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ejprinz wrote:Friday, August 25 at 3:31 PM #184

* Equipment: Table tennis has a defined set of rules to follow. You are allowed to inspect the opponent's racket

Yes. But certain restrictions apply.
Umpire or opponent cannot ask to inspect opponent's racket unless there is chemical inspection equipment is present FIRST.
Chemical inspection comes before visual inspection because per ITTF rule 2.4.7, chemical inspection has priority since according to ITTF, spin glues & boosters are serious health hazards.

ejprinz wrote: you can have the opponent disqualified right there or at least ask for a different racket. Also if the rubber is not attached all the way (bad glue job) that's also against the rules.
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Yes, get your opponent disqaulified. Don't even play him or her or so you can advance or win by default LOL

ejprinz wrote: . Apart from that I think long pips are not too different from anti or a really old inverted rubber (they still are different as long pips can be bent and then have some spin).
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Are you not contradicting yourself ?
There is a significant difference between long pips & anti.
While both anti & ITTF LARC long pips are social rubbers, ITTF LARC long pips is better than anti. (Of course super long pips not on ITTF LARC are far superior for both blockers & choppers)

Anti is easier to use & easier way out (so the robpotNazis will hate you less) , long pips are functionally superior for close to the table blockers as well as away from the table choppers.

Long pips are harder to learn to use but also harder to play against but once you spend an year or two learning to use them, you have the advnatge

Also the spin contrast between the spinverted rubebr you may have on other side of you racket is higher when using a long pips racket compared to anti racket . So you get a higher dynamic range using a (spinverted + long pips) racket compared to a (spinverted+ anti) racket.
On the spin continuum scale, anti is next closest to spinverted & long pips sits on the other end of spin continuum