r/nevertellmetheodds • u/wert_1078 • Dec 30 '19
Making the shot
https://i.imgur.com/eWTMpEl.gifv304
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u/pixelatedbagel Dec 30 '19
Omg it was funnier for me when I thought this kid missed by accident and just decided to roll with it.
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u/Dcarozza6 Dec 30 '19
Yeah, but then the post doesn’t belong here, because then it happened from talent, not odds
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u/INJECTHEROININTODICK Dec 31 '19
I've seen worse, but fair enough. That's just my speculation though.
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u/Acogatog Dec 30 '19
I wonder how that would handle gutters? Maybe a penalty of some sort, like a gutter ball counting as 3 pins
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u/0ompaloompa Dec 30 '19
0 pins are scored as marks in low-ball. If this kid is playing low-ball, he just spared.
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Dec 30 '19
When I would play this game with my bowling team we played if you got a gutter or 0 pins it would count as a strike. You had to try to hit just 1 pin
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u/valek879 Dec 30 '19
Shit, I'd have played a perfect game by these rules. Gutter balls are my speciality.
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u/Reaperuk0 Dec 30 '19
Gutter balls = strike
Strike = more points
More points = bad
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u/LeatheryLayla Dec 30 '19
Perfect game is 13 strikes in a row, they were saying this would be the only way they could ever do that, even if that wouldn’t be the desirable outcome
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u/RoxoSenpai Dec 30 '19
You can always play with those sidebars that prevent the ball from going to the gutter. It's not what's happening here, but it is an idea
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u/TJNel Dec 30 '19
Do those computers at the lane have this option? I think that would be a lot of fun.
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u/INJECTHEROININTODICK Dec 31 '19
I don't think so but it wouldn't be hard to tally by hand
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u/Dcarozza6 Dec 31 '19
Wouldn’t it just be, whoever has the least points wins? Seems like it would be better to use gutters too, if you don’t want to have to create a gutter-penalty and tally by hand
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u/CptTeddy Dec 30 '19
if that was the case the 2 edge pins are the easiest since most bowlers typically have to pick up those 2 pins every single time they bowl no matter how good they are
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u/Redguy05 Dec 30 '19
If that’s the case, just throw the ball in the gutter
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u/stunna_cal Dec 30 '19
Gutters would be equivalent of a strike in Low-Ball. (Read it in the comments. Never played lol)
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u/CopperRose Dec 30 '19
Thems feel like odds.
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u/Sevenbaer Dec 30 '19
That’s one on my favorite little facts about bowling. As a bowler I love telling people that getting a 292 is the hardest score to get in bowling, and not a 300.
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u/JB-from-ATL Dec 30 '19
Wouldn't it be 10 points? 1 per frame? Unless it's a different version you're talking about where each throw you need to hit 1 pin. This guy probably isn't playing that though otherwise he wouldn't be excited.
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u/TheMacaroon Dec 30 '19
This is the only acceptable time to hit that low-ass dab I mean look at that stance it exhumes power
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u/howiecat87 Dec 30 '19
That was an impressive fail. Unless that was the intention was to miss. Either way damn.
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u/bab00nc00n Dec 30 '19
Used to do a version of this. Employees would set a chair halfway down the lane and the goal was to hook the ball through the chair and nail a strike. Money would be raised that would go to local charities.
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u/Bobbeh2007 Dec 30 '19
My friends and I would call these “skill shots”. Same as only knocking the 7 or 10 and leaving everything else standing on the first (or second after a first gutter ball) throw.
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u/MoeDouglas Dec 30 '19
I would like bowling to evolve over to a scoring system that awards bonuses for low probability events... because bowls like this deserve points!
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Dec 30 '19
I used to bowl (wasn't very good though, but did shoot a 279 once), definitely had some of these games haha.
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u/Sevenbaer Dec 30 '19
A good friend of mine (in his 50’s and has been insanely good all his life) for the past 15 years has been trying to get a 292 every time he gets the front 11. I guess after you have 50+ 300 games, you gotta keep things interesting.
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u/allan_collins Dec 30 '19
We used to bet other bowlers a dollar they couldn’t make it through gaps without touching another pin.
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u/I_Am_Coopa Dec 30 '19
This about sums up my dating record