General Yuzuru Chat

[Henni147]

6 hours ago, Yuzurella said:

Yay! This is great news!

 

Thank you so much to you and your team for your hard work @Henni147! Congrats!

I hope your recovery goes well. I wish you all the best!

 

[NEWS]

 

I wanted to share the news here too, but I just realized that you linked the tweet already. Thank you very much!

 

This promotion of Yuzu's Olympic seasons article to featured class really means a lot to me and our team. The page was created in April last year and has grown by almost 200,000 characters since then. I cannot count the hours of research, prose writing, formatting, and page reviews that went into the creation of this page, but it was an insane amount of work. For me, it is the first ever article on English Wikipedia, where I wrote most of the prose part myself. I was very nervous, especially about spelling, grammar, and punctuation, since English is only my third language after German and Hungarian. So it's a huge relief that the page passed the language review.

 

This is the first ever article on Wikipedia specifically about the Olympic seasons of any athlete from any sports, and also the first with individual sections about the background and making of figure skating programs. It can be said that it's a Wiki pioneer project in many aspects, and we are very happy that it got promoted for FA class. It is also nominated for "Today's featured article" on December 7. If successful, Yuzu's Olympic seasons page will be pinned in the top left corner of the Wikipedia mainpage for that one day. I selected December 7, since it's Yuzu's birthday and hopefully a great present for him.

 

About my condition: Treatment went smoothly this week, I'm back at home now and recovering. I will find out about the result in a bit less than two weeks. If all goes well, things will hopefully be back to normal. For the time being, I will try to relax and take care of myself as much as possible. Very big hug and thanks to you everyone for your kind wishes and support. It really means a lot to me.

 

Best wishes to you all

Henni

[Anni]

2 hours ago, umeko said:

Hello from Sendai　
A miracle happened.
I won a ticket for "Prologue."
After the ice show, I will write about the day here.　

 

Wow that's great. Congratulations @umeko

I'm happy for you.

 

 

1 hour ago, SuzyQ said:

Still, I'll try another chance on 22-23 October 

 

 

 

 

4 hours ago, mmmrazorz said:

I'm going tobtry again on 22th for the the general sales😭. Wish me luck, everyone 😭😭

I keep my fingers crossed for you. Good luck. 

 

 

Here is an update on the "Prologue" page (ANY has been added)

[NEWS]

 

[SaluYuzu]

5 minutes ago, Henni147 said:

 

I wanted to share the news here too, but I just realized that you linked the tweet already. Thank you very much!

 

This promotion of Yuzu's Olympic seasons article to featured class really means a lot to me and our team. The page was created in April last year and has grown by almost 200,000 characters since then. I cannot count the hours of research, prose writing, formatting, and page reviews that went into the creation of this page, but it was an insane amount of work. For me, it is the first ever article on English Wikipedia, where I wrote most of the prose part myself. I was very nervous, especially about spelling, grammar, and punctuation, since English is only my third language after German and Hungarian. So it's a huge relief that the page passed the language review.

 

This is the first ever article on Wikipedia specifically about the Olympic seasons of any athlete from any sports, and also the first with individual sections about the background and making of figure skating programs. It can be said that it's a Wiki pioneer project in many aspects, and we are very happy that it got promoted for FA class. It is also nominated for "Today's featured article" on December 7. If successful, Yuzu's Olympic seasons page will be pinned in the top left corner of the Wikipedia mainpage for that one day. I selected December 7, since it's Yuzu's birthday and hopefully a great present for him.

 

About my condition: Treatment went smoothly this week, I'm back at home now and recovering. I will find out about the result in a bit less than two weeks. If all

goes well, things will hopefully be back to normal. For the time being, I will try to relax and take care of myself as much as possible. Very big hug and thanks to you everyone for your kind wishes and support. It really means a lot to me.

 

Best wishes to you all

Henni

What you have done is absolutely amazing and admirable!!! A big thank you from the bottom of the heart of a baby Fanyu. Wish you a speedy recovery. 

[guor]

11 minutes ago, Henni147 said:

 

Haberi burada da paylaşmak istedim ama şimdi fark ettim ki tweeti linklemişsin. Çok teşekkürler!

