TT pet peeves?

[pgpg]

Hate that. With a passion.

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“Thank You-Guy”: When you fault a serve, and your opponent says, “thank you” snidely. You are already pissed off that you had a lapse in concentration and gave up a free point, but they rub it in your face by thanking you for it. Visions of murder and dismemberment run through my head when this occurs.

 

[suds79]

“Refuses to pick up a ball during practice-Guy”: There is a guy that if you practice or play him, and the ball falls on the ground on HIS side of the table, instead of picking it up and giving it to you, he flicks it on the floor or kicks it on the floor to your side for you to pick it up. He has no idea how rude that is, and I had to give him a lecture.

“Thank You-Guy”: When you fault a serve, and your opponent says, “thank you” snidely. You are already pissed off that you had a lapse in concentration and gave up a free point, but they rub it in your face by thanking you for it. Visions of murder and dismemberment run through my head when this occurs.

lol wow some of these are just good and sad.

Yeah I'm not really Mr Confrontational guy even though it might seem like it in this post.

But vs won't pick it up guy, I would put a stop to that right on the first one and say "you can pick it up." and kick it back over to him. I would have no problems with that.

"Thank you-guy". Yeah, so annoying. The first time they do it I'll generally say "You don't have to thank me." and go on playing. I've found they generally don't do it after that without it turning into some argument given I've already told them once not to do it. I mean if they want to be an @sshole at the table, we can start that game making comments every time someone has an error. "thanks for blowing that shot" kind of thing.

 

[Shuki]

“Thank You-Guy”: When you fault a serve, and your opponent says, “thank you” snidely. You are already pissed off that you had a lapse in concentration and gave up a free point, but they rub it in your face by thanking you for it. Visions of murder and dismemberment run through my head when this occurs.

This doesn't bother me, dunno why, it's a common thing a lot of players do too so it comes up quite a bit. Try replying with "No problem, you kind of needed it" this will probably piss them off more than you were pissed off.

People who serve out of their hand before you've even bent your knees even when you're putting your hand up to show "Wait up", and refuse to make it a let because you were "in position" and they were ready to serve.

Please don't tell me they're a problem in tourneys with no umpire.

They're just breaking the rules all around, I wouldn't worry about them since they're probably no good if they serve out of hand and can't serve when you're ready. This is actually a good player to play against to work on your mentality of not letting things bother you.


I think what we really need is to not have any pet peeves. If we have pet peeves in this game, it just means that there's something that distracts us from playing optimally.

 

[Boogar]

What the hell is a pet peeve?

Well i have some of those anyways.

-I don't like when people try to finish the point while warming up... when they blast the ball past me i just give em the "are you for real look".
-If you are playing a drill and the partner suddenly goes for a winner that does not fit into the drill. Of course you are tempted sometimes but after a while it gets annoying.
-White walls and clothes
-People with negative attitudes who start to yell and make everything bad... after a while i will just let them win because it annoys me.
-If the nets can't be straightened enough producing a lot of let balls.
-People who walk in your way when you are in a rally... that's not just stupid its also dangerous.
-People who don't throw the ball high enough.

 

[Boogar]

Oh i sometimes also say thank you but not with bad intent... but i get how it can be rude. Will stop doing that then.

 

[Suga D]

This doesn't bother me, dunno why, it's a common thing a lot of players do too so it comes up quite a bit. Try replying with "No problem, you kind of needed it" this will probably piss them off more than you were pissed off.

This is the best I've read yet. Thanks for this.
I do catch myself sometimes lately, when I start getting angry, when someone does that, but this is the best way to deal with that rudeness.
Thanks again.
[Emoji2]

I think what we really need is to not have any pet peeves. If we have pet peeves in this game, it just means that there's something that distracts us from playing optimally.

Totally agree. That's why I haven't posted in this thread yet. Any distraction is spoiling the fun to me.

 

[Boogar]

Totally agree. That's why I haven't posted in this thread yet. Any distraction is spoiling the fun to me.

I could swear this is you posting

 

[Suga D]

My point is to try to not pay so much attention to these distractions and not let them get in your head, which ofc is sometimes easier said than done.

