Illusions of Equipment Upgrade

 

I agree, after all researching and asking questions in forum like this about an equipment, at the end you do need to test it in reality. And most of the times, you'll find it that with a new equipment you gain something, but you also lose something.. That's not all too bad though... I think you will discovering more and more about yourselves and what works and what not works for you... So at the end you can decide what you want..

Leshxa wrote: What I identified as illusion is the "feel" of the new equipment that affects the opponent a lot, supposedly giving you this false felling of improvement, while in reality it is just a side effect - lack of control.

 

I agree to some extend..  Using an opponent as a point of reference about how an equipment has improved my game is quite tricky... 

 

Like what you have said, the 'improvement' sometimes comes from lack of control..   or, maybe your practice partner were not feeling feel and hence not playing as good as he used to at that day giving you an illusion that you have improved.....

 

But then once he get used to it, the improvement begins to be disappearing... Or, you are facing a better player and again the improvement seems not to be there..

 

It is tricky, but with practicing over and over again with the same partner or maybe even robot, you can have a better judgement how an equipment effects your game.