# Unpopular Yoyo Opinions **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [December 23, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554 "2018-12-23T05:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 48
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1013 "2019-08-09T23:39:38Z")
> [@EOS44](#): > > I disagree Disagreement is expected. It isn’t in the “unpopular opinion” thread for no reason… :wink: ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1014 "2019-08-09T23:59:46Z")
A yoyo’s ability to tilt off-plane is a positive performance characteristic. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1015 "2019-08-10T00:38:26Z")
I agree, but only when you mean for it to. (Side note: I have not yet ever meant for it to, but I assume that one day I will.) ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1016 "2019-08-10T00:42:48Z")
I don’t mind it as a sort of spice you add to routines but if it becomes the main thing… well that’s like saying “the main dish is now Texas Pete” and that’s bad. ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1017 "2019-08-10T00:48:38Z")
I’m _from_ Texas and I had to look up that reference. Random! 😅 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/2/c/b2cf4faeefb3f05ea65f1d91ce88f2852b31625a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Jhammond93](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhammond93/32/53095_2.png) [@Jhammond93](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jhammond93)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1018 "2019-08-10T02:09:33Z")
I’m glad you did that, cause I was just about to lol ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1019 "2019-08-10T02:32:39Z")
I love American sauces. ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1020 "2019-08-10T03:07:33Z")
> [@andy569](#): > > Definitely easier to appreciate if you do it yourself or understand what’s goin on Nah, not for me it isn’t. I understand what’s going on. I just personally don’t like it. I want the yoyo to be able to spin without lots of outside forces keeping it going. Like I said, horizontal play just doesn’t seem like “yoyoing” to me. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1021 "2019-08-10T03:34:39Z")
I recently saw a yoyo documentary from around 10 years ago and in it someone makes the comment, “Back in my day we played with the yoyo. Nowadays they play with the string.” I dunno. The string is part of the whole apparatus. It makes sense to me that it would get heavily involved in play. But everyone’s gonna have their own opinions about what constitutes proper yoyo play, I guess, and a lot of that probably comes down to when you first got into it, and what kind of play was considered the norm during that era. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1022 "2019-08-10T03:41:11Z")
How I’ve always interpreted the whole “I like to play with the yoyo, not the string” thing is how much the yoyo is actually moving vs the string. Nowadays much of the meta involves slacks and whips around the yoyo with less actual yoyo movement, compared to 10ish years ago anyway. So I think taking it back like 10 years people actually played with the yoyo more. Speed play and horizontal is more playing with the yoyo, not the string because while you are interacting with the string, it’s in order to make the yoyo move. ---
**Author:** ![Marm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/marm/32/46204_2.png) [@Marm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Marm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1023 "2019-08-10T07:09:27Z")
Agree with everything you just said. ---
**Author:** ![Marm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/marm/32/46204_2.png) [@Marm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Marm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1024 "2019-08-10T07:15:16Z")
This seems to be the case with different age groups, if you don’t have Instagram and are only on the forums you will find this to Ben very prominent. On the contrary, if you look at yoyoers on Instagram they tend to be younger around my age and care most about tricks. People on the forums (I’m in no way knocking the people on here as I love you all) don’t focus on the tricks as much as they are typically around 30 or so ---
**Author:** ![Marm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/marm/32/46204_2.png) [@Marm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Marm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1025 "2019-08-10T07:18:53Z")
I agree with @andy569 to an extent here, when he won with a replay pro, it was the year directly after he won worlds, what more does he have to prove? Gentry has stated himself that he changed and built his routine to compensate for the fact he is playing with plastic ---
**Author:** ![skklexie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skklexie/32/42925_2.png) [@skklexie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skklexie)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1026 "2019-08-10T10:35:44Z")
oh this is a really interesting point of view! i know a whole bunch of yoyoers in the late 20s to mid 30s that make only a few purchases per year, as their experience throughout the years have allowed them to find their optimal and favorite yoyo type, or generally indifferent to new releases. they spend most of their time learning new tricks or honing their styles. i’m probably the odd one in the group that makes frequent purchases :joy: ---
**Author:** ![Egon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/egon/32/53004_2.png) [@Egon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Egon)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1027 "2019-08-10T16:18:47Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/2/1/5215919dbecac606f906b832eb29d0fb923e4b00.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SirDarverok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@SirDarverok](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SirDarverok)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1028 "2019-08-10T16:25:49Z")
They are usually a bargain in terms of yoyo value haha ---
**Author:** ![RyoCanCan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ryocancan/32/163437_2.png) [@RyoCanCan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RyoCanCan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1029 "2019-08-10T16:28:52Z")
Now that is an unpopular opinion if I ever saw one. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1030 "2019-08-10T16:29:53Z")
Lowkey agree Only time I would buy a mystery box is if I knew I’d be happy with everything im getting or id be able to sell it individually for more than what I paid for it ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1031 "2019-08-10T17:24:43Z")
Yeah, I’m not a fan of buying a mystery. I’m too picky to enjoy the randomness involved. ---
**Author:** ![SirDarverok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@SirDarverok](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SirDarverok)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1032 "2019-08-10T18:35:45Z")
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