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Topic: 10 free Nexy Arche blades for testers
Posted By: arg0
Subject: 10 free Nexy Arche blades for testers
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 5:22pm
Updates:
2018-01-14: clarified that "lucky" and "qualified" testers may be anywhere in the world, not just US or EU. If you live outside the US and think you would otherwise qualify as "skilled player", http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=81481&PID=1011551&title=10-free-nexy-arche-blades-for-testers#1011551" rel="nofollow - read this follow-up post .
2018-01-21: There are currently about 20 applications as lucky testers, (only!) 3 as qualified testers, and 4 as skilled testers. To participate as skilled tester, the threshold is currently about 1900 USATT Rating.
2018-01-23: New (earlier!) deadline for applying as "skilled player": 25 January 2018, 23:59 GMT. The reason is that the selection process may become more complicated and we may need some time to give the non-selected players the opportunity to apply in the other categories, instead.
2018-01-26: No more applications for "skilled players", please. I will deal with the selection probably tomorrow.
2018-05-01: Just in case, the call for European testers is http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=81654" rel="nofollow - here .

Hey Nexy fans,
you may remember the Nexy http://www.mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77840&PID=962258" rel="nofollow - Rubicon and http://www.mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77841&PID=962259" rel="nofollow - Karis giveaways from about 1 year ago.

Recently, Nexy has released the Arche blade ( http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=35293&PID=1010588&title=nexy-designers-diary#1010588" rel="nofollow - here is the announcement ).



Oscar, the president of Nexy (user http://mytabletennis.net/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=21057&FID=24" rel="nofollow - Nexy in this forum), is giving away 9 Arche blades for free (value $130) to 9 players in this forum that are willing to test and review the blade. You may wonder why the title says 10: well, I will run a separate test session and circulate a 10th blade.
 
Here is the deal:
  • 3 Arche blades will be given to "qualified reviewers" (anywhere).
  • 3 Arche blades will be given to "lucky members" (anywhere).
  • 3 Arche blades will be given to "skilled players" in the US.
  • 1 Arche blade will be circulated in Europe and finally be sent back to me.
The 9 "selected testers" (qualified, lucky, skilled) are expected to order any item (even small) from the http://nexy.com/tabletennis" rel="nofollow - Nexy Tabletennis store and pay shipping costs to their location (likely about 20-25 USD). On top, they will get a free Arche blade. Testers will be able to select handle shape and preferred weight of the blade.

In exchange for the free blade, testers are expected to test the blade for at least a few training sessions and to post a fair review of the blade in this forum.

Qualified reviewers will be decided by lot. Any forum user may apply as qualified reviewer. You need to have a sound history of reviewing table tennis equipment. You can apply by posting in this thread (NOT by PM to me!) and adding a few words explaining your experience in reviewing table tennis equipment and one or more links to reviews you wrote.
You also need to specify a number between 56 and 4849. To win, you must be among the 5 users that come closest to the number resulting from the concatenation of the LAST two numbers of the German Lotto "6aus49" of the January 31, 2018, draw (that's the fifth and sixth number, the "Super" number is ignored). A few examples: each number drawn is between 1 and 49 and numbers are displayed in ascending order, so if the last two numbers are "8" and "24", the winning number is 824; if the last two numbers are "33" and "48", the winning number is 3348. The draw is at 19:25 German time.
Deadline for applying as qualified reviewer is January 28, 2018, 12:00 GMT (that's noon). If your post was modified, it's the "last modified" date that counts. In case of draw, the user having a post with earlier posting/last modified date wins. If Oscar or I feel that your profile does not match our expectations as qualified reviewer, we will move you to the pool for the draw of lucky members (see below). This will be done before the draw, so that you could still choose a different number, if you so wished.

Lucky members will be decided by lot. Any forum user may apply as lucky member. You can apply by posting in this thread (NOT by PM to me!) and specifying a number between 12 and 4445. To win, you must be among the 5 users that come closest to the number resulting from the concatenation of the FIRST two numbers of the German Lotto "6aus49" of the January 31, 2018, draw. A few examples: each number drawn is between 1 and 49 and numbers are displayed in ascending order, so if the first two numbers are "3" and "24", the winning number is 324; if the first two numbers are "12" and "45", the winning number is 1245. The draw is at 19:25 German time.
Deadline for applying as lucky member is January 31, 2018, 12:00 GMT (that's noon). If your post was modified, it's the "last modified" date that counts. In case of draw, the user having a post with earlier posting/last modified date wins.

