Merry day World Bladers!
It may be really frosty for most of us, but nothing is going to stop our thrive in Beyblade!
On this very day, we can celebrate our 5th WBO Anniversary!!
This year, what we've prepared for you is packed to the brink!
Scavenger Hunt
Oh yes, it's back with a twist!
This year, there are more goals you can achieve, but you've only got one chance to answer each question, so make sure you do your research well before submitting your response to Kai-V!
The first hidden Face this week is Beelzebub! [Image: belzeebface.png] (Good job to *Ginga* for finding this one!)
The second Face to find is [Image: shininggodface.png]! This site is large, where could this Face be?! If you find it first, post the answer here!
Unlike last year's Scavenger Hunt, not only do you only get one chance for each goal, but you won't be told whether you completed the goal yet, and we won't post a scoreboard! That way, the leaders will remain a mystery until the very end! Oooh!
We'll also be very vigilant about cheating, since it happened a lot last year unfortunately. More goals may be added along the way though, so keep checking this topic during the month!
Scavenger Hunt Prizes
On top of that, each participant who was able to reach at least 3 points will automatically receive the Anniversary Face 2013 [Image: 2p1y.png]!
The very-limited Face Booster VIVID [Image: faceboostervivid.png] is also back, and it's exclusive to this Scavenger Hunt! You can exchange 8 points in order to obtain it, so work hard!
If you don't get up to 8 points, or if you don't have exactly 16 points to get two Face Boosters VIVD, don't worry, you could also redeem your points for other Face Boosters at different costs!
These Face Boosters will cost 6 points each.
And these, 5 points each:
The Scavenger Hunt will last only until January 4th 2014!! Spend the most of your winter holidays, it's the right time of the year!
The Game is in the Name
Hey, this would be a good occasion to...
Reintroduce the ability to change your username! Indeed, from now on, we caught up so much with the BeyPoint Queue that it's fine to allow everyone to change usernames as they wish once every 30 days.
Your best memories of the WBO!
If you can't make a video for the Scavenger Hunt describing what you like about the World Beyblade Organization, we'd still like to hear your thoughts about our history! We've come up with a list of trivial questions you can fill out in this topic, which might take you way down the memory trail and make you laugh, small warmly, or make you happy that times have changed at least!
Of course, elaborate as much as possible, it'll be appreciated!
We're really curious to see what you think!
Face Contest: Design a new Beyblade series!
Aww yeah!! It's been years but we're bringing it back, especially with the advent of a new Beyblade system or series upon us in the future!
The goal is to innovate with Beyblades, just like what TAKARA-TOMY did between Plastics and HMS, and then between HMS onto Metal Fight Beyblade and all the systems the latter series included! It has to be as realistic as possible, in the same vein as what TAKARA-TOMY would really invent next, while still bringing Beyblade to a whole new level!
You can find out more about this Face Contest and post your own entry right here:
http://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-Face-Con...ade-series
Road to the Half-Thousand Events!
Hey, tournaments come and go all the time, leaving us with enjoyable experiences even if we face bitter defeats, but have you actually stopped to think how many the World Beyblade Organization has had since its existence as Beywiki?
Could you actually believe that we almost have 500 events in our history?! And we all have a part in this major milestones! Can you imagine all the time, sweat, money, and overall dedication we've all contributed to make this a reality? Guys, we all have to take a minute off to realise what an exploit this is, especially for a non-profit organisation like us.
We are officially at about 461 tournaments, which means we only have 39 events left before reaching 500!
We can definitely do it in the next year, but let's try achieving this goal in just a few months!
To help speed up the numbers, we've prepared a few activities to help along the way of this campaign!
Weekly Prizes
That's right: for every weekend on which two events are held in two different regions, a prize will be given away randomly among the participants of those tournaments! Since they're dependant on the number of weekends that fulfill this condition, they'll only be revealed once one can be given out! Don't worry though, they're swag!
But that's so not all: we're also introducing brand new Stone Face Boosters which will be available in advance! If there are two events per weekend, two Stone Face Boosters will be given for each tournament, not just one per tournament!
You'll have to wait for someone to obtain these insanely rare Faces first before they can be revealed to the world.
Actually, guess what: if there are three events per weekend, we're ready to increase the numbers and give three Stone Face Boosters per tournament/region! Oh yesss!
The Stone Face Boosters will not be openly available until after the anniversary celebrations have concluded, so take advantage of the opportunity to get these awesome new Faces before anyone else!
Free entry from December 14th to December 22nd!
