Cheap medium to soft backhand rubber

AgentHEX wrote: I can only imagine how terrible someone's game has to be to require a "BH rubber" to play decent. If a $10 galaxy max-tense truely "doesn't work" you should quit for the benefit of the sport.

I can't believe you just said that.

You should be banned from Table Tennis for the benefit of the sport.

AgentHEX wrote: The image of tennis is also similarly tarnished by whiners and posers who can't play with x or y string. Between these and the realists I don't think it's much of any contest who makes any sport look bad.

And well done to you and trying to promote the sport!!!
Big thumbs up

ZApenholder wrote: AgentHEX wrote: The image of tennis is also similarly tarnished by whiners and posers who can't play with x or y string. Between these and the realists I don't think it's much of any contest who makes any sport look bad. And well done to you and trying to promote the sport!!! Big thumbs up

It seems you don't disagree, but rather prefer to cover up inconvenient truths rather than resolve them.


Edited by AgentHEX - 09/02/2013 at 5:38am

kajba wrote: AgentHEX wrote: I can only imagine how terrible someone's game has to be to require a "BH rubber" to play decent. If a $10 galaxy max-tense truely "doesn't work" you should quit for the benefit of the sport. It's also most bizzare when EJs ask this since they of all people should be able to adjust for minor throw variations or whatever. Sorry for you too feel this way but from what i read its you who are bitter. No problem for an EJ to ask these question? My question was to get a hold of a rubber which is cheaper than the Rakza 7 Soft I am using right now. Replacing rubbers in the longterm is expensive. Nothing here said that I need another rubber to play decent and yes I might not be super good but I find it fun to try something from now and then but I dont expect I become godly when I get new rubbers.

I'm not so much criticizing the OP as the responses. But if it's criticism you're after, then maybe try a couple cheap rubbers, analyze where they fall short if any and why you can't play effectively with them.

AndySmith wrote: AgentHEX wrote: The image of tennis is also similarly tarnished by whiners and posers who can't play with x or y string. Between these and the realists I don't think it's much of any contest who makes any sport look bad.   What are you on about?  The OP was looking for good performing BH rubbers because his current stuff is expensive.  Plenty of good suggestions made, but then you pop up with:   AgentHEX wrote: I can only imagine how terrible someone's game has to be to require a "BH rubber" to play decent. If a $10 galaxy max-tense truely "doesn't work" you should quit for the benefit of the sport.   Terrible attitude, unhelpful, embarrassing.  If all you can offer is a passive aggressive insult, why bother posting?

I hope this Agent know it all guy is banned from this forum.
Can't believe he can insult so many people and still get away with it.

Asking someone to leave the sport is just way over the limit for me.... so much for the worlds biggest forum and getting rotten by an individual who is rude, and thinks he/she is king and knows it all.

Guys, don't quit the sports because some looser who comments like this.
This is pure arrogance, stupid and very unfriendly who chases people away from table tennis is the real bad thing for any sport. Certainly not a role model for the great sport of table tennis!!

Table Tennis for most people is about enjoyment, so please enjoy it, no matter with what skill levels you have, or what equipment you are using. It is about fun and spending a nice time (not to mention all the health benefits of this great sport)

kajba wrote: Sorry for you too feel this way but from what i read its you who are bitter. No problem for an EJ to ask these question? My question was to get a hold of a rubber which is cheaper than the Rakza 7 Soft I am using right now. Replacing rubbers in the longterm is expensive. Nothing here said that I need another rubber to play decent and yes I might not be super good but I find it fun to try something from now and then but I dont expect I become godly when I get new rubbers.

Hey buddy
Glad you are having fun.
Just ignore that guy. If you read the post history from all he has commented, say the past 2 weeks. You can see he is really bitter person.

imo, going for cheaper is good alternative, as many inexpensive items are really worth it
I think there is already many good suggestions made in this thread already.
Good luck and have lots of fun

AgentHEX wrote: How are the "good suggestions" better than any generic list of rubbers that aren't too tacky or slow? Can you compare to the less good suggestions made?

AndySmith wrote: AgentHEX wrote: How are the "good suggestions" better than any generic list of rubbers that aren't too tacky or slow? Can you compare to the less good suggestions made?   The value can be determined by the OP.  He is looking for a cheaper alternative to his current rubber.  Some suggestions seemed good IMO, some less so IMO, but the OP can make the ultimate decision.

