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ithinkican

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i am a roto grip and storm fan. this ball is gettin the same level of talk about it as that nano pearl did. i bought the nano pearl and i was not that impressed with it. i like the arcs and design of the core and coverstock of the defiant and i hope it is better than the cell like some say it will be. but come on. is all this talk really necessary? when not too many people have even seen the balls real motion in person yet. all we see on video reviews, is when the ball strikes. i mean come on, i throw nearly 20-25 strikes everytime i bowl league


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Re: defiant??? will it really live up to the talk that it is getting>>
« Reply #31 on: February 16, 2012, 07:57:45 AM »
Sounds a lot like an Invasion.

 

Heavy roll lots of predictability.  Like that on the Left!

 

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Re: defiant??? will it really live up to the talk that it is getting>>
« Reply #32 on: February 16, 2012, 08:19:48 AM »

 



LuckyLefty wrote on 2/16/2012 8:57 AM:
Sounds a lot like an Invasion.


 


Heavy roll lots of predictability.  Like that on the Left!


 


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I agree totally. I feel like you could copy and paste all these reviews and just change the name to Invasion or Theory. It seems like the exact same thing in a different outfit.


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Re: defiant??? will it really live up to the talk that it is getting>>
« Reply #33 on: February 16, 2012, 09:30:17 AM »
I have the Theory and the Infinite Theory. Love those balls. Give a big, contiuous move downlane, with predictability. Now here's the crazy part. I hated the Invasion! Ended up giving it away to my Dad. Many of my friends, mostly right-handed, hated it as well! Biggest problem.....unpredictability! Check up one minute....then snap the next.

 

And yet, every left-hander that I've ever seen throw this ball, throw it like new found MONEY!! Go figure.


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Re: defiant??? will it really live up to the talk that it is getting>>
« Reply #34 on: February 16, 2012, 09:38:44 AM »
I was going to post something similar to Jesse on this one. I haven't thrown an Invasion, but everyone I saw throw it had mixed feelings about it. They liked the balls motion but found it to be inconsistent. But everyone I saw throwing it was RH as well.

 

From what I have seen on the Defiant, it would satisfy what you are looking for LL. I pick mine up tonight actually. Just in time as we start Shark tonight in my PBAX league. So once I have thrown it a few weeks, I will post a full review.


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Re: defiant??? will it really live up to the talk that it is getting>>
« Reply #35 on: February 16, 2012, 01:20:34 PM »
Thanks for the ideas...

 

I have an Invasion I have thrown with someone else's fit.  Very smooth for me, very predictable and lots of hook.

 

Sort of like like a smoothed out version of my No Mercy Beatn.  Looks like an early league wet/dry star on the left.  We'll see when drilled for my hand.

 

Have seen a straighty righty with a polished invasion own the world on a tough for some top hat, but not for him.

 

Strikes on the lines 10 to 10, 10 to 4 and 10 to 1 were seen.  He made it sing....

 

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ithinkican

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Re: defiant??? will it really live up to the talk that it is getting>>
« Reply #36 on: February 16, 2012, 10:56:30 PM »
nothing like an invasion. way more predictable. more forgiving and a lot more pin reaction and a hell of a lot easier to make adjustments to. whether its carry down or burnt lanes. this ball is the best thing i have ever used.


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