That would discourage new members. People just need to be more careful with their accounts.
(Jul. 08, 2012 6:04 PM)Kai-V Wrote: [ -> ]No, seriously ? Zero-G is only out in Japan, what were you expecting ?
(Jul. 08, 2012 6:09 PM)Ultra Wrote: [ -> ]Do you mean as opposed to countries with anime shops that sell them or not have Hasbro available to them? Or that they can't be shipped to that country for some reason?
The main issue that prevents TakaraTomy beys from being present in all WBO areas is that there are locations where the financial systems don't seem to allow for easy access to online payment services like PayPal or doing online transactions in general. This means that regular Bladers have a hard time purchasing things from eBay, etc. and older Bladers find it especially challenging to buy Beys in wholesale.
This same issue makes it difficult for hosts in those areas to send in tournament fees. Somehow you need to go through herculean efforts to get money transferred, and not everyone can manage to get it done.
Things just aren't the same outside of North America and Europe, and we need to remember that...
Can the size of AVATAR can increase to 120kb from 100 kb?
Just upload it to an image-hosting website, the limit will barely affect the picture ...
SOTW? maybe a few more members would join due to the WBO having SOTW
We want more Members who actually care about Beyblade ... Unless "S" did not stand for "signature".
(Jul. 08, 2012 4:59 PM)Arupaeo Wrote: [ -> ] (Jul. 08, 2012 3:50 PM)Kai-V Wrote: [ -> ]Fang Leone Burning Claw Ver. is not cool ? Also, even though Hasbro did have a regular release of Bakushin Susanow 90WF Luna Eclipse Ver., as usual, stock varies a lot from city to city, and I personally find that it is one of the coolets recolours.
Yes, though, we can try to give away more real 4D Beyblades, since they seem to be a luxury now.
In addition, there are areas of the world (like India) where 4D (and Zero-G) beys seem to be completely unavailable. It would be nice (and interesting) to see the Blader Rewards begin to transform those metagames through the introduction of competitive parts that would otherwise not exist there.
yes your right, here in india only few people have access to buy online and competitive beys are available at those stores only
the fact is,rarity doesnt matter here
also again if there is a new wave of blader rewards, i will love if the WBO keeps competitive beys
Unless we make Beyblades worth maximum five Credits, chances are that if you exchange enough Credits for a good prize, you already have enough competitive parts. This is exactly the reasoning the Committee had that justified our use of only rare, limited recolours as prizes for the Blader Rewards.
Also, we cannot even get much inside India anyway ...
Ok., got it
but even then if you can keep like 8 credits for BBP, then 10 credits for l drago destroy.... And so on, until 50 credits for UDXS or anything else.. I mean starting from less competitive to the best competitive
and if you keep so, then you'll can keep it with the current wave of rewards as a
side option for bladers to choose between collectors choice and competitive choice
anyways its all your decision though there will be some who will like my opinion
In case of India, it is not such a small problem though. We dont have any new releases so the game always tends to be in a dying state here with many bladers leaving it and none joining. Secondly, The only active beyblading communities in this highly populated country are only in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai. There as well, almost all participants are same for all events. Very few new faces are seen. Then again, we don't have events as frequently as others either. We have events once in 3-4 months and to try to catch up to the world bladers, we try to make it an event with two tournaments of different formats in it.
However, last few months, I have noticed that most tournaments have the winners using 4Ds. The number of participants in India owning 4Ds isn't so very low either. In Mumbai, 3-4 people own 4Ds. In Bangalore, 3-4 people own them as well. And, in Hyderabad, Legend Relic: He has always won an event with 4D bey isn't it? Even then, spin-stealers do significantly better than 4D stamina combos in Indian tournaments. So, the trend might shift to using spin-stealers now.
Moreover, as Kai-V said, it is tougher to have things shipped into India and IIRC, no one in India so far has claimed a physical prize from the blader rewards either. To send a shipment to India, WBO would have to use an indirect way like sending it to some other Asian country where a trusted member lives and then making him redirect the parcel to India. So, seems like physical prizes as a whole will still be a problem for us.
