Thanks for the heads up, I will look for another forum where I can discuss the hobby in general without worrying about offending people.
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Yoyo expert yoyo friends. Strings from monkey finger and zipline. Some weird Chinese online shop called open china cart. Yoyo sam and yoyo yo . Ilike trying to find different online sources to see what they have to offer. I find shipping is a real killer cost wise and lumits what i get
Sorry mate didnt mean to get you in trouble. It is a forum after all and i did ask you where you bought from. A bit over the top on political correctness on that guys behalf i feel
Mate i asked Richard where he buys from. Surely he can reply in public without censorship. R u a moderator? They havent commented on him telling me
Seems to me from my reading of posts people are naming sources of where they have purchased yoyos regularly
Not a mod, but my take on it is that itās the linking to other stores thatās really frowned upon, and the mods have used some automatic tools to help prevent some of that.
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Fair enough, Iāve seen posts where directly mentioning the store was frowned upon though, and I also think itās a bit unclear since site guidelines state no direct links to competitor stores, plus Iām not a mod I just joined pretty recently, sorry about that
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You are correct. Yoyo Expert, a yoyo store, pays to keep this forum going so not mentioning other yoyo stores (which we are all aware of) is not censorship, itās just good etiquette. Itās a mistake a good number of us has made. Have fun everyoneā¦we are keeping the child inside of us alive and playing with yoyos. How awesome is that?!?!
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Welcome to the forums!
From the siteās guidelines:
(quote)
Please Donāt Advertise Other Yo-Yo Stores
While this is a general Yo-Yo forum, it is officially owned and operated by YoYoExpert and that should be respected.
Do not post direct links to any other on-line store that sells yo-yos. If you feel that someone needs a link to another yo-yo store or someone is asking for it, please PM them the link.
Also, please avoid posting yo-yo pictures that have prominent store logos in them.
(end quote)
Soā¦there you go. Posting a link is a direct violation of the rules. Advertising for another site is a violation as well. I honestly canāt see an issue with simply answering a question as long as you arenāt unnecessarily hyping/advertising another strore.
To be safe though, Iād simply DM someone regarding any other site if it wasnāt a manufacturerās site.
Rules are rules. We all agreed to follow them when we signed up.
Enjoy the throw
kgb
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Awesome! Here are some YouTube channels with lots of yoyo reviews to help with your search:
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Welcome to the forums! Maybe you can take a look at the MK1 Spyglass, seems to fit what you want pretty well. Itās not a traditional organic (has a deep undercut) and is a bit smaller than full size, but I think youāll find it enjoyable.
Heyo lads, its been about 12 years since Iāve been here, looking forward to taking some good photos and making some good sales and purchases!
Just picked up an Aitch and a Shinobi after looking into the ānew genā of hardware. Having fun again already!
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Welcome to the forums! You picked some extreme shapes to start with, very cool!
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New middle aged dude who discovered yo-yoing during pandemic. Big fan of 0A when on video calls with camera off. Still a 1A fledgling but having a lot of fun working through the basics.
Richmond VA is home. Thanks to all who posted tutorials here - they have helped a lot.
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I think Iām past middle-aged, Iām 56! Welcome to the forums from Pennsylvania!
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Welcome to the forums! Check out DocPopās 0A with counterweights! Youāll probably love it!
Back once again. Started to throw in the 90s had many yoyos all basic ones then few years ago got back into it and got a yoyofactory 201 and a henry viper then kinda switched to xbox. But now im back got a pack of 2 yos today delivered and got another and strings on the way still at beginner level but with so many trick vids about will hopefully get better each day
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Welcome back! I quit in the early 90ās and got back into it in the 2020 quarantine days. Itās a great time to return. No more learning from text out of a book or āyo-yo trick bookā that comes with the yo-yos. 
between the forum, and videos you can learn anything and thereās a endless number of tricks now. Modern yo-yos are much better on average than the old days too.
Itās great to have another old school player throwing again.
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Hey my name is Alex and I used to be very into yo-yo-yoing back in the early 2010ās. I got back on YYE today to check out the throws for sale and decided to rejoin the forums! I still have my two favorite yo-yos from back then which are a CLYW avalanche (2.0 I think) and YYFxTurningPoint chaotic. The CLYW is a blizzard variation of the blue and gold color way that I forget the name of and the other is grey with a specked acid wash. My favorite trick is probably the one I created back then called mood organ(from āDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheepā). It combines a lot of my favorite elements from hops like kwijibo, string rejection, and triangles, and that thing where it goes between your thumb and index finger.
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Hey am looking for the guy called yoyowen from utube any help appreciated