How much damage does it take?

General Yo-Yo
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How much and what type of surface damage (nicks, dings, etc) does it take to actually affect play?

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Enough to notice…

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Well the texture of the yo-yo could be so rough that it just slices your hand! I would think with enough weight taken off of one side it could start to vibe or tilt more then usual.

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When it looks like this ;D

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Looks like yoyospirit’s been walkin’ the dog on the sidewalk a lot. :wink:

To Qozux - I think you’re obsessing too kmuch on this. The ding you show here:

http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,45997.0.html

is really just a minor flesh wound.

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What the heck happened to that?

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Fun.

The answer is fun… :wink:

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Man, that is one old picture haha.

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You’re just removing the anodizing through friction from the concrete!

Let’s face it, you were gonna strip and polish it anyways!

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It’s a picture I took from Paul Dang lol.

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Thanks haha. Mostly I’m just trying to learn everything I can. I played all the time in the late 90s, but hadn’t picked it up again until a couple months ago.

yoyospirit - I’m guessing this is a dumb question, but does that amount of damage effect the way it spins?

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if its a new yoyo any sort of noticeable ding bothers me… so i know where youre coming from… but… it also makes it more fun… after a while you stop noticing the ding and stop worrying about other dings as well. if it still plays fine youre 100% fine and you’ll forget you even had dings on your yoyo.

i got a dang recently and was being very very careful with it… then i hit my hand and it came apart in an airport and bounced all around the tile floor and put some decent scuffs in it… i put it together and did a courtesy throw to make sure it was still dead smooth… check… everything good, now ive never had so much funn yoyoing :slight_smile:

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Honestly, something like this might only add a bit or no vibe at all lol.

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Took a nice chunk out of my Asteroid today by hitting the asphalt in a parking lot…Luckily it’s only a 15 dollar throw :wink: Still plays like a total champ, and I figured a chunk of missing plastic would have more effect than scratched metal.

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I want this. So bad.