As a lefty, I still LOVE particles.
My Icon 2 just cracked after about 12 years of great use.
Recently I had a nice set with a Track Spell and it is still my Flat oil ball of choice every time.
Lighter load particles take out the skid we get in the heads on our side and make the backend smoother. Still a big fan.
I think many balls have particle or an attempt to take the fresh out of ball reaction. No friction early and sudden unblended friction later, can make scoring tough early and then when you add a particle everything smoothes out.
Many of these topography looks at balls seem to be an attempt to create a particle like reaction.
As I realize this type of look is not as necessary on the right or at least for not near as long of a time in a set.
Regards,
Luckylefty
PS Some of the best bowling I ever saw in my life was done by wonderful lefty who would start set after set of bowling with 8 or 9 strikes in a row for most of the games of his sets, and it went on for weeks using a Nighthawk SPT, a heavier particle load version of my Track Spell.
PPS I was recently really encouraged using a fellow Lefties Virtual Gravity Nano versus my original Virtual Gravity. Much smoother and more controlled than my more reactive Virtual on the local non blended conditions.