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Well, if only I'd read this before I turned up. Brought all the wrong equipment now!

I'll be there. I'm thinking of taking a telephoto lens and getting some close-up shots of Drinkhall's handle for NextLevel...

Sorry mate, it's been so long since I've used JP01T that I can't remember too much about it!

I've used all 4 of the Acuda Blues. On P1, P2 and P3, the topsheet is very soft - one of the softest ESN topsheets I've ever used. You get a great sense of the rubber grabbing the ball, so no slippy feel with plastic. But the trade-off is you lose a bit of sharp response and elasticity -...

Many thanks from me too, and I can't wait for the full list to appear! No idea on the blade from me either, but it's most likely some sort of new Tibhar thing - their version of the Donic Ov True Carbon or something like that. When I first saw it I actually wondered if it was a DHS blade of...

The VS Unlimited has a lot of blue on the handle. Any chance of a pic of what you've seen?

IMO, Leb has always had a higher-risk, low-percentage game in comparison with the majority of other male pros. I lose track of the number of times he's up 6-1 in games after a clutch of amazing close-in shots but then strings 5 errors in a row playing the same way. A tournament win for him...

Tin Tin vs Pota on Table 1 is an interesting match-up.

http://www.laola1.tv/en-int/home/ Some live stuff is on Eurosport this weekend as well.

Pitchford and Drinkhall just started their doubles match, table 2. Lost their first game though....

EL-S is a very recent Tibhar release. I don't think that Donic have an equivalent yet. From the JP range then JP02 is probably closest, but it's still quite different.

Sloppy sock puppetry is the best sock puppetry.

You have convinced me - from now on I'll say that these rubbers have been factory turtled.

Using words to describe situations might not sound logical to you, but it's how people communicate. It sometimes isn't perfect, but that's life. People use the label "factory boosted" to describe a wide range of things they see, feel and experience. And it's a useful label because it tells us...

Exactly. It's semantics to a large degree. About the distinction between factory treatment and things you do at home - the point isn't that the factory use the same stuff that the public do (or the pros do, even) - they could use totally different chemicals, or the same chemicals in a...

You must have a faulty nose. I would send it back. Different rubbers smell different, and some have very clear booster smells. That aside, I sort-of agree with some of what you say, but not your conclusion. I think some people have an odd idea of what "factory boosted" means, and conflate...

Dimi posted on Facebook today that his grandmother passed away two days before the world cup started.

Not to derail this thread, but if we're talking about awful first custom bats which haunt our arm waving to this day - mine was a Tibhar Rapid Carbon with 729-FX on both sides. Balsa, carbon, abachi, tacky. All the worst things to start with. I should sue someone.

Hahahahahahhaha! Well, it does to me. But Butterfly's price inflation and market rigging seems to just make some people want them more. They are the bad boys of the TT world - smoking behind the bike sheds to attract the groupies.

"Butterfly" and "cheaper" aren't two works which usually live in the same sentence as each other. Not sure why you think there will be less ALC in the new one. Will most likely be thinner wood plies being used.