How bout a spin off competition?

Ok that makes a bit more sense. Either ways its good input

Yeah, I like the same background song thing. That would solve the time problem and compare to see who matches up to what. But what if you have two people that don't like to spin to similar music? Like if I were to be forced to do it to Dubstep, I would not do well at all, I hear Dubstep and nothing somes out. It's just unspinnable to me. Should we just play that by ear?

of coarse we should

these are not laws, they are ideas, suggestions to make this whole thing more FUN. each challenge can have its own set of rules agreed upon by the participants, and then shared when the video is posted, so every one else knows whats up when they watch it.

happy spinning

A little nervous, yeah, actually . It's not too uncommon for me to start into one of the two contact moves I know, only to quickly go "wait, fire doesn't roll very well! Also it burns me!" and mess up trying to change my move. I expect this to happen more than a little with throws

Strap your poi onto your hands

Bwahahaha....

That is all.

Haha exactly! If she ditches the throws her problem should be solved...

How about this for an option Sister Eleven, we each do two videos but they count as one submission. One video will be classic monkey fists with no throws submitted by both of us, the second video you can do throws/contact until your heart is content against my torch poi so I can do catches and alternate moves as well. People will vote for whoever they liked better based on our overall submissions with an old school and new school video coming from us both.

What do you think? Or is this too complicated?

I'm not sure how ditching throws solves the problem of being awkward because I can't do throws, exactly...

And nah, I'm not trying to talk my way into throws. The original terms are fine.

Okay, original plan it is!

You know me and how I try to cover all the bases preemptively... LOL

Baton down the hatches!!! The eminent battle is drawing near so hold onto your hats! *will be uploading on Sunday*

What? Baton twirl with hatches...how does that work

Rives and I have been talking. I still need to get some footage, since I caught a fever last weekend, but something will be done, promise.

I may be running late with mine. I lost a night of filming 'cause my camera operator/girlfriend got strep and had to sleep. Hopefully she's free this weekend, or I can talk someone else into shooting. Tuesday or Thursday will be my upload days.

Hehe, I'm open for whatever. I would probably get filming done at a Monday practice. As during school it is my only time specifically devoted to poi and other related things.

Unfortunately serious stuff effecting my life, living situation, and future have had a devastating blow which is common in military families to have transitions and paperwork screwed up. Until all of this mess is straightened out I cannot follow through because I just don't have it in me, all of my focus is on damage control.

When everything is sorted out and I have a lot more answers and fiscal stability after an appeals process, I'll be more than happy to start being back to my old self, it's just been snatched up for a little bit.

It's all good. I didn't get my video shot quite as I was hoping, but I can use the footage as my ~1yr video... I'm open to other challengers, and best wishes EoN.

I am also changing my medium of choice to glow/practice poi. Filming fire is just a hassle, since it's hard to drum up a cameraperson on the one night of the week I can do fire.

cool idea as long as they are friendly competitionship with good sportsmanship
im down for a challenge

okay ive super bored cuz i have nothing new to learn until i fix up a bunch of sloppy moves so i challenge someone to a match because i needs a challenge.
someone, anyone, challenge me? ill let you pick all the rules

I'll bite. I've been waiting for another challenger, and what I've got on you in tech you might make up for in movement (srsly, I'm such a cruddy dancer). I'm opting for practice poi (for reasons mentioned above, fire is a pain in the ass), footage being from a continuous session (editing in title screens or credits is ok), 3-5 minutes. I'm open to suggestions for theme and such. Myself, I will probably be costumed for no apparent reason.

Sis11 I will have footage in some way shape or form to match what you put up tonight and from here on out I'm making my preference glow for the exact same reasons. My dancing is cruddy on grass actually R U Game for a compare and contrast?

k, sounds good and does it matter what kind of practice poi? socks? tennis ball on string?
and idk anything about themes really so you can pick. and we have to pick a song. you can pick if u want.
lol ive never dressed up for poi before. i will wear a fuzzy hat and sweat pants

Poismylove: any kind of practice poi; I'll probably be using inner tube poi or contact poi. I don't want to set a specific song, but let's since we have a mutual love of Beats Antique, let's say our videos have to be to one of their songs--and not Beauty Beats, Roustabout, Dope Crunk, or Nesatavo; all other songs are fair game.

EoN: I'm up for a critical compare & contrast. Can't wait to see your vid!

amazing choice of music grrrr beauty beats makes for amazing flowy poi, but i have another faveorite from them too.
ive been practicing putting lots of dancy footwork into my poi sessions lately so i can bring some sort of advantage to this thing
Ill go record tommorow probably if im in a good poi mood. my sound quality will probably be horrible though since i dont have editing software for my video camera, and i have to record the song on my phone and then play it back by setting the phone next to the video camera.

and cant wait to see both of your videos

Oh snap here it go, half way in I bring da funk... Servage right on up in dis hizzzzzzouse!!!!!!!!!!!



Ok Sis, post up ya linkage!!!

Here it is. Don't think it's very good, and the encoding from putting in the text kind of crapped out the quality. Not to mention the song on the video doesn't really match the song I was spinning to; I just couldn't hear the original song in the video to find something that matched It's what I got, though!

I had to outlaw those particular songs because they are DONE TO DEATH. Beats Antique is huge with the spinners here, and those are the songs that end up on everyone's playlist. Me, I'm going to go for something off the new album...

I'll try and film some time this week or next, weather permitting. Hopefully my footwork is coming along okay. And hopefully I'm not sleep deprived when I shoot so I don't have godawful triquetras like I do in the video I shot for my challenge with EoN

Hearing the music and "not disturbing neighbors" is a challenge for me too! None the less, radically different approaches and I'm very interested in how the feedback goes with such a wildcard match up! Good game

you both did an awsome job!!
oh and sister11 let me know when you have your vid done so i can upload mine.

okay i have the video done, but i screwed up a few times but oh well, too lazy to redo it.

this thread is so forgotten, i thought it was a great idea for posting vids and comparing and getting into good discussions on style and moves and such. oh wells here is my vid anyway. everything i did came out sloppy i think haha(note to self: do not poi under the influence when videotaping)