I have a hard time trying to think of an overrated yo-yo. I like them all if they work. And most new yo-yos are pretty good.
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I’m trying to fathom what trick could possibly even be considered easier on a slimline over a performance-oriented yoyo
A slimline is literally a yoyo designed to be more difficult to do tricks on.
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Probably regens and maybe some rejection tricks but that’s about it. I like slimlines cause I think it’s fun when the yoyo fights against me lol. Makes me feel more skillful when I do land the tricks. Buuut I’m with gingie on this one, they are objectively worse at 90% of tricks, doesn’t take away the fun of it for me at least and a good feeling throw I find I use more often than some performance yoyos. (For example CLYW creep, pleak, beater, etc. (Wow helluva lot of CLYW’s who would’ve thought)). While fun is (arguably) the best part of the hobby, a good performance yoyo will always be easier to use for learning, trick building, consistency, and so on.
To really summarize:
Good feel doesn’t = good performance
Good performance doesn’t = good feel
And these two aspects go hand in hand to define different tastes among yoyo players
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It’s rather irrelevant now I guess, but I didn’t get one til the 3rd or 4th drop because of how quickly they sold out on the previous drops. They were really hard to get.
I don’t think there’s been a more hyped yoyo than the Panorama outside of A-rt throws within recent years to be honest.
In my opinion, the Panorama is a master class on how to sell and market a yoyo. He had everyone learning repeaters, buying panos and dios, they were an absolute hit - and still are.
It’s just my personal opinion, but I had it in my rotation for months and felt like I was forcing myself to play it. I preferred the YWET or Parlay to it, so it didn’t get any play.
I also prefer the Diorama to the Panorama.
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Honestly didn’t even think of regens. U rite.
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Quad black hops where the width can hurt maybe but even then idk
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Regens, rejections, stalls, flips, chopsticks, some binds, very dense tricks and the highly underrated trick called putting it in your pocket.
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This trick concept is over most Meta Heads.
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If it fits your style or is what you’re used to you’d be surprised how much easier it is to do tricks on an organic, especially one like the Diorama or GOPA or even an organic V like the Unicorn.
I took a Deep State to a wedding a few months ago. I’d love to see someone with a comp yoyo in their pocket.
“Is that an Outlier in your pocket or are you happy to see me?”
“Both.”
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Underrated- Yoyofriends pheasent 2023. My favorite all time Yoyo. A little more on the expensive side but with the feat of engineering that you are buying it’s well worth it.
Overrated - another vote for the cheat code, also the butter has never really impressed me much.
With the hype - all the Jeffrey Pang plastics. All sf yo-yos.
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Half of these are just 0A 
Wym with very dense tricks, cuz surely you don’t mean dense tech? Because the picosecond you put more than 3 layers of strings in a slimline it flops over
EDIT: And chopsticks aren’t necessarily easier on a slimline? Moreso just easier on yoyos with a small diameter?
Also
putting a yoyo in your pocket isn’t a trick, don’t even got space in my pockets for a slimline cuz I’m busy wearing skinny jeans looking cute asf
Unless I wear cargos, then I can just throw whatever into the big pockets 
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Ahh there it is I’m too old to look cute anymore maybe when I’m elderly I’ll be cute again? Like in that ahh he’s so old it’s cute kind of way. In the mean time I’ll pocket a slimline 
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Stalls and flips are not just OA. I do them all the time with unresponsive slimline throws. I really enjoy mixing in fixed style elements into unresponsive routines. Maybe check out how Ed Haponik plays an unresponsive to expand your horizons on what’s possible. As for the the skinny jeans I can’t help you there. Can’t stand em won’t wear em. Feels like I’m walking around in ladies yoga pants.
Also, putting a yoyo in your pocket is definitely a trick.
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Emo-Core-Holocaust “leave your Sister’s pants alone, leave your Sister’s pants at home”
Okay but they’re 0A elements predominantly. Like, most commonly done on 0A. I have seen how Ed Haponik plays, he’s known for his 0A. I watch him and go “wow thats cool 0A”. You even describe Stalls and Flips as “fixed-style elements”… so 0A.
Also no, putting your yoyo in your pocket is not a trick. Yoyo pocketability isn’t a trick. Stop playing semantics Rocket in the Pocket is a trick.
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Woah I just had a flashbacks to getting bullied in high school 
I thought OA meant using a fixed axle yoyo? If I’m using an unresponsive yoyo then by definition it’s not OA regardless of the trick I do with it. But yeah semantics….
Remember the good ol’ days when validitation wasn’t bound to what was trending on social media? 
Skyrocket is no less of a trick than Green Triangle, but I see a ton of those in WYYC.
Also, Zero A is apparently “…continuous loops, hops, and shoot the moons.” Also apparently as a stepping point into 2A. So yeah, if you’re doing it with unresponsives then it’s not Zero A.
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I was just talking to a friend about how tbe plastic FH1 plays way past its price point. Then I open up the forum and this is the first topic. So I say the plastic FH1 is underrated.
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0A as I understood it is modern responsive. Fixies and Freehands not excluded.
Sounds like a definition diff 
oh well
EDIT: Regardless, saying “well you CAN do it on 1A yoyo therefore it isn’t 0A” is slightly misleading no? Evan can do shoot the moons on an edge, that doesn’t mean its not a looping trick. I can take the string off of a shutter and do 4A tricks, that doesn’t mean they’re not 4A tricks because I do it on a 1A yoyo.
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