# amzing Prelims **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [June 28, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/amzing-prelims/55731 "2013-06-28T02:42:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yoyofactoryfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@yoyofactoryfan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofactoryfan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/amzing-prelims/55731/1 "2013-06-28T02:42:43Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/f/0/6f09584a27a2f1d45c1fc13c2a3f2ff7ee5bb96a.jpeg "Grant Johnson - MWR 1A prelims") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIOah4dr0BA) I love this prelim that Grant johnson did at MWR this last weekend and he got first in prelims with it. But I had to ask why did it score so high? ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/amzing-prelims/55731/2 "2013-06-28T02:47:42Z")
I’d have to watch some other prelim videos. Any ones you have in mind I should take a look at? ---
**Author:** ![WAT-AAH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wat-aah/32/1010_2.png) [@WAT-AAH](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WAT-AAH)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/amzing-prelims/55731/3 "2013-06-28T02:48:21Z")
Because it was very technicall, with many string hits. That is what judges look for ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jake\_Elliott](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jake_Elliott)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/amzing-prelims/55731/4 "2013-06-28T02:59:09Z")
> [@WAT-AAH](#): > > Because it was very technicall, with many string hits. That is what judges look for Judging has a lot less to do with string hits and much more to do with elements, of which this prelim had many. ---
**Author:** ![yoyofactoryfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@yoyofactoryfan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofactoryfan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/amzing-prelims/55731/5 "2013-06-28T03:04:31Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/b/d/1bdd121ff365ff9d847faf4863c4eaacd78fcb76.jpeg "Eric Koloski - MWR 1A prelims") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksBABOtrIA0) this one [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/2/b/42b43572ceda139fb10e259b8fbf2fcb6f870759.jpeg "Patrick Borgerding - MWR 4A") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWzL-0nZ_fc) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/1/d/a1d6ea565af9342530c3b20f7214224847122896.jpeg "Dan Dietz - MWR 1A prelims") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqvwmoUeZJI) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/2/b/32bda93bd0b9d575d4f980a8fef5c7562fd2e9e7.jpeg "John Narum - MWR 1A prelims") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzgkFL1DCns) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/d/0/4d0f64c9c04d95b55d87fb6b60e67acde1c89f81.jpeg "Tessa Piccillo - MWR 1A prelims") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VUEwLzAk2c) ---
**Author:** ![NathanC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathanc/32/891_2.png) [@NathanC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NathanC)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/amzing-prelims/55731/6 "2013-06-28T03:29:10Z")
I’m confused, you say it was amazing and you loved it, but you’re confused why he got first in prelims with it? I think it was awesome, and combined a ton of different elements and styles into 60 seconds with only one miss i saw. ---
**Author:** ![JeiCheetah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jeicheetah/32/612192_2.png) [@JeiCheetah](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JeiCheetah)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/amzing-prelims/55731/7 "2013-06-28T05:29:18Z")
Let it be known [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/6/3/f63a7f29c1e69c4dc8fb954949d5608d33686b15.jpeg "MVI\_0556") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBzRA9oOUas) this is how you do a prelim ---
**Author:** ![yoyofactoryfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@yoyofactoryfan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofactoryfan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/amzing-prelims/55731/8 "2013-06-28T05:50:18Z")
I liked it a lot,it was probably my favorite prelim ever but I don’t understand why he scored high enough to get first,like from a judges standpoint.why? ---
**Author:** ![james](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/james/32/149_2.png) [@james](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/james)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/amzing-prelims/55731/9 "2013-06-29T02:34:34Z")
> [@yoyofactoryfan](#): > > I liked it a lot,it was probably my favorite prelim ever but I don’t understand why he scored high enough to get first,like from a judges standpoint.why? When you look at his competitors and who ran clean… it’s fairly obvious. Grant and Eric K are arguably the most [1a contest] skilled players who attended this contest, and both players clearly scored much higher than the others in prelims. Grant ran cleaner, had better music use, and had more elements in his freestyle than Eric. Grant and Eric are both great yoyoers (some of my favorite yoyoers), but Grant had a better contest prelim that day. Grant scored approx 15 points (averaged) more than Eric in prelims… And Eric scored approx 11 points (average) than the player in 3rd place; which is quite a big difference. ---
**Author:** ![yoyoavenger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoavenger/32/884_2.png) [@yoyoavenger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoavenger)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/amzing-prelims/55731/10 "2013-06-29T02:37:25Z")
> [@yoyofactoryfan](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIOah4dr0BA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIOah4dr0BA) > I love this prelim that Grant johnson did at MWR this last weekend and he got first in prelims with it. > But I had to ask why did it score so high? Wait did I meet you? I was Adam. The Asian kid who was trading like mad. ---
**Author:** ![SR1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sr1/32/104603_2.png) [@SR1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SR1)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/amzing-prelims/55731/11 "2013-06-29T18:19:37Z")
Everyone was going crazy about Paul Kerbel’s prelim at World’s this past year. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/5/0/550801e9c4a992d012a9508ae235eabc85d55ba8.jpeg "YoYoFactory Presents: 2012 World YoYo contest 1a Prelim Paul Kerbel") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H35YEyY6QCo)