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I'm confused guys, the Ittf calendar 2017 shows US Open as present but there is no information about it and no videos ... https://www.ittf.com/tournament/2878/2017/us-open/ Do you have any vid? What kind of event was it? [Edit] ok got it : )...

Sure, but no need to. We got into this because Dima #1 -> because new system -> probably because sponsors -> maybe Frank Ji. But this is it. I don't think we'll continue this side topic. J.

Great Rainneverever! Thanks for the video! Guys seriously I don't know how we gonna make it back to the main topic of the thread from here, but ... who cares it's interesting. So there are several things I like about Frank Ji too: - he has this 200 something blades collection!!! ... hmm ... a...

I hope they do, because the format was really good. And they didn't have to worry about the rankings ... they just invited players, right? : )

Ha ha, the post were really fast sometimes ; ) Well good I personally gained a great insight into how tt machine works. In Poland I guess the situation for Men league is quite good compared to the past. There is a separate legal entity taking care of the "Superliga" and they were able to...

If the new ranking system is somehow connected to the possible deals with sponsors, why not. I guess we'll have to wait. When it comes to the "brand" thing the t2 APAC was a nice example. I don't know if they had a financial success but the prize pool money was like 2 mln $ - I know 6 events...

Well usually they do attract some crowd, depends where the tournament is hosted : ) My point was (and it shows how many aspects of tt this new ranking touches) that in order to attract sponsors maybe it would be good to have some kind of brand created. Like tennis has those 4 Grand slams...

Yes, this is the most upsetting to see. Why not to have like Grand Slams in Tennis? China, Japan, Germany + "one floating" + WTTC. Make some brand or something. I'd rather see Ma Long, Dima or Fan 5 times a year in a Great tournaments, than gazillion times playing in front of empty halls ...

Yes, I agree. There might be a new dynamic introduced into the system and maybe the prizes will grow too. Who knows. We were looking from the perspective of the current participation in the tournaments. No no lets not get overheated. Tony was looking on the new system from the perspective of a...

Yeah, lets wait for what will happens in 2018 before this discussion gets overheated ... The power houses of tt like China, Japan, Germany and others will probably have those 8 events calculated into the calendar, since I guess the ranking is important for the seeding in WTTC, Olympics? And...

If this is the real participation ability of players then, maybe I apologized too fast ... ; ) "8 players played 8 events". Well I hope ittf knows what is doing and the calendar allows actually to have a meaningful ranking.

Yeah, yeah ... apart from that, my critique was probably unjust. Sorry Ittf : ) You have to consider the overall number of tournaments and if we say that Ma Long have points only for 6 ... than it means he didn't participate in the other 9 tournaments ... this is a lot, like for the most of the...

Just checked, there should be like 13 World Tour events 2018 (6 Platinium) + Cup + WTTC ... hmm well maybe there will be enough events to participate .. I might agree ... time will show. I'm not defending the old system, but it rather reflected to overall level of each player. Should it be...

True, but the thing is the system is far too sensitive to the lack of participation even in one tournament [Edit - considering the 8 tournament count. Not within a year]. Winning 6 Majors in a year! Man ... such achievement - sign of a true champion - should be rewarded. Don't you think...

Of course time will tell, as of now it highly depends on the participation ability. If Ma or Fan will be able to play those 8 tours ... maybe. But as Tony showed with some examples there are reasons to think that it might produce strange results. It will be laughable if Ma Long wins 6 times (the...

I read the new ranking system, available below: https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2016/07/ITTF-World-Ranking-description-2018-final.pdf [Ittf] Point 3.5 is interesting. "3.5. The ITTF World Rankings take the best 8 results of the player for the senior ranking and best 6for under 21, junior...

If the new system really works this way, than - Yes, you are exactly right. Basically what it would come down to is that everybody have to be present at every Platinium and Normal event (I don't know about Challengers)? I hope Ittf made sure it's possible to participate so much in pro tours for...

I read the discussion between yoass and RidTheKid and I thought it was maybe not that important, because these anomalies would occur only in the beginning when the new ranking is introduced. After some time they should stabilize. But man! 2250 for winning a Platinium and 900 for making it to...

Sure, I understand. I guess we would have to go a little into the discussion on what is a flaw and what is a feature (like "it's not a bug, it's a feature") I mainly looked at the strokes and yes Dima's bh pushes from the fh side look unorthodox. Does the grip switch plays such a big role, I...

I agree with the bh oriented game and footwork not as good as Fan's, Ma's and few others ... but "technical flaws". The word sounds just ... not right : )