Thanks jim_jim.
I will be away overseas later today and be back only next Thursday.
You guys have fun at SETTC.

Cheers.

anybody going to settc today?

All the best to those who join the Lowyat TT Ranking Tourney April 2012.

I'd like to join, but seriously, WHY DURING PC FAIR WEEKEND?? No mood liao...

And, is the point system copied directly from Yahoo! online games? It's interesting, but I think it's better to either choose to have tourney WITHOUT the point system OR league style WITH point system, because the tourney seems to be just a one-time event with *limited* slots for participants; the league style will be something to the effect of monthly/bi-monthly gathering and points counted ONLY for games happened during the gathering time. Sounds more interesting (and reasonable) to me. Another question is the point rank: I propose the ranking system in tiers, eg. 1000 as base, >1199 as +1, >1399 as +2, >799 as -1 etc with point gain advantages challenging higher ranks. That way it's more organized.

Regarding venue, I noticed quite a few playing at SETTC on regular basis. It's a little far for me to reach, so personally, I prefer either Ling's place or Union.

Anyway, let me know if my suggestions make sense, and I look forward to the tourney NOT DURING PC FAIR WEEKEND. Thanks, and pardon my CAPS...

very likely to join second 1, hehe but need to see venue and date

Hmm.. the point system is just come out from my mind without referring to any point game system available in the net..Maybe coincidentally related.. not sure.

I will try get Union if we cannot make it to union then we will choose star elite as the place and it will be held during 15 April Sunday. You need to work during that day? PC fair...maybe you can join next tourney during June.

You can elaborate more on the ranking system of tiers that you mention. Maybe your idea is more suitable for our ranking system.

I kind of agree with kuntilanak that with the point system in place, a league style fits better than tournament style.

Meaning there are just a set number of rounds ('round robin'), so everyone that turns up knows they will play say 4 matches. This may be better because last time some people travelled to Viva only to get knocked out after 2 matches. This way everyone plays the same amount, and yeah, points are won and lost.

interesting...wanna play in august? fasting month....

I just wanna 'lepak' at PC Fair. But Sunday... I always play at VIVA on Sundays... Not very keen on playing at Union. Been there twice with friend. 3 flights of stairs is a killer. And I heard that they utilize weekends for training/coaching sessions. Anyway, do let me know soon so I can make up my mind.

As for the point system, I was thinking that since the tourney has limited slots (for the time being, I suppose), and not everyone plays the same number of games, thus a little awkward. If it's league style, then it's like, let's say, 10 person showed up on a day, all challenge 'suka-sama-suka', then the score is written out on a board somewhere. Something to the effect of a club meet-up. Then there is the incentive for cross-rank matches, such as

Same rank = win/lose 10 points
Difference of 1 tier = win/lose 15/10 (for lower tier) and 10/15 (for higher tier)
Difference of 2 tiers = win/lose 20/10 (for lower tier) and 10/20 (for higher tier)
Difference of 3 tiers = win/lose 25/5 (for lower tier) and 5/25 (for higher tier)
etc...

It's just an example. And preferably no reset for points because it will be unfair to those that has earned their points through all their hard works.

Thanks for the support. I'd prefer points for the league style and tourney as a separate event (no points involved). Or another way, we start of with league only and limit only certain ranks can take part in tourney for some massive point shift. Maybe unrealistic and complicated, but it'll feel more like playing RPG. Hehehe... Me play too many RPG...

Hello all,

I also play ping pong but slowing down already (I mean the reflex la, the "main" still laju ).

Hello ladies,

I see some inquiries here about playing for fun. I can help finding places in KL area and also help in term of playing/stroke for fun. I have informally train woman player before.

Again this is not serious tranining or charge money training. But you guys do have to cover the table rent etc. Those who want serious training, I can introduce to sifu there. Personally I never seriously train also because for me PingPong is for fun. We stroke, we play game for point. Kalah menang we happy!

Just PM me.

For the guys,

I can take 1 or 2 more who want to play in subang SHT area, usually starting 6pm. We play weekdays and sometime on weekends. When to play usually decided randomly if we have the time. So "be on your feet" kind of arrangement and just come when sms is sent. No need to pay anything for the this. The Malay will say just come and bawak "teluq" only (and your favorite bat lah ).

Thanks and good day!

IMHO, firstly decide the venue - if many players feel that Union or SETTC or Ling's place is convenient, then that is the venue for LYN 2.0 game.

Next, league format or tournament format.
In view of the points accumulation and having the future games in mind, then a league format will be preferred. IMO, the pros (advantages) are everyone play the same number of games and can be measured against each other. This format will determine the players ranking. The cons (disadvantages) are all players involved must participate in all the games organised, whether in April or June etc. Else the ranking will not correspond to the participants as some may played in April & June, some April - August etc. or some may played in the month of April only.

Lowyat Table Tennis League Tourney April 2012

Those want to join just give me name and says " I want to join "

Venue: Star Elite Table Tennis

Cannot get to Union cause they only free during night time Saturday and Sunday.
We already tried in Uncle Ling place gold medal sports. Now we trying other places. So we select Star Elite. I am pretty sure lots of people never been to this place.

Number of table: 5 tables.
Date:15th April 2012 (Sunday)

Time: 8.30am to 10.30am or 11.30am

Official Ball Use: Butterfly 3 Star
Each game 5 sets. Whoever get 3 sets win. If 3~0 must stop the game already scared not enough time.

All rules follow official ITTF.

(Every one join will get base 1000 as base points. All 16 players can play round robin with each other) No elimination round for this tournament.) ~The more you play the higher ranks you can get.

*The ranking system is not same as ITTF format.
*No restriction of players. Even you are newbie, average player,district, state or national also can join.

