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The parents at ICC (Lily's home TT club) spend more than that a month for their kid to get coached there. Cost of living in California is truly insane.

Hayata, Hirano, and Harimoto is it? Hunter Hearst Helmsley approves

You're also paying for the marketing and for the difference and labor and manufacturing costs in the respective countries. Also factor in economies of scale. I don't think it's safe to assume that Butterfly is particularly diligent in their wood selection when individual models of the same...

I was watching WTT and the commentator referred to one of A. Lebrun's serves as a "lollipop serve." I was outraged. Professional commentator didn't have any clue what a real lollipop is.

Has CIC always been this aggressive and vocal in her matches? She's been kinda under the radar up until winning this event so I have a vague recollection of her being more mild-mannered along the same vein as LYJ. I watched all her matches and that impression was totally off at least for this...

Yeah the store is legit. Think it's the official Stuor store despite the weird name. I bought a Stuor Harimoto there and it's a good blade for the money.

After that point, Harimoto turned around and pointed at his coach. The coach pointed to his temple as if to say "good thinking." Seemed like a tactic the two were worked on together.

Hmm I was having a hard time controlling the 75 inner on the BH side with Moon 12 Blue (soft at 45d). Would I have an easier time using Rxton 3 Blue/Pink?

I'm still a beginner. Still under 1000 USATT. Though it's hard to say a specific number because sometimes I'll beat someone rated 400 points higher than me and then lose to someone ranked lower than me. Probably has to do with the fact that I've trained more than played actual games in the past...

Got a chance to play with the Sanwei 75 Inner for the first time. Transferred rubbers from my Fextra to it (Loki Arthur China and Yinhe Moon 12 Blue). Couple hours is probably too short a sample size but I was more consistent with it and able to produce more spin on my shots than with the...

What's the story behind Hari-Bauer / ハリバウアー?

Helluva performance from Hayata winning 20 games and only dropping 1 throughout the whole tournament. Easily handled Miwa with just spin variation and placement, and avoding trading power shots.

Kinda nice to have a rival of your own skill level pushing you to improve. It's like a sports anime

@disaster3 I'd just remove the splinter, sand it down and then apply layers of polyurethane to level it out. Apply polyurethane to the blade edge too so that no more delamination occurs. Should be as good as new after. I did something similar to a blade with similar damage and now I can't even...

Maybe I'll give it a try to revive the rubber. But in my experience boosting in the past, doing it has resulted in inconsistent rubber behavior, and I probably need more consistency in while I'm still developing my technique. The less variables to worry about the better. In the past I boosted...

So far LAC has been my favorite too. It's also been my most durable rubber, surprisingly, given people's bad experience with it. I must've gotten lucky with 2 sheets that play and hold up well.

Damn you keep making me want to buy more FH rubbers! I already have 2 LACs on my blades (both in immaculate condition at 20 and 30 hours btw) to go through. In the package I still have 2 Bloom Powers, a Rxton 9, and a B2 Pro BS. At least Rxton 5 Pro seems like a pass.

Actually in this event I've seen more faulted and warnings on serves than normal. I've seen 2 faults (one in the Pavade match in R32? and one against Doo Hoi Kem in the match I linked). There was a warning yesterday in another match that I don't remember. These refs are being strict and I kinda...

This is kinda interesting. Two players on the same table within the span of 3 matches were yellow carded for the same thing: Wasting time by slowly walking after a ball after a point. We know players often do this, and we all know the reason for it. Think it's well deserved. Just very strange...

Since I've been critical of WTT in Doha, I think it's only fair to give credit where credit is due. Whoever is working on the production herein Goa is doing a great job. Lighting and camera work is on point, especially on Table 1. Some dynamic angles and nice cuts to player closeups at...