Beyblade News

Outlined below are several important new ruling additions, updates, and clarifications to the WBO Organized Play Burst Format rulebook and the Organizers' Guide. View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here, and a summary of the changes below:

Rule Updates Overview

• IMPORTANT: Burst Format: Effective December 8, 2018 – Ωuter Disk Unbanned
  
• Burst Format: Dash Drivers & Regular Counterparts Cannot be Repeated in Deck Format
  
• Burst Format: Cho-Z Spriggan Layer Spin Direction Switching Restrictions
  
• Burst Format: Level Chip + Hasbro Turbo Layer Compatibility Clarification
  
• Burst Format: Left αpollos, Right αrtemis, Left αeclipse, Right αeclipse Layer Clarifications
  
• Burst Format: Launching - Permitted Distance from BeyStadium Clarification
  

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Burst Format Updates



IMPORTANT Effective December 8, 2018 – Ωuter Disk Unbanned
Effective December 8, 2018, the Ωuter Disk will now be legal for use in Burst Format.

With the recent release of the B-128 Beyblade Burst Cho-Z Customize Set, which includes the long-awaited re-release of the Ωuter Disk, we have decided that now is the time to finally unban it as it has become much more widely available than it’s original Ωrichalcum-exclusive release.





Dash Drivers & Regular Counterparts Cannot be Repeated in Deck Format
Dash Drivers (such as Xtreme’, Destroy’, Zephyr’, Zeta’) and their regular counterparts (such as Xtreme, Destroy, Zephyr, and Zeta) cannot both be included within your Deck during a Deck Format match at the same time.

This means for instance that you cannot have both Winning Valkyrie 7 Dagger Xtreme’ and Bloody Longinus 5 Under Xtreme in your Deck. Xtreme’ and Xtreme are considered to be the “same” part. Therefore, one of the two would need to be replaced with a different Driver.





Cho-Z Spriggan Layer Spin Direction Switching Restrictions
As an exception to the rule regarding mode changing for parts which require disassembly (see Gameplay Appendix in the Burst Format rulebook), Cho-Z Spriggan's mode (spin direction) cannot be changed between rounds within the same match.





Combining Hasbro Turbo Energy Layers with TAKARA-TOMY Level Chips is Not Permitted
You may not use TAKARA-TOMY Level Chips with Hasbro Beyblade Burst Turbo Energy Layers.

The fit of Level Chips with Beyblade Burst Turbo Energy Layers is inconsistent and therefore it seems unclear whether compatibility was intentional or not. To stay on the safe side, we are ruling that they are not compatible with each other.





Left αpollos, Right αrtemis, Left αeclipse, Right αeclipse Layer Clarifications

First Stage: Left αpollos, Right αrtemis, Left αeclipse, Right αeclipse Are Considered Separate Parts
The Left αpollos, Right αrtemis, Left αeclipse, and Right αeclipse Layers released as part of the B-126 Cho-Z Muso BeyStadium Set are considered to be separate parts.

Like duo αpollos, duo αrtemis, and duo αeclipse, regular mode changing rules (see Gameplay Appendix in Burst Format rulebook) for Layers that require disassembly and have mode changes (like Alter Chronos or Legend Spriggan) do not apply to lα, rα, lαe, rae because the different configurations are considered as separate Layers and not “modes”. Therefore, you cannot switch your configuration of lα, rα, lαe, or rae during a regular first stage match.

Final Stage (Deck Format): Left αpollos & Right αrtemis Can Both Be Included, Left αeclipse & Right αeclipse Cannot be Repeated
In your Deck you may include both Left αpollos and Right αrtemis (one or both together) plus Left αeclipse OR Right αeclipse (you cannot include both) as all or part of the three Layers in your Deck Format combos. If you do not have multiple copies of these Layers, you are permitted to disassemble the Layers  as is necessary throughout the Deck Format battle in order to switch to the other Layer configurations.

Left αeclipse and Right αeclipse are comprised of one half of Right αrtemis and one half of Left αpollos combined with one of the two pieces inserted into the middle of the Layer to determine the spin direction.




