I used to be, but I'm just a dick about how I bowl. If somebody gets some breaks and beats me now, oh well, I congratulate them and move on. I don't worry much about winning and losing, because you can only control how you bowl. Not throwing the ball well irritates me. I don't know how I'm supposed to be happy about getting something I didn't earn. I just care about making good shots, which didn't happen in the afternoon. Yeah, I got back every single bad break of my bowling career all in one afternoon, but what would anyone think if I spun it that way? Obviously didn't bowl well, obviously didn't deserve those scores, but trying to find a way to spin it to make it sound like I did? Yeah I know this way I just sound like an ungrateful dick, but too many people feel like they have earned something or deserve something, but fiascos like yesterday hurt this sport. Seeing someone put stupid scores up for a few games throwing it like absolute garbage is one of the biggest reasons that competitive bowling is falling off the map. The shot basically made it impossible to miss, and I know, because I tried all day.
Also not sure how you're getting what you're getting out of what I said . . I said I bowled terrible and shouldn't have had anywhere near those scores. Put a "1" instead of a "2" in front of all of them and that's what I should have gotten. Yes, there's a thing called luck, but I don't know how I'm supposed to be proud of what happened. That's like being happy about winning something by default because your opponent got injured. I don't really care about the outcome or the final score, I just care about doing something well, and if the outcome or the final score doesn't reflect how you did, there's just a disconnect for me there.
Last week in league, I needed the second strike in the 10th to win the team game. I threw a great shot, stoned an 8, didn't flinch. Just walked back up there and picked up the spare and sat down. As far as I'm concerned, I made the shot, they just didn't fall down, I'm not sure how you can get upset about that. A few nights ago, I never missed the pocket all night, all I left were a handful of back row pins scattered here and there, didn't jump right on here and complain about that. I threw it well, that's all that mattered to me. Then yesterday I got a lot of scores I didn't deserve, that bothers me. I know in bowling you rarely get what you deserve, but house shots hurt bowling, point in case.
Not trying to be a dick, but you seem like a person who would get pissed off if I carried everything and I don't have the same skill level as you. while you're rolling good quality shots and getting 9 all day.