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dannyjo22

dannyjo22

dannyjo22

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This game is now bugging the hell out of me. Season 3. I can win any of the major opens with my eyes closed. As a reward I get one silver and one gold star. I have earnt through training 50 of the 60 available stars.

Yet in season 3 I have about 30 bronze 12 silver and 8 gold.

I'm ranked 15 and everyone I meet has about 50 golds in the Grand slams or masters. I get butchered. Why the hell am I not getting more golds.

I cannot play through 10 years of opens picking up a gold at a time til I get enough stats to win a Grand Slam.

This has stopped being fun.
 
I will play you on live but I really want to do the career first then play ranked matches for the unlocks.

So far it's frustrating me.

Havent even got any advanced moves.
 
great few games against thesnipergecko 2nite, have got to say my service game is pretty unstopable, havent had me serve broken yet (though im not one for bragging) won all 3 games but a gd laff was had

anyway i look 4ward to the tourney
 
The thing I like about the online play with this game is atleast it will be even. During your career you will have played both at the top and down the bottom of the screen 50/50. Where with FN I got so used to fighting on the Left.

Its a great game even if the career mode has caused me to homer simpson my hair.
 
i only played for about an hour today, but once im any good at it ill play.

i used my topspin stategy of just well placed safety shots, but with this one its not that easy, hehe.
 
da_mic_1530 said:
great few games against thesnipergecko 2nite, have got to say my service game is pretty unstopable, havent had me serve broken yet (though im not one for bragging) won all 3 games but a gd laff was had

anyway i look 4ward to the tourney
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meh! i almost had your serve :p good games though, i need practice.

Paul ...
 
Is it as annoying as TOPSPIN was on Live ? Damn i nearly destroyed my xbox so many times because of the lag that always seemed to hit just as you were pressing the button, and the ball would just dribble past you :mad:

if not then i shall purchase it.
 
Spud21 said:
Is it as annoying as TOPSPIN was on Live ? Damn i nearly destroyed my xbox so many times because of the lag that always seemed to hit just as you were pressing the button, and the ball would just dribble past you :mad:

if not then i shall purchase it.
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I don't remember any lag online when I played the first Top Spin (though admittedly I only played a few times). I do remember people quitting on me when I was beating them, then one guy hammering me completely. Still, it was the hammering I enjoyed the best, certainly taught me a lot that enabled me to be even better.
 
This game should come with a anger management warning. The career is a full time job. I reckon ive put 20 hrs into this game and still dont have advanced shots.

The AI is well dodgy. You can win 3 points off his serve to break and I can predict he will bring me back to duece. No matter what I do he will win 3 points. One service game he hit the net 3 times and it dropped over for the point. :mad:

I can win my service game every time until i break his, then he becomes superman.

The computer 99% of the time never make mistakes. You can be losing 3 sets to love but you have hit 70 winners to his 20. You can play a shot to perfection until the computer is behind then 3 times in a row when you have the computer player floundering your shot will go long and out.

Basically to get the gold stars to compete with the best takes 20 hours and 4 seasons of play. I'm in the top 10 playing slams and I have only 10 gold stars to their 60-75.

Well frustrating game.
 
Im finding it quite straight forward :D

Ranked #2 in my career, nearing the end of my second season. Got just shy of 60 stars (I think thats the maximum), with a load of silver and gold ones too. In the middle of a tournament at the moment and hoping ot be #1 when thats won.

Quick tips: Return serves across court, aim your serves wide and off court and push your opponent as wide as possible with normal shots each time with B.

I still havent progressed that much in the training, you get more stars for winning tournaments and some of the training is bloody frustrating!
 
roboffer said:
Im finding it quite straight forward :D

Ranked #2 in my career, nearing the end of my second season. Got just shy of 60 stars (I think thats the maximum), with a load of silver and gold ones too. In the middle of a tournament at the moment and hoping ot be #1 when thats won.

Quick tips: Return serves across court, aim your serves wide and off court and push your opponent as wide as possible with normal shots each time with B.

I still havent progressed that much in the training, you get more stars for winning tournaments and some of the training is bloody frustrating!
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See I played the minors and majors only in season 1. My mate did the same yet he stumbled across federer in the first round and managaed to beat him. Beating federer gave him 20 gold and a stack of silver. It also turned all his silver bronze into silver. When ever he trains, the bronze he earns turns straight into silvers.

So he's breezing through it. Will be rank one by the end of year 3.

Yet the furthest ive got in a slam is the semi's then i get taken apart. I have 57 stars about 13 are gold. So I have to enter every Major and Masters just to try to get golds, to play the slams. Thats an absolute chore as they are easy.

Yet I then enter a slam and it's as though it wont let me win with so much bronze. I can win my serve to love. Then break say moya. It then freaks on me. All my shots go wide or he hits un returnable shots until he breaks me.

So my only option is to go through 2 or 3 more seasons getting golds from majors until i have enough stars. Pretty stupid really.
 
Ah season 3 SPOILER ALERT




You get the chance at the end of season 3 to play someone for a one off 5 million, your rival. I took it up just for the hack. Re-loaded a couple of times because although the guy has next to no decent stars he's the best player ive come across. Not only do you get 5 million but all your troubles go away ;)

You will see what i mean when you beat him :)
 
Yeah its a slow load, the reviews said as much.

The star system is officially rubbish in career ;) I won a match that gave me a bonus of 24 gold and 24 silver. Yet my player is no better, faster or more powerfull than he was before. I do exactly the same against the top seeds as I did before when I had a list of bronzes.

Weird it just doesnt seem to make much difference.
 
Just into season 3 now, fully maxed out and picking up the advanced shots in training now. Once you are maxed out there isnt training available each time, you just have to wait for them to show up.

The special scenarios are where the money and easy games are at, I got a guy called Bill Billions offering me £5m to play and win at his birthday :D

Enjoying playing this online, so far I think Ive won 2 and lost 4. A lot more challenging that the career.

Up to #1 now, had about 400 career points at the end of season 2, so the career eachievements are all but done, just have to play through the rest of my career to pick them up.
 
i got about 6 silver stars and about 15 bronze i think, about 3 months in on Season 2 and im ranked 21st i think :)

I tried a grand slam and got Roddick (number 1 atm for me) and got abused. so i reloaded before it saved, and will train up first
 
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