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Archo, here are a few rubbers you could try:

1) Dawei 2008XP
2) Dawei Inspirit
3) Air Ilumina Alpha(41)/Delta(35)


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Hey, guys, I have a question I need your help with. What is the best blade? I need to know because I want to be using the best blade.


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The best blade ever is the Primorac OFF- Black Tag that was made in the 1990s. It's what I am using now.
 
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Just Google "table tennis current world champion blade" and copy it exactly. Don't forget the national socks and underwear.





I'll take a look at those as well. It is just that the places I can order from are quite limited: TT11 is my best bet but there is not always everything there.

If I had to compromise, would my current ideas be much worse than your suggestions?
 
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Okay let me explain as I think you and NL have taken things a little bit personally here and blown it out of proportion :)

Suga and I were simply saying that often people's opinions seem to get outnumbered by some of you guys and it comes across, whether you mean it to or not, as If your always right and we are always wrong. You can play the "victim card" if you like, but no one is calling anyone in particular a "bully", Suga was pointing out that collectively it can come across as bullying/mobbing, but its probably not intentional. And it definitely wasn't just about Archo, lets put him to one side for a minute. :)
it has happened to a lot of people before where they get shut down for saying something or questioned aggressively for not complying with other peoples opinions.

Listen, we all appreciate the fact that you are knowledgeable on certain aspects of TT, and that's fine. But there is often no need for the way things are said and it seems that shutting people down is totally unnecessary.

As for the Goon Squad thing, I don't think anyone is questioning the purpose of it, or why it was defined. At least I hope that's not what Suga meant!! :)

I think Suga was just saying that some of the people involved seem to gang up on others. That's all. Probably not intentional but it happens. You can keep going with your inside jokes, there is nothing wrong with that side of things, do what you want in that respect, its funny actually :)

The point is, we ALL want to be able to discuss our opinions on here openly without being made to feel stupid or lesser, and I'm sure a lot of users would agree with me here when I say that this is not always the case.

Anyway...

Lets keep this forum respectful, I have nothing against anyone in particular. WE ALL LOVE PING PONG and You are all cool people with lots of TT knowledge, and all of your opinions are massively important in creating interesting conversation. But there is a reason why Suga and I have said what we have. It doesn't just come out of thin air :)

Totally on point. Couldn't have said it better. Thanks for taking a stand, mate.
Too bad i was too busy this afternoon. Took a while to read through all of this.
From my perspective many good points were brought up, from NL as well as from Carl and you.
I think we should put it to rest for now.

But you know me: whenever my inner sensor reacts again, i will point that out.
;)

The thing is , we will really know that you are trying to change your ways when we see changes in your behavior :
1. Get to a table tennis club , even if once a week
2. try to get a real coach to help you
3. don't wear jeans and post good videos which will really get you good feedback , the stuff you post is very painful to watch, most of the time.
4. however if you really don't want to do any of this, please don't say you are advancing by leaps and bounds ever so often , because most of us here were not trained since we were kids and we really know how hard it is to develop in this sport when you were not trained for 6-7 hours daily since you were a 6 year old
and stop your attention seeking antics , people will automatically pay you the amount of attention you deserve as long as you establish your credibility ..

... as they say actions speak louder than words ...

Brilliant. Your words could have been taken from my mouth. Thanks.
 
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4 or 5 days, 150+ posts?

DAYUM, DOUBLE DAYUM!

As i surf from work, month end/start is a busy time. Althought I couldn't sleep last night and I took a peek and got a gist of some of the older posts I 've missed.

NO COMMENT. :)

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Will play catch up

One fast comment... NL said something to the effect, he didn't want to read some posts as it would make him pull out his hair!

What hair? ;-)

Another comment... I was only fortunate for to attend 2 Goon Squad Missions, this old goon will forever cherish the memories and fun the Squad had. Hoping for a 9 spot from ttmonster when Der drags him here to the East Coast ;-)

Happy New Year DTT CCers!
 
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Hey, guys, I have a question I need your help with. What is the best blade? I need to know because I want to be using the best blade.

*SIGH*

Double Happiness "08" (7-ply)

*SIGH*

p.s. I'm being fascetious
 
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This thread has officially gone meta - we (well, some of us) are now discussing merits of threads and important distinctions between 'debate' and 'argument'. Armchair philosophers among us (*cough* Arch *cough*) are probably quite happy.

P.S. Sorry for being the usual wet blanket.

I feel like pulling a William Shatner in that SNL skit where he was at a star trek convention and some fans asked him super-detailed questions and Shatner said something to the effect of, 'You there. You there. You look like you are 30. Ever kissed a girl before?"

[Being Shatner voice]

You there. You there. You ever play table tennis before?

[/voice]

Although I've only play 1x last week and then 2 or 3 wks prior to that.

*runs and hides in the 'just curious how many penholders on here' thread*
 
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Then
2. Fix my serve!

Sir,

First you have to change your grip to what is known as an oldschool penholder grip. 2nd, you have to use a long pendulum motion and then 3rd ...


*runs and hides in the Intro Yourself forum*
 
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arffff just played once TT in the last 10 days (cause i'm away from Tokyo)
i'm getting impatient to play again, 'tis really hard....

Sir, I feel your pain... I've been itching to play also.
 
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*slow clap* - I see you even changed your tagline (which now has THREE blades)... :eek:

BigStickBullyCarl used to list 3 blades too and you never said anything. Now I do it and you are giving me the wet blanket treatment. Is everyone scared of Carl or what???

On a slightly more serious note, as much I wanted to promote Nexy blades and carbon blades, I couldn't deny the blade that I Was actually using :p.
 
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BigStickBullCarl has "Super Moderator" tag against his name and you are a mere "Master TTD Member" what do you expect ? !!

BigStickBullyCarl used to list 3 blades too and you never said anything. Now I do it and you are giving me the wet blanket treatment. Is everyone scared of Carl or what???

On a slightly more serious note, as much I wanted to promote Nexy blades and carbon blades, I couldn't deny the blade that I Was actually using :p.
 
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BigStickBullCarl has "Super Moderator" tag against his name and you are a mere "Master TTD Member" what do you expect ? !!

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Hahaha, TopSideDictatorCarl... :rolleyes:


I suppose Yecats can answer me privately if he wishes.


Now, my equipment question. I haven't come to a conclusion yet.

I want to avoid tacky, hard sponge for now.

Given a limited budget, which would be a better buy for me currently:

729 Focus 3 Snipe on both sides, or one sheet of similarly priced proper Euro rubber on the forehand and my current 729 FX on the backhand?

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I have heard Der_ especially goes the "Nice rubber on FH, banana peel on BH" method, but it might not work for me.
I frequently advocate OFF control rubbers for developing players. Gotta be a thousand possible. Even xp 2008 is one of that class.

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The best blade ever is the Primorac OFF- Black Tag that was made in the 1990s. It's what I am using now.

No, no, no! It has to be a blade after 2005! I don't know much about things that came before then.


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No, no, no! It has to be a blade after 2005! I don't know much about things that came before then.


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Well, it's kinda obvious that you can't be speaking about the greatest blade ever or the best blade. Not everything newer is better.
 
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