[Silver Spring, MD, USA] September 18, 2011 - Better than School!

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Hi everyone! This is the official thread for Better than School! - a tournament in Maryland and DC's most popular Beyblade spot (Martin Luther King Jr. Park) on Sunday, September 18.

Map of MLK Park
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1098+Jacks...urce=embed


Location: The closest address to put in your GPS is 1098 Jackson Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20904, but be sure to look at the map above for the actual location of the tournament which will be beside the pavilion (just above the basketball courts)
Registration: 11am - Noon
Start time: Shortly after Noon
Format: Block round robin (This may change depending on actual number of attendees)
Surface: Grass!
Fees: Standard WBO fees ($5 entry fee or free with a Blader Passport)
Prizes: There will be two Random Booster 8's in the prize pool , along with Fang Leone. 1st place picks first prize from the pool, 2nd place gets to pick second, etc. etc. Also... a small surprise gift for all bladers!


Please post to this thread if you plan to make it!

Confirmed attendees:
  1. Arupaeo
  2. Burn Rock Virgo
  3. Technologic (formerly War)
  4. ®
  5. Galaxy4ever
  6. beybladewrecker
  7. Katsuya
  8. nerfblader721
  9. hellkerbex900
  10. Breaker
  11. Ryugablader
  12. Flame
  13. Bigbang4ever
  14. othellog
  15. Go Hell Kerbecs (formerly Go Sagittario)
  16. burning infinty (formerly burning inpact)
  17. night wing 247
  18. ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
  19. Kenta22
  20. TheCaptainDiego
  21. Furydragoon
  22. Rockleone500
  23. BillyBlast
  24. meteobang
  25. XBlader0
  26. Pure
  27. geetster99
  28. WISE LEONE
  29. bbamsuv
  30. Tsuyoshi 244
  31. Fiege
  32. ZCBlader
  33. HKerbecs76
  34. subham123
  35. Cool Blader
  36. TheLinkBeyblade
Hope to see you all there!

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4. The Tournament Will Last At Least a Few Hours

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6. Players Must Meet Regional Product Age Restrictions

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(Sep. 12, 2011  10:01 PM)Ryugablader Wrote: How many bb10 attack stadiums are there gonna be. last tournament we had there was only 3

Yeah, I ordered a case of stadiums (at no small expense) to make sure that we would have enough. There will be a minimum of 5 BB-10 stadiums for tournament play. However, the number of stadiums actually used in the tournament is subject to the size of the blocks (in block round robin) and the number of available and experienced judges. In the last tournament we did not have enough experienced judges to run 5 stadiums, though we could have run 4 if we had had another stadium available for our use.

There is also (irrespective of block size) a direct relationship between the number of competitors, the number of stadiums and the number of judges. For example, let's say we have a 10 person tourney (including 5 judges), and we have 5 stadiums. We still couldn't use all 5 stadiums because all of the judges would be competing! At best we could run 3 stadiums at a time in that scenario, and sometimes would have to run rounds of 2 stadiums.

For Better than School! we will probably have 6 experienced judges, and probably be running rounds of 3-4 stadiums at a time. I always try to make sure in my pre-planning that I have tournament structures prepared that will be efficient, and now that I have multiple stadiums of my own the only factors that will be limiting are the number of judges and competitors.

Hope this provides you with some additional insight!
I hope everybody has fun in the tourney Good luck
so does that mean that you have to buy a stadium for the tourny?
(Sep. 13, 2011  12:05 AM)drakio Wrote: so does that mean that you have to buy a stadium for the tourny?

That question is pretty vague. In order to have a tourney you have to have at least 1 stadium. In order to ensure that I will always have enough stadiums to run the most efficient tournament structure, yes, I had to buy more stadiums.
UNfortunatly I won't have my new new stuff for this but my new stuff however does anyone want to have a side tourny I have 2 extra beys for prizes a Tag team tourny on the side unofficial I saved my 230 at the cost of my second beloved metal face red what does the world have aginst me and red metal faces first Fico now it grabing my 230
(Sep. 13, 2011  12:50 AM)BillyBlast Wrote: UNfortunatly I won't have my new new stuff for this but my new stuff however does anyone want to have a side tourny I have 2 extra beys for prizes a Tag team tourny on the side unofficial I saved my 230 at the cost of my second beloved metal face red what does the world have aginst me and red metal faces first Fico now it grabing my 230

Of coure it sounds awsome...
too bad drakio cant come it would be perfect cuz i told him about my plans and how to beat basalt...Back on topic again i may stay for the tag team i will have to beg like crazy though
(Sep. 13, 2011  12:50 AM)BillyBlast Wrote: UNfortunatly I won't have my new new stuff for this but my new stuff however does anyone want to have a side tourny I have 2 extra beys for prizes a Tag team tourny on the side unofficial I saved my 230 at the cost of my second beloved metal face red what does the world have aginst me and red metal faces first Fico now it grabing my 230
I may stay for it I'm not certain though.

(Sep. 13, 2011  12:50 AM)BillyBlast Wrote: UNfortunatly I won't have my new new stuff for this but my new stuff however does anyone want to have a side tourny I have 2 extra beys for prizes a Tag team tourny on the side unofficial I saved my 230 at the cost of my second beloved metal face red what does the world have aginst me and red metal faces first Fico now it grabing my 230

oK IM IN!





