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On 5/13/2017 at 22:08, reikaloures said:

Here are some banners I designed for Planet Hanyu!

 

 

Hope you guys like them! 

 

Edit: Fixed the links!

I love the Chopin one!!

19 minutes ago, yuzuangel said:

They are both varied... I can't think of any more, maybe arms out to the front or side? Maybe Evgenia will try jumping with her leg above her head.

Janet Lynn's tano a long time ago:

John Curry's tano change of hands.

Michael Chack's hands-on-the-hips at the 2A

Yuzuru's helicopter arms: 

Brian Boitano arms in front in 2A; 

19 minutes ago, dd2_edge said:

In a Japanese documentary aired after the 2016 Worlds, Yuzu said he is lonely and he recognised this as the price to pay for staying on top of his game. He said he had to shut down from the world so that he could focus on skating. He said he is weak because if he were strong enough, he wouldn't be affected emotionally. 
Yuzu is honest about his fears, and he always strives to turn pressures into propellants.
He is the driving force for the development of figure skating and, with or without admitting, the young guns owe (partly) what they've accomplished to him.
 

It's always easy to be the chaser than the top of the top. That's why most Olympic gold medalists r****d, lost motivation or just withdrew from most competitions after wining Olympic. Yuna didn't come back to GP series after Vancouver. Plushenko also didn't do GP or even WC after 2005.

No men in the field could understand the pressure that Yuzuru is enduring in every competition. 

The mentality of being the ice king comes with a huge price. I can't understand how people dare call Yuzuru as weak. I laugh at people calling his rivals as having nerves of steel and Yuzuru not.

The other men are not mentally stronger than Yuzuru. They're just at better place to feel less stress.

I dare all the current men to compete with the pressure Yuzuru has suffered in the last 4 years. I am sure all of them would rather not being on top for such pressure and attention.

That's why Nathan doesn't seem to stick around for 2022. He just wants to be the chaser, easier to do, and be done with it. 

1 minute ago, the50person said:

Yuzuru feels like someone who thrives off adrenaline, fear (i dont mean it in the way that he is afraid if you get what i mean) and the feeling of pursuing and being pursued.

Well, apparently Yuzuru is very sensitive to the surrounding that's why he is so emotional. He can feel bad or good energy from people. He has great mentality, of course every one has weaknesses but of all the men in the top, his mental strength is the strongest.

He isn't calm and collected and he doesn't act so chill like Nathan Chen for example. But he can be strongest when needed. And after all those years, he has proved he is the leader people always look up to,

Without Yuzuru as the leader, the men can not reach where they are today. And if Yuzuru just do not take the burdens, the rest of the men will be clueless.

41 minutes ago, the50person said:

True, Boyang is the happy go lucky one. Javi will use his socialising powers.

 

Shoma has nerves of steel. Yuzu also said so himself.

 

I'm in favour of writing a hilarious crackfic on this though. Either survival game style, or the 6 playing a game of Resistance or Coup

Shoma only acts tough when there's Yuzuru being the one on top who suffers all pressure.

Give Shoma the attention and the pressure Yuzuru has had to deal with since Sochi, he will succumb to it.

Honestlly, I don't think any of top skaters who can deal with the pressure Yuzuru has had to take. Maybe Plushenko and Yagudin at their prime. But Yagudin went to therapy and Plushenko also messed his first OLympic. 

22 minutes ago, Yoa said:

Can skaters do a jump sequence in a SP? Or can they only do a combination?

 

Combination only 

I am not good at judging, let me try to be a tech specialist. 

Just now, yuzuangel said:

 

I'm under the impression that popping is a hard habit to fix once you start doing it. I wish he rotates/falls rather than pops...

Well Yuna did fix that bad habit and landed all her jumps at Vancouver, WC 2013 and Sochi. I think Yuzuru will manage to as well.

and of course he will have an upgrade layout next season. The focus in technique will be shifted. 

1 hour ago, mcq said:

He'd likely won't do that, high risk low reward imo. It is easier to do quad separately, and he has yet to perform even a 5-quad program actually cleanly (he 2-footed his 3F landing at Nats; 4CC, worlds WTT is even more of a mess imo). That said, 4 is a piece of cake for him by now and probably 5-6 is more on the higher limit one. 

