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Title: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: splitcity on September 26, 2009, 02:31:21 PM: Most overated ball ever= rotogrip cell. 200 bucks down the drain, was so sensitive to speed and any oil, hated this ball! which ball was your biggest let down?

Edited on 9/26/2009 10:31 PM
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: i_throw_strikes on September 26, 2009, 10:37:52 PM: had several motiv tx 1 was a POS in my opinion but so were the attitude, cell, one, nsane levrg, but for me the biggest was the black widow pearl loved the original but hated the pearl
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: robuster on September 26, 2009, 10:45:56 PM: For me,in my hand,with out a doubt, a Twisted Fury.Waited months to get then, could not do one single thing with it.It was a spare ball for me untill I was lucky enough to pass it along.Those cover stocks did not match my game at all and I had every last one of them.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: 9orbetter on September 26, 2009, 10:46:13 PM: Maxx Zone 2X's(burned twice), The Code, Villian, Cell Pearl, Smash Zone, Wild Ride
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: StormFreak5552 on September 26, 2009, 10:47:21 PM: quote:
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That was my bread and butter ball. Didn't like my Fury Pearl.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: RHWestar57 on September 26, 2009, 10:51:28 PM: Legends World Class. Me & that ball did not match up at all.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: BiGtYmEr300 on September 26, 2009, 10:56:04 PM: Brunswick BVP Rampage. Me and this ball did not get along very well.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: charlest on September 26, 2009, 11:00:57 PM: quote:
Most overated ball ever= rotogrip cell. 200 bucks down the drain, was so sensitive to speed and any oil, hated this ball! which ball was your biggest let down?

I believe you drilled it wrong.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Laybzz74 on September 26, 2009, 11:01:43 PM: Track Rule GP2 for me ...
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: charlest on September 26, 2009, 11:01:45 PM: quote:
Legends World Class. Me & that ball did not match up at all.
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But that doesn't make the ball bad.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: charlest on September 26, 2009, 11:02:32 PM: quote:
Brunswick BVP Rampage. Me and this ball did not get along very well.
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Again, it doesn't make the ball a POS.
Oy vey!!
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: charlest on September 26, 2009, 11:04:19 PM: This must be the "Ignorance is Bliss" thread!

You guys are not describing bad balls. You describing balls that were drilled badly or used on the wrong condition.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: splitcity on September 26, 2009, 11:13:05 PM: quote:
This must be the "Ignorance is Bliss" thread!

You guys are not describing bad balls. You describing balls that were drilled badly or used on the wrong condition.
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"None are so blind as those who will not see."

for most of us ignorance is bliss. its a terd when you invest money and hope in a ball and it lets you down. there could be a number of reasons why it didnt work for you but thats for another post. bottom line is that the ball let you down. and the cell gets my vote

Edited on 9/26/2009 11:13 PM
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: sdbowler on September 26, 2009, 11:16:05 PM: I think it's funny every time there is a topic like this you have a few people chime that there is never a bad ball that it's the drilling or using on the wrong pattern or something. We ALL know this but it's just fun to answer this. Mine would have to be a toss up between the Fury and Track Champ.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: splitcity on September 26, 2009, 11:17:14 PM: quote:
I think it's funny every time there is a topic like this you have a few people chime that there is never a bad ball that it's the drilling or using on the wrong pattern or something. We ALL know this but it's just fun to answer this. Mine would have to be a toss up between the Fury and Track Champ.
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exactly. well put
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Danes07 on September 26, 2009, 11:17:38 PM: I didn't like the Absolute Inferno. I know a lot of people loved that ball and shot award scores with it...but it never worked for me.

That and the Strike Zone have convinced me to never roll a Brunswick ball agian....just not for me.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: BiGtYmEr300 on September 26, 2009, 11:22:05 PM: quote:
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Brunswick BVP Rampage. Me and this ball did not get along very well.
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Again, it doesn''''''''t make the ball a POS.
Oy vey!!
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"None are so blind as those who will not see."

Tried two different layouts and a few different surfaces as well. Just never matched up with it, no matter what I did. OP was asking what ball was YOUR(being each individual) biggest let down and because of all the time and money I wasted on this ball, it was my biggest let down.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: snowspike1 on September 26, 2009, 11:35:18 PM: bvp golith

more recent... Twisted Fury Destruction..... it worked and i'll admit it worked well for the first 60games then dead dead dead.

