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Considering he has a vid where he is using a kitchen knife as a cw, Iâm pretty sure that dolphin will work just fine.
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Thatâs a great idea for a CW!
Thatâs awesome! Iâll have to check out more of his stuff, Iâm already blown away by the videos of his that I have watched
âYouâve lost your finger privilegesâ
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These where my first 3 days of 5A. Havenât tied a string to my finger since may 1. Starting to see progress!
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What do you do with your worst throw? Set it up for 5a!
Watieoboo Count with Throw-Yo SOLUTIONS Ink string and a 3D printed pawn counterweight.
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This is the way. When you got a arguably bad YoYo it becomes 5A fodder
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Speaking of this is a 5 dollar beeboo YoYo (surprisingly playable) thatâs being sacrificed to the 5A gods
I believe thatâs a broken ultra weight
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Not a fan of this line of thinking. I think you should like the yoyos you use for 5A. It feels kinda like a disservice to the style to not wanna use your favorite yoyos, as if 5A is a lesser style only worth using cheap throws you donât care about. Imagine if 3A or 4A players only used cheap yoyos they didnât care about, instead of yoyos they actually loved. 5A seems to get this treatment a lot unfortunately.
I realize youâre not insinuating anything actually deep here, and itâs just a casual joke. But I felt like using this as general encouragement to anybody to use their favorite yoyos for 5A. Just play over grass/carpet and you might not even notice your yoyo pick up any damage at all. Youâre not gonna break or ruin your yoyos, I promise. Playing yoyo is always more fun when the yoyo youâre using gets you excited to play yoyo. 5A is worth using your nice/expensive yoyos for, itâs not a style that should be relegated to only yoyos you donât care about.
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Sorry this wasnât meant to imply anything of the sort however I absolutely suck at 5A and am very early on in this and am playing yo-yos I willing to beat up as Iâm dropping them often vs anything decent in my collection. I did the same with 4a getting a used pre beat up flight and 3a using two different magic yo-yos vs anything I would be sad about dinging.
Heck Iâll do this with 1A if Iâm working something Iâm uncertain of and donât want to risk my YoYo
Once I gain some confidence I try it on whatever YoYo I have and enjoy
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I think itâs good at the beginning to use something you donât mind dinging and use something decent that you like once you start getting the feel for the basics.
I started out using strictly plastics for a while but now I have no problem throwing anything from my collection as long as it feels good for 5A. The feel, performance, and spin time definitely makes a difference and can help you progress more.
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I do not agree with you. First of all a cheaper yoyo is not necessarily a ânot fun oneâ.
It makes total sense to me that i d use an expensive yoyo for 1a (main style) where i never drop the yoyo. When it comes to 5a I drop it 3-6 times per one hour session. It makes sense yo use a yoyo below 50 euros for that task than my 106 euros v2 diver or my emotion which I adore.
Same for 3a especially at start where I am guessing (I do not have a clue actually) you ll be dinging your yoyos every 40 seconds.
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Same. As a 5a player it makes me sad to see people using yo-yos they donât like just because they are worried theyâll get dinged. I never ever used a fodder throw for 5a except a desperado when I was first learning it. Iâve used $180+ yo-yos for 5a because theyâre good and fun to use. Also, the reason people use fodder throws is because theyâre bad (no offense) and boop and drop it constantly. If youâre a 1a player learning 5a, I genuinely recommend using your 1a bimetal, it will make your tricks more fun and consistent to the point you wonât even worry about knocking it. But all in all yo-yos are yo-yos, and theyâre meant to be fun, so if rather use your crappy $10 watieboo from Amazon because you donât have to worry about murdering it, itâs your choice to make. Happy throwing!
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I do not think that there is nothing between a 10 dollar yoyo and a 100+ dollar bimetal.
I think the more your skill grows, the more the 5a yoyo price should increase.
Otherwise, jt js like learning trapeze with a yoyorecreation bimetal or a luftverk titanium yo-yo. I mean you can do it, but why?
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My post was directly in response to people joking that yoyos they thought were bad for various reasons were the ideal yoyos to 5A with, implying that liking your yoyo less makes it a better choice for 5A.
Lots of people generally state their reasoning for their pick of a 5A yoyo as âbecause it was cheap and I donât care if I damage it.â
I think learning to live and not care with damage on your favorite throws is liberating in a way. Play your favorite yoyos any time, anywhere, and only be concerned about playing them, not being concerned about damaging them. Yoyos are very durable and you might pick up some scuffs and dings, but theyâre not going to break. Thereâs nothing wrong with using cheaper yoyos, and cheaper yoyos can absolutely be amazing and fun. But to exclusively use cheap yoyos or yoyos you donât care about just feels like intentionally choosing to not have fun playing your favorite yoyos while playing 5A.
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Iâm gonna say something controversial but reality is that beeboo YoYo and the Watieoboo YoYo both arent actually all that bad of yo-yos the brands are just sketchy making the yoyo a âbadâ YoYo because we donât love the brand. In the end the yoyo plays fine. In actually really surprised how good the 5dollar beoboo yoyo is. It shouldnât play that well at that price. Itâs not amazing I wonât be grabbing it very often but itâs just fine for learning a style Iâm not confident in.
Iâm of the opinion we stop stigmatizing using cheap yo-yos. If the entry to yoyo can be 5 bucks for a good enough throw in all for it
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Just to add my thoughts. As i was reading the posts, the more heartbroken i became. Not that bad but still hurts my soul. I cherish my 5a setups and they are cared for the most. They take the most damage sure, but iâm going to use my favorite yoyos. Iâm a 5a player at the end of the day and seeing the mind set of beater = 5a just⌠kinda makes me sad.
Nice yoyos like to fly too.
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