I don't follow that logic at all. I do remember you trying to change the tournament to P3C1 before we started, but it was advertised as a 3v3 tournament and I was insistent it remain so. As we all know, I really don't like the P3C1 format or find it fun or interesting, so I'm not sure what problem with 3v3 that P3C1 solves. Does 3v3 take a little longer? Sure. But it's more fun to me.

Personally the reason I like P3C1 is because it makes it more knowledge and skill than what the more luck based 3v3 is. In P3C1 I am able to look at the opponents options and see what my best option to counter the most would be. It creates a very deep mindgame on what combo to use. I would probably like 3V3 a little better than I do now (not better than P3C1) if you were able to look at the opponents deck before making your first order.

In P3C1 you can pick/mind game your opponent into a highly undesirable and nearly unwinnable match up, just like you could with single bey.  I mean, you do ultimately still play with one bey each.  Sometimes when you achieve this, very little skill is actually needed for spinning of the tops themselves.  The launching of the tops become mostly a formality, and this isn’t deck match type so it’s just gg after you launch the appropriate # of times.  This is still certainly possible even in MFL.  You can pick your opponent to death in 3on3 too, but it’s just harder to out pick perfectly that many times imo.  

I guess to use poker terms, you can have your opponent close to drawing dead in P3C1 right at the beginning.  Imo, it can get to the point of pocket Aces against Pocket Kings odds.  This hands can happen in Hold’em sure, but that is why you play more than one hand right? I guess it is picking skills to straight dominate your opponent with ur pick.  But idk that it is fun or exciting to play once someone is dominated. After all, P3C1 is just the first step of deck match type played to 3 points.  I mean… isn’t there a reason deck match type isn’t just that?

So one thing I have noticed is that people inevitably end up comparing formats to each other. You like this part to that format and that part to this format. The thing is these formats are all meant to be different. There is a reason you get to see your opponent’s deck in P3C1 and you don’t in 3v3.

P3C1 is definitely designed more for the competitive player that has a great amount of knowledge on the different parts of beys and how they interact with each other. Take this tournament for example. Had we chose to change to P3C1 I probably would of went 0-12 because I have no clue how any MFB parts mesh together of even how they work in the BB10. So I would of been at a huge disadvantage even though Geetster99 helped me with some combos. I still would lack the knowledge that someone who has been playing for years has. P3C1 is definitely the format to use for high level events like if it were a regional qualifier or a national event. I dunno just something big.

3v3 is without a doubt the most balanced format when it comes to balancing the gap between new and old players. Yes there is far less knowledge needed to play this format. You could even argue less skill and I wouldn’t contest it. However, it certainly is a lot more fun for all players when you get to play with 3 beys and the match ups can get wonky and fun. I understand the desire of wanting to have knowledge of your opponent’s deck before you make your order, but that really stretches the balance of the format and takes the surprise factor out of the game. 3v3 is definitely the best format to relax and have fun. as well as introduce new players to the competitive world of Beyblade.

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Hey all, professional noob blader here. I enjoyed participating in the fighting of exploding spinning tops while pretending I know how inertia works. I will generally partake in gatherings of people with a similar interest of these rotating objects around the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). My favourite combos are essentially anything purple, gold, and sometimes a nice purl white. I don’t know how to make a cool banner so who those who actually know how this site works please feel free to message me about how I should know how to at this point lol.