New mod!?

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 14 May 2006 19:18

it just catches it and stops it from rolling or sliding off, unless your foot is reeealy slanted.

this is my only concern, that it will promote bad form on clippers. Depending on how effective the tape is it could be completely different to cutting the leather out.

Personally, I don't like catching tricks I know I should have dropped, and for this reason I don't play with big floppy sand bags. This is the same to me. But hey, if it means you can keep your leather on and you still have good form then go for it

and yes, cutting your shoes slightly and cutting the hell out of them are completely different things...

Hakker · Post by **Hakker** » 16 May 2006 14:23

well I dont think you'll be able to get tham with horrible form, so that shouldnt be too much of an issue. I do mine just like anybody in any video, so i dont think thats too bad of a problem. Just watch yourself while using this mod so you can still hit the tricks without the mod.

Hakker · Post by **Hakker** » 19 May 2006 16:48

Okay, now I did it with epoxy, so it wont ever fall off. Pics tomorrow.

smokefree · Post by **smokefree** » 20 May 2006 11:20

Tape? isnt that cheating?
Anyway, what exactly does modding your shoes by stripping the insides off do?

HG · Post by HG » 20 May 2006 11:40

there is no cheating in footbag. get over it people. There is no footbag shoe. If we could make one out of thin durable grip tape, we would.

You say that its cheating, but EVERYONE mods the toe. Almost everyone takes out the inner canvas. We even put different insoles in. But putting tiny pieces of grip tape on your shoe? WHAT THE FUCK DONT YOU WILL RUIN THE SPORT.

Just kidding. Again. There is no such thing as cheating in footbag.

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 20 May 2006 11:57

yeah, like i said somewhere else, this concept and mentality means that if they technology ever comes about that makes footbag involve no skill at all, with a complex system of electronic field that made it so the bag would stick to your shoe exactly when, where, and how you wanted it to, and then would fall slower than normal, etc (obviously very theoretical technology here...) so that you would never drop and do 6 dexes easy, those of you who claim that nothing is outside of the regulations since there arent any, would HAVE to use this technology, because it has been your hard and fast rule since your first mod. at some point there is (or should be) a line otherwise (believe it or not) there will be some mod invented that can remove too much skill from the sport and it will no longer be fun.

Hakker · Post by **Hakker** » 20 May 2006 13:35

TRUST ME. This mod doesnt remove all skill off of the game. otherwise I could get legovers of clippers from something, not dropping.

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 20 May 2006 14:10

its the trend that worries me, not this specific mod. make sure to reread my post above if you dont get it. though grip tape on stalling surfaces seems pretty ridiculous to me.

habitat · Post by **habitat** » 20 May 2006 14:49

Why spend the time you could use to drill concepts for figuring out new mods so you don't have to drill as much?

This = Lame
Grip tape on shoes = unnecessarily lame

But hey, it's you not me. Do what makes you happy, I'm all for that

Hakker · Post by **Hakker** » 20 May 2006 15:27

habitat wrote:Why spend the time you could use to drill concepts for figuring out new mods so you don't have to drill as much?

.......huh?

In case you havent realized, this is not griptape. I used that in the first posts for lack of better word.

Oh, and now my friend tried it and he loves it too.

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 20 May 2006 15:34

Hakker wrote:
habitat wrote:Why spend the time you could use to drill concepts for figuring out new mods so you don't have to drill as much?
.......huh?

In case you havent realized, this is not griptape. I used that in the first posts for lack of better word.

Oh, and now my friend tried it and he loves it too.

What habitat is saying there is, why spend time to find new mods when you could be using that time to drill your game and get better.

Hakker · Post by **Hakker** » 20 May 2006 15:42

Ohhh.....

Well in that sense of mind, why did you, habitat, take the time to write that comment when you should have been drilling your moves, hmmmm?

No offence, but if thats what you meant, I still have no idea why you called this lame. You have modded shoes, correct? If nobody came up with the mods your using, you wouldnt have those shoes and your progress would have been slower.

Dont bash my idea for being creative!

Skippy! · Post by **Skippy!** » 21 May 2006 13:23

I still think it looks a little tacky....and I agree that it may cause people to LEARN clipper wrong/with improper form. I mean, if you can hit mad clippers with perfect key form, then go ahead and put tape on your shoes. But if you're still trying to learn clippers and you put grip tape on your shoes, it's kinda like cheating in videogames. Yeah, you'll get to the end faster, but you won't be any better at the game.

Hmmmm...

moparman · Post by **moparman** » 21 May 2006 14:04

i like it... good for people who ave already mastered them

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 21 May 2006 14:28

Hakker wrote:
habitat wrote:Why spend the time you could use to drill concepts for figuring out new mods so you don't have to drill as much?
.......huh?

In case you havent realized, this is not griptape. I used that in the first posts for lack of better word.

Oh, and now my friend tried it and he loves it too.

just mentioning that its not grip tape shows that you think grip tape might be unreasonable. but if you can do whatever you want to get better, why not grip tape? you act like it makes a real difference between whatever you're using and grip tape but what i said still stands about it being a general principal of accepting any mod so none can be outlawed even if it gets to a point that fun is being removed from the sport.

Hakker · Post by **Hakker** » 21 May 2006 14:36

true, but even if an ultimate mod was discovered, I wouldnt use it.

And the whole NOT GRIPTAPE thing was just because regular griptape would rip up the bag, but because that would be an easier mod.

Tsiangkun · Post by **Tsiangkun** » 21 May 2006 21:32

ha ha, people with broka cuts, toe walls, and layers removed from their shoes, making a huge deal out of a piece of tape to avoid cutting off the leather surface.

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 22 May 2006 15:47

I don't have a brocka but that's just eliminating a physical wall which may stop your ankle. I have toe walls, but I rarely use them. Any stall which needs the toe wall makes me feel yuck. I don't cut them off because I want my sets to be good. I cut the inside layer off purely to feel the bag better, I doubt it makes a huge difference in helping stalls, but it does feel nicer.

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 22 May 2006 16:09

um first who said i have those? i dont have walls, i dont cut any layers on the sides...but thats not the point. im not saying no mods. im saying more regulation.

why wouldnt you use the ultimate mod if it existed? would it be....cheating? it wouldnt because there are no regulations. you wouldnt be able to complain if you werent comfortable using such an ultimate mod and someone else competing against you was, because there are no regulations.
obviously this ultimate mod wont ever exist (as i described it) but some mods do that IM not comfortable using, and im sure there are others who are moreso offended by some of the mods currently used.

Hakker · Post by **Hakker** » 22 May 2006 16:20

No, it wouldnt be cheating because I dont beleive there is that in mods, but it would kill the fun, and so I wouldnt use it, even if everybody was now hitting 25 add tricks.

Think of it as a video game. If you go use all the codes before you beat it, its only so amusing to run around pwning everyhing for a little while, before it gets boring.

And since the reason I footbag is because it is fun, and I dont want to quit footbag, I wouldnt do a mod that took away the fun.

And i think its ridiculous to be "offended" by mods under dispute (this, silicone, etc) Because I think of it as more of a trining method than a permenant thing. As soon as I buy a new pair, im taking the tape off so I can properly mod the leather off. Not that i'm saying it cant be permanently used.

And once again, I think that though there is a difference between modding alot and modding a little, once you yourself do any mod, you cant rightfully call another mod cheating, because then couldnt somebody sticking up for unmodded shoes call you a cheater?