Launching - Permitted Distance from BeyStadium Clarification
As was listed in the rulebooks for other formats already, we have added a clarification to the Burst Format rulebook stating that the permitted maximum distance Beyblades must be launched (from just above the stadium cover) is 30cm maximum from the stadium floor.

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Feedback?
If you have any feedback on these particular changes, or any questions or suggestions for further adjustments or additions, please post your thoughts below or in the WBO Organized Play Rules thread.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support of WBO Organized Play! We appreciate any and all feedback and are always looking to improve and clarify things where possible.

View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here.

Outlined below are several important new ruling additions, updates, and clarifications to the WBO Organized Play Burst Format rulebook and the Organizers' Guide. View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here, and a summary of the changes below:

Rule Updates Overview

• IMPORTANT Burst Format: First Stage - Burst Finishes Increased from 1 Point to 2 Points
  
• Metal Fight Limited Format: Gravity’s Initial Spin Direction Selection in Deck Format Clarification
  

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Burst Format Updates


IMPORTANT Burst Format: First Stage - Burst Finishes Increased from 1 Point to 2 Points

Burst Format Rulebook Wrote:To win a match, a blader must score 3 points. You earn point(s) when:

• The opposing Beyblade stops spinning (1 Point)
  
• The opposing Beyblade exits the BeyStadium (1 Point)
  
• The opposing Beyblade bursts (2 Points OR 1 Point if Frame or God Chip comes off)
  

There has been much debate in the community over the past couple months about the situation TAKARA-TOMY has presented us with through the release of Hell Salamander, Archer Hercules, and Revive Phoenix. Around the world, there’s differing opinions about each of these Layers. But ultimately, they do keep each other in check to a certain degree.

However, the problem that’s been identified is the low usage and effectiveness of Attack types especially after their release. It was particularly bad until the recent release of Xtreme’ with Shadow Amaterios, a much needed new version of Xtreme with a much tighter spring and softer rubber, allowing for a tighter lock and much better flower pattern when banking.

While Xtreme’ has allowed for a marked improvement in the performance of Attack types and combinations using it have been found in recent Winning Combinations lists, usage of Attack types–particularly in the first stage of events–is still quite low.

In order to help give Attack types a more defined purpose and increased value for the first stage, we have therefore made the decision to increase Burst Finishes from being worth 1 Point to 2 Points. Outspins, KOs, and Frames/God Chips falling off are still 1 Point, and matches are still won after a player scores 3 Points total.

This was made possible due to the release of Xtreme’ and Hunter’. The tight lock on these Drivers helps to reduce the possibility of an Attack type self-bursting, which is one of the primary reasons we had never considered imposing the two point Burst Finish rule for first stage matchws–which are only to 3 Points, unlike Deck Format’s 5 Points–previously.

Burst Finishes in general have also become less common overall, but Xtreme’ does make them a lot more likely in certain situations. Changing Burst Finishes to two points also makes the risk/reward factor of using Stamina types (using Drivers like Bearing) higher, which can affect the choices players will make.

We chose to leave KOs at 1 Point due to the more unpredictable nature of them in combination with the shorter three-point nature of first stage matches. We didn’t like the idea of an Attack user doing a perfect bank and then getting KOed while the opposing Stamina type gets wall-saved.

This rule update allows us to–at least for the time being–avoid banning any other parts. Despite the increased number of bans throughout Burst Format thus far, the ideal has always been to avoid bans, and we feel that this solution will be a strong alternative.



Metal Fight Limited Format Updates


Metal Fight Limited  Format: Gravity’s Initial Spin Direction Selection  in Deck Format Clarification
Following our July 2018 mode change restrictions for the Gravity Metal Wheel allowing only one mode change per match, we realized that one additional clarification was needed after the first event of Beyblade Remembrance 2018 in Toronto in order to prevent a possible second mode change in Deck Format.

As such, the following ruling was added to the rulebook, applicable to anyone using Gravity in their deck:

Metal Fight Limited Format Rulebook Wrote:In the final stage of events, Gravity’s initial spin direction must be declared to the judge while their deck is being inspected.

