Why I strongly oppose treated pips, cured pips, solidified pips or microwaved pips etc
Posted: July 29th, 2025, 1:52 pm
Don’t mistake me. I strongly support actual long pips that are not listed on ITTF LARC
So why do I strongly oppose treated pips, cured pips, solidified pips or microwaved pips etc ?
Actually it is more about the robotNazi crooks who cheat with illegal boosters & spein glues rather than the treated or cured pips themselves.
If you did not know, ITTF banned spein glues & boosters in 2008 NOT primarily because of performance reasons. It is primarily because of health reasons.
But the problem is this > the robotNazishave been using treated pips as an excuse to justify their cheating with spein glues & boosters. Even though there are about 200 booster cheats for every pip treated cheat.
Also note that ITTF NEVER EVER said that treated pips are hazardous to public health. They only said the vapors from VOC boosters & spein glues on unhealthy.
However the issue is that robotNazis have continued to claim that treated pips are a problem in the sport ever since mid 1990s when they passed the Durban Aspect Ratio Regulation in 1998 blaming a handful of players who had microwaved their TSP P1 Curl (the classic version not P1v or Pir) .
ITTF used this as an excuse to ban almost every chopper pro , semi-pro or even advanced level to also cleverly ban Feint Long Classic.
So two wrongs don’t make it a right. Just because illegal spein gluing & boosting is an epidemic in table tennis that still does not justify using treated pips , even if ITTF never said treat treated pips are unhealthy.
Pips players should seek alternate solutions such as using actual long pips instead of ITTF LARC slim (flex) pips . Pips players should work with manufacturers in providing effective non-treated long pips just as effective as treated slim (flex) pips. This eliminates all the excuse for robotNazis claiming that pips players are cheating & so their cheating with illegal boosters is also justified even if it is unhealthy.
Yes it is easier to see for an umpire to ban you if you use non-treated pips but also not on ITTF LARC . But if the umpires and ITTF bans you but will perform zero chemical inspection on booster cheats, then it is on the conscience of ITTF.
I strongly urge all pips players to start using new long pips (but also not treated) that are not on ITTF LARC .
Additionally you could also demand that Dr.Neubauer bring back all the rubbers banned by the 2008 Frictionless Pips ban .
You should demand Butterfly & Victas make the banned versions of Feint Long Classic & TSP Curl p1 until they can come up with actual long pips that are fair in the 40+ plastic ball era after the 14 rule and regulation changes by the ITTF since 1977 to limit pips players.
Indonesia & China can also contribute greatly in this respect. First they should stop making treated pips & start making no treated pips.
China already makes some decent non-treated long pips that works decently in the 40+ plastic ball era . These are non treated actual long pips rubbers like Globe Mo Wang 3 & Mo Avalox or the Yinhe Young (the 2.50 mm length version) . These rubbers work better for at the table blockers much better than useless slim (flex) pips on ITF LARC such as Tibhar Dtec OX . For the away from the table chopper the ONLY non-treated actual long pips seems to be decent is Magic 77
But these rubbers still need lot of improvement though these Chinese manufacturers can do them easily by modifying certain pip design parameters but without resorting to treated pips .
But pips people please please stop using treated pips so that you do not give robotNazis any excuses. Pips players definitely deserve better pips rubber than those useless dysfunctional social slim (flex) pips listed on ITTF LARC such as crap like Tibhar Dtec Ox (for at the table blockers) & Feint Long 2 & 3 & TSP Curl P1r or Victas P1v .
But treated pips is not a good solution. If you use them it makes you no different than the robotNazi booster cheating crooks.
So why do I strongly oppose treated pips, cured pips, solidified pips or microwaved pips etc ?
Actually it is more about the robotNazi crooks who cheat with illegal boosters & spein glues rather than the treated or cured pips themselves.
If you did not know, ITTF banned spein glues & boosters in 2008 NOT primarily because of performance reasons. It is primarily because of health reasons.
But the problem is this > the robotNazishave been using treated pips as an excuse to justify their cheating with spein glues & boosters. Even though there are about 200 booster cheats for every pip treated cheat.
Also note that ITTF NEVER EVER said that treated pips are hazardous to public health. They only said the vapors from VOC boosters & spein glues on unhealthy.
However the issue is that robotNazis have continued to claim that treated pips are a problem in the sport ever since mid 1990s when they passed the Durban Aspect Ratio Regulation in 1998 blaming a handful of players who had microwaved their TSP P1 Curl (the classic version not P1v or Pir) .
ITTF used this as an excuse to ban almost every chopper pro , semi-pro or even advanced level to also cleverly ban Feint Long Classic.
So two wrongs don’t make it a right. Just because illegal spein gluing & boosting is an epidemic in table tennis that still does not justify using treated pips , even if ITTF never said treat treated pips are unhealthy.
Pips players should seek alternate solutions such as using actual long pips instead of ITTF LARC slim (flex) pips . Pips players should work with manufacturers in providing effective non-treated long pips just as effective as treated slim (flex) pips. This eliminates all the excuse for robotNazis claiming that pips players are cheating & so their cheating with illegal boosters is also justified even if it is unhealthy.
Yes it is easier to see for an umpire to ban you if you use non-treated pips but also not on ITTF LARC . But if the umpires and ITTF bans you but will perform zero chemical inspection on booster cheats, then it is on the conscience of ITTF.
I strongly urge all pips players to start using new long pips (but also not treated) that are not on ITTF LARC .
Additionally you could also demand that Dr.Neubauer bring back all the rubbers banned by the 2008 Frictionless Pips ban .
You should demand Butterfly & Victas make the banned versions of Feint Long Classic & TSP Curl p1 until they can come up with actual long pips that are fair in the 40+ plastic ball era after the 14 rule and regulation changes by the ITTF since 1977 to limit pips players.
Indonesia & China can also contribute greatly in this respect. First they should stop making treated pips & start making no treated pips.
China already makes some decent non-treated long pips that works decently in the 40+ plastic ball era . These are non treated actual long pips rubbers like Globe Mo Wang 3 & Mo Avalox or the Yinhe Young (the 2.50 mm length version) . These rubbers work better for at the table blockers much better than useless slim (flex) pips on ITF LARC such as Tibhar Dtec OX . For the away from the table chopper the ONLY non-treated actual long pips seems to be decent is Magic 77
But these rubbers still need lot of improvement though these Chinese manufacturers can do them easily by modifying certain pip design parameters but without resorting to treated pips .
But pips people please please stop using treated pips so that you do not give robotNazis any excuses. Pips players definitely deserve better pips rubber than those useless dysfunctional social slim (flex) pips listed on ITTF LARC such as crap like Tibhar Dtec Ox (for at the table blockers) & Feint Long 2 & 3 & TSP Curl P1r or Victas P1v .
But treated pips is not a good solution. If you use them it makes you no different than the robotNazi booster cheating crooks.