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| Name = Before the Burst
| Date = June 28, 2015
| Host = Time
| Number of Participants = 20
| Format = Team Plastics, Zero-G, HMS
| Location = MLK Park, Silver Spring, MD
}}
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Before the Burst was Maryland's first tournament in almost six months. No one had hosted since Time had last done so for Venture to Virginia (which while technically in Virginia was right across the state line and attracted the Maryland crowd). It was held in the typical Maryland outdoor venue, MLK Park. The tournament was very successful overall at attracting a crowd from out of state and a number of new members.
==Participants==
*Time
*Angry Face
**Ginga*
*Stars
*geetster99
*lawesomeness
*Greninja Master
*OnTheDL
*Arupaeo
*BurnRockVirgo
*Wombat
*night wing 247
*Tech
*littledude99
*DeathWolf
*Dr. Im
*Sniper
*beymaster15963
*dirt2
==Tournament==
Time showed up at about 11 AM with his speaker, a big thing of cookies since it also happened to be Sniper's birthday and a blader spirit ready to play. Shortly after, the main stadium guy, Stars showed up and *Ginga* arrived right behind him. All in all, 20 different bladers competed in the collection of formats across the day. A couple of nice surprises were the family of littledude99 and Dr. Im and her friend showing up after seeing the thread without ever posting. Night wing 247, Arupaeo and his son BurnRockVirgo made their first tourney appearance in over a year and Angry Face and Wombat made the long drives from their respective homes to round out the crew on top of the usual Maryland crowd of geester99, Stars, *Ginga*, Tech, Sniper (who had actually already moved back to New York), beymaster15963, Greninja Master, lawesomeness, and Time.
The tournament began with Team Plastics with Team ACE (Atlantic Coast Elite, Angry Face, Ginga, and Time) going undefeated in the double elimination format and Rising from the Ashes (beymaster15963, Dr. Im, and dirt2) battling their way back through the bracket into second place after losing in the first round. The big surprise here more than anything else was GODS (Stars, geetster99, and Sniper, at the time all three were ranked within the top 10) getting eliminated rather easily.
The tournament then moved on to Zero-G where Arupaeo showed us that he still hadn't lost a step by only taking three losses throughout the entire swiss rounds and finals and finishing in second. He advanced along with what was a very strong group of bladers in Tech, Wombat, Sniper, and Stars. Sniper finished in first. With so many highly ranked players participating in the tournament, some usual final mainstays like geester99, *Ginga*, and Time just couldn't quite make the cut. With this being during the trial ban period of F230 + CF/GCF everyone found the format refreshed and more willing to use something other than B
. Otherwise a very typical Zero-G tournament all around. One other tidbit of previous note is Greninja Master's continued success with Death B against left-spin stamina.
With many of the participants leaving for the day, this next tournament ended up in a block round robin for the last official format of the day, HMS. With parts being rather rare and expensive, many participants only had a few at their disposal so many parts were traded back and forth. By far the most fun matches in HMS are always Phantom Fox v. Phantom Fox when all four parts actually manage to stay in the stadium. With Stars, geetster99, *Ginga*, and Time having the most extensive collections they ended up moving on to the finals. In a battle of Samurai Upper Defense Ring Grip Flat Core vs. Circle Upper Defense Ring Grip Flat Core Time managed to stone wall and KO *Ginga* enough times that his Samurai Upper version prevailed. geetster99 and Stars tied for first with Time taking third before one final battle. After some spin direction antics, geetster managed to take the match and first using his Jiraiya blade staller. Every time HMS is played, disappointment that the series was cut so short only grows.
The final event of the day more for fun than anything else was a low-key single elimination limited tournament. Eight bladers remained for this so it worked out perfectly.
