With the announcement of Limited Format and some renewed activity in the Perth thread, I've decided it's time for me to pick up the gauntlet again and set about reviving our little community.
Here in Perth, we've never been the biggest tournament scene, and much larger, more active communities have fallen in recent times, but what we have – our greatest strength – is our spirit. I was always proud of how tight-knit, yet open and welcoming we were, and I still believe few communities could claim to be better sports. So, Perth bladers, now's our time to shine – let's show the rest of the world the meaning of "Bey-Spirit!"
"But th!nk", you say, "most of us only have old tops – only a few of us have 4D beys, let alone these fancy new ultra-heavy Synchromes I hear about, we won't stand a chance in a tournament!" Well, aside from the fact that would probably be the case for most of your opponents too, this is the beauty of Limited format (which I may or may not have advocated because of concerns you guys raised with me in the past): those super-heavy or extra-strong wheels, as well as big plastic disk tracks and a couple of other things that make a number of older parts non-viable, are banned! The format focuses on pre-maximum series metal wheels (as well as more recent ones of similar weight) – you know, the period around which we had our first tournament – so odds are if you've played MFB in Perth in the past, you'll be good to go for this tournament too, in fact, seeing as Basalt isn't around, things should be even more equal! For more information, here's the Official Limited Format Banlist, check it out for yourself.
So, dust off your Earths, Lightnings, and Meteos (or maybe buy some brand new shiny Zero-G) – we're taking this city back!
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Format: Limited Format (BB-10), Straight Round Robin (or Block Round Robin if we get at least 12 people). If this goes successfully, we'll look at doing Standard Format in future as well, as long as there's enough interest.
Date/Time: Sunday March 2nd, 2014 (if this is a major issue for people I can change it, but this looks like it'll work).
We'll probably start at midday, but the time is flexible - I might arrive early to give people time to familiarize themselves with stuff etc, maybe train up a new judge if I only need to get one person trained up.
Venue: To Be Determined. If you know a nice park relatively midway between Rockingham and Thornlie with nearby public transport, please let me know. We're moving from King's Park as most of the userbase here is now south of the river and we have a few people coming from Rockingham (and King's Park is also a pain for me to get to).
Entry Fee: $5 USD (~$5.80 AUD), Blader Passports are $10USD (~$11.55 AUD) and provide free entry to any WBO tournament for 12 months as well as entry into occasional Passport Holder-Exclusive Giveaways on-site. Entry fees go towards the WBO's operating costs, competitions, and to tournament prizes (most of our entry fees will be going towards the prizes for this tournament.)
For more details, read this. (Click to View)
Entry Requirements: Players need to be registered members of the WBO – I would appreciate if everyone registered before the event so handing in the results etc is as fast and easy as possible.
Other than that, the WBO has no age restrictions – if your parents want to play they're absolutely welcome to do so (there's a basic limit on how strong a launcher can launch, so they wouldn't have the advantage they'd expect
). Anyone who needs additional supervision (be they too young/prone to wandering off or have relevant medical concerns), should be accompanied by a responsible older sibling or guardian etc – I will do everything I can to ensure the safety and well-being of all participants but I will not be held liable if anything happens.Lastly, I would really like to know for sure by 6:00 PM the day before the event who will and won't be there. If your parents won't give you a straight answer, please tell them it's extremely important to the person organizing it so that everything goes as smoothly as possible.
If you absolutely will not know for sure until the day of the event, then please tell me well in advance, that way I can probably print off relevant result entry sheets and so on for every possible situation.
Finally, please make sure you have read and understood both Rulebooks as well as checking the most recent Official Limited Format Ban List – all parts, launchers and other accessories must be within the rules – most importantly, official Beyblade products.
Prizes: We will have actual physical prizes this time, which is where most of the entry fees will go, courtesy of the World Beyblade Organization. The following are what I intend to have, however if something isn't available or goes up in price, this may change.
1st Place: BB-96 Beyblade Super Deck Set (Takara)
2nd Place: Thief Phoenic E230GCF (SonoKong)
3rd Place: Phantom Orion B: D (Takara)
I'll order them once we work out a date on which eight of us can definitely make it (with enough time for a new BB-10 and hopefully the prizes to arrive), though unless we get ten a small amount will come out of my own pocket. I've tried to select things which have parts useful in both Standard and Limited, so hopefully people will be happy with this.
As some of you may recall, I have a personal policy of not accepting prizes if I win one at events I host. This time, I've decided that if I do place (and I very much intend to), I'll give whatever I win to an attendee of my choosing – I'll be keeping an eye out for examples of Blader Spirit and good sportsmanship, but in the event this happens, please respect my decision (if it's too hard to decide I'll put names in a hat or something I guess).
Relevant Links:
Rulebooks and Event Guide (Read Them!)
MFB: Limited Discussion Forum (Limited Format Primer, Public Banlist Discussion)
Official Limited Format Banlist Discussion (Advanced Forum)
Other Relevant Information:
We'll likely be playing through lunch time, and I won't be cooking, so please bring something to eat and plenty of water – it is Summer, too, so make sure you wear sunscreen and a hat! I'll try to bring extra sunscreen with me but don't rely on it.
If you have any major food allergies, I'm happy to ask people to not bring food containing whatever the allergen is – just PM me with details (obviously, I'll keep your name private unless you specifically ask me not to do so).
If you have a large rug that can be laid down on grass to protect our tops, PLEASE bring it along. I'll try to bring a couple myself but the more area we cover the less chance we have of losing anything or of anything getting damaged.
If you are going to need to borrow a particular part on the day, I may be able to lend out parts but it needs to be organised well in advance of the tournament so I can keep track of everything (as I likely won't be bringing my full collection), and I'd also have to ask you to be very careful with my parts – only use them in stadiums and make sure they don't bounce onto hard surfaces etc.
I will have some extra Light Launcher 2's for people to use, they have a bit of a kick so if people want I can get there early so you can get a little practice. I've gone through my pile of them and checked for skipping and oiled up all the good ones, so while they take a little more arm strength, they can launch just as hard as a string launcher. I will also hopefully have a spare left spin string launcher in addition to the one I'm using, (as all my left spinning ripcord launchers skip), though I would suggest investing in a good launcher of your own as I have a tendency to break string launchers.
If you have a BB-10 you can bring, please let me know ASAP (as well as how easy it will be for you to get to this and future tournaments – I will be able to get one either way, but it is relevant to whether I can get one through the WBO or whether I don't need one urgently and can wait til a more convenient time to buy one myself.) Also if you have any friends who have a good-condition BB-10 and don't use it any more and would be willing to sell it to me for a good price, please let them know I'm after one for tournaments, as organising these things is a lot simpler if I actually have a tournament-legal stadium.
Confirmed Attendees: (5)
th!nk (host/judge)
r0ckbull (judge)
BladerDanger
EpicLDrago
th!nk's sister if needed to make 8.
Possible Attendees:
Fggdyg (able to Judge, has a BB-10 if he is able to come, but won't know availability til just before the tournament)
dvd177 (likely)
dvd177's friend(s)???
spacemarine320
"Publicity Materials"
Sig Banner:
By the way guys, made a little sig banner for the tournament, for those interested. It's 100px high so you can have that plus whatever else equal to its height before your sig is too big for the rules. Extra code on top of the image is to center it and have it take you to this thread when clicked.
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