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I haven't played with a seamless ball in a while but I remembered back then when I did and it was the only decent ball that it was easily the closest thing to celluloid in playing feeling even though it cracked easily. Could that explain some of what we saw in this event? I don't remember...

People stick AI into all kinds of BS ro make it sound more credible, in the end the argument is only as good as the evidence for it.

Sure. Pretending that you know my opinion on this despite my posting here for 10 years and you just joining probably under a new name. Give me a break. There have been a lot of discussions on serves over many years and many back and forth proposals. The players carry the bulk of the...

No, not financial cost. You need to read and understand better before accusing people. Part of the reason why tennis and soccer and other big sports brought in VAR is because there is lots of money tied to TV deals and fans and losing integrity ruins the sport. In table tennis, there isn't...

Blah blah blah. The rule is clear and enforceable, the problem is there is not enough money in the sport or interest from wealthy nations outside of Asia to care. When the computer they used in the 2019 ITTF grand finals faulted Ma Long very often, they put it in the freezer. When the GOAT...

Kim beat Chinese players too, she was the class of the tournament for me, her teammates couldn't get it done or they may have gotten the gold medal.

Which PrK third place? There were two Japanese, One Chinese and one South Korean. No PRK in men's.

The WJTTC, usually my favorite event of the year, is in Sweden in late November. Faraji just raised the anticipation for the event.

Look who is playing Dima in the first match... https://www.youtube.com/live/DsdOk_YUsj0?si=JLPQsRISX6tohHDS

Will Ma Lin keep his job?

Manush Uptibal Shah 3-0 An Jaehyun. LYJ 3-0 XP.

WJTTC is in the last week of November, let's see what happens there first before we start asking him to play adults almost exclusively.

It's the zeio effect, fans of Hirano start sounding like haterz because of all the supposed Tieba hype being rejected.

I don't think Ayhika is about being better than teams than singles, I think Ayhika gets better as the opponent gets better because she can control high quality balls when they don't overwhelm her and returning all that spin to the opponent can be devastating. People who know how to play within...

PRK have not so quietly made XD their event.

Not so sure, there was some respect for the effort level there.

I think Cho is experiencing a drop off in level. He will be back but it is a tough time.

Odo is tightening up under the pressure of representing Japan here, glad to see she managed to loosen up when she was about to lose.

Nah, until this tournament and in ultimately inconsequential losses in the Teams ecent, Tomo was playing close to his level - even his Olympuc nightmare had him demonstrating enough success. Cho just hasn't caught the kind of break his playing as #2 for Korea deserved and probably now has Korea...

The beauty of table tennis context and matchups.