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Feedback?
If you have any feedback on these particular changes, or any questions or suggestions for further adjustments or additions, please post your thoughts below or in the WBO Organized Play Rules thread.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support of WBO Organized Play! We appreciate any and all feedback and are always looking to improve and clarify things where possible.

View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here.

It wouldn't be a WBO event without a social media contest now, would it?

From now until September 2nd, use your creativity and post a photograph on Instagram based on the theme "Generations"! We're being intentionally vague with this challenge, so choose your favourite style of entry and join in! Whether it's a selfie, a perspective photograph or an action shot of a Beyblade battle, grab your camera and your legacy Beyblades, and get snapping!

To be eligible for this event, we have a few rules:

• Keep the photograph appropriate for all ages!
  
• The entry must utilise HMS, Plastics or MFB series Beyblades in some form.
  
• Only one entry per person. If multiple entries are entered, we'll only consider your first one!
  
• Post a link to your entry in this thread.
  
• You must be following the official worldbeyblade Instagram account.
  
• Make sure to accompany your entry  with the #BeybladeGenerations and #WorldBeyblade hashtags.
  
• It's not required to enter, but you can also tag us in your post worldbeyblade!
  

At the end of the event, a panel of judges will pick three winners to receive one Bit Booster each of their choosing:

• Bit Booster RED [Image: faceboosterred.png]
  
• Bit Booster BLUE [Image: faceboosterblue.png]
  
• Bit Booster GREEN [Image: faceboostergreen.png]
  
• Bit Booster ORANGE [Image: faceboosterorange.png]
  
• Bit Booster YELLOW [Image: FaceBoosterIconYellow.png]
  
• Bit Booster PURPLE [Image: FaceBoosterIconPurple.png]
  
• Bit Booster CRIMSON [Image: faceboostercrimson.png]
  
• Bit Booster AZURE [Image: faceboosterazure.png]
  
• Bit Booster AMBER [Image: faceboosteramber.png]
  
• Bit Booster VIOLET [Image: faceboosterviolet.png]
  
• Bit Booster JADE [Image: faceboosterjade.png]
  
• Bit Booster JET [Image: faceboosterjet.png]
  
• Bit Booster VIVID [Image: faceboostervivid.png]
  
• Bit Booster AMETHYST
  
• Bit Booster SAPPHIRE
  
• Bit Booster EMERALD
  
• Bit Booster RUBY
  
• Bit Booster ONYX
  
• Bit Booster DRIVER
  
• Bit Booster GARNET
  
• Bit Booster AZURITE
  

And the overall winner of those three will receive...

A BBG-26 Starter Samurai Pegasis W105R2F!



Good luck to all Bladers in advance! We're looking forward to seeing all of your creativity!

It's that time of year! HMS & Plastics Remembrance is here an- wait, is that MFB?!

That's right! As of August 6th, MFB is now 10 years old! And what better way to celebrate than to include it in our yearly Remembrance celebrations! Welcome to Beyblade Remembrance 2018!

Unlike previous years which have had a focus on HMS & Plastics, we'll be placing more emphasis on MFB than the others this year, so you can look forward to an MFB BeyLotto! And it wouldn't be a WBO event these days without a social media event either, so head on over to our other thread for our #BeybladeGenerations contest!

Beyblade Remembrance 2018 will take place across three weekends this year, from August 18th to September 2nd, so there's plenty of time to join in the fun with your favorite legacy format!

But where are Remembrance events being held this year?


If you're an Organizer and wanting to host a Remembrance 2018 event, hop on over and propose your event now! There's always time to join in!

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It wouldn't be a WBO event without a BeyLotto, eh?

All participants entering Remembrance 2018 tournaments are automatically entered into this crazy giveaway. Therefore, the more events you participate in, the more chances you have at winning a prize!

But why stop there? Enter our social media event and we'll also give you an entry for that! Now you can join in even if there aren't events in your area!

As usual, Passport Holders are given the priority for the top prize, as thanks for their continued support!