 

Yuzu'nun Olimpiyat sezonları makalesinin öne çıkan sınıfa tanıtımı, benim ve ekibimiz için gerçekten çok şey ifade ediyor. Sayfa geçen yıl Nisan ayında oluşturuldu ve o zamandan beri neredeyse 200.000 karakter büyüdü. Bu sayfanın oluşturulmasında harcanan araştırma, düzyazı yazma, biçimlendirme ve sayfa incelemelerini sayamam, ancak bu çok büyük bir işti. Benim için, düzyazı bölümünün çoğunu kendim yazdığım İngilizce Wikipedia'daki ilk makale. İngilizce, Almanca ve Macarca'dan sonra üçüncü dilim olduğu için özellikle yazım, dil bilgisi ve noktalama konusunda çok gergindim. Bu nedenle, sayfanın dil incelemesinden geçmesi büyük bir rahatlama.

 

Bu, Wikipedia'da herhangi bir spor dalından herhangi bir sporcunun özellikle Olimpiyat sezonları hakkında ilk makalesi ve aynı zamanda arka plan ve artistik patinaj programlarının yapımı hakkında bireysel bölümler içeren ilk makale. Pek çok açıdan Wiki öncüsü bir proje olduğu söylenebilir ve FA sınıfına terfi ettiği için çok mutluyuz. Ayrıca 7 Aralık'ta "Bugünün öne çıkan makalesi" için aday gösterildi. Başarılı olursa, Yuzu'nun Olimpiyat sezonları sayfası o gün için Wikipedia ana sayfasının sol üst köşesine sabitlenecek. Yuzu'nun doğum günü ve umarım onun için harika bir hediye olduğu için 7 Aralık'ı seçtim.

 

Durumum hakkında: Tedavi bu hafta sorunsuz geçti, şimdi evdeyim ve iyileşiyorum. Sonucu iki haftadan biraz daha kısa bir sürede öğreneceğim. Düştüm

iyi gider inşallah herşey normale döner Şimdilik, mümkün olduğunca rahatlamaya ve kendime bakmaya çalışacağım. Çok büyük kucaklama ve herkese iyi dilekleriniz ve desteğiniz için teşekkürler. Benim için gerçekten çok şey ifade ediyor.

 

hepinize en iyi dileklerimle

kına

 

 

thank you so much
fast recovery
I pray to you....

[Perelandra]

Strawberry Shortcake Winnie Pooh stand in for PC Olys is back and Nekomasamune has joined Pooh and Piglet

 

 

[Perelandra]

2 hours ago, Henni147 said:

 

I wanted to share the news here too, but I just realized that you linked the tweet already. Thank you very much!

 

This promotion of Yuzu's Olympic seasons article to featured class really means a lot to me and our team. The page was created in April last year and has grown by almost 200,000 characters since then. I cannot count the hours of research, prose writing, formatting, and page reviews that went into the creation of this page, but it was an insane amount of work. For me, it is the first ever article on English Wikipedia, where I wrote most of the prose part myself. I was very nervous, especially about spelling, grammar, and punctuation, since English is only my third language after German and Hungarian. So it's a huge relief that the page passed the language review.

 

This is the first ever article on Wikipedia specifically about the Olympic seasons of any athlete from any sports, and also the first with individual sections about the background and making of figure skating programs. It can be said that it's a Wiki pioneer project in many aspects, and we are very happy that it got promoted for FA class. It is also nominated for "Today's featured article" on December 7. If successful, Yuzu's Olympic seasons page will be pinned in the top left corner of the Wikipedia mainpage for that one day. I selected December 7, since it's Yuzu's birthday and hopefully a great present for him.

 

About my condition: Treatment went smoothly this week, I'm back at home now and recovering. I will find out about the result in a bit less than two weeks. If all

goes well, things will hopefully be back to normal. For the time being, I will try to relax and take care of myself as much as possible. Very big hug and thanks to you everyone for your kind wishes and support. It really means a lot to me.

 

Best wishes to you all

Henni

Omedetou gozaimasu and sending healing wishes for your recovery

[Perelandra]

My Aera copies shipped today. Probably 2 weeks before they arrive. Worth the wait though, methinks. 

