WBO x CHALLONGE
BEYBLADE X "SEASON 0"
As many of you have noticed over the last year and a half, the World Beyblade Organization has lacked any form of Ranked Play support for the latest Beyblade series, Beyblade X. A lot of time has gone by with little hints here or there, but nothing concrete or official.
For much of the last year we have been considering the best course of action when it comes to the implementation of a new ranked system. We knew we wanted something convenient, easy, and familiar, but with some internal losses in the main contributor(s) of our own site-specific Ranking System it became clear that in-house Ranking for Beyblade X was something we could not deliver on properly in the way we feel it deserves.
Instead of doubling down on going in-house, and all the headaches and questions that come along with that, we chose to collaborate with Challonge to provide a comprehensive and trustworthy platform for Beyblade X.
This is a platform that all of our Organizers and Users are accustomed to using or hearing about for years by now, so we thought it made the most sense to integrate more closely with a platform that wouldn't alienate our community.
WBO Organized Play's home for Beyblade X Rankings, Ratings, and all-in-one Tournament creation/organizing platform is officially Challonge.
Challonge has been a delight to work with, discuss concepts, ideas, and has proven to be very helpful in shaping the way we see Organized Play on the WBO moving forward.
Our collaboration with Challonge this year has afforded the World Beyblade Organization Community, and all of you Organizers and Bladers the following:
- WBO sanctioned world-wide Beyblade X Rankings in the form of the WBO Challonge PRO Community's "Ratings" Leaderboard.
- Re-usable Tournament "Templates" that make tournament creation simple and efficient.
- Seamless Automated Ranked Seeding cutting down on prep time and minor seeding errors as a result of manual input.
- Multiple leaderboards. Ranking "sensitivity" can increase beyond anything we have ever offered before (ex. Seasons, niche Formats/Rulesets/Regional sub-ratings).
- The potential for continued growth, features, and capabilities on the Challonge platform that the WBO would otherwise not take on itself.
WHAT IS SEASON 0?
What we are calling Season 0 on the WBO is really limit testing many of the above features and seeing how robust the new expanded WBO Community Platform on Challonge is, as well as how positively this change is received by Organizers and Bladers alike.
Season 0 will also be everyone's first shot at serious Beyblade X Ranked Play in the WBO Organized Play environment. For those that like to see data, review performance, or get a sense of how much improvement they have shown over time, this is your first step back into that world.
Organizers can start queuing up Events within our new Challonge framework immediately.
Naturally, since we are using the Challonge Platform to facilitate a more dynamic Ranked Play environment, we mandate the use of Challonge to record match results for your tournaments. These results will have a direct impact on the evolving Season 0 ratings, and your feedback on the features we have so far will have a direct impact on what we focus on and prioritize going forward.
It should also be noted that Organizers are encouraged to have their Participants make a Challonge account themselves if they do not already have one. The reason for this is because many of the features we employ, like tracking ranked stats, or wish to employ in the future, work best when users are actually on Challonge with their own unique account.
HOW DO I JOIN IN ON SEASON 0?
We've made a small update to the Organizer's Guide that now leads to an addendum for organizing Beyblade X under Season 0. You can also click here to learn the basics to make your Ranked Event on Challonge as simple as possible to set up:
Please review these directions carefully when first setting up your Events on Challonge to ensure there are zero hiccups and our transition to Ranked Beyblade X is a smooth one.
WHAT HAPPENS TO EVENTS HELD BEFORE SEASON 0?
Season 0 is absolutely our main priority at this point because it allows us to gauge the capabilities afforded to us by this completely new platform, but we haven't forgotten about the many Events held by our passionate Organizers before "Ranked BBX" meant anything solid.
For those that are concerned about their earlier achievements, we will be doing the following over time (doing this takes a lot of manual inputting) while still prioritizing troubleshooting Season 0:
- Retroactively adding older "Ranked" Beyblade X Events from launch until Season 0 to its own independent "legacy" leaderboard, where matches will stay recorded but not impact Season 0 onwards.
- Provide all participants of these legacy Events with an exclusive new Bit signifying their passion and drive to play X ASAP when the processing for every single legacy Event is finally completed.
- Provide the Top 5 ranked Bladers in this legacy leaderboard with their own commemorative Bit for their exceptional performance when the processing for every single legacy Event is finally completed.
FEEDBACK?
User and Organizer feedback in the coming weeks and months is critical. What we learn and hear from you will better equip us for the future of WBO Organized Play, and help us continue to develop a system that meets our community's competitive Beyblade needs.
Please post your thoughts below or in the WBO Organized Play Season 0 Feedback thread.
Thank you to everyone for their patience, passion, and open-mindedness when it comes to WBO's Organized Play.
Lets Play Beyblade, Together!