This may sound complicated, but we needed to find a random number generation mechanism that is transparent and tamper-proof. The results of the draw will be visible https://www.lotto.de/de/ergebnisse/lotto-6aus49/archiv.html" rel="nofollow - here (in German) and http://www.lotto.net/german-lotto/results" rel="nofollow - here (in English). In case of conflict, the German results are official. In case that for any reason there is no draw on January 31, the numbers of the subsequent draw will be used.

Skilled players will be the three applicants having the highest US rating according to the latest http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Ratings/Downloadable-Ratings-List" rel="nofollow - Ratings File published on the teamusa.org website not after January 25 31, 2018. The rating may not express absolute skill, but it’s an objective number. Applicants please send me their rating, full name, and ZIP code via PM. Be aware that, if you get selected, the shipment data (name and ZIP code on the parcel) needs to match the rating data on teamusa.org. Deadline for applying as skilled player is January 25, 2018, 23:59 GMT 31, 2018, 12:00 GMT (that's noon).
To make the process transparent and allow for community checking, I will publish the rating of the winners (rounded to the nearest 50 points for privacy reasons) in this thread in order to allow for a community check, before the blades are sent out. I will not publish their full name or ZIP code.
I will also, from time to time, publish the approximate rating of the third best applicant, so that you may decide whether you have any chances before applying.

You may only apply for one category of testers: qualified, lucky, or skilled.
If for any reason there are not enough participants in the qualified or skilled groups, we will select a correspondingly higher number of lucky testers.

Selected testers will be announced here and receive detailed instructions about how to proceed by PM. Please await instructions before ordering.

I will organize a separate testing session for Europe-based players that wish to test the Arche blade. I will wait until after the draw because I need to get the blade in first place, and second, because this will allow interested players that weren’t selected as testers to still test the blade. In this testing session, one blade will be circulated among interested players in a geographically sensible order. Each tester gets the blade for free and pays traceable shipping to the next tester. The last tester ships it back to me.

If you have questions, please post them publicly in this thread.
Thanks and good luck!   


P.S. Note that, since the German lotto numbers are from 1 to 49, do not repeat, and are put in ascending order, certain numbers can never be an exact match, such as 2018, 1111, 969, etc. However, this is irrelevant, because the only thing that counts is getting closest to the winning number. See http://www.mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77840&PID=963893&title=10-free-nexy-rubicon-blades-for-testers#963893" rel="nofollow - this post for a discussion.

P.P.S. Thanks to Connor for coordinating this at Nexy's end.
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Posted By: MCollins
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 6:45pm
Awesome that you guys are doing this, Arg0.  I play Lissom and my practice partner plays Rubicon, so this blade is certainly interesting.  

I'd like to apply to be a lucky tester.  I'm going to guess 2223.  

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Posted By: ohwell
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 8:21pm
My lucky tester application: 5 10


Posted By: tuco
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 9:30pm
I like to apply to be a lucky tester.

My lottery number: 2746.

thanks,



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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 2:19am
Well, the fact is that your chances to win very much depend on other people's choices, too. You chose 812. Imagine one now chose 811 and one 813. Your chances to win would suddenly become very slim even if you had chosen the most likely number.

I could have based the draw on a single lotto number. This would have made it completely random. Just, there would have been very few numbers to choose from... If anyone can suggest a better system, I'll consider that for any future initiative.

PS. Note that you can change your number anytime before the deadline.

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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 3:26am
Originally posted by arg0 arg0 wrote:

PS. Note that you can change your number anytime before the deadline.

That wasn't meant personally. I meant, if anyone feels surrounded by other entries, they can change anytime.


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Posted By: vanjr
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 7:50am
Nominate for most convoluted giveaway of 2018! Awesomeness.


Posted By: zeon
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 8:01am
I would like to apply as a lucky tester 

lucky number 333


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Posted By: windysummer1
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 8:13am
applying for lucky tester, my number is 840


Posted By: Mkeats
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 9:04am
Also applying as lucky tester. Numberis 3513


Posted By: viva
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 10:21am
lucky tester 1215

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Posted By: BH-Man
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 12:22pm
Is there an UNSKILLED, UNLUCKY category just for BH-Man???