[Anabel]

8 hours ago, mmmrazorz said:

I actually live in japan rn so i thought maybe i had the chance and i could get one and maybe japan fanyus just exaggerated when they said getting ticket was difficult. Now i've learned the lesson 😭😭. Never underestimate Yuzuru Hanyu. When other ice shows and comps are struggling to sell tickets, you need to win a lottery to buy his ticket. I'm going tobtry again on 22th for the the general sales😭. Wish me luck, everyone 😭😭

 

5 hours ago, SuzyQ said:

My friend and I have both lost the ticket battle of the Prologue Yokohama. Sad, but I think I knew it 

I cannot imagine what the odds of winning it were.

 

Still, I'll try another chance on 22-23 October 

 

 

 

Best of luck to both of you in the next chance! 

 

6 hours ago, umeko said:

Hello from Sendai　
A miracle happened.
I won a ticket for "Prologue."
After the ice show, I will write about the day here.　

Wow, congrats! So we will have at least an ambassador in Prologue!!  

 

 

 

 

[Anabel]

5 hours ago, Henni147 said:

 

I wanted to share the news here too, but I just realized that you linked the tweet already. Thank you very much!

 

This promotion of Yuzu's Olympic seasons article to featured class really means a lot to me and our team. The page was created in April last year and has grown by almost 200,000 characters since then. I cannot count the hours of research, prose writing, formatting, and page reviews that went into the creation of this page, but it was an insane amount of work. For me, it is the first ever article on English Wikipedia, where I wrote most of the prose part myself. I was very nervous, especially about spelling, grammar, and punctuation, since English is only my third language after German and Hungarian. So it's a huge relief that the page passed the language review.

 

This is the first ever article on Wikipedia specifically about the Olympic seasons of any athlete from any sports, and also the first with individual sections about the background and making of figure skating programs. It can be said that it's a Wiki pioneer project in many aspects, and we are very happy that it got promoted for FA class. It is also nominated for "Today's featured article" on December 7. If successful, Yuzu's Olympic seasons page will be pinned in the top left corner of the Wikipedia mainpage for that one day. I selected December 7, since it's Yuzu's birthday and hopefully a great present for him.

 

About my condition: Treatment went smoothly this week, I'm back at home now and recovering. I will find out about the result in a bit less than two weeks. If all goes well, things will hopefully be back to normal. For the time being, I will try to relax and take care of myself as much as possible. Very big hug and thanks to you everyone for your kind wishes and support. It really means a lot to me.

 

Best wishes to you all

Henni

So happy your treatmen goes well. I hope your recovery goes well too and you can get back to normal soon. As you said, be patient and take care of you. Sending you lots of good energy 

 

About the article on wikipedia... No words. It is incredible. You can appreciate all the work and love invested in its creation. Also, a very nice detail about the date for the "Today's featured article" It would be a lovely present to Yuzu in his birthday. 

 

Lots of love for you 

[Geo1]

11 hours ago, Mary_kyo said:

You know what I don’t like about these western/American articles? That they omit some important factual information that might “question” their own champion. None of them even mention “why he rotated only once in his first quad”. They write as if it was his own shortcoming/mistake. Meanwhile few days ago some fans were saying that he should had asked for a restart of his SP because based on “rules”, he had the right. As if judges have ever had any respect for the “rules” and as if the same journalists wouldn’t have eaten him alive if he had asked for a restart.

I’m not salty though, not anymore. Beijing was also a good life lesson to me; I witnessed perfectly that cheating won’t take anyone to anywhere special and fake results won’t make respectable champions. Hardwork and honesty is “always” respected by mass people. It was a very important take home message.

 

This is a tale of two unicorns from Tohoku and how differently their respective sports have treated them.

 

I am, of course, speaking of Yuzuru Hanyu and Shohei Ohtani.

 

I do not have to say much about the way Yuzu has been treated by his sport. Everyone here knows about that. He has been blatantly underscored while his opponents have been ridiculously over scored to the point that it amounted to a virtual slap across his face. Instead of wholeheartedly embracing him as the greatest skater of all time, the ISU and JSF have forced him to do the only thing he could in order to retain his dignity and sanity and that is to withdraw from these unwinnable competitions and re-create himself as a professional athlete. He has not withdrawn from competition. He is competing on a different level and on his own terms.

