The ever popular "Today I..." thread

[PikWik]

you guys should figure out a way to film some of those games of KEN. i watch games of SKATE online so i dont see why other folks wouldnt watch KEN videos

and [user]The Void[/user] i have done that (film for 10 minutes and then go to watch the "super tech combo" and the camera was out of focus...) and also, set the camera up, jam for 20 minutes or so, and then right after i landed the trick, go check the footage, and yup, "the cameras out of batteries" :/

back on topic - ive been getting much more consistent with 2-turn lighthouses. and 1-turn stilts arent so "impossible" anymore

[Leologic777]

you guys should figure out a way to film some of those games of KEN. i watch games of SKATE online so i dont see why other folks wouldnt watch KEN videos

and [user]The Void[/user] i have done that (film for 10 minutes and then go to watch the "super tech combo" and the camera was out of focus...) and also, set the camera up, jam for 20 minutes or so, and then right after i landed the trick, go check the footage, and yup, "the cameras out of batteries" :/

back on topic - ive been getting much more consistent with 2-turn lighthouses. and 1-turn stilts arent so "impossible" anymore

I agree!

[The Void]

I think I'd feel weird about recording a game of KEN and offering it up to the world. Personally, I think playing KEN is fun, but watching it seems a bit dull to me. Too many misses.

Meanwhile, this...

[Salvator-vals]

By the way,  theoretically speaking if you play KEN against absolutely same-level opponent  your should choose the tricks with landing probability 1/3. Just simple math  Not sure if it really helps.

[Maicodama]

Watching a game of Ken would be pretty funny though despite the misses.

Anyways, off topic - finished my uni studies for the day and had a go on the dama. Didn't just land a stilt on the fourth try....whaaat- last week i thought it wasn't possible. Going to use [user]The Void[/user] as inspiration to land one from a lunar haha.

Dama on!

[The Void]

By the way,  theoretically speaking if you play KEN against absolutely same-level opponent  your should choose the tricks with landing probability 1/3. Just simple math  Not sure if it really helps.

I totally agree! I think most people try for tricks that are just a bit too hard. You can't give people a letter if you don't set a trick!

Good luck, Maico - you've really got to soften that landing, and get a nice straight throw upwards from the lunar too.

[shalafi]

By the way,  theoretically speaking if you play KEN against absolutely same-level opponent  your should choose the tricks with landing probability 1/3. Just simple math  Not sure if it really helps.

I totally agree! I think most people try for tricks that are just a bit too hard. You can't give people a letter if you don't set a trick!

I also think people try too hard on games of KEN. I personally like weird tricks that most people haven't practiced.

[The Void]

Today I made a quick new video (coming out end of Feb), and moved a bunch of boxes around. Played no kendama. Oops.

[Leologic777]

Today I...
Landed my first earth turn orbit! its so exciting i litterally dropped my dama and went to hug my friend (he helped me with it) i took like two weeks to get it though.

[BKA]

Nice one Leo! :-)

[the milky oolong]

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finally landed on film the Swing In > (Fast Hand) UFO that I've been dreaming about since being in the woods without a kendama and an imagination that tends to run wild. Am I right in thinking that the devilish Yannick Brunner stomped this years before I cracked it? Edit 2? Can't remember. 'Dama on, people, Milky's back from the woods and happy to be on the forum.

[BKA]

A bit like EC48? http://www.kendama.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1022.msg10732.html#msg10732
Well done!

[the milky oolong]

Erm, not exactly. Maybe better to say Swing In (Fast Hand) UFO, without the ">": when the tama comes up, spin the ken in your UFO rotation direction, and let go, grabbing the tama, then spike as for UFO. In one motion.

[BKA]

Ah, right. Nice!

[shalafi]

Erm, not exactly. Maybe better to say Swing In (Fast Hand) UFO, without the ">": when the tama comes up, spin the ken in your UFO rotation direction, and let go, grabbing the tama, then spike as for UFO. In one motion.

I think I've seen that, it is a really cool trick. Congrats on landing it!