CSG sucks with his trollish comparison of Plu 2003 and the field of 2013, with different rules, etc. I too want to troll!
Can Plu win in Sochi?
-Sure. Who else. He knows how to stand on his feet after landing, he has the best posture ever, with mind-blowing command of ice and the charisma of a conqueror. The home ice and public will be the part of his PCS with Putin as a cheerleader.
Can Chan win in Sochi?
-Sure. Granted. He is the most corrupted skater in fs history in terms of unfair wins. Retiring David Dore will get his farewell gift. Never mind that the service of zamboni won't be required since Patrick's butt will do all work.
Can Dai win in Sochi?
-Sure. What a stupid question. The people's champion is the best artistic skater ever with charming personality that doesn't annoy anyone except Chan ubers and JSF.
Can Hanyu win in Sochi?
-Sure. With so many skaters possibly retiring, Japan is in desperate need of a new star. Therefore TV Tokyo, Fuji TV, NHK and Asahi TV will cooperate their assets to bribe ISU judges handsomely as only money can do.
Can Javi win in Sochi?
-Sure. He is Orser pet-boy. At the same time he is cute and not a jerk. Also, he is a Euro which is awesome a priori.
Can Ten win in Sochi?
-Sure. Because in this case no ISU monster members will get the main prize.
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Can Plu win in Sochi?
-Sure. Who else. He knows how to stand on his feet after landing, he has the best posture ever, with mind-blowing command of ice and the charisma of a conqueror. The home ice and public will be the part of his PCS with Putin as a cheerleader.
Best posture ever?! He's often hunched when he strokes backwards, which is the vast majority of the stroking in his programs.... Takahashi/Ten/Chan/Yagudin/Buttle/Lambiel all have much better posture.
Definition of POSTURE
a : the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose.
Lol at the posture crap! Now Denis ten joins the massive group of all the skates who are better than plushenko. Chan takahashi buttle hanyu Fernandez lambiel lysacek goebel etc etc! This is the amazing power of plushenko! Being so inferior to everyone else but somehow having three Olympic medals and 3 world titles.
You said goebel deserved to win 2003 worlds and only lost it because of a triple loop error! Lol. Saying how he was so artistically superior to plushenko. It's all part of the long list in this thread of how this skater and that skater are all better than plushenko. If it's not posture it's something else. Every skater is better than plushenko in something and then that makes them better than plushenko overall! Amazing. Even recent successes like hanyu and Fernandez.
I didn't say Goebel was artistically superior to Plushenko -- I said his program was more complex/difficult than Plushenko's, choreography-wise and since his jumps were better (they both made 1 noticeable error, but Goebel's jumps were better executed overall and his quads were harder) I thought the nod should have gone to him.
Every skater is better than some skaters in some areas, and worse than other skaters in other areas... including Plushenko, Chan, Takahashi, Fernandez, and the rest. When somebody says Plushenko is the best jumper, I agree with them... when somebody says Plushenko has the best posture or choreography, I disagree with them. That's not to say he has bad posture or the worst choreography. Just because I don't agree a skater is the best at something doesn't automatically mean I'm saying they're the worst at it.
Definition of CARRIAGE
b : manner of bearing the body : posture
I'm bored. In an another thread we already talked this matter. If you compare their presentation marks, Plushenko is clearly the winner. Plushy was the youngest male skater ever, who received 6.0. He received cca 70 60s before the IJS was introduced. He beat Yagudin with second marks, not technical points. The explanation is so simply, Yagudin lived in North-Am for 7 years, he competed in SA and SC many times, he won his olympic gold medal in US, when he retired he competed on professional competitions many times there. And he retired so early, in americans minds he is the legend who beat Plush. Not to mention Plushy skates in Russian style, and Yagudin not.
These are parts of the Russian documentary on Plushy, Portrait of the star:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB2PDzouzSY Plushenko vs Yagudin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qdWHrP37zU Plushenko vs Yagudin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLcyg-KW3I0 Artist on ice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBqGEGsRigc Artist on ice
This is from Russian point of view, opinions of skaters, old skaters, journalists.
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The Tango Amore isn't my favorite program, but he "blew up" the arenas with it, not once.
"About Plushy's performance of Tango Amore in Beijing last year, I want to mention one of the most wonderful compliments to Plushy I've ever read, from a Chinese Weir fan (who did not know much about Plushy before): she said that as soon as he came out onto the ice, she literally felt the air pressure change, a kind of mysterious energy physically pushing against her chest, something that could only be described as an "aura", and all of a sudden she began to see how things like the Bermuda Triangle and other strange phenomena could be possible, because there are no other explanations for powers like this!
In hindsight, Tango Amore might be the right choice for him at that time. It is a program that he felt comfortable with, the style is very original and mature, you don't get to see skaters do a very sensual and sexy program in competition that often
And as an exhibition program, oh boy, the audience just loves it! He almost blew 18,000 people off with that program in Artistry On Ice last year. I have read nothing but raving review after that performance in China, people calling it "the highlight of the night", and "the perfect combination of dancing and music".
What does it matter where Yagudin won his OGM? The fact is at his peak Yagudin was probably the greatest male skater ever who was stopped only when his body gave out at a young age. He had the jumps but also was a much better artistic skater.
What does it matter where Yagudin won his OGM? The fact is at his peak Yagudin was probably the greatest male skater ever who was stopped only when his body gave out at a young age. He had the jumps but also was a much better artistic skater.
He took the first step.....
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Can Dai win in Sochi?
-Sure. What a stupid question. The people's champion is the best artistic skater ever with charming personality that doesn't annoy anyone except Chan ubers and JSF.
What does it matter where Yagudin won his OGM? The fact is at his peak Yagudin was probably the greatest male skater ever who was stopped only when his body gave out at a young age. He had the jumps but also was a much better artistic skater.