# Is Bind Good ?

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**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [January 27, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-bind-good/48714 "2013-01-27T19:08:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-bind-good/48714/27 "2013-01-29T01:47:22Z")

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> [@jhb8426](#):
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> > [@throwgoon](#):
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> > Just because a ‘modern’ yoyo comes with a non-responsive bearing, does not mean that you are required to play said yoyo using a bind. Changing the string, response, or bearing (or a combination of these) can allow the same yoyo to be played responsively…
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> Yes, but that is not the popular culture or how they are marketed. Those things are not readily obvious to the casual player.
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> > [@Mattylightning](#):
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> > I thinks that we just need to look at ed haponik and realize that binds are good but at the same time…responsive play is still there and still capable of being relevant and fun!..
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> Ed and the few he has inspired are a bit of an anomaly. It may catch on but it’s primarily a novelty -

> [@Is the Superwide a Novelty or is it actually good?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-the-superwide-a-novelty-or-is-it-actually-good/45773/11):
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> Novelty lacks function.
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> ## _wood yoyos_ have function.
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> Short answers rule!

altered for the wood part. Everything else is the same.

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