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There's always those kind of episodes in a human life. You only can go thorugh them: not much else you can do. I hope everything works out for your family and yourself.

Thanks!

You are right of course. It is this thing called life... just a little more intense than usual for the moment .

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just hang in there mate, year is almost over

tell your impressions about Yasaka Rising Dragon when it arrives especially in comparison vs H3...happy holidays!

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Thanks!
I will report on the dragon

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take care and report on this please when you get the time-DMS blade Cubixx-i was looking at their blades last night-im using an ALL blade for close to the table play at the moment-very controlled.

I am enjoying this blog quite a lot and I took some valuable information out of it - at least up to the moment you've switched to Anti.
You've used the WP1013 a couple of years ago and, albeit it was quite a short period, you may have an idea on some rubbers that aren't too different but offer more disruptiveness and/or spin, more deception. I've had Kokutaku 110 previously which was quite irritant for my opponents but it had almost no feel and due to that it was very hard to control on my preferred blade.
I may obtain 388D-1 and Galaxy 955 to give them a try as well, maybe I'll add CK531A also. Primarily it's for block, counter, hitting and so on, but since last month I'm practicing to chop as well. 563-1 is still on the shelve and will come to action when I think I'm done testing.

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If you look at MP I would recommend Dawei 388c. A little softer pips than Palio and better for blocking at the table, also ok to chop with. I only tested it brief, but it felt promising. I wrote avout it in an MP thread I think, when I had more fresh in memory. I used Palio on a soft def-blade. Not good. I guess a Joo-blade or something at least that stiff is needed.

If you look at LP I think Feint Long 2 or 755 can do all that. But there are lots of modern rubbers as well, I would test Spinlord Keiller or Gripfelsturm if I was you (but Dawei is cheaper). Good luck!

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Thanks. I'll look for 388C then, later. First I'll try 388D-1 and a bargain 755 Mystery. BTY and Neubauer etc. are out of the race due to their price, one of my aims is to use a cheap setup sub $50 (it's now +- $35 actually) and still be very competitive.

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Yesterday I tried Yasaka Rising Dragon for the first time. I had some high expectations for this one. But unfortunately my dreams weren't fulfilled... I have been using Victas V15 Extra for some 9 months or so and it is a very good rubber. But when I changed anti on BH to Mega Block and my blocks got a little less spin, the pushes from my opponent more often landed on my side instead of inte the net. This is actually a good thing in the long run, because I can more easily attack those pushes than the ones from Transformer that did land on my side of the table. My game is more fluent now. But - I need a FH rubber to match Mega Block, a rubber with more grip but not neccesarily more speed. This is why I tries YRD. But it had way too low throw for my game, ball went straight to the net. That I could adapt to easily in FH-FH game and it also was great for BH blocking and drives. But the ball left my bat too soon with this rubber. The top sheet is too hard to match that sponge (rather hard) and the little tack wore off after some 10 minutes. I did not feel very comfy when serving, although I did get some spin. I did a drill where I serve short back spin, get a push back to my body, I back away and loop from cross over point to opponents BH, he blocks straight to my far FH, I attack with FH to his FH. My loops on his pushes were harmless, but attackin his blocks were good.

So I removed YRD and placed a well used Hurricane 8 (it was boosted more than a year ago, but still softer than a new H8) on my blade. Big difference in spin on serves and brush loops! Now I could slow loop the pushes with much more spin and he had much more trouble blocking them. Downside is that I don't feel really comfy using my inverted BH right now, but that will come.

One or two years ago I tested Hurricane 3 Neo, H3-50 mid, H3-50 soft, H8. H8 is more dynamic and faster than the others but is felt less tacky than H3-50 and has a lower throw. But my opponent felt I had more spin on loops with H8 than H3-50. Most likely I will stay with H8.

When I changed to Japaneese style rubber last spring I wanted faster loops. I sacrificed spin for that and perhaps some spin deception. I need that more now with Mega Block I think.

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I play with 2 different combination of rubbers in the same blade model:
one blade with BARACUDA MAX and one with FASTARC P-1.
no doubt best combination with frictionless is BARACUDA for me.
It's a hold rubber, but for me have qualities and a right compromise between chinese rubber and japan rubber.
Thin tacky rubber, good control (for me), easy BH top (when i rotate the blade) and very good spin in service and in top spin.

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Blade Nittaku Goriki SuperDrive FH Donic Baracuda Max BH Tibhar Grass D.TecS OX + Toni Hold Dumpening Sponge 0.5 mm
Blade Nittaku Goriki SuperDrive FH Donic Baracuda Max BH der-Materialspezialist Megablock 1.5mm
Blade Nittaku Goriki FH Donic Baracuda Max BH Tibhar Grass D.TecS OX + Toni Hold Dumpening Sponge 0.5 mm
Blade Nittaku Violoncello FH Donic Baracuda Max BH Der-Materialspezialist Elimination Extralong OX
Blade Nittaku Violoncello FH Donic Baracuda Max BH der-Materialspezialist Megablock 2.0mm

Sounds good. Have you tried any Hurricane?

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No..
I tried only Sanwei T88 II... very tacky rubber but sponge too hard for me, and i have some problems in backspin rally.
But when i was young i played for longtime with PF4 and with Friendship rubber... at the last (now) i can say.. just a mode, like fashion... Chinese rubbers not good for me and for european players.. need a right blade... and change attitude...

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Blade Nittaku Goriki SuperDrive FH Donic Baracuda Max BH Tibhar Grass D.TecS OX + Toni Hold Dumpening Sponge 0.5 mm
Blade Nittaku Goriki SuperDrive FH Donic Baracuda Max BH der-Materialspezialist Megablock 1.5mm
Blade Nittaku Goriki FH Donic Baracuda Max BH Tibhar Grass D.TecS OX + Toni Hold Dumpening Sponge 0.5 mm
Blade Nittaku Violoncello FH Donic Baracuda Max BH Der-Materialspezialist Elimination Extralong OX
Blade Nittaku Violoncello FH Donic Baracuda Max BH der-Materialspezialist Megablock 2.0mm

yes, this is the same conclusion i got...

MB and that new plastic balls, all that considering i saw that i need a rubber on the fh with more spin...

would you say that H8 is playing like boosted H3N or? among all H3 similar rubbers, which one is closest match but you can buy it easy with no worries of fakes or quality?

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and is carbonado 290 out yet?

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@Iceman: Haven't seen any Carbonado 290 anywhere yet. No reviews either.

H8 and H3Neo are rather similar I think (been a long time since I tried H3 Neo and I don't think I ever boosted it, I mainly used H3-50 on blades that are similar to my present). But H8 is slightly faster and has slightly lower throw. I have never worried about fakes. I gave bought most of my Hurricanes from Japsko and I trust them.

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