[Ludwig]

To clarify: I love playing hardbat against players using that kind of rubber too or an other rubber not very fast or spinny. If I have to play with hardbat against somebody using modern fast and spinny rubbers, I feel I am too disadvantaged. That is the reason I play a allround chinese rubber in competition instead of hardbat.
A high tension oe fast freshglued rubber used by me or by my opponent puts me at a disadvantage, too. I am not good enough to get the ball back on the table consistently using that kind of rubber and not good enough returning balls coming at me that fast and rotating.
But I can understand, that someone able to handle high speed and spin would prefer the modern rubbers and would feel handicap using old fashioned tools.