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I will sweeten the offer with $100.

Not special but yes, you could defeat an IM or Candidate Master if they had a bad day or blundered. And not many people use the word patzer - initially, I thought it was because you were German, but it's good to know the chess connection. Cheers.

Sure. I know what it is like to live a private life when all your videos are on Youtube and you make specific claims about yourself. It has a limited shelf life. In any case, I can't norm the chess ratings on Chess.com vs actual play but you are only in the 1700s or 1800s on chess.com. What...

Siva, The thing is that you once showed video of a player who used to be on the junior national team of some country, and all of us could tell by watching him that either that country sucked or he bribed his way onto that team. If someone told you he was an IM or a candidate master, it would...

Verification purposes. Would you like to play a game of chess online? I don't know any free servers anymore but we could schedule something on Yahoo or something. BTW, I am probably one of the few people that relatively speaking like the original video. I don't think anyone who could produce...

What is the name of the International Master you defeated?

I have reasons to believe that a Tenergy 05 user will not like it because they will often need larger strokes than they are used to. IF they don't mind this, they might find something they like. But the rubber should be considered in its own right. The sponge effect is different.

Speed not sure - more work to be done there. The top end slow spin is definitely comparable. In fact, controlled looping is probably the biggest strength of the rubber. IF you can sustain the top end looping speed, and I don't think it is too hard to do so with good technique, you will be...

Nah. The sponge is different. Also the grip of EL-S so far is massive. Vs. Tenergy 05, the control is better if the catapult of T05 throws you off. EL-S is almost like a boosted Sriver, as one guy put it. The spin is ridiculous when you loop properly - I get the same effect I get when I...

Tenergy users are not going to like this though it might play better with more booster. Just too slow. I can see it on my forehand though I might get injured if I go for pace. Not on my backhand as the stroke requirements are too large to justify unless I am all about consistency and placement.

You do know you are pushing a backspin or no spin ball right? I will let you figure out why the ball is not topspin.

You have to have a realistic understanding of our sport and a decently mature ego to appreciate that. And even if you do, there is no guarantee how you will react if it actually happened to you.

A pity that shot wasn't between the legs... too easy by Siva's standards...

I think they understand better than you realize. Their interests are just different from yours. They just don't want the people who are trying to learn the real game to be led astray by your efforts. It's good that you appreciate you have a lot to unlearn. I didn't get that impression from...

You play in Germany. I'm sure there are enough leagues and clubs in the country for anyone who wants to talk to a TTR 1600+ player and find out what they think of your videos.

Yes, it's fairly obvious he is trolling. But if he truly believes that most people who criticize his videos are complaining in a similarly ignorant fashion to what he is caricaturing here, then he should get to know his critics better.

You can serve with your hand in TT as long as your racket is in it, and you can do this serve too. There is no way this double bounce even if apparent can be considered intentional.

It's not about power at all, Sir. There are probably two kinds of critics of your videos - people who are like you when you watch this video, who do not know what technical details go into what you do and then think it is easy, and then people who are like me watching you, who can see the...

Part of the reason why I am happy you posted this stuff is that it helps people see the subtle things people can miss about table tennis without the right experience to understand them.

OF course I will give it a try. But I already know enough to know how hard this is. I already fight to get backspin pushes double bounce short and coming back towards the net. I won't pretend to able to do the same with a topspin ball. Will also need to find a quality feeder for practice.