Tournament today on the dead mans curve pattern. First practice shot with Reax I tried straight up the 5 board (I knew this was out of bounds) ball went straight for the 10 pin like a plastic ball would. I ended that test real quick and moved in...2nd arrow...nothing...The only playable shot was between 2nd and 3rd arrow with slower then normal speeds. By game 2 the pattern opened up a bit and was able to get decent reaction, 3rd game the ball worked better and was able to play up 10. "OIL MONSTER"? Im not so sure about. On the house shot in my league the ball was a beast, on the dead mans curve pattern....It was OK....but to be fair nobody, no ball had a great reaction in game one.

Let me ask, did any other ball move at your original line? Ive been pissed a few times about how my new hook monster doesnt move, then go back to go to another ball to see it be as straight as an arrow. Reax for me was not a backend monster like the videos, but it hooked alot when nothing else did. I still have room for a hole, but I cant just drill one before I get more games on it. I consider it a very heavy oil ball.

I switched to my nightmare for a few shots in game two. Decent reaction but nothing great. I was determined to get the reax to work so i went back to it. And it was ok. . .  The deadmans curve has more out of bounds then most other patterns and this was my first time on that pattern. I had the nightmare at 2000 and the reax in OOB. It is possible it was burning up but during league play on kegel stone street (modified, more oil volume) it didnt have that problem.

There are patterns out there that can make a $200 oil monster into a plastic ball OOB. Dead Man's Curve is a lot of oil(especially the 50ml version), 43 ft and more OOB than usual sport patterns. Playing the ball up 5 with the OOB surface wasn't very smart to begin with unless you have a ton of hand, (it's called an Out Of Bounds for a reason). If you apply more surface to the ball on that pattern, I'm pretty sure that the ball will have a much better reaction than you did. 500, 1500 ain't gonna get it on dead mans curve. You would need something like 800 or lower and even then you wouldn't be able to cover boards.

Using the rule of -31, your exit point for that pattern should have been somewhee around 12 maybe further in and Mo's method would keep your exit point at 11 looking at the bar graph of the pattern. Try the surface adjustment first, that should allow you to have a better reaction.

James...I said I tried up the 5 board on first practice shot,,,,to see what happened. I didnt play there...I also said i know its out of bounds. My shot ended up being 3rd arrow or 2 boards to the right...Had decent reaction but that was about it. Thursday Night I use it again on Kegel modified Stone Street.. Will have another look at it.

re Cleats   Well said Righty! 

Regards,

Luckylefty

Lol! Yea, Doom had a Chaos and an El Nino. But if I apply 45 ft, 1:1 from 1 board to 1 board and no buffer and a high number of units, you'll have a pretty expensive plastic ball in your hands. And yes you are right. Closet thing to cleats you could get. But everyone wants back end so covers have to go 60 ft before they hook. I miss balls like those.

Righty,

Where is there a link to Mo's method for playing patterns.

I'm still sort of skickering.  Oh to be a righty on heavy oil.  Not much knowledge needed as the shot opens up so quick.

Of course, oh yes to be a lefty on a league top hat blend, I know as the shot stays so static!

REgards,

Luckylefty