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What with underreporting and all, Florida withholding data on Covid-19 fatalities, lukewarm embrace of social distancing at best in many places, and political pressure towards resumption of ‘normal life’ prior to even reaching the peak let alone riding out the long tail — well, that gruesome...

I'm not supportive of these rules; I would very much like to use the same (black) rubber on FH and BH. However, I do think I understand the rationale. The twiddlin', footstompin', gruntin' material players wreaking havoc in the early '80s gave rise to a color rule that was meant to guarantee...

Anybody know anthing about this Nittaku Sieger?

Musaab, that makes little sense to me. Even if the color restriction rules were lifted entirely the CNT (and anybody else) would still be free to use black H3.

Well, yeah, but he still puts on his panties one leg at a time, if you know what he means. https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/bf6b4e9f-1025-444b-8f33-e7ff80738bdf

Having a moment, and something other than a bloody mobile phone at hand, I looked it up. It's in the ITTF Handbook (https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020ITTFHandbook_v1.pdf) on page 26: 2.5 DEFINITIONS 2.5.1 A rally is the period during which the ball is in play. 2.5.2 The ball...

Poor word choice on my part. I meant an error ending game play and awarding a point to the opponent. I wasn't talking tennis.

A fault, and it’s described in the ITTF. Paraphrasing, a point is awarded once the ball is in play unless a let occurs. The ball is in play once the serve commences, i.e. once tossed. In amateur play it’s not uncommon to grant a let if the server makes no serve motion but catches the ball...

Be careful what and who you quote. That quote (from ‘Götterdämmerung’, I believe) stems from a murky period in the life of a person of dubious notions even for that period. It was written shortly before his final collapse into mental illness (probably caused by syphilis contracted while...

That's an interesting approach, adding a dimension of reality to robot training. It should work equally well with LP, SP, anti — and it looks like it could be used to test rubber durability, measuring change of flight path as the number of hits increases. "Trajectory lengthens gradually after...

Not even Schlager, then…

New Equipment (Rubbers & Blades) 2020 My suppliers tell me that while sales to the usual crowd tanked, sales of TT tables for home play went through the roof. Everything’s out of stock, and demand outpaces supply. A similar thing is said for robots. People buying tables will probably also...

Do we know of greats, past and present, that started at a later age? I vaguely recall Werner Schlager might qualify, but can’t think of any other.

I used both FA-G1 and R53 until things halted, and previously used T05. The short game of R53 was, for me, much more confident than T05. Near the table I can swap between R53 and FA-G1. Off the table R53 is a different beast, to its merit.

Reading this does bring the Offensive Classic Carbon to mind. Well, my mind anyway. I liked that blade, though in the end of it I’m not a limba afficionado.

That's what I thought too. Pelusa was known for that. And other things.

Kudos for Ryu Mee. I love it how KJH chose to engage his opponents a notch or two above their own level, winning out by consistency, mainly, while still playing fun rallies with them all. Is it just me or is there something odd about KJH's BH? I see what he's doing, and while unorthodox it...

From my personal observation, that must be whatever Šurbek used.

Of course clutch. But it did get me wondering if anything our of the ordinary would happen if someone were to invoke the name of Cltuch. Cltuch fhtagn!