I have had my eye on this ball for a little while, and was finally able to find one NIB back in september. I wanted something that would allow me to play my typical down and in shot from the left side(I'm a lefty) when my home center puts out too much dry, and too far inside sometimes as far inside as the 9 or 10 board--something my center did alot during the summer season. Typically I start out the night with my midnight scorcher playing straight up the 10 board to see what the oil is like, but once I lose that shot I don't/can't move further inside, I don't generate enough natural recovery with my style(even with agressive equipment) to generate a strong reaction---lefty stroker, 14-16 mph max, so I move outside with less agressive stuff at that point.

 I wanted something that would allow me to play a line and shot I prefer without overreacting on the back end , something most everything else I have tried in this role ended up doing. I have ended up putting away the scorcher earlier and earlier these days just because I am getting such a great reaction, and thus higher scores with the purple ice. I find that with the purple ice I can follow the oil line after the scorcher is done, and if I don't like the reaction, then I can move out to the outside 4-5 boards and increase speed a bit and find hit and carry there if i cant do so on the oil line. This ball is very forgiving "for me" of my follow-through or release mistakes and holds the line very well and hits very hard. I couldn't be happier with it.  

Just as a note, when mine came NIB, it came totally dull, the factory polish that comes on the ball was knocked off, so I had a good shine put on the ball with beans secret sauce. I don't know how that changes if any, the normal reaction of the ball. As an added bonus I discovered that this ball worked great in a recent tournament where they typically put out a true reverse block. I found that I could just flatten my wrist a bit and play straight down and in over the 2nd arrow without an ovverraction on the dry backends--provided I kept my speed firm. Finally I was able to find consistency and confidence on the reverse block this tourney usually puts out.

 A perfect 10 in my book.

Brad