It’s awesome you guys got to hang. 
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There may or may not have been a 5ft table covered in various yoyos.
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Unofficially (officially) my ACTUAL favorite unresponsive yoyo.
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So dope! Can’t wait for more. I don’t get enough in person yoyo time so I’m jonesing to live vicariously through you guys 
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If you ever plan a vacation out in SoCal we should for sure all meet up!
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This picture is so cool, that nobody ever needs to take another picture again, for it’ll pale in comparison to this; In fact, Yousuf Karsh just called, he wanted me to give you his approbation.
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I was hoping my team summit was gonna be in that area this year but my company cut travel “tightening the belt” and junk so I’ll just have to figure a trip myself at some point.
If anyone is ever in the SoCal area, I second this.
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What part of SoCal? Looking at the volleyball travel tournament schedule for my eldest, it looks like I’ll be in Long Beach late May.
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I’m in Los Angeles, not too far from Long Beach.
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Boomer meetup!
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I want to setup some sort of in person central US boomer meet for next year but it’ll be hard to pull off.
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I’m in Indianapolis, IN. I’d be interested in something like this if my schedule allowed for it.
If enough notice were held out i would do my level best to make this. 
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Alright so I’ve been playing with the Operator non stop since receiving it. I have all my other yoyos packed up in moving boxes so even if I wanted to play something else I can’t haha.
I have to say, I’m in agreement with the changes for proto v2. Slightly more rim weight to add more stability would be great. I don’t really notice the catch zone being too small, but widening it couldn’t hurt either. I only mention it because that’s one of the design adjustments being implemented. I also believe it was mentioned that the schmoove is possibly being widened to remove some inner weight while increasing the rim weight. That sounds swell and dandy.
The one question I had from a design perspective is: what aspect of the design lends itself to allowing for more string wraps? I feel like the Operator would really pop off if there was a little more space for string before catching the pad. That would be my only critique so far.
Oh and…. Gosh darn these spikes are sharp! lol.
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Best matadors I know I’ve ever used! Love 'em!
I think you are referring to the Gap. Not sure what the gap is on it now.
Or use thinner string to verify your thoughts?
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Did the operator come with a rage (grooved concave) bearing or did I swap one into mine?
Either way a ripper (center track)would open up the bearing for more wraps
Similarly opening up the response area by widening the schmoove should help in this regard a bit by reducing a bit of the string rub and catching. Also increasing the gap a hair maybe…
The catch would be fine by me to widen and shifting weight to rims from center will give it more stability and power which will also reduce the issues with wraps too
I’ll try some ep 20/20 on it tomorrow. I also have a concave C I can throw in it too.
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