!!!! Yeah I love to do stuff like that, clever little things and some easter eggs here and there, lightens things up and makes it a bit more fun both to make and watch.

Everything kind of relating to this is in the series already OR is old and outdated and has been covered in a newer video. Balls will go off the market when they're not selling any more and of course there's no reason for a company to keep producing a product that's no longer selling. The biggest problem people in the bowling world have is thinking that its businesses should operate differently from every other business out there. Bowling centers have to make money to stay in business, and so do ball manufacturing companies. In every other industry out there, people realize that companies and businesses will do whatever they can to sell their product, and that it's up to the individual to educate themselves so that they can dig through the marketing and advertising and figure out what's real and what isn't. In the bowling industry, for some reason it's up to the centers and manufacturers to go out of their way and sacrifice to serve the bowlers and the sport and that's just not the case. The main reason for product turnover is that people want new and fresh. The best example I can give you is of this new Optimum Idol that's coming out. The ORIGINAL Idol that this ball is replacing was very popular when it was out, it was available for a couple years, but then in the last 2 months it was in production, it only sold 20 units worldwide. Storm thought that it had run its course, that everyone had moved on, so they discontinued it. People instantly had meltdowns, and there was such a high instant demand that they did one last special production run and made 1500 balls to satisfy the demand. Now, a few years later, people have consistently been upset this particular ball isn't around any more, so they're now releasing basically the same ball again, they've already delayed the release date because demand has been so high, but this one, like others in the past, will eventually be discontinued because people will get bored again. I constantly have people ask me what they can get to replace their old IQ Tour or Hyroad that's worn out, and I tell them those balls are still in production and the best thing to do to replace something you already know and love is just get another one, but I also consistently hear, "well . . but I've already had a couple of those and I kind of want something new and fresh but that's similar." So again, it's only natural that a company is going to follow the market, and by continuing to release similar reacting balls that are slightly different in one way or another, they keep things new and fresh and interesting while still kind of keeping them the same because that's what the consumer wants no matter what they say. They'll complain about so many new balls coming out and nothing really changing, but they keep buying the new stuff and keep forgetting about other balls 2 or 3 months after they release, so this is a consumer problem, not a manufacturer problem. The companies are just giving people what they want because that's what makes them money.

@@LukeRosdahl thank you for generously taking the time to answer this. I like what you said it’s not like you’re getting a brand new car especially or new house with they were technology. It’s a bowling ball. Sure there’s technology in there and I’m absolutely for businesses to make a profit but I’m against price gouging, I do not know what to say this but I also agree with you that that’s similar why would you re-create it into it another color similar? If not the same core. It’s all marketing and I just purchased my very first phase 2 the other month and I’m like I said, I’m only getting in the bowling more regularly and other ball I got for better control is the IQ tour solid, I was leaning towards a big asymmetrical solid, and when I first saw the proton physix and the supernova honestly in my opinion when I saw theeir ball reaction when it comes to early and heavier oil I really enjoyed the way they reacted in ball comparison and review videos. Honestly, I wish they would bring one or two of those back. I just came into bowling just a little too late. If I would’ve joined a year or two earlier, I probably would’ve grabbed at least one of them. Now this is just me speaking I can’t speak for others based on the videos I talked about other balls that were made and discontinued between 2020 and 2022. Those are now discontinued. I have a little bit of nostalgia towards them versus the stuff today even though there’s other wrong with some of the stuff today I just think they were better based on I saw their reactions. Again, thank you take care looking forward to your upcoming videos.

Yeah exactly, the low RG and asymmetry is what really spins the ball up.

Some like the White Badger and Hyroad are 2 piece, so it's just coverstock and inner core, but those that are 3 piece all have the same filler material/outer core material in them. The Hyroad is the same way, 14, 15, and 16 all have quite different numbers.

I'm a lefty with a reality. Idk what it is about that ball. But it is either really good, or really bad. With no inbetween for me. Not sure if it the strength of the cover, a match up issue or a mechanical issue. Not much help I know. Just my 2 cents

Which one? There isn't an IQ Tour in this video

Yes and no, it depends on a lot more things than that, and with some stronger balls, as the lanes dry up, you may have to just put them away, you might not be able to move with them. Something like a Hyroad can get as deep on the lane as you need it to provided you have the friction for it. Now I DO talk a lot about some balls preferring certain zones on the lane unless your game has certain characteristics. The Idol line for example is REALLY good outside 4th arrow, but them and the IQ Tour line can start getting slow and lazy from inside of that unless you really get around the ball, in which case they really balance that out. However, then you have like the Rubicon and Rubicon UC2 that can be difficult to play straighter with because they're more dynamic, they don't really start warming up until you get to 3rd arrow and deeper. You can force them to work from straighter, but because they want to naturally cover boards, you're going to have to jam them or throw them harder which could make them a little over/under. So it's really a combination of lane conditions, stages of transition, AND zones that certain balls naturally like to be in, depending on your game of course.

Yup! Fewer ides I have to come up with on my own lol

How about something with layout selection. I’ve watched the pin buffer trilogy several times and I understand what each measurement does, but it’s still hard to put it all together. For example, if balls with one layout seem to burn up too early, what change might you try to tweak that layout? I know you could make surface changes in this example but I’m just trying to explain what I mean. Essentially when trying to find a base layout for someone, what things would you look for that would point you toward making what adjustments?

Yeah I could do that. I usually just point people that direction, but you're right, understanding what layouts do is one thing, finding the right one for you is another. I'll start writing on that and see what happens. ALSO, I tried to find something in the middle ground on that sound effect for our break down pair intro. Taking the sound out completely made it sound weird, just was too empty, so I adjusted it a little, and lowered the volume. Let me know how it sounds tonight. I was trying to find some different sound effects and some of them were even getting to me a little lol, so hopefully it'll work out. The change actually sounds better too just from an aesthetic standpoint, so no worries about the whole deal, hopefully it doesn't bug you anymore, or if it does, hopefully not as much anyway . . let me know tho.

@@LukeRosdahl you didn’t have to do that with the sound effect; I hope it wasn’t too much work. I’ll comment on the next show with my opinion since you asked for it. As for the layouts thing, one thing I think would have been a huge improvement to the trilogy thar Alex did was this: For each video there’s 3 (or 2) balls with everything the same except one of the VLS components, then they show one shot. One ball has awesome ball motion and seems matched up great, and the other(s) don’t for various reasons. I wish they’d have shown additional shots in a way that each ball was shown having great ball motion, and then we could see what the other balls did when thrown the same as that one. I think how it’s done currently is misleading because based on that one shot someone could come to the conclusion of “well a 4” pin is just better because just look at it”. If we see the other ones look good I would want to know what the 4” one looks like in comparison when it isn’t matched up. I hope that’s clear enough; you know I can be long-winded…

Nah, no worries with the sound effect, I think it sounds better now anyway, hopefully it sounds better for you too. Yeah that's always an issue with any kind of video, it's kind of wild how careful I have to be with making my videos because there's a lot of things that I don't want to possibly communicate. Like people want to see misses in videos, but as soon as you add them, then it's "wow that ball looks inconsistent," or "that ball seems to leave a lot of 10 pins," etc. Some things I just can't show, and other things that I DO show, I sometimes have to go really far out of my way to explain them, so I get exactly what you're talking about.

less spare ball more breakdown/burn but yeah

But that amounts to probably 95% of the oil that people bowl on. And the types who tournament every weekend likely aren't watching this video for tips, lol.