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[cornelussen]

Hi guys. What's up?
So I've been thinking lately about this YouTuber that had really great insights on major figure skating competitions and her analysis was so on point: she went by the name Koola King. Does anyone know anything about her? She kept throwing those warnings to ISU, and maybe she was silenced or something god forbid?

 

[TripleAxelQueens3]

Actually I think that YouTube channel was a terrible place. They did mention some good points - Yuna deserved to win Sochi, Evgenia is overscored, prerotation and flutzes are very common, but the way they did so was so rude. Also, they aren't even always correct. Example, they said Evgenia has bad jumps, as in all jumps. That's just incorrect! Her salchow and loop are two of the best in the ladies field currently. I also remember how Koola King literally attacked Elizaveta Berestovskaya who was like what, 11?, at that time. Come on! I think there are some other excellent YouTube channels that call out issues in figure skating without personally attacking skaters.

 

[Imagine]

"Insight" Good riddance.

 

[Mista Ekko]

Actually I think that YouTube channel was a terrible place. They did mention some good points - Yuna deserved to win Sochi, Evgenia is overscored, prerotation and flutzes are very common, but the way they did so was so rude. Also, they aren't even always correct. Example, they said Evgenia has bad jumps, as in all jumps. That's just incorrect! Her salchow and loop are two of the best in the ladies field currently. I also remember how Koola King literally attacked Elizaveta Berestovskaya who was like what, 11?, at that time. Come on! I think there are some other excellent YouTube channels that call out issues in figure skating without personally attacking skaters.

We hardly needed some Youtuber to figure that one out

 

[anonymoose_au]

We hardly needed some Youtuber to figure that one out

You know some people might - shockingly - believe Adelina DID deserve to win...or rather it was a close thing and Adelina ALSO deserves not to be dragged - 7 years later! - every time.

Far as I know Yuna has got over it or didn't seem too upset in the first place. It'd be nice if "Wuz robbed" crowd could too.

 

[karne]

There are a lot of adjectives I could use to describe Koola King.

All of them would get blocked by the profanity filter and probably get me banned.

Good riddance to that absolute stain on the skating world.

 

[eterislouisvuitton]

Honestly it's probably for the better that they're gone, I hope they suddenly realized their mistake and tried to move on from it. But then the question is why it would be so suddenly, without explanation, leaving at the time they did?

 

[Mista Ekko]

You know some people might - shockingly - believe Adelina DID deserve to win...or rather it was a close thing and Adelina ALSO deserves not to be dragged - 7 years later! - every time.

Far as I know Yuna has got over it or didn't seem too upset in the first place. It'd be nice if "Wuz robbed" crowd could too.

I was just makin' a joke, But if we must:

If you wanna look away from corruption that's on you

That controversy was never about any specific skater or their achievements

I'm assuming a mod will eventually erase our back and forth

 

[Sk8FraSch]

Hi guys. What's up?
So I've been thinking lately about this YouTuber that had really great insights on major figure skating competitions and her analysis was so on point: she went by the name Koola King. Does anyone know anything about her? She kept throwing those warnings to ISU, and maybe she was silenced or something god forbid?

Poor soul.

Great laugh though. Thanks.

 

[Paulipau]

Yes, YouTube is better without Koola King.
I stand against dragging 13 year old girls for trying to jump quads, I think Koola just had a thing against russian young skaters. She was not objective nor making any sense.

 

[Autumn Leaves]

They have lost motivation, because they were mostly Evgenia/Eteri hate channel. But then Evgenia moved to Orser, then she stopped competing, so why would they post any more?

 

[karne]

That controversy was never about any specific skater or their achievements

Maybe it wasn't intended to start that way. But it sure became that way when the death threats against Adelina and her family started rolling in - and never stopped rolling even after 7 years.

 

[cornelussen]

Actually I think that YouTube channel was a terrible place. They did mention some good points - Yuna deserved to win Sochi, Evgenia is overscored, prerotation and flutzes are very common, but the way they did so was so rude. Also, they aren't even always correct. Example, they said Evgenia has bad jumps, as in all jumps. That's just incorrect! Her salchow and loop are two of the best in the ladies field currently. I also remember how Koola King literally attacked Elizaveta Berestovskaya who was like what, 11?, at that time. Come on! I think there are some other excellent YouTube channels that call out issues in figure skating without personally attacking skaters.

Totally valid point, thanks.

 

[cornelussen]

"Insight" Good riddance.

hahah, i was trying not to offend anyone, but you're right

 

[Lunalovesskating]

this YouTuber that had really great insights on

If you mean with great insights bullying young girls for the sake of entertainment..

 

[Lunalovesskating]

Actually I think that YouTube channel was a terrible place. They did mention some good points - Yuna deserved to win Sochi, Evgenia is overscored, prerotation and flutzes are very common, but the way they did so was so rude. Also, they aren't even always correct. Example, they said Evgenia has bad jumps, as in all jumps. That's just incorrect! Her salchow and loop are two of the best in the ladies field currently. I also remember how Koola King literally attacked Elizaveta Berestovskaya who was like what, 11?, at that time. Come on! I think there are some other excellent YouTube channels that call out issues in figure skating without personally attacking skaters.

Koola King had people literally so brainwashed that their fans wrote dozens of "prEroTaTiOn!!!!! -5 GOE penalty. COrRuPtioooon!!!!!!" comments under Salchow and Loop compliation videos. That Salchows and Loops naturally have more prerotation than toe jumps due to them being edge jumps flew by them.

 

[Fallingwater]

Koola King and other similar experts have served to convince me not to have significant issues with the judging and outcome of any figure skating competition ever held, with two exceptions:

- Salt Lake City Olympics 2002 pair skating competition where judging corruption was proved:
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen Olympics 1936 ladies' singles competition where the final starting order was probably doctored to increase the likelyhood of a result pleasing to a very nasty man with a mustache.

 

[nussnacker]

hey, not that I don’t think there’s nothing wrong with pre-rotations and stuff, but I think we need to differentiate between a message and a way to deliver a message.
Koola was downright obsessed with bringing Evgenia down, perhaps because she beat Yuna’s record, and thus was seen as “another Adelina” in her eyes. I think around 80-90% of all her videos were about Evgenia, which is quite telling. This isn’t technical analysis anymore, it’s bullying.
Besides, her technical information was not accurate (more often than not). For example, she was insistent that Evgenia has a toe-axel. She might not have had a great axel, but it wasn’t a toe-axel. I personally find that there’s a lot of bias and manipulation in her videos.

what happened to her? I would say she probably moved out of college/school, entered a new phase of her life and had less time to obsess over Evgenia’s pre-rotations. Honestly, good for her, but I won’t say her presence is greatly missed.

 

[Mista Ekko]

Maybe it wasn't intended to start that way. But it sure became that way when the death threats against Adelina and her family started rolling in - and never stopped rolling even after 7 years.

That's terrible and kinda crazy

And also beside the point

 

[anonymoose_au]

That's terrible and kinda crazy

And also beside the point

I'm not so sure about that. Had Carolina Kostner or Gracie Gold won it would have been a huge story of triumph and rising to the moment.

But since it was a dirty, cheating, no-good Russian obviously it was shonky, because Russians can't win anything fairly am I right