Alright, we'll start off my saying that in league my Absolute matches up very well with the condition as did my Ultimate Inferno. However, in the tournaments when they put down a bit more oil, my Ultimate was skid, skid, skid, huge backend turn but in league the ball was smooth and powerful. I think it was just a bit too much oil and the UI was drilled to weak but that's not what is bothering me.

In league, my AI has a nice strong arc motion and not once have I seen this baby not hook when there's enough oil present. Drier days, the ball burns up. My dilemma: on wood lanes, and I've noticed this in two different houses, my Absolute doesn't do squat. I cant' understand it. It's definately not burning up, as my Apex Obsession is getting down the lane fine. After 3 games with the Apex, the shot was startin to get drier and I thought, OK I'll whip out the Absolute, a weaker ball, and play the same line. Nadda. This ball skidded all the way down the lane and barely turned. My Hybrid DirtyBomb, a step down from the Absolute, was hooking the whole lane. The Apex was starting to burn up and a step down from it, doesn't react at all. Yet a step down from the step down, covers the whole lane. I'm lost and if anyone could help me out here it would be greatly appreciated.

My question is, if that last part got confusing: Why doesn't my Absolute like wooden lanes? It just doesn't hook on them at all. Synthetic is fine but wooden...not so good.
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Edited on 12/11/2005 3:16 PM

Edited on 12/11/2005 3:17 PM

My Apex Obsession was over hooking and I made a big jump left. And when the AO started checking up too early there I figured it'd be dry enough on the track to bounce the Absolute off of. Not so. Last saturday in league it was a bit drier than normal and I could definatley see the Absolute burning up yet today nothing. I see the ball just skidding and skidding.

Toward the end of the tournament, my Apex was definatley burning up so shouldn't the Absolute hook more? If your abiding by a weaker ball should hook more than stronger when it starts burning up. And I couldn't agree more with you there but the Apex hooked less and less so the Absolute should be hooking more than it but went  straight. And I've noticed this is two wooden houses.
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I have to agree, this was very wierd. I was throwing my Absolute and it was hooking many boards towards the end. I moved in right a little and threw Kingpins's Absolute and it just skid all the way down and at the very end practically at the pins it hooked very little. And by no means is his ball dead. It is a beast on synthetic.
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There was probably a good bit of carrydown.  Judging from both yours and Loud's profiles, your absolute is drilled for some good length.  His is drilled to roll early.  So is your HDB.  Even if your AI normally makes a stronger move than the HDB, there was probably too much carrydown and that layout didn't allow it to pick up it's roll soon enough and take off.  Especially compared to Loud's AI.
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