Nah, BH-Man already got him an Arche and confirms it will work just as good as the KKH when he runs out of them.


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Posted By: Kangp
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 2:52pm
LUCKY!
Number: 642


Posted By: SmackDAT
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 3:04pm
Lucky tester, 1500!

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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 4:12pm
fatt, if you don't mind I'll move you to the pool of experienced reviewers (it's currently empty, btw, so your chances could be higher; you may want to choose a higher number for the other pool, though)

all, the ratings threshold for winning an Arche in the skilled players group is currently 0 (that means, any rating wins), because up to now I've got only one candidate.




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Posted By: SmackDAT
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 5:07pm
Originally posted by arg0 arg0 wrote:

fatt, if you don't mind I'll move you to the pool of experienced reviewers (it's currently empty, btw, so your chances could be higher; you may want to choose a higher number for the other pool, though)

all, the ratings threshold for winning an Arche in the skilled players group is currently 0 (that means, any rating wins), because up to now I've got only one candidate.


Unfair to EU testers with the skilled players group, can I post a video of myself playing or something?


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Tenergy 19 (2.1, R)
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Posted By: vanjr
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 5:57pm
Originally posted by SmackDAT SmackDAT wrote:

Originally posted by arg0 arg0 wrote:

fatt, if you don't mind I'll move you to the pool of experienced reviewers (it's currently empty, btw, so your chances could be higher; you may want to choose a higher number for the other pool, though)

all, the ratings threshold for winning an Arche in the skilled players group is currently 0 (that means, any rating wins), because up to now I've got only one candidate.



Unfair to EU testers with the skilled players group, can I post a video of myself playing or something?


And they say a USATT rating is nit worth much!


Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 6:27pm
Originally posted by SmackDAT SmackDAT wrote:

Originally posted by arg0 arg0 wrote:

all, the ratings threshold for winning an Arche in the skilled players group is currently 0 (that means, any rating wins), because up to now I've got only one candidate.
Unfair to EU testers with the skilled players group, can I post a video of myself playing or something?

I know, but I found no other objective way, besides organising a tournament between candidates Tongue

I only have one candidate up to now for the "skilled players" group (this probably sounds like an awful name, any native English speaker feel free to suggest anything better).
SmackDAT and other non-US "skilled players", if you can come up with an approximate US rating, I many consider including you in the pool, in case your "converted" ratings are clearly higher than those from US candidates, so that an exact rating is not necessary.
Your approximate rating will however need to be confirmed by the community, so you will have to either post a video, or proof of your valour (non-US rating, proof of having beaten Viktor Barna in 1935), etc. This would make the whole selection not really objective, but certainly more fun. I am confident that at the end we'll reach a gentlemen's agreement.


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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 7:13pm
Originally posted by fatt fatt wrote:

hey hey your system is great it has all the drama etc...you've got a nice ball rolling, we all know that.

Originally posted by vanjr vanjr wrote:

Nominate for most convoluted giveaway of 2018! Awesomeness.

Thanks, this is why I keep re-using it!
And you've seen nothing yet (read below).

Originally posted by fatt fatt wrote:

I'd like a mathematician to tell us if there is a number or a group of numbers that theoretically maximizes chances to win. If there is then this lotto thing really cool at first gets annoying as favoring smarter people who can think; an unacceptable way to sneakily filter the dumb out of the game; yeah, yeah, I am hearing "what's wrong with that?" and you make a point too.


No need for a mathematician, some basic programming skills and brute force can do, as well.
Thanks Fatt for motivating me to finally write my first program in Python. It's just a small program that runs through all the nearly 14 million possible draws of the 6aus49 lotto and calculates the frequency of the concatenation of the first two numbers, and the last two numbers. I will simply call these numbers firsttwo and lasttwo.
Well, it turns out that, perhaps not surprisingly, the most frequent firsttwo number is 12, and the most frequent lasttwo number is 4849. They occur exactly 178365 times. However, before you all jump ahead and choose these numbers, let's consider a few things:
  •  you don't need to guess the exact number (fortunately), but just to come close. This means that you'd be better off by choosing a frequently-occurring number that is also surrounded by other frequently-occurring numbers. Now it turns out that 12 is not the best choice, because numbers 0 to 11 can never be a firsttwo number. Also, 4849 is a bad choice because there is no higher lasttwo and the next lowest is 4749, that is 100 units lower.
  • to get a better picture you may use 'binning', that is, creating bins of, say 100 numbers (e.g., from 0-99, 100-199, etc.) and see which one occurs most frequently, and then, say, use the central number of the bin (e.g., 50, 150, etc.) as your guess. Now, it turns out that even in this case, the "best bin" hevily depends on the size of the bins, see the following image:

