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Written by: Adrillf
The difference between poi and glowsticking is the tool used. Just as certain people call themselves, fire poi-ists, because they use fire or sock poi-ists becasue they use sock poi, we are glowstickers/glowstringers because we use glowsticks.
In my mind, it is the tool that makes a different name. I can do the same wrap combos and other glowsticking moves with sock poi, but as soon as I pick up those sock poi, I am no longer glowsticking, I am poi-ing.
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Written by: coleman
was i glowsticking then without my knowledge, or was i just simply poi-ing with glowsticks...?
i.e. why does glowsticking get set aside from all the other poi tools - why is it not glowstick poi-ing?
using your reasoning adrillf, if i spin clubs with a length of string attached, am i clubswinging, poi-ing or clubpoi-ing?
cole. x
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Written by: mixinluv2u
I think that fire poi and glowstringing are just different. For starters, the apparatus are different. (wick vs. glowstick, chain vs. shoelace.)
Someone else mentioned earlier that glowstringers who swing glowsticks as "glowsticks" instead of using them as a "fire substitute" have a different look to them, a different style. They approach this tool differently from the start, and I totally agree.
I think one aspect that hasn't been discussed here is to explore each tool (fire poi & glowstring) deeper. Ask yourself: What can you do with one that you can NOT do with the other? For example, the weight of the poi and chain allows for better isolations. On the other hand, the bounce in shoelaces and the lightness of glowsticks allows for more intricate and complex wrap combos.
While we are on the topics of wraps, I felt that people on this message board look down on wraps because they are "easier to learn" than any poi moves. I do agree with that statement, ONLY if you look at each wrap as an individual move also. Please be open-minded and let me argue for glowstringers for a second (since I am one of those glowstringers who swing glowsticks as "glowsticks" and NOT using them as a "fire substitute.")
Each warp is simple. It is so simple that it allows you to put them together and create something greater... like Voltron or Lego. It allows you to put them together in any way you like - the freedom of combo construction. Once a combo is constructed, you now have a "move" that you can call your own (as opposed to a set of moves such as weave, windmill, etc, for traditional poi.) Maybe it's this sense of achievement, and freedom for creativity of glowstringing that won me over (as compared to fire poi).
Don't get me wrong, no disrespect towards poi here. Poi is fun and great, just like glowstringing, but in a different way. You have to use different tools differently to find the full potential of each.
Last but not least, since I am a firm believer that action speaks more than words, I hope that you would be so kind and take couple minutes to check out a video of mine that I made almost a year ago with an open mind. See if what I just talked about (combo construction, breaking away the stereotypes of glowstring as a "bastardization of poi," and what not) can become more clear and apparent. Thanks!
Click [Old link] to go to my video thread.
Written by: KaelGotRice
yes, those that post on gs.c are mainly male.
The female glowstickers already have boyfriends, and we scare them away.
"So Miss, I think you win the prize... A mormon egyptologist in a firespinning chat room... that's gotta be a record of some kind"
-NYC
Thanks, NYC,but I quit mormonism now XD
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Written by: mixinluv2u
i already know how Glowsticking.com see glowstringing, but i wanted to see a wider range of perspectives. i wanted to see how HoP community see glowstringing, fire poi, and sock poi. that's why this topic was started here.
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More useless information courtesy of Rev...
Confusing the masses, one post at a time...
"Obviously, you're not a golfer.."- The Dude
"Buy the ticket... Take the ride..." -Raoul Duke
"FEMA has never done catastrophe planning..."-Michael Brown
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
More useless information courtesy of Rev...
Confusing the masses, one post at a time...
"Obviously, you're not a golfer.."- The Dude
"Buy the ticket... Take the ride..." -Raoul Duke
"FEMA has never done catastrophe planning..."-Michael Brown
To do: More Firedrums 08 video?
Wildfire/US East coast fire footage
LA/EDC glow/fire footage
Fresno fire
Educate yourself in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
More useless information courtesy of Rev...
Confusing the masses, one post at a time...
"Obviously, you're not a golfer.."- The Dude
"Buy the ticket... Take the ride..." -Raoul Duke
"FEMA has never done catastrophe planning..."-Michael Brown
Written by: munkypunks
What about those of us without a community? Are we just mucking about with chains and orbiting objects? [judging from what I look like sometimes, yes]
It seems there's a decent number of us newbies on HoP who find our way here because we don't have or aren't part of a local community. As we pick up bits here and there, particularly when we don't really know where the information or techniques come from, it seems that the different art forms will become bastardized. Is that a bad thing?
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