Joola Timeless Outrageous Price?!?

Edited by jt99sf - 03/26/2012 at 3:56pm

roundrobin wrote: AcudaDave wrote: You gotta be kidding ituning...I know several 2200 - 2400 players that use Tenergy for 3-4 months minimum before changing.  I've never met any player using Tenergy that has to change it every 3 weeks or less than 3 months for that matter.  Maybe when you get better you will about to switch rubber more often. =]  what is your playing level?  I'm about 2200 and I don't need to change any rubber that often. At our club, 2300-2500 players will use Tenergy for three months, then give them away to 1900-2100 players who will use them for another six months...

ituning.technology wrote: Thats very nice of them. What Club do you play at? =]

Edited by roundrobin - 03/26/2012 at 3:08pm

ituning.technology wrote: I go way back since LATTA was at AYC about 12 years ago! It's a great club.  I moved to the East Coast now and I Coach at CLub JOOLA Rockville.

Hmmm... AYC member, former junior team member, now working for Joola... You must be Steven Chan.  How's everything?    I almost moved to Bethesda a few years back.

William

if you practice at least 4 hrs a days including multiball drills, 1 month is enough to make tenergy 05 lose its grip to about 60% 

I've recommended several local players who do serious multiball training to have a beat-up training bat and a competition bat at all times.  It's working out really well for them to prolong the life of their competition bat... I learned this from Zaman Molla.





Edited by roundrobin - 03/26/2012 at 8:43pm

fatt wrote: is that you ituning?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fciFReFYI  my gosh you play so good! edit: and that same year in LV you took down in the U21 event the very man who would be national champion the day after!

Which one is Steven Chan? the taller guy or shorter one?

ituning.technology wrote: I go way back since LATTA was at AYC about 12 years ago! It's a great club.  I moved to the East Coast now and I Coach at CLub JOOLA Rockville.

fatt wrote: I did not find anything wrong in ituning's attitude. He has not been arrogant in any way no matter how many times I read the thread again. Can't he be proud and can't he allow himself to be a bit above the crowd that we are since he has given so many more hours and sweat to the game? besides he is 22; what do we expect? I am happy he is showing himself on the forum and can't wait to read his next posts.

It's so easy to be misunderstood as "arrogant" in the internet forums... Sometimes higher-level players brag a bit because they also want to have some fun (not really looking for respect or trouble), just like countless posters here do anyway.    It's really not a big deal.  Men do this instinctively in person and behind other's back as naturally as going to the bathroom. 
 
I've known Steven since his early training days with Grace Lin... You can't find a more fun-loving, carefree, and at the same time a more dedicated kid in schools and table tennis training than him, period. 





Edited by roundrobin - 03/27/2012 at 2:59pm

Since national team players' rubbers last no more than a week, I don't find 3 weeks that outrageous for a 2400 player. But I don't think you can use that logic to claim $130 for an anti is not expensive. Like someone posted in this thread, a worn out MarkV will last forever as an anti... Also, it's hard to believe you can have a very special anti rubber in the 1st place, as they're not like LPs that you can play tricks on the friction levels on the top/side of the pips, size/shape of pips etc. 

ZingyDNA wrote: Since national team players' rubbers last no more than a week, I don't find 3 weeks that outrageous for a 2400 player. But I don't think you can use that logic to claim $130 for an anti is not expensive. Like someone posted in this thread, a worn out MarkV will last forever as an anti... Also, it's hard to believe you can have a very special anti rubber in the 1st place, as they're not like LPs that you can play tricks on the friction levels on the top/side of the pips, size/shape of pips etc.

AcudaDave wrote: thats good to hear RR and I'll take your word for it then.  That being said the next time someone disagrees with me and I find out they are 200 - 300 pts rated lower than me...bam...I'm gonna just tell them to defer to me.  Ha...just kidding.  Glad to hear he is a good guy.

ituning.technology wrote: [QUOTE=jt99sf] [QUOTE=AcudaDave][QUOTE=ituning.technology]I go way back since LATTA was at AYC about 12 years ago! It's a great club.   And I agree 2400 is a bit low. Maybe I should play a few tournaments and get to 2500ish, rating is a bit inflated. But rating is just a #. Not really important to me. There will always somebody better. =]

If you can get to 2500 then do it!  You're right it's just a #, but IMO 2400 is good...but when you get above 2500 then you're starting to make it to the elite player level.  If you do start playing more tournaments and break 2500 then make sure you give me some of the credit. Ha.  That being said...I'd like to challenge you to a match at this year's US Open.  I'll be there and will look you up at the Joola booth.

ituning.technology wrote: ZingyDNA wrote: Since national team players' rubbers last no more than a week, I don't find 3 weeks that outrageous for a 2400 player. But I don't think you can use that logic to claim $130 for an anti is not expensive. Like someone posted in this thread, a worn out MarkV will last forever as an anti... Also, it's hard to believe you can have a very special anti rubber in the 1st place, as they're not like LPs that you can play tricks on the friction levels on the top/side of the pips, size/shape of pips etc.  The top sheet is different, Not sure how they got it approved. It is not smooth. It is more like the flooring used at the Baltimore Teams last year. From reviews in Germany it is suppose to be amazing, but I don't use anti spin so I wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Yeah, I remember seeing a pic of it. It's ... different than any other inverted rubber I've seen, anti or not. I'm just a low level player who only hit with anti once or twice for fun, so I guess I'll just let the market decide whether it's worth 130 dollar or not.