I'm tired of losing to noobs

by **Mack2300** » Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:56

WT is pretty easy to be honest, you shouldn't be having much trouble beating most of the guys there regardless of their setup. I was surprised to see myself already top 10 in the rankings after just a few matches.
It is the itst guys who are impossible to play already..the difference between wt and itst is extreme

by **JJ_DUBZ_87** » Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:07

Mack2300 wrote:WT is pretty easy to be honest, you shouldn't be having much trouble beating most of the guys there regardless of their setup. I was surprised to see myself already top 10 in the rankings after just a few matches.
It is the itst guys who are impossible to play already..the difference between wt and itst is extreme

lol ur right WT is easy, and it is easy to get to the top of the rankings. My match results for WT is usually 80-90% wins... and my all-around woman player is in the top 100 and undefeated in tourneys...(she'll be top 10 very soon...but the guys tour is MUCH more busy)

Just to inquire Mack what's your setup and playstyle?

by **Mack2300** » Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:47

JJ_DUBZ_87 wrote:
Mack2300 wrote:WT is pretty easy to be honest, you shouldn't be having much trouble beating most of the guys there regardless of their setup. I was surprised to see myself already top 10 in the rankings after just a few matches.
It is the itst guys who are impossible to play already..the difference between wt and itst is extreme

lol ur right WT is easy, and it is easy to get to the top of the rankings. My match results for WT is usually 80-90% wins... and my all-around woman player is in the top 100 and undefeated in tourneys...(she'll be top 10 very soon...but the guys tour is MUCH more busy)

Just to inquire Mack what's your setup and playstyle?

Something like 77 power, 92 forehand, 72 backhand, 72 serve, 62 speed, 49 reflex and volley so yeah quite offensive though not overwhelmingly so

by **PCFitnessDotNet** » Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:34

JJ_DUBZ_87 wrote:I'm not the best TS4 player... but I know for a fact that these guys who stack their player with offensive baseline skills are NOT better than me.

I'm trying to be considerate and not make a power baseliner and take him/her to the top of the rankings, but I'm tired of losing.

I want to win, and although my records are fair with my all-around guys and with my defensive baseline players, the power seems to always be winning. The huge serves and dominating groundstrokes that (and I'm not just saying this, other GOOD players on the ITST have said the same thing) take advantage of the loopholes in the game that are rapidly surfacing.

SO...what is a guy to do? Granted the opponent is thinking "heck yeah that was awesome" but really? I don't think so. A dude with 96 power and a 95 serve and you think you're something special? Please...

What do you guys think? I'm honestly thinking that all-around isn't gonna cut it for me anymore, I need to focus on dominating from the baseline, or building a SOLID defense. Open for input and opinions.

oh man, i hear exactly what you are saying. now, no more mr. nice guy, lol. ;->

by **JJ_DUBZ_87** » Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:09

lol na I'm still gonna be nice... I was just SO mad lol but I'm switching to defensive baseliner now. Especially since my game data got deleted!! Grr but it should be fun and hey it'll give me something to work towards.

by **Tjodd** » Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:27

Do you guys have a general tactic against the power servers? How can you return those serves with a decent chance of winning points?

by **MJordan23** » Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:47

Tjodd wrote:Do you guys have a general tactic against the power servers? How can you return those serves with a decent chance of winning points?

Tap or hold slice to return, I`d say. Then you`ll hopefully get good depth on your return and the pace of the ball is slow (which will make it harder for your opponent to hit a winner straight away).

by **Sherlock 117** » Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:28

I find the topspin return the easiest to get decent results with actually. Just hold down the topspin button, and hold up and slightly towards one corner. The goal is to get the return as deep as possible. Short returns are a recipe for disaster.

by **Zeriurs** » Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:48

i use flat and top spin against super servers. flat shot if u hit it perfect and aim u make a return winner or he can only get to it with a bad shot.

But against big servers i mix my returns up alot.

by **Mack2300** » Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:04

Just keep mixing up your returns, usually topspin and slice though. I find flat return very hard to time consistently. Also, try a control return, followed by a more powerful one, etc.. You might get lucky and string a few decent returns together. I played a guy in WT tonight who was a serving machine, despite only having a 74 serve. I never managed to break him but I picked a few solid returns in the tiebreaks and managed to beat him..very satisfying and I felt my willingness to constantly mix up the returns paid off

Oh and if your opponent is constantly slice serving..I have no tips for that. I actually feel there is a little glitch or something where your player does not respond to the slice serve when returning..he kind of shuffles and then darts in the wrong direction, or maybe that is just me

by **jayl0ve** » Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:06

No offense to the OP but I have always laughed my friggin ass off (and it's happened a few times) when I BEAT SOMEBODY at a game, and they send me a message calling me 'NOOB'.

i mean WTF I JUST BEAT YOU :lol:

I know what you mean though JDubz :wink:

by **JJ_DUBZ_87** » Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:00

LOL yeah Jay I wouldn't message somebody saying that, but I'm at the point now where if you play the game better than me, :tu

lol at least I don't lose EVERY time I play... my records on WT are like 80% at least, so I can't really complain. I'm just learning all I can and trying to have as much fun as I can.

It's just the power game is SO easy and it makes everything easier in terms of offense... and SO many people play that style and refuse to change and then consider themselves great players. A "great" player to me can beat me using more than one kind of play style...then again if I want to become a "great" player myself, I have to take my lumps and grow and get better at MY game. So kudos to the guys that are good! And if you beat me, again :tu

lol

by **Rob ITST** » Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:03

JJ_DUBZ_87 wrote:my records on WT are like 80% at least

Shows you how much more competitive ITST is. If you have that record here, you're top 5.

by **JJ_DUBZ_87** » Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:09

Rob ITST wrote:
JJ_DUBZ_87 wrote:my records on WT are like 80% at least

Shows you how much more competitive ITST is. If you have that record here, you're top 5.

LOL true that! ITST is MUCH more competitive. At best (like...ABSOLUTE best...) I'm top 35...top 45. On WT I'm sure I can crack the top 10. As I stand right now I'm 50% w/l in women's and men's play on the ITST. I am interested to see how much the scale tips in either direction though lol.

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