# "Old Folks" who Can Sort of Throw BATTLE 2014 - Discussion and Rules **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [June 5, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816 "2014-06-05T19:41:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/201 "2014-07-10T17:05:26Z")
> [@beezy](#): > > I can feel it > Outtake > [beezy throws a yoyo II OUTTAKE](https://vimeo.com/100424702) > golden throat: Bro > additional color commentary: Pops > conversation pieces: raindrops  šŸ˜¢ Haha, nice! ---
**Author:** ![basepi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/basepi/32/620611_2.png) [@basepi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/basepi)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/202 "2014-07-11T01:53:19Z")
> [@thehandcoder](#): > > @Waylon - I think the FAF contest suffers from a smaller pool of players with FA experience. I know that was my reason for not entering. If it makes you feel better I was really excited by this past years FAF and I bought an OUT Pocket Love so I could put in some work and join in the fun next February. Right now Iā€™m working on getting enough spin to do something other than land a trapeze. Please excuse my ignoranceā€¦ what is FA? Or FAF? ---
**Author:** ![thehandcoder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thehandcoder/32/1410_2.png) [@thehandcoder](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/thehandcoder)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/203 "2014-07-11T02:01:59Z")
> [@basepi](#): > > Please excuse my ignoranceā€¦ what is FA? Or FAF? Fixed Axle and Fixed Axle February. Every February there is a similar competition highlighting fixed Axle throwing. ---
**Author:** ![basepi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/basepi/32/620611_2.png) [@basepi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/basepi)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/204 "2014-07-11T02:04:19Z")
> [@thehandcoder](#): > > Fixed Axle and Fixed Axle February. Every February there is a similar competition highlighting fixed Axle throwing. Ah, now Iā€™m facepalming. Of course thatā€™s what it was. =P Thatā€™s one I probably will not be entering. But I guess a lot can happen in 8 months. ---
**Author:** ![wcrase](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wcrase/32/80_2.png) [@wcrase](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wcrase)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/205 "2014-07-11T02:13:23Z")
Not to derail the thread, but, FAF has been pretty easy to win these last few years. Itā€™s an artistic performance contest. Make a good video, even if you suck, and the crown could be yours. Iā€™m thinking we may do a banger category next year as well as AP, and maybe a one liner contest or an instagram category. And youā€™re right about a smaller player pool. I think more players like to talk Fixed Axle than actually play it. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/206 "2014-07-11T02:51:10Z")
Yupyup! I won the inaugural year because I made a fun video, not because my Fixed Axle skills were any good. :wink: * * * Update: we have 25 votes. Question asked by PM: can the competitors vote? The answer is yes! You can even vote for yourself. Would love to see even more people weighing in, but Iā€™m not at all disappointed with the voter turnout. If all the competitors take the time (and we havenā€™t all done so yet) weā€™ll get well into the 30s! Might even crack 40; I think only half of us have voted thus far. When I did last nightā€™s tally, I did it with a calculator and the plus button. :wink: The Survey Monkey tools arenā€™t as ā€œup to the taskā€ as I hoped for with their free offering, but Iā€™ll be transferring the results to a spreadsheet to ensure the computerā€™s doing the adding instead of me. Once thatā€™s done, Iā€™ll post another update. Voting ends tomorrow at 10pm! Big thanks to everyone in the contest who has encouraged their circles to vote. One competitor even took pains to encourage ā€œanonymouslyā€ so that he wasnā€™t soliciting votes just for himselfā€¦ he genuinely just wanted to see the best possible results for the contest. You guys are awesome. Canā€™t believe the support youā€™ve given this little thing. šŸ™‚ Also asked by PM: when is the Gambit draw? I considered doing it midway through, as a point of excitement halfwayā€¦ but I didnā€™t really hype it up or anything, so it seems like itā€™d be kind of out of the blue to do it that way now. I will post the winner of the draw at the same time as I post the contest winners, or only shortly thereafter. As for the contest results, I will calculate the final results and then post them by no later than 6pm EST on Saturday. The winners should contact me via FB or PM to organize shipping and to take care of details like the Division Two winnerā€™s yoyo choice and the new Valor ownersā€™ colour decision (in the event of impasse, I will flip a coin). ---
**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:** [July 11, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/207 "2014-07-11T05:32:11Z")
Updated results: ## Division One thehandcoder 44 lax30 33 Aceproductions 32 CrawfishYo 13 burdger 12 mdk0209 10 Yo^2 8 gnny 6 berto 3 jon walker 1 ## Division Two GregP 31 Sloppybinds 27 Beezy 24 Turbyonium 23 baconNeggs 11 slowyojoe 10 aaronbrink 10 yooldman 9 paul dang 5 waylon 4 mgiroux77 4 jeffbenit 3 fellavader 1 Peter 0 Slicemage 0 ---
**Author:** ![sumer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@sumer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sumer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/208 "2014-07-11T14:14:13Z")
I have a small requestā€¦ Can we extend the voting deadline to Sunday? I mean I just havenā€™t had time to watch all the videos. I have been saving them for the weekend. You know how it works in the corporate. Morning 7 to evening 7ā€¦ And when we had extended the submission deadline quite a few times, extending the voting deadline shouldnā€™t be a problem I guess :wink: Believe me many other people will vote during the weekend. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/209 "2014-07-11T15:42:50Z")
