Well, I was sitting and thinking about how many "high" games I have thrown this year and then thought, well, what is a high game?? Is a high game anything shot over 220,230,240 etc....

I understand that different people will have different standards as to what a high game would be to them. Obviously someone who averages 220 and shoots a 230 probably wont look at that as a high game. However if someone who averages 190 shoots the same score, he does think its a high game. Personally if I shoot anything over a 240, its a high game. Not that 220's and 230's dont mean anything, they are still 40+ pins higher than my average. But if I shoot a 240 or better then I consider that to be a high game. So what do you guys think??
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"I am the most consistent bowler in my house....

I consistently SUCK!!"

It also depends a little on how you look at it.  If I throw a 260 plus, and earn it, I'll be pretty happy, but if I throw the same score and don't bowl so well, I'm still happy to have the score, but face the realization that the same shots could produce a 200 the next game.  Example, in league Wednesday night, I threw a pretty decent first game.  However, I left a solid 9 as well as a solid 7 (solid, not mixer) and a few ring 10's, and only shot 213.  I FELT like I bowled 240 or 250.  The second game, I pulled out a different ball and went the front 10 right off the bat.  I had a mixer or two, and a couple of 10's kick out for 288.  I wasn't quite as comfortable as I'd been the first game (the ball I went to and I haven't been getting along very well so far), but I threw some pretty good shots.  I SCORED 288, but felt more like I threw a 230 and MAYBE a 240.  The last game I absolutely buried everything, and left 4 RING 10's.  I felt ON, and only shot 236.  That game felt like it should have been the 288, and I honestly believe I could have shot the 300.  It's funny how it works out that way.  The two games I felt I threw the ball the best I got tapped, and the game I was a little uncomfortable in was the game I scored the best.  

I have a temper, but I'd rather make quality shots and get tapped than make poor shots and carry.  Because sooner or later the quality shots will start falling, and if you add in a break or two, you've got yourself some honor scores.  I'm a lot calmer getting tapped than I am making bad shots.  95 percent of the time I have a temper flare, it's because I made what I felt was a bad shot.  Of course, if I've got the front 8 or 9 and leave a solid 7, 8 or 9, I'd probably be a tad miffed, but lol, I really doubt that'll happen much unless I start throwing the ball a lot better than I have been.
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I have different levels of "HIGH" games...

Up to 30 pins over my average (170-200) is...GOOD
30-60 pins over my average (200-230) is...GREAT
60-100 pins over my average (230-270) is...OUTSTANDING
100+ pins over my average (270+) is...UNCONSCIOUS  

I've been GOOD a lot (especially the last several weeks), GREAT sometimes (several times over the last few weeks), OUTSTANDING on ocassion (once a couple of weeks ago), but never have I been UNCONSCIOUS...YET!

Once I get my average to where I think it shoud be...185-190...I'll have to restructure my opinion of "HIGH" games.
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That which doesn't kill you will only make you stronger, that which doesn't make you stronger is a waste of time!

Like others have said, anything over 200 really insn't a bad game, but I don't get too excited about anything less than 250s.
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Bowling is without a doubt the dumbest, most pointless, most idiotic excuse for a game that has ever been invented. So, what time are we bowling tomorrow?

if i can take care of business, i am usually happy. what i mean is that if i have a CLEAN game, i usually bowl well and the strike keep coming. take last week in league, for instance:

a 62 in the 5th(open-spare-open-spare-open), then threw 7 strikes in a row after re-grouping. THATS an awesome game to me. we won that set by 9 pins, and we needed the win. if i hadn't pulled my head out of my anus and thrown a 212, we would have been screwed. i threw 2 big 4's and a 7-10 in the first half... with my pace that game should have been in the 258+ range had those 3 balls had not gone high.

my highest game ever is 257. anything over 220 is a damn fine game. i average 170 or so.
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i don't care who makes it, how much it costs, or how sexy the ball looks. can i carry the 7 and level the deck with a $60 ball?

bring on the Lefty uprising!