# Feel like a noob **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [February 2, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/feel-like-a-noob/23389 "2011-02-02T03:25:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yoyoaddict96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/dfb087/32.png) [@yoyoaddict96](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoaddict96)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/feel-like-a-noob/23389/1 "2011-02-02T03:25:37Z")
I feel like I have been here for a while and very active with the yoyo community but i feel like a noob still. I dont really go in depth with buying a yoyo. i like undersized yoyos and thats all i know. I dont really look at specs i just buy yoyos that look good and say undersized. lol i can play pretty good but i just feel like i dont have as much yoyo knowledge as some of you guys. Anyone else have this feeling? I also get this feeling because i never do any yoyo maintenance at all. I dont clean or lube my bearings or tune the axle, satin, polish etc. Does anyone else not lube or not do general maintenance ? :-\ :-\ :-\ i feel like a noob. ---
**Author:** ![yoyomatt2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f19dbf/32.png) [@yoyomatt2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomatt2)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/feel-like-a-noob/23389/2 "2011-02-02T04:36:01Z")
not everyone is going to want to mod. it will probably help you learn more about yoyos, but you dont have to mod. i used to feel like i didnt know anything about what anyone was talkig about. if you hear something you dont know google it. thats what i do. finally, at one time sometime, you will have to clean your bearing. or get a new one. if you dont clean it it will lock up, make noise, or spin not as long. i hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![themaddoughnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/57b2e6/32.png) [@themaddoughnut](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/themaddoughnut)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/feel-like-a-noob/23389/3 "2011-02-02T12:55:05Z")
> [@yoyoaddict96](#): > > I feel like I have been here for a while and very active with the yoyo community but i feel like a noob still. I dont really go in depth with buying a yoyo. i like undersized yoyos and thats all i know. I dont really look at specs i just buy yoyos that look good and say undersized. lol i can play pretty good but i just feel like i dont have as much yoyo knowledge as some of you guys. Anyone else have this feeling? I also get this feeling because i never do any yoyo maintenance at all. I dont clean or lube my bearings or tune the axle, satin, polish etc. Does anyone else not lube or not do general maintenance ? :-\ :-\ :-\ i feel like a noob. i do the exact same things no need to feel like a noob ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/feel-like-a-noob/23389/4 "2011-02-02T14:26:33Z")
That’s pretty much where I’m at. I buy yoyos based on what looks good. Mostly I haven’t been disappointed that way. Maintenance - I clean bearings very rarely. Lube them occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![mgodinez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mgodinez/32/585_2.png) [@mgodinez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgodinez)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/feel-like-a-noob/23389/5 "2011-02-02T15:22:29Z")
everyday… mgodinez cloudy… ---
**Author:** ![ILiekToYoYo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f475e1/32.png) [@ILiekToYoYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ILiekToYoYo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/feel-like-a-noob/23389/6 "2011-02-12T03:12:48Z")
Don’t fix what’s not broken. ---
**Author:** ![Schnayke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/feel-like-a-noob/23389/7 "2011-02-12T03:39:38Z")
I don’t buy new yoyos but maybe once every year or so. I only lube bearings. I can wait the 20 mins for the excess lube too fall out. the only mods I do, are filing down burs on the yoyo. I have done all that other stuff in the past though. Modern yoyos don’t need mods. ---
**Author:** ![AngryGumball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angrygumball/32/683872_2.png) [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/feel-like-a-noob/23389/8 "2011-02-12T04:08:14Z")
I wouldn’t really say 100% noob but I wouldn’t just go by looks to get a yo-yo. I wouldn’t call myself a newb but when I jumped back into the yo-yo scene in 2009 after a 10-year hiatus, there were tons of new things for me to learn. I was just a bit ‘outdated.’ To this day, the most ‘high-end’ yo-yo I use are my Popstar, Maverick (I don’t care what anyone says about Yomega, I love this yo-yo), and Drifter…things that a lot of expert players may see as entry level stuff. But I still rock 'em, learning new things on them, and so on. As for myself, I would say that I’m intermediate-advanced. A recommendation, I wouldn’t get a yo-yo just because it ‘looks’ cool. Sure that could be one of the factors but I’d definitely know about different response systems and what they do/how they perform. You may end up getting one you think was cool for a week then find that it’s not for you. Like everyone else said, not everyone mods. I don’t really do anything to mine. They all perform how I like with a few tweaks (like removing a pad, or breaking in/cleaning a bearing). Otherwise, if it isn’t broken, why fix it?