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This video is relevant. One of the points he makes (which can get missed depending on your focus) is that pros get lots of blades to test so they may get many blades of the same model and then pick and keep the ones they like the feeling of. This is a form of quality control so even if a blade...

Alexis plays better when his opponent is always giving him quality and speed because it keeps the potential for risk the same on both sides. Experienced players with variation will know not to do this and will give him some rope to hang himself - younger players (or even veteran players) who...

Lots of matches and results in Taiyuan that makw you wonder about the playing conditions...

Miwa loses to Xunyao Shi, who was well prepared through all the tight moments and seemed to know how to get Miwa to play long and handled many of Miwa's power placements well. Miu Hirano wins a close one over Li Yu Jhun. She will get Xunyao Shi next.

Hari-boy goes down again. The night is truly darkest before the dawn...

Good to hear that, maybe the black tag and fish scale silliness from a few years ago is over.

That is the same issue discussed in the article he is linking to, you may not have clicked it.

It's definitely way more than 30. Whether it is 60 or not is debatable. And it is incredibly illegal, the problem is that it is accepted widely. In fact most shovel and reverse pendulum serves are illegal.

Older Viscarias are slower - more feel - alright. Pay $600 for that - are you insane? If you are sure you love the blade that much and are going to play with it for life and never damage it, nothing is too expensive I guess. I am just not your guy.

I don't find this to be undeniably true, especially when there is a certified umpire around. Many amateurs can and will adjust in the face of criticism and feedback, even to the detriment of their game, if there is a 3rd party to call the serves or if their violation is obvious to everyone...

I would just prefer that the rules be simplified to include the changes that Larry Hodges has continually spoken about (and which are implied in Anders Lind's discussion of the issues) and enforced. I don't think a serve should be dependent of the receiver's point of view, it should be exposed...

Such value is in the eye of the beholder, I have never understood the black tag obsession of some people and I would never pay those prices.

These ideas have all been proposed and discussed in the past. I believe though I could be wrong that moat of the resistance has come from players.

The league seems to have doubled its talent.

Quality control of ESN usually much higher than Yinhe so it is a balancing act for sure.