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kingpin268

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Why no love for Morich?
« on: September 07, 2009, 08:54:48 AM »
From my wandering around this site, it doesn't seem that Morich is that popular. Around my house, tournaments, and even the PBA I don't see them often. I drilled up a LevRG a few months ago, and I have been nothing but impressed. The ball is an absolute animal on the lanes and even opened up the shark pattern when nothing of mine wanted to turn. I think it's Mo's cores that makes them so different because they gives me a look I've never had with any other ball in my 9 years of bowling. So I'm just wondering who on here has had the same success with them because, frankly, I'm sold on Morich. I'm in the process of drilling up a Sahara, Seek & Destroy, and Awesome Finish. I'm excited to see how they will turn out.
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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2009, 05:03:28 PM »
I have throwen just about every ball since the Hercules they used to be amazing, if always under the Radar a little bit compared to the larger companies. The Awesome Line was a little shakey, and the LevRG Line IMO sucked with the exception of Nsane. No length no Pop on the back nothing.

The Frenzy piques my interest a little, I would like to try it if I get a cool deal on it, but they gotta get back to the stuff that worked like Ravage, Total Annhilation, Mayhem, Shock & Awe, Seek and Destroy, those were all awesome, and gave me a good edge over some of the guys using Strom or Ebonite.
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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2009, 05:10:45 PM »
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From my wandering around this site, it doesn't seem that Morich is that popular. Around my house, tournaments, and even the PBA I don't see them often.


You won't see them on the PBA at all this season.  Mo & Co. didn't want to cough up the massive amounts of dough the PBA blackmails out of ball companies.  I just recently got my first MoRich, also a LevRG and I am also very happy with this ball.  I'm gonna shop around for a couple more out of the LevRG series.
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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2009, 05:28:01 PM »
I have owned three Morich balls.Shock and Awe Seek and Destroy and the Nsane Levrg.All of these balls very good hard hitting balls Shock and AWE was the most versitale.Seek and Destroy was a great oiler for the time.Nsane Levrg sharpest snapping ball that revs up hard in the midlane hits the dry goes sharp left with insane pin carry.My brother has an Ntense Levrg and loves it too.Sometimes when you throw a Morich ball it sounds like a bomb going off in the pindeck

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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2009, 07:14:44 PM »
Yeah, I love the way the LevRG revs up strong and just turns left. Hits as hard as anything I've thrown and carry is probably the best I've had. Very impressed with Morich. Seems like a lot of people here are fans and love the equipment, yet it remains low key on the market. I'll have to make a video one day comparing the four morich balls I have.

And yeah, it's sad that Morich doesn't have the money to be allowed on the PBA. But then again, they didn't bring that much air time to the table anyway. Danny Wiseman threw it a few times as well as Walter Ray. But it didn't seem to match up well with Walter on tv. Oh well...
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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2009, 11:58:17 PM »
I wouldn't say unusable by power players. The core is very dynamic but it's just how you drill it. I think many people drill it too strong and the ball turns out to be a turd. Drill it with a longer pin and you got a monster on your hands. I'm by no means a rev-challenged bowler and the LevRG hooks more than any other ball I've thrown. I will agree though, the EZ REV core system is pretty layout sensitive. Just Check out BuddiesProshop video by Tim Gillick. The guy has at least 500 rpm and the LevRG is a freight train.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Yu-z8V7HY
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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2009, 02:23:03 AM »
I also think that MoRich just went too far with the EasyRev core design. I have used older MoRich balls and already found them to be quite condition-specific, but the LevRG line seems to take this to the extremes between "works" and "works not" with little in between.

2 friends had the original LevRG as an oil ball, and both hated them because they did not perform well. On the other side, I played at a tournament in Belgium last year in the squad of the winner, and he used an Ntense LevRG that was ultimately shredding the rack.

That seen and said, I think that the introduction of a weaker MB core with the Frenzy (and also the Solid LevRG) was a sound step, but in the previous years Morich maerketing has moved the brand into a "hook monster" corner where any ball that comes with a milder core would disappoint the public - even if it would IMO make preformance- and versatility-wise more sense.

Maybe things will get back to "normal", but at the moment I think MoRich is at a marketing dead end with lots of disappointed users.
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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2009, 11:59:41 AM »
I love my morich shot my first 300 with my awesome flip.... and the new frenzy is just flat out amazing.... Also as a word of warning with the awesome finish you may want to drill it slightly stronger as it is VERY tame for the type of ball it is...