By suggestion of brunswick techs i had it put thru a revivor.. nope, I gave it a bath & resurface nope.Even went back to the pro shop were i bought and had it drilled not that they were any help would just tell me it was drilled stacked leverage.
normal ball speed was 16 to 18, once it started acting up anything over 15.5 and the ball went straight.
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Juggernaut on September 26, 2009, 11:45:04 PM: 1. El Nino GOLD--Never worked, no matter what I did to it.
2. Lev-RG-- Again, nothing I did could make this ball work for me.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: No Revs00300 on September 26, 2009, 11:51:58 PM: Brunswick original monster. no matter the volume never moved.
Storm ElNino exit................ worst ball in history. I think there was a timer inside the core. Punched in when it wanted punched out when it wanted. (insert sound of me scratching my head and crickets).
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: mainzer on September 27, 2009, 12:04:39 AM: LevRG line from MoRich
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: themagician on September 27, 2009, 12:11:58 AM: Storm Shift
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: shiftuneTNV on September 27, 2009, 12:43:58 AM: for me it was the hammer no mercy no matter what i did it wasnt worth the money i paid for it and it was even drilled right
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: mainzer on September 27, 2009, 01:05:01 AM: I think charlest needs to chill out a bit, he is talking like everything he as throwen as worked perfect LOL
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: blaichui on September 27, 2009, 01:43:45 AM: My vote goes to my cell.
I love my cell pearl, but the cell just doesnt roll well for me
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: normy on September 27, 2009, 01:47:05 AM: Exactly. The question was what was YOUR biggest let down. Not what is the worst ball. Mine was the twisted fury. Not because it was bad or didn't match up ect. It was because I hadn't bought a ball for 4 years and before that I just bought balls that my pro shop guy said to buy. Which was only 3 in 10 years. For the twisted fury I did research and watched videos and bought the ball I thought was the best. I had 0 clue what I was doing. Ill show you how bad it was. I narrowed it down to a twisted fury a attitude shift and a black widow pearl. 3 different balls essentially. Bought the twisted because I thought it would hook outta the house. Of course it didn't so I assumed the ball sucked. I sold it to a guy who bowls on my team. He never got it redrilled so I can throw it, and on the right condition I shoot lights out. But for the half year I rolled it I thought it was a dud.
Since then I have bought 7 balls that I bought for a purpose not because it was the end all ball. Thanks to all of yalls wisdom!
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: surface_solutions on September 27, 2009, 05:01:20 AM: Raw Hammer Toxic. It seemed that the cover on that thing lent it to being the most over under ball there ever has been to me.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: LEFTYBOY on September 27, 2009, 05:05:33 AM: For me it was the Storm Hot Rod Hy-brid
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: dizzyfugu on September 27, 2009, 05:54:28 AM: Biggest NIB disappointment was my Smash Zone. Very good length through the heads, but very sensitive to me in the mid lane. Coverstock was too aggressive for my style, and the RG too low. Could not makw it work consitently, even after surface experiments. It also rolled a bit funky, not sure whether the core was a bit out of shape. Quickly sold it.

From used balls, both an X-Factor RE-Loaded and a HPD Danger Zone were surprising turds. The X-Factor had to be re-sanded every 3 games to give it some grip, and the HPD just did react as if it had a life on its own, from shot to shot. Weird - but used balls, so I am not sure what former owners did to them?
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: SleepOnIce on September 27, 2009, 06:39:22 AM: Black Widow Bite

I just never got a consistent reaction out of it. Tried 3 drills and different surfaces on each, just never matched up to what I was bowling on.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: RadioActive on September 27, 2009, 06:47:40 AM: Columbia EPX T1!!! Nuff said!
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: ginro on September 27, 2009, 06:53:55 AM: CELL WITH PIN over ring finger at 5 inches with mb 2 4 inches from pap... i hate IT!!!... DONT EVEN HOOK ON ME... 390 rpm and 16 mph high tilt....

and my fav... CELL pin under bridge at 5" from pap.... and mb at 3 inches from pap....
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: ebo4life on September 27, 2009, 07:09:25 AM: Ok old school time-----amf sumo and columbia piranha----only 2 balls i hated after buying ever
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: REVerse on September 27, 2009, 08:02:58 AM: quote:
You guys are not describing bad balls. You describing balls that were drilled badly or used on the wrong condition.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: neverbackdown_x7x on September 27, 2009, 08:08:16 AM: Columbia300 Resurgence

Other disappointments:
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: jbuzz31 on September 27, 2009, 09:47:19 AM: Playmaker . Ball was so over under it wasnt funny. and it needed repolished every 3 weeks because it would track so easily

G Force solid. Ball wanted to roll through the nose everytime. light oil. heavy oil. medium oil. OOB surface. With polish. It didnt matter. It wouldnt go brooklyn oh no....just through the nose almost everytime.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: six pack on September 27, 2009, 10:03:27 AM: any Storm ball
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Juggernaut on September 27, 2009, 10:38:23 AM: I understand what charlest is saying, and THEORETICALLY he is correct in the assertion that there are no bad balls, just bad matchups.

