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I really appreciat you understang. i'm not even sure how to add friends on here but i would like to add you so can you send me a request. Thank you so much!

BarnabasG wrote: I really appreciat you understang. i'm not even sure how to add friends on here but i would like to add you so can you send me a request. Thank you so much!

HAHA! The TROLL has figured out that there is someone better than him.

there r plenty of ppl better then me, ur just not 1 of them!

mjamja wrote: I looked up Mr. Gonzalez rating history on the USATT website.   There is a Barnabas Gonzalez from Alabama with a 2yr playing history. Around 1070 to 1841 in one year and 2 months is really impressive.   He then maintained rating in the 1800 to 1850 range for next 9 months.  No rating data for 2010 yet.     I really wonder why posted video's seem to make people look lower rated than they are.  Do we tend to remember the really good shots and forget the bad ones of the people we play with often so that our internal reference for what a 1600 player looks like is really more like an 1800 one.   In looking at this video I would not have thought Mr. Gonzales was 1800 level.   I am rated around 1500 and when I look at my videos I tend to think it looks more like a 1300 player.   There could also be a some affect from low FPS rates making the movement look more jerky and less coordinated than we see in person.    Has anyone seen any video that makes a person look 200+ points higher rated than they actually are?   Mark

Yes, Anthony Chu, posted earlier in this thread.

Thank you so much 4 looking that up. i havnt played n a tourny once this year and now i'm super hungry 4 one. i'm playing in the Cary Cup and another tourny n Alabama the week after. hopefully i will go up, but we will see

Keep baiting him Dragon, you might get him to bite and have a ball when he shows up. He would enjoy the Baltimore/DC area as well, lots of joker a awitin' over there as well. On of my friends came down to Texas and didn't quite make the level he expected, (No sleep probably didn't help!) but when he went back to home ground, he shot up to the rating he expected. certain hotspots in USA are harder to get ratings points than others for sure. CA, TX, and MD are a few. We wouldn't be able to have this kind of talk and fun without the TT forums.

BarnabasG wrote: Just tell me where u live and dnt expect me to clean any floors 4 u unless u r that great.

For Barnabas has seen the light!See my signature? That's right buddy, it's me: Rabbit Fence 2lgt2quit.

Get your mop and bucket Mr. Gonzales, my show court needs to be clean by tomorrow evening.

played in the teams tourny and beat sum ppl from cali, talk trash to sum1 who cares. i dnt need a coach to beat you.

icontek wrote: Barnabas; � But I would remind you that internet forums are not AOL instant messenger nor are they text messages (it's not an immdiate dialogue and there is no character limit). You will likely find that the abbreviations and shortcuts that helped save time in the former mediums will cost you both credibility and comprehension when discussing topics on a message board frequented by folks accross the globe (many of whom speak english as a second language). � So�I ask for�all of our sakes, that you take the time to use grammar and punctuation fits the medium you are using. I'm not asking for essays with perfect spelling, but the use of shorthand in a forum is unnecessary.

I was going to say that.   Thanks!   Probably thinks he's cooler than all of us...   

Not sure what you are bragging about. Your video clearly show your laughable skills. I guess that you used to beat the same low rank player to build up your ranking. LOL.

LOL you are a real joke. Please tell me how i can get my lvl up just by beating lower level players. do you even play table tennis. you are making yourself sound stupid. Thanks for making me feel smart!

Dude, i'm doing great. how are you?

I honestly think the USA would be better off with a ranking list, rather than an all inclusive ratings system. Everyones results stored and processed, and only the top 500 players results published. The points total of each player fluctuating within current activity, any non activity for a given period results in exclusion. It would stop all this rubbish anyway, as everone with half a brain knows only too well, respect as a player in earned over time on the table in competition, not because you are a '1500' '1900' or '2200' player, in a country the size of the USA most of you have never seen each other let alone played each other. In the English ranking list I have played 115 of the current top 200 players, if I don't play I go off after 6 months, but stay on the computer for two yrs, after that I don't have a rating. Non of this bullsh*t, I'm better than you crap, we have to prove it on the table, and we're only as good as our last win. 

bumpernets19 wrote: good suggestion apw, just wish it would stand...as it does not affect me anyways as I am well out of the top 500...probably top 100,000

APW46 wrote: I honestly think the USA would be better off with a ranking list, rather than an all inclusive ratings system. Everyones results stored and processed, and only the top 500 players results published. The points total of each player fluctuating within current activity, any non activity for a given period results in exclusion. It would stop all this rubbish anyway, as everone with half a brain knows only too well, respect as a player in earned over time on the table in competition, not because you are a '1500' '1900' or '2200' player, in a country the size of the USA most of you have never seen each other let alone played each other. In the English ranking list I have played 115 of the current top 200 players, if I don't play I go off after 6 months, but stay on the computer for two yrs, after that I don't have a rating. Non of this bullsh*t, I'm better than you crap, we have to prove it on the table, and we're only as good as our last win.  on the issue of ratings, there is usually a big difference in standards of a player who is rapidly improving, and a player who has levelled off/stopped improving, even if they have the same rating, because the improving player cannot instantly reflect his improvement in his results, there is always a lag due to the time delay of available events and results being processed.

People would still know their rating, right? I mean they are calculated so that the federation can compile the 500 list - so why not make them all public?

I am not saying I like this rating worship thing that goes on in some (especially young) minds. But people who like to watch the ratings will watch something even if the ratings are not public. It's just your basic immaturity... also ratings can be a useful tool in measuring one's progress - especially for amateurs. The top 20 probably are not interested in ratings - first, they played this for so long they don't care anymore, secondly they all know who plays what level so it doesn't really matter for them if someone among them drops 50 points or gains 30...