# SAD DAY FOR MY DV888 (only 3 weeks old) LOL
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sad-day-for-my-dv888-only-3-weeks-old-lol/6143
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [September 2, 2009, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sad-day-for-my-dv888-only-3-weeks-old-lol/6143 "2009-09-02T06:56:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@dacklink](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dacklink)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sad-day-for-my-dv888-only-3-weeks-old-lol/6143/21 "2009-09-03T23:18:03Z")
same thing happened to me with my dv888
except it was only one day old when I dinged it
so I bought a pre production sticker dv888 at redondo beach when the redondo beach yoyo contest was going on
I kept it mint for the whole day until I was about to leave I decided to yoyo sideways
my string ripped and drag against the floor with dings and scrapes on it
đ
this happened in march 8th
wasnât really sad about it though
dings are fun for some yoyos
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### Author:  [@kevlar14](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevlar14)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sad-day-for-my-dv888-only-3-weeks-old-lol/6143/22 "2009-09-03T23:44:09Z")
I dinged my Dark Magic so much I donât really care when it gets another ding. If you canât find it, it doesnât exist.
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### Author:  [@Paolo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paolo)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sad-day-for-my-dv888-only-3-weeks-old-lol/6143/23 "2009-09-04T03:00:21Z")
> [@Pheenix](#):
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> > [@gm user](#):
> >
> > If you donât ding your yoyos, Do you really play them to their full potential?
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> This made me think. Are you not playing your yoyo to itâs full potential if you hit it at something? I mean, dings arenât really bad, but this makes it sound like you need to get them. Dings usually come from accidentaly hitting the ground, which isnât actually âplaying it to itâs full potentialâ. I donât think people should be overly protective when they play with their yoyos, but you donât need to hit something hard with them either.
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> I had been playing my M1 (second) for two months before I got my first dings on it. I played that yoyo a lot over pavement, and wasnât trying my best not to hit the ground, I just didnât hit the ground. Does that mean I didnât play my M1 to itâs full potential for two months?
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> Now letâs go to surface. Carpet to be more specific. Carpet is a great ground-level surface for yoyoing. Itâs soft and will not harm your yoyo. If you are playing as âhardcoreâ as possible over carpet, does that mean youâre not playing the yoyo to itâs full potential? If I get to choose between yoyoing over pavement and yoyoing over carpet, I choose the carpet because I know that if I play my yoyo âto itâs full potentialâ over pavement, I have a chance of dinging it. I will have no chance of dinging it over carpet.
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> I donât try hard to avoid dings, but I donât try to get dings either. I like to think that hitting the yoyo to the ground is a mistake, itâs a way of messing up, and I donât like to mess up. Therefore, I try to miss the ground the same way I try not to miss my tricks. Thereâs no need to purposely ding my yoyo. Dinging a yoyo is a fail, but do what you always do when you fail, get yourself back up and practice until you stop failing.
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> Addment: And in this case, the string slipping off your finger resulting in the yoyo hitting the ground and gettin two deep scratches isnât what I would call âplaying it to itâs full potentialâ.
A lot of peole donât throw as hard with fear of a string snapping, Or being hard and pulling their hands down and diniging it.
That is what I meant, And I als meant when you are playing over concrete.
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### Author:  [@GorrillaYo808](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GorrillaYo808)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sad-day-for-my-dv888-only-3-weeks-old-lol/6143/24 "2009-09-04T04:06:46Z")
> [@Pheenix](#):
>
> > [@gm user](#):
> >
> > If you donât ding your yoyos, Do you really play them to their full potential?
>
> This made me think. Are you not playing your yoyo to itâs full potential if you hit it at something? I mean, dings arenât really bad, but this makes it sound like you need to get them. Dings usually come from accidentaly hitting the ground, which isnât actually âplaying it to itâs full potentialâ. I donât think people should be overly protective when they play with their yoyos, but you donât need to hit something hard with them either.
