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                    Newsletter n°19 – June 2nd 2009 
                      Tennis Elbow 2009 v1.0b released  
                    
                      Tennis Elbow 2009 1.0b for Windows & Mac OSX : Tennis Elbow just got even more inflamed ! The game got enhanced with a lot of improvements
                        in the past months and is now updated to the version 1.0b, free for everybody who already
                        bought it, as usually. New Features : 
                      
                         New Strike Styles : 1 Service, 1 Forehand, 1 Backhand & 1 Two-Handed Backhand
                         Stat : number of strikes counter (activated within the In-Game Options menu)
                         Stat : simulated match time (activated within the In-Game Options menu) ; it
                          counts the time needed for everybody to reposition before each serve, and the rest
                          time every 2 games
                         World Tour : in Davis Cup matches, replaced the names of the players by their
                          country on the scoreboard 
                      
                         Change of Side : F2 key now instantly swaps the camera side
                         Physics : Twisted Kicked Serve ( = up & down during the serve preparation)
                          's bounce direction changed ; this applied to Nadal Shot's bounce as well
                         World Tour : many women got their two-handed backhand back..!
                         Gameplay : tuned the original FH, BH & 2H-BH strike animations ; now, all
                          strikes have a bit more wingspan
                         Gameplay : lowered the max running speed from 30 km/h to 29 km/h to compensate
                          the increased wingspan of strikes ; for long run, this effect is bigger than the
                          increased wingspan, so now, it'll be slightly harder to defend
                         Gameplay : slightly lowered the running acceleration bonus for small players
                          ; this should make it more fair for taller players
                         Gameplay : can't charge effect (topspin or slice) before to move & then move
                          and strike the ball anymore ; it's only possible to charge the effect before hitting
                          the ball
                         Gameplay : Short Strike Speed raised, especially when Precision is above the
                          Power ; use 100% Precision with 80% Power for best result
                         Gameplay : Short Acceleration Speed raised when Precision is above the Power
                          ; use 100% Precision with 80% Power for best result
                         Gameplay : Acceleration Speed bonus when ball is high isn't applied anymore if
                          the ball is raising, except if it's a very slow ball
                         Gameplay : Nadal Shot length lowered a bit, to avoid to do too much length faults
                         Gameplay : Normal strike speed lowered when hitting the ball off center 
                       Gesture : shouldn't run all around anymore when doing a gesture Controllers : Gamepad / Joystick's Hats are now correctly handled and can be played
                        with (for example: the down left pad of the Xbox 360 gamepad is a hat) Mac OSX : The "flying arm" which were replacing the racket when the player
                        was wearing glasses has been removed 
                       And even more improvements since the initial release of the version 1.0a, mainly
                        for the Online Mode of the Windows version ; the complete changelog is in the forum
                        : Windows version, and
                        Mac OSX version. /!\ Updating for Mac users: when you update to a newer version, you
                      have to transfer the "Profiles" subfolder from your previous TE2009's directory
                      to the new installation folder to keep your saved games. 
                        
                        Incoming update for Tennis Elbow Manager : A little update for TeManager will come within a couple of weeks ; it will mainly
                          fix a few rare bugs, and raise the difficulty in Master & Incredible levels.   |  |