I just wanted to add a quick 2 cents here. Why do bowlers have issues with other bowlers bragging about their achievement? Do you belittle the kid who says he hit a home run by replying but you only play tee ball? That what I read here from some people. "real" bowlers wouldn't consider it an achievement. Why not. It was the maximum score for the rules being used. And you wonder why hdcp bowlers think some scratch guys are aholes. Way to prove their point.
Well said. Some of these comments just prove that Haters are going to Hate. Its the spirit of the moment, doing the best you can playing by the rules of the tourney, and just plain having a good time. Is it a big achievment? Like said before, it depends on the individual. Is it a fun achievemnet? Should be unless you're just a total buzzkill.
Many of us are on the same page, some aren't.
I think that bowling should be supported and bring back the times of when you were on a waiting list to open bowl, no lanes open on any league night and I feel that anything I can do, I will. If a bowler averages 150, enjoys the game and is respectful to himself and others, whether he uses two hands, one hand or four limbs, it does not matter to me. At least there is one more person who enjoys one of the things I do.
Watching a high school team yesterday, I saw the excitement of someone that rolled their first 200. Was that a big achievement, in my goals, no. But the individual who did it was elated, and that made me smile on the inside and outside.
At one time we were just beginning, some people peak at a higher level. Everybody's first 200, clean game, no tap 300 were big achievements to us at that time.
If I shoot another 300, it will be a big achievement to me since I have less than 10. For someone that has 100+ of those 300 games, they might think it is not. If I get my 800, same thing.
