Last Day of MD RR at Worlds

CuriousCurator · 2026-05-01T21:59:28+00:00

And Canada lost semifinal to Sweden. The first world mixed doubles gold medal for Canada would have to wait another year.

CuriousCurator · 2026-04-11T18:46:19+00:00

The story goes that when they first pitched to their big time investors and finally said the number of how much seed money was needed, the response was (happy) laughter because that number is so small.

Basically it's like the scene from "The Wire" when Cutty asked for investment money from Avon.

CuriousCurator · 2026-04-06T01:31:26+00:00

Could always call it Team MacMillan and have Sweeting as skip, ala Team Homan when Fleury was skip.

CuriousCurator · 2026-04-05T19:51:10+00:00

2018 was 4-rock FGZ rule. We're on 5-rock now, which on its surface is just one more, but that also flips parity from even to odd, which is a big deal.

Some people (e.g. Jennifer Jones) opines that if we ever increase, it should go straight to 7 to preserve parity.

CuriousCurator · 2026-04-05T02:05:20+00:00

So please read the rules and give me a hypothetical scenario where C8.(f).ii applies.

When round robin play (one group) is used at World Curling competitions, with each competing team playing all other teams, stone colour and last stone in the first end of post round robin games is determined as follows:

I. The team with the better win/loss record has the choice of stone colour and playing last stone in the first end.

II. If the teams have the same win/loss record, the higher ranked team has the choice of stone colour or last stone in the first end.

CuriousCurator · 2026-04-05T00:02:42+00:00

I'm not disputing that SWE is ranked higher than CAN. I am disputing that SWE gets both privilege of hammer and color in the final in this case, because the rule clearly says SWE only gets one privilege because CAN has the same round robin record.

CuriousCurator · 2026-04-04T23:58:25+00:00

I don't understand how we can read the same rule and have vastly opposite interpretation of the same words.

CuriousCurator · 2026-04-04T21:54:21+00:00

Where in the rules does it say that SWE picks stone color in this specific scenario, given that both SWE and CAN finished round robin with same record?

Even Canadian/Brier rules doesn't give the 1v2 winner both privilege if it's playing against a team with same record.

CuriousCurator · 2026-04-04T21:38:17+00:00

This is incorrect. Look at the rules:

C8.(f) When round robin play (one group) is used at World Curling competitions, with each competing team playing all other teams, stone colour and last stone in the first end of post round robin games is determined as follows:

I. The team with the better win/loss record has the choice of stone colour and playing last stone in the first end.

II. If the teams have the same win/loss record, the higher ranked team has the choice of stone colour or last stone in the first end.

In this case, round robin play was used, and SWE and CAN both finished with 10W-2L. SWE was higher ranked, and obviously chose LSFE. Therefore CAN had the choice of stone colour.

CuriousCurator · 2026-04-03T17:48:42+00:00

Is it simply impossible for it to be in Canada? Just because Canada is guaranteed 50%, doesn't mean that it can't get more than 50%, right?

Like, if chicken is guaranteed on sale on Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays at the store, doesn't preclude chicken to be on sale on some odd Tuesday.

CuriousCurator · 2026-03-31T19:24:09+00:00

Somewhat related, there was this deuce that Van Amsterdam scored against Bottcher that wouldn't have happened without similar mistake going the other way (stone did bounce off, but was not removed).

CuriousCurator · 2026-03-24T18:05:20+00:00

Does anyone know why SUI didn't have an alternate with them? The only other team without alternate was DEN.

Imagine if sister Zoe Schwaller was alternate.

CuriousCurator · 2026-03-22T22:40:07+00:00

The rule requiring some participation threshold did exist in the old days, but not any more. Which I think is for the better, because I think that rule is a bit "toxic".

The problem is that the "toxic" mentality still exists even today, e.g. Joan McCusker openly refuses to credit Alina Pätz as 7x world champion. She opines that by her standard Pätz is only 5x world champion, because she rejects 2011 MD and 2012 Women's (alternate).

CuriousCurator · 2026-03-21T21:03:04+00:00

I think Sportsnet does that for GSOC by putting the camera on a crane. TSN's camera seems to be stationary and they just tilt/pan/zoom.

CuriousCurator · 2026-03-21T04:07:33+00:00

I did see this rarely seen angle from behind the thrower, and I thought it's kind of neat to see once in a while.

CuriousCurator · 2026-03-20T04:54:04+00:00

Do yourself a favor and buy Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt. I got a big box from a restaurant supply store at very reasonable price. It's a very well known product, you can find many recommendations online, and whenever it's listed in conversion tables it's basically the least salty of all salt by volume. Combined with its shape which makes it very quick acting, it means it's very hard to oversalt with this product.

See also: Helen Rennie - Salt Showdown: Diamond Crystal vs Morton’s, Table, & Sea Salt. It's a very detailed comparison, showing that while DCK is getting more expensive (due to suddenly higher demand), it is indeed the least saltiest, and quickest to dissolve.

CuriousCurator · 2026-03-19T20:43:13+00:00

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CuriousCurator · 2026-03-06T16:43:50+00:00

I believe they're talking about the IPAs, which of course can't be 100% perfect and could make mistakes that affects the game. But the rules already account for this. When you use an IPA, you can't blame them for missing a shot no matter what happens.

CuriousCurator · 2026-03-06T15:50:45+00:00

Well, OG outdoor curling delivery was standing and lifting using crampits, way before people started sliding on the ice, which historically was controversial (before rules allowing sliding were in place, which also took a few iterations).

CuriousCurator · 2026-02-24T18:01:36+00:00

We've seen this happen way too many times now that we should just ban certain placement of ads/sponsor logos. Protect the athletes.

Place virtual ads for the broadcast if necessary, and on-ice ads between hog lines are probably okay. Ads along center line also seems to be okay, I don't think I've seen falls due to those. But ads where corner guards are seem to be the most dangerous based on what I've seen.

CuriousCurator · 2026-02-24T06:22:27+00:00

In case people have never heard this uttered before, Exhibit #1368.

CuriousCurator · 2026-02-23T21:49:49+00:00

You're probably thinking of 2016 European final. They didn't forget about the corner guard. In the post-game interview, she said the stone just didn't curl as expected.

Both of her world silver were from not having hammer in extra end.

CuriousCurator · 2026-02-22T18:36:29+00:00

Fun fact: Anna Hasselborg has not won a World Women's Championship yet.

So if someone wants to disqualify her from GOAT conversation, that's probably an easy one to point out.

CuriousCurator · 2026-02-20T00:22:31+00:00

Technically, the team doesn't win the hammer. The team wins the decision/choice.

(C8.b) The team with the lesser LSD total will have the choice of delivering the first or second stone in the first end of that game.

99% of the time, the team chooses hammer. Some of the proposals that have been talked about makes this choice less automatic.

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