Staff
Thanks for being a part of worldbeyblade.org (World Beyblade Organization by Fighting Spirits Inc.).
By browsing worldbeyblade.org, you agree to abide by the community rules outlined here. This also extends to our presence on associated platforms (Discord, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc).
Basic Community Rules
We have a few simple rules to keep the community fun for everyone:
1. Treat other members well.
Don’t harass or be rude to other members. In general, try to be nice to them and make their lives better. This community exists solely as a fun place for Beyblade fans online — don’t make it un-fun.
2. Stay away from sensitive topics.
Discussions about sensitive topics like politics or religion, or topics that wouldn’t be appropriate for all-ages are forbidden. It can be difficult to tell when boundaries are being crossed, so just don’t approach them.
3. Make posts people want to read!
Worldbeyblade.org is a place for discussions about Beyblade, and is only as fun as you make it. Put thought into your posts and contribute to the conversation, and only create new topics in the proper forums if existing topics don’t exist.
Members that break these rules could have their accounts suspended or banned permanently.
Full Community Rules & Warning Guidelines
For more information on specifically what kinds of actions can lead to suspensions or bans, please see our complete community rules and moderation/banning guidelines below.
These are the same guidelines we follow internally for applying rules.
By browsing worldbeyblade.org, you agree to abide by the community rules outlined here. This also extends to our presence on associated platforms (Discord, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc).
Basic Community Rules
We have a few simple rules to keep the community fun for everyone:
1. Treat other members well.
Don’t harass or be rude to other members. In general, try to be nice to them and make their lives better. This community exists solely as a fun place for Beyblade fans online — don’t make it un-fun.
2. Stay away from sensitive topics.
Discussions about sensitive topics like politics or religion, or topics that wouldn’t be appropriate for all-ages are forbidden. It can be difficult to tell when boundaries are being crossed, so just don’t approach them.
3. Make posts people want to read!
Worldbeyblade.org is a place for discussions about Beyblade, and is only as fun as you make it. Put thought into your posts and contribute to the conversation, and only create new topics in the proper forums if existing topics don’t exist.
Members that break these rules could have their accounts suspended or banned permanently.
Full Community Rules & Warning Guidelines
For more information on specifically what kinds of actions can lead to suspensions or bans, please see our complete community rules and moderation/banning guidelines below.
These are the same guidelines we follow internally for applying rules.
Full Community Rules Warning Guidelines (Click to View)
The following rules govern use of the forums and your participation in the World Beyblade Organization by Fighting Spirits Inc. community at large.
You are also responsible for observing the Registration Agreement/Terms of Service, which you agreed to when registering. Members should observe both the letter and the spirit of these rules. Users are also responsible for following forum-specific rules posted at the tops of specific forums.
Each member is responsible for only his or her own posts. If another member breaks rules, you may ignore them or report the problem to the moderators, but you may not use it as an excuse to break rules yourself.
Our volunteer staff team manages the community and enforces community rules. They cannot read every message, so they rely on members to report problem posts that they encounter. The point of moderation is not to limit discussion, promote or suppress points of view, or any other secret agenda. The goal of moderation is to keep the community enjoyable and free from problems that detract from the experiences of our users.
How to Report an Issue
We take all reported instances of rule breaking seriously.
If you see something on the website which–after careful consideration–you feel has broken one of the community rules outlined on this page, report it immediately to a staff member via Private Message.
Or if it is a specific post, please report the post itself. To do so:
1. Click the three dots in the bottom right of the post.
2. Choose “Report this post to a moderator”.
3. Select the Report reason.
4. Click “Report Post”.
A member of the staff team will then review the post and resolve it. If deemed necessary, they will also issue a warning to the offending user.
If the issue requires further discussion with you to clarify the reason for the report, a staff member will contact you directly via Private Message.
Please note that it may take some time to address individual reports as our team is composed entirely of volunteers. If you do not hear back after a week has passed, feel free to re-send your message or try forwarding your report to another Staff member.
If you still do not hear back, try tagging staff where appropriate on the website in a post (ex. @“USERNAME”) and we will review and acknowledge the situation as soon as possible. From there, the discussion may be moved to PMs in order to enable easier communication and avoid derailing the topic of the thread.
Instantly Bannable Offenses
Rather than being the result of the warning level reaching 100%, all bans must now be issued manually by a staff member. Additionally, warning levels should not factor into the decision to ban a member; any account at any warning level can be banned at the discretion of WBO staff.
