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Title: What is a high game to you??
Post by: Rock77 on March 05, 2004, 01:10:49 AM

Well, I was sitting and thinking about how many "high" games I have thrown this year and then thought, well, what is a high game?? Is a high game anything shot over 220,230,240 etc....

I understand that different people will have different standards as to what a high game would be to them. Obviously someone who averages 220 and shoots a 230 probably wont look at that as a high game. However if someone who averages 190 shoots the same score, he does think its a high game. Personally if I shoot anything over a 240, its a high game. Not that 220's and 230's dont mean anything, they are still 40+ pins higher than my average. But if I shoot a 240 or better then I consider that to be a high game. So what do you guys think??
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: jjweb on March 05, 2004, 04:18:03 PM

Personally for me, I think anything over a 240-250 is a high game. But a game above 220 (185 average) I'm still doing good. I manage to roll my high games off league (278, 265) but a 259 (league high) on league is still pretty good to me.
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: Thomas889 on March 05, 2004, 04:22:44 PM

When I bowl in league no matter what my average may be I think it's 200 because tournies it's all based on a +/- 200 average system....I would consider 230+ a good game...over 250 I would feel I bowled very well...
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: Fatboy8 on March 05, 2004, 04:23:46 PM

Being a first year bowler, I started out with a 120 average, went to throwing a hook ball and went up to a 134 and rising. My highest game is a 230, so whenever I get 200 or better I call it a high game to me, but I'm just a beginner, got a long way to go!!!
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: abnormal on March 05, 2004, 04:24:07 PM

I think anytime you're shooting over your average it's a good game. Maybe anything over a 1 is a good game since a bad day bowling is still better than a good day of work.

Edited on 3/5/2004 7:02 PM

Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: LadyW on March 05, 2004, 04:53:50 PM

I only average 170ish.  For me to bowl games up to 220 isn't what I'd consider a big stretch.  I'm not saying that I'm not happy with them though.  The 225-240ish range is what I consider a high game because they are harder for me to attain.
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: ClutchClay on March 05, 2004, 05:01:58 PM

Any game where I felt like I threw a minimum of 8 shots that felt right - regardless of score.
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: bigfoot on March 05, 2004, 05:24:29 PM

I'm averaging 197 right now, and I consider 240 to be a very good game for me.
I've only cracked the 240 mark 2 times this year.  I seem to get 220's or 230's
on a fairly regular basis and consider those to be very solid games for me.  Anything 250+ would qualify as awesome for me!

Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: QuAnTuM LeFtY on March 05, 2004, 05:26:40 PM

I would say right around 260-270+.  I dont usually care how high my game is anymore as long as i feel that i threw a good game and win.
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: kingswingin on March 05, 2004, 07:30:17 PM

I average about 185, mixed league one night a week... second shift league at that.  Conditions are different every week, but I would consider anything over 220 a good game - anything over 250 great for me.  My high game is 279 and I've thrown it 3 times... so once I break that cycle it has to be HONOR SCORE time! That'll be a momentous occasion for me.

Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: Tiller on March 05, 2004, 08:50:28 PM

I've been using the Frames software for a month now, and my two high games out of 134 are 258 and 241. The next best are in the 210 range. I'd like to think that anything over my current average of 176 is decent, and any frames over 200 are good; 240 to perfect are high scores.

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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: Thomas889 on March 05, 2004, 09:09:15 PM

You consider a 300 a high game?...Hmmmm....because I consider it the game of my life....Might just be me though....
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: Tiller on March 05, 2004, 09:19:40 PM

Well 300 is the world record....

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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: nizzo on March 05, 2004, 09:20:14 PM

Minimum score for a high game I would say 240.

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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: mumzie on March 05, 2004, 09:24:45 PM

A friend of mine once said that if you want to average 200, quit thinking of 200 as a good game. Move the "good" bar to 225 or better.
So I did that, and I started averaging closer to 200. When I got over 200, I raised the bar to 235 - and booked 220. Now that I've booked 220, 245+ is a good game. Anything over 260 I consider very good.

Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: LuckyLefty on March 05, 2004, 11:40:39 PM

I'm always having fun at the 230 mark.

People say what a good sport I am, competitive a gentleman.
At 200-,(I think I'm a jerk)!

At 250 plus I'm a very happy and gracious fellow.

When I get in the 250 groove somethin beautiful is happening and I like it!

