Spare ball:I have come to the conclusion.......

[dgz924s]

Thanks for the link

[bowl1820]

....that is a waste of bag space and would better serve as a lawn ornament. Been working on using it but not so good of results. I may hit 3/10 ten pins using it but using the IT I can hit 8/10. Kind of maddening really, cheapest and nicest looking ball in the bag and it just refuses to produce spares. But I guess for a 50.00 ball what should I expect huh! Ok, now just to get the record straight, it is NOT the bowler I absolutely refuse to accept any responsibilty

So here is a poll regarding spare ball usage.

Due to this being my first poll I failed to mention plastic for the 3rd question.

....And while I have your attention how do you edit a poll??

The obvious thing first is if your using a "IT" in your other balls, then put one in the plastic ball. Then your spare percentage of ten pins should go up with the plastic ball.

I've read a lot posts from bowler's that complain about plastic balls and how they can't hit anything with it.

Most of the time the problem is they don't throw a straight ball, all they know is how to crank a ball. They'll say "If I throw a straight ball I can't hit anything!" That's because a plastic ball will show you just how inaccurate you are.

Take the time to practice with it, learn to throw it straight and improve your accuracy. Use it when appropriate.

TO EDIT THE POLL-

Look next to the Poll title "View Poll Results: What ball do you use for spares?" and click on the Pencil Icon. This will let you edit the poll.

[dgz924s]

TO EDIT THE POLL-

Look next to the Poll title "View Poll Results: What ball do you use for spares?" and click on the Pencil Icon. This will let you edit the poll.

Now this odd what shows up top is view poll results. This AM the tabs to vote and/or view were there but are now gone and is stuck on the results portion. Also my quick reply is now gone, this issue we have already brought up.....Thanks for the suggestion on tackling spares!

[bowl1820]

Now this odd what shows up top is view poll results. This AM the tabs to vote and/or view were there but are now gone and is stuck on the results portion. Also my quick reply is now gone, this issue we have already brought up.....Thanks for the suggestion on tackling spares!

You only get to vote once on a poll. Once you have voted on a poll, the voting buttons disappear. (so you can't keep voting over and over again)

[dgz924s]

Understood. So that leaves me no way to edit the poll as there is no pencil now. That said I did vote and the tabs were there post voting but for some odd reason are gone this AM....gremlins.

Also odd is my quick reply is fine on the first page but not on the second page, just threw that in to the mix so if you are trying to sort out the bugs, there is another.
Thanks!

[bowl1820]

Understood. So that leaves me no way to edit the poll as there is no pencil now. That said I did vote and the tabs were there post voting but for some odd reason are gone this AM....gremlins.

Also odd is my quick reply is fine on the first page but not on the second page, just threw that in to the mix so if you are trying to sort out the bugs, there is another.
Thanks!

I did some tests, it's possible you might not have earned enough permissions to access some features. Some features don't become available till you have a certain number of posts. But I'm not sure how they have all the forum set up now.

1-The quick reply format toolbar only seems to appear on the first page of of a multi-page thread. Regardless of how many posts a user has made. This may just be how the system is set to work or a setting maybe need to be changed to allow it.

2-As for editing a poll, my test user can't access it either. this may be because the option isn't available yet do to post count or just not turned on or this may be a feature only mods. have.
Update: I've been looking and Vbulletin might not have the option for regular users to edit their poll once its made.

Now this is from the FAQ's and may be a factor also.

Can I edit or delete my posts?

If you have registered and are logged in, you may be able to edit and delete your posts (although the administrator may have turned off this option). Your ability to edit your posts may be time-limited, depending on how the administrator has set up the forum.

To edit or delete your posts, click the Edit Post button by the particular post. If your post was the first in the thread, then deleting it may remove the entire thread.

Once you've made your modifications, a note may appear to inform other users that you have edited your post.

If the edit time and date appear as a link you can click on this to see the differences between the original and edited versions, or between edits if there have been multiple edits.

[dgz924s]

Well post count permission does make sense. I have seen this on many vBulletin forums but only pertained to the profile, mainly signatures and in some rare instances,avatars. But I would not be surprized that permission could be set for many functions.

I have never been a fan of the post count feature anyway or at least only for certain allowances to other functions but the count should only be accessible to the administrators IMHO.

Thanks again for looking into this, my next poll will go much smoother I'm sure.

[bowl1820]

Well post count permission does make sense. I have seen this on many vBulletin forums but only pertained to the profile, mainly signatures and in some rare instances,avatars. But I would not be surprised that permission could be set for many functions.

I have never been a fan of the post count feature anyway or at least only for certain allowances to other functions but the count should only be accessible to the administrators IMHO.

Thanks again for looking into this, my next poll will go much smoother I'm sure.

I don't think it's post count that's affecting it, as you said that's usually only profile, mainly signatures and avatars but I'll cover my bases and include it as a possible cause.

They just upgraded Vbulletin a while back, so still maybe some bugs here and there.

I have never been a fan of the post count feature anyway or at least only for certain allowances to other functions but the count should only be accessible to the administrators IMHO.

The Administrators are the only ones with access to the post count feature setting's.

Using post count to limit access to certain features, has it's place. It helps cut back on those who sign up just to post spam signatures or images or otherwise abuse the forum privileges .

[dgz924s]

Yes something is not quite right and bugs may be the reason, I'll stick with that..lol....My issue with post counts, agreed it does serve a good purpose, is a large count does not make the user an expert/guru and may be misleading to new members thinking a high count is the person to ask.

[martin]

i generally use plastic for pins left on the right side (6-9-10) no matter if it's single pin or more (i'm right-handed), and use reactive for pins center and on the left side..