@ N0body i got a physical prize (phantom orion set) 3 days ago, its at my aunts place i just have to pick it up..
@ Kai-V, please reply to my last post
Well, I do not think you are understanding this,
You gave an example, 50 credits for a UDXS. Now, look at N0body's post, about 3-4 people from each city with the most tournaments in India have 4D Beyblades. To even get close to 50 credits you'd have to win quite a bit of tournaments. To win them, since some people have Beyblades like Duo, you'll need some thing to stand up against that (I.E. Competetive Parts, you can't expect something like Earth to win against Duo). So, if someone has gotten to 50 credits, he probably already has Competetive parts. Now, what's the point to have a UDXS at 50 credits, when the person who has gotten 50 credits probably has it ?
If you look at it, me, N0body and Relic who have been placing in Indian tournaments are still at around 30 credits.
Yes. And the committee has already considered that point while selecting the blader rewards. The only 'competitive' parts out there are in the part sets. Moreover, Indians are among the minorities here. We dont even have a seperate forum for ourselves. And again, no Indian has ever become a significant member(except Janstarblast who used to be very active until sometime ago). So, there isn't anyone who could voice our opinions and be trustworthy enough to be believed by everyone else in WBO. If we had such a user, he could have made some arrangements for giving us some special facilities(like the education system here gives to the minorities). TBH though, it wont really be fair in such a case.
So, the committee will keep in mind the world bladers rather than Indians while choosing the awards. Creating a seperate award system for countries like India would also be quite tedious. And again, like BladingSpirit5 said, it will only be the ones with competitive parts who will be able to get the rewards and not the ones without them. Moreover, Beyblade is really dying out now in India so its better if we concentrate more on trying to host more events than on whining about why we are short on 4Ds.
You are wrong about one several things : each Member's opinion matters, and gets heard by the Committee. It is just a matter of taking everything into consideration too, which a lot of people do not seem to do : we already have difficulty "selling off" everything in a wave of Blader Rewards because everybody focuses on Face Boosters anyway, therefore spending even more money on a simultaneous/alternate line of products might not actually be 'worth it'; we cannot give them a 'price' of less than five or six Credits, so you really have to believe that people who will reach that number and higher already own the good parts ...
Yes, I do agree that everyone's opinion gets heard. But, if there are 50 members saying that they want Collection items in the Blader rewards and just one who wants a 4D beyblade, I dont think you/anyone else for that matter will lsiten to that one member and would go for what the majority wants isn't it? And the main point is, among the so-called 'minority', no one has enough credits to claim a good prize either. So, whatever their opinion of the rewards is, they themselves might never be able to claim it themselves. And again, as you said, it isn't worth spending much on an alternate wave either because not many will get/want to claim anything either.
India is an important part of this community, and, around the summer, you and others certainly host enough tournaments to prove that. I just wish Indian customs were not so stupid.
(Jul. 16, 2012 1:11 AM)Kai-V Wrote: [ -> ]You are wrong about one several things : each Member's opinion matters, and gets heard by the Committee. It is just a matter of taking everything into consideration too, which a lot of people do not seem to do : we already have difficulty "selling off" everything in a wave of Blader Rewards because everybody focuses on Face Boosters anyway, therefore spending even more money on a simultaneous/alternate line of products might not actually be 'worth it'; we cannot give them a 'price' of less than five or six Credits, so you really have to believe that people who will reach that number and higher already own the good parts ...
i understand
if you say that people who have more credits already have competitive beys then i think we can keep choices like, just an example
8 credits - phantom orion set (2 in stock)
OR big bang pegasis (3 in stock)
then any blader who wants to exchange can choose between competitive beys & collectors beyz
what do i get in the phantom orion parts set anyways?
i had a suggestion
i know that dimsum2u sells beyblade with accepting western union,but i've got trouble locating one
there are many banks with western union money transfer banner but they don't send,but only recieve money
so,why doesn't the WBO set an 'Agent' in every 'competitive parts deprived area or so'
if some blader wants to buy competitive beys,he can give Agent the money and he can send it to dimsum2u or an authorised dealer.deal done.
