# Do you have to be competing in a yoyo contest to attend it? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [November 21, 2015, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039 "2015-11-21T05:56:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yomega\_fan\_335](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomega_fan_335/32/14085_2.png) [@yomega\_fan\_335](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomega_fan_335)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/1 "2015-11-21T05:56:15Z")
??? ---
**Author:** ![yoyoboy224](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f14d63/32.png) [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/2 "2015-11-21T06:01:57Z")
Not at all! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/3 "2015-11-21T06:15:38Z")
> [@yomega\_fan\_335](#): > > ??? Yes… You have to compete. I remember years ago, they actually forced a Janitor up on stage. Everybody thought it was funny until he did Spirit Bomb with a Mop Bucket. ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/4 "2015-11-21T06:18:30Z")
> [@yoyodoc](#): > > Yes… You have to compete. > > I remember years ago, they actually forced a Janitor up on stage. > > Everybody thought it was funny until he did Spirit Bomb with a Mop Bucket. One time a guy did magic drop with a 5 gallon pail of Mountain Dew ---
**Author:** ![French](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/french/32/70748_2.png) [@French](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/French)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/5 "2015-11-21T12:14:48Z")
I still shudder thinking about the pet shop guy and the skin the gerbil fiasco. Seriously, you are more than welcome to go to a contest and watch, but, for me, the rush of getting on stage and throwing for a minute can’t be beat. The key is not to take yourself too seriously, go up, have fun. I’ve never seen anyone not get applause and encouragement. ---
**Author:** ![Zorro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zorro/32/206266_2.png) [@Zorro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zorro)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/6 "2015-11-24T02:08:47Z")
> [@French](#): > > …for me, the rush of getting on stage and throwing for a minute can’t be beat. Go deer hunting, you’ll reconsider about 0.000001 seconds after you realize there is a big deer in a wide open field and you are holding a gun (it’s life) in your hands. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![French](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/french/32/70748_2.png) [@French](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/French)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/7 "2015-11-24T04:06:53Z")
> [@Zorro](#): > > Go deer hunting, you’ll reconsider about 0.000001 seconds after you realize there is a big deer in a wide open field and you are holding a gun (it’s life) in your hands. 😃 I would, but, I would only kill what I would eat, and I’m a vegetarian. Not much thrill of the hunt when tofu or lettuce is your prey. ---
**Author:** ![GoCrazyForYoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gocrazyforyoyo/32/7941_2.png) [@GoCrazyForYoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GoCrazyForYoyo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/8 "2015-11-24T04:24:00Z")
> [@French](#): > > Not much thrill of the hunt when tofu or lettuce is your prey. I’ve had some close encounters with lettuce. I’ll leave it at that… ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/9 "2015-11-24T14:03:38Z")
> [@Amplified](#): > > I’ve had some close encounters with lettuce. > > I’ll leave it at that… That arugula is no joke. ---
**Author:** ![KiLbUcK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kilbuck/32/794_2.png) [@KiLbUcK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KiLbUcK)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/10 "2015-11-24T14:19:25Z")
> [@French](#): > > I would, but, I would only kill what I would eat, and I’m a vegetarian. Not much thrill of the hunt when tofu or lettuce is your prey. That’s ok French…your lack of meat digestion will end up serving your health better as you grow older. I on the other hand (with my 50 year long love affair with red meat and bacon) am probably doomed! :-\ ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/11 "2015-11-24T14:21:40Z")
> [@KiLbUcK](#): > > That’s ok French…your lack of meat digestion will end up serving your health better as you grow older. I on the other hand (with my 50 year long love affair with red meat and bacon) am probably doomed! :-\ I’m with you, I’m probably on borrowed time at this point. Sure is tasty though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zorro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zorro/32/206266_2.png) [@Zorro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zorro)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/12 "2015-11-24T16:43:27Z")
> [@KiLbUcK](#): > > …bacon… Yummm… bacon ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/13 "2015-11-24T18:56:06Z")
> [@Zorro](#): > > Yummm… bacon I like bacon. I once killed a man with a piece of bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Zorro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zorro/32/206266_2.png) [@Zorro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zorro)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/14 "2015-11-24T21:47:59Z")
> [@Erik\_kerber](#): > > I like bacon. > > I once killed a man with a piece of bacon. Did you kill a man using a piece of bacon or did you kill a man that was holding a piece of bacon? Either way, it was a worthy cause for his death. One should never hold bacon in public when bacon-lovers are around. ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/15 "2015-11-30T16:13:59Z")
> [@Zorro](#): > > Did you kill a man using a piece of bacon or did you kill a man that was holding a piece of bacon? Either way, it was a worthy cause for his death. One should never hold bacon in public when bacon-lovers are around. Both actually. I was holding the bacon about to eat it when another bacon lover attacked me and I killed him with the bacon. ---
**Author:** ![FRAY.FRAY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@FRAY.FRAY](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FRAY.FRAY)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/16 "2015-12-02T00:54:07Z")
yomega fan 335. If you come to nationals next year we’re always happy to have more people come, the competition is abit of both worlds, so even if you’re not that great or are ready to take brandon off that podium give it a go ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-competing-in-a-yoyo-contest-to-attend-it/78039/17 "2015-12-02T03:07:05Z")
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