If you think color doesn't matter, show up with a Pink Panther to a men's league. The reactions are priceless. 

I am finding it very disheartening to read this thread. Xrayjay, I understand what you are saying, and I am not, hopefully, going to make any personal attacks on anyone. But unless you want to be a beginner bowler, the kind who open bowl once in a while and maybe join a league....color doesn't mean a damn thing. If you take this sport seriously, and I don't mean PBA, Regionals seriously, but seriously enough that you want to compete to the very best of your abilities, color should be the very very very last thing you worry about. And if you aren't taking it seriously enough to be the best you can be, then you have no business on a website like this complaining about any companies color choices, or lack thereof. The number one thing you should be looking at is the performance of the ball, and does it compliment your game and give you the desired reaction you are looking for on the specific conditions want it to. Simple as that. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't....and color makes up about 0% of that. No wonder bowling is dying....there are actually people out there who would rather buy a ball based on color rather then is it the right ball for the conditons...and these people are probably the first to be back in their local pro shop complaining because the ball doesn't do what they want it to....but at least it looks "cool" going to down the lane. 

If you think color doesn't matter, show up with a Pink Panther to a men's league. The reactions are priceless. 

I would love to bowl in your league Milo lol... I throw a pink strike ball (bloody cross), a pink spare ball, and I have a pink shoe lace on my slide shoe......I do this for two reasons.

1. BLoody cross is damn good ball.
2. I lost my GF to breast cancer 12 years ago, she was 31.

Quote from: milorafferty on February 26, 2015, 10:10:46 AM

If you think color doesn't matter, show up with a Pink Panther to a men's league. The reactions are priceless. 

I had a pink panther and pearl panther, no one said a work when i shot 700+ the first night out....

Yea, that does tend to shut them up doesn't it? LOL

I loved beating those guys with the Pink Panther. It was so in their heads it just made it easy. I would leave it in the bag until shadow was over, then pull it out for the first shot and start striking.

And Xray, them boys might want to "string you up" with all that pink! LOL

Quote from: milorafferty on February 26, 2015, 10:10:46 AM

If you think color doesn't matter, show up with a Pink Panther to a men's league. The reactions are priceless. 

I had a pink panther and pearl panther, no one said a word when i shot 700+ the first night out....

Ken is still a rookie and hasnt gotten to the point yet in his bowling career to either realize or care about other things. Thats doesnt make him bad, just means he is thinking different. My only advice would be if you want to continue to grow and compete, than dont let the color of a ball deter you from buying it, the "ugliest" ball may just be the ball that matches up to you the best, never know if you dont try.

As far as Motiv goes, there are more and more people giving them a try. I was a 20+ year Storm and Roto guy who wanted to see what else worked, I do that now and then,not that I had any issues with Storm/Roto at all...still love them and have in the past always gone back. But curiousity got to me again and I tried Motiv and have been exceptionally pleased. The Venom Shock is one of the best balls Ive ever thrown, ever. If I didnt try it, I would have missed out on something very special for me. That ball between pots, pot games and tournaments has almost paid for the whole new Motiv arsenal I currently have....So just keep your mind open to trying different things....Storm/Roto makes great equipment but they are not the only ones...

Oh just because a ball is ugly doesn't stop me from buying one. I Bought a slingshot black n pink  for an amateur bowling tour tournament and shot 278 290 248 to qualify and eventually winning the 1500 $ prize fund. I'm just saying due to motiv balls not appealing to me I never gave them a shot when I can get a ugly* performance ball from a company I trust ya know.

Well this topic is over, nobody even remembers what the OP was asking about... Thanks for trolling and getting us all off topic. Guess you could start a topic about the color of a ball, but why when you can just invade someone else's topic. I feel better now!!! 

I hear ya. I brought it off topic my fault. But the OP posted it and never said a word again even tho suggestions were thrown at him. And once again my fault was just asking another question if people threw motiv balls that's all, then small talk happen and I said why I didn't throw motiv.

Hahaha dam what's wrong with me!! If I threw motiv I would of not been smited on. In Cali I rarely see motiv balls. Motiv balls are like lord field, or lane master, genesis. Rarely see them which is why I was wondering if most of you guys threw motiv lol.

See how you are Ken? If you would just throw Motiv this wouldn't have happened. I hope we all learned something today. 

Quote from: Ken De Beasto on February 26, 2015, 02:20:19 PM

Quote from: justink on February 26, 2015, 02:10:38 PM

Well this topic is over, nobody even remembers what the OP was asking about... Thanks for trolling and getting us all off topic. Guess you could start a topic about the color of a ball, but why when you can just invade someone else's topic. I feel better now!!! 

I hear ya. I brought it off topic my fault. But the OP posted it and never said a word again even tho suggestions were thrown at him. And once again my fault was just asking another question if people threw motiv balls that's all, then small talk happen and I said why I didn't throw motiv.

I'm in Stockton and there is a lot of Motiv used here. Genesis has a decent following and is growing, probably because most of the guys involved are from this area. Likewise with Lord Field/Lane Masters as Lane Masters is made here.

Storm and Hammer are still the most popular brands though.

Hahaha dam what's wrong with me!! If I threw motiv I would of not been smited on. In Cali I rarely see motiv balls. Motiv balls are like lord field, or lane master, genesis. Rarely see them which is why I was wondering if most of you guys threw motiv lol.

Quote from: milorafferty on February 26, 2015, 02:23:51 PM

See how you are Ken? If you would just throw Motiv this wouldn't have happened. I hope we all learned something today. 

Quote from: Ken De Beasto on February 26, 2015, 02:20:19 PM

Quote from: justink on February 26, 2015, 02:10:38 PM

Well this topic is over, nobody even remembers what the OP was asking about... Thanks for trolling and getting us all off topic. Guess you could start a topic about the color of a ball, but why when you can just invade someone else's topic. I feel better now!!! 

I hear ya. I brought it off topic my fault. But the OP posted it and never said a word again even tho suggestions were thrown at him. And once again my fault was just asking another question if people threw motiv balls that's all, then small talk happen and I said why I didn't throw motiv.