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I have been in contact with ITTF yesterday regarding this topic. This is a mistake that will be solved soon.
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This is a clown show. Has any software engineer heard of a document tested live like this LOL ?
You do not release a document that is still being tested as live to cause mass confusion.
They should have kept the old format until the new format of the document was 100% ready.
The confusion is caused because the document was partially ready (with 580 or so rubbers having sponge colors but others not etc.) but have an illusion that it was fully ready.
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The ITTF Referees and Umpires are informed about it.
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Where is this document that informs umpires located ?
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During the preparation process the certain columns were already added to the files while they are hidden on the frontpage. .
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No. These fields are clearly visible in the Excel & PDF files.
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ITTF has informed the brands that these (sponges and OX versions) will be officially tested from 01.01.2026.
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Are you saying that they will leave a test document as a final document for one more year (1.1.2026) ? LOL
Is this document going to be continually updated live ? If so they should remove the validity period statement at the top that says that this document is valid for the current year.
So what are they going to do ? Continually update all 3 versions (HTML, XLSX & PDF) live ? That is crazy
It would have made sense if they release the changes every 3 months like they did before (or at least every month).
We can sit here & argue all day but there is no point.
I am not an active umpire so I don't really care but I just stated how such serious errors in a very important document can lead to mass confusion for umpires & panic for pips players.
Because I received emails from pips haters who are already celebrating that OX pips rubbers are being scrutinized aggressively by the ITTF and many of them will be banned even after the mistake is fixed.
Many pips haters even claim that they will demand & insist that this document be treated as final document until error is fixed & I cannot blame them.
On the flip side most pips players feel that adding a column just for OX is a clear witch hunt & I cannot blame them either.
Because now pips haters start complaining & targetting each OX version.
Also it is not cleat to me when all these changes were authorized ? I do not see them authorized as a regulation change by the ITTF Executive council or as a rule change by general council at the 2024 AGM . Unless there was an EGM held after the AGM 2024 to approve these changes