Yeah it's a great ball if you want to do anything other than score.
Surprised to hear you say that about the IQ Tour. Such a great ball to see what the pattern is doing. I can always adjust based on what I see from my IQ Tour. On the sport patterns ball is money for me.
Using the IQ Tour this past weekend on White #2, I won $ in 3 of 4 pot games, won high game, and won the eliminator. As long as the $ keep coming in, I will continue to use it to SCORE on tougher-than-THS conditions.
Score is all relative. I think Luke was saying that you're not going to shoot lights out when the scoring pace is high, but the tougher they are, the better that ball is.
Personally, my IQs have also shot the lights out when the scoring pace is high. On the flip side, I can't seem to find any house around here where I can score with my Hyroad, which is a house shot killer for many. It either slides too much in oil or takes off on friction. I did just get a Hustle INK, which is touted as a weaker Hyroad, and had 300/766 first set I've used it in league. For me and my style, high diff balls have their time and place, but weaker, low diff balls are much much more versatile.
Saying a ball can't score is so bowler-specific and condition-specific, its not even worth saying. There are plenty of THS out there where a more rounded shape actually does carry best, and plenty of bowlers for whom a low diff core rolls best.
Admittedly, it does surprise me that the people leading the anti-IQ movement are such experienced and accomplished bowlers that are typically well aware that different balls work for different people. I'm not sure why that seems to apply to everything but the IQ, but it's a silly, subjective debate regardless.
Looking at the actual topic at hand, if the OP just wants to match the shapes he's currently getting from his EBI family balls, leftybowler had it about right. The IQ Tour doesn't fit for anything that particular bowler seems to be looking to do.
