Olympic Scoring Farce
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They have microphones up there now. You can hear what they say. One guy say 'ready' then the other one said 3 2 1 go.
Or at least that was what the americans did.
I'm glad I'm not the only person who thinks the boxing scoring has been fairly suspect.
That's 3rd'ed, it's been totally abysmal.
Dont tell me. The Chinese won?
Did you see the rowing?
Seriously, are transexuals allowed? Because that 2nd Chinese .... person. It was a man, man.
They weren't Chinese, surprisingly. I can't remember the nationalities, but I think they were both western. The one fighter just wasn't being awarded points for clear punches but when the other guy did a similar punch, he'd get points. It's the inconstancy of it all that bothers me.
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They talk to each other.
The log onto the internetz and send emailz.
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The problem with all of these events are the scoring systems are geared towards the people involved with them every day.
They don't take into account the people watching at home have no idea how everything works, and therefore get frustrated by seeing someone look better (cleaner performance) get lower marks than someone looking worse (falling/out of sync), just because they opted for a more difficult dive.
Maybe they should say everyone has to do exactly the same things, and then just judge by how well each of those things are done.
Yes it doesn't promote individual talents for making things up, but it makes it easier for people at home to understand.
Am I right in saying the boxing is judged by having more than one judge pressing a button at once to give a boxer a point for doing something?
They don't take into account the people watching at home have no idea how everything works, and therefore get frustrated by seeing someone look better (cleaner performance) get lower marks than someone looking worse (falling/out of sync), just because they opted for a more difficult dive.
Maybe they should say everyone has to do exactly the same things, and then just judge by how well each of those things are done.
Yes it doesn't promote individual talents for making things up, but it makes it easier for people at home to understand.
Am I right in saying the boxing is judged by having more than one judge pressing a button at once to give a boxer a point for doing something?
I think its 2 of 3 or 3 of 4 need to press a button within a certain time for a point to be registered.
Very true, I think this applies to models on the catwalk and on tv shows like "Blah blah's next top model" the judges and audiences at the shows have different criteria to people watching on tv, I mean some of them are mingers to the point you could easily see a dozen birds up town on an average night out that are better looking and better dressed but yet the judges are in raptures over them.............funny old world.............Watched end of recent UK's next top model and the lass who won was minging compared to one that came 2nd
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Being a model is not about being attractive. Mostly, and especially for fashion models, it is about having a symmetrical face and body.
Yeh, seem to remember the winner had spots in same place on both sides of her face whereas the lass who came 2nd only had one spot anywhere, bet she wishes she sprouted a zit on the other the night before
2nd wasn't a touch on 3rd place. The gorgeous sexy Stafanie Wilson.
How can being 'too sexy' be a reason to be eliminated. Fools!
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I'm watching the diving highlights now and the Chinese are in a different league compared to the British pair.