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the voting is on the 28th!

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the vote was held! it took the ittf a day to publish the results from wednesday, so we will probably have to wait till tomorrow to see todays results. anyone got contacts to get infos sooner? dont think it will pass, just interesting to see how close the result is, when the rule was implemented it was a unanimous vote back then!

the chinese wanted to pass a rule that stated that regulations concerning the equipment can only be changed every 4 years (with the exception of unforseen situations) - luckily they withdrew their own proposal.

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What is the point of withdrawing a proposal? Why not just run a vote?

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maybe they reached the conclusion that it was a poor idea after all! lets be happy, this way another motion to get rid of the ban could be reintroduced in 2011.. had the chinese proposal passed next chance would have been years after..

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carsten neubauer just informed the german moderator of noppentest that the swedish proposal was defeated!

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Well, I guess that's it then, I can't see the topic being brought up again unless a new argument can be found.

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"The greatest teacher, failure is"
USATT Rating: 1725
Blade: Stiga Cybershape Carbon
FH Rubber: Butterfly Tenergy 19 2.1
BH Rubber: Dr Neubauer ABS3 1.5

I'm sort of relieved, actually; I've gotten used to playing with grippy LPs and totally changed my playing style for that reason, and I wouldn't've enjoyed knowing that frictionless LPs are once again legal to use, which would've forced me to resist the temptation to switch back.

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III. Re-Impact Smart; FH: TSP Spinpips RED 2.1mm; BH: Dr. Neubauer Gangster OX
IV. Sauer & Troger Firestarter; FH: Spinlord Waran 1.8mm; BH: Giant Dragon Snowflake OX

Here is a PM from Adham:

Unfortunately it was defeated although the Swedish representative gave a very good explanation and also indicated that this was the wish of the players in Sweden and that it was voted in Sweden first and then brought up to the ITTF. The comments of the Board member from Sweden convinced me. But most of the arguments against were stating that it is not necessary to change the current rule because national association do not need to follow it. This was actually the argument of several board members and it seemed to prevail. The vote was overwhelmingly against. I believe only 4 or 5 voted in favour (there were 43 members present (4 members absent).

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My whole set-up costs less than a sheet of Butterfly Dignics

Oh well, better order another Dtecs for my Tachi blade that's on it's way. Was hoping to use Monster though

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Blade: DrN Firewall, F/H: Yasaka Pryde 40 2.0, B/H: Giant Talon

gathering dust awaiting next return of banned rubbers:
Blade: DrN High Tech Plus, F/H: Gambler Outlaw 2.0, B/H DR N Monster OX
Blade: Butterfly Grubba Pro, F/H: Gambler Outlaw 2.0, B/H: Grass Spezial OX

sold:
Blade: Mephisto 7001, F/H: Yasaka Pryde 40 2.0, B/H: Grass DTECS OX
Blade: Tachi-red, F/H: Hexer+, B/H: Grass DTECS OX

Maybe I need to jack up the selling price I am offering on my Tachi and D-Tecs....
tOD

I still think that's a ridiculous argument, about how the individual associations don't have to follow it. Almost all will automatically follow the rule, and most of those members have to know that. To say otherwise just isn't being honest, in my opinion. I guess then that if people want it rescinded that they should work through their individual associations, and if enough associations overturn it on a national level, then maybe it would be reconsidered at the ITTF level.

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USATT Rating: 1725
Blade: Stiga Cybershape Carbon
FH Rubber: Butterfly Tenergy 19 2.1
BH Rubber: Dr Neubauer ABS3 1.5

As I understand it, this whole thing is about Eberhard Schöler losing to frictionless players. As a former world class chopper, he can't accept the humiliation of being defeated by what he considers inferior players. To save face he blames it on frictionless rubbers and has been hellbent on eradicating that style of play ever since. Sadly, it seems Schöler has played the ITTF to satisfy a personal vendetta.

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My whole set-up costs less than a sheet of Butterfly Dignics

Yes my thoughts exactly!

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I'm particularly disappointed at the lack of response of the BoD members... I did not get any replies from the Emails I sent, and I think very few other people did either....

In all fairness they probably don't have any obligation to answer Emails from members, but I feel it's common courtesy to at least offer a quicky reply to a fellow TT player...

I suppose it's possible they Email address have expired or are no longer used.... I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt, but I'm pretty disappointed....

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I sent 274 Emails to all the Email addresses of NAs and the BoD members I could find with a few exceptions and received 30 messages about not being able to be delivered.

The others were obviously delivered, however I received no response from anybody.