Introduce yourself to the forum! :)

[Der_Echte]

someone asked before...


Hmm. try to search for a thread talking about pro versions and national versions of rubber and you will discover the origins of this.

Basically, the Goon Squad is an inept, but nonetheless DANGEROUS team of muscle enforcers for the big time companies who vow to protect the company's monopolistic position of elite coveted Pro and national versions of rubbers outta corporate fear that if amature players get their hands on them and re-sell them, they will lose too much profit.

What the heck, here is the thread where it all started. Carl and the gang are always in their cross hairs and have invented a lot of geek cool gadgetry to evade and entrap them. Myself, I use tried and true methods to entrap them by luring them to the trap door with models wearing miniskirts, stocking, and thick lipstick who bend down to pick up what looks like a stack of national pro rubbers... works every time. next time, I will make an announcement that they just won the lottery and need to report to an address in person to pick up their prize, but they will go down the trap door once again.

The Goon Squad started on page one of this thread near the bottom...

http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/fo...sional-Tenergy

 

[songdavid98]

someone asked before...


Hmm. try to search for a thread talking about pro versions and national versions of rubber and you will discover the origins of this.

Basically, the Goon Squad is an inept, but nonetheless DANGEROUS team of muscle enforcers for the big time companies who vow to protect the company's monopolistic position of elite coveted Pro and national versions of rubbers outta corporate fear that if amature players get their hands on them and re-sell them, they will lose too much profit.

The Goon Squad started on page one of this thread near the bottom...

Oh yeah, I can't post the link, until I have 5 posts

For some reason, the link you gave gives a 404 error.


So, is the goon squad a bunch of product sellers, buyers, or protectors? How do they harm? (I don't want to be a victim)

 

[Der_Echte]

Read all of the thread and you should get a good idea.

It all started when someone posted a thread about pro and national versions or rubbers, they we added the fictitious GOON SQUAD element sent out to enforce the monopoly and Carl with all his technology and smarts to entrap them time and time again.

 

[NextLevel]

I've been to this site multiple times in the past, but I still have no idea what the Goon Squad is. Care to explain?
Thanks!
Also, I didn't know you had this "secret footage", NextLevel! Thanks, I should really start looking at my own matches.

Oh, here is some secret footage you may or may not like - it's the last thing I have though - what I usually have is just my matches.

 

[Der_Echte]

Gotta had to post ASAP. This thread was at triple six number of posts.

 

[songdavid98]

Oh, here is some secret footage you may or may not like - it's the last thing I have though - what I usually have is just my matches.

Thanks! I'm not bitter or anything
The video just goes to show how bad my forehand is(was?), despite being lefty penhold. As lesson for those, these characteristics don't automatically mean "great forehand." In fact, in this match against shay sinha, I relied a lot on backhand shots (especially the backhand flip). Currently working on my forehand though, thanks to you guys!

 

[Der_Echte]

Too bad you missed our meetup at NYISC last fall...

 

[vossi39]

Hey Volker, are you a Hesse, or are you a SOUTHERN boy ???

Wiesbaden is my hometown of choice, but my friends from the south always tell me "aber bist du kein Hesse" and never hold that against me.

I have never been a "Hesse" although I was close to it ... I'm born in Mainz (which should be familiar to you)...I moved to the south (I'm now based in Rottenburg, close to Tübingen - nearest airport is Stuttgart), where I already live for more than 25 years. So I would consider myself to be more a "southern boy"...

 

[Suga D]

Hahaha... Hello, David. Anyone who wants to know how good this kid really is, I have some secret footage:

Welcome David, hope you have a good time here.
You seem to be pretty good. Nice vid, nice catch, NL.
Lookin' forward to more vids.
Nice 1.

I have never been a "Hesse" although I was close to it ... I'm born in Mainz (which should be familiar to you)...I moved to the south (I'm now based in Rottenburg, close to Tübingen - nearest airport is Stuttgart), where I already live for more than 25 years. So I would consider myself to be more a "southern boy"...

Hey Vossi, i'm a Hesse from Frankfurt area and i just realised, that i didn't post in this thread here, and i've been here for a couple of months already.

So:

Hi there, everyone.
My name's Carsten, but many people call me by my DJ-Name since i was sixteen.
I've been playing tabletennis from the age of 12 and played until i was 22. Took a little break of 17 years for different reasons and re-started playing this beautiful sport in 2011

As i also already wrote in my profile, i simply luv to spin things....
Balls, turntables, records, jog-wheels...
you name it... i´ll spin it

Being here's really been a pleasure and also very enlightening so far.

So have a good one, everybody.

 

[Der_Echte]

SD, I claim a hometown not so far from Frankfurt and all my Southern friends saaaay I am NOT a "Hesse"

 

[Suga D]

How can they say that?
They must be pulling your leg, if you know one of the following:
Äppelwoi, Grie Soß, Handkäs' mit Musik?

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Here's the thing David, Dimitri Ovtcharov can't get his hands on the high quality, famed and coveted H3 Blue Sponge National rubbers. However, contrary to reason, there are tons of forum members who seem to sell the mythical rubber that even the top pros can't get their hands on. Then there are the people who sell the pro versions of Tenergy or Ma Long's personal blade. 300£ (read $465.00 USD) wouldn't be too much to ask for such a rarity.

