Both sides would be exact matches to make it even but a series of various bumps, dips, ramps, angled walls and waves would be placed on an existing table to make play much more challenging for both players.

I think it might be more exciting to watch as well.
-- doctorremulac3, Dec 26 2023

Besides, players are getting way too good. https://youtube.com...si=YOow6p3sASI6CTnN
This might spice things up a bit. [doctorremulac3, Dec 26 2023]

This is an interesting, if perhaps overly woke, take on the subject https://www.hakuhod...pingpong-table.html
[21 Quest, Dec 27 2023]

The Himalayas https://en.wikipedi...ies%27_Putting_Club
[pocmloc, Dec 27 2023]

If you leave a ping pong table exposed to the weather long enough, this tends to happen naturally as the wood warps and bubbles form under the laminated surface.
-- 21 Quest, Dec 27 2023


I think I’ve actually seen that before. Maybe that’s where I got the idea.
-- doctorremulac3, Dec 27 2023


Cool link 21.
-- doctorremulac3, Dec 27 2023


A sort of solitaire ping pong could be played if the far side of the table contained numerous pop-up paddles operated by AI.
-- pertinax, Dec 27 2023


I would think lumpiness could be extended to any and all sports. Some already are, e.g. rally-car racing is basically a lumpy version of track racing. You could similarly have lumpy snooker, lumpy crown bowls, lumpy cricket, the possibilities are unlimitless. In St Andrews beside the Royal and Ancient there is the "ladies" putting green which is called the Himalayas, and which is basically a lumpy putting green, I went round it once and it is about as humourously entertaining as this idea.
-- pocmloc, Dec 27 2023


I think lumpy sports should be its own category.
-- doctorremulac3, Dec 27 2023


It doesn't need to be lumpy, just vary how bouncy/dead the surface is in various sections.

Now I come to think of it, that's just what a pro would refer to as "a bad table". Back when I played in semi-competitive pub pool leagues, the idiosyncrasies of the home table were a critical part of the game. There was a dead spot in one side cushion, and if you left the ball in one corner, the duke box would stop you getting your cue flat - particularly horrible if you can only access the top of the ball.
-- bs0u0155, Dec 27 2023



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