I don't know what the hating is on this ball honestly... I hated the duece with a passion  but this ball hooks up well for me.  It was exactly as I told them I wanted... a Trauma ER on steroids, it reads the mids and strong arc to the rack.  It may check up early on you if you drill it to really roll, but I went with what the driller wanted to do once I told him what I wanted.  I wanted this to be my oiler ( I have a heavy hand) and I wanted length with a strong backend, this resulted in a pin below the ring and kicked the rad out a bit if I recall correctly.  I couldn't find oil enough to slow it down for a while, so I hit some shine on it and voila I have a great spotty condtions medium ball. I love it. Now I don't like to hook the lane, I prefer straiter up the boards (my rotation doesn't though) so a ball that is controllable is great to me, and what I consider to be mediums might be a  little heavier than what most consider medium, but I think its a great ball and if you get it and decide its not what you want to drill then I will make you a reasonable offer for it.