9 minutes ago, katonice said:

 

Sprained ankles, plural, is that a translation error? Because... Oh no.

 

What is this GP. What is this season.

 

I do really want to punch it. Does it have anything I can kick it in?

i was thinking of going to US Nationals since I live in San Jose, but I think at this point, I won't give USFS a single dime. 

17 minutes ago, Mastyaeva said:

Totally agree. Maybe only the last stsq was more emotional than that time. But in general, his skating in CoR was mush more powerful, balanced and smooth. It's evident even simply looking at his last position: no energy at all. And his face: he wasn't happy about his skate (or it only seemed to me). He was the best yesterday, for sure, but it wasn't his best skate. I will allow myself to not discuss scores, it's too embarrassing. I just rewatched Chopin: the difference in representation skills is so evident, really. 

It doesn't matter if he skated better here because apparently, unless you are a Japanese lady, being clean is enough to reward you the consistency bonus in PC 

 

Notice that wrong edges, iffy landings, under rotations, technically not falls according to ISU because of the stupid weight distribution rule stumbles do not affect the perceived cleanness of the program 

18 minutes ago, Xen said:

Am I the only one who thought Meghan was being sarcastic?

I thought it was pretty clear that she meant what she wrote, but now that you mention it, I'm not so sure anymore. ... 

 

that's why I asked her, maybe she'll clear it up (but probably not): 

 

23 minutes ago, Eclair said:

I thought it was pretty clear that she meant what she wrote, but now that you mention it, I'm not so sure anymore. ... 

 

that's why I asked her, maybe she'll clear it up (but probably not): 

 

I don't think she's being sarcastic, but...

35 minutes ago, Eclair said:

I thought it was pretty clear that she meant what she wrote, but now that you mention it, I'm not so sure anymore. ... 

 

that's why I asked her, maybe she'll clear it up (but probably not): 

 

 

I think she complained about Nathan being underscored in CoR before? Really doubt she's being sarcastic too, but go you for asking her anyway

53 minutes ago, yuzuangel said:

i was thinking of going to US Nationals since I live in San Jose, but I think at this point, I won't give USFS a single dime. 

I might decide to go at the last minute if someone needs to dump a good ticket. If so maybe we can meet up. And wear Pooh ears lol

Meagan is so smart, and I had just been thinking she’d make a great commentator. Except she has a huge blind spot when it comes to artistry. Really not her forte 

I was catching up watching videos on Youtube and what's up with people in the comments who think Adam wears "butt pads"  This is the best joke I've read today 

 

Well, I have looked to the performance of the men and I agree with the majority of your comments.

 

Just to add some salt about Ms. Martinez and PCS given to Nathan, that I was expecting also higher in the end (but luckily still the highest and the lowest scores are not counted).

I think that this is a brilliant program coreographed by Shae Lynn (best coreographer of the last couple of season to me) and performed well by Nathan, but everyone with eyes - or almost - can agree this performance is nowhere near those 10s, not to mention 9.75 in SS and TR...

However, there is no surprise that Ms. Sasha Martinez Mendoza was invited by USFSA at this comp, and not only for her scores at 4CC last year. She seems to be a regular at U.S. International Figure Skating Classics from 2013 and in some of the U.S. Challenge skates for junior and novice level (all comps held at Salt Lake City, the hometown of Nathan: http://www.rinkresults.com/judge?judge_id=247) ).

And also this play of underscores / overscores in a so blatant and excessive way: really this makes no good to the sport and to the athletes.
I hope that the panel will have an honest discussion/review after this segment of competition and that we will see more balanced scores in FS also for single judging. Luckly the highest and lowest scores are not to be taken in consideration, but yet is frustrating to read protocols like that (but also some missed calls from the technical panel...).

Really: there is no way that ISU will do something about that before/ for Olympics?

 

Edit: I just discovered that our Ms. Martinez was judge also at JPF 2013 in Mexico, where Nathan won the title: there she was overscoring him but not that much. Anyway they have a long story "together"...

 

Let’s be real, there’s only a few elements by a few skaters in the world that deserve more than +3. Yuzu has them. S/M twist. But inflation candy will start to spread immediately.

30 minutes ago, sublimeskating said:

Yuzu has them. S/M twist.

 I am sorry, but what is S/M twist?

3 minutes ago, sublimeskating said:

 

i have no idea what it is either, i'm afraid

i know what a twist is but i don't know what s/m stands for

we have to ask @beki

haha Savchenko and Massot twist 

FS start order

 

	Warm Up Group 1	SP
1	Liam FIRUS (CAN)	65.17 (11)
2	Kevin REYNOLDS (CAN)	69.10 (10)
3	Maxim KOVTUN (RUS)	64.98 (12)
4	Takahito MURA (JPN)	75.05 (7)
5	Roman SADOVSKY (CAN)	70.85 (9)
6	Ross MINER (USA)	71.59 (8)
	Warm Up Group 2
7	Boyang JIN (CHN)	77.97 (6)
8	Daniel SAMOHIN (ISR)	82.28 (5)
9	Han YAN (CHN)	85.97 (4)
10	Sergei VORONOV (RUS)	87.51 (3)
11	Adam RIPPON (USA)	89.04 (2)
12	Nathan CHEN (USA)	104.12 (1)

 

There's some information Maxim Kovtun has withdrawn.... 

ETA: he has - due to an injury

https://rsport.ria.ru/figure_skating/20171125/1129152075.html