The following offenses can result in temporary forum suspensions or permanent bans:
Things Not to Do
These actions may result in warnings depending on severity and intent. Repeated violations may result in bans.
Minor Problems
These actions are further expectations we have of all users. These will very rarely result in formal warnings, but staff may provide verbal warnings in the form of friendly reminders for these to be upheld.
Advertising/Soliciting
Your purpose in joining worldbeyblade.org or posting should not be to promote, advertise, or otherwise call attention to your site, blog, product, or business.
Rules:
Members created solely for advertising or soliciting purposes are subject to being banned.
Types of Warnings
Accounts will have suspensions automatically applied against them based on their current warning level.
20%: 24 hours
30%: 24 hours
40%: 1 week
50%: 1 month
60%: 1 month
70%: 3 months
80%: 3 months
90%: 6 months
100%: 1 Year
Because warnings are designed to be used primarily as a suspension tool, bans are now handled separately from warnings.
Community Conduct Violation Procedure & Guidelines
Rudeness, hostility, swearing, and other general bad behaviour
In situations like these, staff will always look to solve the issue without resorting to a formal warning. They will remove the offending content from the post and send a message to the poster explaining what was wrong with their post and why it was removed.
Sample Letter
Hi {user},
This message is to inform you that one of your posts has been edited by a moderator because it breaks our community guidelines.
Post in question: {post url}
Why your post was edited: {a custom reason}
Please be sure to follow our community guidelines when posting on the site. Repeated violations could result in your account being suspended or banned.
Please reply to this message if you have any questions.
If the issue cannot be resolved with a written warning, staff can apply a warning to the user’s account. There are three types of community conduct violations:
Mild
Profanity filter circumvention, inappropriate language or topics, general rudeness or hostility.
Repeated mild violations, direct attack on a user or staff member, strong hostility and rudeness.
Repeated mild and medium violations, sustained attack on a user or multiple users. Use your discretion here and ask for feedback if unsure.
Tournament Violation Procedure & Guidelines
All tournament violations must be reported by the Organizer to the WBO Staff. For a violation to be reported, it must be clear that the violation was committed with intent — that is, wasn’t the result of an accident or misunderstanding. Organizers are expected to be patient and lenient with first-timers and newbies as long as they’re trying to play by the rules.
General violations
General violations are weighted based on how many violations a player has previously received, and includes situations such as:
Second violation: 50% warning, expires in 1 year
Third violation: 100% warning, expires in 1 year
Fourth violation: Permanent ban
Severe violations
Second violation: Permanent ban
Organizer Violation Procedure & Guidelines
WBO Organizers are trusted to act in good faith, run fair tournaments, and submit accurate results to the WBO. They are also expected to let us know about incidents that occur at events (like instances of suspected cheating, disqualifications, and drop-outs).
Organizers cannot be warned for legitimate mistakes. However, organizers may lose their status as organizers if they intentionally:
We can’t account for every possible outcome, but we can set some baseline expectations.
Low-impact (Default warning: 40%, expires in 1 year)
As it relates to submission of tournament information, if there is any legitimate personal circumstances which are preventing you from getting results, winning combinations, or fees submitted on time, please be sure to contact one of our staff members so that we are aware of the situation and can make an exception.
In both playing or hosting tournaments, those who personally benefit from circumventing or breaking the rules may have Bits and other awarded items removed as a penalty. Items that were awarded or claimed but not yet delivered may be canceled.
You are also responsible for observing the Registration Agreement/Terms of Service, which you agreed to when registering. Members should observe both the letter and the spirit of these rules. Users are also responsible for following forum-specific rules posted at the tops of specific forums.
Each member is responsible for only his or her own posts. If another member breaks rules, you may ignore them or report the problem to the moderators, but you may not use it as an excuse to break rules yourself.
Our volunteer staff team manages the community and enforces community rules. They cannot read every message, so they rely on members to report problem posts that they encounter. The point of moderation is not to limit discussion, promote or suppress points of view, or any other secret agenda. The goal of moderation is to keep the community enjoyable and free from problems that detract from the experiences of our users.
How to Report an Issue
We take all reported instances of rule breaking seriously.
If you see something on the website which–after careful consideration–you feel has broken one of the community rules outlined on this page, report it immediately to a staff member via Private Message.
Or if it is a specific post, please report the post itself. To do so:
1. Click the three dots in the bottom right of the post.
2. Choose “Report this post to a moderator”.
3. Select the Report reason.
4. Click “Report Post”.
A member of the staff team will then review the post and resolve it. If deemed necessary, they will also issue a warning to the offending user.