REgards,

Luckylefty
PS It's funny how if your not top notch(230 average guys on here).  How one gets in streaks of no 250s and then one every set!  I had a nice cycle going with my son where he'd go, "Dad, you've got a chance at 300 again today", nearly every time he and I went.  Really fun for me and the fun lovin little guy!  And then it was gone!

Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: HamPster on March 06, 2004, 02:30:02 AM

It also depends a little on how you look at it.  If I throw a 260 plus, and earn it, I'll be pretty happy, but if I throw the same score and don't bowl so well, I'm still happy to have the score, but face the realization that the same shots could produce a 200 the next game.  Example, in league Wednesday night, I threw a pretty decent first game.  However, I left a solid 9 as well as a solid 7 (solid, not mixer) and a few ring 10's, and only shot 213.  I FELT like I bowled 240 or 250.  The second game, I pulled out a different ball and went the front 10 right off the bat.  I had a mixer or two, and a couple of 10's kick out for 288.  I wasn't quite as comfortable as I'd been the first game (the ball I went to and I haven't been getting along very well so far), but I threw some pretty good shots.  I SCORED 288, but felt more like I threw a 230 and MAYBE a 240.  The last game I absolutely buried everything, and left 4 RING 10's.  I felt ON, and only shot 236.  That game felt like it should have been the 288, and I honestly believe I could have shot the 300.  It's funny how it works out that way.  The two games I felt I threw the ball the best I got tapped, and the game I was a little uncomfortable in was the game I scored the best.  

I have a temper, but I'd rather make quality shots and get tapped than make poor shots and carry.  Because sooner or later the quality shots will start falling, and if you add in a break or two, you've got yourself some honor scores.  I'm a lot calmer getting tapped than I am making bad shots.  95 percent of the time I have a temper flare, it's because I made what I felt was a bad shot.  Of course, if I've got the front 8 or 9 and leave a solid 7, 8 or 9, I'd probably be a tad miffed, but lol, I really doubt that'll happen much unless I start throwing the ball a lot better than I have been.
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: Rockh3ad on March 06, 2004, 07:55:41 AM

I have a fast rising 170 average, and as long as I stay above that I don't get too upset about it. But I consider games 200 and above to be good games for me.
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: Hamburglar on March 06, 2004, 10:28:30 AM

I have different levels of "HIGH" games...

Up to 30 pins over my average (170-200) is...GOOD
30-60 pins over my average (200-230) is...GREAT
60-100 pins over my average (230-270) is...OUTSTANDING
100+ pins over my average (270+) is...UNCONSCIOUS  

I've been GOOD a lot (especially the last several weeks), GREAT sometimes (several times over the last few weeks), OUTSTANDING on ocassion (once a couple of weeks ago), but never have I been UNCONSCIOUS...YET!

Once I get my average to where I think it shoud be...185-190...I'll have to restructure my opinion of "HIGH" games.
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: MSC2471 on March 06, 2004, 01:06:06 PM

A high game to me would be anything over 240, as I average between 200-210. I've only had one score in my regular league above 240 ( a 265) but in tournaments I've had at least 4 games above 240 this year.

Matt

Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: Gene J Kanak on March 06, 2004, 01:12:43 PM

Like others have said, anything over 200 really insn't a bad game, but I don't get too excited about anything less than 250s.
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: Jeffrevs on March 06, 2004, 02:44:31 PM

with all the changes (for the better) in my game this season,...I'd have to say 230+ is a high game for me....last season I might have said 240=250+.....
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: DonSVO on March 06, 2004, 03:21:05 PM

if i can take care of business, i am usually happy. what i mean is that if i have a CLEAN game, i usually bowl well and the strike keep coming. take last week in league, for instance:

a 62 in the 5th(open-spare-open-spare-open), then threw 7 strikes in a row after re-grouping. THATS an awesome game to me. we won that set by 9 pins, and we needed the win. if i hadn't pulled my head out of my anus and thrown a 212, we would have been screwed. i threw 2 big 4's and a 7-10 in the first half... with my pace that game should have been in the 258+ range had those 3 balls had not gone high.

my highest game ever is 257. anything over 220 is a damn fine game. i average 170 or so.
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Title: Re: What is a high game to you??
Post by: LuvThatWhiteDot on March 06, 2004, 04:21:54 PM

240 and up...

What I wouldn't give for three 240's
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