Fanboys and plastic worship

[Orioles_Lefty]

It's likely that social media allows groupthink to form among people who want to find agreement in certain beliefs. I don't know enough about any of the manufacturers to have an opinion of any merit about a single one. Most of what I "know" comes from this site, so I probably don't know much at all.

I have a primarily DD/Innova mixed bag. I like Innova's Star plastic more than Fuzion but Lucid more than Champion, so I buy accordingly.

 

[Dr.Smooth]

direct correlation between low iq and those who insist it is the disc or manufacturer and not the golfer.

 

[BuiltTooLong]

Similarly, there's plenty of what I refer to as "B-list" pros who fit this mold. They're not hunting the podium regularly at events (maybe once in a while, at a course that suits them) but they're repping that brand harder than they're repping their own game...and manufacturers have responded by pumping them up.

Paging Eric Oakley

 

[Keller]

Yeah, DD is doing a great job marketing to and hyping the camaraderie of the fanboy crowd, (Not a criticism, just an observation).
They seem to be growing well.

The only problem is longevity. Fanboys are very fickle and the ease of which they switched to your fan-fare group can just as easily vanish when the next group comes along.

 

[DavidSauls]

Just because an assortment of people on the internet are whipping themselves into a frenzy, over things they know to be true, brimming with assumptions and presumptions and their sanctimonious opinions of others, doesn't mean we should speak of them harshly.

After all, they might be us.

 

[wolfmandragon]

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An MVP/Discraft mix makes sense if you're keeping it local.

....but I live in East Tennessee, where Innova and Prodigy are king and queen.

The interesting thing is, if I see either a Discraft or MVP bag, I will see the other as well mixed in, whilst Innova, Trilogy, Prodigy bags will have neither.

Maybe its a local culture thing... or maybe its a throwing style thing

 

[elmexdela]

direct correlation between low iq and those who insist it is the disc or manufacturer and not the golfer.

lololol see the current valk vs beast thread. Someone in there had a strong conviction its the disc.

 

[Twmccoy]

I throw discs based on how they perform, not who makes them. My bag is mixed. I like molds from almost all companies.

I may rag on certain discs from time to time, but not any manufacturers in general.

 

[BrotherDave]

I don't particularly like any one company and throw a really mixed bag. I even bag Innova even though they're the only company to kind of piss me off by sneaking plus molds on me (I don't throw Valks anymore for this reason). I never got into Prodigy or Legacy much but their discs are alright too.

My theory is that whatever brand you're throwing when you happen to "get it" in terms of becoming a decent disc golfer is the brand you associate with for this transformation. So if you get a Trilogy disc and soon afterwards you start turning a corner than bam! You've got to get more Trilogy b/c it's the Truth! (pun intended).

 

[wolfmandragon]

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My theory is that whatever brand you're throwing when you happen to "get it" in terms of becoming a decent disc golfer is the brand you associate with for this transformation. So if you get a Trilogy disc and soon afterwards you start turning a corner than bam! You've got to get more Trilogy b/c it's the Truth! (pun intended).

I don't fully agree with this statement. There are a couple companies that design discs differently across the board. MVP/Axiom and Trilogy.
MVP/Axiom discs are rim weighted, whilst Trilogy discs have thicker flight plates. These discs fit different throwing styles.
MVP needs extra energy imparted into the spin to get the correct flight path( to some degree I feel Discraft is similar, at least their mids) whilst Trilogy needs less than normal energy.
I am considering Innova the normal here.

I feel the average player can throw any disc well, with practice. Throw with more spin than speed, throw MVP. Throw more speed than spin, throw Trilogy.

At least this has been my personal observations. YMMV

 

[jeffmonty]

If you limit yourself to just one company, you're limiting yourself.

 

[Noill]

Isn't aesthetics and marketing a part of this? Brand loyalty has to click on multiple levels.

I find MVP/Axiom aesthetically pleasing... Some of those discs also perform very well... That and some pro throwing them that I like... Maybe some other stuff like my friends have them and ingredients for a fanboy...

Something like that. Does it matter really? Other than trolling someone b/c they aren't in your fanboy camp?