>
> I had been playing my M1 (second) for two months before I got my first dings on it. I played that yoyo a lot over pavement, and wasnât trying my best not to hit the ground, I just didnât hit the ground. Does that mean I didnât play my M1 to itâs full potential for two months?
>
> Now letâs go to surface. Carpet to be more specific. Carpet is a great ground-level surface for yoyoing. Itâs soft and will not harm your yoyo. If you are playing as âhardcoreâ as possible over carpet, does that mean youâre not playing the yoyo to itâs full potential? If I get to choose between yoyoing over pavement and yoyoing over carpet, I choose the carpet because I know that if I play my yoyo âto itâs full potentialâ over pavement, I have a chance of dinging it. I will have no chance of dinging it over carpet.
>
> I donât try hard to avoid dings, but I donât try to get dings either. I like to think that hitting the yoyo to the ground is a mistake, itâs a way of messing up, and I donât like to mess up. Therefore, I try to miss the ground the same way I try not to miss my tricks. Thereâs no need to purposely ding my yoyo. Dinging a yoyo is a fail, but do what you always do when you fail, get yourself back up and practice until you stop failing.
>
> Addment: And in this case, the string slipping off your finger resulting in the yoyo hitting the ground and gettin two deep scratches isnât what I would call âplaying it to itâs full potentialâ.
Thanks mate. I love your posts very thought out. I really believe you, dinging your yoyo is just a learning lesson, but also doesnât mean that you have to completely trash it. PRACTICE=PERMANENT=PERFECT
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### Author:  [@wcrase](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wcrase)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sad-day-for-my-dv888-only-3-weeks-old-lol/6143/25 "2009-09-04T14:47:29Z")
Sometimes I see pics of yoyos that look like theyvâe been beat with a claw hammer. Does that sort of damage happen in normal play or is it deliberate?
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### Author:  [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sad-day-for-my-dv888-only-3-weeks-old-lol/6143/26 "2009-09-04T14:54:07Z")
> [@wcrase](#):
>
> Sometimes I see pics of yoyos that look like theyvâe been beat with a claw hammer. Does that sort of damage happen in normal play or is it deliberate?
5a my friend. Thatâs a practice thing as well. Dropping your yoyo when doing 5a is a fail, you need to practice it all. But then 5a throwers usually donât care about dings at all, which people shouldnât do.
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### Author:  [@wcrase](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wcrase)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sad-day-for-my-dv888-only-3-weeks-old-lol/6143/27 "2009-09-04T18:40:51Z")
5A with a $120 metal yoyo seems like nonsense to me. That is , unless youâre very, very good. But, hey, it ainât my money.
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### Author:  [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sad-day-for-my-dv888-only-3-weeks-old-lol/6143/28 "2009-09-04T18:45:47Z")
5a throwers want performance, not a yoyo they donât play with due to a risk of dropping it.
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### Author:  [@gnomie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gnomie)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sad-day-for-my-dv888-only-3-weeks-old-lol/6143/29 "2009-09-04T19:08:23Z")
heres my story i was teaching my cousin to yoyo (around the world) we tryed to syncronise it.
âready, 1âŚ2âŚ3!!!â i said. every thing slowed when threw it. i suddenly felt nothing at the end of the string. my cousin yelled NAME. i saw my yoyo in the air sorring out in front of me it then hit me my yoyo had snapped off i made it half way untill i hered the horifing sound of my yoyo hit the rough concreet. but it didnt stop me from running it bounced and hit again i had finaly made it and stoped it from rolling away i picked it up and it had two big dings in it.
i later smothed them out with sandpaper but you can still see them to this day.
i dont write but tell me if you liked it.true story.
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### Author:  [@poydthicbpane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/poydthicbpane)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/sad-day-for-my-dv888-only-3-weeks-old-lol/6143/30 "2009-09-12T06:53:04Z")
Same thing happern to my Dv888 now it has tiger stripesâŚ
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