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You know I just glanced at the the forum posts and I believe literally more than half of all threads on TTD are about equipment. If you don't like equipment talk, it sounds like you are on the wrong forum. In regards to this thread, I'm not pretending like I know everything about blades. On...

I think I agree that I like the way outer ALC blocks. I like the solid and quick punchy feeling of blocks. But maybe that is the only shot that I like. The biggest issue with outer ALC is that I don't have confidence in my FH loop. Maybe I'm not used to the feeling. But I'm always never sure...

Well following Carl's advice, I practiced about 30 minutes just hitting my backhand against another guy's LP. Sometimes alternating between looping and pushing, sometimes hitting consecutive loops. During practice, I was starting to feel the rhythm of how the spin comes off the LP. But when we...

But do you feel like there isn't enough dwell time to loop well?

I'm not even thinking that complicated, for me I just experience 2 problems with outer. 1) I feel the throw angle is too low on my BH, and I often hit the ball into the net. I think I tend to hold a more extreme continental grip 2) I feel lack of hold on the ball with the FH opening loop. I...

But so far most of the comments seem to be about why inner style is better. So what do users of outer like about outer? I can't seem to find too much to like about it, but obviously even top players like FZD and ZJK like the outer style.

What do you mean by linearity and why is this good for BH? When I use outer ALC, I often feel like my backhand drives fall into the net. I feel like I'm not getting enough arc on the ball.

I'm trying to enjoy and play with my outer alc blade, but I just can't seem to play well with it. Whenever I loop, I feel lack of control and lack of dwell time. I feel my loops are a little wild compared to when I use inner alc blade. Why do you like your outer alc blade and why do you...

Oh I think this makes sense. Bloom Power at 47d is equal to DHS 39d. Also, I often see Loki hard rubbers listed at 49d. I'm guessing this is the same scale as 729, meaning it is equal to DHS 41

For Hurricane, Seamoon will boost the rubber a lot better than Falco. Falco isn't really strong enough. If you want, Hurricane on both sides is fine.

Also if they spend money on luxury items, it's not necessarily "good for the economy". Again, they are buying a high priced product with no genuine benefit to society. Sure, there are some retail jobs being provided. But just as a thought experiment, should we pollute the environment more so...

Actually this is not correct. Billionaires save their money by buying productive assets as equity or debt. Both asset classes are used to fund real business projects and investment. Now real estate is kinda true, but it is much more complicated calculus.

He is beating his untrained opponents up. So that's quite unfair. But they also want to get the big paycheck. Pro wrestling largely falls under the same category, but I think the balance of power is much more tilted towards the corporations who run the shows. You don't need to stop people from...

Well to be honest, I do think that many industries should be more regulated based on their productivity and desirability to civilization. I would not be opposed to putting a cap on a football game to protect the consumer, or taxing excessive profits from the industry. America levies heavy...

Yes, they are people who sit at home and pay $100 to watch one of his Pay per view shows. They are probably mostly living paycheck to paycheck. The millions Mayweather makes is in aggregate from hundreds of thousands of PPV buyers.

Um, I guess China is testing something along those lines by pushing the ultra-rich to spend on productive investments to give back to society. But that's not really my point. My point is protecting the common man from exploitative spending. I'm not really talking about protecting...

USA is one of the only countries that do not regulate drug prices. but most of Europe, Japan, probably China regulate drug prices. But USA regulates plenty of other things, railroad, gaming, telecom, etc.

There is a reason most developed and civilized nations regulate drug pricing. People need access to drugs without sacrificing their financial future. You can argue "nobody is coercing them, if they are are willing to pay higher prices, so they should pay higher prices". But that's not a net...

I knew you would say something like that. That's the classic capitalist argument. But it is flawed. There is a reason certain industries are regulated to protect consumers against harmful business practices. Humans will pay astronomical prices for products that have little to no value for...

BTW, Floyd Mayweather himself referred to his exhibition matches as "legalized highway robbery". So he himself knows he is selling snake oil, but doesn't care. So I can't really agree with the idea that consumers are being properly compensated with something of equal value.