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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui
I'd rather the scoring promote attempting more difficult routines. It is more entertaining. That's why I'm rooting for the Chinese men here as well, I like teams that take risks.
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That's what this scoring DOES. You have an execution and a difficulty score. The execution starts at 10 and goes down for mandatory deductions for things you do poorly. The difficulty score rewards you for a difficult routine.
So if you do something difficult and miss part of it, the difficulty score should make up for a lower execution score. However, if you try something difficult and whiff it, too bad.
Watching the bits and pieces of gymnastics I have so far, I have no clue how they are arriving at their execution scores, because they do seem all over the place. I watch gymnastics hoping for another Kerry Strugg moment, not for who the judges decide is going to win.