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BigBZ

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What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« on: June 01, 2004, 04:02:49 AM »
I know that different drillings ect. make a big difference in performance, but what ball have you tried that was the flatout biggest disappointing dud? Just curious-Brian

 

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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2004, 10:05:58 PM »
Hammer 3-D Striking Red Offset Super Hook (I always called it either Super Hookless or the 3-DUD)

Second place:  Columbia Chaos.  Blech
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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #17 on: June 01, 2004, 10:35:59 PM »
EM,

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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #18 on: June 01, 2004, 10:55:13 PM »
I wouldn't say that I have tried a ball that was truely horrible. The flash point and I did not work together, but that does notmean it is necessarily a bad ball, just too snappy.

My true answer, none.


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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #19 on: June 01, 2004, 11:22:28 PM »
Going back a few years the Track Silencer. I think it was just in the way it was drilled. Even farther back then that the Chump I mean the Champ. Could not get either ball to do anything. If you want even further back the Pacific Storm just flat out sucked for me.
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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #20 on: June 01, 2004, 11:29:42 PM »
Well, if you're looking for one all out disappointing dud, it would be the Ebonite TPC Warrior, but other additions include the Ebonite V2 Sanded and the Storm Shock Trauma
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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #21 on: June 01, 2004, 11:37:07 PM »
For me it would probably have to be the Track Flare....bought it because I absolutely LOVED the NRg...the Flare and I just never hit it off...

after that probably the Golden Nugget..not so much cause the ball was a dud or anything, but that's when I found out I don't exactly match up well with particle pearls...
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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #22 on: June 02, 2004, 12:01:49 AM »
Silver Streak and Silver Streak Pearl.  Some people swear by these but I couldn't get a consistant read or reaction from house to house, shot to shot.  not to mention neither one of them finished worth anything.,  Both hit like they were too lazy to continue through the deck.
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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #23 on: June 02, 2004, 12:14:40 AM »
Syntactive Sledge Hammer.  I can buy 100 more balls and no other can come close to its poor performance.
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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #24 on: June 02, 2004, 12:20:31 AM »
Almost everyone that owns an EMERALD GREEN BUZZSAW thinks they are FANTASTIC BALLS. I can't get a good game out of mine. Rarely use it anymore. (NO, I DON'T WANT TO SELL/TRADE IT)
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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #25 on: June 02, 2004, 12:25:01 AM »
I have only been disappointed with 3 balls.....well disappointed because I could not get them to work at all.

In order I had them:
Brunswick Combat Zone

Dyno Thane Anomaly

Brunswick Ultimate Inferno

The Combat Zone just did not carry well for me at all. NOW, this was when I really had no bowling knowledge at all.
Anomaly- It just did not hook like Dyno Thane advertised, atleast not for me. I had to have clean backends to get good movement or hit out of this ball.
Ultimate Inferno-Pretty much the same as the Anomaly. It did not hook like people were saying, but it did have good HIT to it. BUT it was a medium oil ball at best in my opinion.


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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #26 on: June 02, 2004, 02:27:46 AM »
The Track Heat 2 Pearl.

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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #27 on: June 02, 2004, 03:33:23 AM »
Vicious Attack, didn't like it from the word go.  The sledge hammer was a close second.  I have been considering a do-over with that one though.

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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #28 on: June 02, 2004, 09:46:12 AM »
Columbia Orange Dot....for those who can remember it.
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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #29 on: June 02, 2004, 12:09:58 PM »
Turbo Diesel and Viscious Particle. I could have used them both as spare balls.
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Re: What ball has been the biggest disappointment to you?
« Reply #30 on: June 02, 2004, 04:23:47 PM »
Track Thrash was absolute trash. That ball was a real stinker. The ball flat out didn't hook.
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