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bragbowlin

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Tournament Aresenal Questions
« on: September 01, 2008, 11:23:15 AM »
Shark/Scorpion - Long Oil Heavy Volume
Resurgence

Scorpion/Viper - Long to Medium in length and Volume
Momentum

Viper/Chameleon - Medium Length w/ some volume
ARCH Rival


Chameleon/Cheetah - Short patterns
Dead Flush or Noize

Cheetah/Dry - Broken down patterns
Jazz


Does this sound like a good aresenal I will figure out layouts later but coverstock and core wise how does it look now?

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Re: Tournament Aresenal Questions
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2008, 07:25:38 PM »
that looks like a great lineup using only Columbia. They have been coming out with some great pieces lately.
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Re: Tournament Aresenal Questions
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2008, 07:57:47 PM »
The Noize is way too much ball for the shorter conditions.

Drill the Noize to roll, keep some surface and use it on the medium to heavier length patterns, and drill the Arch Rival for some length and use it on the shorter ones. You might need something a little stronger for the longer patterns with the Momentum, like the Swing.

My Noize is 4 1/2" under bridge at 2000Grit and it works great on the Chameleon/Scorpion but is too much for the Viper. My Arch Rival is 5" over middle and it great on the Cheetah/Viper patterns.
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Jay

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Re: Tournament Aresenal Questions
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2008, 08:51:01 PM »
I can't say too much about some of these patterns because I haven't bowled on what I'd consider close to the real thing.  The exception to that being Shark, Viper, and Cheatah.  But on a realistic version of the other two, I could only guess.  Resurgence for Shark is good.  For Scorpion, I tend to look at it as a tighter house shot, in which case I think the Momentum without the shine should work fine.  I feel the Wrath Dead Flush is going to be a good choice for the Chameleon.  As for the Viper and Cheetah, a Rival wouldn't do bad.  With mine at 2000 abralon, I had a pretty good look with my Rival and I'm sure my style is less aggressive than yours.

I think results for me varied a lot because they never got the pattern right in my PBAX league in my opinion.  But from my perspective, I think those balls should match up fine on those patterns in most cases.  Those balls I suggested look like a good arsenal to me, so you should be able to cover a wide range of conditions with them.  If you want to add a Jazz like you said for broken down and dry that makes it even better, but I thought the Wrath Dead Flush would do fine for that purpose too.

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Re: Tournament Aresenal Questions
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2008, 08:51:02 PM »
I agree, I would put a totally different drilling and surface on the Noize.It is pretty similar to the Resurgence. Just a touch later but about the same move off the pattern. You could probably follow the Resurgence with the Noize on a very similar line a lot of times.

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The Noize is way too much ball for the shorter conditions.

Drill the Noize to roll, keep some surface and use it on the medium to heavier length patterns, and drill the Arch Rival for some length and use it on the shorter ones. You might need something a little stronger for the longer patterns with the Momentum, like the Swing.

My Noize is 4 1/2" under bridge at 2000Grit and it works great on the Chameleon/Scorpion but is too much for the Viper. My Arch Rival is 5" over middle and it great on the Cheetah/Viper patterns.
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Re: Tournament Aresenal Questions
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2008, 09:20:20 AM »
keep in mind that on tournament conditions, less is good. You can always make easier adjustments with weaker layouts than you can with stronger layouts.
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