Best New Code Uses

In this new code, to have a high start value, you (as a gymnast) will want routines with: Tons of connection, and difficult elements.

Best examples:

Nastia Liukin's ah-mazing bars, like, TEN skill connection (all d's or e's) worth 0.8. For one flipping connection. I'm stunned.

Shawn Johnson's beam: An F, G, and 2 E's. Pretty Killer connections. Shawn can easily add a pike back after her full twist for a 0.2 (?) connection.

Beth Tweddle Bars: F, E, D + D flight connection, E into D - Dismount, another E. She's going to do well. Clean it up, though.

Cheng Fei floor: G, E, Pretty big twisting connection, whip (A) into Triple (E)

Shawn Johnson floor: G, Whip into triple, Full-In (E), the crazy ability to stick that double double

Daiane Dos Santos floor (duh!): G, G, F, F, A into D. Yeah. Are you thinking 'Not human, man!' right now? But that's five passes: Ah-ha! SOLUTION taking the forward tumbling thing into account!

1st pass: Arabian Double Straight
2nd pass: Full Twisting DLO
3rd pass: Arabian double pike + Branny (tuck front 1/2) - 0.2 connection
Last pass: DLO (this could be interesting...)

That's 0.7+0.7+0.6+0.2+0.2+0.6 in that alone...who said you need leaps...that actually comes out to 3.0 (!) in just that, assuming she fills up all the requirements she has a 5.5, NOW comes the time for 2 'C' leaps and she has a 6.1 SV. Geez.

Li Shanshan BB: Not too many E's and zero F's, but she has good connections.


Anyways, what do you think?

And what's the current deal with Pavs?

Gymnasts I Just. Don't. Like.

Enough junk. Onto the opinions.

Gymnasts I Just Don't Like: and there's a reason WHY.
(no offence to anyone)

Elizabeth 'Betty' Okino - ugly, inconsistent, boring gymnastics.
Maria Olaru - notoriously bad form.
Annia Hatch - stole a medal from poor Pavs.
Kerri Strug (wacky, isn't it? Aside from that one vault, she. is. nothing.) - bad. form. overrated. Sorry, she did NOT win a gold medal. I hate it when people say, 'oh, yeah, Kerri toe-dally won the USA's team gold medal,'. NO SHE DID NOT! It was a team of 7 MAGNIFICENT girls (more like 6 cause I dislike Kerri) that worked as a team, and won a well-deserved gold medal.
Li ShanShan - Inconsistent. Her beam combos are so unenjoyable because everything looks so forced.
Yang Yilin - everything looks so forced! Not even a simple thing such as a BFF or BHS seems natural, everything looks forced!!!!!
Ksenia Afanasyeva - head case. Big time.

So if I put down any of these girls in the future, know I'm just being mean. Don't take it personally. If you will, I will shake you up like a Pina Colada.