[1996]

No, it's not about tactics or competition.

> it's not supposed to be elementary school gym class where the goal is having fun

You don't get it. It's about being so above the others that you can have fun again and getting away with it.

Quoting her:

> "they don’t want the field to be too far apart. And that’s just something that’s on them. That’s not on me,”

She's above the competition now. She is not there to win anymore.

It's hard to explain. When I read HN, I see the modern equivalent of corporate paper pushers who want to play nice and dream to excel at society game playing by society rules.

This is not the hacker spirit of the old days, which was about doing daring things. Modern ""hackers"" want to learn the framework of the day to put it on their resume linking to github that show they are teamplayer. This way they get a coveted FANG job then get 2.5 kids and a dog, a 401k, rince and repeat as happy cogs of society until the day they die. Lame.

No wonder why they don't get it!

It's a disease of the modern life ""hackers"": they don't want to bite the hand that feed them. To be fair, I don't expect much from people who need a day job to survive. They just want a ""fair"" competition of people playing by the rules, just like they do now, instead of admiring excellence, like they did before.

Simone is not afraid to stand above. That's a spirit I respect and admire.

[ceejayoz]

> This decision from the International Gymnastics Federation is similar to their past low score-valuing decisions for debut moves by Biles, something she has spoken out against at length.

Doesn't seem like she sees the under-scoring as fun.

[1996]

Yet she keeps doing it.

Her actions speak louder than her words: she just doesn't care what they think, so she will keep doing it, scores be damned.

I applaud her continuous determination.

[ceejayoz]

Both "it's shitty to intentionally under-score her performances" and "it's great that she's doing it anyways" can be simultaneously true.

[1996]

> Both "it's shitty to intentionally under-score her performances" and "it's great that she's doing it anyways" can be simultaneously true.

That I can agree with.

[piva00]

> Yet she keeps doing it.

Like what, she should just quit the thing she's been dedicating basically her whole life to it and became the best of the best in her field? Why do you think it's just a question of "choose to quit if you don't like it"?

Of course she cares about what they think but it's completely out of her control, it's more of a sign of her being aware of her own power limitations and pushing through in other ways where she can have control rather than accepting whatever the committee decided.

[zaroth]

The alternative is not to quit the sport, I think the alternative would be to play by their rules and make less riskier and outlandish routines and get higher scores.

[1996]

Exactly. She does not bow down and obey. She keeps doing her thing, in spite of the obvious consequences.

It's very American! I like that!!

I wish more people in China mainland could learn from such examples

[spuz]

> You don't get it

Um maybe re-read the comment you are replying to. It seems you both agree that Simone should be scored according to her talent. I think you're being downvoted because you mis-read the comment you are replying to.

[slothtrop]

> She's above the competition now. She is not there to win anymore.

There is no such intrinsic quality. There's only winning and performance.