risk slice

[VillaJ100]

Hi All

Petrelli83 has explained to me what and what i cant do in regards to R2 risk slice. So now i am learning to adapt my game and in training to do so for fair play with ITST rules. L2 is okay apparently but not every shot so now i am learning to adapt to L1 L2 & R1 using only R2 & L1 on serve. Sure it hasnt been easy so i have stopped playing WT for a moment to concentrate on re learning my strokes.

I created my first sim the other day i must admit i am hooked on Sim allready as i use him every time for practice at the moment Lol.

Will be in training for a while as the adaption will take some time to perfect so will see you guys in tournament when i know i am ready as i am not coming to play with my pants down

Can some one tell me if ITST have any paraphernalia which we can order clothing hats etc.

PS Ovhij Rocks

But what would you answer if somebody asked you the question "Stefan Edberg?"

[djarvik]

Thats the real test. The right answer guarantees acceptance!

[stoichkov92160]

Hey,
I read all the thing you've written about the way I was playing during the Napoly Challenger.
I wanted to say that i'm truly sorry. I read again the rules and now i'm confused because I hadn't read them carefully before the Napoly Tournament. That's why I was using slice returns and short slices.

I'm coming from the World Tour and I managed to get to the first place there because I adapted the way I play to my opponents there. Most of the players in the WT were playing with 100 for forehands backhands serves and returns. You can easily understand that slices were the only way to survive to their missiles.

The Hoff -> I'm sorry too. I didn't know that stepping on the baseline was considered as cheesy

puttu -> Je t'ai déja envoyé un message en privé

ovhij -> I apologized and you told me it was ok for you. And now that I have found this topic I can see that you're telling the contrary and that you want to play a fair match ect... Quite hypocritical, isn't it ?

Now I'm training in order to be as competitive as I can be on the ITST tour playing fairly. That's hard

[GOA MASTER MDMA]

my opinion is that the risk slice is a very cheap shot-and too much using risk slice makes the match boring - thats absolutly right
but its not against the rules -same way like permanently risk return, or permanently LT2 moonballs ,permanently doublerisks ,or drop shots every 3 point!!
thats all legal to use -

i like that stoichkov will change his stil -
and indeed stoichkov by itst you must not play permanently risk slice . itst is not WT .
here (nearly) every player is playing fair . so you can create a fair matchstrategie to play this guys in a fair way .
its not WT where cheater use every glitch or every other advandage (connectbreaker) to got the win .

itst is different here stoichkov

at all risk sliceing is not against the rules - riskslice is boring ,

its your own decision to change your style - i hope you understand me and you will change your style from yourself to be a respectfull player and member by itst

[NEUTRONOStar]

Hi All

Just wanted to ask is it ok to return with L2 slice and when does L2 Slice become cheesy. Just asking guys as i want to make sure i play fairly.

Also short L2 slices i can see is slower but also can be effective please let me know your thoughts.

[maximo]

Hi All

Just wanted to ask is it ok to return with L2 slice and when does L2 Slice become cheesy. Just asking guys as i want to make sure i play fairly.

Also short L2 slices i can see is slower but also can be effective please let me know your thoughts.

u can return with L2 slice, L2 slice is not considered cheesy.

[NEUTRONOStar]

Hi All

It seems that Risk slice is causing controversy and that some players do not want to listen in regards to using R2 Slicing.

Could the ITST team change the rule to outlaw R2 Slice then that would stop all problems before certain players hit the tour or does the ITST team feel this will open a can of worms of people saying this when someone did that.

[AUSSIE_FABS]

I must admit i do it sometime most of the time it is when i was intending on hitting R2 O or X and they hit it harder/deeper or shorter than I thought so I have to slice but I still have finger on trigger. It leads to a few unforced errors on my part but most of the time it neutralises the rally.

[captainpetrufo]

writing all this here is a lie, just playing with MAXOPO and the highlights of the game used Risk slice three times in tie break and again for break my service. After everything that was written in this forum, I decided to stop using Risk slice, and I think that great players do not use it, so caught my attention this unfair attitude. If any of the big players decide to use it, please use it throughout the match and not during the most difficult points to hide a gun difficult to control. Thks. Obviosuly i lost 7-6 6-4

[Andymachine]

Well u should tell that to Nitoflament , i have NEVER used risk slice in matches i think it is cheapness beyond cheap, and at least when u are using risk returns its a proper shot not some crazy shot thats easy to pull off

[Likos86321]

captain u used it against me several times when we had an exho 2 days ago. You SHOULDNT complain for other players at least my friend. Now u know how it feels

[maximo]

well, how i said to u captain, we had played several times and u always hit risk slice in almost every point, and when i play with a player like u i feel free for use risk slice, when i play with a player that doesn´t use risk silce in every rally i don´t use it, i can´t believe that u are now complaining about other player uses risk slice, i never have seen a player use risk slice more than u.

[Lonamer11]

Well u should tell that to Nitoflament , i have NEVER used risk slice in matches i think it is cheapness beyond cheap, and at least when u are using risk returns its a proper shot not some crazy shot thats easy to pull off

i'm not trying to cause any trouble, but andymachine the last time we played in the final you used the risk slice a couple of times. you also used it after a serve a couple of times. Personally i didn't have much trouble with it because you didn't overused it and sometimes you can hit a slice its part of the game, but dont come to the forum and tell everyone you never used a risk slice man. It's not cool. Dont get me wrong i dont say you played cheesy. I'm just saying your not completely truthfull

[brgerflipr]

I've played everyone on tour many many times. New and old. Djarvik, Lonamer, Coke, Calvkln & Alex are the only ones that NEVER use the risk slice.

EVERYONE, and i mean EVERYONE, else has used it. They may not abuse it, but they've used it at "convenient" times (tiebreaks, break points, after a serve at 30-30, etc). Like Likos said, if you use it, at least admit it. It's lame to profess to hate it and then use it when it's the perfect time to win an important point. Dropshots = same argument.

I don't really have a problem w/ it anymore. I've accepted that it is a part of the game now. I have no respect for it and I think if you use it, you are gay. But I've learned to live with it.

[maximo]

every one has his own opinion about cheesy tactics, and i will say that the only players i have played and they never use R2 slice or dropshot after service are djarvik, alex and brgerflipr, anyway i don´t think that the rest of the players (including me) are cheating, for me some shots are not realistic, but for other players are totally valid, but i have said this a lot of times.