# Need help? Shoot US a question! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [April 17, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375 "2013-04-17T04:56:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SkyHighYo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skyhighyo/32/234_2.png) [@SkyHighYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SkyHighYo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/41 "2013-04-20T17:24:30Z")
Ah-ha! Thank you so much Kyo ---
**Author:** ![dynikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dynikus/32/812_2.png) [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/42 "2013-04-20T19:08:33Z")
> [@Tuxedodave](#): > > > [@Lordchootapa](#): > > > > > [@yoyoavenger](#): > > > > > > > [@Lordchootapa](#): > > > > > > > > Can you describe the meaning of mid to fullsize, midsize, fullsize and undersize? I’m assuming it has something to do with size, an I’ve heard these terms used a lot, I just don’t know the exact definition. > > > > > > > > What’s a regen? I’ve seen youo battles saying “no regens allowed” or “regens allowed”. What does it mean?? > > > > > > Full size is a yoyo with ~54-57 mm in diameter > > > Midsize is ~54 mm > > > Under size is ~ 54mm, usually around 50 mm > > > > > > A regen is a type of bind where the yoyo is re-thrown before the yoyo returns to the hand. I would recommend looking up a video that features regens. > > > > thank you so much! 🙂 > > So why would a regen not be allowed in a contest? Doing a regen isn’t technically a throw, but the yoyo will spin as long as if you had thrown it normally. So with regens, you could essentially have the yoyo never stop spinning. You can see why this would be a problem for contests like 1 minute 1 throw, etc. ---
**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/43 "2013-04-20T20:24:09Z")
This is the most common question my wife is asked: “Have you seen a yoyo laying around? No, not that one the one. No, not that one, the other one.” So please do tell, where is my yoyo? Second question: Will my wife and I become closer with such conversations or will I get thrown out of the house? Third question: Hot chilli yoyo vibes like a rock tumbler! It needs serious help, looks perfectly mint, axle is straight, checked everything. Worth chuckin into the river or sending to someone with some serious machining skills? (This is really the only serious question. Get the answer right please :wink: ) ---
**Author:** ![Dreamer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dreamer/32/217610_2.png) [@Dreamer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/44 "2013-04-20T22:47:50Z")
Can a yoyo be responsive and still be a good yoyo for string tricks? I read a lot of things acting like responsive is bad. I have nothing against unresponsive, but I am rather curious about this. Also if you bind the opposite way the yoyo spins it binds, but if you bind the same way it is spinning it is a regen? Is that kinda the way it works? ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/45 "2013-04-21T01:38:30Z")
> [@Dreamer](#): > > Can a yoyo be responsive and still be a good yoyo for string tricks? I read a lot of things acting like responsive is bad. I have nothing against unresponsive, but I am rather curious about this. No, I don’t think people imagine responsive as “bad”, just different. It will snap back to your hand more easily with string layers. Giving a responsive yoyo slack will also cause it to come back to your hand. These two things make certain string tricks exceptionally difficult, although not necessarily “impossible”. Many people recommend staying familiar with responsive play because it adds tricks that are otherwise impossible… so it’s an extra dimension of fun to the hobby. Others recommend it because you need to be precise and clean to pull off certain tricks on responsive yoyos; therefore, they are seen as good training aids. I’ll buy either of those arguments. Mainly for me when I play responsive it’s also fixed-axle, so I go right to that kind of fun. Now that I play a bit of fixed-axle, I don’t find responsive bearing-axle play as fun. If I’m going to go that way, I like to go ALL the way. :wink: > [@](#): > > Also if you bind the opposite way the yoyo spins it binds, but if you bind the same way it is spinning it is a regen? Is that kinda the way it works? No, that’s not it. If you bind the opposite way, you’ve just managed to engage the response in a sub-optimal way. Some trick binds require doing it this opposite way, but for the most part it’s counter-productive. Doing a regen just means that as the yoyo comes back to your hand, you snap it around your hand or a finger in such a way that it continues along its path but just goes right back out again. Ideally you impart extra energy into the motion so that the yoyo regains much more spin. There must be videos aplenty out there. “Looping” tricks are essentially the same motion… you don’t actually catch the yoyo, you just send it back out again. With 1A play, the idea isn’t to do fast loops, though, but just that single “turnaround” so that the yoyo goes back out with extra energy. ---
**Author:** ![jrodriguez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jrodriguez/32/7914_2.png) [@jrodriguez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jrodriguez)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/46 "2013-04-21T01:39:14Z")
> [@Dreamer](#): > > Can a yoyo be responsive and still be a good yoyo for string tricks? I read a lot of things acting like responsive is bad. I have nothing against unresponsive, but I am rather curious about this. > > Most folks prefer unresponsive these days, but a responsive yoyo can certainly be good for string tricks. And just to be clear, any yoyo can be made responsive by adding some thick lube to the bearing. > > Also if you bind the opposite way the yoyo spins it binds, but if you bind the same way it is spinning it is a regen? Is that kinda the way it works? > > Check this out: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWhqVz6g6Vg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWhqVz6g6Vg) ---
**Author:** ![dynikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dynikus/32/812_2.png) [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/47 "2013-04-21T01:43:05Z")
Before unresponsive throws existed, everyone used responsive yoyos for string tricks. So no, unresponsive isn’t bad in any way. And a regen is simply a way to regenerate the spin of the yoyo without having to catch and rethrow it. You still bind how you normally would, just instead of catching it, you do a loop. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/48 "2013-04-21T02:29:42Z")
