Both my houses are dead walled. The big league in one house averages about 20 300s a season. The house isn't quite as easy but still easier then it should be. We actually had 600 shot in blind doubles Wednesday.
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My Vid
Formerly Brunswick Lefty & Richard Cranium

I'll let you know when they stop putting down a new shot everyweek...
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Luke
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario

The old bowling alley's I usta bowl @ in holland, michigan were EASY!!!!!!

monday nite house :  very easy!  i know one of the last yrs i bowled there, just to make the High Series board, you had to shoot over 790!!   ALOT of 300's 20-30  several are multi 300 guys, I was one of them lol.    As for now, i have no clue, I stopped bowling there in april 2005, and i heard the place went right down the crapper lol.   The house usta be very tough cuz it was a dry'r shot, and to average 200 was an accomplishment, once the new owner took over in 2000, you had average guys shooting 230+  while the house pro at the time was averaging 235.  

Thursday nite house :  Usta be FREAKING TOUGH!!!  but that was because the ball returns went to the foul line and the lanes were very wet/dry with sandpaper backends.  After they brought in new ball returns, the shot became easier cuz you could actually get deep! and the shot was changed too.   First yr i bowled there 2003-04 i had about 15 700's  and finished with a 210avg only cuz midway through the year, they had oil machine issues and you could through the same shot 3 times in a row, and get 3 different reactions lol.   So for about 6 weeks i averaged 150 lol.    The last yr i bowled there was basically the same, except for the oil machine issues lol.   Now the house isnt a carry fest, but it could be,  i think once they removed the balls returns, the first yr they had 4 or 5 300's, and same for the next yr.  and i think 1 or 2 800's for those yrs, but before that time.  

The Other House:   it didnt have the super high scores, because the shot was tougher, Heavier oil  so alot of the time the ball wouldnt finish as hard, and carry was tougher.   So all the Hero wanna-be's wouldnt bowl there.  

The Other Other house:   I have no clue, since no REAL leagues have bowled there since the early 90's cuz the " Uber wealthy" owner let it go into the crapper litterally lol.   So it was all open bowling and you either had no oil, alot of oil, or sport shot.    The lanes were so bad, i had a friend tell me he brought a new ball there for a league and after the first shot, it was cover'd in nicks and scratches.    But i think it was summer of 2004 a group of guys ( bowlers ) bought the place and completely re-did everything to make it a bowl-able place and sanctioned house again.  

my new monday nite house:   I'm pretty sure it's a easy shot, even though i bowl 2nd shift,  which i dont mind, cuz atleast it's not a completely easy shot, the track does get burned out.  But i'm also in a smaller city with a smaller talent pool of bowler's too.   So obviously the scores wont be as notice-able but, there is still no-talent hacks averaging 200.   The last couple of weeks when i've been actually trying lol, i'm averaging around 220.
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" Lift Your Skirt Grab Your Balls and Learn How to Bowl "

My house is one of the rare houses you see that still pays $300 for a 300 game.  Needless to say, it's not a slot machine shot.  At best, I would say its a medium shot.  It's not flooded, but the outside is dry.  You get punished for mistakes, but their is a little room (2-3 boards on a good night).  You can count the 800's on one hand, and this center has been open since the 1950's.  We might see 3-5 300 games in a good year and a small percentage of them are hack 300's with 5 Brooklyn's.  It's very hard to put 3 games together for a big series on our 24 synthetic heddon lanes.  Its in a decent size town (Iowa City) but the talent level is a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10, and that's giving a lot of credit.  Our high avg last year was 227, and I can tell you, that is something very hard to do that may never happen again.
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You say I only score because I'm a lefty... you whine about the crappy shot... the same crappy shot I average higher than you on?  There are bowlers, people who try to bowl.  The bowlers find a way to score no matter the condition, and the people who try to bowl whine about the shot.

our centre is 18 years old, and i think there have been three 800s in total... i have one of them.

Ryan