Arupaeo and I were actually throwing the idea around about doing a Beyblading school. Basically, I'd love to teach the beywiki to younger kids and help them with customization and technique. I think telling a kid "you should go to the Beyblade School on _____ and learn advanced techniques" is the better alternative to saying "better luck next time" when they lose in an actual tournament. Granted, these are not battles, but it's going directly off of what's on the website. The charges for the school would be the same as a tournament, but it's a very gradual way to transition into the community.

I think tournaments are a lot of pressure. They are fun, but most newer bladers take a hit on their beypoints first before actually gaining. I think this also might resolve the issue with attackers. If we can teach kids to be confident enough to use attack types (through practice), then maybe they will appear more in the metagame? I know that when I switched to attackers, the 11-14 year olds who play this game seriously started using them, too.

Your thoughts?

Could that not be done during an actual tournament, before, in the middle or after it ? I do not like the idea of adding things that are not tournaments in the list of Upcoming Events. That was not what it was intended for, and I think the term "Events" was used only because it fit much better in the table cell.

Not really. Most parents want to leave after two hours. Here is how my normal 30-40 player tournament schedule runs:

10:15am-11am = set up/registering early birds
11am-12:15pm = registration
12:15-12:30 = tournament battle configuration
12:20-12:40 = registering that one person who showed up late
12:40-1:45 = round 1 & 2 complete; people finally start to leave
4pm = tournament end

See, in smaller areas, doing it during an event would be fine, but in areas where we consistantly get 20+, it's not going to happen. There are so many duties in organizing battles that it is just too time consuming.

Outside of that, I think it encourages bonding, growth, and just a better community.

My thoughts also. I planned to start a beyblading School here in Indonesia linked to the WBO. well. never really worked out. that is what sucks about being 12. nothing financial will ever get done

---

||Avatar is a gift not my own work||
||DeviantArt||

My thoughts also. I planned to start a beyblading School here in Indonesia linked to the WBO. well. never really worked out. that is what sucks about being 12. nothing financial will ever get done

I think it's a lot easier to post it in one topic that appears on the front page than to go searching for it through the WBO General.

That's a great idea, Deikailo.
I've been teaching some beyblading techniques to my friends for quite sometime. (not saying I know everything, sometimes even I get my share of practice with them)
The problem is, lack of the label- 'professional' or even 'amateur' for that matter.
No one believes me. They think I am a maniac who just blabbers about having some knowledge about beyblade
Well, I'd love to be a part of such a campaign!
As it is, we are gonna have a tourney soon!
I'd certainly teach the people around that place (even though I would be the most inexperienced member there).
About your thoughts related to the tourneys being pressurizing, I agree to it 100%.
Its a tough job at times,(I am scared of going to tourneys) feels like answering a test without any practice!

---

Team IB Revolutions

Thanks to N0body for the avatar and Synth for the signature!

If we use the plastics and HMS tournaments as a model, this type of idea could still be a tournament, but just classified as an "Exhibition Tournament". No BeyPoints would be awarded, and we could use a condensed tournament format to make it a bit shorter so that we could fit in 30 minutes of instruction beforehand.

So for example we could have:

[Brooklyn, NY, USA] Attack Exhibition Tournament. Bring your attack parts and learn about the art of the sliding shoot, tornado stall and other attack blading techniques.

The same could be done for Defense or Stamina, with maybe a capstone tourney that would be a regular event but restricted to those with 1099 BeyPoints or lower.

Each of the 4 tournaments in the series would be tournaments, but only 1 of them would be for points.

i do like the idea. and personally i would love to teach kids how to play myself. though i can, and have, told kids using attack types to angle it to KO opponents, i do not have the time to expand the kid's skill more (as i have battles to play in, i may have to judge, and so on)

---

This is a cool idea, but I think you should actually ask the new Beybladers (and their parents) at your next tournament(s) if they would actually be interested in this.

Unless you've already done this?

I like the idea of having a Beyblade School. It'd teach them what parts to use in a situation, and maybe it'd help in school.

maybe it could be in video chat form. You would also have to register for it. Each class is once a week and could be taught to a class of 30 beybladers and one WBO official could teach it. Multiple classes can be taught by different teachers and the students could share ideas through video chat. Of cource, this idea is very unrealistic and the WBO website isn't advanced enough for this.

---

I have the determination to be the best!!! As leader of team Bey Edge, I will be VICTORIOUS!!! Watch team Bey Edge at http://www.youtube.com/user/BeyEdge

where are these beyschools going to be?will there be one in san diego or close to san diego?If held at all.

---

Signature was too large. Read the rules.

maybe it could be in video chat form. You would also have to register for it. Each class is once a week and could be taught to a class of 30 beybladers and one WBO official could teach it. Multiple classes can be taught by different teachers and the students could share ideas through video chat. Of cource, this idea is very unrealistic and the WBO website isn't advanced enough for this.