Yep, the entry fee will be waived during those two dates, in hopes of making extra Bladers come out of their house to participate in a tournament! You can still buy a Blader Passport if you wish, in prevision for the future events in the upcoming months, but otherwise you can just walk in during that period, register and play, simple as that!
Your Achievements, Now Featured!
Ever since our beginning, one of the cool features of the World Beyblade Organization has been its Face Collection, created by Bey Brad! All year long, each of you work your Bottom off trying to receive one of those prized rewards, and it's already a huge achievement to get it in your rows of Faces in your profile, next to your posts, but you'll now be featured!
Indeed, we've added a box on the side of the index, below the Upcoming Events box, to promote the latest special Faces Members of our community have succeeded in gaining! That means that all design Faces such as Pegasis, Quetzalcoatl, Beelzeb, etc. do not count as "special Faces", since they do not require quite as much work to get as the more extraordinary Faces.
We're really proud of people's effort, so it's great to highlight them to the whole community!
Monthly Giveaways
After an absence of over a year, Monthly Giveaways are back!! If you're a Passport Holder, please post once in this thread to be entered in the December 2013 giveaway for a brand new copy BEYBLADE: Evolution or the Japanese version, MFB 4D X Zero-G Ultimate Tournament for Nintendo 3DS! The winner may choose whichever version they like!
Introducing: the Limited Format!
Things look bright for Beyblade's future, but for the moment, we're creating a new format to hype things up: the Limited Format!
The goal of this new format is to try to develop a new metagame, made of no overpowered parts! This means that, for instance, Synchrom and 4D will not be used in that format. This will open a world of opportunities to test old or overlooked parts to see how they fare against other parts that are more at their level!
Tournaments done using this format will not be processed in the Beypoint System since the circumstances are not really comparable to the usual Standard and Zero-G-format events, but Faces and Credits will still be awarded just like for the HMS and plastic Beyblade tournaments.
Here are already a few threads to help you get to know the Limited Format, notably with a list of banned parts. This list may be modified along the way, if parts are found to be too dominant even in that metagame, but it should be a good start.
http://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-MFB-Limi...Discussion
http://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-MFB-Limi...m-Thoughts
Let us know your thoughts about the Limited Format after trying it out in your region or after conducting some tests on your own! The format will officially be added to the Event Guide shortly.
This new format also leads us to a restructuration of the Beyblade Customizations forum! From now on, that forum will be divided in four different sub-forums:
This way, it will be easier for everyone to differentiate conversations on all those different formats!
Official BEYBLADE REVOLUTION Video
And last, but not least ... the official video for BEYBLADE REVOLUTION: WBO North American Championship has finally arrived! Check it out!
Additionally, please stay tuned for bonus footage from the event that was not included in the video above!
Tweet away and be sure to share these celebrations on Facebook too! Don't forget to follow and like us as well!:
It may be really frosty for most of us, but nothing is going to stop our thrive in Beyblade!
4 generations of Beyblades later,
1 North American Championship later,
85,000 Members later... !
1 North American Championship later,
85,000 Members later... !
On this very day, we can celebrate our 5th WBO Anniversary!!
This year, what we've prepared for you is packed to the brink!
Scavenger Hunt
Oh yes, it's back with a twist!
This year, there are more goals you can achieve, but you've only got one chance to answer each question, so make sure you do your research well before submitting your response to Kai-V!
