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Yes, having players better than me around me is a massive luxury. It is good to a have a voice like you, who puts things into perspective, and protects certain order and values. Extremely good! But if I can choose between: - having such voice around me which protects me - protecting myself...

No doubt about that, if you speak about couch - pupil relationship. Noone does that. And masters like mine are rare, too. However, here in TTD, we are not in that relationship. I'd argue, that most of us here somehow took already their own resposibility for development, and already go in here...

@harty, I noticed that a lot of stock in the shop is not available, I was almost afraid that you're just letting the stuff sell out and ending. Your shop is pretty unique. (It's not that I need some rubber now - actually I have rel. new rubbers, and intend to experiment a bit to find H3 BS prov...

You're right, removing our BS is 2nd best option.

They are technically correct, and imho, it doesn't harm at all to be aware of it. Just like a piece of a puzzle. Of course if presented as the whole puzzle, or without acknowledging the other pieces, it's contraproductive. Especially if indicated, that if you are not aware, then you are stupid...

Mathematicians also sometimes fight over definitions :-)

Branch/split to another thread would be good - if possible. If not, it would be good feature for admins. Removing doesn't feel encouraging for further posting ... so, until then... ;-)

I would not underestimate new users/members or lurkers. People can make their own decisions about it. I would be surprised if that was the reason for someone for not joining - but of course, that I can't be sure of. As Carl said, people should ignore them. I simply don't read anything from some...

It evolved badly. I understand you had reasons to be pissed too now. But I am not going to judge zeio's motives. Well, if someone sets the subject narrowly, then someone else can simply prove him wrong or insufficient, by providing a broader view. And that's imo what zeio did. At least that is...

Look, I simply see it differently. There is someone, BB, who comes as BigBoss, and belittles others, and essentially tells them they are idiots. It has been done multiple times, even before that particular engagement with zeio. A lot of people ignore that. But now comes zeio, and with factual...

I noticed you have been less active, maybe 1/2 year - can't obviously know what is happening, personally. And actually I can't know how much time you invest to TTD. But for sure I am thankful for that, and also, if you wish to have more time, to have other moderators, it should be done according...

I think there should be some commonly agreed rules, like e.g. personal attacks not allowed. But those, imho, should be in a sense of lowest common base rules. So that @USDC doesn't need to think about whether or not to enforce, and he can do this as a machine, without second thoughts. All other...

Actually, I don't find H3 to be overly spin sensitive either. So I spoke specifically about H8-80 H37, blocking with H3 H37 felt easier too ;-). Blocking feels easier with harder rubbers to me (when the top-sheet is equal, like H3 H37 vs H41). Now H8-80 H37 and H3 H37 have similar hardness, but...

Maybe I am to blame, at least partially, because somewhere I claimed that I consider H8-80 H37 spin sensitive and that when I switched to Rakza X, blocking was easier. RX is better for me personally to play with, H8-80 may have advantage for other, both better or worse, players. And later when I...

OT, but related: I use (harder) H3 on the FH and people sometime complain, that it is hard to estimate how much top-spin is on the ball. They specifically complain to me. Sometimes there is not enough spin (block to net), sometimes too much (block out). I think this "feature" is related to the...

I'm your "typical" 47 degree (or H37) BH guy ;-) When harder - exactly as you say, the looping underspin is less easy. As usual, it is all personal preference. Be happy with what you use, and be open for situations or developments, which indicate, that you may rather play with something else...

OT: Surprising, but valuable info for me. Now I know I'll not try RZ EH, which I actually considered.

What I find most disgusting, is this cut and switch right at the time of serve ball contact. I'd say this is criminal.

No, the virus needs to propagate. No vaccine - too many side effects. We need also the strong-holders like @Der_Echte, and USDC, and Sergey to finally surrender to the innevitable. As for me and old master Lodro, we just hope and thank to remain as "information consuming parasites" - all the...

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