What came first the chicken or the egg or the Yoyo. What? It’s yoyo related :wink: ---
**Author:** ![kendamaguy101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5ac83/32.png) [@kendamaguy101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kendamaguy101)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/49 "2013-04-21T20:12:42Z")
should i remove side thingys before cleaning crucial bearings? if so how ---
**Author:** ![YoYoJordan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyojordan/32/123867_2.png) [@YoYoJordan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoJordan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/50 "2013-04-22T02:18:54Z")
Answer this. How’s my dear Superstar and Dietz doing? ---
**Author:** ![supbreh1234](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/supbreh1234/32/1131_2.png) [@supbreh1234](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/supbreh1234)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/51 "2013-04-22T02:50:42Z")
> [@YoYoJordan](#): > > Answer this. How’s my dear Superstar and Dietz doing? Look at my favorite yoyo list 😃 The dietz is alright. ---
**Author:** ![Nemyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nemyo/32/14407_2.png) [@Nemyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nemyo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/52 "2013-04-22T02:52:46Z")
> [@yoyoavenger](#): > > > [@Lordchootapa](#): > > > > Can you describe the meaning of mid to fullsize, midsize, fullsize and undersize? I’m assuming it has something to do with size, an I’ve heard these terms used a lot, I just don’t know the exact definition. > > > > What’s a regen? I’ve seen youo battles saying “no regens allowed” or “regens allowed”. What does it mean?? > > Full size is a yoyo with ~54-57 mm in diameter > Midsize is ~54 mm > Under size is ~ 54mm, usually around 50 mm > > A regen is a type of bind where the yoyo is re-thrown before the yoyo returns to the hand. I would recommend looking up a video that features regens. Not trying to come in here as a trollololol, but “full-sized” “Midsize” and “undersize” are all opinionated terms. ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/53 "2013-04-22T03:27:25Z")
> [@jrodriguez](#): > > > [@Dreamer](#): > > > > Can a yoyo be responsive and still be a good yoyo for string tricks? I read a lot of things acting like responsive is bad. I have nothing against unresponsive, but I am rather curious about this. > > > > Most folks prefer unresponsive these days, but a responsive yoyo can certainly be good for string tricks. And just to be clear, any yoyo can be made responsive by adding some thick lube to the bearing. > > > > Also if you bind the opposite way the yoyo spins it binds, but if you bind the same way it is spinning it is a regen? Is that kinda the way it works? > > > > Check this out: > > > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWhqVz6g6Vg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWhqVz6g6Vg) I almost feel like the guy in the video doesn’t get the question… I kid.  🙂 Doesn’t get clearer than that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dynikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dynikus/32/812_2.png) [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/54 "2013-04-22T04:08:38Z")
> [@kendamaguy101](#): > > should i remove side thingys before cleaning crucial bearings? if so how yes with a push pin or needle, go along the edge one way, then the other, until you feel the point of whatever you’re using get caught on something. Then just try to pop it out. Then the shields should come off with a little tap. ---
**Author:** ![modman10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/modman10/32/874_2.png) [@modman10](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/modman10)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/55 "2013-04-23T04:31:56Z")
> [@iYoyo58](#): > > What came first the chicken or the egg or the Yoyo. > > What? It’s yoyo related :wink: Dang, i was going to say that!!! ---
**Author:** ![crammitfrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crammitfrog/32/1114_2.png) [@crammitfrog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crammitfrog)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/56 "2013-04-23T11:08:12Z")
Why do some 7075 yo-yos have a titanium axle? Unless there is a helicoil insert or something of that nature, wouldn’t the titanium axle start to strip away the 7075 aluminum? ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/57 "2013-04-23T14:07:01Z")
> [@crammitfrog](#): > > Why do some 7075 yo-yos have a titanium axle? Unless there is a helicoil insert or something of that nature, wouldn’t the titanium axle start to strip away the 7075 aluminum? Shouldn’t strip unless it’s screwed together incorrectly to begin with. Helicoil insert could also strip depending on material; titanium is pretty tough stuff. The main purpose of a titanium axle is that it does not bend as easily as a steel one. Not that steel ones bend particularly easily, either. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![kyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@kyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kyo)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/58 "2013-04-23T16:10:29Z")
The Ti axles are a neat bullet line on an advertisement, that’s about it. And yes, using them on an aluminum thread isn’t the greatest idea in the world for long term durability, but in our case it should be fine unless abused or used incorrectly. Kyle ---
**Author:** ![Yonut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Yonut](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yonut)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/59 "2013-04-24T04:10:35Z")
Why do grooved bearings hinder string wraps? ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375/60 "2013-04-26T19:54:13Z")
Just a little question ive had in mind for a while… when was unresponsive play invented, who invented it, and what was the first unresponsive yoyo? I think the earliest unresponsive ive seen was like in 2001-2002 or so. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-help-shoot-us-a-question/52375.md?page=4)