# Been A While
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [December 15, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303 "2018-12-15T11:34:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Chopper](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chopper)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/1 "2018-12-15T11:34:01Z")
It’s been a minute since I’ve checked in. I’ve honestly had such a tough time learning to yo-yo I put it down for all this time. (Busy busy busy!) This vacation has restarted my interest and I even met with a Duncan yo-yo guy here. (I even happen to have my Horizon with me in my “tactical bag”:joy: but we were catching the bus to Disney… The only thing cooler than the yo-yo is the big wheel!
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/2 "2018-12-15T12:56:15Z")
Since 2016 eh … welcome back! 🏍
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### Author:  [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/3 "2018-12-15T13:14:58Z")
I’m glad you’re back. Do. Not. Leave.
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### Author:  [@Chopper](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chopper)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/4 "2018-12-15T13:29:12Z")
Bagpipes, Jiu Jitsu, Our 6 Year Old daughter. I’ve actually carried my Horizon with me everywhere I go. My bag has the perfect pouch for it. I really want to learn the yo-yo. I have to force myself. I’ve had such a hard time getting a solid bind that I lost the will to live. :joy:😩😩
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### Author:  [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/5 "2018-12-15T14:54:17Z")
If I can learn binding so can normal people. Practice pays off. Now it’s instinctive for me and I do not have to think about it. What helped me is putting responsives out of sight. No safety net forced me to get better!
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### Author:  [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/6 "2018-12-16T01:46:07Z")
> [@anon19434144](#):
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> What helped me is putting responsives out of sight.
…or you could just play responsive. Put that Horizon away, and give something else a go. Plenty to learn along that path too! Either way, yep, practice pays off.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/7 "2018-12-16T02:08:26Z")
Oh yeah responsive! Pick up a Deep State or Confusion!
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### Author:  [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/8 "2018-12-16T02:18:52Z")
All I meant was - I wanted to get better at binding but every time I got frustrated I’d go back to responsive because it was easy even though I knew it limited me. I got ticked off and told myself, no, I will throw unresponsive until I can do all of my moves / tricks unresponsive. Now I can, and with ease and I enjoy responsive as well only not as a hiding place of my fear of binding. If that makes sense… I’m gonna look into Deep State!
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### Author:  [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/9 "2018-12-16T02:24:19Z")
> **[Deep State](https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/products/deep-state-yoyo-by-one-drop)**
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> From One Drop: "We want as many people as possible to enjoy yo-yoing with a nice well made metal ball-bearing yo-yo. There is just something cool about the feeling of your own energy powering a spinning yo-yo. It feels alive. One of the hurdles in...
This looks pretty sweet…
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### Author:  [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/10 "2018-12-16T02:26:37Z")
You can always add some Vaseline to that bearing and play it responsively :wink:
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### Author:  [@Jhonaker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jhonaker)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/11 "2018-12-16T02:56:40Z")
I love my Deep State. I use YYF thick lube on the bearing, I think it is just responsive enough that way. Still sleeps and can do all your basics tricks then tug it back. There is just something about that yoyo. I carry it everywhere. I want to do this one day.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwv7-Yojgrg)
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### Author:  [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/12 "2018-12-16T03:01:22Z")
Maybe it will be in the 2019 budget. I have a lot of responsives already.
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### Author:  [@Chopper](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chopper)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/13 "2018-12-16T03:39:45Z")
 
My every day carry. :joy:
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### Author:  [@JWaugh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JWaugh)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/been-a-while/296303/14 "2019-04-15T15:17:47Z")
How’s your progress doing?