I ordered the new solid dark blue path rising pearl, and bowled with it for the first time tonight. I didn't know what to expect, I like bowling with something different from everyone else, anyway, I bowled the last game in league tonight, and the reaction I got was smooth, I bowled a 246 right out of the box. I swung it out a couple of times and it came back, and I rolled a few straight ones to see how would it react, and I'm impressed. After reading some reviews on here, I thought I give pyramid a try. So next, I will like to get that blueprint pearl. This ball is long and smooth, and can also swing it out a little bit, and it comes back. I chose layout number 3 that came with the ball