  • finally, your chances with any number are fundamentally affected by the numbers guessed by others, which may change as new users join the draw or user's change their numbers, so it's impossible to determine beforehand which is THE best number. 12 may be the most frequent firsttwo number, but if you chose 12 and another user chose 13, your chances would be very slim. Ouch Of course, one could write a program that determines the most likely number by also taking into account all the other user's choices... Geek And knowing that, certain users could decide to change their guesses a few seconds before the deadline... Evil Smile


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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 7:24pm
Originally posted by vanjr vanjr wrote:

And they say a USATT rating is nit worth much!

 


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Posted By: SmackDAT
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 7:39pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZ7JvqK9Ew" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZ7JvqK9Ew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEtCDxm6gnI" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEtCDxm6gnI

Guesstimate anywhere between 2000-2300, you could use the median of that or ask the community? 

If I am 2000+ and that is in the skilled player list then please add me in it


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Posted By: Dream1700
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 8:36pm
has anybody here actually used an asymmetric blade for any considerable length of time as their main blade?

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Posted By: Shauneh
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 10:56pm
Lucky tester, 3339


Posted By: HarmonicTT
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 12:34am
735 lucky tester


Posted By: h0n1g
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 3:19am
Sign me up as a reviewer. I'm happy to post the links to the reviews i've done in the past if needed.

thanks for arranging this, sounds great!


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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 4:30am
Originally posted by h0n1g h0n1g wrote:

Sign me up as a reviewer. I'm happy to post the links to the reviews i've done in the past if needed.
thanks for arranging this, sounds great!

Please post a link or two. And select a number for the draw.


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Posted By: ashishsharmaait
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 6:32am
Lucky tester, 1412.


Posted By: VictorK
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 8:41am
Originally posted by Dream1700 Dream1700 wrote:

has anybody here actually used an asymmetric blade for any considerable length of time as their main blade?

If 2-3 months counts as "considerable length of time", then my experience is relevant - When I had shoulder problems few years ago I used Tibhar Actium, a combination blade, to play mixed defense (chopping, blocking, soft looping) with inverted rubbers on both sides.

I didn't have to make meaningful adjustments to play with Actium, and  I believe that most players who can play with different rubbers on FH and BH are likely to feel comfortable using a combination blade that isn't dramatically different from what they typically use.




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Posted By: ashishsharmaait
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 8:54am
Originally posted by Dream1700 Dream1700 wrote:

has anybody here actually used an asymmetric blade for any considerable length of time as their main blade?

I used Double Day Yaliant which is a combination blade with H3Neo on FH and T64/R47 on BH. I actually prefer the harder FH and the slower BH as ai mostly block and open from the BH.


Posted By: 6Finger
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 9:37am
Lucky tester, 2486


Posted By: assam
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 10:22am
Lucky tester 918


Posted By: smackman
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 4:40pm
I want to be lucky please, 4000 Smile
 over 40 years of Table tennis


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Posted By: Chicobo
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 11:56pm
Lucky! 2225 is my guess

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Posted By: topspinoccr
Date Posted: 01/16/2018 at 3:08am
Lucky 2010

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Posted By: mon22
Date Posted: 01/16/2018 at 8:43am
lucky tester, 2016

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Posted By: hunkeelin
Date Posted: 01/16/2018 at 3:37pm
Qualified reviewers:
I myself is 1800 traditional offensive player; but friends of mine range from 2000 up to 2600usatt. I suppose after i try it i will let them take a stab at it and review it. 

My number is 2214


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Posted By: MydasDiablo
Date Posted: 01/16/2018 at 5:35pm
Lucky Tester - 3848

I have used Combination Blades for nearly all of my time playing local league (now top tier) table tennis: Dr Neubauer Titan (made by Achim Rendler), Sauer & Troger Zeus and currently Double Day Valiant Terminator, using double inverted or more often with with OX / sponged pips BH.


Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/21/2018 at 4:33pm
UP!

