Recent content by neptune

Well, Adelina has a good reason for doing that--she's afraid that if she doesn't take the higher road, her Mercedes might get mud on it!!! ;) Incidentally, how do you pronounce her last name in Russian?

You're welcome. Hopefully it made a bit of sense then. :)

Actually, I'm convinced that in general PCS marks have little to do with anything that happens on the ice. They seem to be determined mostly by: 1) what flight a skater is in (e.g., if you're in the final flight, you're probably going to get good PCS) 2) reputation 3) audience reaction...

I have no idea, but she does look a bit Hispanic. No, and I didn't read the National Enquirer either. But I heard enough about the article to know all that I needed to. ;)

Notice that I said "alleged," which means that nothing has been proved--only that there's a lot of hollering about it. Besides, even if there was cheating, no one knows if it actually influenced the outcome. Anyway, I don't think you'll hear too many Americans who are complaining that Yuna got...

So alleged Russian cheating may have helped the U.S. win a gold medal? How's that for irony? ;)

In other words, Yuna wasn't as hungry this time around. Who knows--maybe she just had too much pizza right before the FS or something. ;)

Or strap a lie detector to him. Or else bring Judge Judy on the scene--she'll sniff out any deception: "Johnny, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!!!!!!" ;)

Well, I think of that argument more in a "6.0 system" sense. IOW, 7 triples with harder combos should trump 6, regardless of what the actual TES should be for all the top women. I just think having no loop is a noticeable deficiency if you want the OGM. Besides, COP is goofed up in a lot of...

:eek: Can this stuff not be reported to FB as being abusive, so that the posters will be banned or something?

That's impressive if you know Korean. :) In order for it to be really bad manners, the person has to realize that. Anyway, why would she have any reason to be ungracious to Kim??? It doesn't make much sense. Besides, she's only 17. And is there any etiquette here that she would be expected...

That's a reasonable comparison. I agree, but the thing is, the same thing was going on with fans of ice dance. It seems that a whole lot of people are foaming at the mouth. :D I was rooting for D&W, and even I can agree that they were somewhat overmarked, but all the talk of deals and fixes...

It was winning sort of in the same tradition as Hughes, Lipinski, etc.: out-jumping the competition, and skating with a lot of energy and/or speed. I don't have a problem with that concept. Of course, who wins the OGM is about who's the best at that competition, not in general. The best...

I'm not a Sotnikova uber, but I agree with this. If an American had beaten Kim in the same fashion, would you have seen the same outrage from Americans? Probably not. I don't have a problem with rational folks who say, "I disagree with the judging." However, I'm just tired of all the...

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