I'd assume that's it. Same for me. When I cannot watch live, it's not the same. That's why I get more into events in Asia and America and not so much in Europe. At least with many events in Europe, I can normally watch the Saturdays so I see a bit of the skating live. I fear I will find many worlds lack-lustre now that I have experienced from the rink... sigh..... Maybe it was the time zone which made it impossible to watch the FS live, and watching after the fact all the emotions were kind of dulled.
Regarding the skating : actually from there, I felt the falls and mistakes way more difficult than on streaming. It was refreshing to see someone skate relatively clean and guess what, the crowd cheered for that. (Adam, Mark, Jason, Yuma with almost a clean skate and of course Ilia).
I never want to hear again that a fall may not be disrupting the program. That's a lie. Even more so live at the rink and the judges are there