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Seriously? Vague metaphysical notions of innate properties? Human nature can be called to witness as a last stand in basically any argument, and will serve any master there. She lacks substance, she does.

I share your outset, but still hold that not challenging preconceptions (wherever they come from), and embracing them instead and enforcing them by passing them on unchallenged is detrimental ánd naive, and yes, those that echo these trumped-up plays of nationalism, race, and so on are being...

As I said before, don’t just naively keep embracing the dichotomies and enmities bestowed upon you. You’re being played and exploited through them. Don’t be that tool.

Just let go of that us vs them mentality already. The very notions of race and nations are delusional ones, ruthlessly exploited in machiavellan ways to create artificial conflict and to take advantage of the strife that ensues as enraged factions mobilize against one another. Don’t embrace...

That would be me. Why?

Vega Pro, can’t go wro’.

A blade to do what with? At what level?

I don't believe this to be the case. In order to become a good player, you first need to become a player. You need to "invest". What brings you to the game? Glad you ask. People start playing a sport because it somehow attracts them. The call of the hip, happening, shiny & fashionable...

They play basketball in the US?

No difference can still make a lot of difference in two ways. You’re bound to play poorly if for one or other reason you think there’s something wrong with your equipment. That’s a nocebo effect. You’re bound to play your best if for one or other reason you think your new gear will help you...

What do you mean? I have ordered stuff there, and got pretty much what I ordered after a little while. No remarkable experiences whatsoever.

I request this request be granted, and am leaning back waiting for the review to arrive. (I actually have a short, non-visual review of the ALC.S: I tried it with high expectations, but was greatly disappointed, finding it a flimsy blade, a poor design compromise. Too thin, too flexible...

Valid questions/remarks. When my son started playing at 9, a year or two ago, we went to my old coaches table tennis shop. I bit my tongue and just looked what happened as my old coach and my little boy worked things out between them. They did end up with a fairly lightweight blade with a...

Being a bit picky about the handle myself as well (enough to make that a factor in having blades custom-built to my taste), well, did you consider using grip tape on the (admittedly too thin) Acoustic's handle?

To continue that thought experiment in another direction entirely… if a shop owner presents you with 10 Viscaria's, she's setting you up for disappointment. This is called the paradox of choice. There's this naive assumption that having maximal choices at every turn (which one then equates...

I don't have photos and have never played with it. I do remember admiring it in a TT shop, 35 years ago or so. I found some images of H-1-9 blades from that era, and am not sure; I didn't find any with such a conical handle shape. Here's one of the images I did find.

Well... it wasn't his FH in that WCTT 2003 final against Joo Se Hyuk, in which Herr Doktor Werner took the crown, that stood out for me. I was actually impressed by his ability to BH-loop lethally against such deep chops, and the extremity of his technique in doing so.

I have one word for you. Šurbek.

Outer. I’d prefer the inner. :-)

Pawel, your enthusiasm is very catching.