I definitely want maximum possible votes; however, I think a lot of people agreed that a Friday deadline was reasonable. Iā€™m flexible, but Iā€™d like to hear more people weigh in before I change the date. Results update: ## Division One thehandcoder 52 Aceproductions 38 lax30 37 CrawfishYo 15 burdger 12 mdk0209 11 Yo^2 11 gnny 6 berto 3 jon walker 1 ## Division Two Sloppybinds 33 Beezy 32 GregP 31 Turbyonium 26 slowyojoe 13 aaronbrink 13 baconNeggs 11 yooldman 10 paul dang 5 waylon 4 mgiroux77 4 jeffbenit 3 fellavader 1 Peter 0 Slicemage 0 ---
**Author:** ![sumer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@sumer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sumer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/210 "2014-07-11T15:49:05Z")
How about Saturday morning at least? Itā€™ll give people like me Friday evening to watch and cast their votes! ---
**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:** [July 11, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/211 "2014-07-11T21:28:24Z")
OK, I can do that. That way I can still maintain my deadline for posting results (Saturday night) while giving a few more hours. Extended until Saturday at 10am EST. Updated results: ## Division One thehandcoder 58 Aceproductions 44 lax30 39 CrawfishYo 15 mdk0209 14 burdger 12 Yo^2 12 gnny 8 berto 5 jon walker 3 ## Division Two GregP 41 Beezy 35 Sloppybinds 33 Turbyonium 27 aaronbrink 15 slowyojoe 14 baconNeggs 13 yooldman 12 paul dang 6 mgiroux77 6 waylon 4 jeffbenit 3 fellavader 1 Peter 0 Slicemage 0 ---
**Author:** ![berto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/berto/32/1506_2.png) [@berto](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/berto)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/212 "2014-07-12T01:11:35Z")
Guess Iā€™ll wait for Fixed Axle February to have a shotā€¦ yikesā€¦ getting beaten with an ugly stick. I actually enjoy FA more and play it more as is. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/213 "2014-07-12T01:19:35Z")
> [@berto](#): > > Guess Iā€™ll wait for Fixed Axle February to have a shotā€¦ yikesā€¦ getting beaten with an ugly stick. > > I actually enjoy FA more and play it more as is. Hey man, youā€™re in some peopleā€™s top-3. Thatā€™s something! I have no idea what Iā€™ve done to deserve the votes Iā€™ve received. Not being fake modest or anything, I just rated a bunch of people higher than myself! ---
**Author:** ![jon\_walker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jon_walker/32/1481_2.png) [@jon\_walker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jon_walker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/214 "2014-07-12T01:39:20Z")
I am glad I participated even though I am coming in last. šŸ™‚ It was a good experience and I have learned a lot from the process. It was fun to compete against other people. I will compete again next year even though I know probably wonā€™t win I know I will have improved. After watching videos to vote it became very clear to me the areas where my throwing is week and how to improve this. I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in the contest and hope to grow as a player and hopefully as a videographer in the future because of this experience. ;D Also thanks to everyone who watched the videos and judged, I know it is not easy to decide! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/215 "2014-07-12T02:01:10Z")
> [@jon\_walker](#): > > Also thanks to everyone who watched the videos and judged, I know it is not easy to decide! A thousand times this! Also, Jon, itā€™s your awesome approach that epitomizes the intention of the contest and Iā€™m glad you have shared your thoughts on what you got out of it. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/216 "2014-07-12T02:19:58Z")
Only one more vote since my earlier post, but the latest results: ## Division One thehandcoder 58 Aceproductions 44 lax30 42 CrawfishYo 16 mdk0209 14 burdger 12 Yo^2 12 gnny 8 berto 5 jon walker 5 ## Division Two GregP 43 Beezy 38 Sloppybinds 34 Turbyonium 27 aaronbrink 15 slowyojoe 14 baconNeggs 13 yooldman 12 paul dang 6 mgiroux77 6 waylon 4 jeffbenit 3 fellavader 1 Peter 0 Slicemage 0 ---
**Author:** ![SloppyBinds](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sloppybinds/32/1179_2.png) [@SloppyBinds](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SloppyBinds)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/217 "2014-07-12T18:00:43Z")
Just wanted to write a little note of thanks here to all of the sponsors, those that took the time to look through all those videos and time to vote! That is a big chunk of time to devote. Special thanks to GregP for all of the time and effort put into the contest, and just for being awesome! I have to admit that my heart pounds and I waffle over every video I post and usually want take it down most days. GregP and Yooldman, you guys make it much easier, so thank you for being so encouraging! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/218 "2014-07-12T18:26:17Z")
Youā€™re too kind (and too modest!) Sloppybinds! Thanks for your encouraging words. šŸ™‚ You should definitely make and keep videos online! Without you, I wouldnā€™t be doing that 1.5 Chia rejectionā€¦ (not that Iā€™m 100% consistent with it yetā€¦) ā€“ So yeah. Just to be an annoying prat, I will warn everyone that my wife is taking me on a hikeā€¦ I donā€™t THINK that will interfere with my promised 6pm EST reveal, but itā€™s the ONLY reason results could be delayed by a few minutesā€¦ I ainā€™t gonna mess with my wife. ā€œOld Folksā€ are smarter than that. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![basepi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/basepi/32/620611_2.png) [@basepi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/basepi)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/219 "2014-07-12T18:29:04Z")
People will survive. Enjoy your hike Greg! ---
**Author:** ![thehandcoder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thehandcoder/32/1410_2.png) [@thehandcoder](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/thehandcoder)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-folks-who-can-sort-of-throw-battle-2014-discussion-and-rules/66816/220 "2014-07-12T18:33:56Z")
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