Keyblader,
If, perhaps, Takara/Hasbro elected some sort of shadow board to covertly design and distribute HMS blades to a select group of bladers to give them an edge over everyone else in competition, then yes. They would be unfair. But they're not. They're available to everyone. Even today, a few years after production of ALL beyblades CEASED ENTIRELY, you can still purchase HMS blades online. They were distributed to major retailers across the country, and the prices were comparable to plastic blades. As I previously noted, nothing is wrong with someone taking a style preference over plastics. But it's a childish response to say that someone who doesn't share your style preference is playing unfair. You know what? I dig classic cars. I like the way they look. The Delorian was a stylistic work of art. A Rolls Royce is a damn sexy car. The Model T was a wonder of engineering and design in it's day. Are any of those cars suited for racing? Hell no! Yes, I suppose you could hold some sort of exhibition race where all the drivers had to use Depression-Era trucks, and it might be entertaining, but it wouldn't be considered a serious competition.
Maybe automobile parallels aren't working for you, I'll put it this way.
I used to play Magic: The Gathering. I got on board right before Revised (3rd Edition), somewhere around 1993, 1994 (for those not in the know, I'm 25 years old), and played for about 3 or 4 years. I kept collecting for maybe another year after I stopped playing. The reason why I stopped playing? The game got too overpowered for my tastes. It stopped being fun for me. Not for everyone. For me. I still have all my cards and on rare occasions pull them out, sift through, make a deck or two, and remember the fun times I had when I was a kid with a great game. And they would be good decks 15 years ago, but they are not good decks today. I would not enter a competition today with one of them, and then complain when people use cards after the Weatherlight series.
The situation is unbalanced, not unfair. Nuff Said.
Flash Leopold, UK Superhero, you know where I'm going with this by now...