NRZS wasn't fairly assessed here at BC, don't get me started, but I honestly do have 4 club friends (2 of them being really good)who are still using it as their main go to rackets despite the availability of other options e.g. VTZF2, ARC11, Duora10, NR900, VT80et, to name a few of the popular rackets nowadays. It was actually a well received racket at home turf here. A few pros get their championship from it, Carolina Marin being the high profile one with back to back World Championships. It's a part of a whole rivaling propaganda that I was balancing out so I don't know whether it's friend or foe I was facing but in forum like BC( just like in badminton), when you're attacked (our local brand) then you naturally counter attack/ defend.