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Evan being 0.3 away from Gentry might as well be a tie. If we assigned error/uncertainty then I’m pretty sure that would be the case. So the discussion about Gentry winning because he had the better FS or Evan not winning because his wasn’t clean enough really misses that this was a virtual tie.
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Agree with awarding more points for rarity, this would up the creativity.
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I thought yoyoing should be more about creativity than pure technical skill. Maybe you don’t agree. For example, I’d much rather watch Neil Young really go for it and play a ragged guitar solo with wrong notes versus Malmsteem shred through the same scale he’s practiced a million times at lighting speed. Something new with feeling versus something cheesy with robot-like precision.
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The attitude that the judging system is what it is, and if you don’t like it you should look away is just…ugh. In general, do we all really think that the systems we create are fair and unchangeable? If it could be better, shouldn’t we try to make it better? But hey - maybe most people just want to see shred and/or see the purpose of yoyo contests as being a shredder showcase and not a place for validating innovation.
I think the system is quite fair as it is, although there is some room for improvement.
Nate Dailey’s Final
It was incredible. I’m ready to see it again and I haven’t found it on the web yet.
If anyone could point me to it…
What did Nate Dailey use, an ND Ultra?
He used the ND in Galaxy color!
Oh nice!
This is possibly YYF’s best budget model. A very excellent yoyo!
Shu is amazing!
Does anyone know if Paul Kerbel was using the Marco (galaxy colorway)? It looked like he had a great time and such a unique performance, I’m sad he missed the cut by a two spots - but I think he knew he had a few too many errors:
Except this is a competition so it is about technical skill. Therefore the comparison to music isn’t appropriate because that is more about creativity, musicians aren’t designing songs to compete in a predetermined format that’s based around scoring points
And yoyoing is about creativity, but when you’re talking about evaluating skill you need more concrete ways to measure than the very subjective idea of creativity. Yoyoing videos exist as an arena to demonstrate creativity, so it’s not like there’s no way to show off your innovative tricks.
Its a horizon
I absolutely hate Tom Brady, but he’s the best and I’ll admit it(just barfed a little). Gentry is currently the best. He beat the previous champ and knows how to play the game. I honestly believe Gentry is just a gamer and he would win regardless of the format because he would make his routine formated to win.
Absolutely agree about Gentry. I figured alot of people could relate to the Brady comparison. He gets more hate than anyone. Living 10-15 minutes from the stadium (hour on game days 
), you have to like them.
Hey, any idea when the women’s or over forty division results will be posted? If you want scoring controversy, figure out the right score adjustments for Val in the over-40!
I know betty won womans, mir kim 2nd and tessa 3rd.
Anyone know what the largest winning margin for a main division at worlds is? Like difference in score between 1st and 2nd.
Who’s got it? Hajime, Takeshi, Shinji, Rei, Hank? Pretty sure I’ve seen those 5 win by +10 before, idk about 15 or 20 though.
All results are here:
I know the 40+ division had like a 50 point difference between 1st and 2nd lol.
Huh. I didn’t know that the Women’s division and the Over 40 division were any style.
One of China’s top 3a players got 2nd in women’s last year playing 3a
It was an incredibly strong year for x division imo