prataman SG Harmzuay: Why an early rolling ball? Not early as in "early" (think Brunswick in the late 90s), but earlier than your usuals will suffice. Because the oil seems to be rather heavy in the middle, even though it's short. And across the middle is where I'm going to play, where the oil is. If we open it up quickly, then Kevin, Jordan and I will have a bigger area to fool around with. In addition, having the ball roll up that bit earlier would remove some of the jumpiness in the back, which Quantum experienced early on with his Triton Thunder Road The purple one, anyway. Switching to his Rage (Outrage? Gold Rage?) was a good move. Hmmm but that was with just 1 RH Hook bowler... now we have 3 this Monday .... hmmmmmm
harmzuay SG I was thinking that early rolling balls bite earlier. And if the pattern is short, that would mean a breakpoint that's too early and loss of energy. Not to mention everyone will keep shifting left!! Anyhow, early-rolling is my forte. Prataman, good luck.
prataman SG Hmm!! Yessir, early rolling balls bite quicker. But I stress, slightly quicker rolling, not too much. With the lighter pins and flying backends, premature loss of energy won't be as much of a pain as trying to find the pocket consistently. Haven't seen you bowl for a while now, though. If your revs and speed are about the same as I've last seen you bowl (during the pre-orientation bowl in Orchard), then you're going to need a relatively lower flaring ball. Guess the main challenge for us is to find a combination that would allow us to control the breakpoint.
airgrinder SG yeah! never thought much about the oiling at classic when I bowl there, until harmzuary and prataman mention abt it. I almost always experienced dry backends when I bowled there. There was once I played outside line using my bluedot, and it goes comfortably into the pocket, and, if you guys remembered, I dun have high revs.
Quantum SG Prataman I am using a triton elite at first and i switch to my Gold Rage(fav ball) But i am thinking of bring my Storm Superpower on next Monday leh! What do you think of that ball? Harmzuay Will you be coming down on Monday? Then we can bowl together after the league
chee35 SG hallo from one of the co-captains..finally get a chance to post a msg...and i'm doing it during work time! hehehe manager not ard so got the laptop to do some surfing of the net will be going down on 11th to support u all...heeh hopefully someone will dio beerframe and decide to be SO NICE as to qie everybody....heheeh have been bowling at classic last few months and like airgrinder, not really considered the oiling much...juz that i know it's quite friendly lanes...though i've had bad days before...where any ball i throw will juz over hook...ahaha....
prataman SG Point to note. Just like to mention that the league is actually an upgraded handicap league. So for any of you guys who score below 160 for a game, your handicap is calculated as if your game score was 160, not whatever you bowled. So for example, if you hit a 140 140 230 (170 avg), normally you will have a 15 handicap. But for this league, your 2 140s will be upgraded to 160 for the purposes of calculating handicap only, therefore (200 - ((160+160+230)/3))/2 = 9. Rather than the 15 you would normally be getting. Morale of the story. Try our best each game, don't get below 160. This league doesn't allow you to pull handicap. Even if your opponent is scoring 250, try to score as much as you can.[/b]
Ding SG confirm then maybe we should set up a welfare fund. All bowlers with below 160 game will donate a dollar to it
Freemun SG ...bestolive][color=brown]POwer up..you will c me there on e 11th too...joining you guys for the fun bowl..surlyone..lets punch and punch out again..time for some revenge eh...best best.I went to the CHevrons on Deepavali the other day.,.the lanes there power ah,..not a nice place to bowl. Espacially the synthetic doesnt really allow the ball to really bite,.the oil all carried down but nice surrounding to bowl. The 11th is it..best.I will see you there bIG BIRDY[/color][/color]
Power Torq SG Yo Freemum! Steady lah! See you there! Ding dinner i'll be there. Dun worry , i'll remember its bottom floor table 182 Mage? Quantum? Prata? Dinner onz??? ANYONE??? Hellloooo.... Kekekeke
harmzuay SG Quantum That's nice offer. I haven't bowled with you for ages!! Alas, I am not going down on monday because I cannot stand to watch and not bowl. Besides, Classic does not have a very spectator-friendly watch area. Perhaps some time, we can bowl as teammates. Freemun I've gotten used to the Chevron lanes. They are deceivingly dry when they are actually rather oily. But if you STOPPED lofting as much (my goodness... they probably changes to synthetics to prevent further damage from you at the other Cathay alleys), your ball will be able to bite.
Power Torq SG HUH??? Who Blanja dinner??? I'll be there too? is it Mage or Jalvin? Hmmm.. I'll be there. Kekeke. Ding, see i jio ppl for dinner, now all rushing to give treat. Steady Lah....Hmmm wat to eat, wat to eat?
Mage^_^ SG Hahaha... Power Torq, u die liao!! 1)Ding 2)Jalvin 3)Me All support u buy us dinner with your own money... heeheeheehee
