Thanks for the likes, folks! Keep'em coming!
Since the outside temperature has been below freezing the past week, I thought why not make a parody video to lighten the mood?
It took me roughly 2 days to come up with a draft of the script, then I spent a day or so editing it to match the gesture of Risitas, which to my amazement ended up really well. It took another day to time the sub, encode it, and upload on youtube.
Extra care has been taken to ensure the parody is true to fact.
The reference to "merit-based" ranking came from the
World Ranking Description(1. Definitions, 1.1).
The reference to takkyuu geinin(table tennis entertainer) came from
his parodies.
"Starting from the qualification round" refers to the fact that only the top 16 seeded players advance to main draw by default.
"No more separation" came from
2018 ITTF World Tour Sport Specific Information(2.4 Draws),
a. Main Draw
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• Seeding is done with the latest World Ranking of the date of the entry deadline, and the draw for seeded players with NO separation by association.
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• Conducted according to the ITTF rules for that purpose but WITHOUT ANY separation per association.
b. Qualifications Draw
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• Is conducted according to the ITTF rules for that purpose but WITHOUT ANY separation per association.
Whereas in the
2017 version(2.3 Draws),
a. Main Draw
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• Seeding is done with the latest World Ranking of the date of the entry deadline, and the draw for seeded players with NO separation by association.
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• Conducted according to the ITTF rules for that purpose but WITHOUT separation per association, except the first round of the main draw when qualifiers are drawn into the main draw, players/pairs from the same association CANNOT meet in the first round. In that case, they will be re-drawn.
b. Qualifications Draw
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• players from the same association CANNOT be drawn into the same group; they should be placed into the next available group.
• Players from the same association CANNOT meet in the first round of the qualification with knock-out system; they should be placed in the next available position.
Last but not least, all credits go to the ITTF for all the great ideas that made this possible.