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So in other words, Tom's TTR is kinda unreliable.

Www.nexy.com I also have a custom blade from this site. Worth looking at.

Waving red meat to the Tieba crowd lol...

In TT, it takes a lot for talent to come out of nowhere. It is almost always a Chinese transplant if you never heard of them at the junior levels.

Okay. So why is TT a shrinking sport today? As in why is it largely a sport that old people remember fondly with shrinking demographics in just about every county?

It's almost like the pros relax when they see Dan and bare their fangs when they see Tom and Beast lol....

Smashes seed 1-16, Champions seed 1-8. But not everyone in the top 8 is equally good against choppers, in fact as @Catenaccio pointed out, the only somewhat sure bankers are Sun Yingsha, Mima Ito and to a lesser degree Wang Manyu, Odo and Miwa. All the others still have something to prove...

Fraser Riley said during a commentary (and maybe this came from the recent Hashimoto interviews or some other source I should be citing) that Hashimoto doesn't train with women, that she trains almost exclusively with men, Maybe that helps her keep her edge and is an attempt to avoid giving...

I bought one but I haven't had time to put on rubbers and play with it. I probably only have 09c to put on as well, but it will be a while before I have time to review.

To create a product that sponsors are willing to invest in and throw money behind. As much as the old product might have satisfied TT nerds, it wasn't clear it had a path to getting TV sponsorships etc. Getting top players to play regularly and creating a worthy spectacle are a part of...

Okay. So what would you propose as your commercially viable alternative? The WTT may be wrong but they are trying to solve a hard problem.

I know a player (Taiwo Mati) who played in two very recently. Not sure whether it was a Feeder or Contender. Spectators in the arena, yes but whether spectators can follow all those matches is also debatable. And whether it is a better experience is open to debate. I can usually follow up...

Okay. Let's wait for that to become realist and for Macao to field a team. Right now, I see Macao more as a vehicle for Zhu Yuling to play on tour. Anything in the near future will come from other citizens of high level countries joining her and not the development of local players.

Whether hiding seats is an actual consideration is not clear. In many sports I am not sure the specificity of the stadium/location adds much and to the degree it does, that can be facilitated. And the idea of selling sponsorship rights to venues makes sense. Were there more matches to...

True, but the XH is going to be close to whatever he has, the main difference might be whether there is any sponge left to squeeze in there.

What's the Macao team and what events do they play in?

Well you had better hope Kaufman, Grieschel and Pavade develop superpowers. Otherwise, Japan and China and Korea are too far ahead. Though I can see Germany competing with Korea. The others not so sure. Hong Kong seems to be falling off the map with no replenishment on the women's side so it...

It depemds on the event. The one thing that I think WTT does now better than before from the viewer's perspective is maintain a consistent aesthetic for the Table 1/Infinity Arena/Main Sponsored Table. While it does still vary a bit by event, it is definitely more consistent in feel and...

zeio: "After seeing this tournament, it is impossible to go back to the old international open tournaments." WTT: "Hold my beer...":

I am thinking this was in Texas. It is probably easier for you to find me than for me to find you. Will send you a PM.