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- Jul 29, 2003
My power of procrastination is extra strong these days so I re-watched the top 5 free skates at the Olympics with the new scoring system
1. rather than giving the bonus to the last 3 jumps I gave it to the 3 highest scoring elements in the 2nd half since that is likely what the skater would do
2. I merely re-scored the tech - didn't eliminate any jumps for quad/jumping pass limitations, change any tech calls, or change PCS
3. I tried to strictly follow the GOE guidelines so the scoring is probably not realistic
4. When I started, I wasn't sure if you were supposed to merely add positive bullets then subtract negative bullets or stick to the "must have bolded" criteria in order to get greater than +3 and then subtract the negatives. I think I waffled between the two methods with Nathan and Shoma but then by the time I got to Hanyu I decided that it didn't make sense to do it the first way so I went strictly by the "3 unless you have the bolded parts" and then subtract. Might redo Nathan and Shoma later.
5. watched on YouTube so most are on high quality fan cams so not the greatest angles
Scoring his programs made me appreciate Nathan's program more. He might not have transitions, but the composition is fantastic. I gave all his elements credit for working with the phrasing of the music.
Speaking of pops, Javi had a beautiful double salchow. Gave it +3
Thought it was interesting how close Hanyu's score is to the originals. Thought the new system would inflate it. I feel like I did something wrong - don't get why the scores are down across the board when I didn't drop any elements even for skaters with good quality jumps. The 10% bonus on 1 jump wouldn't make that much of a difference.
The system isn't as friendly to Boyang as I thought it would be. Never realized how long the setups to his jumps were.
Having some sympathy for the judges. I cheated with replays and I still had a lot of doubts about my marks.
Maybe it's easier to see in real life, but without the benefit of perfect angles it's pretty hard to see Shoma's pre-rotations. The one benefit of watching on fancams is that you get a better idea of what it's like to be a judge since everything is from the same angle. To be honest, I found myself looking for them since I knew they were there and I still had a hard time seeing it.
We really do need a 2nd panel of judges for PCS. Maybe if I study the SoV I would be able to make quicker judgments but I found myself weighing the positives and negatives of the elements so much that I couldn't even see the program as a whole.
Should score Zhou since he was so close but way past my bedtime. Maybe tomorrow.
1. rather than giving the bonus to the last 3 jumps I gave it to the 3 highest scoring elements in the 2nd half since that is likely what the skater would do
2. I merely re-scored the tech - didn't eliminate any jumps for quad/jumping pass limitations, change any tech calls, or change PCS
3. I tried to strictly follow the GOE guidelines so the scoring is probably not realistic
4. When I started, I wasn't sure if you were supposed to merely add positive bullets then subtract negative bullets or stick to the "must have bolded" criteria in order to get greater than +3 and then subtract the negatives. I think I waffled between the two methods with Nathan and Shoma but then by the time I got to Hanyu I decided that it didn't make sense to do it the first way so I went strictly by the "3 unless you have the bolded parts" and then subtract. Might redo Nathan and Shoma later.
5. watched on YouTube so most are on high quality fan cams so not the greatest angles
Scoring his programs made me appreciate Nathan's program more. He might not have transitions, but the composition is fantastic. I gave all his elements credit for working with the phrasing of the music.
Speaking of pops, Javi had a beautiful double salchow. Gave it +3
Thought it was interesting how close Hanyu's score is to the originals. Thought the new system would inflate it. I feel like I did something wrong - don't get why the scores are down across the board when I didn't drop any elements even for skaters with good quality jumps. The 10% bonus on 1 jump wouldn't make that much of a difference.
The system isn't as friendly to Boyang as I thought it would be. Never realized how long the setups to his jumps were.
Having some sympathy for the judges. I cheated with replays and I still had a lot of doubts about my marks.
Maybe it's easier to see in real life, but without the benefit of perfect angles it's pretty hard to see Shoma's pre-rotations. The one benefit of watching on fancams is that you get a better idea of what it's like to be a judge since everything is from the same angle. To be honest, I found myself looking for them since I knew they were there and I still had a hard time seeing it.
We really do need a 2nd panel of judges for PCS. Maybe if I study the SoV I would be able to make quicker judgments but I found myself weighing the positives and negatives of the elements so much that I couldn't even see the program as a whole.
Should score Zhou since he was so close but way past my bedtime. Maybe tomorrow.
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