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- Jan 25, 2013
Now all we have to worry about is the technical panel propping up its favorites in URs, edge calls, levels, etc. -- and then the judges propping up their favorites in GOEs and PCSs.
I know, right! Well, at least these are objective things that the tech panel would have to answer for. Yes, leniency will be given to favourites and astringency given to less popular skaters (or skaters the tech specialist dislikes), but a tech specialist would lose credibility if they were continually notorious for calling levels or edge calls or URs incorrectly, when the video replay can usually clearly show if they made accurate calls.
Also, under IJS, a mistake made on an element like a 3A still allows for the element to get decent points than on an easier element. This is something I really don't think was accounted for in the 6.0 system. Essentially the point being that under TES in IJS, the judge can't give a whole lot of favouritism (other than GOE, which is only a small portion of the base value) to a skater they like who executes easier difficulty over a lesser skater with greater difficulty falls, because points-wise (technically at least) it would amount to the same thing, which is how it should be.