Blades, they shifted the marking for level 4 footwork: .7, 1.4, 2.1 now.
Yeah, I just read the changes for this upcoming season. Only minor alterations to the current rules. They made it a bit harder to gain levels in spins and they made Level 4 Footwork sequences and the "Choreography" Footwork/Spiral Sequences worth a bit less points. We will still see convoluted footwork and spins. We still still see skaters awarded a large amount of points for very flawed jump attempts. I predict we will especially see a TON of change-of-foot spins where the skater uses a hop to change feet. They forgot to limit that level-gaining feature to once per program.
Hopefully a plethora of people will sign my insightful rule proposals and we will see some massive, much-needed changes for the 2012-2013 season. *pray*