I kind of hate myself for enjoying this show, and yet I was happy to see it unexpectedly pop up on my DVR last night. The fake drama is completely ridiculous, and after the first 15 minutes I just fast forward through it, but I love seeing the dancing. More dancing!

Ah, right. Thanks.

Ah, right. Thanks.

This explains the old way: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

This explains the old way: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

Yeah, vault especially does not work well with the current scoring system. Since you can get a high score and even medal with a horrible fall just because your start value is so high, it encourages gymnasts to chuck dangerous skills that should they should not be performing outside of a pit!

Yeah, vault especially does not work well with the current scoring system. Since you can get a high score and even medal with a horrible fall just because your start value is so high, it encourages gymnasts to chuck dangerous skills that should they should not be performing outside of a pit!

There were 5 ties in gymnastics this year (3 in women's, 2 in men's). There were 2 in 2008, so this year was definitely an outlier. I hope they change the rules again. In World Championships, ties are allowed. Why not Olympics? It's ridiculous. If the gymnasts tie, just let it be a tie. If nothing else, it should be…

There were 5 ties in gymnastics this year (3 in women's, 2 in men's). There were 2 in 2008, so this year was definitely an outlier. I hope they change the rules again. In World Championships, ties are allowed. Why not Olympics? It's ridiculous. If the gymnasts tie, just let it be a tie. If nothing else, it should be…

Oh, I will mention that college gymnastics still does the old scale where you can truly get a perfect 10. There were a few this past season.

Oh, I will mention that college gymnastics still does the old scale where you can truly get a perfect 10. There were a few this past season.

No such thing as a perfect score in gymnastics any more. Technically you sort of can because the execution score (how well they performed) is added to the difficulty score (add up the value of the elements performed), and the execution is out of 10. But the judges seem to be incapable of actually awarding a 10 in the…

No such thing as a perfect score in gymnastics any more. Technically you sort of can because the execution score (how well they performed) is added to the difficulty score (add up the value of the elements performed), and the execution is out of 10. But the judges seem to be incapable of actually awarding a 10 in the…