Hey World Bladers!
We are in the midst of a pretty exciting time for the community. Beyblade Burst has launched in Canada and we are working hard on several big projects behind the scenes that we’re excited to show off in the next few months. But in the mean time, we have several other newsworthy items we’d like to announce!
Experimental Burst Format Rule Changes
We recently launched a new set of experimental tournament format rules that we wanted to test the viability of in real events. We haven’t revisited many of the rules for tournament organization in WBO Organized Play since the WBO was launched in 2008, and with Beyblade Burst’s wider international launch on the horizon, now seemed as good a time as any to start evaluating them again. Our goal is to eventually introduce some version of these new changes as the new standard for our WBO Organized Play events.
So far, we have hosted a couple events under these rules in Toronto in North Carolina and gathered initial feedback from both hosts and players. As a result of our discussions, we have put together a revised ruleset for this experimental format:
View Revised Experimental Format Rules
Use of this format is not mandatory and doesn’t include prize reimbursement or rankings, but it has some great perks instead:
Experimental Format Hasbro BeyLotto Giveaway
Beyond the free entry and Faces and Credits available to participants in experimental format events, all participants will also be entered into a Hasbro Beyblade Burst-themed giveaway!
Three lucky winners will win one of the following Face Boosters:
Additionally, all three winners will have their choice of receiving one Hasbro Beyblade Burst Starter OR one Hasbro Beyblade Burst Dual Pack! Especially for players living outside of Canada, this is a great opportunity to win some of the brand new Hasbro Beyblade Burst before they are released in your country!
HMS & Plastics Remembrance Day 2016 BeyLotto Results
Speaking of giveaways … here are the results from the HMS & Plastics Remembrance Day 2016 BeyLotto!:
For all of the above winners, please post your Face Booster choice in the thread here!
Many thanks to OkinawamTS! beymaster15963 and Rayx Nikhil, please PM him to claim your prize. You can check out the items for sale in his store here:
Limited Format Ban List v1.5 Effective Now
Newly Banned
Newly Unbanned
Since the previous ban list update was announced a year ago where both Libra and Omega were banned, Dark Knight has risen to prominence in the Limited Format metagame. Its use in powerful Attack types with incredibly wide reach in terms of their ability to KO Beyblades of all heights, its ability to outspin some Defense types if it doesn’t KO them, its ability to be paired with any Zero-G/Shogun Steel Chrome/Warrior Wheel, and being left-spin in a predominantly right-spin series have made it into a choice that is undeniably versatile and safe, making other powerful but less versatile and more specialized Attack types less likely to be used. It is for these reasons that we have chosen to ban Dark Knight for this iteration of the Limited Format ban list.
As for Gravity, it has been banned since it dominated the initial test events for Limited Format nearly three years ago now. At the time this banning faced some level of contention, and even to this day many people have been questioning the ban and clamouring for the chance to use it again. There is however, many other people who have opposed this, and for good reason; Gravity is–like Dark Knight–an incredibly versatile part that can potentially easily be abused, lowering diversity in the format. However, it is possible that several years later with a much different looking ban list for Limited Format and more experience with the pool of parts available that its versatility might no longer be too overwhelming. So for the time being, Gravity will be unbanned, but we will be keeping a watchful eye on how it performs in subsequent Limited Format events, at which point we will evaluate whether it can be allowed to stay unbanned or not.
To discuss this update, possible future updates, and to see the discussion that led to the decisions that were made for this update, please use these threads:
MFB Limited Ban List Discussion (Public)
and the MFB: Limited Discussion forum.
Standard/Limited Format Stadium Legality Updates
Newly Banned
The BB-14 and BB-46 Stadiums have been banned due to their vastly different designs and lack of ridges to make Attack types viable in comparison to the gameplay and design of the Attack Stadium or any of the other legal stadiums in the format.
To ensure the viability of the Standard and Limited Formats moving into the future when the Attack Stadium may become more scarce (the reduced number of legal Attack Stadiums with the banning of the Sonokong versions also accelerates this eventual problem), and due to the relatively minor differences between the Burst BeyStadium Standard Type and the Attack Stadium, we have also decided to unban the Burst BeyStadium Standard Type for each format.