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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2009, 06:53:54 PM »
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I love my morich shot my first 300 with my awesome flip.... and the new frenzy is just flat out amazing.... Also as a word of warning with the awesome finish you may want to drill it slightly stronger as it is VERY tame for the type of ball it is...


I tried out my finish the other night in league and was very suprised how much it moves on the backend,the only Mo ball I own that rivials my Intense Inferno!
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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2009, 10:22:52 PM »
If it rivals the intense, then that's got some serious backend. All the videos of the Finish haven't made it look great. And certainly not snappy. I'll be curious to see how it reacts.
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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2009, 12:56:04 PM »
I have an awesome finish that I got from a friend and it is drilled pin above ring finger.  It is not tame at all but it is not too aggressive either.  Its a nice rolling ball and hits well.  It is my first ball out of the bag for shark,  and it works on many different conditions.  I like the ball very much and was glad my friend wanted me to have it.
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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2009, 12:24:36 PM »
I think because of how big and heavy the cores in Morich equipment are it''''s tough for people to match up with them.  For crankers they can really get the ball down the lane and make Morich stuff do a left turn.  For strokers the core will rev up nice and quick and give them hook where they never could before.  However for the bulk of people in between, tweeners, or high end strokers/low end crankers the equipment becomes very drill specific and can be very over under.

I have a seek & destroy, levrg, ntense levrg, and a sahara.  I''''ve had my high sets with the s&d, levrg, and then the ntense levrg and I really like their equiopment.  However, now that I''''ve made adjustments to my game and have more hand, (low end cranker high end tweener here) I find that it''''s difficult to control and get a consistent reaction with my Mo equipment.  And since that category is a large percentage of bowlers it''''s tough to win us over!

The awesome finish however is in my opinion one of the greatest balls they''''ve ever produced.  Even though it''''s still got that big Vanguard core the Spectrum coverstock tames it and gives a great read on the lanes.  It gives smooth length with readability in the midlane and great finish.  It''''s one of the few balls with a large core that isn''''t over/under.  I still recommend that ball to people looking for something controllable on shots from dry to medium.  The only condition I don''''t think it''''s best for is longer oil but it could still do the trick.

The AFinish is the one ball from them that has great core design with the best coverstock I think they''''ve designed.  It''''s one of those solids that can handle wear and tear and produce great friction on the lane.  However, nowadays everyone wants hybrid covers and low grit pearlized reactives, and when you combine that with crazy RG level balls and heavy/large cores you get crazy uncontrollable reaction.

It''s a shame with what''s been happening with them and also with Big B lately.

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Edited on 10/19/2009 12:28 PM

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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2009, 12:35:04 PM »
I have to echo Dizzy on the core comments. I loved Awesome Flip, Finish, & WOMB. I had LevRG (which I did like on PBA patterns), 'NSane, and Solid LevRG (both which I didn't like at all). I believe (opinion only I am not a driller) that the cores ended up so complex that good drillings of them were hit and miss. Mo is a really intelligent guy but sometimes simplicity of design makes for more consistent bowling balls. While I haven't tried Frenzy I think his new core appears much more drillable for the average proshop guy who doesn't have an engineering degree. I am tempted to drill that next time I put on ball whore hat (very soon).
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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2009, 10:43:40 AM »
Its been said different ways in the post but I believe in general this paragraph is the most fair representation of why Mo's stuff isnt overly popular.

 
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I think because of how big and heavy the cores in Morich equipment are it''''s tough for people to match up with them. For crankers they can really get the ball down the lane and make Morich stuff do a left turn. For strokers the core will rev up nice and quick and give them hook where they never could before. However for the bulk of people in between, tweeners, or high end strokers/low end crankers the equipment becomes very drill specific and can be very over under.


I have a TA, Ravage, Onslaught, Mayhem, and WMB. The only 1 I absolutely didnt like was the WMB. Each of them were great when I could read the pattern forward, but at no time could I loop any of the balls. With the amount of revs I have, playing up the lane is not always an option on the THS. Mo's stuff just never seemed to match up too well for that. My favorite of the balls was the Mayhem, because it was enough shell and roll (and a proper drilling) to read the midlane while playing in. The TA was very lazy from inside.

My favorite look was probably the Onslaught, but I had other things that overlapped it. So I just cut my losses and moved on.
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Re: Why no love for Morich?
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2009, 10:54:15 AM »
only one that worked well with me was the collosses supream I have also tried the wmb and the levrg both didnt match up with me.