The PA state tournament started this weekend. Did anybody go, if so how did the patterns play? I will be bowling mothers day weekend.

No one in my group bowled exceptionally well. We did singles/doubles first at 8AM on Saturday. Backends were flying. Anything pulled slightly would miss left by a bunch. Spare shooting for left side spares was a challenge, and I hooked past a couple 4-pins that I thought I had made.
I had some success going up 7 board with a Storm Ride and switching to my Dirty Look after the shot changed just into game 2. Managed a 617 with a 160 game in singles, and shot 700 in doubles. I threw pretty hard, and the ball would just exit stage left when it hit the dry. Great reaction with the Dirty Look.
The team shot was another story. We again had fresh oil, but nothing in the way of backend. I threw the ball like crap Sunday. Pulled everything for half the block. Just could not carry more than a double, and those were rare. I needed aggressive with some surface, but I left it at home since I didn't need it for singles/doubles and I live near both houses. Didn't thing I'd need it. I was wrong. Shot 544 to kill any chance at all-events.
Hope you all have better luck at figuring team out than I did. I needed something more aggressive than my Jet Turbulence.

Anybody else care to share their experience?

I think it was ridiculous.  99.9% of PA Bowlers throw on some type of house shot.  Mive to the state tournament and it's a completely different shot.  In my opinion it eliminated most Bowlers from having any chance.  The only one who benefited were 1) the really high handicappers - lane conditions have minimal impact and 2) the very high average who bowl tournaments on many different conditions and may even bowl in sport leagues.  The rest of the people who average between 150 and 210 were pretty much S.O.L. 

I'm not saying that you should be able to close your eyes, throw the ball anywhere, and strike, but it would be nice to hit the pocket on at least reasonably well thrown shots.

I think they didn't announce the pattern change because they wanted a reasonable turnout.  I hope the association was taking notes during (what I imagined to be) just about every shift.  Lots of unhappy folks.

I completely disagree with any sort of house shot being at the state tournament. It is a tournament and should be treated as such.  I like bowling on harder conditions and bowled awful at states. I'll own it. I am surely in the minority but I would rather bowl in a tournament that has low scores rather than check out the standings after the first week and see that the leader in scratch singles threw 850 and the team scratch is 3700 plus.

Last year I walked into the team house just as a squad was finishing up and noticed a guy hollering about how horrible the conditions were and how awful the state tournament was for putting down that condition. I asked what ball he was throwing. His reply was that it was the only one that he owned and that he had it for about the last ten years. Those days have been gone for a long time. I don't think it's necessary to bring in a truck load of balls but at a tournament you should have an option or two.

I have it at home but haven't looked at it for a while. Afraid that Bryan will ask Berks association to put in an easy shot next year.