If the issue requires further discussion with you to clarify the reason for the report, a staff member will contact you directly via Private Message.
Please note that it may take some time to address individual reports as our team is composed entirely of volunteers. If you do not hear back after a week has passed, feel free to re-send your message or try forwarding your report to another Staff member.
If you still do not hear back, try tagging staff where appropriate on the website in a post (ex. @“USERNAME”) and we will review and acknowledge the situation as soon as possible. From there, the discussion may be moved to PMs in order to enable easier communication and avoid derailing the topic of the thread.
Instantly Bannable Offenses
Rather than being the result of the warning level reaching 100%, all bans must now be issued manually by a staff member. Additionally, warning levels should not factor into the decision to ban a member; any account at any warning level can be banned at the discretion of WBO staff.
The following offenses can result in temporary forum suspensions or permanent bans:
- Insults - Direct personal insult of another community member (e.g., "You are an idiot.") and other name-calling. You may dispute somebody's opinion but not attack/flame the person who stated it. There are a lot of other non-direct-personal insults that won't necessarily get you banned instantly, but depending on the context/nature may lead to post editing, post deletion, warnings, or time-outs. They include telling people to shut up, describing a member as an ignorant person (rather than ignorant about a particular topic) or obtuse or as an apologist, and being extremely or repeatedly rude or sarcastic. It's not your place to tell other users they are not welcome; if they follow the rules, they are welcome. If somebody else insults you, report their post; their post does not give you a license to break the rules by returning their insults. Although we do not read Private Messages sent between forum members, the rules for appropriate and inappropriate content apply to them as well.
- Harassment - Purposely intimidating a particular member, harassing them, sending them rude or unwanted private messages, etc. This includes personal attacks on staff and moderators for doing their jobs.
- Threats - Any threat or intimidation of a threat.
- Registration rules - Violation of the rules you agreed to when registering for the site: that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws etc.
- Multiple registration - You may register only one account. Additional accounts will be considered sockpuppet accounts, and we may require you to choose one account and remove the rest.
- Hoaxes - Purposely misleading other members to their detriment, or giving advice you know to be incorrect or harmful.
- Trolling - Do not post in order to anger other members or intentionally cause negative reactions. For a given post, this can be a subjective call, but a pattern of such posting or an especially egregious case will get you banned. Obvious trolls or users who clearly haven’t joined the community in good faith will be banned immediately. That doesn’t mean a sarcastic first post — it means an obvious, willful effort to cause trouble in a community.
- Hate speech and group slurs - Discrimination, abuse, threats or prejudice against a particular group, for example based on race, gender, religion or sexual orientation, in a way that a reasonable person would find offensive.
- Repeated rule violations - Users who have received repeated warnings (written or formal) about a specific type of conduct and don’t make any effort to improve that conduct.
- Failing to comply when disqualified from a battle or tournament.
- Anything illegal — such as theft or physical assault at an event.
Things Not to Do
These actions may result in warnings depending on severity and intent. Repeated violations may result in bans.
- Posting paid and/or unreleased content - Posting of any images, videos, article transcriptions, or links showing or giving access to paid or officially unreleased copyrighted material is prohibited. Verbal discussion about such material is OK. Staff reserve the right to remove any such material and warnings may be issued to anyone sharing these on the Platform. This rule includes, but is not limited to: the posting of pages from CoroCoro magazine and posting links to anime fansubs. This rule does not include posting photos or videos of official Beyblade products.
- Inappropriate posting in a debate - We insist on a certain level of respect and civility toward other users, even when your viewpoints differ, and prohibit posts that attack posters personally or serve only to anger others (see "trolling" above).
- Frivolous posts - Posts that contain no relevant or constructive commentary. This includes one- or two-word posts such as "cool", "LOL", "I agree", "+1", "this", "me too", "no way", other equivalent comments of any length, posts consisting only of smilies or overused memes, posts about being the first post in a thread, posts about your lack of interest in the thread (ignore the thread instead), and posts with irrelevant images or videos, especially those without text. If your post will add nothing to a discussion, we recommend you don't post it.
- Overposting - Making the same post many times, making multiple pointless posts in the same thread, making numerous posts with no real content, or posting for the purpose of gaining a higher post count.
- Reposting - Please don't repost entire articles from other sites. To initiate a discussion about an article, post a link to the article, quote a bit of it if you like, and include your own comments or questions so people know why you think it's worthy of discussion.
