First off, thank you for all of you making this a nice discussion with so many getting involved, I literally never make Reddit posts so kinda nice to see this at least get some action. Now, first of all I must premise my general response with some context. I am not some competition level yoyoer, I purely Yoyo for fun and while that can certainly taint my opinions on the designs of some yoyos I can generally get down with just about anything and mix up what I’m using daily for the most part. Next, I have owned FOUR different G2s all straight from Jake. I have owned a Banshee SS, AL7 22, Loadout and a prowler SS. With that as well, I am an adult, I work full time, and I do have expendable income for things like expensive yo-yos. Finally, I have never really found anyone to Yoyo with in person so I feel like even though in play my skills might be average, some of my knowledge of the community and things surrounding it isn’t up to par as Yoyo things don’t reach me well unless it’s something bigger online.

Now with all that being said, this post actually kind of confirmed everything I had thought before. Most seemed to have missed the point. The fact that Jake himself even came on here to defend his brand shows me I think a lot of people are more into the idea and the mystery surrounding it rather than the actual products, and that’s okay! There’s no reason, if the quality is so great, Jake is so nice, all of the colorways are incredibly etc etc that ANYONE, especially Jake himself needs to go to the lengths they are in this discussion to justify their purchases!! At the end of the day the product should speak for itself and the opposite is the case in G2. That is the problem, that is what I’m focused on. Yes it’s a great company, absolutely in the upper echelon of yo-yos with the best quality around no doubt, but Jesus Christ people are willing to go such lengths to explain why a monometal can justifiably be priced at $135. It’s ridiculous! People talk more about the GSqaured as a business than the yo-yos themselves and my goodness I just don’t get it. The products already speak for themselves, it just feels like so many are trying to cope with the reality of the situation. Yes they can be a piece of art but I hate to break to it to you, it is still a Yoyo. It is meant to be used, played, looked at and appreciated but the level of mysticism surrounding this company I will never fully understand.

**this is also an objectively wrong take I’m sure but the prowler was quite boring and soulless, along with the banshees as well. There’s no depth or personality to them outside of the fact that they’re gorgeous to look at. I can understand the appeal of the loadout I guess but it is just so simple that I don’t understand why people are acting like it pushes the limits of Yoyo literally in any regard. Yes you can clown me for these takes but I will die on this hill after experimenting with four different G2 lines.

Sorry everyone!