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  1. meoima
    I think people should just play chill in the first half of the season. Whatever happens in the first half of the season might be different from the second half. I for sure don't think he will be clean at Autumn Classic lol. And frankly Javi will be there I think it's not going to be easy as judges might keep some scores down to leave room for the other. Some of them might have their top priority on their more ideal macho man. I don't think he should be clean there either. And his usual pattern is that he messed his early competitions. It is ok if media throw storm at him. It's not something we can do, lol.
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    Nathan will not care to win Japan Open, because it's Japan Open, sorry it's a fake competition. Skaters come there to get the money and test the feelings of their programs. I am not shocked if Nathan goes to Japan Open and only does 3-4 quads. Nathan's strategy I think is much wiser in this case. He debuts the program first, get good impression and good PCS first. And he will add more quads as he feels healthy. Judges will never give much lower PCS than they gave it in the past. Aslo, Nathan's team is trying to make him not to peak too early by adding too many things all at once. if I have to bet between Shoma and Nathan, who will place higher at Olympic, I will bet on Nathan.
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    Well no one is stronger than USA when it comes to PR.
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    Gracie is a nice girl and I've always liked her. But my friend who first saw her at Sochi also disliked her a lot. Now she forgot Gracie already.
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    I assure you, had the lady who won over Yuna Kim at Sochi were Gracie, not Adelina, the whole US-UK media would never mention Yuna Kim at all.
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    Headline to me remembered of those times: American beat Kwan (because apparently Michelle Kwan is Asian and not American enough).
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    Yeah, that's why it's a bit too much to take it as the team want to fool people. Why would they think of some unrealistic layout that doesn't follow the rules at all? So people laugh at them? Who would they want to fool? Skating people practically knows it's a wrong layout, because they skate themselves. Even judges who don't skate know it's wrong layout. Who would take it seriously and panic? Mostly just people who don't understand skating.
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    If his team want to mess people up they would have put a more realistic layout with 8 jump passes and 3 spins. And only 1lo3F, not 2lo3F because there's no way to change edge. If I want to troll anyone, I would make it realistic. Cause anyone who understands skating knows that layout is impossible. Mostly it's bad management. I have been working as a volunteer in sport events many times. It's not weird that there are miscommunications and the people in charge give out some wrong information. It happens all the time.
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    Nathan is welcomed to do 9 jump passes because the last one will be invalid anyway. Zero point for much work and risks. I don't think Nathan or his team put 9 jump passes in the plan. It's more likely someone who input the data was confused. Especially when they put 4T2lo3F in the layout, it's clear that the data person doesn't understand figure skating at all. You can't do 3F after 2Lo without change of edge, unless you rotate clockwise which is overkill and a bit what the heck (or stupid) to train that within this system.
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    I have lost hope in the judging. And I don't think the judges and the specialists will make any move to act serious with their calls anymore. It's like ok everyone get candies as it's done. The system will be shut down soon anyway why do they care? That's my frustration. Before last season, some folks I know kept saying: "they will make a lot of changes, don't worry, the scores will be more sensible, they're very serious." Nothing sensible and nothing serious at all. Inflation keep going up and judges leep yolo scores like they haven't had enough time. As I said, the only bright notion from this is that Yuzuru might hit 350 or even 360 if this trend keeps going.
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    I think pretty much everyone has given up Lombardia. Like when I saw Zagitova getting 147 it's done. The point is are we sure if judges or tech specialists will be sensible as the season goes? I remember the whole last 4 years when people complained about how wild the judging was during Gp series every year, and people all say: "Well it's just GP, it's not serious, let's wait for Europe, for WC". My memories of those years is that: the sensible moment from the judging never came. One good thing, maybe Yuzuru will hit 350 or even 360 total if the judges keep going this way.
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    With the way they're judging Lombardia, when everyone get new personal best right at the beginning of the season, the tech call is super easy for ladies, how do I expect suddenly they're more serious for the men? I will be more than happy if they're serious for once. But after the ladies, I have no hope at all. And yes 4S is more of a reasonable choice but I will not be shocked to see a 4flz without any e call at all. And to think Lombardia tickets this season are more expensive than usual. Roll eyes. Of course I don't like what the organizers are doing. US classic judges might be feeling so regret right now that they're not inflating scores to the moon (just kidding).
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    Huh? Did I say "his fed is covering his ass"? I said Italian fed is being too easy in this event and give out too much easy scores which don't look as good as the performance shown. It's across all competition from ladies to men. How are you explaining 143 and 147 for ladies in a senior B when just last season it's the score for top ladies at World Championships? It is ridiculous judging, ridiculous leniency and of course, this kind of easy going is not doing good for the sport at all. Where did I mention Japanese fed? Are you imagining thing?
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    Tech specialists are paid but they also don't do their job probably. Of course this is just a senior B event when they're super lenient. But again, if they're there and they can not tell which wrong is a fake and should get penalized, then what's the point for specialists to be there? Just tell the judges to give maximum in everything and it's ok. I am so done and so disgusted at what Italian fed is managing this event, sorry if I offend anyone. It's not about ther nationality but how they're judging all of these. It's a farce. and 147 for Zagitova right at the beginning of the season. I don't know what to say.