 

[Aim For The Chains]

Ive thrown everything from b4 latitude was cool and the only mold we had were the medius/pure/spike/striker... Loved vibram for a minute and DC way back when everyone else had innova in the bag. Lightening stuff was always cheap and worked too while there was the odd stuff from ching or quest always at PIAS which actually flew well and would be laughed at today really.

Bottom line is if you can throw... They all work' gimme a bowfly im game!

Ps if the grip line (pre)?medius was what lat 64 was going to survive off of welp... Hahaha

 

[Three Putt]

Back in the day there was some FIERCE Innova fanboy vibe. It's been funny to watch that flip over to other companies over the last 10-ish years.

 

[DanJon]

Most people fanboy or jump onto brand/team bandwagons in order to replace their lack of actual personality.

 

[scarpfish]

I don't know if a deity watches over this world, but If I were that deity, our race's obsession to align themselves with imaginary factions, like sports teams, or what products they buy, and make walking advertisements of ourselves is one thing that would definitely get the doomsday asteroid moving this planet's direction.

 

[DavidSauls]

I don't know if a deity watches over this world, but If I were that deity, our race's obsession to align themselves with imaginary factions, like sports teams, or what products they buy, and make walking advertisements of ourselves is one thing that would definitely get the doomsday asteroid moving this planet's direction.

That deity will probably be happy that the asteroid hits those who disparage other people for their harmless choices, too.

 

[ScottishDiscman]

Yeah, DD is doing a great job marketing to and hyping the camaraderie of the fanboy crowd, (Not a criticism, just an observation).
They seem to be growing well.

The only problem is longevity. Fanboys are very fickle and the ease of which they switched to your fan-fare group can just as easily vanish when the next group comes along.

Well exactly, it is the almost religious aspect of "thou shalt throw no other disc than xxx company" crap that I dislike, some of the most ardent ones are the ones that get excited with every new development and some were even on board with Salient.

If you limit yourself to just one company, you're limiting yourself.

Thats my thought too, I am willing to throw anything that will get me the best result, couldn't care less who molded or manufactured it.

Ive thrown everything from b4 latitude was cool and the only mold we had were the medius/pure/spike/striker... Loved vibram for a minute and DC way back when everyone else had innova in the bag. Lightening stuff was always cheap and worked too while there was the odd stuff from ching or quest always at PIAS which actually flew well and would be laughed at today really.

Bottom line is if you can throw... They all work' gimme a bowfly im game!

Ps if the grip line (pre)?medius was what lat 64 was going to survive off of welp... Hahaha

Never understood the Vibram banter, never tried it but those who have love them, but they get a lot of "banter" on the facebook world.

Back in the day there was some FIERCE Innova fanboy vibe. It's been funny to watch that flip over to other companies over the last 10-ish years.

I got accused of this as my bag was mainly Innova, I have been gifted the bulk of my discs by folks who shopped in the big box stores (Big 5, Dicks, Sportsmans Warehouse) and like it or not they are present there.

 

[DavidSauls]

If you limit yourself to just one company, you're limiting yourself.

Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

If you consider the lineups of the major manufacturers to be comparable, and the differences between, say, overstable midranges, negligible---or, at least, less important than inconsistencies in your own game---you might decide that that a mixed bag isn't going to shave a whole lot of strokes off your game.

If you're not turned on by the thrill of new discs, or interested in buying out and trying hundreds of different models in their variations of weights and plastics, you might decide that it's simpler to stick with one manufacturer.

Not because that manufacturer is better---just because they're good enough to suit you. It certainly eases your selection in the store, or tournament bins, or online.

"Limiting yourself" might be another phrase for "simplifying".

It's not better or worse.....just what suits those people.

 

[wolfmandragon]

I don't know if a deity watches over this world, but If I were that deity, our race's obsession to align themselves with imaginary factions, like sports teams, or what products they buy, and make walking advertisements of ourselves is one thing that would definitely get the doomsday asteroid moving this planet's direction.

Ingroup preferences are a survival trait, it allows one to know whom to trust when ones back is against the wall. Whilst it may be silly to think that way about discs, it is a good trait to have in general.
Without this trait, the human race would not have survived.