There are currently about 20 applications as lucky testers, 3 as qualified (I still need feedback from you, see below), and 4 as skilled testers.

Applicants as qualified testers:
fatt: please confirm that it's ok to remove you from the lucky group; I will just leave you in the qualified group
h0n1g: please choose a number and post a link to one review of yours
hunkeelin: please post a link to one review of yours

For the skilled testers group, the threshold for participating is currently between 1900 and 1950 USATT Rating.



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Posted By: h0n1g
Date Posted: 01/21/2018 at 9:35pm
Originally posted by arg0 arg0 wrote:

UP!

There are currently about 20 applications as lucky testers, 3 as qualified (I still need feedback from you, see below), and 4 as skilled testers.

Applicants as qualified testers:
fatt: please confirm that it's ok to remove you from the lucky group; I will just leave you in the qualified group
h0n1g: please choose a number and post a link to one review of yours
hunkeelin: please post a link to one review of yours

For the skilled testers group, the threshold for participating is currently between 1900 and 1950 USATT Rating.


Here's a link to one of the reviews: http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=79666&KW=&title=review-tibhar-vs-unlimited-cca-unlimited

My number shall be 283


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Posted By: Magic_M
Date Posted: 01/23/2018 at 2:00am
Please add me to the list of qualified testers.
In the past years I have already tested some other Nexy blades

- Olam: 
http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=73499&KW=Nexy&PID=909257&title=nexy-olam-unboxing-and-review#909257" rel="nofollow - http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=73499&KW=Nexy&PID=909257&title=nexy-olam-unboxing-and-review#909257
- Kanaph:
http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68777&KW=Arirang+Lissom+Inca+Calix+Zealot&PID=849363&title=nexy-kanaph-review#849363" rel="nofollow - http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68777&KW=Arirang+Lissom+Inca+Calix+Zealot&PID=849363&title=nexy-kanaph-review#849363
- Zealot:
http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47778&KW=Arirang+Lissom+Inca+Calix+Zealot&PID=887735&title=nexy-clan#887735" rel="nofollow - http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47778&KW=Arirang+Lissom+Inca+Calix+Zealot&PID=887735&title=nexy-clan#887735
- Arirang:
http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=62048&KW=Arirang+Lissom+Inca+Calix+Zealot&PID=744448&title=nexy-arirang-review-thread#744448" rel="nofollow - http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=62048&KW=Arirang+Lissom+Inca+Calix+Zealot&PID=744448&title=nexy-arirang-review-thread#744448
- Inca:
http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61740&KW=Arirang+Lissom+Inca+Calix+Zealot&PID=776064&title=tibhar-inca-blade-review#776064" rel="nofollow - http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61740&KW=Arirang+Lissom+Inca+Calix+Zealot&PID=776064&title=tibhar-inca-blade-review#776064

My number as qualified tester: 3845

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Posted By: SmackDAT
Date Posted: 01/23/2018 at 4:31am
Just to ask if I am added into the skilled players list? Would love to try!

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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/23/2018 at 12:44pm
Originally posted by SmackDAT SmackDAT wrote:

Just to ask if I am added into the skilled players list? Would love to try!

Yes you are, currently.

All, actually I'm planning to close the "skilled players" list a few days earlier. The reason is that the selection may become more complicated, as I decided to pull in non-USATT rated players. My bad for changing the criteria. Anyway, if you want to sign up for the "skilled players list", please do in the next two days, i.e. before 25 January 2018, 23:59 GMT. Thanks.


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Posted By: Zetro
Date Posted: 01/23/2018 at 11:00pm
luck tester 1434

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Posted By: Actuar90
Date Posted: 01/24/2018 at 1:06pm
Long time lurker here...

I probably qualify as a skilled tester, played for Ireland u21/university level up to a few years ago. From what I know of the US rankings I should be above 2000 anyway.

If not then put me down as a lucky tester please.

1430


Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/25/2018 at 7:02pm
Rien ne va plus. No more applications for "skilled players", please.
I will deal with the selection probably tomorrow.
Those that will not be selected can still apply as lucky testers or qualified reviewers, if they wish.


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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/26/2018 at 3:38pm
Originally posted by Hanamichi-jon Hanamichi-jon wrote:

Hi Argo can i test it

Hi and welcome to the forum.
If you feel lucky you can participate as "lucky tester" and if you win you can get an Arche with handle and weight of your choice at the price of shipping costs from Korea to the UK.

