But here's the thing. This is the You Tube age. The ISU cannot continue forever to smirk and wink and tell fans to "love the protocols." In addition to loving the protocols, people also love their own eyes. The protocols say Chan skated great. The video shows him on his butt. Protocols, great. Video, butt. Which are you going to go with?
In fact, I think if the fall deduction really is raised in order to punish harder on falls, Chan will adapt quickly by not falling at all. Believe me. Then his detractors will raise different kind of rage on why Chan is still winning.
If anything, you should feel ashamed by saying this. It showed that the people like you just enjoyed bashing a certain skater without even hide a little bit your bias. Have you watched?!
Protocols with no hesitation.
Protocols with no hesitation.
That was where the current rules are laid out. According to the rules, there was nothing wrong with Chan's scores. If the rules are changed next season, let's say, ISU raises fall deduction. Then according to the new rules with higher fall deduction, Chan's skating with multi-falls will be punished harder than it was this season, the outcome of the competition like 2013 World will be different under the new rules. I will not be upset at all about the different outcome because Chan loses. That's the rule.
In fact, I think if the fall deduction really is raised in order to punish harder on falls, Chan will adapt quickly by not falling at all. Believe me. Then his detractors will raise different kind of rage on why Chan is still winning.
True. If Patrick had not fallen on the quad and stepped out of the triple Axel they would have given him 96 instead of 86.
But here's the thing. This is the You Tube age. The ISU cannot continue forever to smirk and wink and tell fans to "love the protocols." In addition to loving the protocols, people also love their own eyes. The protocols say Chan skated great. The video shows him on his butt. Protocols, great. Video, butt. Which are you going to go with?
PCS is not reflecting whats going out on the ice: i.e. Chan clearly was terrible on 2 of his 7 required elements in the short.... so how does that get 8.54 in P/E? In what world is that acceptable. It's a broken record at this point.
Please, stop, just stop!
Full disclosure: I hate Chan's supposed "artistry" because its not artistry at all. It's never feels authentic, it always feels like this is something that was calculated and was just reproduced for us to see, ala a computer printout of a piece of art. Sure, my feelings about him may color what I see on the ice. However, I've never said anywhere that I though he was a bad skater. He's got amazing edges. The flow out on his jumps, when they're landed, is great, and I love his landing position. However, this isn't figures. It's also a jumping competition, and a personality contest.
There are CLEAR examples of how Chan's "atristry" is sub par in this Quad: Jeremy Abbott, and Daisuke. JAbs and Daisuke make their programs more than a connection of elements. Their whole is way more than the sum of its parts. With Chan, it's like watching a robot execute very intricate choreography. There IS a difference, and yet, it never shows up anywhere in the marks.
Why? To let you continue your biased raging alone without the opponants? I wouldn't do that to spoil the fun.
In fact, I think if the fall deduction really is raised in order to punish harder on falls, Chan will adapt quickly by not falling at all. Believe me. Then his detractors will raise different kind of rage on why Chan is still winning.
Full disclosure from me: I hate Takahashi kind of "artistry". His hands and wrists bother me to no end. But I love Abbott's most programs very much. And I'm as confident to my abilities on taste as you confident to yours.
You see, my opinion is equally valid as yours.
The point is every skater gets punished for mistakes: Mao, Dai, even Plu who is shining like an iconostasis with all his regalia, goes off the podium when he makes mistakes/falls. EVERYONE. Except Chan. Those casual fans probably can't name all fs elements correctly, and hardly bother to look at stupid protocols. And they shouldn't. Protocols in all sport are for knowing the details, while the result itself should be comprehensive and acceptable by public without looking at papers. That is not happening in fs.
It's because you are sitting in front of your computer and reading the protocols for free. Nobody pays for "reading the protocols" when they shop for tickets.Protocols with no hesitation.
Lame attempt to pretend that you don't get what people have been saying about Chan's PCS- they shouldn't be that high in the first place. He is an electronic toy whose battery needed to be recharged. The difference in PCS between Chan and Dai/Abbot must be big and not in the favour of Chan, even if he skated clean.His PCS was rather high, but so was Dai's, who had a downgrade on his quad and a sloppy 3-3, and Abbott who had no quad and a fall on his 3F.
Yeah, keep posting your nonsense about Chan. The more you post, the more people will disagree with you, disagree with Chan's scores and with this whole mess (men's figure skating judging).
Protocols with no hesitation.
That was where the current rules are laid out. According to the rules, there was nothing wrong with Chan's scores.... That's the rule.
What do you mean by he should be dumped? Gachinki wasn't dumped, he simply skated very bad this season.
I am absolutely sure Chan currently falls on purpose, just because he wants to show everyone that even with 3-4 falls per competition he is still the best. That's how good he is and he wants to scare his competitors. If the rules change, he will stop falling but not at all, he will fall just enough to ensure he still wins