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That just sounds like the Offensive Classic to me.

Ah, wormses, wormses? My kiri-cored blades don't have it, and these images do show longer tracks on the blade surface as well. Wood being wood, all kinds of things can happen to it — while growing, while being harvested, while drying, while being crafted. In my limited experiences in dealing...

I think in the racing "sports" (Formula One comes to mind) quite a lot of such rules, regulations, and tests apply.

Much so. I especially enjoyed seeing LGL's acclaim/support for ML on display, which to me is one thing we should not forget when recalling this year.

You’re chasing ghosts here. The question contains an assumption. It assumes a complete partial order is induced by the relation ‘superior to’. This entails comparability, ie either X is superior to Y or Y is superior to X. Note that ‘superior’ is a rather absolute notion. Out here in the...

I remember John Hilton vividly. Black and black, stamping or grinting when hitting. Hard to tell what he hit with, and you could not watch the greats (Sécretin comes to mind) collapse in desperation without a cringe.

As is said elsewhere, variety the spice of life is. Moreover, anti and pimples-out rubbers do offer different possibilities and challenges, both to those that use them and those that meet them in matchplay. Yes, they can be disturbing and break your rhythm, but with most opponents I’ve...

Well… yes. In that situation, I always get trashed at first. And then I glue myass to the table, and start applying pressure directly from the bounce. And then I usually win these matches, after closing the initial gap and bouts of despair.

I like to block/punch/counter (and smash) on the BH too, and tend to like harder-sponged and a bit thinner rubbers there; but I do think that's a personal thing, I've seen many people do these things with softer and thicker rubbers too. I've played Vega Pro at 1.8 and 2.0 on the BH, and found...

Assuming OP has anti on his BH, and assuming that what OP is asking is what to do with that anti when confronted with a (very) fast, no-spin ball — a smash or an aggressive counter — options vary. This, I think, actually describes a very useful strategy to deal with anti, and turn the limits it...

Did you consider R42, and perhaps slightly thinner sponge, for BH? Different strokes for different folks, of course, but in the end I always find too much disparity between the feeling and responsiveness of BH and FH detrimental to my game. And my enjoyment of it. I could throw in a little...

I lit a stove a few weeks ago using the shattered remains of a Butterfly Maze Magic blade for kindling. Cycle of life stuff can feel weird.

Did you try a twiddle to see how the R47 would do on the BH?

I try to play as often as I can. In a good week, that’s three sessions if about three hours each.

Ah. In that case, the three rubbers you get to choose from are not unbeastly either. More lovely, and more temperate ones certainly exist, but this is the entire menu?

No, sorry. I'm much closer to Jean-Mi Saive, as far as these things go, but I'm no Jean-Mi either. Sniff.

I actually would be quite happy to see all participants rewarded equally. For the race is the prize.

I didn't miss it, Tony, and it's a good example. And even in this example, I tried to point out, there actually is a conceivable perspective in which the ranking you're presenting as counterintuitive/unfair/ridiculous is an understandable choice. Your example might be a little contrived, in...

Just to play the devil's advocate: if I see the closing games of the big tournaments, it's all very, very close and extremely high level. The margins are very, very small, and the outcome is decided by a hair's thickness — or even by chance, the match being decided by one or two clipped nets...

Good luck with that! Only your best eight results will count, but somehow there's this nagging suspicion that you'll be burned up quite quickly of you fully engage yourself in every possible and impossible event. I think there's a reason why ZJK, still a young man, has a body that already...