10 randomly-picked winners will receive their choice of the following huge list of Bit Boosters: 

• Bit Booster RED [Image: faceboosterred.png]
  
• Bit Booster BLUE [Image: faceboosterblue.png]
  
• Bit Booster GREEN [Image: faceboostergreen.png]
  
• Bit Booster ORANGE [Image: faceboosterorange.png]
  
• Bit Booster YELLOW [Image: FaceBoosterIconYellow.png]
  
• Bit Booster PURPLE [Image: FaceBoosterIconPurple.png]
  
• Bit Booster CRIMSON [Image: faceboostercrimson.png]
  
• Bit Booster AZURE [Image: faceboosterazure.png]
  
• Bit Booster AMBER [Image: faceboosteramber.png]
  
• Bit Booster VIOLET [Image: faceboosterviolet.png]
  
• Bit Booster JADE [Image: faceboosterjade.png]
  
• Bit Booster JET [Image: faceboosterjet.png]
  
• Bit Booster VIVID [Image: faceboostervivid.png]
  
• Bit Booster AMETHYST
  
• Bit Booster SAPPHIRE
  
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• Bit Booster ONYX
  
• Bit Booster DRIVER
  
• Bit Booster GARNET
  
• Bit Booster AZURITE
  

And 5 lucky winners will also earn themselves some awesome physical prizes!


Submit tournament footage, gain extra BeyLotto entries!

On top of that, if you film scenes at the BeyDays tournament you attend and put the footage together for the Beyblade Channel, you'll get an extra entry in the BeyLotto! Show us the fierce competition in your community!

If you have footage, please follow the guidelines outlined here and submit your finished video to Kei.

Outlined below are several important new ruling additions, updates, and clarifications to the WBO Organized Play Burst Format rulebook and the Organizers' Guide. View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here, and a summary of the changes below:

Rule Updates Overview

• IMPORTANT Don’t miss the July 2018 rule updates. Read Now.
  
• Burst Format: Spriggan Requiem & Maximum Garuda Layers Unbanned
  

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Burst Format Updates


Burst Format: Spriggan Requiem & Maximum Garuda Layers Unbanned
Recent releases such as Hell Salamander and Archer Hercules have been proven to stand a better chance against Spriggan Requiem and Maximum Garuda, paving the way for their return. We believe that as a result both Layers will not be nearly as centralizing as they were earlier in the year.

Please note:

• This unban is separate from and does not include Hasbro’s Spryzen Requiem S3 or Garuda G3 Layers.
  
• Maximum Garuda may only be used with the Maximum Garuda God Chip or Metal God Chip.
  
• Spriggan Requiem's mode (spin direction) cannot be changed between rounds within the same match.
  

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Feedback?
If you have any feedback on these particular changes, or any questions or suggestions for further adjustments or additions, please post your thoughts below or in the WBO Organized Play Rules thread.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support of WBO Organized Play! We appreciate any and all feedback and are always looking to improve and clarify things where possible.

View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here.

Outlined below are several important new ruling additions, updates, and clarifications to the WBO Organized Play Burst Format rulebook and the Organizers' Guide. View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here, and a summary of the changes below:

Rule Updates Overview

• IMPORTANT Organizer’s Guide & Community Rules: New Guidelines for Failure to Submit Results & Fees
  
• Burst Format: God Chips Popping Off Constitute a Round Loss
  
• Burst Format: Repeating Hasbro and TAKARA-TOMY Parts in Deck Format is not Permitted
  
• Metal Fight Limited Format: Scythe (Metal Fury) Banned
  
• Metal Fight Limited Format: Gravity Metal Wheel Mode Changing Restriction
  

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Organizer’s Guide Updates

IMPORTANT Organizer’s Guide: New Guidelines for Failure to Submit Results & Fees
Recently we have been making an enormous effort to get the ranking system back up to date. You can keep track of our progress as updates are posted here.

However, one of the biggest issues has been that many Organizers have failed to submit their tournament results, winning combinations, or fees within the given 14 day period, as outlined by the Organizer’s Guide:

Organizer’s Guide Wrote:All tournament fees must be submitted via PayPal to donate@worldbeyblade.org no later than 14 days after a tournament has taken place.

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The results spreadsheet must be filled out and linked in your tournament topic no later than 14 days after your event takes place.