I'd argue 4 is commonplace for Yuzu too by now, he landed 4 from 4CC to WTT, it is just that his tendency to pop things hurt his score (Aside of the 4S issue).

It's funny how Yuzuru this season had same tendency to pop jump like Yuna before Vancouver... I think the injury after Boston did affect his mentality a lot. Before that he often rotated the jumps. But next season he will upgrade his layout so... we shall see. Hopefully it will turn out to be right in the end for Yuzuru. 

Just now, xeyra said:

 

The requirements are: 

Jump Combination: Double/Triple, Triple/Triple, Quad/Double, or Quad/Triple. So yeah, no 4-4 allowed in the SP. But nothing says it can't be done in the FS!

 

The point for 4-4 is if they can do it in SP or not, cause under the current system, it does not worth much to do 4-4 in LP.

Just now, xeyra said:

 

I imagine 4-4 combos (and to a lesser degree 3-4) might become more popular the season after Olys, with one less jumping pass, when one is trying to maximize their points.

 

And at the moment, it seems 4-4 is not allowed to do in SP yet? Right @mcq, I haven't checked the rules.

3 minutes ago, xeyra said:

 

Landing a backend -4T combo would definitely open up a few doors, but the rewards aren't particularly high, yeah.

 

Just for fun, I did some calculations. Nathan's originally planned 6-quad layout for Worlds, with repeat 4F and 4Lz, was worth around 115.74 BV.

A 6-quad layout that goes something like 4Lz3T 4F 4S 4Lz // 4F2T2Lo 3F4T 3A 3Lz would be worth 120.45 BV, only about 2 BV points less than a 7-quad layout with 4Lo (which was around 122 BV, give or take).

And if were to add the 4Lo anyways as well as a 3F4T? Almost 127 BV. 

 

 

I highly doubt Nathan would do 3-4 or 4-4 cause it's not enough rewards. It is better to do quads as the first jumps in combo. I think it is more likely Nathan will do 6 quads with 4lz and 4F repeat OR he will add 4lo and have 7 quads. But there has been no news of Nathan trying out 4lo in that jump competition yet.

Just now, xeyra said:

 

I don't remember if Jackie was all 'omg potential backend -4T combo' when Shoma landed those 3A-4T.....

 

Shoma landed heavy UR 3A4T... I think Jackie sure knows Nathan has a better chance of landing fully rotated quads. 

Jackie Wong already jumps to conclusion that Nathan will do 4-4 next season. However, it does not make sense under the current system to do 4-4 cause it's too much risk and not enough rewards. 

6 minutes ago, ralucutzagy said:

We must admit that in FS, to be beautiful  (beside being technically and artistically good) it's a +3!!

Well, being pretty doesn't help Zijun Li... apparently...

17 minutes ago, xeyra said:

Then I remember these comments are from Japanese people(?) and there seems to be a lot of stereotypes about gender roles, identity and sexual orientation still left in that country.

 

 

 

Honestly, it's those comments were from Japanese that surprise me the most. There is no need for all  Japanese people to support Yuzuru and think he is this or that. It is normal not to like him. But to call him not a man. It is not just prejudiced but also disrespectful to a person regardless of who they are, famous or not. But anyway, nasty people are everywhere. 

2 minutes ago, b138oo said:

To be fair, they picked a bad pic of him and well he looks handsome on the tennis court. In tennis, even for girls, we have this "beauty on court" phrase. Tennis players usually look handsome and pretty on the court, but outside the court, they look unappealing lol

 

but then I am his fan (he's the only current Asian man to be that good and he's kinda cute on court), so my judgment is super biased. 

 

Yuzu on the other hand, looks like an idol  especially in that an an pic, who would have thought he's an athlete with those muscles  

 

I have seen Kei Nishikori in other media and I actually think they picked a very good photo of him. Had they picked the photo in which he smiled... 

Anyway, I grew up watching football where many good players are handsome, so I am not new to macho men looking bloody with sweats (literally). I do think, men in sports do not need to look handsome or attractive. For example, Messi is not handsome by any means, he is just a guy-next-door but he is sooooo talented and so rich.... so in general, looks in men sport do not matter much.