- Off-topic posts - Off-topic posts will be deleted/edited. If you keep doing it see "Repeated problems" below.
- Instructing other members to search - Instructing members to search themselves for an answer are experienced as rude and condescending. We prefer that members are helpful and link to a specific page that addresses the question being posed. A few words explaining how you got your search results makes your response even more helpful, and may help a user understand how to search in future.
- Shared accounts - Accounts are to be used by only one person, and not shared between family members, friends or any other people. Registration is free, so there is no reason not to create a unique account for each person. You are responsible for any posts made with your account.
- Profanity - The profanity filter is there for a reason. Do not circumvent it by using the language we intend to exclude or disguising those words. If a word is replaced by “carp” when you Preview or Submit a post, you know it's on the list.
- Selling outside the Bey Marketplace - All threads offering items for sale or trade or for free, or asking to buy or receive items must be posted in the Bey Marketplace forum.
- Repeated problems - Any ongoing actions that make more work for the moderators and administrators or regularly annoy other members and require moderator action. We have tens of thousands of community members to serve and can't spend a disproportionate amount of time dealing with problems caused by any one member. If your membership is an ongoing detriment to our community then we reserve the right to issue a permanent ban.
- Staff are not above the rules - Our volunteer staff team are not above the rules and are subject to any verbal or official warnings that may be incurred by their actions. If you feel a staff member is violating the rules, please contact another member of staff to report it. Do not confront them yourself.
Minor Problems
These actions are further expectations we have of all users. These will very rarely result in formal warnings, but staff may provide verbal warnings in the form of friendly reminders for these to be upheld.
- Chattiness - Use the forums to discuss the topic of the thread, not as a substitute for Instant Messaging.
One thread - Do not post a thread more than once. Post a new thread in the proper forum. If the topic is relevant to more than one forum, pick the best fit or most specific forum and post it only once.
One post - Do not post multiple messages with the same content. One post in the most appropriate thread is sufficient.
- Signature size - Signatures may not be over 6 lines in height. Signatures may not be more than 200 characters and spaces in length, not counting BB codes, and at most 400 characters including the tags. They should not have blank lines or lines consisting solely of punctuation (dashes, equal signs, etc.), or use forum features, such as "INDENT" and "QUOTE" tags, that produce unnecessary vertical space. We recommend using a single paragraph, without line breaks.
- Avatar and signature content - Avatars and signatures, as well as other profile fields, must comply with all forum rules, including those against profanity, explicit sexual content, insults against groups or individuals, referral links, and cannot be in other ways offensive. Members will be required to change avatars or signatures that are deemed too controversial or that are particularly annoying or distracting to other members. Note that signatures may include links to your own site or business as long as you do not make posts whose purpose is to call attention to your signature.
- Simulated signatures - Signatures must be set on your Forum Signature page and not simulated within posts, so that other members can choose whether or not to display them.
- Bumps - Posts that bring a thread to the top of the Latest Posts list but add no content to the thread are not permitted outside of the Beyblade Hobby Q&A or Bey Marketplace forums. In those forums, if you are the thread creator, you may bump up to once every 24 hours.
- Corrections - There is no need to point out another poster's spelling or grammatical errors unless you think it is causing confusion. Remember that not all members are native English speakers. Communication, not correctness, is our goal. When other people (especially new members) fail to search and start new threads on old topics, don't scold them or make them feel unwelcome. The best way to be helpful is by posting a link to a relevant thread or specific instructions for problem solving. Set a good example yourself by searching first before starting a thread if you have a question that may already have been answered in the forums or you want to discuss a topic that may already have been discussed.
- Sequential posts - We ask that you try to avoid making multiple posts in a row within a few minutes of each other, if you can avoid it, as a courtesy to other users. You can use the Multi-Quote feature to reply to multiple posts at once, or you can edit your previous post to add new information.
- Common sense - In the end, use common sense. When you are about to post messages just to increase your post count, or post something you think is funny at someone else's expense, think to yourself "Is this annoying?" If the answer is yes, it’s probably best not to do it!
Advertising/Soliciting
Your purpose in joining worldbeyblade.org or posting should not be to promote, advertise, or otherwise call attention to your site, blog, product, or business.
Rules:
- Advertising - Threads and posts may be deleted at the discretion of staff if their purpose is to advertise, announce, or promote products, services, or organizations, build traffic at other websites, carry out business activities, or for similar purposes that are not related to or do not benefit our community.