and honestly speaking,ashton pinto has a duo uranus with him
i.e.,he has competitive parts already
he has no need to debate because of people like me who don't have access to competitive parts
so what about this
UDXS set
25 credits
no,gold-silver-bronze face
you can increase the amount of the credits considering your budget
as P&HMS REMEMBERANCE day is near,any weak blader can get access to competitive parts
(criticism filter surely 'ON')
The whole idea of money and transactions is something that can involve a lot of deep problems. As a non-profit organisation run entirely by volunteers, we do not want to place our responsibility in anything like that. If you trust somebody in your area (N0body, for example), then nothing stops you from asking him to buy you something from dimsum2u or anywhere else online. However, the World Beyblade Organization cannot take the risks of placing so much trust into a person anywhere across the world because it could involve a lot of fraud, potentially. If you want something like that, do it personally where you live, with someone you know, but we will not endorse anything.
and what about the UDXS thing which i mentioned?
anything that you would like to point out?
well,can the WBO contact flipkart india and request them to involve takara-tomy beys shipped from outside India?
that'll be great help
prandiv123 and I send them e-mails but to no help
we were given thanks for your suggestions,we'll look into it.
if anything goes through,we'll be in a great position
also,you might like to look into Pakistan-increasing interest in beyblade
maybe something you could do?
(Jul. 16, 2012 5:53 AM)Kai-V Wrote: [ -> ]If you trust somebody in your area (N0body, for example), then nothing stops you from asking him to buy you something from dimsum2u or anywhere else online.
Kai-V at least reply to any of my post here,, (All my post were for you to give a reply ) please...... i had asked him some days ago, but
N0body Wrote:BTW, it is better if you set up your own Paypal account instead of asking me to do it this time. A paypal account would mean that you can independently buy things and you can also be the host by having access to Paypal account. I will guide you on how to make the paypal account if required.
its not his fault, just that parents don't trust anything online, so many bladers are limited to buying online
, i am not debating man, just something that might help many..also 4D beys are cheaper than rarer beys. and that 50 credits for UDXS was just an example
I know I have nothing to do with this arguement but i'd just like to say that I don't find having to buy online limiting. For anyone above about 13 it's kinda wierd to go into a toy shop. And even wierder to come out with something.
(Jul. 16, 2012 9:42 AM)Ultra Wrote: [ -> ]I know I have nothing to do with this arguement but i'd just like to say that I don't find having to buy online limiting. For anyone above about 13 it's kinda wierd to go into a toy shop. And even wierder to come out with something.
if it would not have been limited to buying online i would not even suggest anything for the blader rewards, because i know many who find it difficult to buy online from anyone who you donot know nor you have seen...
Ashton, I don't know what additional answers are you expecting? Your question had already been addressed.
(Jul. 16, 2012 1:11 AM)Kai-V Wrote: [ -> ]You are wrong about one several things : each Member's opinion matters, and gets heard by the Committee. It is just a matter of taking everything into consideration too, which a lot of people do not seem to do : we already have difficulty "selling off" everything in a wave of Blader Rewards because everybody focuses on Face Boosters anyway, therefore spending even more money on a simultaneous/alternate line of products might not actually be 'worth it'; we cannot give them a 'price' of less than five or six Credits, so you really have to believe that people who will reach that number and higher already own the good parts ...
(Jul. 16, 2012 9:58 AM)Uwik Wrote: [ -> ]Ashton, I don't know what additional answers are you expecting? Your question had already been addressed.
(Jul. 16, 2012 1:11 AM)Kai-V Wrote: [ -> ]You are wrong about one several things : each Member's opinion matters, and gets heard by the Committee. It is just a matter of taking everything into consideration too, which a lot of people do not seem to do : we already have difficulty "selling off" everything in a wave of Blader Rewards because everybody focuses on Face Boosters anyway, therefore spending even more money on a simultaneous/alternate line of products might not actually be 'worth it'; we cannot give them a 'price' of less than five or six Credits, so you really have to believe that people who will reach that number and higher already own the good parts ...
i thought that post was for N0body and BS5....... therefore i said so