If you are on the YYE forum you are super cool by default Chris! 
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I was never one of the kool kids.
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Amen, it is so frustrating to see a cool yoyo pic and have no idea what it is. An awful lot of these look close to the same.
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i have a couple zip lines kicking around⊠iâll
lace them up sometime
the diamond blends that come w/g2, those are zipline, correct? i really like those
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Not trying to jump into a conversation, but Iâm pretty sure thatâs right.
Zipline also makes the Prestige lines for Nate Martsolf, in white and black, and those are some of my favorite strings lately (I think they included one of those with the latest Batsquatch).
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Correct Diamond blend is Zipline
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Oh I love the Prestige just got a pack of the white Nate ones
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Iâm not gonna click the heart if the yoyo is not identified.
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I also really like the white Nate Martsolf Prestige strings. Would welcome more color choices. Bought a few packs of the Skyline III a couple weeks ago, and Iâll be buying a bunch more of those. They cost a little more, but they seem to last forever. Zipline is doing amazing work. Their yoyos rock, too - I got a BMC off the BST, and itâs a gem.
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Yea, I was thinking the same thing about the Prestige colors. I couldnât get into the Skyline III for some reason. A little stretchy for me. I think Iâm going to come back to them in a little bit after Iâve (hopefully) improved a bit, see if I have a different opinion then.
The BMC is amazing! Check out the Ist, too, I think theyâre doing another release of those sometime soon. Thatâs quickly becoming my favorite undersized throw.
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They recommend stretching the Skyline IIIs. It reduces the bounciness and adds several inches to the string.
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There needs to be a âThe Pedal Movieâ for yoyos. So good. The focus on the effects pedal as a sort of magical and iconic object reminds me of how itâs like that for yoyos too.
https://reverb.com/page/the-pedal-movie
Imagine that the focus is on the object itself, the yoyo⊠a little history of the origin of yoyos⊠history of Duncan, Yomega, Tom Kuhn⊠a bit about the 90âs boom⊠Yoyojam, Dif-e-yo⊠Yoyofactory, CLYW⊠Yoyorecreation, One Drop⊠then getting into boutique era⊠oh yeah, canât forget Anti-Yo⊠and so on, with extensive interviews with the makers about specific iconic yoyo designs, interviews with huge collectors about their obsession, checking in with key players about what yoyos really inspired them to throw, what yoyos helped them perform confidently, what ones they just throw for fun, etcâŠ
For example, I want to see an interview with CLYW Chris about the trials and tribulations of getting the Peak made. How some of the first ones were made in an oil industry machining shop (if I recall correctly). How the machine shops never got it quite right. Then flash to well-lit shots of chipped Levi-painted OG Peaks and flat-nippled 28 stories.
Story of the introduction of bearings. Different types of yoyos. Response groove. Schmoove groove. Unresponsive play. Concave bearings.
The first time the 888 was used in competition.
EtcâŠ
Plenty of stories there, all centered around the object itself, the yoyo.
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yo
This thread being closed is wack. As a native spanish speaker who has done his best to fit into this community this makes me feel unwelcome as heck. I understand yâall have your rules but not allowing foreign language expression feels⊠very weird in the least pleasant way.
And no, we do not have other places to go. The yoyo community is small. The spanish yoyo community is a microscopical fraction of an already small community.
I know i have not been as active here as i have been in the past anymore. This doesnÂŽt exactly provide me with good motivation to stay here at all really.
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Pretty positive the guidelines are asking that âpublicâ posts are kept English language so a majority of members are able to read them.
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I know. I just found myself wanting to comment and interact on that thread and couldnât just bc of language.
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Iâve missed your posts. You post on IG as well so i see what you post but i know a bunch of your adoring fans donât have IG.
Porfavor AMIGO! Te extrañamosđ. keep posting here bro.
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I dunno⊠I get the rules but it seems to me that having a specific thread for folks to just chat in X non-English language would be fine so long as we keep the forum in general English. I totally get wanting to keep things uniform in general posts, BSTs, etc. But heck, not even the US has an official language. And we on YYE effectively do.
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I felt that it was handled in a less than respectful way, @jhb8426.
It would be nice if the mods would take a fresh look at this rule. If youâre willing to accept money from non-English speaking customers, then it seems like those same non-English speaking customers should have a space to communicate in their native language on the forum.
I realize that not everyone who is a member of the forum purchases from YYE, but it seems like the ability to participate in the forum in a meaningful way will naturally draw more customers and benefit the community.
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as a native English speaker living in a foreign country that doesnât speak English language I am constantly ostracized for , 1- not being native 2- not being fluent in said language. it sucks, and is totally off putting.
there should be threads dedicated to foreign languages if wanted. I could see if maybe foreign language was rampit in all threads and comments. then I could see how that might be a problem for guidelines. but the forum should be as inclusive and community driven as possible
there is yoyo contests all around the world that brings people from all corners together. a forum should be the same⊠
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The only issue I see with foreign language posts is moderation. If the mods cant read your posts they cant help when things go wrong⊠If someone reports a post for hate speech they wont really know what to do at that point. Youâd need a mod who speaks the language.
I understand where youâre coming from wanting to interact in your own language but I dont see how one would achieve that. Maybe we get a mod for every language that wants their own threadâŠ
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