- Host or participate in at least one approved tournament (4 Points)
- Get four of your referrals to Like the official WBO Facebook Page (2 Points)
- Earn four (new) valid referrals and have them sign up on the BeyMap where they live (3 Points)
- Get a photograph of at least four people playing Beyblade, with a big sign saying "Happy Anniversary WBO! " (3 Points)
- Share a Beywiki article (requires proof such as a screenshot) (1 Point)
- Share a BeyChannel video (requires proof such as screenshot) (1 Point)
- Receive an additional, new Face (2 Points)
- Be the first to find the "____ Face" hidden around the site each week (2 Points)
- Post an entry in the "Face Contest: Design a new Beyblade series!" (2 Points)
- Find the fact on worldbeyblade.org: "What time is it?" (We're looking for a numerical answer, Beyblade-related.) (1 Point)
- Find the fact on worldbeyblade.org: "Which Beyblade name did Sonokong dub in Metal Fight Beyblade?" (1 Point)
- Find the fact on worldbeyblade.org!: Adorning the brilliant tree were an assortment of parts and from all generations. Name them all! (2 Points)
- Find the fact on worldbeyblade.org!: "THE WINNER IS..." (1 Point)
- Find the fact on worldbeyblade.org!: How many countries have participated and been processed in the BeyPoint System? (1 Point)
- Upload a video to Youtube discussing what you like the most about the World Beyblade Organization (2 Points)
- If you participate in a "Limited Format" tournament (see below for more details!), post your about your experience and thoughts on the new format on the WBO. Be thorough. You can post here. (1 Point)
- Upload a video to Youtube showing your experience at an Official WBO Organized Play Event and post it on the WBO and share it on social media (requires proof such as a screenshot, minimum length: 2 minutes). (3 Points)
- Upload a video to Youtube showcasing a complete BeyBattle from an Official WBO Organized Play Event with commentary from you/players regarding the match-up/outcome on the video or in the post. Post it on the WBO and share it on social media (requires proof such as a screenshot). (3 Points)
- Upload an album of photos from a Official WBO Organized Play Event and post them on the WBO in the appropriate tournament thread. Example. (1 Point)
- Submit a BeyChannel-ready tournament video to the WBO. Details on how to do so can be found here (Limit: one video per tournament. If you collaborate with another member in editing/shooting footage, we can potentially split the points and award two to each member). (4 Points)
- Find the fact on worldbeyblade.org: "Which two Beyblades were at the head of the revolution?" (1 Point)
- Contribute to the Beywiki Project of the Moment: Photograph all those boxes and put them away for good! with photographs of at least 5 boxes (2 Points)
The first hidden Face this week is Beelzebub! [Image: belzeebface.png] (Good job to *Ginga* for finding this one!)
The second Face to find is [Image: shininggodface.png]! This site is large, where could this Face be?! If you find it first, post the answer here!
Unlike last year's Scavenger Hunt, not only do you only get one chance for each goal, but you won't be told whether you completed the goal yet, and we won't post a scoreboard! That way, the leaders will remain a mystery until the very end! Oooh!
We'll also be very vigilant about cheating, since it happened a lot last year unfortunately. More goals may be added along the way though, so keep checking this topic during the month!
Scavenger Hunt Prizes
- 1st Place: Legend Beyblade Set + Face Booster VIVID
- 2nd Place: Phantom Orion B
Skeleton Ver + BEYBLADE: Evolution or MFB 4D X Zero-G Ultimate Tournament for Nintendo 3DS + Face Booster VIVID
- 3rd-4th Place: BEYBLADE: Evolution for Nintendo 3DS + BBG-26 Starter Samurai Pegasis W105R²F + Face Booster VIVID
- 5th-6th Place: BBG-24 or BBG-25 Ultimate Synchrom DX Set + Face Booster VIVID
[Image: 09me.png]
This battle set has been graciously donated by Hasbro! Thank you for your support!
This battle set has been graciously donated by Hasbro! Thank you for your support!
- 7th Place: BEYWARRIORS Octagon Showdown Battle Set + Face Booster VIVID
- 8th-12th Place: ZERO-G Booster of your choice
- 13th-20th Place: BBG-14 Metal Stone Face Flame Red or BBG-15 Metal Stone Face Ocean Blue
On top of that, each participant who was able to reach at least 3 points will automatically receive the Anniversary Face 2013 [Image: 2p1y.png]!
The very-limited Face Booster VIVID [Image: faceboostervivid.png] is also back, and it's exclusive to this Scavenger Hunt! You can exchange 8 points in order to obtain it, so work hard!
[Image: wbbaldragoface.png] [Image: wbbacaesarface.png] [Image: corodragonface.png] [Image: poseidonface.png] [Image: samuraipegasiswboface.png]
If you don't get up to 8 points, or if you don't have exactly 16 points to get two Face Boosters VIVD, don't worry, you could also redeem your points for other Face Boosters at different costs!
These Face Boosters will cost 6 points each.
- Face Booster RED [Image: faceboosterred.png]
- Face Booster BLUE [Image: faceboosterblue.png]
- Face Booster GREEN [Image: faceboostergreen.png]
- Face Booster ORANGE [Image: faceboosterorange.png]
- Face Booster YELLOW [Image: FaceBoosterIconYellow.png]
- Face Booster PURPLE [Image: FaceBoosterIconPurple.png]
And these, 5 points each:
- Face Booster CRIMSON [Image: faceboostercrimson.png]
- Face Booster AZURE [Image: faceboosterazure.png]
- Face Booster AMBER [Image: faceboosteramber.png]
- Face Booster VIOLET [Image: faceboosterviolet.png]
- Face Booster JADE [Image: faceboosterjade.png]
The Scavenger Hunt will last only until January 4th 2014!! Spend the most of your winter holidays, it's the right time of the year!
The Game is in the Name
Hey, this would be a good occasion to...
