Steve,

Without being able to see you throw the ball and such........can only take a wild guess...

Assymetrical Particle balls are by definition balls made for very large volumes of oil.  Particle equipment will only be truly effective in big oil and are not meant to be the most versitile of equipment...meant for the big oil situations and that is it.  When you come across these conditions, there is absolutely nothing better, but if you don't have these conditions (massive oil) then the reactives will be a better choice as this is the condition they are meant for.

So in anything other than big oil, your reactives will have more versatility and better reactions...

again this is a broad generalization but holds true for most players..

Hope this helps!

Mike
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srlunatic pretty much nailed it bud.
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Well here is my situation with the GP2 and 5.0:

If I use the GP2 first, heavy oil with fresh backends, it jumps the gun, which don't get me wrong...I know that is what it is designed to do, but I move about 5 boards left (righty) and put it out and it leaves buckets, 2-8-10's and all that garbage. 5.0, I don't know what it is about that one, I love it! Don't get me wrong, its one of my faves, but it doesn't handle carry down well. I asked Carl about it (EX) and he said it was the best on carry down and I took his advice and tried playing it outside and firm, got some great results with that..but I just thought since it was a particle pearl that it would handle moderate heads with carry down alittle bit better. I'm getting a Rule and the original X-Ception. I had one, shot 280 with it in league this season, don't ask why I got rid of it...I got stupid and started purchasing Ebonite/Brunswick and finally I just decided on getting back to Track's stuff cuz I had so much success. I may just try polishing to see what it does...but I'm kind of scared to do that to the GP2 because they made it dull/particle for a reason and for a specific condition...I'm just trying to find the purpose. Anyways, once again guys, thanks for the help!

--Michael--

Mike,

When you swing something as aggressive as the Rule GP2, it burns it energy during the "swing" out to the boards you are swinging to and doesn't have the energy to get back.  See this happen alot around here. People want to swing their aggresive particles and they just burn out and leave washouts and such.  As soon as I need to make a move to swing, out comes the reactives as they don't burn energy on the swing out to the board I am aiming at, but retains it for when it hits the dry and makes its move.

Hope that makes sense...lol

Mike
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