You must log six complete days here in the forum and be able to clean the table with all yoyo newbs newer then you hehe oh and buying high end throws you should even attempt until a year into yoyoing as your head will explode before hands. /sarcasm…
I hate it when people review stuff they dont know anything about 
“well this yoyo is really good… its red… here are the specs… i like it… LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE” probably the summary of most youtube yoyo reviews
to the point with buying a high end yoyo. I bought my first “high end”(YYF Genesis) after maybe 1,5 months of playing with my grindmachine. And sure that might be early(?) but i think it was the correct decision. since a good yoyo just played better than some crappy plastic yoyo. also it helped me with learning and gave me a lot of motivation to practice more.
so it might be pretty early to spend a lot of money on a yoyo. but at that point i knew that i would yoyo a lot, and i wanted a better yoyo (the grind machine is just ■■■■) so i didnt think it made any sense to buy a middle´ish yoyo and then a little later a high end.
so thats what i think about it^^ but sure… spending 200 dollars on some turningpoint awesome yoyo before you know how to sleep a yoyo is kinda stupid^^
Well, my first modern yoyo was a turning point that was almost $200. I hadn’t played with a yoyo in almost 20 years when I bought it, and was not very good at it in my responsive only days. So I say your first yoyo even with 0 experience can be high end. They are more pleasant to learn on. High end to me is a matter of money, not skill.
As for writing a review, as long as you are clear about your ability level, I think writing reviews is fine. I have written mini-reviews of high end trows from my noob perspective, but been clear about my level of play so no one goes out and buys it thinking I am some kind of monster doing all 5 competition disciplines and horizontal play, and so on. I answer questions other have, in so far as I am able, but make clear the limitations for what you should take from them.
I also think there is value to my reviews. More experienced throwers have no idea anymore what makes a yoyo great for a noob to learn new tricks on. Stealth Ogre: easier to learn new tricks on. MaxBet: easy to learn new tricks on, but less easy than stealth ogre. Hyperion: easier to land tricks than the other throws. This is from a guy barely able to land the matrix at a rate of 60%.
ya thats true! but those reviews should just be for people that are beginners, i hate it when people are bad and try to review a product and just say “its really really smooth… and its red… i like red… buy it…” wich a lot… and i mean A LOT of people do…doing “how is this yoyo for beginners like me” reviews is actually a good thing i think, but you have to be open about what this review is and who you are targeting with it! then i think its great
Said who? A review is a review it shouldn’t be aimed at one group of people. It should be focused on the product and those interested should take what it says.
I think it is helpful to know the ability level of the reviewer regardless of the reviewers level. What a very advanced player wants to know about a throw is probably more subtle and nuanced than what a noob wants. All reviewers should be clear about their ability to fully review the yoyo.
I think that it doesn’t matter. Yoyos are too small and intricate to have a proper review method.
In the end, it’s just a persons opinion, and I trust the opinion of someone who has been throwing for 2 years the same as someone who has been yoyoing for 2 months (not at all).
I don’t look at reviews to buy yoyos, I just ask a person I look up to for suggestions on yoyos they like.
In the end, it’s just liking: more, or less.
If you stick to the facts there should be something for everyone in a review and opinions clearly lined and defined as such that way there again is something for everyone in a review.
Snafu, when I first saw your avatar, I thought it said “I <3 Hatters”… you know, the people that make and sell hats… haha, I’m so silly 
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When in video descriptions, people say the yoyo used is the “CLYW Summit” or “OD Summit.” It feels like they’re ignoring the part the other yoyo maker had in the design, and that bugs me.
You are a genius, I would never have thought of that.
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Hehehe that’s funny I don’t care who you are!
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When people have like a bagillion throws that they barely use.
I have one, that i get bored with cause i play it soooo much.
I have a bagillion minus one, & wanna know something else I’ve only been throwing around a month! Does that slay you? I throw them all 
sweet, always good for the community to gain another thrower. Ive been throwing for five years now.
Yoyo related back talk.
Yoyo polotics/behind the scenes drama.
B-dot.
When I have mixed colors for yoyos. Major OCD about color.
humidity effecting string.
Bearings that crap out.
Stall based tricks.
Not having more freehand ones.
Yoyojams cracking.
~Z
adamantium? Clearly you meant [b]Unobtanium[b]
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That made me lol thanks I needed that!
When you let someone try your yoyo; they throw it, tug the string a couple of times, state that it “doesn’t work” and without even trying to wind the string back up, take the knot off their finger and hand it back. Then walks away without a “thank you for letting me try” or “sorry” or anything.
Anyone have a link to the MVP story of Studio42?
knots