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theempathogen in poispinners

Poi videos I took myself

Dec 09, 2009 23:48

Wow, it's... rather dead in this community, don't you think? Time to liven things up a bit with three videos of two different spinners. If it's okay, I can start with two glowstringing videos.

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( right this way for those other two videos )

Comments 4

pvyrus December 13 2009, 04:20:58 UTC

Awesome, thanks for posting :)

I LOVE raves, and I LOVE poi/spinning, but every time I try to combine the two people get bonked :P Outdoor festies for the win!

theempathogen December 13 2009, 20:21:35 UTC

Ha, anytime. There are more spinning videos up on my account than that.

People only get bonked because they're so friggin' stupid, they walk right into your poi like they're blind. I have been in a club where I was literally the only person on the dance floor, which wasn't small, and had people walk into my poi, when there was ample, empty space all around me in any direction to walk.

Any considerate spinner tries their best to be, well, considerate. They pay attention to their surroundings. They stop and let their poi coil up around their hands/wrists when they see someone hesitantly approaching who needs to get through. This works with people who aren't idiots. It's the idiots who get whacked.

pvyrus December 17 2009, 02:04:53 UTC

Well either they're stupid or just really high and it's like "Ooooh, shiny!!" *goes towards spinning light like a moth to a flame* The clubs and raves here tend to be pretty packed, so I guess that's one reason glowsticking and glowstringing (with short strings) are very popular with the indoor crowd.

Being considerate is good, but until I become a bit more agile I just stop spinning once the dance floor fills up.

theempathogen December 17 2009, 04:07:20 UTC

I find a place where there's enough space for me to do it without whacking anyone... like, you know, the dance floor with only me on it, in the middle. ^_~ What I need is idiot repellent...

The high people I run into want to play with my poi, or otherwise ask me very loudly where I got them... even when it's quite clear I'm shooting a video and could stand not to have the beer-soaked inquiry on celluloid... as in 8 minutes into this video.