I got back from watching one of the guys on my collegiate team bowl league last night and all I could say was Wow. 17 5-man teams, 13 750+ sets, 822 & 813 high sets for the night, countless 279-299 games(no 300s, shocker) with the majority of the guys having 170-180 physical games. My friend even goes 278 the last game just to win 1 out of 10 brackets. Perfect example of how technology and walled up conditions are trivializing what other have worked hard to learn how to do. Now everyone has power, even 13mph fluffers can swing the entire lane and send messengers.
I think the most grotesque part of it all is how easy spare shooting has become as a result of ridiculous house shots. Lets see, how do we go about making the tenpin? Simply take a giant step left, wing the hell out of the ball, wether it's plastic, resin, or particle, get the ball to the 1 board at 35 feet, watch it catch friction and check up, then burn out as a result of all of the friction on the gutter on it's way to a "perfect tenpin conversion". How about making leftside spares? Why, that's as easy as taking a giant step right and abusing all friction to the right to simply funnel your ball on its way to the pins you need to knock over.
Gotta love THS.
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-DP3
Respect the Game