Reintroduce the ability to change your username! Indeed, from now on, we caught up so much with the BeyPoint Queue that it's fine to allow everyone to change usernames as they wish once every 30 days.
Your best memories of the WBO!
If you can't make a video for the Scavenger Hunt describing what you like about the World Beyblade Organization, we'd still like to hear your thoughts about our history! We've come up with a list of trivial questions you can fill out in this topic, which might take you way down the memory trail and make you laugh, small warmly, or make you happy that times have changed at least!
- Your best day on the WBO:
- The best year for the WBO in your opinion:
- Your time spent on the WBO:
- Your best tournament you hosted:
- Your best tournament you participated in:
- The two Bladers you'd want to see Beybattle the most:
- Your favorite WBO Member:
- Your favorite post on the WBO:
- Your favorite announcement:
- Your favorite news posted (Beyblade-related or anything else):
- The post you find funniest:
- Your saddest moment on the WBO:
- The occasion you spent the most time on the WBO:
- Your favorite thing about the WBO:
- Alternatively, your favorite concrete feature about the WBO:
- Where you think the WBO will be in one year:
- The WBO Member you'd like to hang out with:
- The WBO Member you'd like to play video games with:
- The WBO Member you'd like to blade with:
- The WBO Member you'd like to really collaborate with:
- The combination from a WBO Member you appreciated the most:
- The collaboration with a specialist or with a company you liked the most:
Of course, elaborate as much as possible, it'll be appreciated!
We're really curious to see what you think!
Face Contest: Design a new Beyblade series!
Aww yeah!! It's been years but we're bringing it back, especially with the advent of a new Beyblade system or series upon us in the future!
The goal is to innovate with Beyblades, just like what TAKARA-TOMY did between Plastics and HMS, and then between HMS onto Metal Fight Beyblade and all the systems the latter series included! It has to be as realistic as possible, in the same vein as what TAKARA-TOMY would really invent next, while still bringing Beyblade to a whole new level!
You can find out more about this Face Contest and post your own entry right here:
http://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-Face-Con...ade-series
Road to the Half-Thousand Events!
Hey, tournaments come and go all the time, leaving us with enjoyable experiences even if we face bitter defeats, but have you actually stopped to think how many the World Beyblade Organization has had since its existence as Beywiki?
Could you actually believe that we almost have 500 events in our history?! And we all have a part in this major milestones! Can you imagine all the time, sweat, money, and overall dedication we've all contributed to make this a reality? Guys, we all have to take a minute off to realise what an exploit this is, especially for a non-profit organisation like us.
We are officially at about 461 tournaments, which means we only have 39 events left before reaching 500!
We can definitely do it in the next year, but let's try achieving this goal in just a few months!
To help speed up the numbers, we've prepared a few activities to help along the way of this campaign!
Weekly Prizes
That's right: for every weekend on which two events are held in two different regions, a prize will be given away randomly among the participants of those tournaments! Since they're dependant on the number of weekends that fulfill this condition, they'll only be revealed once one can be given out! Don't worry though, they're swag!
But that's so not all: we're also introducing brand new Stone Face Boosters which will be available in advance! If there are two events per weekend, two Stone Face Boosters will be given for each tournament, not just one per tournament!
Stone Face Booster AMETHYST [Image: vszk.png]
Stone Face Booster SAPPHIRE [Image: 7kje.png]
Stone Face Booster EMERALD [Image: 9wl8.png]
Stone Face Booster RUBY [Image: 1g30.png]
Stone Face Booster ONYX [Image: 4dtz.png]
26 New Faces are available in total! Check 'em out!:
Common
[Image: iwsp.png] [Image: nnqd.png] [Image: tjti.png] [Image: s86e.png] [Image: 3nzl.png] [Image: by2m.png] [Image: z7c4.png] [Image: m1cv.png] [Image: 9vzw.png] [Image: 1ya4.png]
Uncommon
[Image: 1x4g.png] [Image: guwe.png] [Image: boso.png] [Image: 25dm.png] [Image: lsqn.png]
Rare
[Image: yme3.png] [Image: fuz9.png] [Image: gq36.png] [Image: b0za.png] [Image: svwn.png]
And we will also be introducing two new rarities …!
