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I feel this is a bit of a âThere is no inner-circleâ puff piece, and what you take from it is the observers⌠kinda like, âthis is a special announcement from people that know the inner circle, and even though there is one, and they tell you thereâs not, iâm here to tell you straight from them - it doesnât matterââŚ
You left out your membership in Fatguy Snacks Yoyo BST too 
any particular reason?
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Iâm not in the âinner circleâ if there is one. I donât care. Iâm here to have fun with skill toys. This is my observation. Most people in the community have been very kind. Also, I recorded this video a little while ago and didnât get around to posting. I wasnât in your group at that point.
i know YOU are not, but there has obviously been this longstanding belief that there is.
youâre friends with some of the folks as stated, and i agree, camaraderie, etc. bring certain groups and friends tighter than others.
but, to that end, what would an inner circle look like?
it just came as super odd that with the repeated denials of not having an Inner Circle, a literal PSA was put out (not on you TSAF) that there is still âNo Inner Circleâ
again, this isnât directed at you dude
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Gonna just throw out a comment here.
I have found that the community overall is very supportive and very accepting which has been a pretty nice change of pace from all that is going on in the world.
As far as inner circle or no inner circle I came back into throwing around 2 years ago, from that time I have developed relationships with many people, as far as some of the Facebook groups are concerned, there is 100% different rules for different folks, this has been pointed out multiple times on multiple levels - I even pointed a few threads out and was blocked because I âquestioned authorityâ. Problem is when your rule book says - no auction bidding - and you have âXYZâ member posting - âoh hey I donât know what this is worth make me an offerâ and no one says anything, vs âABCâ member with a for sale post with a couple make offer on throws and the community loses its mind.
Most of the time that âXYZâ member has been around the block a while and catches no heat which would allude to some people having certain privileges and leewayâs that others donât have. This I believe is sometimes where this said âinner circleâ comes from.
Itâs also funny to see people bumping a âlooking forâ post for 3 months and then all the sudden a member flashes out the exact throw or variation of that throw someone was looking for on their âepic mail dayâ post.
At the end of the day they are all skill âtoysâ and people take this a little more serious than maybe it should be taken once you take a step back. Personally I donât care what people do with their YoYo - itâs yours do with it what you will, but I can for sure see where inner circles could be presumed to exist.
And I am not within any of them 
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Damn yoyo illuminati snatching up all the OG peaks, G2 Swirls, and Anti-yos.
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Hereâs my thoughts on the issue: is there an inner circle? Absolutely! You canât get involved in anything thatâs being traded, bought, or sold without a core group of people holding all the throws as trade bait, or all of the wealthy individuals getting preferrential treatment when things come up on offer. Thatâs the reason that so many people like me, that have more of a volume collection than a ârare piecesâ collection will never find some of the throws we want. If you look at a lot of those rare pieces, they get bought and sold behind the scenes, to the same 10 people, thus keeping them exclusive and rare.
Thereâs also the issue of the double standard. Being in this inner circle, via having a killer collection, being well liked, being a good person, etc, can get you a free pass on rule violations, it seems. As JEA86 said, there have been MANY times someone has posted a ânot auctionâ auction on the FB BST, and when called out the mods went nuts and started talking down to the group members. Iâm not saying it happens all the time - Iâm sure a lot of those posts get caught, flagged, and addressed before being posted up, but it does happen, and itâs always questionable when it does, IMO.
Iâve even seen a good friend of mine get called out for deleting the prices on throws he sold in one group, because they were needed for stat tracking. Sure, thatâs all fine and good, but what about all of the people doing it before him, and that still do it now? Why are they not getting publicly called out like my friend?
And yes, I may be a bit bitter to some degree - Iâm one of those people thatâs tried to get some rare throws I need for my collection to be completed and had to watch as people posted their maildays where they got the thing I had been begging for. Iâve offered to buy throws from people should they decide to sell them only to see them show up in other peopleâs posts as part of their new collection. Itâs a good reminder of where I rank, or at least thatâs how it feels a lot of the time.
At the end of the day, itâs up to each person to do what they want to do with the things that theyâve paid money for, and I can live with that. Same with running the groups: feel free to treat your friends better than anyone else, but donât be surprised when people start getting tired of the BS and just leave.
As far as community, yes, I 100% agree that the community as a whole is friendly and welcoming for the most part. Youâre always gonna have some bad apples, but theyâre thankfully kept to a minimum and easily ignored. Iâve enjoyed my time here and in the FB BSTs, personally.
Am I in anyoneâs inner circle? Honestly, Iâve never felt like I am, although I am in the FSYBST on FB, which does require that Iâve met certain criteria, so if that makes me a hypocrtie, so be it I guess 
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