Sometimes members pay for and buy and the mysterious seller disappears once he has the cash. They often ask you to use the PayPal pay friend option where you pay a fee and could never hope to get reimbursed.

So, when someone is seen using a Pro or National rubber or blade that nobody is supposed to be able to get, unless they know the secret handshake, the goon squad comes after them.

Usually the goon squad can't really distinguish between a real H3 National and a commercial H3 that had the heck boosted out of it. So if you have something they think may be a Pro or National version of a rubber or blade, they will hunt you down and try to flex their muscles.

So, Der_Echte has all these gadgets--like his NSA SpyPhone that he lent me for a while before he set me up with the handy dandy Abacus I am now using--for tracking and trapping those guys.

Anyway, the goon squad is usually bad news but, once you know about them, it's pretty easy to give them the slip.

Or, the way we often trap them in the septic tank of the secret hideout. Oh, by the way, it's not worth trying to figure out the location of the secret hideout. We have it set up so that the entrance keeps changing. Last week there were rumors that it was in London where we brought Dan Ives in for a knock and a hang. Then, the week before, some say it was in Germany helping Ovtcharov get some special forces training. But, often its just in Brooklyn at a location I'm not allowed to disclose for obvious reasons.

That all has to do with an underground network of tunnels that allows us to move throughout the world almost instantly.

This is how we keep ahead of the goon squad. It also allows us to trap those goons in one city and release them in a totally different part of the world, at least, after they've had a stay in the sceptic tank with the London sewer rats.

Hopefully that explains enough of what you need to know about the goon squad.

For any more details, you'd need to watch this video very closely.

Sent from Deep Space by Abacus

 

[thekleifheit13]

Hello everyone, I'm Kyle. I play for the University of Akron Table Tennis club and am the acting president. I always played growing up just for fun with family and thought I would do well with the university club. (spoiler alert: didn't win a game for my first 3 practices!) Long story short, I played all the time and worked with a few local clubs and coaches over the next 4 years and have achieved a meager USATT 1200 rating as a very awkward, spinny all-round player. I'm splitting my time between a rock band, competitive powerlifting, and a degree in mechanical engineering so it's a joy to juggle them all but I enjoy it. I'm hoping to get better and learn to help others get better through this forum so here's to it!

 

[Der_Echte]

Mr. President, welcome to the best TT forum with the most engineering folk on the entire planet. You are a TT leader and ought to go to a screen printing shop and make you some uniforms showing you as a Table Tennis Developmental Leader. Sometime soon, I will approach USATT and convince them to name people like you and Abe as Developmental Table Tennis Leaders and make it easier to get TT going on in schools.

 

[thekleifheit13]

Would a killed to have a TT club or team in middle school or high school, that's for sure. It is getting more popular with colleges though, NCTTA is nationwide with 1000+ competitive players. Take it down another age group or 5 and we could maybe compete with the rest of the world by 2050.

 

[AlinwS]

Hello guys, my name is Ali, I'm from Jordan living in Amman city, I love playing table tennis, been playing for 1 and 1/2 year
playing at a club at the moment, I still have no best achievements but I'll keep practising and try to get better.

Nice to meet you all

 

[songdavid98]

Sorry for not seeing this post earlier. But thanks!
This isn't the first time I've seen this video (kudos to whoever made it)
Thanks for the explanation, Carl!

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Sorry for not seeing this post earlier. But thanks!
This isn't the first time I've seen this video (kudos to whoever made it)
Thanks for the explanation, Carl!

I figured a good joke needs to be explained by joking around.

Since you are in NY, where do you usually train? I am in NYC as well.

Next time we do get together with Der_Echte, NextLevel,
PingPongHolic, 42andbackpains and whoever else we can drag along like Edmund Suen, we will try to get you to join in the fun.

But if you do ever want to come to hit at SPiN for a lark, the table will be on me. You are a few notches higher level than me. Probably about 200 points higher rated. But we can still have fun doing some training drills or playing matches.


Sent from Deep Space by Abacus

 

[songdavid98]

Humor is what's needed most in the world.

I play in Queens, mostly in the Chinese Community Center of Flushing, but I can visit the other flushing clubs, like NYISC, NYITTC, and NYTT.

I'd love to meet up with you guys, but I'm not even sure I can go to SPiN, since I'm under 18 (I've been told I look like a college student though). I was under the impression that SPiN is a nightclub, plus my parents would probably go nuts if I hang around strangers. (They think everyone on the internet is out to get you, and rightfully so)

But if we somehow, SPONTANEOUSLY meet up... it can happen.
I'll probably have more free time as a college student next in half a year anyways.

At CCCF, I regularly see Benjamin Zhang and Len Yang. There are always old timers that you may or may not know. If I can't go to Manhattan, maybe you guys can come to Queens.

 

[Der_Echte]

We've done meetups at Flushing Korean TTC and NYISC... anything is possible on short notice.