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#862762 - 21/05/08 03:32 AM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: simta]
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random guy
Registered: 29/07/04
Loc: Cambridge UK
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only problem is, how do you cut a preview to make sure that you don't already cover what's in the lesson? speaking personally, if I were to look at the site as a newbie, I'd be trying to get the most from the previews (cos I'm a cheap git) I think its fair enough to offer a preview that is along the lines of, but not the same quality as, what you're going to buy. I'll try to use an analogy, cos I don't think that came out quite right: Let's say you want to eat some of a particular chocolate cake: either you have to buy a whole one, or you can get a small piece for free: which will you do? would you buy the whole cake? now lets say,you're offered a slice of carrot cake for free instead: maybe its good quality, but its not exactly what you wanted: however, as its made by the same people who make the chocolate cake, you can guess that the chocolate cake is going to be pretty decent. So then you're mor likely to buy the chocolate cake next time. damn, now i want cake...  do you get the gist of what I mean?
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#862765 - 21/05/08 03:58 AM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: willworkforfoodjnr]
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Classically British
Registered: 23/09/01
Loc: Guildford, Surrey, England
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I did think that, but that's just branding...
It's like when you buy anything with "Pro" in the title (golf clubs, guitars, software) it's never for professionals, it just makes it sound good.
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#862766 - 21/05/08 10:19 AM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: Durbs]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 27/03/03
Loc: Philadelphia, PA - USA
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"As a quibble - the free preview isn't a lesson, it just shows the move(s)... so "Free lessons" is still mis-leading." I direct you to this free lesson: http://www.homeofpoi.com/lessons_all/teach/Library-POI-Advanced-Weaves-Pendulum-weave-15s-3_40_164How is this different? I suggest that if any of you really feel you have constructive criticism, you send it to Glitter Girl so that she may make her site and company better.
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#862767 - 21/05/08 07:17 PM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: MikeIcon]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 27/03/03
Loc: Philadelphia, PA - USA
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Im sorry, I just realized that there is a link to an ACTUAL FREE LESSON at the top right of the home page (in the box that says Subscribe, click the "Poi Video Lesson Free in iTunes" link)
This will download the 118MB podcast in iTunes of 1 full lesson.
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#862769 - 21/05/08 08:45 PM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: TheBovrilMonkey]
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geek, level 1
Registered: 15/12/02
Loc: everywhere
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mmm - i have an inherent dislike for itunes too, and it has stopped me downloading anything too. as for opinions on the site - well, its not how i would do it, but in general i think paying for work done is fine. 
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#862771 - 21/05/08 08:56 PM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: MikeIcon]
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Classically British
Registered: 23/09/01
Loc: Guildford, Surrey, England
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#862772 - 22/05/08 06:11 AM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: Durbs]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 27/03/03
Loc: Philadelphia, PA - USA
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Yes... I know... Im not a big fan of iTunes or anything Mac related for that matter...
However, it is the only thing that offers copyright protection so that others can't steal/share the content.
If for some reason it isn't working for you (and you have the appropriate software) I don't know why. I tried it myself and it worked just fine.
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#862773 - 25/05/08 02:37 AM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: MikeIcon]
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Stargazer
Registered: 20/09/03
Loc: here and now
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As far as I got it by now, the only thing I object is to promote names that fuel the Babylon and to promote tutors "having gained international recognition" by posting here on HoP... exactly 18 times  Apart from that your idea is okay - the audience will decide. I would get my eyes bleeding, to get tuition of my iPod (apart from violently disliking the faschist Apple and Microsoft empires)... if the vids aim for that part of the community... I'm wishing you best of luck. What I personally think is sad, is that the community appears to be split (as OWD indicates)... are we falling into the same trap as all the other (mainstream) communities before us? Personally I don't support splinter(cell)s anymore.
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#862774 - 26/05/08 04:16 PM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: FireTom]
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enthusiast
Registered: 20/08/07
Loc: Melbourne
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Personally, I don't like PoiGeek or Glittergirl for the same reasons that've been listed previously. Outside of that, I'm against the commercialisation of poi. Paying for a performance or workshops is one thing, because you're paying to receive in the flesh teaching and for the development of a friendship or to watch fantastic twirling before your eyes. Regardless of this though, the poi community is so friendly by nature that you needn't really pay for these things, and a lot of the time it is more charitable by nature than commercial (from my experience).
To bring money into the realm of poi is to ultimately bring competition into it also. As soon as there's decent money to be made from such things, the human conditions of greed and selfishness come into play. By teaching for free you're increasing the competition for performances and workshops, and I personally am against aggressive competition within this community.