Just now, ralucutzagy said:

Kei Nishikori is a top ten tennis player, with great speed and amazing tennis skills, a complete tennis player. In his sport beauty is irrelevant! I'm a big fan of his way of playing tennis! 

 

With sportsmen, especially men, you do not have to look good to be famous. Many top sportsmen are not that easy to the eye so... Just I find it very funny when they call these famous sportsmen as hot just because they are famous and rich... cause.... welll...  I would not call Tiger Woods as hot lol. 

26 minutes ago, xeyra said:

The funny thing is, Yuzu first caught my attention exactly because of his aesthetics. Sparkles and all. I came to get attached to him because these aesthetics were matched by amazing talent and an interesting dichotomy to his personality (the soft and sweet and the alpha conqueror).

 

 

Yuzuru is not my type. It's the Pooh that caught me... lol 

5 minutes ago, yuzuuu said:

no youre not alone, I don't find him handsome at all, looks like the typical playboy type I have everywhere in my school. Yuzu is truly special in terms of everything.

 

 

I mean... I don't follow Kei Nishikori career and I have not much interest in tennis. So I can't tell who he is in person.

But I have followed football (or soccer if you're American), and I have to say: THERE ARE MANY MACHO GUYS WITH MUCH MUCH BETTER LOOKS (like 100000% lol) than that. I mean, football players with handsome looks are not rare. Lol

Kei Nishikori's gummy smile really chases me away if you want to ask me to judge people just by their looks. 

5 minutes ago, yuzuuu said:

I on the other hand, cannot take macho-ness, feels so cringe to watch but I respect whateva it is that people likes Yuzu's figure is perfect for figure skating! just see how ethereal he looks on ice

 

 

and it is funny but I have to say, in the list of those male athletes, Yuzuru is truly striking and more like an artist than an athletes if they judge by the looks only.

The rest are typical sportsmen. Not that there is anything wrong with it. They are sportsmen and people can tell them right away. I like that Yuzuru's looks fool people. He is the best example of: "Do not judge someone by their looks". Lol 

BTW... am I the only one who find Kei Nishikori not handsome at all (I mean he is NOT easy to the eyes by average Asian standard). Nishikori has a gummy smile. And I do not know how people here think, but in my country, a gummy smile is highly unattractive. 

1 minute ago, xeyra said:

 

It's not entirely non-FS fans, though. I can't quite forget that interview with Trankov, with the Javi is the last truly masculine man comment.

 

 

Well, Russian is also a macho society... Not that I want to offend Russians. I think it is just the reality of this world. We still live in a world where the majority of people think men should act like that and look like this. And women should be feminine etc. 

The point is, it is still a bit sad that the most famous and celebrated skater of the current field is considered weak by the non-fans.

I never consider world classes athletes weak even I do not follow their sports. 

Just now, xeyra said:

 

I'm enjoying the twitter sarcastic commentary about these comments on Yuzu's 'fragility'. 

 

 

Actually, I am fine with the non-fans of FS. It is hard to understand FS. 

Frankly, If it's not Yuzuru it will be other skaters in that positions to be hated anyway. Because many people see that a huge amount of people love Yuzuru and they do not follow skating so they think his fans like him only for his looks (and Yuzuru's costumes do not help too lol). Let's say, it's Ryuji Hino in that position, outsiders will just say the same. 

Because they have a strong bias against skating in the first place. Americans call it a gay sport so it's also hard for male American skaters, to be honest, their world is so macho.

Which is quite sad... because I can tell some swimmers as hot and handsome even though I am not a fan of that sport at all.

Figure skating is still treated quite wrong by the public media.

Sorry for being late, has this been shared before? http://aramajapan.com/news/gossip/yuzuru-hanyu-wins-male-athlete-marriage-poll-receives-mixed-results-online/75231/

It seems many people dislike Yuzuru commented there.  oh well... FS is really not considered serious by the mass. 

57 minutes ago, xeyra said:

Was that sent by karne or what? This confession is so funny to me, especially the part about Yuzu's quad thirst. Javi and Kevin Reynolds were doing 3 quad programs long before Yuzu. I'm doubtful Yuzu would have thought about jumping more than 3 quads if the youngsters hadn't been throwing 4Lz and 4F around. It makes no logical sense.

 

You certainly have not been here long enough to know Karne.