Whiteboredom and beki you are both very right.
The majority, and I should say something like 99.9% of V/M fans really acknowledge P/C, their skills, etc. I'm a big V/M fan myself ! But those you hear aren't the casual or even big fans, they are the ubers.
When V/M skated lights out last week I was very happy for them, and I thought : "well with those huge scores and all the buzz since they had so much coverage AND their fantastic SD, P/C might not have that chance of gold. It's okay actually, I'm wasn't really disappointed, I'm much more looking for them to have a impact".
However, you could see all the hardwork last weekend. They were having so much fun in the SD and more importantly, they (almost) got all their levels and skated a faultless SD which was the 1st time since TDF last year (and Finlandia Trophy too). Now I heard people say they're overscored, well not if you have your levels 4. Like you said beki, they feel so much comfortable with that SD.
I was expecting the 200 tbh, because they hold the WR in the free. They needed 118.50 after the SD, they could do it. It's hard to ignore the audience reaction at the end. This was a really good FD and technically speaking, they are better than ever. This is just hardwork that paid off.
What I wasn't expecting was the buzz around the 200-mark though. They already reached 160K+ views on YouTube and 2M+ views on facebook (I posted the link in the previous pages).
They do have momentum ever since worlds, it's true. I (weirdly) agree with the TSL guys that even with V/M killer SD, the gap has drastically reduced and man, that Moonlight Sonata is golden. Very suited for an Olympic Audience, moment-inducing.
I'd say the SD is very current, very fresh, I really enjoyed it. I didn't know what to expect with Dean's choreo but I'm not disappointed.
V/M are totally capable of beating those records this weekends, I actually think they will in NHK if they get their levels of course. But just because they're not the 1st to reach 200 means that some people are allowed to become nasty and condescending. Yes, they are awesome, but that doesn't mean someone else isn't too. Ubers would rather point a team's flaws and forget about the hundreds things that make them great. I mean you can't just go with the argument "V/M are better, end of story". NO. Execution matters (Shibs high scores and lack of mistakes will tell you that any day).
Actually, everyone just needs to chill because the scores are going to be nuts all season, and I personally can't wait for the showdown, gold medal or not.
@ Whiteboredom : the D/W vs V/M fanwar was a thousand times worse. Not even comparable.
@ beki : their programs are indeed very suited for the Olympics. The SD music are 2 massive hits and the FD is what they do best.
EDIT : Sorry for the long post !
The majority, and I should say something like 99.9% of V/M fans really acknowledge P/C, their skills, etc. I'm a big V/M fan myself ! But those you hear aren't the casual or even big fans, they are the ubers.
When V/M skated lights out last week I was very happy for them, and I thought : "well with those huge scores and all the buzz since they had so much coverage AND their fantastic SD, P/C might not have that chance of gold. It's okay actually, I'm wasn't really disappointed, I'm much more looking for them to have a impact".
However, you could see all the hardwork last weekend. They were having so much fun in the SD and more importantly, they (almost) got all their levels and skated a faultless SD which was the 1st time since TDF last year (and Finlandia Trophy too). Now I heard people say they're overscored, well not if you have your levels 4. Like you said beki, they feel so much comfortable with that SD.
I was expecting the 200 tbh, because they hold the WR in the free. They needed 118.50 after the SD, they could do it. It's hard to ignore the audience reaction at the end. This was a really good FD and technically speaking, they are better than ever. This is just hardwork that paid off.
What I wasn't expecting was the buzz around the 200-mark though. They already reached 160K+ views on YouTube and 2M+ views on facebook (I posted the link in the previous pages).
They do have momentum ever since worlds, it's true. I (weirdly) agree with the TSL guys that even with V/M killer SD, the gap has drastically reduced and man, that Moonlight Sonata is golden. Very suited for an Olympic Audience, moment-inducing.
I'd say the SD is very current, very fresh, I really enjoyed it. I didn't know what to expect with Dean's choreo but I'm not disappointed.
V/M are totally capable of beating those records this weekends, I actually think they will in NHK if they get their levels of course. But just because they're not the 1st to reach 200 means that some people are allowed to become nasty and condescending. Yes, they are awesome, but that doesn't mean someone else isn't too. Ubers would rather point a team's flaws and forget about the hundreds things that make them great. I mean you can't just go with the argument "V/M are better, end of story". NO. Execution matters (Shibs high scores and lack of mistakes will tell you that any day).
Actually, everyone just needs to chill because the scores are going to be nuts all season, and I personally can't wait for the showdown, gold medal or not.
@ Whiteboredom : the D/W vs V/M fanwar was a thousand times worse. Not even comparable.
@ beki : their programs are indeed very suited for the Olympics. The SD music are 2 massive hits and the FD is what they do best.
EDIT : Sorry for the long post !
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