Trick Lingo.. Making sense, not at all!

Atomiklam · Post by **Atomiklam** » 06 Jun 2007 19:44

Hey guys.. I scanned through a few of these threads about trick strings, and I see things like dex>over>fairyball>under>tinkerwinkle... Okay, so it's not EXACTLY like that, but close to it in my mind! I was wondering if there is a sort of sheet explaining the terms in a way I might understand... I'm starting to pick up some terms, but there's a lot I dont know.. Any help is greatly appreciated, and if there is a thread already explaining this, please link it! Roger, over and out.

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 06 Jun 2007 19:51

Go to footbag.org and read the tutorials!

Atomiklam · Post by **Atomiklam** » 06 Jun 2007 19:54

o.o speedy you are! Thanks a lot, I'll go check it out right now!

PegLegHolly · Post by **PegLegHolly** » 06 Jun 2007 21:33

understanding some links also comes with gaining more tricks.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 07 Jun 2007 00:39

[Moved to Getting Started]

In case you're having trouble finding it, you were asking "Jobs notation" and the link is in the resources box here.

mc · Post by mc » 07 Jun 2007 09:05

another thing to know is that there's different things that go between the ">>>" that we use.

sometimes it's parts of a trick:

toe > op in > same in > same in > same out > op toe

that would be how you would write a triple miraging same illusion, set from toe (a totally impossible trick), in Job's notation.

sometimes it's whole tricks written in a string:

nemesis > nemesis > furious triage > toe blurry ducking flurry

that would be how you would write a completely impossible string

so, read up on job's notation, then you'll be able to use that knowledge plus contextualism to know which is which. keep playing, and learn to apply the jobs to what you're doing, and you'll start to make sense of it, I promise.

Atomiklam · Post by **Atomiklam** » 07 Jun 2007 12:44

Matt Cross you are a god! That makes much more sense now, and I'm working on reading and comprehending the Job's Notation Tutorial page! Thanks to all the wonderful replies, this really is a helpful forum!

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 15 Jun 2007 07:24

I also wrote a tutourial, many moons past, on www.hackrifice.com :
It's under "FAQ", although it seems that I may have accidentally deleted that page recently, so I will have to upload it when I get home. Oh, wait, temporarily (I'm at "work"):

http://www.geocities.com/hackrifice/faq.html

It took me a long time to figure out Job's at first, so mine might be more newb-friendly? I dunno. It's old, so I forget what I wrote.