Can you try again but answer the question this time? If you can't think of any answer that's OK, too.

AndySmith,

Thanks for sharing and confirming the same feeling as me.
I have been ignoring Agenthex in all the threads that he has been derailing for a few days now.
But the "leave the sport part" is way over the limit.

Lets just ignore this guy, and hopefully this thread will not be derailed.
If Mods wish to intervene, they are more than welcome.

I really hope OP finds some solution and future members who search for this thread can find it usefull still.

AgentHEX wrote: How are the "good suggestions" better than any generic list of rubbers that aren't too tacky or slow? Can you compare to the less good suggestions made?

AgentHEX wrote: You know at first I thought these outbursts were just a matter of loss in translation, but then I remembered that hyperbole is well and alive in chinese, too. So if it's not a matter of language/culture barrier, can you enlighten us on what the problem is?

AgentHex
aren't you ashamed to post with so little courtesy?
as your command of English is better than the many people on here, for whom English is a second or even a third language, you seem to be enjoying a feeling of superiority to us ordinary mortals.
But I can assure you, that now that we have been reading your posts for a while, its very apparent that your experience of TT is not very deep. You seem convinced of your own genius, but unfortunately your own posts are the proof that your confidence is misplaced.

pingpongpaddy wrote: AgentHEX wrote: You know at first I thought these outbursts were just a matter of loss in translation, but then I remembered that hyperbole is well and alive in chinese, too. So if it's not a matter of language/culture barrier, can you enlighten us on what the problem is? AgentHex aren't you ashamed to post with so little courtesy? as your command of English is better than the many people on here, for whom English is a second or even a third language, you seem to be enjoying a feeling of superiority to us ordinary mortals. But I can assure you, that now that we have been reading your posts for a while, its very apparent that your experience of TT is not very deep. You seem convinced of your own genius, but unfortunately your own posts are the proof that your confidence is misplaced.

Can you explain in more detail what this hand waving is specifically about? Be sure to use small words so those of us without deep understanding can understand.

I thought it would've been obvious enough from seeing my posts if not life in general that courtesy is selective rather than universal, which is why I asked if something about this situation was specifically amiss.

AgentHEX wrote: I thought it would've been obvious enough from seeing my posts if not life in general that courtesy is selective rather than universal, which is why I asked if something about this situation was specifically amiss.

Seriously, this has been Off-topic since your first post and to be honest, I enjoyed this forum UNTIL you started posting. No offence but you are a typical internet-troll and I could, I would have closed this topic.

I started this thread by asking an alternative and cheap backhand rubber due to I dont want to spend so much money buying rubbers. This has NOTHING to do with how I play or WHAT IS BEST for backhand. This was a simple question on what could be a viable solution for me as an EJ who doesn't want to spend too much money.

I got lots of good feedback from many here and all of them has been considered, which resulted me in me buying a rubber.

But again, the question was an alternative rubber not what would suit me or what is best. So your post with:

"I can only imagine how terrible someone's game has to be to require a "BH rubber" to play decent."

Is totally unecessary. The same goes for "you should quit for the benefit of the sport.".

If you havent noticed Table Tennis is a dying sport compared to lots of other sports. To be honest I even think E-sports is bigger than table-tennis.

Your answer on with:
I'm not so much criticizing the OP as the responses. But if it's criticism you're after, then maybe try a couple cheap rubbers, analyze where they fall short if any and why you can't play effectively with them.

I am not after criticism but viable solution to my problem with rubbers being expensive. Once again nothing to do with HOW I play or WHAT IS BEST. Like yourself stated "It's also most bizzare when EJs ask this since they of all people should be able to adjust for minor throw variations or whatever."
But this is not what I am after, once again.

So ASSentHEX; If you have nothing to provide to the thread, please stop with what you are doing as it does not help at all. If you are looking to be banned, delete your account. And adding to it, please read the thread before posting anything and please step on lego.


To the others, please dont feed the troll.

EDIT:
Another thing, if you want to discuss something which is not about the topic, USE THE PM BUTTON!


Edited by kajba - 09/02/2013 at 8:53am

On the matter of disrespectful trolling: we do allow here some degree of impoliteness and some degree of troll-like deviation from the original topic. However, when a poster almost always does one of these two or combines them together, that of course draws our (mods, that is) usually unwelcome attention.

I hope my unsubtle hint will be noticed.