There has been much recent discussion regarding Sonokong's Attack Type Stadiums that feature a smaller Tornado Ridge and slightly different bowl design. This makes aggressive combos less viable. After considering feedback from players who have used it during official events, and considering the logistical issues of enforcing a ban on a stadium that at first glance appears to be similar to the original mold Attack Stadiums, we decided that the best way forward was to allow for players to inspect any stadium prior to the beginning of a BeyBattle with the judges permission so that they can be made aware of the mold/stadium they are playing in and adjust their strategy accordingly.
PROJECT SOCIAL MEDIA: Submit Tournament Photos & Videos, Earn Face Boosters!
As some of you may or may not have seen, we recently launched a new initiative to help bolster our social media presence and visibility of each of our great communities around the world: PROJECT SOCIAL MEDIA. Help us to do this and you can earn yourself new Face Boosters for your Face Collection!
And people like JoJo [Jp0t] have already been helping us do this for our Youtube channel with tournament videos for events like this one in Los Angeles!:
We’d love to share some of your content next! For more information and if you have any questions, please visit the official PROJECT SOCIAL MEDIA thread.
Welcome ~Mana~ to the WBO Committee!
Finally, we’re happy to announce another addition to the WBO Committee: ~Mana~! Many of you should already know him from his position over at the Beyblade Wiki which officially merged with Beywki last year. He has been a WBO Affiliate since, but with all of the work he’s done to date, it made perfect sense for us to take our commitment to the wiki a step further by adding him as an official member of our team!
His primary focus will be to continue managing the wiki itself while also pushing the merger project forward from both a content/article perspective, and a design perspective to help transition the wiki to a design that feels like more of a part of the WBO itself.
But we need all of the help we can get! Feel free to get in touch with him if you’re looking to help out with the wiki, and take a look through the following thread and forum to find out what you can do to help:
We are in the midst of a pretty exciting time for the community. Beyblade Burst has launched in Canada and we are working hard on several big projects behind the scenes that we’re excited to show off in the next few months. But in the mean time, we have several other newsworthy items we’d like to announce!
Experimental Burst Format Rule Changes
We recently launched a new set of experimental tournament format rules that we wanted to test the viability of in real events. We haven’t revisited many of the rules for tournament organization in WBO Organized Play since the WBO was launched in 2008, and with Beyblade Burst’s wider international launch on the horizon, now seemed as good a time as any to start evaluating them again. Our goal is to eventually introduce some version of these new changes as the new standard for our WBO Organized Play events.
So far, we have hosted a couple events under these rules in Toronto in North Carolina and gathered initial feedback from both hosts and players. As a result of our discussions, we have put together a revised ruleset for this experimental format:
View Revised Experimental Format Rules
Use of this format is not mandatory and doesn’t include prize reimbursement or rankings, but it has some great perks instead:
- Entry is free for everyone
- Faces and Credits are included (except Shards of Amaterios)
- All entrants will be entered into a Hasbro-themed BeyLotto! Details below.
Experimental Format Hasbro BeyLotto Giveaway
Beyond the free entry and Faces and Credits available to participants in experimental format events, all participants will also be entered into a Hasbro Beyblade Burst-themed giveaway!
Three lucky winners will win one of the following Face Boosters:
- 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]
- 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]
- Face Booster AZURE [Image: faceboosterazure.png]
- Face Booster JET [Image: faceboosterjet.png]
- Face Booster VIVID [Image: faceboostervivid.png]
- Face Booster AMETHYST [Image: Face_Booster_AMETHYST.png]
- Face Booster SAPPHIRE [Image: Face_Booster_SAPPHIRE.png]
- Face Booster EMERALD [Image: Face_Booster_EMERALD.png]
- Face Booster RUBY [Image: Face_Booster_RUBY.png]
- Face Booster ONYX [Image: Face_Booster_ONYX.png]
- Face Booster DRIVER[Image: h9jFJhE.png]
Additionally, all three winners will have their choice of receiving one Hasbro Beyblade Burst Starter OR one Hasbro Beyblade Burst Dual Pack! Especially for players living outside of Canada, this is a great opportunity to win some of the brand new Hasbro Beyblade Burst before they are released in your country!