Otherwise I could include you in the European testing that I will start organising in a week or so, but there's only one blade (ST) that is circulated among all testers and then sent back to me. Since you're a new user, though, it would be necessary that someone vouches for you.



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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/26/2018 at 3:45pm
Originally posted by SmackDAT SmackDAT wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZ7JvqK9Ew" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZ7JvqK9Ew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEtCDxm6gnI" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEtCDxm6gnI

Guesstimate anywhere between 2000-2300, you could use the median of that or ask the community? 

If I am 2000+ and that is in the skilled player list then please add me in it


Help!
Can someone with experience of the USATT Rating have a look at the videos and post an educated guess of SmackDAT's rating?
a) below 1950
b) 1950-2050
c) 2051-2150
d) above 2150
Multiple choices are allowed (as long as you don't pick them all).
Thanks!


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Posted By: assam
Date Posted: 01/26/2018 at 4:24pm
To me, he should not be at the skilled players because he is not from USA.
Other than that he probably is near 2000 rating or a little above that
If those matches were against players he didn't knew he probably would play different...


Posted By: h0n1g
Date Posted: 01/27/2018 at 4:49am
I don't think thats a 2000 rating player. I'd probably put him at around 1900. He has some strong sides to his game but also a lot of weak areas. He would not fare well in a 2k + tournament here in California.

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Posted By: NextLevel
Date Posted: 01/27/2018 at 5:18am
Originally posted by h0n1g h0n1g wrote:

I don't think thats a 2000 rating player. I'd probably put him at around 1900. He has some strong sides to his game but also a lot of weak areas. He would not fare well in a 2k + tournament here in California.


California is tough.

For an assessment, I think it is better for him to give his ranking and to find a player at that level who plays in both US and UK recently.

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Posted By: ghostzen
Date Posted: 01/27/2018 at 9:33am
I'd go solid B or on a good day low C. I know the guys who train at smackDAT's club quite well. Also i'm sure SmackDAT will have chance to ask some of his fellow players at the club who are at a much higher level to try and give their assessment of the equipment as well.

Just my two pennies worth..




Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/27/2018 at 11:06am
Hi all,
since I've received more than one application from non-US players and I've no easy way to decide between them, and moreover there's no clear evidence that these players are stronger that the USATT-rated players that applied, I'll stick to the original rules and the USATT Rating.
The rating I'll use is dated Jan 25 and is published on http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Ratings/Downloadable-Ratings-List" rel="nofollow - https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Ratings/Downloadable-Ratings-List
This is the https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Table_Tennis/Ratings/2018/January/Web-Ratings-2512018.csv?la=en&hash=D9624AD379A83AAD64B0DFE2291D822E4B9BEB97" rel="nofollow - direct link .

Sorry, but you can still participate in the "lucky testers" category. Actuar90 aready did; SmackDAT would need to choose a number to enter the draw. The others should enter the draw by posting here.



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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/27/2018 at 7:26pm
...aaand the winners are...

After having checked on the official USATT Rating of Jan 25, I can announce the selected "skilled players"!
In order of application:
  • patrickhrdlicka
  • NextLevel
  • VictorK
Threshold rating for being selected was "about 2000".

Congratulations to the winners!! Clap
I will send you further instructions on how to claim the Arche blade. In the meantime, please send me a PM with your full address, so that I can forward it to Nexy. This will be used to check that the people claiming the free Arche blades are actually you!

Thanks to the others for participating in the "skilled players" group. If you were not selected, you can still apply as "lucky tester" or if you wish, or as "qualified reviewer", if you think you qualify. Those based in Europe will also have the opportunity to join the European testing session.

PS. Deadline for participating as "qualified reviewer" is in about 12 hours and there are only 4 candidates so far. That reads like a 75% winning chance!


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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/28/2018 at 3:29pm
This is the list of the candidate qualified reviewers with their respective number for the draw:
  • fatt (3142)
  • h0n1g (283)
  • hunkeelin (2214)
  • Magic_M (3845)
hunkeelin, you still haven't posted a link to any previous review of yours, which is a condition for participating in the "qualified reviewers" group. If you don't post one or more links by Jan 30 noon GMT (that's 24 before the deadline for lucky testers) of if Nexy or I decide that the review(s) are not up to the standard we'd expect from this group, I will move you to the "lucky testers" group.


