Hey yall, little help! When I got back into throwing I had a list of different throws to try, this one was on there. It’s a Topyo Creator, or at least that’s how it’s advertised on the web. Is creater a word? Spellcheck says, “Nahhhhh dawgggg”. Regardless, it’s a killer throw, came with a half speck in it.
I think it’s awesome it’s spelled wrong. For reasons that aren’t even really clear to me. I wonder if there was a story behind it, or if it was an accident? Any info folks!
“Cree-ah-ter” lol
I dig the misspelling too, gives it character haha. I’ve only had one topyo that I won in a give away, that I ended up gifting to someone else, a Colossus VII, it played great imo especially considering it retails for peanuts.
The official name seems to have always been “Creater”.
It does appear this way on non-English based sites. I wonder if “Creator” is an unintended spell-check.
Right? I think originally these retailed for fourteen bucks or something? Things a beast. Super quick, super tight. It kinda reminds me of older yomega’s. Like their dash? Or maverick. A lot of fun.
Hard to believe it’s a typo though. It’s weird, I watched a couple unboxing videos? Others are misspelled as well. I wonder if the maker did it just so people would ponder, wonder, and talk to strangers on the web bout it? 
Turns out it’s not misspelled at all, I suppose it has to be a word in order to have correct spelling 
Thanks for the info. You’re right for sure. It seems to be deliberate. I can only find a couple instances where it’s referred to as “creator”
Creator is the proper spelling…
The correct spelling is “creator” because the word was adopted from Latin, which uses the “-tor” suffix to denote “one who does” something, rather than English which often uses “-er”. The Latin root is “creātor,” which comes from “creāre” (to create). A hypothetical English derivation would have led to “*creater,” but because it was a borrowed word, it retained the Latin spelling.
The word “creator” entered English from Latin, where it was spelled creātor. In Latin, the “-tor” ending signifies the agent, or the person who performs an action.
The Latin creātor is formed from the verb creāre (“to create”) and the agent suffix -tor.
The English suffix “-er” is often used to create nouns for people who perform an action, as in “writer” (from “write”). However, since “creator” came from Latin, it kept its original form instead of being changed to a purely English-based derivation like “*creater”.
Interesting. Food for thought, I’ve never meant anyone trying to be a “Content Creater”
Well, all that being said… It’s time to consider another view…
Creator by definition means somebody that creates.
And since the people that made the yo-yo and named yo-yo, I would consider them, creators.
And since they created the yo-yo and machined, the yo-yo and anodized the yo-yo and put a yo-yo up for sale… I would consider giving them the latitude, that using a logical and reasonable mind, it’s not very far-fetched that they should be allowed as creators, to create the name using a spelling that they are comfortable with for whatever reason.
I’m not trying to create a problem for the creator, because he created the name Creater.
Sometimes people do stuff for absolutely no apparent reason at all. For no functional, purposeful, meaningful purpose whatsoever.
…. Kinda like this response when you think about it.
So, it’s not mispelled? Latin or otherwise? That’s really what I meant, semantics maybe, but still interesting. Letters in groups that aren’t words are just that, not words. They may as well be crortea. It’s impossible to misspell something that doesn’t possess a correct spelling.
That’s what’s I was trying to get at. Was the maker shooting for “creator” and something happened? Or was there an interesting story behind it. Maybe it was marketed/sold mainly in a different market? Or perhaps they knew exactly what they were doing. I’m not saying they spelled it wrong, I’m not taking anything away from the maker. I just thought it was interesting. I think it’s pretty cool it’s different. I was just wondering on the “why’s” that’s all.
I think “Creater” can be considered a proper name. Maybe it started as a mistaken spelling of “creator”, or maybe it was always intentional. Could be an inside joke, some kind of phoneticized version, a desire to disambiguate from the emerging concept of the online creator, necessary to distinguish from some other product from a similar timeframe, etc. Topyo is not likely focused on the (fluent) English speaking market.
TopYo pairs “Creater” with “創世”, which seems (to a non-speaker) to be associated with the genesis of the entire world (though maybe not with divine connotation).
Some contemporary names like “Colossus” don’t seem intended to be literal. The first version was 52.95 x 40.84mm & 66.7g. Was that colossal in 2017?
Whatever the case, “Creater” has been the consistent spelling across 10+ posts from the topyo_official IG account starting in 2017. The only exception is a re-post from a shop in Vietnam in 2019. A 2017 repost from a Czech store spells it “Creater”.
FWIW:
I mean, you’re absolutely right. I guess I didn’t really think about it being an actual proper name of an item, not a place name rather. No, you’re absolutely right. Names don’t have to follow normal confines. It’s just an interesting thing to think about, ya know? If there were odd circumstances surrounding it. 
Like I said, I never wanted to take anything away from the throw. I think it’s a great throw! Like another poster mentioned, for peanuts! Retailed for 16$? I paid like, 25 with shipping, taxes and the like via eBay, and I’m glad I did. I haven’t seen to many others pop up.
I really only purchased it because I’d seen it mentioned on a Reddit post in regards to responsive throws, for the price, it seemed a throw worth exploring.
This subject got me thinking about-what I would consider to be a prime example of someone who seriously had on their thinking cap when they landed on a name for something that has certainly survived the passing of time.
A word that means exactly what it says. A word that sounds exactly the same as the original. And yet the word was spelled different deliberately, to identify it as distinctively exclusive to the product, and at the time not to be mistaken or substituted by any other.
A product that didn’t necessarily change the world. Some ingenuity that didn’t necessarily qualify for a Nobel prize. But nonetheless, an idea that was turned into a product that definitely knocked the dust off a certain level of complacency that wasn’t really apparent until the product was actually released.
I never did ask Frank how long it took him to come up with the name. Because way back then when he shook up some things in yo-yo land releasing his product we were all too busy just saying why in the heck didn’t we think of that?
But I very clearly remember we were both heavy into modding way back then. Frank called me one day and said., ‘ hey Mo, I think I’ve landed on something. I’m gonna send you a few… Tell me what you think’?
The KonKave bearing became a household name in the Yo-yo Universe.
RIP Frank…. A true Mastermind.
I was sorry I never got the chance to really get to know him. We corresponded via email a few times, but that was it.
I think Creater is very good as an unresponsive on the narrower side. I would not have been disappointed if I paid 2x or 3x the entry level oriented pricing.
I talked to Topyo’s owner, he spelled it that way intentionally to make it easier to search for online, since “Creator” is very common.
Thanks Mark! I appreciate the asking. I hope said person knows the inquiry was never negative. It was just curious and I couldn’t help but wonder about the different possible scenarios. That’s cool though man! Never thought I’d get the actual answer from Topyo themselves. Mystery solved
