New Olympics Scoring: No More Perfect 10.0

Dekortage writes "If you watch the Olympics gymnastics this year, you may be confused by the new scoring system which will let athletes score 14, 17, or even higher. The new rules are 'heavy on math' and employ two panels of judges: one for technical difficulty, which adds points up from a score of zero; the other for execution and technique, which starts at 10.0 and subtracts for errors. The two numbers are then combined for the final score. As one judge put it, 'The system rewards difficulty. But the mistakes are also more costly.' The new rules were adopted after South Korea protested a scoring at the 2004 Olympics." Now I'm sure that no Slashdot reader will intentionally watch any "sport" that has judges determine the winner, but their wives/girlfriends might seize control of the remote because they want to know who is the best at that ribbon-twirling thing.

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[BigBlueOx]

Now I'm sure that no Slashdot reader will intentionally watch the Olympics

There. Fixed that for you. You're welcome.

I really dont care for olympics

[unity100]

we are not in 19th century anymore. we already have discovered the approximate limits of human body. so why should i care if someone increases the world record in some field from 9.125 to 9.124 seconds ? and that is if some record is broken. if not, people get medals. they compete, some win some lose, and some get medals. so ? life IS a competition these days. we're having more than we ask for. we dont need to watch competition in our leisure time too.

and with all the shitty stunt china pulls, in tibet, in darfur, suppressing bloggers, olympics are all the while less attractive.

Re:100m?

[A nonymous Coward]

Personally, I have always felt...

Your preferences aren't particularly relevant to one of the historically core events.

You pretend your preferences are global, he doesn't. You lose.