 

I agree with you that writers and commentators are always misstating or leaving out facts regarding Yuzu to either downplay him or so as not to step on someone else’s toes. During the 2019 Skate Canada International competition, I noticed that Rod Black, the colour commentator, repeatedly said words to the effect of “he’s one of the best” and “he could be the G.O.A.T.” And at one point, he said to Tracy Wilson, something to the effect of “Nathan Chen is great too.” And of course, no one ever says anything about how Yuzu’s accomplishments compare with those of Dick Button, except to say that Yuzu is the first to win back-to-back Olympic medals since Dick Button.

 

Figure skating as a sport seems so petty with the ISU and each of the feds promoting their favourite pets while jealously guarding their little fiefdoms. It’s pathetic really.

 

On the other hand, let’s see how Major League Baseball has treated Shohei Ohtani.

 

For those of you who are not familiar with Shohei Ohtani and baseball, there have been only two true two-way baseball players in the entire history of baseball. The first was Babe Ruth over 100 years ago. He has been considered the iconic G.O.A.T. of baseball. He is to baseball what Dick Button is to figure skating, except several million times bigger. A two-way player in baseball is someone who is an ace pitcher and an elite hitter. For those of you who are more familiar with soccer, it is like one player being the league’s best striker and at the same time the best goalie. Except, in baseball, Shohei Ohtani will play both positions in the same game. In one half of the inning, he will be pitching and in the other half of the inning, he will be hitting.

 

In 2021, Shohei Ohtani was unanimously voted Most Valuable Player of the American League. He was also awarded the Baseball Commissioner’s special award for historical accomplishment in addition to a ton of other trophies.

 

This year, the competition for the American League’s Most Valuable Player is between the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs this year surpassing former Yankee Roger Maris’ AL record of 61. This kind of reminds me of multiple jumps versus all-around skater in figure skating.

 

The difference between the way in which Yuzu and Shohei had been treated is that Shohei has always been treated with the utmost respect. Even those supporting Aaron Judge for MVP will readily agree that Shohei Ohtani is the best player in baseball and probably best all time. They just argue that Aaron Judge is more “valuable” as a player this year.

 

Shohei Ohtani wanted to play in the American Major League as soon as possible. If he had waited until he was 25, he could have negotiated a multiyear $200 million contract. Just prior to the 2021 season, he negotiated a two-year contract for $8.5 million. He received $3 million for 2021, the year that he was unanimously picked the MVP. This season he was paid $5.5 million. He has one more year to go before free agency. To avoid arbitration, he and the Los Angeles Angels agreed to a one-year contract next season for the sum of $30 million. Since he would command such a salary as either a hitter or a pitcher, people are saying that he is worth twice that amount.

 

Shohei Ohtani is being treated as the face of Major League Baseball. He is regularly called the unicorn. He is making baseball fun and popular again. His nickname is “Showtime”. People come from around the world to watch him. He is must watch TV. Other ballplayers stop to watch him play. Experts, commentators and other ballplayers have no hesitation in calling him the greatest of all time or words to that effect. Everyone acknowledges that he has surpassed Babe Ruth’s accomplishments. “Better than Babe” is a saying that you hear often when watching Shohei Ohtani. One commentator has gone as far as to say that we should stop using the phrase, “Ruthian” as a superlative in baseball. Someone has surpassed that.

 

Major League Baseball recognizes and knows how to treat its number one star. Too bad figure skating didn’t.

[Geo1]

I’ve never seen this picture before. I just happened upon it today. I wonder when and where it was taken.

 

 

[SaluYuzu]

I think it was taken during FaoI this year but I could be wrong. 

[mmmrazorz]

2 hours ago, Geo1 said:

 

This is a tale of two unicorns from Tohoku and how differently their respective sports have treated them.

 

I am, of course, speaking of Yuzuru Hanyu and Shohei Ohtani.

 

I do not have to say much about the way Yuzu has been treated by his sport. Everyone here knows about that. He has been blatantly underscored while his opponents have been ridiculously over scored to the point that it amounted to a virtual slap across his face. Instead of wholeheartedly embracing him as the greatest skater of all time, the ISU and JSF have forced him to do the only thing he could in order to retain his dignity and sanity and that is to withdraw from these unwinnable competitions and re-create himself as a professional athlete. He has not withdrawn from competition. He is competing on a different level and on his own terms.