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    Look at how they scored the ladies at Lombardia give me no hope at all. This sport is dead. Because specialists are just tools for big federations to give easy pass for their cheated technique.
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    it is a mess which the Russian coach who trained me during the seminar said: "They replaced the old system with something even worse because the same people do the judging."
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    I was interpreting one ISU seminar in which the ISU specialist said this: "You'd better to keep the gap in between 0.25 to 0.5. Gap like 1 or above is too big in factoring." Judges will not give you 7 in SS but 9 in IN because it's against what they were trained... They have to make the number events. That's why the game of PCS is dangerous. Once you get above 90 PCS, you will not get lower than that for most of the time. Judges give out scores based on tier. Not on actual skills. For example someone can do 60 crossovers and still get above 90 PCS because judges count them in as medal contenders.
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    Yuzuru also raises his BV. Judges will not underscore Yuzuru this season though. They had a reason last season because he lost WC 2015 and 2016. His programs last season were quite disliked as well. But now he is the reigning WC, with programs they can not deny, they will not underscore him. What they will certainly do is to give candies to everyone, so everyone will get huge scores even though they might not deserve much. But that's life. For example some certain skaters just skated at Lombardia without good transitions and steps and still get the same benefits as thought who incorporate those moves into their programs. My friend was laughing like: "Hey, that's a fake mohawk right, does it count? No? Hey I count 29 crossovers in total, maybe more? ISU has no shame right?" Anyway, by Olympic, everyone will get 2 and 3 anyway so it is not likely a good jump from Yuzuru will get 0. The men layout is risky and those who do not experience Olympic does not know this. I worked at a stadium for 2 years during college life, and I have seen how athletes from kids to adults messed up at low level competitions, let a lone the most important and most viewed ones. The key is not highest BV but the highest stability. In short, Yuzuru understands this very well, that's why he chose the programs he did. He needs to be at the most stable condition, to skate clean as much as possible, make least mistakes as much as possible. That's why skaters are reusing their programs. And the latest is Osmond has just comes back to her SP last season. And my friend in Canada already predicted it one month before this. She was like: "I assure you Osmond will reuse her SP last season!" And she did.
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    At Yuzuru's very best, even if they hate him, all they they can do is the same as what they did at WC 2017 and we all knew the result. Yuzuru does not need too much generosity. Because his jumps and transitions always follow the guidelines, they can do nothing but giving rewards to it even though they dread giving him +3.
  20. meoima
    lowest score got thrown out so the second lowest got counted. So yes Japanese federation should be aware. The American know of Shoma's cheated jumps and no steps before quads and the huge amount of 2 foot skating that Shoma is displaying. The American know and all the American and the Canadian and their fellow will do is easy, just score it correctly to the rules and it will all matter.
  21. meoima
    Only the American judge gave quite fair score, he is the only one who gave rightfully -2 for the solo quad without step before it. If they truly follow the rule it should be automatic -3 but I guess with this kind of judging -2 is already a lot.
  22. meoima
    Lombardia Trophy scoring is a joke I feel like ISU is trying to give everyone the chance to score huge because they will have a new system soon anyway. Wakaba got 74 for UR 3lz3T, Carolina got 71 for only 3-2 combo, Shoma got no automatic -2 or -3 across the board for NO STEP before solo jump. The only judge who scored fairly was American judge. Remember this, JSF should know they can't play with cheated technique much longer.
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    That's enough money for ISU to change the Olympic Schedule, and (sorry) give some skaters they prefer much higher scores than they should... No wonder my friend who worked for a television broadcast in New York told me since 2015 that Olympic will be mostly decided by NBC. Anyway, it is out of our hands, let's pray and hope for the best.
  24. meoima
    Shoma Uno doesn't have 4lz, especially from the training video people have seen. Shoma flutz as usual and UR it. Even someone like Jackie Wong who defended Shoma's bad technique many times also calls it as a UR flutz. You don't fix a bad flutz in several weeks. If they're naive to try it out in real competition, I am sure they will get called as they already have great lutz from Boyang and Nathan to compare. It is safe to say Yuzuru has 4lz in practice because we actually saw him landing it. And his coach even confirmed that. And there's rumors of Yuzuru including 4lz in this season. Yuzuru might even do 4A if he's really into it. So the biggest challenge is the 4F. it is also safe to say Boyang will have not much doing both 4F and 4Lz because he is a very fast rotator with acceptable take off technique. As for who will benefit the most from this? Whoever ISU will favor by that time, mostly a Russian or a Canadian or an American. In short, many people are against the proposed BV so we shall see how they will apply it or how will they adjust the scale after the feedback. It's not set in stone yet.
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    Lady event was still the event that attached the most audience at Boston WC, so no. And at Olympic, ladies will be the last event and we all know who decided Olympic schedule. So overall, To US casual views, it's still the ladies that represent figure skating. Of course male skaters as long as they do well will get attention, but will never be famous as ladies. I have no doubt saying this, had Yuzuru been American, he wouldn't get as much loved as Kwan was loved back then.
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