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2018 Winter Olympic Thread

Apparently the participation trophy generation has taken over with you getting more points for attempting harder spins than just flawlessly completing others. Since Rippon didn't attempt harder spins he by default scored less.

Yeah, it’s ridiculous. Skate a flawless pretty difficult routine and you get beat by a guy that falls on his ass trying to skate a harder routine.

You two are serious?
 
You two are serious?

So you think as longs as a guy tries something harder but fails, he should beat the guy that skates a near him perfect routine that may be slightly less difficult? Do explain?
 
You two are serious?

in snowboarding halfpipe if you fall, your run is effectively over. if you go through your run perfectly with easier tricks you will score higher than if you attempt a big trick and bust your ass. granted, you can probably throw that one run out since the finals is best of 3 runs, but there was one American woman yesterday who finished last who fell on all three runs.
 
in snowboarding halfpipe if you fall, your run is effectively over. if you go through your run perfectly with easier tricks you will score higher than if you attempt a big trick and bust your ass. granted, you can probably throw that one run out since the finals is best of 3 runs, but there was one American woman yesterday who finished last who fell on all three runs.

that's only because their speed/momentum is slowed so much that they won't be able to get up the ramp and effectively do anything
 
that's only because their speed/momentum is slowed so much that they won't be able to get up the ramp and effectively do anything

Exactly.

There are several elements in figure skating. If someone fails at a very difficult element and has slightly more success than another skater at other elements, he gets a sightly better score. I think that’s what we saw.
 
Exactly.

There are several elements in figure skating. If someone fails at a very difficult element and has slightly more success than another skater at other elements, he gets a sightly better score. I think that’s what we saw.

except in this case it's like less than 1/4 rotation on a landing
 
that's only because their speed/momentum is slowed so much that they won't be able to get up the ramp and effectively do anything

depends on when it happens...plenty of people recovered from their falls and were still able to do decently big tricks
 
the argument that there's a technical component and it's obscure to non-skating fans, that's not surprising or illegitimate.

what's fucking dumb is that the score is predicated on the subjective score, which is utterly opaque and nonsensical to fans who are watching two skaters, one of whom is far more lyrical and expressive. the fix might not be in but it might as well be
 
depends on when it happens...plenty of people recovered from their falls and were still able to do decently big tricks

The figure skating equivalent would be falling on your first jump, just not taking four in a row, and then ending with four jumps that are significantly easier. Yay.

Its almost if different sports have different rules and nuances that make comparing them an almost impossible task.
 
The figure skating equivalent would be falling on your first jump, just not taking four in a row, and then ending with four jumps that are significantly easier. Yay.

Its almost if different sports have different rules and nuances that make comparing them an almost impossible task.

it's like giving the pebble beach trophy to jason day for an incredible par on 18 on sunday because he had a harder time
 
it's like giving the pebble beach trophy to jason day for an incredible par on 18 on sunday because he had a harder time

Yeah, it's like a guy who tries to dive a 300 yard par 4 over water and hits it in the drink being given a birdie just for trying. The same score as the guy who hits an iron off the tee, wedges it within 10 feet and makes the birdie putt.
 
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