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I would just keep what you have, take care of it well, and it may last you over a year and you have time to get better.

This is my recommendation: 1) glue/Cut and play with the rubber unboosted. For me personally, the rubber had decent speed, but felt hard and weird 2) Add 1 layer of Chinese booster, like seamoon and wait 6-8 hours directly onto the sponge with glue on it. My guess is it would curl about 45...

Well I personally think that the overall construction/thickness of the blade plays a much bigger part than the specific wood-type or the carbon type.

I'm not the most experienced person with butterfly blades, but my impression is that the ALC blades feel more solid and linear. The ZLC blades feel thinner and flexier, but also springier. So it's a bit like D05 vs T05. D05 is harder and more solid, T05 is more elastic.

So do you think Stiga Hybrid M is more of a premium rubber than Bluegrip S1 even though on paper they are both 47d with C-touch?

My impression is that ZLC is faster than ALC, but Butterfly compensates for this difference by making ZLC blades thinner in general. I used to have TB ZLC and it felt a little faster than Viscaria, but also thinner and airyer. I think Harimoto SZLC is one of the major exceptions to being thinner.

Is this basically their version of Stiga Hybrid M

I think Chinese are better at making forehand rubbers so the forehand rubbers are somewhat closer to the feeling of d09c. For making bh tension rubbers, these are just the best of the bunch. Theyre not perfect clones or replicas. The feeling and character is somewhat different. But they are...

I think GA8 and G1 wont respond much to chinese booster. Not sure about falco or black oil

Seamoon

When I was 12, I played a 2000 level guy once with this setup. He hit his fh and bh from the same side with inverted rubber. He had LP on the other side and used it on bh whenever he wanted to change rhythm and spin. Of course 12 year old i was about 1100 rating and didnt know what LP was...

Im not surprised. Ive seen similar style to this before. I dont think the equipment should dictate the category of style. The style should be inherent to the player. There shouldn't be a style that only can exist because of a niche equipment.

Probably 50d is my favorite for bh. AK47 Red would be around 50d I think. But I like 53d for bh hybrid. Look here at this guide I wrote for alternatives: https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/best-chinese-alternatives-to-d05-tier-list.33672/

When you get Aurora Max, make sure to get the Medium-Hard version. For Moon 12, I have tried the H- and M+ version. Both are good, I think I prefer the H- version.

So which rubbers are you gonna buy?

You should post some video of match between you and your former WR 200 friend.

I don't really compete. I just find my fun and energy from testing all these different equipment. I make it my goal to learn to play good matches with any equipment.

Well these are my findings from the past several years. Usually I have about 8 different setups going on at the same time. So over the course of days and weeks, I get to know the rubbers quite well and how they compare to each other.

You have to wait 2 days. It will uncurl and be easier to glue. But if you refuse to wait, yes you can just put a lot of extra glue on the edges and try putting a heavy book on top.