Forget all other factors.  It's about lane conditions.  Period.  In my area, there is a series of traveling scratch tournaments.  In my home house last year, they left in our regular everyday house shot.  These are the best bowlers in our area, and the cut after 4 games was +131.  The top qualifier had 1030 and the 16th qualifier had 931.  Pretty impressive scores.  This year at my home house they decided to put in PBA pattern A.  The cut this year was -15.  The top qualifier had 845 for 4 games and the 16th qualifier had 785.  I'm sold.  It's all about lane conditions.  Forget balls, technology, cranker, stroker, revs, etc...The lane conditions are the single biggest factor to high scores, or lack there of.

Hi Wisc,

Subtract at least another 100 from each category if it wasn't for equipment.  The blocked shot has been out there for over 30 years to my knowledge and the scores weren't as high.  To test your theory, throw a plastic ball on your house shot and see how close you come to your normal avg, my bet is it'll definitely be lower.  

Agreed to a point, conditions dictate overall scoring but equipment has undeniably assisted in the factor of higher scores.
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Rick Leong
Ten Pins Pro Shop
Track Pro Shop Staff
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KillerInstinct

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Just too much oil for the equipment by a factor of 10.

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Is'nt it the same as "tenpinpro" said,  

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throw a plastic ball on your house shot

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baiki

"Faulty mechanics makes all balls bad."  Bill Hall, BTM Dec. '98