That being said, I would ammend it to this: There are no bad ball LINES, but you CAN have BAD balls ( that aren't manufactured "correctly") get out into people hands.

The El-Nino GOLD and the Lev-RG have been touted as wonderful by many bowlers, but NOT FOR ME. Even though I tried multiple layouts with multiple surfaces, NOTHING worked with those two. Does that mean ALL El-Nino GOLDS and Lev-RG's were bad? No, but I believe the ones I had were. Now, what was wrong with them? Nobody knows, but it had to be SOME reason they were absolutely DEAD from day one.

Maybe those of us who get "bad" balls are just randomly ending up with one offs that have some hidden problem that is never diagnosed by us or our drillers.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Razr on September 27, 2009, 10:53:30 AM: Top ones off my head..

Black widow Bite & Venom, couldn't understand why the ball was so good for about the first 3 games then wanted to start rolling out..

Psycho, most expensive marshmallow I ever owned.

Striking Motion, ......dud...
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: pba300900 on September 27, 2009, 11:08:09 AM: Any ball that had that damn Brunswick logo on it.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: clt2244 on September 27, 2009, 11:42:38 AM: Epic Saga - wasnt so much a "turd" for me, it was just way to condition specific, now matter what i did with the cover

Black Widow Bite - hated this ball with a passion, loved the solid and pearl but couldnt get the bite to work, biggest over/under ball ive ever thrown

Storm Special Agent - never got this to roll right, redrilled after 30 practice games, still didnt work then cracked from the fingers out, gave it away
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Oskuposer on September 27, 2009, 12:00:58 PM: Smoking Inferno became spare ball after 30 games i repolished it and resurfaced it after 100 games and ball was just blah. I owned every other inferno in the line except the blazing and I loved all of the other ones including my 2 originals my ultimate and 2 ragings
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: guffnuh on September 27, 2009, 01:07:16 PM: i second that, absolutely hated that ball. but i loved the pearl
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Most overated ball ever= rotogrip cell. 200 bucks down the drain, was so sensitive to speed and any oil, hated this ball! which ball was your biggest let down?

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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: freak761 on September 27, 2009, 01:14:41 PM: Track Super Freak
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Brian362 on September 27, 2009, 02:12:58 PM: quote:
I think charlest needs to chill out a bit, he is talking like everything he as throwen as worked perfect LOL
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: sevenpin63 on September 27, 2009, 04:45:18 PM: Track Delta Rule what a DUD.

Roto Cell the nine count ball from hell.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: LaneHammer20 on September 27, 2009, 05:06:53 PM: Storm Virtual gravity, real let down from what I hought I was goig to get.

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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: stormed1 on September 27, 2009, 05:23:25 PM: Track Assassin - hit like a wet marshmellow for me but put it in a teammates hand and it was a monster for him. It was just a bad matchup for me
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: lefty50 on September 27, 2009, 05:39:40 PM: BuzzBust was the worst for me, hands down
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: tdoty814 on September 27, 2009, 05:49:46 PM: Emerald Vibe,Black Widow Bite,Virtual Gravity,
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: bassace on September 27, 2009, 06:55:12 PM: Columbia Complete Chaos
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: tdub36tjt on September 27, 2009, 07:07:57 PM: I don''t really consider any ball a POS, cause all balls match up for someone. The thing people don''t realize is that no matter how much of a POS they consider a ball that there will always be that one condition that the said ball is great on. Once I started to realize that I found that I match up with every ball, just not on every condition.

That being said some balls do work a lot more often than others and I get that as well.

Edited on 9/27/2009 7:10 PM
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Rileybowler on September 27, 2009, 08:00:14 PM: Lane 1 Tsunami witout a doubt first and last Lane1 for me
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: sluggo35 on September 27, 2009, 08:52:14 PM: every spare ball i've ever owned for not converting every spare i have had to make.
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: WSUstroker on September 27, 2009, 09:23:59 PM: Track Rule Delta 1 is the really the only ball I've hated. Multiple conditions, multiple surfaces, incredibly inconsistent reaction. Ironically, it's the ball I've shot my highest series with.

My Brunswick Total Inferno was pretty inconsistent for me too, I never really saw eye to eye with it.

I gave both to my Dad as he can throw my stuff without plugging and they both roll good for him, so it wasn't a total loss.
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: leftyinsnellville on September 27, 2009, 09:26:18 PM: Elite Alien and Blue Alien.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: golfnutFL on September 27, 2009, 09:35:49 PM: There have been many over the years but the two that immediately come to mind are:

Ebonite Primal Instinct
Lane #1 Cranberry
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: bestbudzs24 on September 27, 2009, 11:17:28 PM: for me without a doubt were any of the cells. original pearl rogue. dam near a thousand bucks wasted with all the redrills and surface changes mades to these balls. i would bet that the box these balls came in hit harder than the balls themselves lol.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: alcornel on September 27, 2009, 11:19:48 PM: Okay .... I am old.