HMS & Plastics Remembrance Day 2016 BeyLotto Results
Speaking of giveaways … here are the results from the HMS & Plastics Remembrance Day 2016 BeyLotto!:
Face Booster Winners:
JesseObre
Jimmyjazz39
U wot m8
MissingNo.
Dobby
ashton pinto
AaryanBITW
JoltCentral
Face Booster RISING [Image: 1nldQ9a.png]
Face Booster MAROON [Image: faceboostermaroon.png]
Face Booster FLAXEN [Image: faceboosterflaxen.png]
Face Booster CELESTE [Image: faceboosterceleste.png]
Face Booster ADVANCE [Image: faceboosteradvance.png]
2nd Prize: Rayx Nikhil
$25 Toku Taku Toys Coupon
towards the purchase of any Plastics or HMS items!
Grand Prize: beymaster15963
$40 Toku Taku Toys Coupon
towards the purchase of any Plastics or HMS items!
JesseObre
Jimmyjazz39
U wot m8
MissingNo.
Dobby
ashton pinto
AaryanBITW
JoltCentral
Face Booster RISING [Image: 1nldQ9a.png]
Face Booster MAROON [Image: faceboostermaroon.png]
Face Booster FLAXEN [Image: faceboosterflaxen.png]
Face Booster CELESTE [Image: faceboosterceleste.png]
Face Booster ADVANCE [Image: faceboosteradvance.png]
2nd Prize: Rayx Nikhil
$25 Toku Taku Toys Coupon
towards the purchase of any Plastics or HMS items!
Grand Prize: beymaster15963
$40 Toku Taku Toys Coupon
towards the purchase of any Plastics or HMS items!
For all of the above winners, please post your Face Booster choice in the thread here!
Many thanks to OkinawamTS! beymaster15963 and Rayx Nikhil, please PM him to claim your prize. You can check out the items for sale in his store here:
Limited Format Ban List v1.5 Effective Now
Newly Banned
- CRYSTAL/ELEMENT WHEEL: Dark Knight/Ronin
Newly Unbanned
- WHEEL: Gravity (and all Perseus Clear Wheels)
Since the previous ban list update was announced a year ago where both Libra and Omega were banned, Dark Knight has risen to prominence in the Limited Format metagame. Its use in powerful Attack types with incredibly wide reach in terms of their ability to KO Beyblades of all heights, its ability to outspin some Defense types if it doesn’t KO them, its ability to be paired with any Zero-G/Shogun Steel Chrome/Warrior Wheel, and being left-spin in a predominantly right-spin series have made it into a choice that is undeniably versatile and safe, making other powerful but less versatile and more specialized Attack types less likely to be used. It is for these reasons that we have chosen to ban Dark Knight for this iteration of the Limited Format ban list.
As for Gravity, it has been banned since it dominated the initial test events for Limited Format nearly three years ago now. At the time this banning faced some level of contention, and even to this day many people have been questioning the ban and clamouring for the chance to use it again. There is however, many other people who have opposed this, and for good reason; Gravity is–like Dark Knight–an incredibly versatile part that can potentially easily be abused, lowering diversity in the format. However, it is possible that several years later with a much different looking ban list for Limited Format and more experience with the pool of parts available that its versatility might no longer be too overwhelming. So for the time being, Gravity will be unbanned, but we will be keeping a watchful eye on how it performs in subsequent Limited Format events, at which point we will evaluate whether it can be allowed to stay unbanned or not.
To discuss this update, possible future updates, and to see the discussion that led to the decisions that were made for this update, please use these threads:
MFB Limited Ban List Discussion (Public)
and the MFB: Limited Discussion forum.
