Baal wrote:
There is a thing called ITTF. Google is a
thing. |
My question was NOT about current LARC.
BTW I do not know where the previous LARCs are and how to
find them and that is why I am asking for your help.
Finally I am asking about specific categories of rubber
that were affected by a specific change by ITTF such as
1. Aspect Ratio
thingy of 1998
2. Pip Density Limitation
of 2002 (or so)
3. Frictionless Pips ban of
2008
4. Just banned for fun or
other reasons anytime (such as bamboo slash pips etc)
Another problem is that Internet
was at its infancy in 1998 let alone 1995 & Al Gore kept it a secret at
least from me & I do not know what Al Gore was doing in 1983 LOL . If
internet had been around at even a little more developed stage in 1995 , I am
200% sure the failed Aspect Ratio thingy of 1995 Tianjin BGM would not
have passed at Durban (South Africa) secret ITTF meeting by the closest of margins (a two vote difference) as more
voters on council would have understood the true agenda & intentions of the
proponents of that change (Eberhard Scholer & Dr.Harrison). The playing public and even top choppers were
caught by total surprise since it already failed & the whole Durban
process was kept a secret
Not all the information is
available on WWW, and Google is not the only search engine. How many people
even here know the legacy components of of the WWW other than internet, such as Gopher,
(RSTT on) USENET (DEJA) etc. ? Digging up as much information about
a specific issue is a collaborative effort by many people (as many
posters on this group) and not just using one search engine any just typing in
a phrase. You talk like a young person at a job interview who when was asked if
had a college degree, answered by saying “No but I have Google”. Of course most
posters will start ripping me to pieces based on personal agendas using
internet and forum etiquette as excuses and there is not much I can do about
it.
Most young posters here have no
clue of the history of oppression of pimples especially defensive styles &
most older players are afraid to speak up for fear of retribution &
becoming social outcasts. I never
participate in TT forums but I noticed that there was another hot thread on
this forum that discusses ITTF friction testing issue & I thought this is a
proper time to bring it up. In UK we are a little more familiar than in Canada
or USA, about the shock waves & resentment that the Two Color Rule &
Aspect Ratio thingy caused but had been silenced by the ITTF and forgotten by
even older pimple players & new young pimple players have no clue of this history
of ongoing oppression of pimple users. How many posters even here know about
the pip density restriction change of (circa) 2002. Where can you even find more
information about this ? Yeah right
Google it.
For example if you look at the
history of table tennis page on ITTF website, you will see that almost all the
above changes have been cleverly excluded
Check if the above ITTF webpage even mentions any of the following items that affects pimple players :-
1. 1983 Two Color Rule
2. 1995 Ban of speed Glue & immediate reversal
3. 1998 Aspect Ratio (failed at 1995 BGM)
4. 2000 40 mm ball (failed in prior BGM or AGM)
5. 2002 Pip density restriction
6. 2008 Frictionless pimple ban
7. 2015 Elimination of celluloid balls for less spinny poly balls
Those who cannot https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Remember" rel="nofollow - remember the https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Past" rel="nofollow - past are condemned to repeat it.
- This famous statement has produced many https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/paraphrase" rel="nofollow - paraphrases and variants:
- Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
- Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes.
- Those who do not read history are doomed to repeat it.
- Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors are destined to repeat them.
- Those who do not know history's mistakes are doomed to repeat them.
Obviously this does not apply to pimpled table tennis players
More to come