Yodaddyo
(Seth McNeeley)
October 13, 2024, 1:45pm
503
That’s pretty good honestly. I’d say I probably get 2-3 hours of play on 1 string with my butterfly.
The more you play it, too, the more it will wear down the starburst and stop cutting strings. Sounds like you almost got it there.
Do you have more back up strings? Or is what I sent you all the back up you have?
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Snoopy
(Evan 🪀 (he/him))
October 13, 2024, 1:48pm
504
I have 9 replacement strings. But they belong to not just me. But all 6 yoyoers in this house. Haha
Oh. And the ones you gave me too! Forgot to count those.
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Yodaddyo
(Seth McNeeley)
October 13, 2024, 1:50pm
505
Oh dang.
You guys need some strings!
I’ll have to look around and see what I got. It may not all be the best string in the world but it’s better than broken string lol.
I’ll let you know what I find when I get some time to look.
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rkalajian
(Berv Throwington (He/They))
October 13, 2024, 2:03pm
507
PM me your address. I’ll send you some that’ll last!
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SlowThrow
(Kyle ✌️❤️🪀)
October 13, 2024, 2:04pm
508
OT normal has been working awesome for me! Get good sleep times with it and is decently responsive
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SlowThrow
(Kyle ✌️❤️🪀)
October 13, 2024, 2:05pm
509
Use a paracord to separate the halves next time! The mod thread has a good walk thru
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SlowThrow
(Kyle ✌️❤️🪀)
October 13, 2024, 2:06pm
510
Tbh the glow feels a little lighter/ less substantive in the hand and on throws, compared to an older red translucent, but I love it!! It’s fun to toss around and the glow lasts a good long while
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Snoopy
(Evan 🪀 (he/him))
October 13, 2024, 3:35pm
512
Wowza. I think you sent me a gem of a butterfly. I’m up to about 2 hours 15 minutes. And the string hasn’t snapped!
As you can see here, it’s hanging on by a thread -slaps knee-, but mind you, I haven’t broken the starbursts in yet.
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Yodaddyo
(Seth McNeeley)
October 13, 2024, 4:29pm
513
Noice!
I recommended changing before it snaps, if you can. Butterflies can survive a lot for what they are but, in my experience, they only survive flying off the string maybe once or twice, depending where you’re playing
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I’ve had a lot of success gluing butterflies back up and having them play almost the same. They usually get louder and lose some spin time.
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Yodaddyo
(Seth McNeeley)
October 13, 2024, 4:59pm
515
Good ol’ frankenfly!
That’s a good point. I just keep back up butterflies so it never crossed my mind.
Luckily I haven’t broken any of my special butterflies yet I will probably try that if I break my glow or maniax.
TryCatchThrow:
lose some spin time
wait wait wait, ur butterfly has spin time?! I’m def doing this fixie thing wrong
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Yodaddyo:
break my…maniax
I did this. And I lost the piece
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I can inconsistently complete Split the Atom with a loop out, so, kinda?
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Yodaddyo
(Seth McNeeley)
October 13, 2024, 6:24pm
520
I can inconsistently hit kwijibo every now and then, so, sometimes?
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yea see I’ve also seen @Jerrod do superman on a butterfly. really gives me mixed feelings. i both admire and hate you all at the same time. maybe it’s just trick envy. it’s not how long your trick is, it’s how good you make it look!!.. wait
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I cannot do this at all . I know I have keep the string slack free but cannot actually conceive of how to do that.
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Mooky
October 13, 2024, 8:57pm
523
This has been said somewhere before @snoopy but if you find that the butterfly cuts string you can smooth out the axle with denim.
I usually wedge my back pocket in the gap and spin it for a couple of minutes and that usually solves the string cutter woes!
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