Anyone remember Gator Floss, or Ham String? I think they were some of the first boutique string companies, but anyways I miss that stuff it was very very good string lol
@LeftyThrower24 I remember G-String over a decade ago being âthe bestâ according to my fellow group of yoyoers. We used to buy singles (or really small packs i dont remember) that perfectly matched our throws.
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G-string was the bees knees
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You ever just wish you could be a time traveler, go back to like 1970âs worlds and just destroy everyone with a bi-metal? Nope? Just me? Okay.
(Just something funny for the day, hope this cheers someone up/made ya laugh)
Also Iâm sorry I didnât see that we had a general yoyo thoughts thread already, shoulda posted it there. I need to look a little more on here before I post new threads/topics
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If you did that it could alter other things outside of yoyoing. The future may not be the same when you returned to it. The Butterfly EffectâŚ
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Ah dang it I didnât even see we had a similar thread already, shoulda posted it there
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Ba dum pssss
âYeah so guys this is a metal yoyo with stainless steel rims. That imperial is very nice though I too just picked one up at the local pump station for 45¢â
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Iâm sure within minutes you would be overtaken by the angry crowd who would storm the stage with flaming torches and pitchforks eventually burning you at the stake as a witch.
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Would I? Or would everyone be so stunned and amazed by what theyâre seeing that theyâd have no other choice but to crown me king of yoyo
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Think the big part you would open up is the unresponsive yoyo would probably get you disqualified. Think this would cause a lot of unintended consequences on the current status.
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I think itâd turn into a âwhat is a yoyo argumentâ. Maybe some complaints about you bringing in a home made toy that isnât a yoyo.
Also wasnât it trick ladder stuff at the time? How you gonna loop the loop, skin the cat, or shoot the moon on your unresponsive yoyo.
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âCan I do the around the world??â
does the around the world for 3 minutes straight
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Very true
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No itâs alright to create your own thread. This board is so slow anyway, i appreciate new threads that spark some new discussion. If you had just posted a reply in that other thread you would probably only get some likes and 3 responses max
I had that thought too lol. Iâm not in the hobby long enough to see it change but when Iâm watching older videos I can really see how tricks advanced over time.
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If you havenât stumbled on it yet, look up Duncan yoyo contests from the 60-70âs on YouTube. Itâs so funny yet so cool to see how popular it was back then and to see everyoneâs reactions to what we now consider beginner and basic tricks. Iâm just always like man all id have to do is one simple whip or slack on a modern yoyo and everyoneâs jaws would drop to the floor lol
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More than going back in time with an unresponsive, I think itâd be more interesting to take a modern yoyo trickset back (assuming youâre capable of playing fixed (and also capable of looping since that used to be a required skill)).
In an era before split the atom was even invented, imagine grabbing a 70s Duncan butterfly and showing people how to do rancid milk. In addition to just introducing complex string tricks to people, you could show off stalls and slack tricks to people. Imagine how much more developed 0A play in 2022 would be if people were already messing with stalls/balances/slacks (slacks more complicated than âeating spaghettiâ lol) in the 70s.
Walking up to some yoyoers back then and shredding like this on any random Butterfly/No Jive wouldâve been a game changer.
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Yesss I didnât even think of this. All the modern stalls and new stuff with responsive throws would have the crowd in awe. Or you could be like me and unintentionally adjust that gap a little and introduce them to unresponsive lol
Eating spaghetti lmao I totally forgot about that one, gonna do that trick for my baby cousin next time
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I finally got and made an Imgur last night, gonna try and post one or two vids a week of just random yoyo content. I donât 2a or 3a though sorry. Two yo-yos at a time is more than my brain can handle lol
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Is âCan you DNA?â the new âWalk the dogâ? I had somebody ask that earlier today but knew nothing else of yoyoing. We got to talking and I let him try my throw and was a bit surprised how long it spun.
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