SECRET RARE
[Image: lf86.png] [Image: lf86.png] [Image: lf86.png] [Image: lf86.png] [Image: lf86.png]
ULTRA SECRET RARE
[Image: lf86.png]
Stone Face Booster SAPPHIRE [Image: 7kje.png]
Stone Face Booster EMERALD [Image: 9wl8.png]
Stone Face Booster RUBY [Image: 1g30.png]
Stone Face Booster ONYX [Image: 4dtz.png]
26 New Faces are available in total! Check 'em out!:
Common
[Image: iwsp.png] [Image: nnqd.png] [Image: tjti.png] [Image: s86e.png] [Image: 3nzl.png] [Image: by2m.png] [Image: z7c4.png] [Image: m1cv.png] [Image: 9vzw.png] [Image: 1ya4.png]
Uncommon
[Image: 1x4g.png] [Image: guwe.png] [Image: boso.png] [Image: 25dm.png] [Image: lsqn.png]
Rare
[Image: yme3.png] [Image: fuz9.png] [Image: gq36.png] [Image: b0za.png] [Image: svwn.png]
And we will also be introducing two new rarities …!
SECRET RARE
[Image: lf86.png] [Image: lf86.png] [Image: lf86.png] [Image: lf86.png] [Image: lf86.png]
ULTRA SECRET RARE
[Image: lf86.png]
You'll have to wait for someone to obtain these insanely rare Faces first before they can be revealed to the world.
Actually, guess what: if there are three events per weekend, we're ready to increase the numbers and give three Stone Face Boosters per tournament/region! Oh yesss!
The Stone Face Boosters will not be openly available until after the anniversary celebrations have concluded, so take advantage of the opportunity to get these awesome new Faces before anyone else!
Free entry from December 14th to December 22nd!
Yep, the entry fee will be waived during those two dates, in hopes of making extra Bladers come out of their house to participate in a tournament! You can still buy a Blader Passport if you wish, in prevision for the future events in the upcoming months, but otherwise you can just walk in during that period, register and play, simple as that!
Your Achievements, Now Featured!
Ever since our beginning, one of the cool features of the World Beyblade Organization has been its Face Collection, created by Bey Brad! All year long, each of you work your Bottom off trying to receive one of those prized rewards, and it's already a huge achievement to get it in your rows of Faces in your profile, next to your posts, but you'll now be featured!
Indeed, we've added a box on the side of the index, below the Upcoming Events box, to promote the latest special Faces Members of our community have succeeded in gaining! That means that all design Faces such as Pegasis, Quetzalcoatl, Beelzeb, etc. do not count as "special Faces", since they do not require quite as much work to get as the more extraordinary Faces.
We're really proud of people's effort, so it's great to highlight them to the whole community!
Monthly Giveaways
After an absence of over a year, Monthly Giveaways are back!! If you're a Passport Holder, please post once in this thread to be entered in the December 2013 giveaway for a brand new copy BEYBLADE: Evolution or the Japanese version, MFB 4D X Zero-G Ultimate Tournament for Nintendo 3DS! The winner may choose whichever version they like!
Introducing: the Limited Format!
Things look bright for Beyblade's future, but for the moment, we're creating a new format to hype things up: the Limited Format!
The goal of this new format is to try to develop a new metagame, made of no overpowered parts! This means that, for instance, Synchrom and 4D will not be used in that format. This will open a world of opportunities to test old or overlooked parts to see how they fare against other parts that are more at their level!
Tournaments done using this format will not be processed in the Beypoint System since the circumstances are not really comparable to the usual Standard and Zero-G-format events, but Faces and Credits will still be awarded just like for the HMS and plastic Beyblade tournaments.
Here are already a few threads to help you get to know the Limited Format, notably with a list of banned parts. This list may be modified along the way, if parts are found to be too dominant even in that metagame, but it should be a good start.
http://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-MFB-Limi...Discussion
http://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-MFB-Limi...m-Thoughts
Let us know your thoughts about the Limited Format after trying it out in your region or after conducting some tests on your own! The format will officially be added to the Event Guide shortly.
This new format also leads us to a restructuration of the Beyblade Customizations forum! From now on, that forum will be divided in four different sub-forums:
- MFB: Standard Customizations
- MFB: Limited Customizations
- MFB: Zero-G Customizations
- Plastics & HMS Customizations
This way, it will be easier for everyone to differentiate conversations on all those different formats!
Official BEYBLADE REVOLUTION Video
And last, but not least ... the official video for BEYBLADE REVOLUTION: WBO North American Championship has finally arrived! Check it out!
Additionally, please stay tuned for bonus footage from the event that was not included in the video above!
Tweet away and be sure to share these celebrations on Facebook too! Don't forget to follow and like us as well!:
I'm gonna have to get me to a few tournaments! ![[Image: 68vfxj.jpg]](https://oi57.tinypic.com/68vfxj.jpg)
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Look in last years anniversary to find your answer.
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