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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/30/2018 at 4:38am
Originally posted by fatt fatt wrote:

I have personal issues that prevent me to be part of this testing session. I apologize about letting you down but it’s for the best.
Thank you arg0 for your trust and let me know if I ever can help.

Sorry to hear that, fatt. Hope it clears up and that you can join soon for another test.
Since you wrote earlier:
Originally posted by fatt fatt wrote:

if SmackDat can't be a reviewer then he gets my seat; I saw him playing.

I will indeed give your seat to SmackDAT, if you win the draw. As I see it there are currently only three qualified reviewers, one of them being you and the other two h0n1g and Magic_M. SmackDAT is at least about ex aequo with the fourth-ranked USATT-rated candidate and the only non-US player who sent videos of himself so that we could judge.
Stay tuned.


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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/30/2018 at 6:47pm
hunkeelin did not reply on time, so he's out of the "qualified reviewers" pool.
This leaves us with three qualifying "qualified reviewers" and, since there were three blades for them, they all win. fatt withdrew and left his place to SmackDAT.

This leaves us with the following:

List of selected "skilled players" (in alphabetical order):
  • NextLevel
  • patrickhrdlicka
  • SmackDAT
  • VictorK

List of selected "qualified reviewers":

  • h0n1g
  • Magic_M
There's only about 12 hours left for participating as "lucky tester".
21 tickets "sold" so far (unless I miscounted).
Good luck to all!


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Posted By: SmackDAT
Date Posted: 01/30/2018 at 6:53pm
Hi arg0, does that mean I am able to test this blade? If so, I would like to thank fatt as everyone loves trying a new blade and I will leave a video review once I receive it. Will be trying Aurus Prime on both sides and comparing to my ZJK ALC

If I have misunderstood then I have made a fool of myself haha. Please message me arg0 if I've won!


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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/30/2018 at 6:56pm
Originally posted by SmackDAT SmackDAT wrote:

Hi arg0, does that mean I am able to test this blade? If so, I would like to thank fatt as everyone loves trying a new blade and I will leave a video review once I receive it. Will be trying Aurus Prime on both sides and comparing to my ZJK ALC

If I have misunderstood then I have made a fool of myself haha. Please message me arg0 if I've won!

Hi SmackDAT, yes you won!
I'm sending you further instructions via PM.


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Posted By: Dream1700
Date Posted: 01/30/2018 at 10:07pm
Lucky 1700

Smile


Posted By: tabletennisx32
Date Posted: 01/31/2018 at 4:22am
Lucky 3114


Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/31/2018 at 12:32pm
OK, that's it. No more participants. Draw is in a few minutes. Good luck to all!


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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/31/2018 at 12:39pm
OK, the following numbers were drawn on Jan 31 (a few minutes ago), in ascending order (link in the first post):
3 6 8 26 29 38
Lucky testers are those that came closest to the concatenation of the first two numbers, i.e.:
36
Give me some time to check everybody's numbers and do the math.
I will then announce the winners.

But first, dinner time!



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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/31/2018 at 12:40pm
If nobody changed their number since I recorded them, the lucky testers are:

zeon 333
ohwell 501
Kangp 642

Give me some time to double-check, though.


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Posted By: ohwell
Date Posted: 01/31/2018 at 12:54pm
My gf convinced me to stop the EJ thing.  Thankfully this doesn't count - it's for the greater good.  LOL

When can we contact nexy?




Posted By: Dream1700
Date Posted: 01/31/2018 at 1:18pm
Oh, well...
Clap


Posted By: Magic_M
Date Posted: 01/31/2018 at 2:31pm
Originally posted by arg0 arg0 wrote:

Qualified reviewers will be decided by lot. Any forum user may apply as qualified reviewer. You need to have a sound history of reviewing table tennis equipment. You can apply by posting in this thread (NOT by PM to me!) and adding a few words explaining your experience in reviewing table tennis equipment and one or more links to reviews you wrote. 
You also need to specify a number between 56 and 4849To win, you must be among the 5 users that come closest to the number resulting from the concatenation of the LAST two numbers of the German Lotto "6aus49" of the January 31, 2018
Originally posted by arg0 arg0 wrote:

OK, the following numbers were drawn on Jan 31 (a few minutes ago), in ascending order:
3 6 8 26 29 38 
If I understand it right, this should be the result of the qualified testers. 
Originally posted by arg0 arg0 wrote:

This is the list of the candidate qualified reviewers with their respective number for the draw:
  • fatt (3142)
  • hunkeelin (2214)
  • Magic_M (3845)
  • h0n1g (283)
Is this correct?


