Post by: jr_300 on January 11, 2006, 11:32:06 AM
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Post by: Platinum Bowler on January 11, 2006, 07:37:36 PM
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Post by: shelley on January 11, 2006, 09:35:29 PM
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Post by: mumzie on January 11, 2006, 10:55:45 PM
Match play is one game, head to head - run like a 24 team league schedule, with the last game a position round. Many careers have been made and killed in the position round alone.
What makes this a better format, in MY opinion, is two things:
1. If you lead the tournament, you can't get knocked out by a couple of badly timed pocket 7-10 splits, and
2. The one game matches, with everyone changing lanes every game, makes it so that no one gets locked into a pair, effectively shutting out the other guy.
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Post by: TwoFourEightNineNine on January 11, 2006, 11:28:03 PM
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Post by: mumzie on January 11, 2006, 11:56:47 PM
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Post by: Walking E on January 12, 2006, 12:09:04 AM
On the right lane, he was standing in front of the ball return and releasing the ball over the right hand gutter of the left lane. He lost one ball though that sailed into the right gutter. Rudy Revs was playing almost the same line and dropped one ball that became an instant gutter shot in the left gutter.
The righties were playing either over 10 with no hand or around 6th arrow, particularly later in the shift. Many righties were starting in front of the ball return when on the right lane.
The lefties weren't playing as extreme a line at all - mostly between 10-15 with a slight belly to the left. It still wasn't easy for the lefties as the righties were burning the heads on the left side, causing lots of carry issues for the lefties. Still, the left side looks like it's a more playable shot, at least today anyway.
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Post by: Silencer on January 12, 2006, 05:18:02 AM
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The lefties weren't playing as extreme a line at all - mostly between 10-15 with a slight belly to the left. It still wasn't easy for the lefties as the righties were burning the heads on the left side, causing lots of carry issues for the lefties. Still, the left side looks like it's a more playable shot, at least today anyway.
Plain and simple, the lefties had the world...none of them were playing deep really at any point in the day and they all whacked it pretty well
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Post by: tjj300 on January 12, 2006, 09:56:52 AM
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The lefties weren't playing as extreme a line at all - mostly between 10-15 with a slight belly to the left. It still wasn't easy for the lefties as the righties were burning the heads on the left side, causing lots of carry issues for the lefties. Still, the left side looks like it's a more playable shot, at least today anyway.
Plain and simple, the lefties had the world...none of them were playing deep really at any point in the day and they all whacked it pretty well
It's not the lefties having the world, it's the righties destroying theirs.
Edited on 1/12/2006 10:45 AM
Post by: Jeffrevs on January 12, 2006, 11:55:52 AM
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Post by: Platinum Bowler on January 12, 2006, 11:59:29 AM
quote:Because each game you figure how much you are plus or minus going by a 200 game. So if you shoot 256, you are +56. If you shoot a 183, you are -17. But you just keep on adding what you are after each game.
Can someone please explain to me +/- 200 ?? Sorry for the stupid question
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Post by: Jeffrevs on January 12, 2006, 12:00:40 PM
quote:quote:Because each game you figure how much you are plus or minus going by a 200 game. So if you shoot 256, you are +56. If you shoot a 183, you are -17. But you just keep on adding what you are after each game.
Can someone please explain to me +/- 200 ?? Sorry for the stupid question
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DUH!!!!!!!! thanks!! I thought that's what it was, but I figured I'd ask to make sure !
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Post by: Platinum Bowler on January 12, 2006, 12:01:50 PM
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Post by: scotts33 on January 12, 2006, 12:06:20 PM
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Post by: Jeffrevs on January 12, 2006, 12:25:22 PM
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Revs--You haven't bowled in any scratch events huh? Gotta get out of those hdcp. bushwacker tournaments.
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actually I've been in 3 tourneys ....... all scratch! so bite me !
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Post by: scotts33 on January 12, 2006, 12:50:29 PM
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all scratch! so bite me !
I'll save that for Fry-Day you douchebag!
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Post by: Walking E on January 12, 2006, 02:13:46 PM
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Post by: da Shiv on January 12, 2006, 02:50:32 PM
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Match play is one game, head to head - run like a 24 team league schedule, with the last game a position round. Many careers have been made and killed in the position round alone.
What makes this a better format, in MY opinion, is two things:
1. If you lead the tournament, you can't get knocked out by a couple of badly timed pocket 7-10 splits, and
2. The one game matches, with everyone changing lanes every game, makes it so that no one gets locked into a pair, effectively shutting out the other guy.
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I like this MUCH better than what has become the new "usual" format. I think you are much more likely to get the week's best bowlers on TV this way.
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Post by: TwoFourEightNineNine on January 13, 2006, 12:59:18 AM
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Post by: agroves on January 13, 2006, 03:02:01 AM
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Post by: mumzie on January 13, 2006, 11:47:21 AM
And, they're making some money regardless of how they finish, so that's gotta ease the pain a little.
I certainly like the old format better!
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Post by: da Shiv on January 16, 2006, 09:39:16 AM
I think that for following the tournament from afar--as most of us have to do--it's more interesting the old way, when we can see guys go up and down the standings as they either find or lose a groove.
I think it works the same way as lane conditions. When the lane conditions favor certain bowlers' "A" games, they dominate, and when the lane conditions favor another type of players' "A" games, those players dominate. Certain kinds of bowlers seem to work better under the sudden death format in use now, and other bowlers are better when hanging on for the long haul is the format. It doesn't make one type of bowler better than the other, the two formats just showcase different strengths. Sprinters don't win marathons, and marathoners don't win sprints. Of course, it's match play on TV either way. I just prefer the old tournament format and the old step ladder type finals as well.
Of course, then there's Norm Duke, who (in spite of losing this week) has shown the ability to handle different lane conditions, different release styles, and different tournament formats better than anyone else, IMHO.
Shiv
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