Jeffrey Lee

Ok… so maybe some people didn’t know that I got a Wii about a month ago. I don’t have a lot of games on it… Only Wii Sports (original), Wii Sports Resort, and a pinball game that my dad recently bought. Anyhow, Resort is a REALLY fun game, because of the addition of the Wii MotionPlus sensor. It makes the movements of the wii-mote much more realistic, so the bowling in that game is a lot better than the original Wii Sports.

Anyhow… during the first few weeks of playing with my parents, my dad somehow got a really high score of 237. I don’t even know how he did it now.. maybe it was beginner’s luck?? He doesn’t even move from the starting position and just throws it, and because of the natural curve that comes from his throw, the ball entered at the perfect spot to get him 3 consecutive strikes, followed by a spare, followed by 4 more consecutive strikes. Luck or not, he had very consistent frames that game and achieved that high score. At that time, he was bragging, “No one’s going to be able to beat that score!! It’s too high!!” And at that time, I was thinking the same thing… Unless I have a VERY lucky game, I wouldn’t be able to beat it.

HOWEVER!! Lately, I’ve developed a different way of throwing the ball that gives me a much higher chance of hitting strikes, so I’ve been trying to beat his record these past few days. My own personal record was 214, but anything above 200 for me was hard to get… With this new method, however, I’ve been consistently getting scores of 180 or higher, often breaking the 200′s. Resort keeps a record of the top 5 high scores played during that day, and the 5th highest score that I got was over 200. So, I was thinking to myself… It is definitely possible for me to break my dad’s score!! However… I got very close, but no luck… The closest I got yesterday was 236, which was just ONE pin away from his record of 237. Today, I tried again, because I knew I was getting closer and closer…

I played for over an hour with still no luck… Again, I was very consistently getting high scores, but none of them were high enough to beat his record. Finally, after two hours, I was about to call it quits. My first frame of that “last” game was a strike, but I didn’t even get a spare on the second one. I told myself I was getting tired, so I’ll just bowl this last game out and then call it a day. However, my accuracy amazingly started to pick up after that frame! I didn’t miss any more frames for the rest of the game, and ended up getting a 221. I then thought to myself… “I better keep this momentum going and play another one!!!” Next game, I did very well again, and I ended up getting 237, tying my dad’s record!!! I now had a crown beside my Wii’s icon, but I thought, “No, I’m not going to share the crown.. I want it all for myself!!” So I played one more game, and had a VERY solid game. I had a score of 243, finally beating his record!!! I was SO stoked that I had to take a picture. Enjoy! XD hahahaha