RPD

Hi everyone, RPD here I'm very thankful to have been given the opportunity to judge the Japan Cup "experimental" category. There's no need to give detailed feedback to all combos, but I still wanted to say some words about my top 10. The criteria for the experimental category is simple: there is none. The judge is given full control over what is valued and what's not. That's a big honor, but also a big responsibility. It made me wonder, what is "experimental" in the context of pen spinning? Sometimes it's rather obvious. If you asked a hundred people who made the best experimental combo this round, everyone would vote either Laku or kys0. But what about Los1Cel? Not even him thought of his combo as experimental, why should I do so? My criteria has been "things I hadn't imagined". Difficulty plays a role, but it's not the main criteria. I see difficulty as the minimum barrier of entry to be considered interesting, so to speak. He...