West Coast/Bay area Goon Squad meetup

[Baal]

That's no kind of proper business...

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Unless it sets up more business trips there were I will have time to play. Hopefully.

 

[Der_Echte]

Chicken and beer hustle completed and in the books... hehe.

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[Der_Echte]

That you could, that you could...

REMEMBER THE CHICKEN AND BEER!!

Delete the evidence Danno...

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[Der_Echte]

Anyone... ask TT Monster how beat down dead tired he was last match... and how it turned out.

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[ttmonster]

@Giangt this might give you some solace , we were able to get the screamers 3-2 even when we were both thoroughly beat up physically

 

[Der_Echte]

To the rest of world who doesn't know... There is this couple at the club who likes to play doubles. They team up well. They play 1800 to 1900 level but seem to work well together. They have a habit uo cheering obnoxiously loud on every point they win, even if it was an edge or simple error.

What was satisfying was after we were down 0-2, we saw the ball better and made shots. More importantly, we placed the ball well and even when the lady attacked, she missed. No won points = no loud obnoxious cheering.

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[Der_Echte]

By this time tt monster was out of energy so much even two IV bags filled with Monster energy drink could have ZERO chance to resuscitate him... he had just lost a doubles match vs that same couple then...

Still, he had the Samurai fighting spirit. He immediately signal my tore up azz over to play. I am nursing a grade one tear on my upper hip under some cord. Right next to nerves too.

We promptly lost two games before figuring it out and giving monster his sweet RACHE.

We later did a chicken n beer thunder run that was only slightly documented.


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[UpSideDownCarl]

Defeat of Harimoto's loud shrieking relatives, chicken and beer hustle, all while setting a trap for the goon squad and finding a secret stash of Nexy Karis!

Life is good.


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[Der_Echte]

The Golden Lining to all this Baal and another NYC forum member have discovered that some version of Karis M (the black MAX version) seems to be VERY heavy. I guess the word got out and we have sold 3-4 times the Black Karis M in Max than any other rubber.

I caught on to this late and put a black Karis M on my FH of the KJH that NL floated my way. That "Heavy" sheet of Karis M must be mystic, I cannot feel it any different (in terms of weight when I play) except that I return more incoming heavy topspin than I was earlier and stay in more rallies.

I have let Nexy Korea know (so has everyone else concerned) Nexy Korea suggests that many rubbers have variations, but to this degree will require an audit of unpacking, measuring, and weighing rubbers to know at Nexy.

Ironically, a very well-known popular poster at a Korean TT forum came to Nexy HQ one day when I was lounging on their couch, requested and got 25 sheets of his favorite rubber, then proceeded to weigh all of them to find the absolute heaviest and best.

Maybe this is an opportunity to cut out the HEAVY sheets and repackage them as Nexy Karis HM (Heavy max)

Nexy did listen to us when we asked for longer shorts (they still need to be 10 cm longer to appeal to Americans) but you never know how well they will see an opportunity.

 

[Der_Echte]

Maybe the HEAVY MAX sheets will become the new PRO versions that when the NSA spy-bots overhear or see the word pro of heavy will result in immediate dispatch of the bumbling Goon Squad to recover the property un-authorized for public release.

 

[Loopadoop]

Maybe the HEAVY MAX sheets will become the new PRO versions that when the NSA spy-bots overhear or see the word pro of heavy will result in immediate dispatch of the bumbling Goon Squad to recover the property un-authorized for public release.

After investigation, it may be found out the extra weight is an accidental overdose of tuning juice by the manufacturer which could be construed as legal substance abuse for the consumer.

 

[Der_Echte]

Under normal terms, I would entirely agree with you for this to be a possibility, but Karis is not tuned at all. It is like anti-tune old school.

 

[Loopadoop]

Under normal terms, I would entirely agree with you for this to be a possibility, but Karis is not tuned at all. It is like anti-tune old school.

One way to test the theory, weigh your blade now, let the rubber sit out in open air for 2-4 days, weigh again, has the weight declined, has the playing properties changed ?

 

[Der_Echte]

Yes and no that would/wouldn't work. Glue can evaporate. maybe better way is to leave it (the rubber and the blade not glued) in constant controlled atmosphere 3 days and weight both afterwards, could be interesting.

 

[Der_Echte]

Avoided reinjuring the hip so good mission success. Today doesn't hurt but I know it is a week away from being 100 percent. Even though there is no pain before putting it under load, it will be deceptively easy to reinjure.

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[UpSideDownCarl]

Besides, with Der's blade, after a 4.5 hour thunder run which includes chicken and beer bets, flexing the bicep [emoji123], and waving "bye-ya, [emoji112], Der's blade gains at least 30 grams in water weight from profuse sweating.

The proper way to test if it had booster added is to take a sheet of MXP and a sheet of Nexy Karis, put the brand new, uncut rubber, just taken out of the packaging next to each other on a big sheet of paper or cardboard. Draw an outline for each rubber on the paper (or cardboard). Five days later if Karis shrinks anywhere near as much as MXP, it probably has been boosted. If it is pretty close to the same size it was just after being taken out of the packaging, it probably has not been boosted too much.

But no matter what, the glues they use in the factories to attach the topsheet to the sponge have VOCs in them. So most rubbers, even Mark V and Sriver will shrink a tiny bit after being taken out of the packaging and left in the open air for a few days.


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[Der_Echte]

Yes, since the rubbers are assembled/manufactured using VOCs, they can take a few days to gas off, that is why Seemiller got a DQ in a tourney when he broke out a new sheet of T05 and WATER GLUED it and still failed.

Heck, you could purchase the rubber at an ITTF tourney and have the ITTF sales staff water glue the rubber on it, then test the bat and the chance it fails are HIGH.

A messy system indeed. I do not care if my opponent does the secret handshake with the devil himself to get a Natl H3 and boost it to Mars, I don't care. The boosting will not make him see the spin on my serves any easier.

 

[Der_Echte]

Plus that joker now has got to worry about watching hiz back for the bumbling Goon Squad pursuit. Gotta hand it to Goon Squad for something, they are incompetent, but they never give up.

 

[OldschoolPenholder]

... flexing the bicep [emoji123], and waving "bye-ya, [emoji112], ...

THIS IS MY FONDEST MEMORY OF DER!

had me cracking up!!

 

[Der_Echte]

It was new or fresh, no one tried it or considered the odds and said to themselves Heck NO.

Not everyone waz cut out to be a Trouble Maker like me, but YOU my friend have shown much devotion to staying around your city (for decades) (I moved every 2-3 years) and staying true to what you believe in.