friction limits on table surface

What I noticed is that the table surface is very grippy - it was showing incredible amounts of resistance when I dragged my finger across it, and it even left a mark on it - the thing is almost like a tacky rubber in itself!

My experience was that this is incredibly disadvantageous for good servers because all serves, no matter how spinny it initially is, just became kinda no spin on the table (although the trajectory changes significantly). It also really hurts close table attackers because any kind of heavier topspin stroke simply skids very quickly after hitting the table - the ball really jumps hard at you, and benefits mid distance defensive blockers /rally players because any incoming topspin will have quite a lot of pace to borrow, and even heavy topspin becomes low spin balls after the bounce (yikes!)

Was just wondering if there was a standard for friction on table surfaces?

Question: is it really true that increasing net height would kill the LP choppers? Hitters would suffer as their opportunities for a straight line hitting the table would happen less but I can imagine loopers and choppers having about the same problems to adapt, the point being if we want to increase the length of rallies that make the game more enjoyable per many people (I do like ninja/kung fu 3rd ball kills following a cunny serve but it's not about me), grippier tables can be seen as a godsend because they increase shot safety and control strokes.

The real question is where do we want the game to go? When I see PB players taking over, I want to go further in spin and the grippier tables idea  is a nice way to get there.

In an action movie -I forgot the title- a father asks his son in the middle of a go game "What do we do when we cannot get out?" and the son answers "We got to go further in."

Question: what about covering the table with table tennis rubber? Now we're talking! ok silly joke...