# 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:** 62
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1296 "2019-09-21T04:35:06Z")
Whoa now! ---
**Author:** ![Durfee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/durfee/32/593280_2.png) [@Durfee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Durfee)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1297 "2019-09-21T04:38:24Z")
Let me rephrase that: mass produced delrins. Like what is the point in a companies line up of having a delrin. There are high performing molded plastics that are cheaper, and budget metals that are at least as good. ---
**Author:** ![Theolodger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theolodger/32/65462_2.png) [@Theolodger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theolodger)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1298 "2019-09-21T04:46:54Z")
Ah… makes sense ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1299 "2019-09-21T04:47:29Z")
It produces a unique delriny feel??? I’m with you though, budget metals are so plentiful that delrin doesn’t make the most sense for a mass produced yoyo. Stuff made of 7068 is the same price and often cheaper, you can’t beat it! ---
**Author:** ![French](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/french/32/70748_2.png) [@French](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/French)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1300 "2019-09-21T13:02:36Z")
Especially when, unless we are talking about a wooden yoyo, there is nothing organic about it. ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1301 "2019-09-21T13:57:49Z")
I haven’t read a majority of the thread but I apologize in advance if this has been mentioned a handful of times. The constant complaining about competition not taking creativity into account is ridiculous (this coming from someone who generally dislikes fast/tech/I-can’t-see-the-yoyo-moving type yoyoing). Look at other activities that are scored individually (gymnastics and ice skating come to mind), there are tricks or moves that score and there are tricks that don’t. It’s hard to quantify scoring as it is, but not as hard as it would be if we started trying to quantify creativity. There needs to be some sort of metric that is objective and for that we have clicks. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1302 "2019-09-21T17:08:40Z")
I’m not a fan of the _create-tangled-string-patterns-and-constantly-pick-at-the-strings-to-extricate-the-yoyo-from-them_ style of play. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1303 "2019-09-21T17:37:59Z")
Sameee _i like to play with the yoyo not the string_ ---
**Author:** ![MoosaK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moosak/32/116955_2.png) [@MoosaK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoosaK)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1304 "2019-09-21T17:51:22Z")
I disagree. Manipulating dense tech takes a lot of skill, and it’s not something everyone can do. I think it’s fun to watch mount transitions and how people mess with the string to create original tricks. ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1305 "2019-09-21T17:54:58Z")
> [@andy569](#): > > i like to play with the yoyo not the string i swear this phrase annoys me to no end. ---
**Author:** ![Durfee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/durfee/32/593280_2.png) [@Durfee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Durfee)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1306 "2019-09-21T18:11:22Z")
Idk, slack elements are some of my favorites and are far from intricate tech string webs. ---
**Author:** ![Blaidd\_Drwg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/blaidd_drwg/32/53190_2.png) [@Blaidd\_Drwg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Blaidd_Drwg)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1307 "2019-09-21T22:12:10Z")
I am with you on this. I find myself enjoying 4a and 5a videos. Even though I only have the skill for 1a, watching 1a is like “oh look, another player tying knots in his string but not tying knots” ---
**Author:** ![\_Z1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_z1/32/230318_2.png) [@\_Z1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_Z1)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1308 "2019-09-22T02:22:15Z")
Tech creators was a good group with a good cause but the community crapped all over it so it was eventually disbanded. -unpopular yoyo opinion Also, Im a fan of the _create-tangled-string-patterns-and-constantly-pick-at-the-strings-to-extricate-the-yoyo-from-them_ ---
**Author:** ![MoosaK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moosak/32/116955_2.png) [@MoosaK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoosaK)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1309 "2019-09-22T04:22:41Z")
> [@\_Z1](#): > > the community crapped all over it so it was eventually disbanded. I was unaware that this occurred. Tech creators videos were amazing. What happened? ---
**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:** [October 11, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1310 "2019-10-11T22:19:59Z")
“High performance, competition-oriented” is _ **not** _ the opposite of “fun”. I kinda twitch whenever I hear this from a reviewer: “There’s lots of rim weight, making it very stable, _but it’s still a really fun yoyo_.” ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1311 "2019-10-11T22:22:23Z")
_ **Right?!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Rosenberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rosenberg/32/20465_2.png) [@Rosenberg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rosenberg)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1312 "2019-10-11T22:29:51Z")
Speaking specifically about bi metals, they do often lack character, IMO. I get where they’re coming from with those comments. I never reach for my bi metals and I’ve essentially stopped even checking specs when a new one is released. Not saying they are inherently un-fun, but Most people don’t do minute-long contest combos. It’s like manual vs automatic debate. I get it, modern DCTs are faster around a track, but I do a lot more driving than I do racing and I prefer the engagement (“fun”) that the manual transmission provides ---
**Author:** ![MoosaK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moosak/32/116955_2.png) [@MoosaK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoosaK)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1313 "2019-10-11T23:00:44Z")
Yeah but for a lot of people comp bimetals have more character than other yoyos. I have a lot of fun playing with bimetals, more than with other yoyos. It varies per person. Bimetals don’t lack character to me, and it bothers me when people say they do. ---
**Author:** ![Rosenberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rosenberg/32/20465_2.png) [@Rosenberg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rosenberg)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1314 "2019-10-11T23:15:23Z")
The whole point of a bi metal yoyo is to move as much weight as possible to the rims. For the most part, they all have the same design philosophy, and it’s not “lets play with different weight distributions”. The actual shape of the aluminum body make less of a difference because again, most of the weight ends up in the same place, regardless. There’s a reason that so many people say the same thing about bi metals feeling sterile or whatever, and that’s because there’s some truth to it. I fully understand that some people appreciate being able to do long combos, or to re-try the same trick over and over again that they’re working on, and that’s fun to them. I am not saying that because of massive rim weight, a yo-yo can’t be fun. But in the end, most well-made bi metals all feel the same to me. Very stable, very predictable, with the only main difference being the perceived effort it takes to redirect the movement of the yo-yo ---
**Author:** ![hobbygod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobbygod/32/120997_2.png) [@hobbygod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbygod)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554/1315 "2019-10-11T23:30:49Z")
I dont think theres anything wrong with yoyo companies attempting to put out the best performing yoyo they can, and people enjoying them. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554.md?page=61) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unpopular-yoyo-opinions/296554.md?page=63)