LourdesMoon

I'm assuming this is in reference to the fact that he says 34 points instead of 23 LOL

I really don't want to be that person who brings negativity into this chat. But what Scott Hamilton says here is not classy at all. I'm disappointed. Please ignore if you don't want to hear biased, inaccurate comments. Sorry again if this bothers anyone, you can just pass by my post and pretend this horrible video was never here.

I would pay hundreds to watch this.

I just...want Jazz and Tango is that too much to ask.

Well he told us to stick by him during the rough times right...we gotta pull through and just wait. He usually takes longer than his reports suggest to heal, I'm the same...some people just need longer. However, selfishly I still wish for his hometown to just see him at the venue even if he just sits in a chair...also...knowing how popular he's become in the last year I wonder how much of this sharing he'd appreciate. Up until now he's never wanted to reveal any information about his injuries but JSF, Olympic Channel, ISU all want to know and share and it must be so irritating for him.

This likely means no FAOI Sendai right? Health is more important but I feel like he'll be so disappointed

CBC usually spends a lot of time mentioning the Pooh Rain and Brian, since he's Canadian. It gets very frustrating when they have the opportunity to discuss their favourite moments, moves, his potential pressure or even unfairness in his scores but decide not to. I'm also of the opinion that they (specifically Kurt) always believes the audience is only filled with Japanese fans AND that Yuzuru should always be encouraged by this fact but alternatively he doesn't ever recognize the stress it causes him as it did at this competition. BUT, they're not the worst commentators and as a Canadian I do look forward to their thoughts...it just gets frustrating sometimes when they gloss over things or misinform audiences.

CBC had nice things to say about him as well, but Kurt (as much as I like his commentary) says things that rub me the wrong way sometimes. He'll throw in comments that make it seem like Nathan is a complete packaged skater, how a relaxed upper body justifies a lot of GOE on Nathan's jumps, how Nathan is too humble to say he is happy to win against his rival when he is at his best (although partially true, Yuzuru wasn't really at his best soooo???) I'm kinda just scared to hear what NBC said about Nathan and Yuzuru in comparison lol https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1462243907625 (I think this link only works if you're in Canada)

I don't know if this has been discussed..sorry if it has already...but what happened with the NBC broadcast. Usually there is always something said by Tara or Johnny that offends me and other fans in some way or is noteworthy or maybe even complimentary towards Yuzuru. I've seen nothing stated by them...I have heard what CBC said however...opinions/ thoughts? Was the NBC broadcast just the regular patriotic/nationalistic stuff we always hear?

I agree.

He has a separate scoring system. Yuzuru Hanyu scoring system which nitpicks everything and is arguably fair on occasion until you remember it's only applied to him.

It's only a big deal if the judges want to crucify someone though...little mistakes seem to mean/do nothing to certain skaters.

THANK YOU I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE IN THIS THOUGHT!

Maybe another reason for him to stay in Japan would be getting treatment from Kikuchi-san, if he has indeed retired and can't travel anymore (I honestly don't know where he is, does anyone know...besides the fact that he is apparently writing a book?).

It's not Yuzu's fault but I really hate waiting for news. It's the worst part.

I've never written on the General chat forum, only competition and ticket related ones so it feels weird to do it now, but I needed a space to release some of the sadness of this weekend. I don't mean to bring down anyone who sees this but is this honestly real? After 2ish days it still feels unreal. I was at home, working on an essay and refreshed my twitter page and saw that he had fallen. Knowing the magnitude of what happened last year, I didn't take the situation that seriously in the first 5 minutes (thinking at first that fans had overreacted), but then I read he left practice. Still, I decided to wait because apparently someone said he had done this before at ACI18. When he skated, I thought that meant it wasn't so bad but as every day passes I'm starting to get awful deja vu and its quite honestly depressing - I don't know how Yuzu deals with it. If I was him I'd be crying all the time at the unfairness of the world/ fate. His perseverance is why we all love him but the waiting is honestly so horrible (the worst part for me personally, and I'm usually a patient person by nature)...last year it nearly drove me insane. I don't know what else to say, but I guess thanks to everyone here who understands and who is trying to infuse this forum with positivity!

Anyone have any idea how one could purchase the music box? I've never made a purchase outside of Canada...would they even ship it here? LOL