Comments on: BB Video: Doctor Popular's Awesome Yo-Yo Stylings

By: katherose

katherose — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

He’s decent, but there are way better yoyoers out there.

By: Dedalus

Dedalus — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

ide like to see u do string tricks on a woodie

doc ur cool –

Xeni I LOVE YOU

By: 13strong

13strong — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wow, that’s a useless comment, KATHEROSE. Wow.

I was going to say, nice yo-yoing, but why are amazing yo-yo demonstrations always accompanied by such awful techno tunes?

Surely more appropriate in this case would have been some hi-energy 8-bit glitchcore or something?

By: Boxthor

Boxthor — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@13Strong You’re saying Katherose is mean, and then you bash whoever made the techno song =P

But really, it’s a shame you can’t hear what he’s saying, it’s probably pretty interesting. Maybe in the full video they don’t dub over the music?

By: 13strong

13strong — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

haha

You got me, BOXTHOR.

By: aplusbi

aplusbi — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

There are certainly better yo-yoers out there, but DocPop invented many techniques that the new guys are now using and improving on.

And that was also a really great transition from on-string to off-string.

By: Doctor Popular

Doctor Popular — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hey Xeni and BB crew, it was fun hanging out with ya’ll. If anyone would like to see the “Unfollow” comic, it’s here http://www.flickr.com/photos/docpopular/3361110650/in/set-72157600277785700/
And a collection of my Memes In Real Life can be found here http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=%22Mirl%22&w=65802182%40N00 and http://www.docpop.org/category/memesinreallife

Katherose, this is just an off the cuff demo, if you’d like to see more polished yo-yo videos of mine, please check these out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuN2iLhMRX8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzA76M_9-ew

By: Church

Church — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wouldn’t an obvious choice for music be, y’know, Doctor Popular?

Or is that too obvious?

By: neurolux

neurolux — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I can walk teh dog!

By: SeattlePete

SeattlePete — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

All these vids are of butterflies…

Does nobody use the classic duncan woods anymore? Besides me?

By: Xeni Jardin

Xeni Jardin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@church, we’ll be featuring DocPop’s music in future episodes. @everyone else, don’t be such sourpusses! how can people be cranky and demeaning about yo yo videos, ffs? be nice, enjoy being alive, and if you don’t like it, move along to the next post.

By: Bloodniece

Bloodniece — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@DocPop

Nashville and Minneapolis still love you.
Keep on keepin’ on.

By: Xeni Jardin

Xeni Jardin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@Loraan, yeah, I know the video quality is poor. What we’re seeing here is the compressed flash video file that Ustream records, alas, not an original recording we edited. We’ve since figured out how to work around this, both with Ustream and with our production process when taping live-stream events for later reuse. Apologies for the poor quality!

By: Boxthor

Boxthor — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Let’s all compare the finals of the World Yo-Yo Contest with impromptu casual demos!

Next week can we see what the Iron Chef cooks for himself on a busy Tuesday morning?

By: Mike Estee

Mike Estee — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@KATHEROSE – Way better? Awesome, how about sharing? I mean, I thought that was some damn fine yoyoing for an impromptu demo, but if that failed to impress, i’d love to see what knocks your socks off.

By: mistervega

mistervega — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@DOC

dude, we worked at the pulse together for a minute! good to see you still rockin it!

By: electronicnonsense

electronicnonsense — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Chill Box. We know the deal. I <3 Doc. I don’t know how many times I watched The Glass Lab Vol 4 (tinyurl.com/dlrodf). The guy invented Skin The Gerbil! I even own one of his denim wallets.

Doc’s a showman. Any yo-yoer with any PR chops at all knows that when you’re doing a demo for a bunch of regular people you’ve gotta keep it simple and flashy. If you bust out all your newest super technical string tricks you’ll just confuse everyone. He did well. I’m super geeked to see this on BB.

I was just spreading the love and info about new school yo-yoing in general, after Doc opened the door.

By: aplusbi

aplusbi — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@Mike and Church:

I’ve always been impressed with Hiroyuki Suzuki’s speed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoBDUDL6Xis

And John Ando is the current world champion for 1A yo-yoing (single yo-yo, attached to the string and finger): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPGnUQ2M3fw&feature=related

By: Church

Church — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@9 Mike Estee,

At this level, it’s like hearing an argument about who’s the best first chair violinist. I’m sure informed people can make rational arguments, but it’s so far out of my league that I’m in no position to judge.

Short version: I likee. More with the yo-yo.

By: electronicnonsense

electronicnonsense — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@SEATTLEPETE

Yeah, people do use imperial style yo-yos but it’s not as popular. It’s called 2A in tournament division classification, where a single butterfly yo-yo is 1A.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf8Lb0WIBes

Though, they don’t use wood ones as much as plastic because wood is more inconsistent in weight and density, is less durable and cant be manufactured to the same tolerances to accept the ball bearing axle that all modern yo-yos use. Most modern butterfly style yo-yos used by these type of players are made of precision machined and anodized aluminum, though many use molded plastic or machined delrin as well.

here are a few more modern style videos.

http://www.vimeo.com/1961188
http://www.vimeo.com/2673081
http://www.vimeo.com/2866259
http://www.vimeo.com/1257672

By: Loraan

Loraan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Unfortunately, the framerate on the video is low enough that I can’t see the yo-yo when he really starts going.