Video: Debraj wielding Palio Thors :-) club match

yes... i played with blitz on my bh for about 3-4 month, around 4 years back when it first came out.

tensors have moved through 2 or 3 generations after that. And naturally modern tensors with similar sponge hardness have 2 advantages over blitz..

- they are even more tamed in the short game.
- and they retain their peak performance longer

i never played grip s.... so can't compare. Palio thors major problem is mid range counter-looping is very difficult due to weird behavior. And also these days i like sightly softer sponge among the hard sponges.

Rasant Turbo's hardness is heavenly if feel its not too hard, and not too medium.which is what is like.

I can compare it with many rubbers... but just because most people understand it... i will compare say it feels to me like a:
- "heavily" tuned 37 degree H2
- or a marginally harder and grippier Tenergy 64

This rubber gives me the confidence of landing a FH stroke sooo much... that my brain can completely focus on the quality of speed and spin and placement, instead worrying about landing the shot. does that make sense? :)

but at the same time the short game is very good.. and slow and fast opening loops are very spinny.

hey debraj....nice to hear that....would it be possible for you to compare Thors with Grip-S? 

Hi Regiz....I haven't just restarted playing. I have continued playing in patches all throughout. I have just restarted EJing and thus was interested in Thors once again. I have played with both Shark and Grip-S and in my opinion, they are nowhere close to each other. But then, that's just my take!

Hey Debraj....Sorry for opening this thread once again! I am returning to the game once again, after a long long break. Would you happen to remember what the final verdict on Palio Thor's was? I am looking to replace my dead rubbers on Galaxy T2 with something new. What would you recommend? Also, given that I have played with Grip-S before, would you be able to compare Thor's with Grip-S?

Not sure why I missed the follow up replies to my post here, but thanks Debraj and Anton.

Is there any reason you want this video to be private?  If you have a look at my table tennis homepage you will see that I believe Palio is important enough to have it featured. :) If it is a problem then you ought to turn off the feature that says allow to be embedded.

I have also included Metal viper who I suggest the same thing to.

I mean I have seen other websites embed lots of my videos and all the comments with them directly into a webpage which doesnt bother me really as long as you can see where it came from.

Nicefrog has infected "tenergy club".  Although to be honest half the people come to my site looking for info about tenergy and the other half for substiutes anyway. 

So I should really change the name to tenergy x club? 

All the same I appreciated the chance to finally see Debraj play.


Edited by bozbrisvegas - 12/13/2010 at 5:08pm

thanks haggisv... i wish i could hide my tummy and replace it with a avatar... :) ..

Tinykin_2 wrote: Good, viewed it. Well done. Those barriers look interesting.

Good, viewed it. Well done.

should be okay now.... !! ... yeah i will make it private after you guys see it. 

Tinykin_2 wrote: I can't see the video. The msg reads " This video is private. Is there a way to work around?

Yes same here... did you change the privacy settings debraj?

Debraj has given a precise deviation for his rating - 1800 plus/minus 50.

30fps...to save space

jinbei wrote: hi Debraj i don't want to be impolit but i've don't understand all in the video, you say you have 1650 points you and your friends.When i see the video i think you have not this level ( for me 9 ) And your friend speak french ( i'm french) and your  location his USA. Sorry if i'm desagreable.

jinbei - it is nearly impossible to judge players rating level by looking at their video. So we have stopped (almost ) doing that here, on the forum.

debraj wrote: .. but my first game recorded with my new kodak zx3. hope to record some higher level game with better players soon. :)