Sorry about that. If you don't mind, please also let dinghyibvs (the poster I was respoding to) know that he or she should not post about short pips in anti thread
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You were the first to mention short pips in this thread and dingyibvs responded to that.
Sorry about that also. But make sure you also let Lazer know (whose post I was responding to) that he should not have mentioned the boring choppers (who mostly use pips) in this thread.
And I take full blame for dingyibvs responding to me also
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Andrea Ashi wins not because he plays with friction-less anti. Andrea wins because he is mobile and has a very good loop. I don't think Andrea's anti play is optimal. I think that the 2010 PuishBlocker could teach Andrea how to play with anti even though PushBlocker played with LPs. This would make Andrea extremely difficult to beat. BTW, I think the 2022 Andrea would beat the 2010 PushBlocker because Andrea has such a good FH loop whereas the 2010 PushBlocker's FH was very poor. However, PushBlocker 2010 did a lot of things right to win the Florida championships that year.
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Antispin rubbers or pimples are not the dark side is table tennis. This term is used by people don't know anything about table tennis. These rubbers are made for different styles and for f*cking up the game or bringing shame to table tennis. Yes, they are inconvienent to play against, that is true, but oh well, somebody plays this way.
I strongly believe that shouting, damaging and throwing stuff around and playing with no respect of the rules is much more of a shame of table tennis than rubbers.
I strongly believe that shouting, damaging and throwing stuff around and playing with no respect of the rules is much more of a shame of table tennis than rubbers.
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I guess this was already discussed somewhere, but I have a suspicion that playing with blue - black combo, which you sometimes do, could be a good idea for "dark side" play.
Because the difference between black and blue seems for me a bit less pronounced/obvious than the difference between red and black or black and acid green (like Dtecs). And that could be advantageous for twiddling, as it might take just a bit longer for the opponent to process, with which rubber you are hitting the ball.
Quick googling seems to also indicate that human eyes are more sensitive to red than to blue light. Chatgpt (I know, not super trustworthy) suggests that "humans may perceive red light faster than blue light".
This way, having "acid green" long pips/antispin would probably be the worst option, adding the potential trigger for "toxicity" which Igor mentioned.
But it's very possible that it's a bit of a stretch and my hypothesis is incorrect. Although, this could be an interesting topic to research as something like a PhD thesis
Because the difference between black and blue seems for me a bit less pronounced/obvious than the difference between red and black or black and acid green (like Dtecs). And that could be advantageous for twiddling, as it might take just a bit longer for the opponent to process, with which rubber you are hitting the ball.
Quick googling seems to also indicate that human eyes are more sensitive to red than to blue light. Chatgpt (I know, not super trustworthy) suggests that "humans may perceive red light faster than blue light".
This way, having "acid green" long pips/antispin would probably be the worst option, adding the potential trigger for "toxicity" which Igor mentioned.
But it's very possible that it's a bit of a stretch and my hypothesis is incorrect. Although, this could be an interesting topic to research as something like a PhD thesis
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