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DAILY MAIL: "Revealed: Man vs Machine table tennis showdown that went viral - is actually a fake for a TV ad" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2578633/The-Man-vs-Machine-table-tennis-showdown-went-viral-actual-cleverly-shot-TV-ad.html

Here's a copy/paste of a post from reddit: "What I wanted to see: the state of the art in robotics. How the machine served, reacted, reaction times, handled spin and other variables. How did each robotic degree of motion interact to get the paddle where it needed to be. What I did not need/care...

LOL, all that hype for nothing! I hope they release the raw video, but I guess that ain't gonna happen.

Kick ass, Dan!

Nice job, Butterfly!

On the contrary, rubber manufacturers will probably look for a way to compensate for the poly ball's lack of spin. It'll probably take some extensive research and testing, but I'd bet they're already doing it.

I missed that. I hope they do it in the foreseeable future.

Scratch that, it's 2014, and the site hasn't changed one bit.

Not if Sharara's plan to limit the ball bounce off the bat comes to fruition.

And this is EXACTLY OPPOSITE of what table tennis needs, and EXACTLY OPPOSITE of what table tennis fans and general audiences want to see. Counter looping away from the table is the most appealing and the most spectacular aspect of table tennis.

No, it isn't. European inferiority is bad.

So all it takes to turn you around is smooth rhetoric and demagoguery. Wow.

Didn't he turn 17 in January?

The greatest trick Devil ever pulled...

I love his tomahawk serve, but I don't see him do it that much any more. He seems to be using his standard forehand pendulum serve more and more, I think.

Simple. The one with the largest variety of spins, speeds and placements, and hardest for his opponents to read, whilst staying legal. Hence - Ma Long. Tennis players aim for variety too, though. It's not just about the velocity of the ball, there are other factors too (like arc) but I'm far...

Andrej Gaćina and Petra Petek are 2014 Croatian national singles champions! Gaćina beat Roko Tošić 4:2 in the final, while Petek defeated Ivana Tubikanec with 4:1. Complete scores: http://hsts.hr/images/stories/PDF/201314/PROPOZICIJE/rez_phseniori.pdf

And while World Tour streams are constantly borderline unwatchable, the French are streaming their national championships in glorious 720p.

Wow, 720p! :eek: Way to go, FFTT!!!

Chickened out, or too lazy to go to Zagreb? :D