Nick Woolsey, one of my idols, gives poi tutorials to an incredibly high quality for free on the internet, and yet, people still pay to go to his workshops and to see him perform, even though they probably could learn it for free. This is because, like I said, it is more charity than commerce. They feel that it is only right to give something back to Nick for what he's done, and he's given a lot.
PoiGeek seems counter-productive to what I see as a beautiful state of community already within existence, the pinnacle of which is HOP. That alongside the questionable methods of advertising and unnecessary re-naming of moves leaves a poor taste in my mouth.
Icon, I can tell you've poured a lot of time into this, and you are one of my favourite twirlers, I mean you no offense, I'm just trying to express my opinion on the matter.
There's more thoughts in my head on this issue, but this post is quite long as it is.
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#862776 - 29/05/08 12:52 PM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: feeb]
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enthusiast
Registered: 20/08/07
Loc: Melbourne
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Written by :feeb
i think that arrogance is what is going to damage your scene guys, we should be making poi and everything else OPEN to everyone, not just those who you think are techy/cool/good enough to 'be a poi-er'
This is where one of my issues lie with PoiGeek, poi should be available to everybody, and I'm against the commercialisation of poi, particularly education. PoiGeek isn't making poi available to everybody, it's making poi to those with enough money to spend.
Poi is such a simple concept, but it is so beautifully complex and diverse for what is essentially weights on the end of tethers. To make sock poi is incredibly cheap, and it has the potential to make so many people happy, like myself and everybody else on here. And through that, there is so much greater potential.
It is fun and healthy, I for one haven't bought a new video-game, console, computer upgrade or anything like that for ages thanks to poi and other object manipulation arts. This has further reaching implications that are immediately obvious. One is that it reduces greenhouse gases because there is a lowered dependence on electronic devices such as television and such for entertainment.
It has the potential to nullify the belief that the more money you have to more happy you'll be, a belief that is nailed into our brain through constant advertising and our capitalist economy. Needless to say, this is a very good thing, as it relieves stress over career aspirations, lowers needless consumption (again, to the benefit of the environment) and "enlightens" people to the fact that to be happy, the key components to happiness are health, relationships and in our cases, as simple a toy as socks with weights in the end. Happiness is a good thing, and the wider we make it available, to ALL people, not just those with money, the better the world will become.
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#862777 - 29/05/08 07:46 PM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: NathanielEverist]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 27/03/03
Loc: Philadelphia, PA - USA
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Nathan,
Most of what you said is true except "PoiGeek isn't making poi available to everybody, it's making it available to those with enough money to spend."
The correct wording is "PoiGeek is making poi available to everyone who WANTS to spend the money."
As everyone has said, there are plenty of free resources for learning. PoiGeek is just not one of them. That doesn't make it bad. Pay if you want, go the free route if not.
Also...
"Happiness is a good thing, and the wider we make it available, to ALL people, not just those with money, the better the world will become."
Again, it's not about "having the money to spend" its about WANTING TO SPEND MONEY. If paying for lessons makes someone happy, they should be able to do so. In essence, PoiGeek makes poi available to a market which otherwise would not be exposed to it.
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#862778 - 29/05/08 08:08 PM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: MikeIcon]
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is playing with his balls
Registered: 31/07/05
Loc: Upwey, Victoria, Australia, Ea...
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I can definately see where ur coming from Mike... alot of people out there only believe they're getting something of value if they're paying for it... If people want to spend their money... Let 'em...
My mate set up a massage service a while ago... He did it as cheap as he could and was offering VERY cheap massages... And he got very little business... At the advice of anotehr friend, someone who had been in the industry for a while, he TRIPLES his price for a standard 1hr massage... Within a month he was pretty much booked solid...
It's a sad state of affairs I know, but some people don't believe they're getting a "good" service unless they're paying for it...
Isn't it good we know better =P
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#862779 - 29/05/08 09:45 PM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: NathanielEverist]
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Carpal \'Tunnel
Registered: 28/08/02
Loc: sheffield
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Written by :NathanielEverist
Poi is such a simple concept, but it is so beautifully complex and diverse for what is essentially weights on the end of tethers. To make sock poi is incredibly cheap, and it has the potential to make so many people happy, like myself and everybody else on here. And through that, there is so much greater potential.
It is fun and healthy, I for one haven't bought a new video-game, console, computer upgrade or anything like that for ages thanks to poi and other object manipulation arts. This has further reaching implications that are immediately obvious. One is that it reduces greenhouse gases because there is a lowered dependence on electronic devices such as television and such for entertainment.
