually my favorite costume overall (it's so pretty! ), but since it was an EX one, I don't mentally count it in my favorite competition costumes list.
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    Brief translation from the Facebook group of the Every News video posted earlier: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1610393525875114/permalink/1970740519840411/
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    Yuzu has learnt subtlety through the years. Except with LGC. There was nothing subtle about that one, thank you very much. Then again, there's The Swan, which was sparkly and feathery goodness.
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    Last season my favorite costume was Loco, this season so far it's Turandot 2.0 but there's plenty of costumes left to be revealed, including Chopin 3.0.
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    They show some of the Yuzu Photobook pictures in this segment.
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    Not everyone can be as good as Pumpkin King.
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    I love H&L!!! But it wasn't my favorite men's costume last season. Speaking of Seimei 2.0, I love the gold in the inner sleeves. That's one of my favorite details, though I know there's some superstition about gold in Olympic costumes?
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    I'm fully prepared to once again find the best men's costume belongs to someone not Yuzu this season, just like last season. I already have a great candidate for favorite costume!
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    I think it's best to just prepare yourself for disappointment all season. I doubt he's going to do any drastic changes to the Seimei look when it's so meshed in the movie's visuals. If he was going to change anything more drastically, he would have done it already, I think. So just feel free to dislike it. I for one actually prefer the new version and its subtle details, so people's tastes just differ. Edit: I am however prepared to eat my words if he does change his outfit through the season but if he does, here's hoping for some red.
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    13.6 BV is a good reason to obsess about.
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    Here's another angle of the rippon 4Lz. And I guess Vincent might go for two 4Lz in his FS, which I thought he might do in my layout table, though I think I need to add one layout where his lutz combo comes at the beginning.
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