For now we will set maximum player 16 people. Even if not enough 16 people we will still proceed with the game but bare in mind if less people maybe each of us need to fork out more for the table rental.

For prizes i will adjust accordingly. There will be table tennis goods, example such as table tennis balls butterfly, nitakku premium 3 star.

This is the base calculation.
Table rental if not mistaken each table per hour at is rm 6 per hour. if three table for three hours. = RM54 (if we can finish earlier and if i get discount for the table rental I will add into the prizes section. Not sure how much is Star Elite I will try to get same price as before...

As for Star Elite table rental previously there are some people organize tournament there. They charge rm 200 for 2 tables for 3 hours. So if 5 tables it is going to be much more expensive. Is a little bit more expensive cause this place is much more wider and is air condition. Or you guys wants to walk in rm8 per person. RM 128

Rm 8 * 16 = RM 128

Still the same everyone fork out rm 10

Total = Rm 160
Provided if got 16 people each people fork out rm10


RM 160 -rm128 = rm 32

1st price RM 15 worth of table tennis goods
2nd price rm 10 worth of table tennis goods
3rd price rm 7 worth of table tennis goods

Or you guys don't want price and the price only be given during December.

As you can see the price is getting lesser and smaller.. if you guys want to contribute rm 15 we can set this for the next tournament.

*Prize giving for Dec month to three highest ranking points.

to be announce...


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League Points for Lowyat Table Tennis
This tournament will be two month once. (For people to train and prepare for next tournament two month can see alot of different if you train everyday)
This tournament ranking system will be as stated below:

Same rank = win/lose 10 points
Difference of 1 rank = win/lose 15/10 (for lower tier) and 10/15 (for higher tier)
Difference of 2 rank = win/lose 20/10 (for lower tier) and 10/20 (for higher tier)
Difference of 3 rank = win/lose 25/5 (for lower tier) and 5/25 (for higher tier)
Difference of 4 rank = win/lose 30/5 (for lower tier) and 5/30 (for higher tier)
Between Subtier challenge will be plus minus 5 points


Example rank Novice 1000 fight with rank novice 1400
Notice they are in same rank but is in different subtiers so win or lose will be 10 points and additional 5 points will be awarded to winner and deduction of additional 5 points for the loser.

if Novice 1000 win novice 1400

novice 1000 will get 10 points plus 5 points extra total will be 1015
novice 1400 will minus 10 points. minus 5 so total will be 1385

if between same rank and same subtiers there will be no plus minus 5 points.

example novice 1000 fight with novice 1090
win or lose both party will be awarded or will be deducted 10 points.

This value will bring forward to next game. until the end of the Tournament. and the value will bring forward to the next league tournament which is the month of June, August, Oct, December 2012

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Challenger between different ranks

1000 (Novice)
Subtiers 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400

1500 (Beginner)
Subtiers 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900

2000 (Intermediate)
Subtiers 2100, 2200, 2300, 2400

2500 (Advance)
Subtiers 2600, 2700, 2800, 2900

3000 and above (Expert/Elite)

Points will not reset. you can play with anyone you like during the league tournament but can only play once during that league. Cannot play with the same player over and over again to accumulate points.
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Participant Lists
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1) K2002
2) forgot_86
3) Asica
4) Mexteman
5) Dazzems
6) Deadevil
7) pingpang
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Location info by jim_jim



This post has been edited by K2002: Apr 14 2012, 01:04 PM


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Wow, you really copy every single word from my post. Thanks for the appreciation. But I think you may need to elaborate further than 3-tier difference... Just saying...

On the note on point system, I'd like to suggest 2 more things:
1) Tier rank for each player will be based on the point they have at the beginning of the game day, not after each game. This is to ease up the calculation of point gain/lost.

2) Smaller tier gap, ie 1000, 1250, 1500 ect seems more logical. Imagine, in order to reach from novice to beginner, you need to win consecutively 50 games. And each day we can play, the most, say 5 different opponents, so it'll take 10 rounds/days to reach. It'll take forever to reach the next tier, not to mention higher tiers, as others would most likely be lower then you.

Hmmm, 8.30am for tourney? Seems too early for me. I'll pass then...

I am ok with this. But I havent been there. So maybe few days before tournament can provide full address or map for directions.
Since start 8.30am, if sesat really cannot make it in time

Hi semua!

l want to join, please put me in, TQ

Participant Lists
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1) K2002
2) forgot_86
3) Asica
4) dazzems
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Cheers to K2002 again for hard work.

Let me say an unbiased review, for those that have never been to Star Elite, it is quite easy to find (easier than Uncle Lings for me), there is parking (street and nearby underground which is never full), 5 tables with some air-con. So overall, I think it is quite good

Also I'm sure I speak for everyone when I hope that jim_jim can make it this time. Competition is the best way to improve even further right?

This post has been edited by Asica: Apr 7 2012, 09:27 PM

Left 1 more week and there's only few guys ?

l want to join ! DeadEvil

Please take some video at the final match.

This post has been edited by jim_jim: Apr 9 2012, 11:20 AM

Pingpang - I want to join.



Lowyat Table Tennis League Tourney April 2012

Those want to join just give me name and says " I want to join "

Venue: Star Elite Table Tennis.

Date:15th April 2012 (Sunday)

Time: 8.30am to 10.30am or 11.30am

Official Ball Use: Butterfly 3 Star

Participant Lists
************

1) K2002
2) forgot_86
3) Asica
4) dazzems
5) deadevil
6) pingpang
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
13)
14)
15)
16

Newbei here, can any one suggest where can I buy table tennis divider ? need to get few for my son school. Thanks.