8 minutes ago, Dara said:

No, Jr GP entries are allocated by federations, and ISU had already released announcement few days ago http://www.isu.org/media/515695/jgp2017-18_announcement_final.pdf

 

Ah, so maybe a similar document to this, but for Seniors, is supposed to come out today, then, not exactly the assignments per se. Unless that has been released already?

They play political games so early... gezzz

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12 minutes ago, xeyra said:

 

Ah, so maybe a similar document to this, but for Seniors, is supposed to come out today, then, not exactly the assignments per se. Unless that has been released already?

Umm no, Jr and Sr GP work different way, for JR it's just allotments, how many places at each GP each country has (that depends on Jr Worlds placements). Senior on the other had are alloted exactly.

So if Flade tweets about "selections" it's supposed to be the usual table of names for each GP specifically.

40 minutes ago, Dara said:

Umm no, Jr and Sr GP work different way, for JR it's just allotments, how many places at each GP that country has. Senior on the other had are alloted exactly.

So if Flade tweets about "selections" it's supposed to be the usual table of names for each GP specifically.

 

Thanks for explaining. So does this mean the selections got anticipated from the original dates David Molina tweeted about?

1 hour ago, sweetwater said:

Today's gonna be very busy...

It's like bidding for mods in uni

Re:  A "J:COM" survey on what people do with their mobile

       phones particularly in terms of sports in Japan.

       [J:COM  =  Jupiter Telecom Co.,Ltd., Tokyo]

The survey was conducted during April 14~18, 2017 by the

above-mentioned company from 1,000(M:500&F:500) mobile

phone users throughout the country by the Internet.

 

Source:

https://www.value-press.com/pressrelease/183702

and

https://files.value-press.com/czMjYXJ0aWNsZSM5OTAwIzE4MzcwMiM5OTAwX25TaklBY0JjUEIucGRm.pdf

 

As it's too long and nothing much to do with figure skating itself,

I'll try to pick up what might interest you with regard to sports

here in Japan and put it in a simple way.    

......................................................................

Who's the athlete you(M/F) want to watch LIVE/root for most?

1st  :   Yuzuru Hanyu......(22 yo/Figure Skater).......99 votes

2nd :   Kei Nishikori..........(27 yo/Tennis Player).......90     "

3rd  :   Shohei Otani.........(22 yo/Baseball Player)....73     "

4th  :   Ichiro Suzuki.........(43 yo/Major Leaguer)......61     "

   || 

7th  :   Mao Asada...........(26 yo/Figure Skater)........30     "

......................................................................

Who's the athlete you(F) want to watch LIVE/root for most?

1st  :   Yuzuru Hanyu......(7.12.1994)......................88 votes

2nd :   Kei Nishikori..........(29.12.1989)....................58    "

3rd  :   Shohei Otani.........(5.7.1994)........................34    "

4th  :   MAo Asada...........(25.9.1990)......................22    "

5th  :   Shoma Uno...........(17.12.1997)....................20    "

6th  :   Kohei Uchimura....(3.1.1989)........................19    "

  ||

9th  :   Ichiro Suzuki.........(22.10.1973)....................12    "

  "    :   Marin Honda.........(21.8.2001)......................12    "

......................................................................

Who's the athlete you(M) want to watch LIVE/root for most?

1st  :   Suzuki Ichiro ................................................49 votes

2nd :   Shohei Otani.................................................39    "

3rd  :   Kei Nishikori..................................................32    "

  ||

9th  :   Yuzuru Hanyu..............................................11    "

......................................................................

What do you want to watch LIVE most?

1st  :   Sports.............................72.1 %

2nd :   Music..............................49.1 % 

3rd  :   Talk Shows.....................19.1 %

4th  :   Drama/ Stage Play..........17.9 %......

Both men(80.8%) and women(63.4) chose Sports for their no.1.

.....................................................................

What kind of sports you want to watch LIVE most ?

Top 5 are all to do with baseball and football.

6th place is Figure Skating.........14.4%(M:5.6%/F:23.2%)

7th~10th are Sumo, Marathon, Tennis, Ekiden

(Long-distance relay road race) in order.

.....................................................................

Have you ever watch sports LIVE broadcast by mp?

Top 5 are all to do with baseball and football.

6th place is Figure Skating.........9.3%(M:2.6%/F:19.4%)

7th ~ 10th are Horse Racing, Tennis, Sumo, Golf in order.

.....................................................................

Have you ever watched a LIVE Broadcast by mp?

20~29 yo  :   42.0%

30~39 yo  :   34.4%

40~49 yo  :   32.4%

50~59 yo  :   20.0%       (32.2% in total)

.....................................................................

How many times per month do you watch LIVE B by mp?

On average, generally 3.3 times.(Men:3.8 /Women: 2.5 times.)

....................................................................

If not a LIVE broadcast, have you never been moved to tears?

NEVER for men                     :   34.2%

NEVER for women                :   21.2%   (27.7% in total)

.....................................................................

Have you ever missed watching the game bc of job/sth?

YES for men                          :   61.8%

YES for women                     :   49.6%   (55.7% in total)

YES for job holders(Men)      :   64.6%

YES for job holders(Women) :   57.2%  (62% in total)

....................................................................

Have you ever been too restless to settle yourself to your

work when you have a match you'd like to watch?

YES for men                          :   42.8%

YES for women                     :   37.7%

(605 out of 1,000 = job holders)

.....................................................................

Even at the venue, do you still use mp to watch LIVE?

YES = 56.1% The reasons are as below.

39.6% = To see the athlete's expression

38.0% = To keep up a running commentary on the game

               by the sportscasters

31.9% = To be able to watch the game by zoom function

....................................................................

What else of the functions you'd like to use to watch LIVE?

1st....To be able to choose different angles of what to watch

2nd...To be able to experience from the player's eyes

3rd....to be able to push "Like" button to a nice play !

 

Have to leave now.  Please enjoy your day.   

These are dates of GP announcements previous years

 

5 minutes ago, Dara said:

These are dates of GP announcements previous years

 

So actually abt time? Last offseason was spectacularly  late though.

 

55 minutes ago, Dara said:

These are dates of GP announcements previous years

 

 

So the last pre-Olympics GP assignments (in 2013) was very early June, so we're just about one week early if they come out today. Interesting how the timing on the assignments has shifted a lot, though, from late May to early July!

55 minutes ago, the50person said:

So actually abt time? Last offseason was spectacularly  late though.

i think last season was late bc ppl didnt know if yuzu would participate on gp events or not, and it'd affect the assignment

GP assignments, so early, I am not ready yet 

49 minutes ago, dzuo1015 said:

GP assignments, so early, I am not ready yet 

 

Skate Canada or not Skate Canada, that is the question 

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