Final Scores and Winning Combinations:
Prizes in parentheses
Team Plastics
1st Team ACE (Time, *Ginga*, Angry Face)
2nd Rising From the Ashes (beymaster15963, Dr. Im, dirt2)
3rd SuperBladers (Tech, Wombat, OnTheDL)
Zero-G:
Sniper took first celebrating his birthday (DEMS)
Arupaeo returned with a bang taking second (Bump King and Dranzer S)
and Wombat taking third (Thunder Dragon)
HMS:
Time took third
Stars took second (some plastic or other)
geetster99 took first (keychain mini beyblades)
Single Elimination limited:
geetster99 took third (build-a-bey)
Stars took second (Some Wing S130 combo)
Angry Face took first (Dranzer F)
Zero-G
Sniper
Wyvang Wyvang E230 (Boost) BSF
Genbull Dragooon F230BWD
Arupaeo
MF-H Duo Aquario B
MSF Wyvang ______ SA165GCF
MSF-H Genbull Dragooon SA165GCF
Bahamdia Balro 145GCF
Wombat
MSF-H Killerken Dragooon SA165BWD
MSF-H Balro Wyvang AD145GF
MSF-L Killerken Dragooon B
MSF-L Genbull Genbull E230 (Boost) MB
Team Plastics
Team ACE Time ©
AR: Upper Claw
WD: Wide Survivor
SG: Neo Right SG (Metal Weight Core)
SP: Upper Attack
BB: Customize Metal Change Base
AR: Tiger Defenser
WD: Wide Survivor
SG: Neo Left SG (Double Bearing Core)
SP: Cross Surviver
BB: Customize Bearing Base
Team ACE *Ginga*
AR: Upper Claw
WD: Wide Survivor
SG: Neo Right SG (Metal Weight Core)
SP: Upper Attack
BB: Customize Metal Change Base
Team ACE Angry Face
AR: Cross Griffon (Hasbro)
WD: 10 Wide
SG: Neo Right SG (North Magnecore Ver.)
BB: SG Metal Flat 2
AR: Tiger Defenser (Sonokong)
WD: Wide Defense
SG: Neo Left SG (Double Bearing Core)
SP: Defense Ring
BB: Customize Bearing Base
HMS
geetster99
AR: Jijariya Blade
WD: Circle Heavy
RC: Metal Change Core
Stars
AR: Samurai Upper
WD: CWD Free Survivor/CWD Defense Ring
RC: Grip Flat Core Ultimate Ver.
Time
AR: Advance Balancer
WD: CWD Free Survivor (I guess)
RC: Bunshin Core
AR: Samurai Upper
WD: CWD Defense Ring
RC: Grip Flat Core
Trivia
First team tournament outside of Toronto
Arupaeo's first tournament in over a year
Largest Maryland tournament since GBT2 qualifier
{{infobox
| Image =[Image: gif_zps80mfefwp.gif]
http://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-Silver-S...rst--70105
[Image: boom_zpsvnnts8ks.png]
| Name = Before the Burst
| Date = June 28, 2015
| Host = Time
| Number of Participants = 20
| Format = Team Plastics, Zero-G, HMS
| Location = MLK Park, Silver Spring, MD
}}
__TOC__
Before the Burst was Maryland's first tournament in almost six months. No one had hosted since Time had last done so for Venture to Virginia (which while technically in Virginia was right across the state line and attracted the Maryland crowd). It was held in the typical Maryland outdoor venue, MLK Park. The tournament was very successful overall at attracting a crowd from out of state and a number of new members.
==Participants==
*Time
*Angry Face
**Ginga*
*Stars
*geetster99
*lawesomeness
*Greninja Master
*OnTheDL
*Arupaeo
*BurnRockVirgo
*Wombat
*night wing 247
*Tech
*littledude99
*DeathWolf
*Dr. Im
*Sniper
*beymaster15963
*dirt2
==Tournament==
Time showed up at about 11 AM with his speaker, a big thing of cookies since it also happened to be Sniper's birthday and a blader spirit ready to play. Shortly after, the main stadium guy, Stars showed up and *Ginga* arrived right behind him. All in all, 20 different bladers competed in the collection of formats across the day. A couple of nice surprises were the family of littledude99 and Dr. Im and her friend showing up after seeing the thread without ever posting. Night wing 247, Arupaeo and his son BurnRockVirgo made their first tourney appearance in over a year and Angry Face and Wombat made the long drives from their respective homes to round out the crew on top of the usual Maryland crowd of geester99, Stars, *Ginga*, Tech, Sniper (who had actually already moved back to New York), beymaster15963, Greninja Master, lawesomeness, and Time.
The tournament began with Team Plastics with Team ACE (Atlantic Coast Elite, Angry Face, Ginga, and Time) going undefeated in the double elimination format and Rising from the Ashes (beymaster15963, Dr. Im, and dirt2) battling their way back through the bracket into second place after losing in the first round. The big surprise here more than anything else was GODS (Stars, geetster99, and Sniper, at the time all three were ranked within the top 10) getting eliminated rather easily.