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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/31/2018 at 2:46pm
Magic_M,
Jein (for non-German speakers: jein is a German non-word, contraction of ja=yes and nein=no; it's used to mean "yes and no").
Your analysis is true in principle, however see http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=81481&PID=1013423&title=10-free-nexy-arche-blades-for-testers#1013423" rel="nofollow - my post above : hunkeelin did not post any previous reviewing experience and was not admitted to the "qualified reviewers" pool. So there are only three candidates left (you, fatt and h0n1g) and you all win, regardless of the numbers you chose. Fatt withdrew and left his place to SmackDAT.


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Posted By: zeon
Date Posted: 01/31/2018 at 2:46pm
Wow :OO

I think I am very lucky :))


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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/31/2018 at 2:59pm
To summarise, here is the list of winners:

Skilled players (in alphabetical order):
  • NextLevel
  • patrickhrdlicka
  • SmackDAT
  • VictorK

Qualified reviewers:

  • h0n1g
  • Magic_M

Lucky testers:

  • zeon
  • ohwell
  • Kangp

I am sending your names to Nexy. As soon as I get instructions about ordering, I will PM them to you. In the meantime, if you didn't yet, please send me your shipping address. I will forward it to Nexy, so that they will be able to cross-check whether the people claiming the free blades are indeed the winners.



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Posted By: MCollins
Date Posted: 01/31/2018 at 3:15pm
Congrats to all the winners!  Looking forward to all the reviews Smile

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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 01/31/2018 at 3:15pm
Congrats to the winners!

If you did not win, are based in Europe, and would still like to test an ST Arche, please let me know http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=81654" rel="nofollow - by posting here .



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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 02/01/2018 at 5:32pm
Winners should all have received PM with ordering instructions. If not, PM me.


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Posted By: Magic_M
Date Posted: 02/02/2018 at 1:54am
Ordered Thumbs Up

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Posted By: h0n1g
Date Posted: 02/02/2018 at 3:48am
Ditto

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Posted By: BH-Man
Date Posted: 02/02/2018 at 4:11am
arg0, I think it all turned out pretty good. Gunna be a few smiling faces there.

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Posted By: ohwell
Date Posted: 02/02/2018 at 6:30am
Originally posted by BH-Man BH-Man wrote:

arg0, I think it all turned out pretty good. Gunna be a few smiling faces there.


A tiny step for fingers over a keyboard, a giant step for the Nexy-Brooklyn connection.


Posted By: BH-Man
Date Posted: 02/03/2018 at 3:29am
@OhWell,

If you mention the bridge, then it is mandatory to add a pic of people jumping off a bridge.


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Posted By: ohwell
Date Posted: 02/03/2018 at 9:53am
In our part of the borough, the real deal is to take a dip in the Gowanus...



Who knows, an unprotected arm swimming in there might mutate into tentacles that would put Ma Long’s forehand to shame.


Posted By: ohwell
Date Posted: 02/12/2018 at 3:06pm
Just got my Arche!

I wanted to report my bounce test.  Blade weighs 83.2g.  I'm getting: 1331Hz on the FH side, and 1336Hz on the BH size. The difference gets bigger if I use a larger window size for the analysis: with a 8192 size window (same audio file, about 8x times larger window) I get peaks at 1327hz on FH, and 1338hz on BH.  That's with 1 minute's worth of bounces on each side.

I'm not sure whether this difference between FH and BH is big enough to be significant - or whether it's due to factors I can't control for.  Would be curious to know what results other people get on bounce tests with BH vs FH.




Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 02/12/2018 at 4:16pm
Edit: I moved my reply to ohwell to http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=80761&PID=1014747&title=nexy-arche-review#1014747" rel="nofollow - here .


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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 02/12/2018 at 4:25pm
All, please post your impressions / reviews / discussions of Arche in this other thread:
http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=80761" rel="nofollow - Nexy Arche Reviews .

Sorry for the extra-large font. Ironically, I cannot make the link larger.


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