I have both a Virtual Gravity and Virtual Energy, I have low revs (I think) and am a speed dominant player mostly (can slow down to 15mph but naturally tend to throw from 17-18Mph).  

I find that the Virtual Energy never really seems to work well for me, surprisingly I can get the Virtual Gravity to work real well in both heavy and light oil.  I can play the Virtual Gravity on the far left or far right and score much higher than any other ball I have.  The Virtual Energy seems to never find the pocket, on dry super over hooks, medium tends to slightly overhook or underhook (seems very touchy), and heavy starts to just go straight and no longer have hardly any hook.  These balls have the same core, is there a different surface I could use with the drilling of my Virtual Energy that would make it work better for me in the medium oil.  It is my oldest ball, and bowled a lot with it, but have always had problems getting it to work nice.  Have done oil extracting with a bucket, and dishwasher, it does hook still but as stated it seems either unpredictable in either direction depending on conditions.  I''m wondering too if with my style of liking the outside and low revs, playing straighter, is a Virtual Gravity just a better fit for me on even dryer conditions (thinking maybe Pearls aren''t my thing with how I throw, especially polished).

My Virtual Gravity is drilled with the pin above the ring finger, and Virtual Energy is drilled with the pin at about 1 oclock to upper right of my ring finger.  Also I track pretty close left of my finger and thumb holes, to around back on the other side of the storm serial number.

Edited on 2/11/2010 9:40 AM

Well, got my ball resurfaced at 4000 grit no polish, and it seemed to smooth out the reaction.  However, I found that I was still playing a line five boards to the right of where I like to play.  After talking with my pro shop operator, he said that the house is using new brushes, conditioner, etc, so the oil volume is very heavy and everyone's playing up to ten boards right of where they usually play.  So, we tried sanding it down to 1000 grit to see what would happen.  With a 178 average, I bowled a 220, 231, 267 for a 718 series!  The 1000 grit would probably be way too much at other houses, but I'd recommend trying resurfacing at 4000 grit and going from there to see if that helps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAKV8r3ogWg
he throws the ball really well but it gives an idea what can do compared the the virtual gravity

I would try 500/4000 first and move from there.
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This is kind of funny. I'm on the east coast, and I was talking to a Pro Shop owner yesterday, and he was saying that his sales of the Virtual Energy were going up, while his sales of the VG had essentially stopped.

The VG, to me is an all or nothing type of ball. You either love it or hate it. The aggressive coverstock and big hitting core allows a lot of no-rev fluffers to carry all kinds of shots, especially errant ones.

At the same time the VE seems to be the more universal ball of the two, that gives you more length than the VG, and a much smoother transition to the pocket. But having said all that, the surface still needs tweaking to meet the needs of most bowlers, so it seems, otherwise it very easily becomes condition specific.
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