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THE NEW LARC IS OUT

Here are the rubbers of interest:

Chen Hai Pai 888 - Reclassified as Long Pips

Der Materialspezialist Spinparasite - Anti
Der Materialspezialist B.A.D. (Best Anti Defense) - Anti
Der Materialspezialist Predator - Long Pips
Der Materialspezialist Superwall - Long Pips

Spinlord Sternenfall - Long Pips
Spinlord Agenda - Long Pips

Also Sauer & Troeger have a new inverted rubber called "Secret Flow."

http://www.ittf.com/stories/pictures/LARC_35A.pdf

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Congrats on your 10k post MNNB. I enjoy reading your updates and your point of view regarding our beloved game.

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Enjoy the game. It is a never ending learning experience once you play and keep the ball on that 45 sq ft of space or should I say half of that space.

A little late to the congrats party, but yea thanks! its individuals' contributions that bring the forum alive for everyone to enjoy. You have been a great part of that, thank you!

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Tenergy 05 2.1
Feint Long III .5

Interesting to note that at the recent ITTF tournament in Germany, the ITTF went to great expense to bring over American referee Kagin Lee, rather than use one of many qualified European referees. Why would they do this? With Lee poised to possibly take over the top job at the USATT, maybe Adham and his accomplices want to get Lee conditioned to accepting freebies?

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Andro tests the new non-celluloid balls

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Got a couple of news items...

The final three candidates in the latest ITTF table tennis announcer contest are: Adam Bobrow (USA), Barbara Wei (USA) and David Wetherill (GBR).

Bobrow is best known as the guy who did that silly dance in that YouTube video. Wetherill is also a YouTube star (he's that handicapped guy with the cane who made that diving shot in the Paralympics). Barbara Wei seems the most knowledgable, so I voted for her.

You can vote here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KTSRDVB

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A new long pips rubber from Der-Materialspezialist is now available.



Here's the description:

With PREDATOR der-materialspezialist developed a long pimple rubber which has only one target: HUNT and FEET!

PREDATOR hunt with his long ripper tooth every kind of spin and eat the attacking efforts of his reval.

His genetic code offer an perfect row of thees whith a special synchronized surface.

This singular condition permitted PREDATOR a powerfull counter attack by every passiv behaviour of his prey.

But the PREDATOR can also act slow and controlled.

Lurking to the perfect moment he is back to punish his disputant with ugly curl effects and incalculable swirling balls.

A perfect PREDATOR prey relationship.

Available in red and black in orthodox (OX) and with 1,0mm Sponge.
Tempo: 45
Control: 92
Disruptive effect: 96

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I like Der-Materialspezialist LSD (which I'm currently using), but didn't care for Undertaker so much. We'll have to wait for reviews to see where Predator fits in. Can't tell much from the description.

As always, I love the cover. Der-Materialspezialist always has terrific artwork.

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Yes, great artwork and a cool description... a lot of manufacturers could learn from them.

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Interesting artwork, indeed. I guess it's a female anglerfish. The Oatmeal has an interesting comic about these strange creatures.

Fascinating, lecridupongiste. Thank you.

I know Andro will be using that video to try and market their new rubbers designed to play with the Polyball but it looks promising regardless. If I hadn't known that was the new ball, I absolutely wouldn't have been able to tell that it wasn't celluloid.

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SPs: Friendship 802 (1.5), TSP Spectol (1.3, 1.8, 2.1), TSP Spectol Speed (1.3), TSP Super Spinpips Chop Sponge 2 (0.5, 1.3)
LPs: Butterfly Feint Long II (1), Butterfly Feint Long III (0.5, 1.3), Tibhar Grass D.TecS (OX), TSP Curl P1-R (0.5, 1, 1.3), TSP Curl P4 (1.3)

Adam Bobrow has been named as the winner of Voice of Table Tennis 2.0. What could be more appropriate than a clown representing the clowns at the ITTF?

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But to be honest: I liked him and voted for him. I listend to a small part of the video from all three candidates and I found him the most enjoyable to listen to.

I think he might be one of the few lads that you could apply good old "don't judge a book by its cover" saying.

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Setups (click on writings to read reviews):
1) Defence III / TSP P4 (0,5) / M3 (2,0)
2) Defence II / Joola Octopus (0,5) / M3 (2,0)
3) Ross Leidy "White Shadow" / P1R (1,3) / Hexer PS (1,7)

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The pips player did about everything wrong but the pips do seem to produce suspiciously weird balls every now and then.

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Competition bats:
Win-tec power def Tibhar 5Q sound Power Update 1.8 * Spinlord Agenda ox
TSP Balsa 3.5 Tibhar Genius+Optimium sound 1.8 * Grass D-tecs ox

Put to rest:
Galaxy T10 Bluefire M2 2.0 Palio Ck531a ox
Victas Koji Matsushita Tibhar Genius+Optimium sound MAX * Spinlord Dornenglanz ox
Donic Defplay Senso Tibhar Aurus Sound Black max * Grass D-tecs ox

Check out my quest for my new blade here: http://ooakforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=23241
Current standings:
Butterfly Matshushita powerdefence * Joola Chen Weixing * Nittaku KVU * Nittaku Shake defense* Tibhar stratus power defense * Victas Koji Matsushita * Yasaka Sweeper * Win-Tec power defence