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David Lee Yskes

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Has it gotten this bad?????
« on: September 22, 2008, 06:38:38 PM »
So after 3 years of not bowling, i was asked to bowl in a league.  Well i figured since i've moved to a new town and nobody knows me, i'd stay on the low down.  Well first week, i averaged 166, and then bowled two more times during the week.  just to get back into the groove.  

Well i come back tonight, and figured as long as i stayed in the 160's i'd be ok,,  Well first game, i tried to bowl bad and kept on striking, it didnt matter were i threw the ball if it was outside of 12, it was basically a strike.  I ended up with a 228! second game was alot of the same, but i tossed in a couple opens, but still finished with a 178, third game i had to intentionally miss easy spares and stuff, and finally got a 120, to get a 526!

I laughed cuz, If i would of half-azzed tried, i know i could of gotten an easy 650-700 series, and i havent bowled in 3 yrs!!!  Plus, i laugh at how easy the lanes have become, I mean is this what it's come too???  The lanes are so easy that someone who hasnt bowled in 3 yrs, can come out after thier first week of bowling, and no matter how badly they try to bowl, they still bowl good????

I mean, i literally had from 12-5 as my area!!!!  and wasnt even trying to bowl well.    

I know some people will bash me for sandbagging it, but i look at it this way, i see no point in averaging 200+ anymore, i gave up my hopes for the PBA tour, way back when the exempt tour happend.  

Plus I dont think anyone who takes 3 yrs off from bowling should just be able to come back and have one week of bowling in them, and end up shooting 700.  

It usta be, if someone took a couple years off, the first year back was a learning season, to get back into things.  Now i'm just like ok,,, I could probably average 220+ and not have to try....
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Re: Has it gotten this bad?????
« Reply #31 on: September 24, 2008, 10:55:00 PM »
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I never TRIED to bowl bad.  I've bowled bad giving 100% effort.  It's not fun and it makes for a long night, but I have never not given 100% effort.
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You, Madam, are deserving of praise for your sincerity, unlike the pathetically specious original poster of this thread.
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Re: Has it gotten this bad?????
« Reply #32 on: September 25, 2008, 06:36:18 AM »
question    what your teammates thing about it.
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Re: Has it gotten this bad?????
« Reply #33 on: September 25, 2008, 10:06:08 AM »
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You see, this is why handicap should be outlawed for good!  NO HANDICAP, NO SANDBAGGERS!



See, I like this idea.  If you want to beat me, do it scratch, not by me having to give you 50-60 pins a game.  If you can't beat me scratch, do what others do and work on your game.  Invest in some good equipment, take lessons, get a coach, you know, all the things I've done over the years to become a better player.

I guess I'm PO'ed because we had to give 237 pins worth of handicap PER GAME last night.  That's 711 total pins.  We got smoked because the guy who averages 174 shot 656.  The guy who averages 129 shot 544.  The guy who averages 154 shot 598.  Don't remember what the other 2 shot, but they were over average as well.
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That's exactly what happened with our 4person league last night.  For the past few years we've had 3 or 4 of the higher averages in the league and house, and we average around 850-860 as a team.  Last night we bowled the new team, and were giving up 235 pins a game and almost lost scratch the first game, everyone was 10-20 pins above average, so its almost impossible to win when we're all averaging 190-220.  It takes the fun out of bowling IMO
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Re: Has it gotten this bad?????
« Reply #34 on: September 25, 2008, 10:13:20 AM »
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You had 228 the 1st game, your weren't exactly ripping the lanes up.  You weren't even on 700 pace.  Get real with yourself and stop acting like a silly cry baby.  Go back and take 3 more years off, nobody needs a cry baby sandbagger.  Nobody cares about your efforts for the evening.

If you can't give it your best shot, every shot for yourself, and your teammates why the hell are you even bowling?  

"i see no point in averaging 200+ anymore"

That nice, whiny cry baby, stop bowling then.  WHY ARE YOU BOWLING?  

Sack it up and bowl some real bowling tournaments if today's league bowling experience isn't good enough for you.  Throwing off and acting like a fool isn't proving that you can bowl, prove you can bowl....

Edited on 9/23/2008 3:12 AM

Edited on 9/23/2008 3:13 AM


Amen. In addition to this, 228 is not some amazing feat on a house shot, and the PBA has nothing to do with this. They bowl on sport conditions, which are absolutely nothing like what you bowled on, I'm sure.

