1. You are welcome to find a celluloid producing manufacturer willing to continue...

2. And you can prove that you really exist ...

If 86% of all ITTF funding must go through TMS first, then TMS is in essence in control of all ITTF management decisions... Just follow the money.
Who are the biggest TMS customers?

What causes people not to care (apathy), become argumentative/defensive, rise up in rebellion is IMO, the ITTF are not "seen" to be fair by some. People (including forum posters) must not only be fair, but must be SEEN to be fair. Once this trust goes out the window, people find it increasingly difficult to engage in a meaningful exchange of ideas.

Lorre, it might be more advantageous that you go according to your plan and leave out the "dissenters". You might actually progress and also get a better response from the ITTF seeing that they are quite happy to respond to sympathetic writers. Good on you for this initiative, and I mean it.

Herein lies the problem. Smartguy is perfectly at liberty to distrust whoever he feels like, whether or not they have ever done anything dishonest or untrustworthy.

It's so much easier to suspect everyone who disagrees with you than it is to consider that they might have something sensible to contribute.

Terry Guan, Marketing manager of the DHS: "The seamless ball is bouncy and speedy, though the spin is not as terrific. Through experimentations, we wish to figure out the principles governing the seamless ball. The seamless ball is currently being standardized. Once it is released worldwide, there will be new requirements for both techniques and equipment."

William Henzell: The first thing you notice is the different sound - it's a much harder bounce noise and sounds like the ball is broken. It is much harder to generate spin with the new balls (sorry pimplers, I guess) and the ball acts a little different in situations with spinny shots. I found the new balls had showed less dip (and general movement) through the air on topspins than the old balls and had a truer bounce which was often higher than I was expecting. Simply put - spin will probably play a smaller role in table tennis in the future.

Liu Ziyan (Beijing Table Tennis Team): Players using (foreign<grippy/non-tacky>) rubbers fare better. People like us who play tacky rubbers plus grazing are in hot water. I graze all day long to little avail and keep missing. Even after grazing the end result falls short of desirable as the ball hardly carries any spin. Playing with pace is ineffective as it gives the opponent opportunities once you slow down.

I have played for about 3 weeks with a set of poly balls from one of the large manufacturers. Four different formulations, been quite interesting experience thus far.

And yes, they all work with my robot (SmartPong).

I have played for about 3 weeks with a set of poly balls from one of the large manufacturers. Four different formulations, been quite interesting experience thus far.

And yes, they all work with my robot (SmartPong).

Does the "different formulations" also mean different surface texture (possibly changing spin and speed characteristics, sort of like golf ball dimples)?

No, surface was same on all balls, matte finish like current celluloid.

Were some balls grippier than others?

Did you get the chance to try with lp's tacky and non -tacky rubbers? If so what were the results?

Some were softer which allowed more dwell on bat face and more spin. No apparent difference in ball surface nor in surface friction.

No, I play 1 side Cpen, very simple set up, no LP. I played with both Yasaka Original and Mark V, that is all.