boomer
02-19-2024, 11:59 AM
Monthly tournament - 5 game mixed hdcp.
Bowled with my wife - it was SUPPOSED to be a light, fun, (post)Valentine's Day tournament. It ended up being anything but.
Pattern was supposed to be one of the typical league shot patterns. Plenty of oil in the middle to hold up for 5 games, good hold on the outside . . . you know, fun.
It wasn't.
Outside of 8-9 - completely out of bounds. If you were headed out, you went in the channel. If you went to play the twig, you got the 6-10 (not even the 3) until late in the 4th game. If you stayed INSIDE of 10, it was incredibly difficult to get on the right side of the headpin. The number of Brooklyns? Off the chart! LOL. Heck, we started SHOOTING for them. . . it was soooo dry inside of 10 and so slick outside of 10 . . .
Wait - that's pretty much the definition of an inverse block, right?
Why were we given an INVERSE BLOCK for a light, (post)Valentine's Mixed HDCP doubles tournament? "Oh, our machine can't handle an inverse block pattern" - which is BS. It's a Kegel 17-5400 (I snuck a photo) which is completely capable of laying down any pattern (from my research).
Those shooting straight had decent scores. Anyone (including my wife, backup with lot of forward roll) FOUGHT for several hours to get anywhere near the pocket.
(only have scores for first four - not sure where fifth went. . .but honestly who cares?)
Game 1 - what the hell am I doing? First two frames are COMPLETELY indicative. . .
Game 2 - amazing how many front-row leaves I had. Decent-er but . . .
Game 3 - Fine you want me to go Brook? I'll do that.
Game 4 - whatever.
Game 5 - I don't care - both my wife and I just want a beer. Or 10.
https://i.postimg.cc/9QzBc6y9/image-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/JsVXqd67)
Bowled with my wife - it was SUPPOSED to be a light, fun, (post)Valentine's Day tournament. It ended up being anything but.
Pattern was supposed to be one of the typical league shot patterns. Plenty of oil in the middle to hold up for 5 games, good hold on the outside . . . you know, fun.
It wasn't.
Outside of 8-9 - completely out of bounds. If you were headed out, you went in the channel. If you went to play the twig, you got the 6-10 (not even the 3) until late in the 4th game. If you stayed INSIDE of 10, it was incredibly difficult to get on the right side of the headpin. The number of Brooklyns? Off the chart! LOL. Heck, we started SHOOTING for them. . . it was soooo dry inside of 10 and so slick outside of 10 . . .
Wait - that's pretty much the definition of an inverse block, right?
Why were we given an INVERSE BLOCK for a light, (post)Valentine's Mixed HDCP doubles tournament? "Oh, our machine can't handle an inverse block pattern" - which is BS. It's a Kegel 17-5400 (I snuck a photo) which is completely capable of laying down any pattern (from my research).
Those shooting straight had decent scores. Anyone (including my wife, backup with lot of forward roll) FOUGHT for several hours to get anywhere near the pocket.
(only have scores for first four - not sure where fifth went. . .but honestly who cares?)
Game 1 - what the hell am I doing? First two frames are COMPLETELY indicative. . .
Game 2 - amazing how many front-row leaves I had. Decent-er but . . .
Game 3 - Fine you want me to go Brook? I'll do that.
Game 4 - whatever.
Game 5 - I don't care - both my wife and I just want a beer. Or 10.
https://i.postimg.cc/9QzBc6y9/image-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/JsVXqd67)