 

I agree with you that writers and commentators are always misstating or leaving out facts regarding Yuzu to either downplay him or so as not to step on someone else’s toes. During the 2019 Skate Canada International competition, I noticed that Rod Black, the colour commentator, repeatedly said words to the effect of “he’s one of the best” and “he could be the G.O.A.T.” And at one point, he said to Tracy Wilson, something to the effect of “Nathan Chen is great too.” And of course, no one ever says anything about how Yuzu’s accomplishments compare with those of Dick Button, except to say that Yuzu is the first to win back-to-back Olympic medals since Dick Button.

 

Figure skating as a sport seems so petty with the ISU and each of the feds promoting their favourite pets while jealously guarding their little fiefdoms. It’s pathetic really.

 

On the other hand, let’s see how Major League Baseball has treated Shohei Ohtani.

 

For those of you who are not familiar with Shohei Ohtani and baseball, there have been only two true two-way baseball players in the entire history of baseball. The first was Babe Ruth over 100 years ago. He has been considered the iconic G.O.A.T. of baseball. He is to baseball what Dick Button is to figure skating, except several million times bigger. A two-way player in baseball is someone who is an ace pitcher and an elite hitter. For those of you who are more familiar with soccer, it is like one player being the league’s best striker and at the same time the best goalie. Except, in baseball, Shohei Ohtani will play both positions in the same game. In one half of the inning, he will be pitching and in the other half of the inning, he will be hitting.

 

In 2021, Shohei Ohtani was unanimously voted Most Valuable Player of the American League. He was also awarded the Baseball Commissioner’s special award for historical accomplishment in addition to a ton of other trophies.

 

This year, the competition for the American League’s Most Valuable Player is between the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs this year surpassing former Yankee Roger Maris’ AL record of 61. This kind of reminds me of multiple jumps versus all-around skater in figure skating.

 

The difference between the way in which Yuzu and Shohei had been treated is that Shohei has always been treated with the utmost respect. Even those supporting Aaron Judge for MVP will readily agree that Shohei Ohtani is the best player in baseball and probably best all time. They just argue that Aaron Judge is more “valuable” as a player this year.

 

Shohei Ohtani wanted to play in the American Major League as soon as possible. If he had waited until he was 25, he could have negotiated a multiyear $200 million contract. Just prior to the 2021 season, he negotiated a two-year contract for $8.5 million. He received $3 million for 2021, the year that he was unanimously picked the MVP. This season he was paid $5.5 million. He has one more year to go before free agency. To avoid arbitration, he and the Los Angeles Angels agreed to a one-year contract next season for the sum of $30 million. Since he would command such a salary as either a hitter or a pitcher, people are saying that he is worth twice that amount.

 

Shohei Ohtani is being treated as the face of Major League Baseball. He is regularly called the unicorn. He is making baseball fun and popular again. His nickname is “Showtime”. People come from around the world to watch him. He is must watch TV. Other ballplayers stop to watch him play. Experts, commentators and other ballplayers have no hesitation in calling him the greatest of all time or words to that effect. Everyone acknowledges that he has surpassed Babe Ruth’s accomplishments. “Better than Babe” is a saying that you hear often when watching Shohei Ohtani. One commentator has gone as far as to say that we should stop using the phrase, “Ruthian” as a superlative in baseball. Someone has surpassed that.

 

Major League Baseball recognizes and knows how to treat its number one star. Too bad figure skating didn’t.

 

Yeah and imho Jmedia also treated Ohtani with more respect, maybe it's because media think Ohtani is more popular in US so he's more impressive?.

 

No offense to baseball fans, i think baseball is too boring to become mainstream sport worldwide. It's not soccer or f1 where adrenaline goes high from start to finish. I really can't see Ohtani become more popular worldwide because baseball itself just isn't that attractive to casual viewers.

 

Meanwhile, figure skating is also kind of boring when not done right, but Yuzuru imho has better a chance than Ohtani to become household name worldwide. The potential is there and Beijing, as sad as it was, gave us preview of that and how easy it was for him to attract casual viewers. We really haven't seen the peak of Yuzuru Hanyu yet, and imho the term Prologue is really fitting, as this is really just a start from him.

[meowmeownyan]

2 hours ago, Geo1 said:

I’ve never seen this picture before. I just happened upon it today. I wonder when and where it was taken.

 

 

 

a screen capture from FaOI. maybe the Kobe special?

[Anni]

 

 

[NEWS]