Recent content by Helanren

How far did you have to dig for that comment with two likes? Don't spend so much time on negativity my friend.

Nothing verbal? So it's just your hand moving. Can't see how that would be a fault.

Writing to some extent is useful. But in reality most is pinyin input, so your writing skill depends a lot on your reading skills since most combinations of two characters will only leave a few options to pick from. I guess some people use zhuyin but in mainland I've only really encountered...

Personally I'm not a fan of those apps. Podcasts and flashcards have been my go-to. Pleco is a great free dictionary app that has paid add-ons like screen OCR and flashcards that you can organize yourself or you can get premade packs like fur HSK exams. For podcasts there are many. ChinesePod is...

I haven't watched all matches this tournament but in one an umpire called what turned out to be a 17 degree toss. I think that's pretty mental. I wonder if at least toss angle can be automated and just have a signal sent to the umpire.

I can only speak from my point of view as a consumer of content. Preface: An adult beginner of table tennis who was mostly only interested in football (or soccer in freedomnese). I got interested in the sport after playing in the office and for most topics I generally use youtube to research how...

I'll wait for the tieba expert opinions before I join in.

It's possible I may have been, in fact, very much mistaken.

Not if he's out against Sido. 3-2 to Sido.

Yeah, it is what it is. People get old. It happens to everyone, some might even say it's natural. Average age of top 50 is now 27 years old. In the top 50 you really only have Dima and Jančařík who still perform near age 40. Aruna is nearly out of the top 100. One can only hope to be a Gardos.

Given WCQ's injuries and perhaps making sure he's fit for 2028 OS, we might not have a Chinese number 1 in the WTT rankings for quite a while.

I can only speak from my football playing youth but back then it would be quite obvious even to us kids. It's the ones who can coast and still be ahead. Now that doesn't mean you'll succeed. You need that plus hard work and being lucky enough to be noticed and not get injured or burn out on the...

Yes, he's our coach and helped me with my first custom setup. 😎

I think deep down people know what's right and wrong, even if they may disagree on the edge cases. In my opinion, if you cho at unforced errors (serve mistakes) or you cho agressively at the opponent you are looking for trouble. Just like in amateur football, you might not get a yellow card for...

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