Hmmm, this could work, but we would have to have a WBO Skype account as well as payment for the video conference calls......... which come in packets............... and the WBO Officials would have to be chosen by a test, ya know, like if i wanted to become a WBO Official teacher i had to pass a test?...

---

||Avatar is a gift not my own work||
||DeviantArt||

Sounds cool, But do we pay if we want to enter?Or just go to places where there being held?

---

Signature was too large. Read the rules.

I certainly like that idea or point, more so about the noob beypoints loss. That is the single thing I regret about beyblade. Going into a tournament being clueless, scarring my beypoints forever.

---

Credit to Omega.
UniquE - Professional Beyblade team located in Melbourne.

Spoiler (Click to View)

maybe it could be in video chat form. You would also have to register for it. Each class is once a week and could be taught to a class of 30 beybladers and one WBO official could teach it. Multiple classes can be taught by different teachers and the students could share ideas through video chat. Of cource, this idea is very unrealistic and the WBO website isn't advanced enough for this.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

Seven year old kids will not watch Beyblade. They need to play it to understand.

Sounds cool, But do we pay if we want to enter?Or just go to places where there being held?

Since it is a WBO event, WBO fees would apply so you pay $10 and you're covered for a year.

Sorry to be the pessimist here but I'm not sure that it will work too well and that we should have pretty much covered this all already. Realistically, everything you need to know about beyblades already on the WBO, and if you want to improve, all you have to do is look for it. Not to mention if they want to see it in action there are plenty of videos on youtube on the sliding shoot, how beyblades work etc.
All tournament holders and that really need to do is say "If you wish to improve you might want to look around a bit more on the WBO and on youtube for more tips…" and maybe give a quick demo of a sliding shoot or something.

I don't think we need to have classes and paying for it seems outrageous considering all the knowledge is free here on the WBO already. Well, definitely not $10, I'd say more like $3.

---

<-SDC
Team Omega Nova!Poke-Fusion Lab!My story

This topic is not about whether these meet-ups can be done or not : hold them if you want, it could only do some good for people. However, the goal of this thread is to determine whether they should be in the same box as the "Upcoming Events" list, which is only for approved tournaments.

This topic is not about whether these meet-ups can be done or not : hold them if you want, it could only do some good for people. However, the goal of this thread is to determine whether they should be in the same box as the "Upcoming Events" list, which is only for approved tournaments.

That being said Kai-V, do you have an initial opinion or thoughts on the concept of an exhibition or teaching tournament?

I might also like to see this being utilized as even something for qualifying judges. It would be nice to have a formal meeting for anyone who wants to be a judge or host to learn from it. Although you can say this can easily be coordinated via PMs, I tried that once and only 4 people showed out of the 12 that should have come.

That being said Kai-V, do you have an initial opinion or thoughts on the concept of an exhibition or teaching tournament?

It is cool, but it is not a tournament. We have always been against doing any sort of publicity for meet-ups which could eventually become unapproved tournaments, and these "Beyblade schools" could either encourage people to tell us to rethink that decision, or some of those "Beyblade schools", not necessarily Deikailo's at all, could become such meet-ups/unapproved tournaments.

That being said Kai-V, do you have an initial opinion or thoughts on the concept of an exhibition or teaching tournament?

It is cool, but it is not a tournament. We have always been against doing any sort of publicity for meet-ups which could eventually become unapproved tournaments, and these "Beyblade schools" could either encourage people to tell us to rethink that decision, or some of those "Beyblade schools", not necessarily Deikailo's at all, could become such meet-ups/unapproved tournaments.

Obviously, it would be up to the committee to approve certain proposals for this. I would think that already established communities with reputable hosts could even pilot this idea.

The main reason I believe it should be on the upcoming events list is more parents who come to this site for the sake of their kids will be able to see it. Some people who do not post will show up to tournaments. They don't care to read through everything on this site, but rather, view the front page.

where are these beyschools going to be?will there be one in san diego or close to san diego?If held at all.

It should be online

---

I have the determination to be the best!!! As leader of team Bey Edge, I will be VICTORIOUS!!! Watch team Bey Edge at http://www.youtube.com/user/BeyEdge

where are these beyschools going to be?will there be one in san diego or close to san diego?If held at all.

It should be online

Seriously, if you cannot contribute to this conversation, don't post as what you're saying is boarding irrelevant and otherwise completely useless.

It should be online

IMO it shouldn't be

telling people how to do it online is not as good as real life help at all. especially for something like this

personally i would rather have someone to be able to see and adjust my launch hands on then do it online and possibly see/hear the instructions wrong

also, both sides would need a video camera... which costs money

---