Caps lock strikes again!
I got a Cyber Pegasus legend and Torch aries Legend up for prizes it will be a mini tourny Maybe everyone can donate 1 part if your participating and we will still use a TT stadium mine however mine is banged up but won't affect much but too banged up for WBO Tournies
So Far
Participates are
1. BillyBlast (Tagged with Wise Leone)
2.Beyblade Wrecker (tagged with breaker)
3.Katsyuga
4. Breaker (Tagged with Beyblade Wrecker)
5. Technologic
6. Wise Leone (If he can make it) (Tagged with BillyBlast
Prizes
Torch aries Legend Used ( I'm greedy like that giving my used instead of my New)
Cyber Pegasus Legend Used (Same as Above) Stickers Appiled to both
Everyone Ante/i's 1 Part as a fee to the winner
Rules WBO Rules and you choose a partner and decide which style to battle sperate and depend on each other or Battle Together if 1 loses 1 Wins on a Team the winners Fight
Stadiums- My BB-10 (Banged Up) and mMy lightning Force (Cut Up Modded) However if anyone has a Wide Square Stadium that would be betterthan my lightning force .
For the anti/e we must make complete beys meaning that we will need 16 participants. I am offerning 2 Beys 15 People 15 Pieces 5 Beys Total
it dfoesn't matter What you give just give different parts no Doubles beside faces
Choosing People.You can have me select randomly or pick however both of you must accept your partner
(Sep. 13, 2011  12:50 AM)BillyBlast Wrote: UNfortunatly I won't have my new new stuff for this but my new stuff however does anyone want to have a side tourny I have 2 extra beys for prizes a Tag team tourny on the side unofficial I saved my 230 at the cost of my second beloved metal face red what does the world have aginst me and red metal faces first Fico now it grabing my 230

I'll try!
i am going
Arupaeo are you going to be selling anything if so what and how much??????? P.s sorry if i spelled your name wrong
I AM SO SYKED FOR THIS TOURNAMENT
Wait so you guys are having a tag team match, like when you chose a partner and battle along side each other, man I am so mad I cant come. Well anyway good luck to everyone! Oh billy in on of your post you but "you" instead of "use" correct me if you were doing that on purpose or for some other reason. I believe its post #134
(Sep. 14, 2011  1:57 AM)drakio Wrote: Wait so you guys are having a tag team match, like when you chose a partner and battle along side each other, man I am so mad I cant come. Well anyway good luck to everyone! Oh billy in on of your post you but "you" instead of "use" correct me if you were doing that on purpose or for some other reason. I believe its post #134

Your right I also Updated it
(Sep. 13, 2011  8:21 PM)geetster99 Wrote: i am going

Fantastic! You're on the list and we'll see you there.


(Sep. 13, 2011  8:41 PM)Pure Wrote: Arupaeo are you going to be selling anything if so what and how much??????? P.s sorry if i spelled your name wrong

At this point, what I have to sell at the tournament are Random Booster 8s for $20, a TT Flame Sagittarrio for $10, and a brand new Takara Tomy BB-10 Attack Stadium for $45.

PM me if you can absolutely commit to buying either the attack stadium or the sagittario. The random booster 8s will be first come first served on the day of the tournament.



And speaking of the tournament, I'm getting pretty excited as well! Looks like we will have a fantastic turnout, and if we can sustain this level of participation (and based on the enthusiasm for billy's team match so far) I will propose that in October we have an official double tournament. The first one would be open to everyone and the second would be restricted by number to maybe do a full round robin or something like that.

What do you think?
(Sep. 14, 2011  3:22 PM)Arupaeo Wrote:
(Sep. 13, 2011  8:21 PM)geetster99 Wrote: i am going



And speaking of the tournament, I'm getting pretty excited as well! Looks like we will have a fantastic turnout, and if we can sustain this level of participation (and based on the enthusiasm for billy's team match so far) I will propose that in October we have an official double tournament. The first one would be open to everyone and the second would be restricted by number to maybe do a full round robin or something like that.

What do you think?
YES Brilliant idea!

(Sep. 13, 2011  3:39 AM)BillyBlast Wrote: I got a Cyber Pegasus legend and Torch aries Legend up for prizes it will be a mini tourny Maybe everyone can donate 1 part if your participating and we will still use a TT stadium mine however mine is banged up but won't affect much but too banged up for WBO Tournies
So Far
Participates are
1. BillyBlast (Tagged with Wise Leone)
2.Beyblade Wrecker
3.Katsyuga
4. Breaker
5. Technologic
6. Wise Leone (If he can make it) (Tagged with BillyBlast
Prizes
Torch aries Legend Used ( I'm greedy like that giving my used instead of my New)
Cyber Pegasus Legend Used (Same as Above) Stickers Appiled to

Billy beybladewrecker and I are tagged
Breaker Cool! I'm glad to hear that you like the idea

(that's an awful lot of lengthy quoting for a 2-line reply though. May want to edit down)
at this rate it will be three battles
I'm still a maybe but most likely
Arupaeo YOUR SELLING A Takara Tomy BB-10 Attack Stadium (i think that's the one i need) i want it.....but ugh i only have $60 cash with me Unhappy
(Sep. 14, 2011  11:50 PM)TheCaptainDiego Wrote: Arupaeo YOUR SELLING A Takara Tomy BB-10 Attack Stadium (i think that's the one i need) i want it.....but ugh i only have $60 cash with me Unhappy

Well, I'm sure that this wont be the only time I have stadiums if people are interested in getting them. so far I've seen 3 people express interest, and if there are more, I could do an order for October.
Arupaeo so, no chance of me being able to buy this one?
(Sep. 15, 2011  2:52 AM)TheCaptainDiego Wrote: Arupaeo so, no chance of me being able to buy this one?

There is definitely that chance, but please use PMs for specific buying/selling/transaction related questions.
looking to buy: MF-H,Black grip rubber,launcher rubber, and MB (Metal Ball)