I was thrilled to get a Columbia PowerTorq drilled up back in the day. Just didn't match up- piece of crap.

Fast forward... of the recent balls I have had, the only one I have been unhappy with was an Action Attack - again from Columbia.

Maybe I should stay away from Columbia
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Smokey469 on September 28, 2009, 12:01:09 PM: Absolute Inferno and Storm Paradigm for me, no matter what condition/layout I tried with these it was just a let down.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Xcessive_Evil on September 28, 2009, 12:41:48 PM: quote:
Mine would have to be a toss up between the Fury and Track Champ.
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Turd? Track Kinetic. The cover was crap, got torn up no matter what house I bowled in. Also, too o/u no matter what. Pure crap.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: renaissanceman517kak on September 28, 2009, 12:52:11 PM: quote:
was so sensitive to speed and any oil

Why SHOULDN'T a ball be sensitive to changes in speed and oil?
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: inconsistent 1 on September 28, 2009, 12:53:35 PM: Ebonite TNV-very condition specific even drilled pin up and not maxed out.
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Krakken on September 28, 2009, 02:52:45 PM: LANE #1 Super Carbide Bomb.

Only thing that was good for was propping a door open. Turned me off to Lane #1 for good. Never had a ball from any other company that was even close to that bad.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: RyboFlavin on September 28, 2009, 03:28:58 PM: The original orange colored Track Triton (not the blue one, not the Heat, but the orange one that came out about the same time as the original Triton).
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Monster Pike on September 28, 2009, 03:38:32 PM: quote:
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One man''s turd is another man''s burrito, LoL!! I love that ball. I have 2 of them. One is pin just above ring w/polish knocked off & the other is pin just below ring oob. Love em both....

Right now, if I had to pick one, my turd would be the Dimension.. even though I don''t use it often enough to maybe give it a chance....
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: THEICEMAN on September 28, 2009, 03:46:15 PM: Roto Epic Battle. Never could get this ball to rev, a real lazy lope. Had to throw 20+ mph and no way can I do that. Never punched another Roto until the Rogue Cell came out, which I like.

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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: bass on September 28, 2009, 04:42:14 PM: Ebonite Riptide.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Bernard Byars Jr on September 28, 2009, 04:57:53 PM: For me it was the Hammer Razor Blade. Drilled that ball four different times and I could never get it to work.
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Bluff on September 28, 2009, 05:16:39 PM: I am going to say the Original Inferno but everyone loves it.

I punch 6 of them which I should have keep it and sell them new lol
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: pop_1 on September 28, 2009, 05:26:00 PM: I didn't like the Bull Whip. But, I really liked the Whip
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: joeschmoe on September 28, 2009, 06:03:12 PM: Burgundy Hammer by Faball... very brittle cover,just didn't hit for me.I loved all the other urethane Hammers. Gave it to a rival team member and he killed with it More recently Shock and Awe wasn't a good match for me.
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Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: Mr Old School on September 28, 2009, 06:06:46 PM: About 8 white castle''s moving through my colon! Bar none.
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Edited on 9/28/2009 6:08 PM
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: On Further Review on September 28, 2009, 07:41:53 PM: Way back in the dark ages, in 1977, I bought a yellow dot for use in the national tournament, and I had made it clear to the pro shop operator that I was buying the ball for that purpose. Nonetheless, when I got to Reno and the ball was checked by ABC officials, it was too soft (by 4 or 5 durometer points) for use in the tournament. Therefore, I took the ball about 3,000 miles to bowl in the tournament and had to bring it back but wasn't even able to use it in sanctioned competition. I have to blame the pro shop operator as much as the ball manufacturer, though.
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: delpzooka on September 28, 2009, 08:48:03 PM: Storm Shift
Hammer 2001
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: n00dlejester on September 28, 2009, 09:20:07 PM: Roto-Grip Neptune...crazy over/under for me :'(

I tried so hard to like you too, Neptune. But you betrayed me
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Obviously, you aren't a golfer.
Some stayed in the foothills, some washed logs like teeth.
Title: Re: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought?
Post by: RamenRules on September 29, 2009, 08:25:33 AM: quote:
Roto-Grip Neptune...crazy over/under for me :'(

I tried so hard to like you too, Neptune. But you betrayed me
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Proud Supporter of Rob Stone
Obviously, you aren't a golfer.
Some stayed in the foothills, some washed logs like teeth.

If you still have it and it's under 20 games used, I'll buy it from you. This ball has been my get out of jail free card more times than I can count.