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holland1945

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someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« on: April 21, 2009, 10:18:37 AM »
And it's Elite. The Red Alien "best ball ever made" according to a bowlersparadise.com email I received. They don't get brought up much, however, since no one (even here) takes them seriously - unlike Lane #1.

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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2009, 06:25:11 PM »
so its ball of all time
no more need for ball of the year contest ?
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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2009, 06:29:46 PM »
why not put this thread in the elite section where it belongs ?

just curious

trying to stir the proverbial pot again ?
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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2009, 06:33:43 PM »
Pretty sweet package deal they're offering, though.

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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2009, 06:41:48 PM »
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look, it might be the best ball ever made, but its not the ball of the year...that belongs to the dynamo...


the last true ball of the year before its owned by the red alien
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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2009, 06:46:13 PM »
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holland1945

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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2009, 06:49:35 PM »
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why not put this thread in the elite section where it belongs ?

just curious

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Because I'm making a comparison to Lane #1's marketing, and proving a point that I (nor anyone else) has nothing against Lane #1 IN PARTICULAR (or at least, not to begin with), just their business practices.

But essentially, the difference between Elite and Lane #1 is the size of their intarweb mob force. Both use old symmetric cores with new (sometimes) covers and sell for too much money with lots of razzle dazzle marketing. Both have had limited PBA success. Both are nevertheless fine products, but if you're going to claim to be the best, it better be objectively demonstratively so, such as statistically significant levels of improved performance as compared to a well-defined norm (impossible in the world of bowling, for Lane #1 or anyone else), or some other means independent of the parent company's marketing (in this case tournament wins and/or awards from an unbiased 3rd party could be 2 examples but is not limited to this).
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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2009, 06:51:53 PM »
Took this off the Elite website:

 
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Numerous tests were conducted to make what Elite feels is the best ball produced by any company ever!  


What's so offensive about this statement? This is Elite's opinion about their Red Alien. Kudos to them for having the cojones to make such a strong statement about their equipment.

And kudos to Lane#1 for feeling strong enough about the Dynamo to pronounce it their ball of the year.  

I don't know why the same set of people keep getting their panties bunched up over some simple promotional statements. If they're way over the edge, the balls will be exposed soon enough on the lanes. That's the only place it matters.

Edited on 4/21/2009 6:53 PM
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bowlerdawg

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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2009, 06:58:16 PM »
BANG !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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holland1945

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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2009, 07:10:04 PM »
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Took this off the Elite website:

 
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Numerous tests were conducted to make what Elite feels is the best ball produced by any company ever!  


What's so offensive about this statement? This is Elite's opinion about their Red Alien. Kudos to them for having the cojones to make such a strong statement about their equipment.


1. What were the tests? Details?
2. By what basis did it judge this ball to be "the best ever"?

This is no different than a proud father thinking his 5 year old is going to be the next Picasso because he made a turkey for Thanksgiving by tracing his hand with fingerpaints.

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And kudos to Lane#1 for feeling strong enough about the Dynamo to pronounce it their ball of the year.  


They did not pronounce it "their" ball of the year, as jls has repeated ad nauseum. They pronounced it "ball of the year" nonspecific to Lane #1, which is where the dig lies.

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I don't know why the same set of people keep getting their panties bunched up over some simple promotional statements. If they're way over the edge, the balls will be exposed soon enough on the lanes. That's the only place it matters.


Not really, in the case of Lane #1 and Elite. Well, I can't speak for Elite, but with Lane #1 you have a bunch of 2nd drill ebay buyer ball collectors proclaiming unreleased balls to be the hardest hitting ball ever, when prospective customers come to the forum. You will almost never see a Lane #1 fanboy recommend another brand, yet I frequently see Brunswick fans suggest that bowlers check out Storm if they're looking for skid snappier balls than Brunswick produces (for example). Brunswick and Ebonite release product that pushes the technical envelope in an attempt to meet customer needs, wants, and expectations, while Lane #1 cycles through a pearl/solid/particle cycle only to push product through the channel.

Everyone's out to sell balls. The "beef" is that some companies are clearly out to do more than that, and some aren't. Lane #1 falls into the 2nd category.

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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2009, 07:11:40 PM »
why are you talking about an elite ball in the L1 section

just curious
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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2009, 07:20:42 PM »
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why are you talking about an elite ball in the L1 section

just curious
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bowlerdawg

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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2009, 07:26:11 PM »
because that answer was not good enough
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bowlerdawg

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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2009, 07:32:22 PM »
dang cg i was hoping you were one of them.
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bowlerdawg

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Re: someone has worse ads than Lane #1
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2009, 07:35:16 PM »
one can always hope
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