It has the potential to nullify the belief that the more money you have to more happy you'll be, a belief that is nailed into our brain through constant advertising and our capitalist economy.
I agree fully with all of that- poi, even more than most circus skills definitly fulfills those ideals of freedom and overcoming the beliefs that money is the most importnat thing in life.
Written by :NathanielEverist
Written by :feeb
i think that arrogance is what is going to damage your scene guys, we should be making poi and everything else OPEN to everyone, not just those who you think are techy/cool/good enough to 'be a poi-er'
This is where one of my issues lie with PoiGeek, poi should be available to everybody, and I'm against the commercialisation of poi, particularly education. PoiGeek isn't making poi available to everybody, it's making poi to those with enough money to spend.
However, PoiGeek is not trying to commercialise poi, they're simply trying to make a living from teaching it- which, IMO, they are totally entitled to do.
As poi is so free and has such a strong infrastructure of community based on free teaching, it will never be commercialised- those free options will always remain.
If we are happy that poi really does have that basis of freedom, then we should not be concerned with some people trying to make a living from it.
This reminds me of the, IMO, unecessary personal nastiness directed towards Jason Garfield and his attempts to develop a sports option for juggling- so many jugglers have taken this as an attempt to convert all juggling to sport, which it isn't and can't be.
If we're really convinced and secure in our view of poi, we won't be concerned that it can be commercialised.
To me, this is about options- remember that, if a person lives in an area where they can learn poi for free in a park with a group of hippies, that may be involve being around a group where drug use is normal and, who may, beneath a surface of 'fluffiness' and acceptance, actually have their own deep prejudices against those who, for example, wear suits or those who take a love of poi and try to make a living from it.
Some people just don't feel comfortable in those types of group, they may instead, prefer to pay to receive tuition online, or pay for private lessons.
If that's what they prefer, then, IMO, fair enough.
And, let's bear in mind that making a living from poi is not an easy thing.
Nick, who's been held up as the ideal of free tuition on this thread, can testify to this- in years gone by he tried to run his poi studio as a viable commercial enterprise and found out just how hard it is to do so.
Finally, let's not forget the fact, as evidened on multiple other threads, that, in some circumstances, those offering poi tuition/performance for free, affect the business of those struggling to make an honest living from it- these things cut both ways.
So, to me, for anyone determined/foolish enough to try to make an honest living from poi, I say 'wish them well'- you don't have to support them, but, there's no reason to put them down either.
At the end of the day, if poi is truly for everyone, then that includes-
1. people who prefer to pay for tuition
2. those who love poi so much that they want to make a living from it
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#862780 - 29/05/08 10:15 PM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: onewheeldave]
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enthusiast
Registered: 20/08/07
Loc: Melbourne
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Mike, Moka and OneWheelDave, thanks for the comments, very interesting stuff, I guess I never stopped and thought that people might WANT to spend money on tuition. I guess I am guilty of only seeing the world through my eyes, as I am a relatively poor person, and I wouldn't want to spend money on learning. If people want to spend money on it, I fully accept that, and if other people want to make a living off of poi, I wish them all the best. I would love to make a living off of poi, but I've kinda accepted that that's not going to happen anytime soon, and I've been having some inner struggles about teaching it so freely for free. I guess I saw it as the most altruistic of things to make tutorials on every move available and put them on youtube, which I've been doing, as it would help people learn for free, but I've often wondered if this is such a good idea. It will after all increase the competition for performances, and will ultimately make it much harder for not only myself, but other people who love this art to make any money out of it. The arguments I used above was my angelic side telling me to be kind, and karma will pay me back in turn, but every now and then, my survival side tells me that teaching for free isn't going to put food on the table, or petrol in my car.  So, if this is going too far off topic let me know and I'll start a new thread or something, should I continue spreading the knowledge so freely? Or should I withhold or charge for the knowledge so as to make it more valuable and maybe give myself and other people who would like to make a living out a poi a chance to do so... P.S. I know what you mean about prejudiced hippies OneWheelDave, many of them are just as vulnerable to negative judgment of others as anybody else, if not more so because they often allude to possess moral superiority. I happen to love wearing smart, businessy clothing, and some hippies deep down are very condemning of people who aren't like them.
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#862781 - 30/05/08 12:39 AM
Re: PoiGeek.com - Thoughts, opinions etc
[Re: NathanielEverist]
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enthusiast
Registered: 20/08/07
Loc: Melbourne
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May I just add, that I just watched some of the poigeek trailers/teasers on youtube, two of the tags are "free" and "lessons" on all of them, is it just me? Or is this just outright lying? If it's not lying, it's kinda stupid as youtube is a free site.
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