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Thank you Zeio for the time taken to translate, but for me that conclusion is a mighty pile of bullswool.
And highly condescending, too. Not sure it even deserves debunking.
It is also overly simplistic to count the number of players in the top 1000 sent from about 20 different European countries and compare it to that of China only. As it works, we know only a selected few are sent abroad from China, and we shouldn't assume the ITTF top 1000 actually reflects who the best 1000 players in the world are. At best, it is a rough estimate of who the best 1000 players are, out of those who (have the means to) consistently participate in events outside of their own national leagues. Two very different things.
Anyhow, there have been a thousand threads on this and this is not the topic at hand. I think FZD is having a little rough patch (by his crazy standards) which will sting and make him think things over quite a bit, and come back with stronger in-game strategy and even more maturity. Harimoto to win more opens but not no1 by the end of the year, is my guess.
And highly condescending, too. Not sure it even deserves debunking.
It is also overly simplistic to count the number of players in the top 1000 sent from about 20 different European countries and compare it to that of China only. As it works, we know only a selected few are sent abroad from China, and we shouldn't assume the ITTF top 1000 actually reflects who the best 1000 players in the world are. At best, it is a rough estimate of who the best 1000 players are, out of those who (have the means to) consistently participate in events outside of their own national leagues. Two very different things.
Anyhow, there have been a thousand threads on this and this is not the topic at hand. I think FZD is having a little rough patch (by his crazy standards) which will sting and make him think things over quite a bit, and come back with stronger in-game strategy and even more maturity. Harimoto to win more opens but not no1 by the end of the year, is my guess.