 

[Tryzerlol]

The "Thank you" kind of player is one of the things that really grinds my gears as well, so definitely agreeing on that. I have tried countering it by tossing in some witty phrase like the one mentioned above, but honestly the best thing you can do about it is go and practise serves. I know that a lot of people don't even realise that it might seem annoying and to a degree disrespectful, however there are others who are completely aware of what they're doing and in my opinion you're just playing into their psycho games by responding to it.
I went from hearing this on a weekly basis to not even remembering when the last time was someone threw that at me. Serve practise might be boring, but surely worth it

Funny though, people who cho their lungs out is something I couldn't care less about. Since I watch a ton of video footage of pro level games, it became a familiar sound and I hardly register it. It's like the clicking of the ball on bounce, you don't notice it til it's missing.

And my biggest issue in the amateur scene are people who fault you for your own serves, yet theirs are about as far from legal as you could possibly get. If my serve is troublesome for them, it's obviously because I am covering the ball, not throwing it high enough, throwing it towards myself and making contact above the table. When they have no issues with the serve at all, I obviously still do all these things, but who gives a shit at that point, right? I mean he can handle it. This is paraphrased from a guy after a league game.
I know not every single one of my serves is perfectly legal, and even though I could change that, the error rate goes up significantly. I just don't see the point in crippling myself on demand of someone who doesn't do it right either, infuriates me.

 

[Sakumi]

My pet peeve is that when playing competitions, your opponents coach keeps shouting encouragement or signalling to the ref for a edge ball when it wasn't. Basically, when coaches get involved during games annoys me.

 

[d3ss3n]

Theres this guy one i often met during competitions who screams *cho* *come on* after each winning point but when he you start scoring against him he starts shouting to himself..something like *come on you can do it* *there is nothing in his serve* *dont tell me you are tired already* *wake up boy*

 

[Shuki]

Theres this guy one i often met during competitions who screams *cho* *come on* after each winning point but when he you start scoring against him he starts shouting to himself..something like *come on you can do it* *there is nothing in his serve* *dont tell me you are tired already* *wake up boy*

Your pet peeve is players trying to self motivate themselves? Lol wut


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[d3ss3n]

Your pet peeve is players trying to self motivate themselves? Lol wut


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Nope it is not..its just that this guy always views other players inferior to him...in his eyes you are crap and he is god...lol...and when you beat him, there is ALWAYS an excuse like *i havent played for a while* *i am not well* *i am not too interested in this sport anymore* . Then why dont you stay at home dude? No one would have cared the least.

 

[d3ss3n]

Your pet peeve is players trying to self motivate themselves? Lol wut


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My pet peeve is ^ BAD ATTITUDE^.

 

[d3ss3n]

I have a whole bunch of pet peeves to share as well and its sooooo much fun reading about all your pet peeves.
1.What also gets on my nerves is when someone gets near you when you start a rally out of the table. Gosh! They dont see the danger of losing an ear or even their whole face..
2. There was this guy who i often met during tournaments who asked to warm up with him. Just as we finish hitting 3-4 balls, he starts to speed up the pace with some spins..i did not tell him anything but when i start to spin, he blurts out *i am tired, can we stop*..what the &$€@ dude?? He did it on 2 occasions during 2 different tournaments. Then i understood that he only wanted to warm up and did not want you to watm up at all.

 

[Boogar]

This thread is gold
And now what is a pet peeve? Never heard that before

 

[d3ss3n]

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[Shuki]

D3ss3n thanks for clarifying about the bad attitude thing, I wasn't understanding about first. Also, very much enjoy your posts, you should be active more!


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[d3ss3n]

D3ss3n thanks for clarifying about the bad attitude thing, I wasn't understanding about first. Also, very much enjoy your posts, you should be active more!


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Thank you very much Shuki. Yes i know i should post more. Working on that [emoji12] [emoji12] [emoji12]

 

[Archosaurus]

With all this talk about what annoys us, I'd like to take out a little gem by Ross Bentley in his Ultimate Speed Secrets book. It's for race car drivers, but I'm sure you can see the relevance to much of any sport.

"Many drivers become too focused on what their competitors are doing. They're constantly looking at what the competition is doing to their cars, at how they're driving a particular corner and watching the mirrors to keep them behind.

Instead, if they would put that much focus and concentration on their own car and driving; they would be so far ahead they would never have to worry about the competition.

Don't worry about the competition. If you're getting 100 percent out of yourself, there is not much else you can do about the competition anyway. If you don't win, there is not much you can do other than improve your car's performance level or work at raising your own 100 percent. After all, your 100 percent today may be only 90 percent six months from now, because your technique has improved. And you can always improve."


I think there's a good reason why as the level gets higher, people are generally not that much bothered by many of the things said here.