Standard/Limited Format Stadium Legality Updates
Newly Banned
- BB-14 BeyStadium Balance Type (also included in the BB-20 Beybattle Try Set)
- BB-46 BeyStadium Standard Type (red floor)
- Burst BeyStadium Standard Type
- Prior to any BeyBattle, players are permitted to inspect the BeyStadium with the permission of the judge. Once permission has been granted, the player may pick up the stadium and inspect it. Afterwards, it must be placed back into the same position it was originally in on the ground. The existing rules for touching the BeyStadium in any other situation still apply; a judge may grant a round loss if the stadium is intentionally moved/touched without asking for permission.
The BB-14 and BB-46 Stadiums have been banned due to their vastly different designs and lack of ridges to make Attack types viable in comparison to the gameplay and design of the Attack Stadium or any of the other legal stadiums in the format.
To ensure the viability of the Standard and Limited Formats moving into the future when the Attack Stadium may become more scarce (the reduced number of legal Attack Stadiums with the banning of the Sonokong versions also accelerates this eventual problem), and due to the relatively minor differences between the Burst BeyStadium Standard Type and the Attack Stadium, we have also decided to unban the Burst BeyStadium Standard Type for each format.
There has been much recent discussion regarding Sonokong's Attack Type Stadiums that feature a smaller Tornado Ridge and slightly different bowl design. This makes aggressive combos less viable. After considering feedback from players who have used it during official events, and considering the logistical issues of enforcing a ban on a stadium that at first glance appears to be similar to the original mold Attack Stadiums, we decided that the best way forward was to allow for players to inspect any stadium prior to the beginning of a BeyBattle with the judges permission so that they can be made aware of the mold/stadium they are playing in and adjust their strategy accordingly.
PROJECT SOCIAL MEDIA: Submit Tournament Photos & Videos, Earn Face Boosters!
As some of you may or may not have seen, we recently launched a new initiative to help bolster our social media presence and visibility of each of our great communities around the world: PROJECT SOCIAL MEDIA. Help us to do this and you can earn yourself new Face Boosters for your Face Collection!
(Aug. 09, 2016 5:20 PM)Mitsu Wrote: As many of you already know, the WBO runs several social media platforms: a Facebook, Twitter, and an Instagram! We post a broad range of Beyblade-related content, and we share everything from cool Beyblade photos to tournament coverage on a daily basis. Please take a look if you haven't already.
The WBO team loves experimenting with different types of content when sharing. We do find, however, that we get most of our online attention from our short clips and photos taken at official tournaments. Right now, though, that content isn't properly representative of our massive worldwide community. We want you to help us represent the World Beyblade Organization and show the world what Beyblade is like where you live!
![[Image: social20.png]](https://s31.postimg.org/4kjaf0lqz/social20.png)
And people like JoJo [Jp0t] have already been helping us do this for our Youtube channel with tournament videos for events like this one in Los Angeles!:
We’d love to share some of your content next! For more information and if you have any questions, please visit the official PROJECT SOCIAL MEDIA thread.
Welcome ~Mana~ to the WBO Committee!
Finally, we’re happy to announce another addition to the WBO Committee: ~Mana~! Many of you should already know him from his position over at the Beyblade Wiki which officially merged with Beywki last year. He has been a WBO Affiliate since, but with all of the work he’s done to date, it made perfect sense for us to take our commitment to the wiki a step further by adding him as an official member of our team!
His primary focus will be to continue managing the wiki itself while also pushing the merger project forward from both a content/article perspective, and a design perspective to help transition the wiki to a design that feels like more of a part of the WBO itself.
But we need all of the help we can get! Feel free to get in touch with him if you’re looking to help out with the wiki, and take a look through the following thread and forum to find out what you can do to help:
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And to all the Winners of HMS & Plastics Remembrance Day 2016 BeyLotto !
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. I'm really Beyxcited for new Experiment Format and will surely host 1 here in Mumbai! Burst Stadium Unbanning for MFB was great idea. Not just it will allow for many more events to be hosted but also allow for events to finish faster due to many people have those stadium. Its great to here that Nikhil won 2nd prize. He truly deserve it, also congrats to all other who win! Abt Ronin Ban, I 100%. Abt Gravity, Im not sure lets see what happens.![[Image: 2aj5k50.jpg]](https://i68.tinypic.com/2aj5k50.jpg)
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