The tournament then moved on to Zero-G where Arupaeo showed us that he still hadn't lost a step by only taking three losses throughout the entire swiss rounds and finals and finishing in second. He advanced along with what was a very strong group of bladers in Tech, Wombat, Sniper, and Stars. Sniper finished in first. With so many highly ranked players participating in the tournament, some usual final mainstays like geester99, *Ginga*, and Time just couldn't quite make the cut. With this being during the trial ban period of F230 + CF/GCF everyone found the format refreshed and more willing to use something other than B
. Otherwise a very typical Zero-G tournament all around. One other tidbit of previous note is Greninja Master's continued success with Death B against left-spin stamina. With many of the participants leaving for the day, this next tournament ended up in a block round robin for the last official format of the day, HMS. With parts being rather rare and expensive, many participants only had a few at their disposal so many parts were traded back and forth. By far the most fun matches in HMS are always Phantom Fox v. Phantom Fox when all four parts actually manage to stay in the stadium. With Stars, geetster99, *Ginga*, and Time having the most extensive collections they ended up moving on to the finals. In a battle of Samurai Upper Defense Ring Grip Flat Core vs. Circle Upper Defense Ring Grip Flat Core Time managed to stone wall and KO *Ginga* enough times that his Samurai Upper version prevailed. geetster99 and Stars tied for first with Time taking third before one final battle. After some spin direction antics, geetster managed to take the match and first using his Jiraiya blade staller. Every time HMS is played, disappointment that the series was cut so short only grows.
The final event of the day more for fun than anything else was a low-key single elimination limited tournament. Eight bladers remained for this so it worked out perfectly.
Final Scores and Winning Combinations:
Prizes in parentheses
Team Plastics
1st Team ACE (Time, *Ginga*, Angry Face)
2nd Rising From the Ashes (beymaster15963, Dr. Im, dirt2)
3rd SuperBladers (Tech, Wombat, OnTheDL)
Zero-G:
Sniper took first celebrating his birthday (DEMS)
Arupaeo returned with a bang taking second (Bump King and Dranzer S)
and Wombat taking third (Thunder Dragon)
HMS:
Time took third
Stars took second (some plastic or other)
geetster99 took first (keychain mini beyblades)
Single Elimination limited:
geetster99 took third (build-a-bey)
Stars took second (Some Wing S130 combo)
Angry Face took first (Dranzer F)
Zero-G
Sniper
Wyvang Wyvang E230 (Boost) BSF
Genbull Dragooon F230BWD
Arupaeo
MF-H Duo Aquario B
MSF Wyvang ______ SA165GCF
MSF-H Genbull Dragooon SA165GCF
Bahamdia Balro 145GCF
Wombat
MSF-H Killerken Dragooon SA165BWD
MSF-H Balro Wyvang AD145GF
MSF-L Killerken Dragooon B
MSF-L Genbull Genbull E230 (Boost) MB
Team Plastics
Team ACE Time ©
AR: Upper Claw
WD: Wide Survivor
SG: Neo Right SG (Metal Weight Core)
SP: Upper Attack
BB: Customize Metal Change Base
AR: Tiger Defenser
WD: Wide Survivor
SG: Neo Left SG (Double Bearing Core)
SP: Cross Surviver
BB: Customize Bearing Base
Team ACE *Ginga*
AR: Upper Claw
WD: Wide Survivor
SG: Neo Right SG (Metal Weight Core)
SP: Upper Attack
BB: Customize Metal Change Base
Team ACE Angry Face
AR: Cross Griffon (Hasbro)
WD: 10 Wide
SG: Neo Right SG (North Magnecore Ver.)
BB: SG Metal Flat 2
AR: Tiger Defenser (Sonokong)
WD: Wide Defense
SG: Neo Left SG (Double Bearing Core)
SP: Defense Ring
BB: Customize Bearing Base
HMS
geetster99
AR: Jijariya Blade
WD: Circle Heavy
RC: Metal Change Core
Stars
AR: Samurai Upper
WD: CWD Free Survivor/CWD Defense Ring
RC: Grip Flat Core Ultimate Ver.
Time
AR: Advance Balancer
WD: CWD Free Survivor (I guess)
RC: Bunshin Core
AR: Samurai Upper
WD: CWD Defense Ring
RC: Grip Flat Core
Trivia
First team tournament outside of Toronto
Arupaeo's first tournament in over a year
Largest Maryland tournament since GBT2 qualifier
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