And 228 is not 700 pace. 233/234 is 700 pace. If you could have shot 650-700 "easily" you would have. Stop kidding yourself and giving yourself kudos.
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JohnP

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Re: Has it gotten this bad?????
« Reply #35 on: September 25, 2008, 11:08:36 AM »
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You, Madam, are deserving of praise for your sincerity, unlike the pathetically specious original poster of this thread.


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BowlingWolf

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Re: Has it gotten this bad?????
« Reply #36 on: September 25, 2008, 11:47:20 AM »
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You, Madam, are deserving of praise for your sincerity, unlike the pathetically specious original poster of this thread.


White Dot -- Why didn't you tell us you had a sex change operation???  --  JohnP


JohnP,

When I first posted the above reply, I wrote "Sir", but then I checked out White Dot's profile, and clicked on the link titled White Dot, and thought for sure I'd made a mistake, hence my edited version.

If White Dot is a man, I apologize (to White Dot) for believing that it is a woman, but the link in White Dot's profile is what has led me to believe I was addressing a lady.
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BowlingWolf

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Re: Has it gotten this bad?????
« Reply #37 on: September 25, 2008, 11:54:36 AM »
JohnP,

Upon further review, it appears that "White Dot" is definitely a lady.

Just checked out her Bowlspace web-page, and it confirms that my assumption based on her ballreviews profile is correct.

Mistakes happen, right John?
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LuvThatWhiteDot

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Re: Has it gotten this bad?????
« Reply #38 on: September 25, 2008, 07:58:48 PM »
I'm definitely of the bowling chick variety.  Alas, I had to retire my beloved pink White Dot since the bridge shattered and I was leaving pink crumbs on the lane  

I'm now sporting a nice Blackberry White Dot and I love it!
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JohnP

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Re: Has it gotten this bad?????
« Reply #39 on: September 25, 2008, 10:25:44 PM »
I apologize, I'm the one that had it wrong.  --  JohnP
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Re: Has it gotten this bad?????
« Reply #40 on: September 25, 2008, 10:42:26 PM »
You go out and shoot 526 without even trying... I can guarantee you that most people on here can shoot higher without even trying. If you arent going to bowl to your true ability, why come back to the sport? Let's see how you do when you actually try, if thats too easy find a different league to bowl in or a different center.
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Re: Has it gotten this bad?????
« Reply #41 on: September 26, 2008, 04:18:32 AM »
Can't believe what I had just read!!!!!!! You my friend, make me sick!!!!!!! You must have a whole lot of money just to blow to go bowl like crap on purpose. I had to quit one of my leagues just because I couldn't afford it. I pay my money every week to bowl as good as I can. Ya, you should be able bowl and have a good time, but I also like to win. Like everone said, you give bowling a bad name. And do you think it's fair to your team?
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Re: Has it gotten this bad?????
« Reply #42 on: September 26, 2008, 06:37:16 AM »
You might think that the game is that easy but guaranteed it will come back to bite you when you want to go out and score and you will not be able too because you spent so much time "trying to be bad".  There are some nights and some houses that are just that easy, it never fails that after the whole summer off I always come out first night and bowl well, it just seems I can't do anything wrong after not looking at a bowling ball for 3 to 4 months.  I bowled in a new house last weekend that I haven't stepped foot in for 5 years and felt like I threw the ball terrible but shot 667 because I kept adjusting and trying to score, I owed that to everyone aroung me.  People like you who don't try and then come out at state or other tournaments and then shoot high score piss me off, I try as hard as I can to maintain my average just so people like you with a 160 average can go to state and shoot 750, that's a bunch of B.S.
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Re: Has it gotten this bad?????
« Reply #43 on: September 26, 2008, 02:11:01 PM »
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Plus I dont think anyone who takes 3 yrs off from bowling should just be able to come back and have one week of bowling in them, and end up shooting 700.


Things haven't changed much in the last 3 years as far as equipment or dead-easy lane conditions. Indeed, things haven't changed much in the last 10 years, so I'm not sure what you were seeing before your 3 year hiatus.

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i gave up my hopes for the PBA tour


Jeff Carter averaged 261+ on a house shot and has had very limited success on tour. It's a house shot. Adult bumper bowling.

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