[Arkanius]

Dear Mr Sahara,

there are a few problems concerning your chain of arguments.

1. You put forward that many altered(cheated) their pimple rubbers

=> so do all sorts of players by glueing etc.

2. You banned the glueing and your are able to controlle it through enez and the next generation facility(which detects booster)

=> for long pimple rubbers there is a lack for such a controll facility

As a result of this on the amateur level where there is hardly an official referee you have huge trouble within the league games. Protest, Counter protest etc. The victims are not the ones who cheat(by whatever method), but all the others

3. By banning speedglue defenders have goten better chances in competion

=> Most players though produce less spin by this with their strokes(so less spin to invert through pimples). Furthermore the attacking stroke is getting shorter. Defender like Wang Xi(most efficient defender in German DTTL) were located to far away from the table. Thus the have to move more towards the table. In conclusion by a reduced distance from the table the game is still as fast as before. Nevertheless it is on the pro level still not possible to defend with two inverted rubbers. So why should it be on the amateur level(although there are quite a few defenders on this level- but they were capable even before the ban). In addtion through stuff like Tensor or the new Spring sponge speed glueers get something by the industry in exchange. With pimples it`s not possible because of al the regulations on aspect ration etc. pp.

4. By larger balls and higher nets noone will improf the chances for defenders(as we all know the 40 mm ball was an even greater disadvantage for the defender than it was for the attacker)

5. It was not my decision to ban these rubbers and i cannot rely just on comments from frictionless long pimple rubbers from Germany. Combined with your statement that everyone around the world should decide on which rules he/she uses( example you sent 38mm balls to the US for years).

=> This is correct MR Sahara but please outline then to all members of the ITTF this procedure. The DTTB will follow all orders by the ITTF. The federal TT associations will follow the DTTB. It is a vicious circle in which noone will step up and put forward their own rules(not even on local level).

6. Many players complained about frictionless long pimples( a play normal long pimples for about a year= i am just twenty so do not wonder why i play long pimples on the backhand[it was my stronger side and it still is]).

I do not like backspin choppers. Many other people do not do either. Will you ban that too( do not take is serious please= I know you will not)[but it hints at an arguement] We just cannot therefore ban a whole rubbertype( i know you do not banned a type but set restrictions on the friction but by doing so you more or less bannde a kind of was to play table tennis)

In the end( i never played frictionless long pimples) we should try to allow a hugh plurality of ways to play table tennis. To play it fair. Playing frictionless Pimples was not unfair. But by the cheating of a few people within the table tennis family ,punishing all,(which used this kind of rubbers), is unfair yourselves.

Sincerely

Curl P1r Long Pimple Player

P.S To look back in 2 to 3 years can be to late for many(many of the people playing frictionless long pimples are older and less sporty) Give them a chance to compete with all the others. Because when you age beyond a certain age it is almost impossible to learn and adept to something new( and to play long pimples is a huge difference in compairison to play inverted rubbers- in handling and the whole feeling for the ball. But playing frictionless long pimples is almost a different sport. Apart from Akerström and Neubauer no professional or even semi professional player( for Example Solja who is not even 20) was able to take the step back from frictionless long pimples to jsut normal ones. Never ever imagine what they would play like if they had to switch to inverted rubbers.