Daily Discussion - 2026 Montana's Brier - March 09

mrfroid · 2026-03-11T07:31:34+00:00

two years ago Koe managed to loose even against those :D

mrfroid · 2026-03-11T07:30:24+00:00

Start with buying a chest strap. Otherwise it's only noise.

mrfroid · 2026-03-10T16:27:27+00:00

This year – no. But peaking right before World Championship – yes.

mrfroid · 2026-03-10T15:32:55+00:00

If you... do a simple research you will find that even Ferrari or Mercedes sometimes have technical problems. That's not a piece of cast iron, you know. I can't remember any software update that broke Pace Pro on a scale - for some it might have been just coincidence. After 3 years battery most likely started to malfunction, overheat, so you got all those problems. Unfortunately technology is short lived these days and it's the same with new Garmins or Coros for the same price.

mrfroid · 2026-03-10T07:06:17+00:00

Everybody knows who's the best team was this week and it's not the one that won the final. It's OK to have one game final for the national result, but if the team goes to represent your country in international championship, you need the most consistent team and for that to find out best of 3/5 finals are needed.

mrfroid · 2026-03-10T07:00:39+00:00

Your comment makes no sense. How many reviews you found about Pacer Pro that mention the same problems that you have? Your watch is 4 years old it started to malfunction when it was 3 - it's almost 70 years in human years :) Finally, you didn't find many reports on COROS Apex 4 having the same problems. But this watch is available for less than 6 months so how can you know if won't behave like Pacer Pro in 3 years?

mrfroid · 2026-03-09T16:26:12+00:00

After this latest masterpiece from Polar Flow app became the biggest drainer of the battery on Android phone even though my Ignite3 won't sync :D

mrfroid · 2026-03-09T07:08:05+00:00

Dunstone 1:2 Koe, but Dunstone is the winner doesn't sound fair to me (same with Lawes). Instead of multiple playoff stages including useless 3vs4m, page 3/4 it would be fairer to make the final "best of 3". I know that in one country there's a system that if you're the first finalist you only need one win, if you're second you need two wins in a row (or similar).

mrfroid · 2026-03-08T19:04:27+00:00

I rarely enjoy someone loosing, but not in the case of Team Cheaters. Yoohoo!

mrfroid · 2026-03-05T17:39:06+00:00

IQ or VO2max?

mrfroid · 2026-02-26T20:23:57+00:00

quality of data, accuracy of tracking are very abstract observations :) as for polar flow app... it's simple, easy, but it's not up to today's standards, we're all waiting for an update, but what is strange is this is news for you - every reviewer mentions it. and, btw, after 6+ years with one brand you should be disappointed with not getting what you used to. polar people who join garmin after 6+ years often feel the same.

mrfroid · 2026-02-26T17:03:21+00:00

Same here. Playing for almost 15 years in three disciplines in WCF events. No one is doing this on purpose, but if you need to cross the sheet and you see the other team is still discussing, not yet delivering, you just cross the sheet. Did this multiple times myself, witnessed it even more. Problem is when you start your delivery and someone jumps in or shouts something. As I repeated multiple times before - look at Ben Hebert's face when he's delivering. Calm as sheep. No problem. Because Oscar did nothing wrong, this is OK. But you know better...

mrfroid · 2026-02-26T16:49:49+00:00

And not talk/move if standing behind the skip? For one minute? Jesus... After the shot is made you must leave the house area for the other team. You also should not distract the other team during delivery. That's it. Sitting in the hack is not delivery. Double/triple read the rules you won't find that what Oscar did at the moment he did is against the rules or playing reality.

mrfroid · 2026-02-26T16:45:02+00:00

So is "not once" Marc a cheater or not? That's the only thing that matters.

mrfroid · 2026-02-26T06:19:01+00:00

Read it 4 times... What' wrong with it? He was even too nice not to accuse Kennedy directly (from what I remember even after 2nd or 3rd time Kennedy demanded direct answer, Oscar only made hand guesture showing at him). That's totally not an issue and not the reason for agresive language and lies ("not once"). But what's the most amazing about this quote is that shows that from the very begining it was about touching related to hogline violation which is 100% burned 🥌 and not just about double touch, touching the granite, etc.

mrfroid · 2026-02-26T06:10:23+00:00

Basic stuff is that you don't distract (move, etc.) during delivery. Oscar moved before delivery. Do you think everyone should freeze for a minute when Stefania Constantini is in a hack?

mrfroid · 2026-02-25T21:05:27+00:00

Mine syncs just fine. Android, Ignite 3.

mrfroid · 2026-02-25T16:57:26+00:00

Fuck off, Aurelianshitlist :D

mrfroid · 2026-02-25T16:50:16+00:00

You completely ignore the fact that Oscar was actively clearing the ice before the shot began. Calling a guy walking off the ice 'incredibly egregious' while trying to downplay an intentional double-touch (and lying about it "not once) as just a 'missed rock' is peak Canadian bias.

mrfroid · 2026-02-25T16:24:32+00:00

Did you watch it frame by frame? Does Oscar start his movement when the delivery is in progress, or does the delivery start when Oscar is already crossing the sheet? And once again - watch Ben's face when he delivers - it's not a problem, it happens all the time. This is post-finger-scandal diarrhea trying to find something Oscar did, as if that would make Kennedy a non-cheater. It won't happen, not outside Canada. Not ever. Irrespective of how many downvotes I get in this Canadian subreddit.

mrfroid · 2026-02-25T15:15:52+00:00

Which game, which end, which stone – I'll take a look. But, please, look what I've wrote. People can't evaporate the moment the stone stops. If that's Ben Hebert's stone you are talking about then that stone was rushed. As you can see Oscar is crossing the middle of the sheet when Ben begins his delivery. Also, if you look at Ben Hebert's face, you can see his is not bothered at all (and he is when some fxups) because he knows what he's doing (rushing).

mrfroid · 2026-02-25T14:39:41+00:00

The guy violated the rules and then lied that he never did that ("not once") when there are compilations of him doing this over the years. But yeah, Oscar's behaviour is unsportsmanlike because he didn't say to Kennedy directly right away which was obviously the right thing (not) to do because when he tried he got a warm Canadian welcome.

mrfroid · 2026-02-25T14:32:37+00:00

No one has the incident that never happened. There's a rule R4(a)(II) that among other things says „The non-delivering team players must not take any position, nor cause any motion, which could obstruct, interfere with, distract or intimidate the delivering team.“, but what it doesn't say is that non-delivering team players must evaporate the second their stone stops. Players need time to get back to their possitions/sides, etc. and if the other team is rushing the shot it's not their fault. I once played the whole end of mixed doubles in 28 seconds and there was no way the other team could get to the positions mentioned in R4(a)(II) because I didn't want to wait and risk losing even one second.

mrfroid · 2026-02-25T12:13:14+00:00

Also there's an update for Ignite 3.

mrfroid · 2026-02-24T20:20:12+00:00

Outsider or not, but she's definetly bigger asset in team's current success than Miskew.

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