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Christina hasn't done much spectacular in her career and neither of them are Asian. Sure, their success definitely plays a role and probably is the primarily role in their forum popularity but all I'm saying is there are pretty clearly other factors at play. Didn't say there's anything wrong...

LYJ doesn't get enough mentions in the best serve discussion...

A blade technology and structure that was released 30 years ago is still one of the favorites and most viable choices among both amateur and professional players. Can we say the same for any rubber?

When you talk to high level players who are not EJs, one will find that they rarely are able to tell you much more beyond whether their blade is ALC or ZLC, and they probably wouldn't be able to clearly explain differences between the two. In many cases they won't even know if their blade is...

I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make here. Because people on the internet test a bunch of rubbers and don't improve drastically, that means that blades matter more? So you frequently see people who EJ blades but not rubbers suddenly have drastic, verifiable and permanent...

So is Mercury 2 "crappy" or just cheap? If a "crappy" rubber only changes your level no more than 10%...

Two things can be true at once - the Japanese women are standout performers and generally one of the main threats to Chinese dominance, and maybe they have interesting styles to some, but in a forum that is probably full of East Asian men or men with an interest in East Asian culture at the...

I am mostly on the side of your friend - even 39 can be boosted with several layers and nearly no amateur player will bottom that rubber out or be lacking in any way.

Why are you comparing Glayzer 09c which is a playable, though slow, rubber to a "dead blade"? The fair comparison would be comparing Glayzer 09c on a "good blade" to Dignics 09c on an all-around to off- blade. And any competent player will have better capabilities with the latter.

It is hilarious to me that this is even a discussion. I invite anyone who thinks the blade plays a bigger role to build two rackets: 1) premade blade with Dignics/Hurricane or their rubber of choice 2) their favorite blade but with premade racket rubber and play matches with each one and...

Yes you are, and it's probably that reason lol

The correct answer is the rubber and its not even close

A few 2500+ players have reported to me they find Z03 less spinny than 09c so you are not alone

So there was progress on the issue? I don't pay close enough attention to the issue but seems like fairly recent examples still come to mind.

Well I didn't write him off or see comments on the thread that did, maybe another thread I haven't read is being referenced. But there is a big difference between folding under the pressure unintentionally versus intentionally. Unfixable, of course not, but legitimate cause for concern...

I would chalk it up to immaturity too, until I heard some of the Sora stories that I've heard from people I trust.

Anyone know why LYJ and KCJ aren't there? @Tony's Table Tennis ?

Not so sure about that for the Olympics. But the "rumors" are still someone's interpretation of what Sora told them directly so who knows, but those someones are people who know Sora and speak to him directly so there is clearly some truth to what we are all seeing.

I've heard from more than one direct and reliable source that Sora is very conscious of his "idgaf I'll give up" attitude and is even somewhat boastful of it. Still just rumors to an extent but I'm not defending him on this one.

He bowed, we don't need to go that far.