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MrAngryFace

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Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« on: August 18, 2008, 04:45:51 PM »
http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=230935.html#tough+math+leaves+liukin+silver

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BEIJING -- Nastia Liukin tied for first but got second in an incredibly convoluted scoring mess in the women's uneven bars competition Monday at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

It seemed she wuz robbed, China's He Kexin getting the gold, Liukin left with silver. China's Yang Yilin got the bronze, the bars results adding to the host nation's sensational gymnastics performance at these Games -- the great haul of China.

Wuz Liukin robbed?

No, at least not mathematically.

But that didn't do anything to lessen the sting of getting the exact same score, 16.725, but getting silver instead of gold.


add to the fact He is probably 14, not 16. Yay :/
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Re: Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2008, 04:47:52 PM »
It actually says "wuz" lmao
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Re: Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2008, 04:48:41 PM »
Quote from: demi on August 18, 2008, 04:47:52 PM
It actually says "wuz" lmao

Yeah, I clicked on the link to make sure.

Thank you internet for killing the English language.
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Re: Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2008, 04:49:22 PM »
"Wuz"? :rofl
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Re: Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2008, 04:49:35 PM »
That's awesome.
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Re: Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2008, 04:59:37 PM »
A Chinese newspaper in march apparently said the girl was 13, lolz.  Yeah, it's pretty absurd.  Gymnastics and figure skating are basically the same thing in the absurdity of the judging.
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Re: Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2008, 05:17:59 PM »
wuz
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Re: Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2008, 05:39:04 PM »
wait, NBC allows "wuz" as editorial style, now?
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Re: Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2008, 05:50:41 PM »
yeah, wtf is that.
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Re: Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2008, 06:21:45 PM »
Quote from: CurseoftheGods on August 18, 2008, 04:49:22 PM
"Wuz"? :rofl

I honestly can't even take the article seriously after reading that. SMH
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Re: Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2008, 06:29:27 PM »
we wuz robbed! :lol
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Re: Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2008, 06:34:06 PM »
That article wuz racist.
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Re: Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2008, 06:35:47 PM »
It says "wuz" twice and it's only 5 sentences long, WTF?  :usacry
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Re: Wow, new gymnastics scoring system is total ass
« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2008, 06:39:07 PM »
Apparently we're not the first people to take offense at this:

http://grammatically.blogspot.com/2008/08/unbelievable.html
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