The typical league night I go through about 3-5 balls because the "look" on the lanes changes that much every 4-5 frames. The shot is always inconsistant, and there's no telling from week to week how and when they will break down. Last monday I was completely lost, but managed to hold the pocket/head pin for most of the night.
I started 5th arrow out to 15 with a Saturn which looked good in practice, but by frame 4 of the 1st game it wasn't making the turn back, but when I moved right it was even less drive to carry. I then went back inside with the Inertia and flushed 2 back to back 9 pins, a 3-6-10 through the beak, a washout, then another stone 9 pin to finish game 1 with a 164 while only missing the pocket twice. I ended up playing the "cliffhanger" shot with my teammate, going 6 out to as far on the ditch as possible without throwing it in the ditch. I rotated a Super Sonic and Horizon Pearl but everytime I came out of the ball too clean it'd jump through the face(imagine that....a shot when you're not rewarded for getting out of the ball well, lol).
No one really had a good look the entire night, I think high set was maybe 700 something and somehow the slower speed player was using The One, playing about 10-5 and he held pocket the entire night. It seemed as if every pair was much different. His had a ton of hold inside the track area, so when the ball got to the bounce it never overhooked in the oil in the middle.
I'm thinking I just may be a victim of terrible conditions due to this faulty machine they keep using to oil the lanes. It plays like your typical wet/dry THS up front, and from 50ft on it seems like there's oil from there through the pindeck because the machine never gets a full stripping of the backends. Ah well....only about 24 more weeks left to go through this
