Maybe that’s your interpretation, but a lot of it comes off as “people care too much about the new yoyo pictures and not enough about trick vids.” There is, in short, more agenda than true inquiry despite the thread being based on a question.
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Just make an account and follow the accounts of players you like. Then in the search feature type in #trickcircle, and you can follow that hashtag so posts under that tag will enter your feed along with the players you follow. Ideally, you won’t get any other BS in your feed.
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But in the spirit of answering the question beyond “because we all have different tastes” (which begins to explain it), I’ll toss a couple of thoughts out there:
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As others mentioned, the forum platform is great for text and photos but not so good for videos. We can ooh and ahh at trick vids over on Instagram, Tick Tock, and other things built specifically for that kind of media.
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There is a growing number of people who like to watch other people play with toys, play video games, etc. That’s not my jam and I am sure some others are in the same boat.
For the record, I don’t care to watch trick vids nor do I visit the mailday/what I’m throwing threads anymore. I play with my toys, pop on here to browse listings, and see if there are any topics of interest. I may be dead inside but I legitimately don’t care to see yoyo pictures or videos. I just want to enjoy my own throws.
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Yeah, I can see how it seems that way. Especially when put in context of other discussions that have happened in the past, people are probably very ready to see an agenda present. Personally, I’m not trying to weigh in on whether one is present.
But agenda or not, I think the point remains that he’s asking why specifically it is that one particular thing is enjoyed over another. Just simply restating that people do indeed enjoy different things doesn’t seem to go much towards answering the question.
It seems a bit like me seeing that there are 50 blue cars at the mall, but only 5 red ones, and wondering why that is. And my friend just answering: “people buy different color cars”. I mean, yeah man. I can see that.
Again, I think there’s an (understandable) tendency to perceive agenda on threads like this, and if there’s any whiff of questioning the emphasis of buying over throwing, to just immediately slam the “people enjoy different things” button.
Idk, maybe you’re right. It’s an interesting discussion for sure.
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For the record, I really like your perspective. Thanks for participating in the discussion!
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I stated I’d rather be throwing than watching a video of somebody doing it. It’s not that I don’t spend time playing just because I don’t prefer to spend time watching other people play. It’s the opposite.
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If you want people to pay more attention to trick videos, making more trick videos could be something you could give a try.
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I don’t really care what other people are doing with their yoyos. The collection aspect is a whole lot more interesting to me when it comes to the forum. I’ll check out a trick or two on occasion, but it’s only a specific subset that catches my eye. I think horizontal and speed combos look incredibly uninspired.
Yoyoing is cathartic for me, not an extreme test of skill or technical mastery. The primary appeal I find in tricks is relaxation. Watching someone else do it doesn’t work.
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Tbh the amount of people in here saying they don’t enjoy watching others yo-yo is way more than I expected. While I don’t watch as many videos on here and haven’t been active on IG in a minute I love watching freestyles and especially video edits on YouTube (and Vimeo in the past).
Plus one of my favorite things about meet ups or contests is getting to see others throw in-person because it can easily transition to teaching each other tricks or elements; just being in the presence of other people throwing can be inspiring.
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Minor point: Not everyone can relate to every trick — folks really grooving on 1A may not find 2A that interesting; 0A folks may not be interested in 4A at that time.
Otoh, everyone can relate to getting a new yoyo!
Relative audience size seems very likely to be different out of interests and emphasis
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Playing together is different than watching a video of tricks. Watching most trick videos is like watching karaoke. Yeah, it’s ok, but only one in a thousand touches me.
It’s just not that special unless we’re socializing or the performance is a work of art, which is rare to find in the yoyo world. People don’t play yoyo to express very often. They play for competition and judgment or for achievement of some sort. These are too simple and common to need to relate to on a daily basis for me. Everybody has something like that even if they don’t yoyo, so it’s not too special or connective.
Yoyos themselves, however, are so commonly works of art with expression, and the owners of them have complex feelings of love and beauty with them.
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I’ve read the whole thread, but I’m with evildipper on this one.
Clicking on a video is an entire commitment. You have to take an extra step to play it. If you think it won’t be entertaining, you’ll skip it because you don’t want to waste your time. You feel like you’ll be trapped into something that’s unfamiliar. Instead, you can just scroll and like pictures on one page without having to stop and watch. Scrolling and liking keeps a constant dopamine feed, while stopping and watching a video interrupts that.
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Wow, I like, completely disagree with all of this lol.
Maybe because I grew up only being able to interact with other throwers in-person very rarely (there wasn’t a club local to me until I was in high school) so the vast majority of my socializing and experience with other people yoyoing is via forums and internet videos.
Idk, I just like seeing what everyone has to share, even if it’s not some artistic masterpiece like some of the old Sector Y or Save Deth videos. It takes a lot more effort to film stuff than it seems, especially if it’s done in a more cinematic fashion.
There’s also a lot of judgement in there of other people yoyoing differently than you like to, at least how I’m reading it. Ex: “People don’t play yo-yo to express very often” who are you to say why other people play with their yo-yo if they haven’t explicitly said so?
But to each their own I guess.
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The trend I’ve noticed is that it seems like people who don’t enjoy watching tricks view watching tricks as just watching entertainment. Yoyo content that I just find entertaining is rare, competition freestyles and occasionally long form video content like the bangers Evan Nagao put out recently are awesome. Those are the exception though, that’s not the content I see on instagram. The majority of the time when I’m watching other people yoyoing, it’s so I can see what they’re doing and learn new tricks.
There’s so many people miles better than me coming up with concepts I never would’ve dreamed of. If I hadn’t watched them incorporate those concepts or elements and copied them, I’d have never been able to use that in my own yoyoing. I view watching other people as a way to expand your yoyo vocabulary. I like coming up with my own tricks and combos, but if I didn’t watch other people often I’d have such a limited toolbox to pull from when playing on my own.
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Yeah, I understand. You like that. It’s just my take. Don’t let it get to you. I’m not denying the judgment. It just doesn’t mean anything at them.
Yeah, they can be exciting and give good ideas. That’s pretty much how I feel when I look at yoyos and hear what people think and feel about them, too.
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Frankly I don’t really appreciate this sort of patronizing comment. I’m not letting it get to me, I’m just partaking in the discussion; at the end of the day you’ll do you and l’ll do me and that’s totally fine.
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Yeah, and I can understand if and why you like watching videos by understanding you.
That’s an oddly specific thing to mention.
I think that a lot of people that say they like to look at pictures of collections more than actual yo-yo tricks are members of the community that really groove on the whole “adult collector not thrower” identity.
They dismiss internet trick videos offhand as just a bunch of teenagers yoyoing as fast and as sideways as possible, hoping to impress someone.
But as a veteran of the online trick circle, I can assure you, that’s actually pretty uncommon.
People are generally sharing fun concepts or new ideas they’re pleased with. They’re sharing progress they’re making, or inspiration in trick creation from their friends.
It’s often the yo-yo community at its best in my opinion.
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Love this response
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