- Soliciting - You may not use the forums to post employment requests/offers, solicit donations, or participants for surveys, contests, petitions, or product testing.
Members created solely for advertising or soliciting purposes are subject to being banned.
Types of Warnings
Accounts will have suspensions automatically applied against them based on their current warning level.
20%: 24 hours
30%: 24 hours
40%: 1 week
50%: 1 month
60%: 1 month
70%: 3 months
80%: 3 months
90%: 6 months
100%: 1 Year
Because warnings are designed to be used primarily as a suspension tool, bans are now handled separately from warnings.
Community Conduct Violation Procedure & Guidelines
Rudeness, hostility, swearing, and other general bad behaviour
In situations like these, staff will always look to solve the issue without resorting to a formal warning. They will remove the offending content from the post and send a message to the poster explaining what was wrong with their post and why it was removed.
Sample Letter
Hi {user},
This message is to inform you that one of your posts has been edited by a moderator because it breaks our community guidelines.
Post in question: {post url}
Why your post was edited: {a custom reason}
Please be sure to follow our community guidelines when posting on the site. Repeated violations could result in your account being suspended or banned.
Please reply to this message if you have any questions.
If the issue cannot be resolved with a written warning, staff can apply a warning to the user’s account. There are three types of community conduct violations:
Mild
Profanity filter circumvention, inappropriate language or topics, general rudeness or hostility.
- Default warning: 10%, expires in 1 year
Repeated mild violations, direct attack on a user or staff member, strong hostility and rudeness.
- Default warning: 20%, expires in 1 year
Repeated mild and medium violations, sustained attack on a user or multiple users. Use your discretion here and ask for feedback if unsure.
- Default warning: 50%, expires in 1 year
Tournament Violation Procedure & Guidelines
All tournament violations must be reported by the Organizer to the WBO Staff. For a violation to be reported, it must be clear that the violation was committed with intent — that is, wasn’t the result of an accident or misunderstanding. Organizers are expected to be patient and lenient with first-timers and newbies as long as they’re trying to play by the rules.
General violations
General violations are weighted based on how many violations a player has previously received, and includes situations such as:
- Signing up for an event with a participant cap and not un-registering if you can't make it/not showing up
- Poor sportsmanship
- Spying on other players during the Beyblade selection phase
- Disrupting the opponent’s play
- Intentional adjustment of stadium positioning
- Disrupting another player’s match
- Throwing a match
Second violation: 50% warning, expires in 1 year
Third violation: 100% warning, expires in 1 year
Fourth violation: Permanent ban
Severe violations
- Illegal modification of parts
- Lying to a judge
- Encouraging other players to throw matches
- Bullying or verbal harassment of other players
Second violation: Permanent ban
Organizer Violation Procedure & Guidelines
WBO Organizers are trusted to act in good faith, run fair tournaments, and submit accurate results to the WBO. They are also expected to let us know about incidents that occur at events (like instances of suspected cheating, disqualifications, and drop-outs).
Organizers cannot be warned for legitimate mistakes. However, organizers may lose their status as organizers if they intentionally:
- Hide information about tournament incidents
- Submit erroneous or falsified tournament results
- Participate in match-fixing or otherwise influence the outcome of matches
- Otherwise undermine the spirit of fair play and good sportsmanship
- Fail to submit tournament results using WBO spreadsheet
- Fail to post winning combinations from an event
- Fail to submit fees collected from an event
- Fail to ensure all participants have worldbeyblade.org accounts prior to conclusion of registration at event
We can’t account for every possible outcome, but we can set some baseline expectations.
Low-impact (Default warning: 40%, expires in 1 year)
- Negligible or no effect on tournament outcomes or progression, or player well-being
- Some effect on tournament outcomes or progression, or player well-being
- Or multiple low-impact violations or violations spread across more than one event
- Significant effect on tournament outcomes or progression, or player well-being
- Harassment, jeering or otherwise making participants in a WBO tournament feel uncomfortable or unsafe
- Multiple low or medium-impact violations or violations spread across many events
As it relates to submission of tournament information, if there is any legitimate personal circumstances which are preventing you from getting results, winning combinations, or fees submitted on time, please be sure to contact one of our staff members so that we are aware of the situation and can make an exception.
In both playing or hosting tournaments, those who personally benefit from circumventing or breaking the rules may have Bits and other awarded items removed as a penalty. Items that were awarded or claimed but not yet delivered may be canceled.