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[MVP] MVP VOLT - The Comprehensive Thread
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onemilemore
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Man, all this impatience over the Volt, I just saw in the Dominator thread that Innova announced it in January and it is coming out next week. I know it's another Innova high speed driver, but no one was worrying about a 9 month wait. Makes the Volt look premature by comparison.
Halcón
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Innova has a BILLION drivers. MVP has none released. That's part of the impatience. All of us want to see what MVP tech will do for a driver. A select few have tested the protos, and have said good things.
I'll still buy a Volt of course, but I've got no high speed discs in my bag, and have heard good things about the Avenger. We'll see.
I'll still buy a Volt of course, but I've got no high speed discs in my bag, and have heard good things about the Avenger. We'll see.
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keltik
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it's not hard to get simple measurements like outside diameter. but once you start picking off distinct features you have to be precise on how you obtain said measures and be very consistent with what you consider datum points.
Phenn
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This ^^^
Though it actually has a me a little worried--I throw PD's for distance and all MVP for mids and upshots. If the Volt flies like the PD-like-protos, I'll be all in. But it took me forever to get my wife to let me buy the PD's--so I have no idea what wrath awaits me if I put them in the closet for the Volt. :|
Use your lunch stipend to buy Ramen noodles for a week, then gather the $ you saved to buy the Volt, she will never know!
Phenn
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Too late. I preordered them as soon as I was able. :doh:
A part of me likes this idea, of having a simple one-manufacturer bag and just getting to know those discs really, really well.
I'm too new to be there yet, but I can see myself moving more and more in that direction.
Thing is, for me, it may be towards Lat64.
But MVP is right there.Discraft, Innova... too many similar molds, I sometimes think. Too easy to get confused and have overlap.
onemilemore
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You can have overlap with Latitude as well, depending on weights and plastics. A light core and heavy fuse can very easily double up on each other. It's not just a problem of the big manufacturers.
Phenn
Birdie Member
A part of me likes this idea, of having a simple one-manufacturer bag and just getting to know those discs really, really well.
I'm too new to be there yet, but I can see myself moving more and more in that direction.
Thing is, for me, it may be towards Lat64.
Discraft, Innova... too many similar molds, I sometimes think. Too easy to get confused and have overlap.
Either one is going to make for a good bag. With MVP, you have to be able to do more with fewer discs, though, simply because they don't have a bunch to pick from. HOWEVER, that certainly doesn't mean that MVP's discs CAN'T do everything. I would contend that they can. :clap:
This phenomenon is relatively unique to Latitude64, though. However, that kind of serious variance between plastics and weights makes Lat64 even better for a one-manufacturer bag.
The appeal of an all Lat64 or all MVP bag (over against a Discraft or Innova bag) is the fewer choices. It's forced minimalization and just feels cool.
Phenn
Birdie Member
I cannot wait for the understable lineup. BUT I can still get by with what MVP's released so far. And I don't have much of a flick. Controlled anhyzers are my friend.
ZAMson
^Has PhD in Disc-Artistry
i'm in it for the Leopard-killer
Just to make this a bit more clear...The Volt is not going to compete with discs like the Wraith and Orc for most people. I'd call it a control driver--Longer winged and flying than traditional fairway drivers (GZ, TB, Leo, cyclone, Stalker), but much more predictable and shorter than any "distance" driver designed in the last 5 years.
Secondly, there is no performance-based reason to be brand loyal. Any reasoning in your head is probably a sign that you have a touch (or a lot) of OCD in your personality. Overlap will happen with MVP as well as they release more molds, and more choices is not a bad thing. Manufacturers have a lot of different throwers to please if they want to sell discs, so creating a set of discs that is one person's idea of a complete bag is only going to cater to a certain specific type of thrower. There are plenty of non-performance based reasons to be loyal to the MVP franchise that I can understand, and at some point they will have enough options so that one could have every shot they need with MVP discs, but the release of the Volt shouldn't have anyone dropping half their discs (unless you are developing and never should have had faster discs to begin with, or you don't care about score).
Secondly, there is no performance-based reason to be brand loyal. Any reasoning in your head is probably a sign that you have a touch (or a lot) of OCD in your personality. Overlap will happen with MVP as well as they release more molds, and more choices is not a bad thing. Manufacturers have a lot of different throwers to please if they want to sell discs, so creating a set of discs that is one person's idea of a complete bag is only going to cater to a certain specific type of thrower. There are plenty of non-performance based reasons to be loyal to the MVP franchise that I can understand, and at some point they will have enough options so that one could have every shot they need with MVP discs, but the release of the Volt shouldn't have anyone dropping half their discs (unless you are developing and never should have had faster discs to begin with, or you don't care about score).
whatever happened to the thumbs up feature for liking a coment?
Click the "More" at the bottom of the smiley list.:thmbup:
I mean the reputation thingey. Smile faces are good too.
