# 2019 US National YoYo Contest Coverage Thread - Philadelphia, PA **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Contests, Clubs, and Events\ **Created:** [July 5, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068 "2019-07-05T16:10:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![witchgrinder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/witchgrinder/32/57591_2.png) [@witchgrinder](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/witchgrinder)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/41 "2019-07-07T21:31:02Z")
Yeah, I suppose more people need to vocal to the event organizers that streaming the events is very important to them. From what I can gather their main priority and their back up plan was just making sure they recorded everything for youtube after. Going by the quality of the stream, it really didn’t feel like they were set up for it. Personally for me, I would like to see them partner up with Twitch or maybe have a sponsored thing with them or a team that does professional live streams. Maybe even change it up, Put Steve Brown and Andre behind a desk and have them do like a pre-show. Perhaps have them commentate in between routines. There are a ton of big personalities in the scene that could do it. Anyway I lost my train of thought, and I’m excited for EVO. ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/42 "2019-07-07T21:47:50Z")
1A Final Results [https://www.instagram.com/p/BzoVc\_xnviY/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link](https://www.instagram.com/p/BzoVc_xnviY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) 1st Place - Gentry Stein 2nd Place - Connor Seals 3rd Place - Chandler Steele ---
**Author:** ![SpyseaRice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spysearice/32/82121_2.png) [@SpyseaRice](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SpyseaRice)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/43 "2019-07-07T22:09:40Z")
yes pls do a twitch stream. Twitch also has live chat and all sorts of fun features to make it even better. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/44 "2019-07-07T22:14:45Z")
I was right about 1st and 2nd! And my dark horse was Luke who got 4th I also was thinkin Chandler was gonna get top 5 and people were overestimating Nate Dailey. Kieran didn’t do as well as I expected though ---
**Author:** ![moby323](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moby323/32/57094_2.png) [@moby323](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/moby323)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/45 "2019-07-07T22:32:40Z")
Congratulations to Gentry Stein, 1A Champion! ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/b/4/4b4adcb03f3705786baa2c6e71e9d10b35558bad.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Genki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/genki/32/78683_2.png) [@Genki](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Genki)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/47 "2019-07-07T23:16:27Z")
Big gap between 1st and 2nd place. Congrats to Gentry. You can tell he has worked very hard. I wonder what would have happened if Evan has joined the 1A division. ---
**Author:** ![Genki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/genki/32/78683_2.png) [@Genki](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Genki)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/48 "2019-07-07T23:19:45Z")
Wait, didn’t Nate Dailey just got a new signature yoyo from YYF (Bind I think)? ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/49 "2019-07-08T00:18:01Z")
Super surprised Kieran fell to 8th! I thought for sure he’d be top 3. ---
**Author:** ![AndreBoulay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andreboulay/32/69662_2.png) [@AndreBoulay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AndreBoulay)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/50 "2019-07-08T01:26:55Z")
# 1A Winners: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/6/f/a6f02a20e36990940e2e838690356ee72a8249cb.jpeg) # 2A Winners: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/3/c/d3c721435b1a87e8299c5c391ac3c206cd2e01db.jpeg) # 3A Winners ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/5/b/75bc0d7d114b272992133d7f60af4938eb1ba137.jpeg) # 4A Winners ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/7/9/879784fb3f7fe49c00e0c7684c56a370797f2a12.jpeg) # 5A Winners ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/c/7/1c793850d8c474d3abf8b21288efd3aaecb7d7b6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![AndreBoulay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andreboulay/32/69662_2.png) [@AndreBoulay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AndreBoulay)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/51 "2019-07-08T01:30:25Z")
So the contest organizer is technically the National YoYo League. A few of us work with them but the main organizers are Thad & Bob from the National YoYo Museum in Chico, CA. Thad had purchased a pretty cool live streaming device which was working amazingly well in all of his tests. He was at the venue the day before to setup and test everything out and was streaming and it was working great. However on contest day the Wifi in the building seemed to just seize up and he didn’t really have a backup plan ready to go - he kept kind of thinking it would work (and it worked better on prelim day versus finals). Definitely frustrating and he was not happy - he really tried to figure something out as he had brought his own router for a dedicated wifi between the devices but the venue did not have ethernet available for the theatre space we were in. Unfortunately moving venues every year comes with this kind of a complication and think there is still a learning curve. Honestly no real excuse - its a total bummer! ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/52 "2019-07-08T01:55:04Z")
The third place 2A winner looked _really_ unhappy about placing 3rd. Feels like there’s a story there… ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/53 "2019-07-08T02:02:47Z")
Guys. COME ON. We’ve talked about how the Asians dominate the 2a division at worlds by an insane margin. But can we talk about how the 2a podium at the UNITED STATES nationals is… ALSO ALL ASIANS? Super hype Tyler won though, I’m ready to see that freestyle. Too bad the other Tyler didn’t win too ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/54 "2019-07-08T03:03:46Z")
> [@AndreBoulay](#): > > However on contest day the Wifi in the building seemed to just seize up Maybe all the people in attendance were on the WiFi clogging it up? Or was it a private WiFi? Bimetal styling for the WIN! ---
**Author:** ![AndreBoulay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andreboulay/32/69662_2.png) [@AndreBoulay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AndreBoulay)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/55 "2019-07-08T03:05:07Z")
Yeah - it was private wifi… It didn’t make a lot of sense - but I was too busy to understand it completely myself! 🤐 ---
**Author:** ![moby323](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moby323/32/57094_2.png) [@moby323](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/moby323)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/56 "2019-07-08T03:05:29Z")
Hi Genki ---
**Author:** ![moby323](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moby323/32/57094_2.png) [@moby323](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/moby323)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/57 "2019-07-08T03:07:59Z")
Did Gentry use the Wide Angle His performance was great ---
**Author:** ![moby323](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moby323/32/57094_2.png) [@moby323](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/moby323)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/58 "2019-07-08T03:11:03Z")
I’ve said this in another post but I think 2A is more popular among Asians for cultural reasons. What I mean is that the Japanese in particular believe in the possibility of perfection, whether it is with gardens or the tea ceremony or with the movements in archery or calligraphy etc they strive to do even a simple thing _perfectly_. And that’s why I think they are drawn more to looping because essentially what you are doing is practicing the same trick over and over and over until you perfect it. ---
**Author:** ![AndreBoulay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andreboulay/32/69662_2.png) [@AndreBoulay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AndreBoulay)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/59 "2019-07-08T04:00:44Z")
Gentry’s Winning Routine! [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/e/9/be91e07d5b4ca32a51d7f755a48b558c32afb948.jpeg "Gentry Stein - 1st Place - 1A Final - 2019 US Nationals") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3xsHO5p7Yg) ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/60 "2019-07-08T04:05:13Z")
Ok that was pretty :fire: ngl Probably my favorite freestyle from him ---
**Author:** ![Genki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/genki/32/78683_2.png) [@Genki](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Genki)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2019-us-national-yoyo-contest-coverage-thread-philadelphia-pa/305068/61 "2019-07-08T04:06:38Z")
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