This has resulted in us having to chase down Organizers to retrieve this information, and it has slowed down the process considerably. In order to hopefully help combat this, to set more defined expectations for our Organizers who accept the responsibility of hosting events for their community, and to prevent our members from having to wait for extended periods to see their results reflected in the rankings in the future, we have decided to implement some more strict guidelines and consequences for failure to submit tournament results, winning combinations, or fees on time.

To begin, all events that occurred on or before May 30th 2018 that have not submitted either their tournament results spreadsheet, winning combinations, or fees will be subject to the following effective August 6th 2018:

• Step 1: 1 Week After August 6th 2018 - 20% Warning, expires in 1 year (24 Hour Suspension)
  
• Step 2: 1 Week After Step 1 - 30% Warning, expires in 1 year (1 Month Suspension)
  
• Step 3: 2 Weeks After Step 2 - 40% Warning, expires in 1 year (6 Month Suspension)
  

This being said, we sincerely hope that nobody will even have to reach Step 1. If you are an Organizer, please ensure that you are willing and able to commit to the responsibilities required by the role. Upon submission of any missing tournament information, any existing warnings related to it will be removed.

We also need to be held accountable ourselves for ensuring that everything is submitted on time, which is why we are making an effort to make the expectations clearer moving forward. And it’s also why we are only including events that occurred up until the end of May at this point as we know that we still have a ways to go before we can catch up to that point.

And of course, if there is any legitimate personal circumstances which are preventing you from getting results or fees submitted on time, please be sure to contact one of our Organized Play Contributors so that we are aware of the situation and can make an exception. We want everyone to remain accountable for their responsibilities, but we also understand that everyone here is a volunteer and that things do happen sometimes.

These guidelines have now been added to our Organizer’s Guide and also to our Community Rules under “Organizer Violations”.

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Burst Format Updates

Burst Format: God Chips Popping Off Constitute a Round Loss
A God Chip popping off mid-battle now constitutes an immediate round loss. Players must then put the God Chip back in for the next round.

Burst Format: Repeating Hasbro and TAKARA-TOMY Parts in Deck Format is not Permitted
You may not repeat Hasbro and TAKARA-TOMY parts within your Deck during Deck Format. This means for example that you cannot have both a Valkyrie and a Valtryek Layer in your Deck. The same goes for Hasbro and TAKARA-TOMY Drivers.

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Metal Fight Limited Format Updates


Metal Fight Limited Format: Ban List v2.0 – Scythe (Metal Fury) Metal Wheel Banned
Our first ban list update for MFL in nearly two years! With Metal Fight Beyblade’s tenth anniversary just around the corner, we felt now the time was right to inject some life and shake things up for the format.

As such, the Scythe (Metal Fury) Metal Wheel is now banned.

The Scythe (Metal Fury) Metal Wheel has proven itself to be an extremely versatile and powerful Metal Wheel. It exhibits respectable traits in all three types: Attack, Defense, and Stamina depending on the situation and combination used. It is for this reason we’ve chosen to add Scythe to the ban list for the first time.



Metal Fight Limited Format: Gravity Metal Wheel Mode Changing Restrictions
The mode (spin direction) of the Gravity Metal Wheel may now only be changed once per match in both the first and final stages of our events.

Gravity has always been an inherently versatile Metal Wheel with the ability to switch spin directions. This, combined with its also respectable traits in all three types has made it just a bit too safe and centralizing, so we’ve decided to impose this restriction to lower its versatility slightly.

You can view past ban lists and discuss this update here, in the Metal Fight Limited Ban List Discussion thread.

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New WBO Contributors
Earlier this year we created the WBO Contributor team in order to improve our ability to maintain existing practices such as our social media channels, approving events and Organizer quizzes, producing Youtube videos, publishing and writing wiki articles, and moderating the forums.

It’s become evident lately that we are in need of even more help in all of these areas, so I’m happy to announce that the following members have now been added to the team!

• @[The Supreme One] - Organized Play Contributor
  
• @[1234beyblade] - Organized Play Contributor
  
• @[Frostic Fox] - Organized Play & Forum Moderation Contributor (Global Moderator)
  
• @[SUGOI-KONICHEWA] - Forum Moderation Contributor (Global Moderator)
  
• @[kjrules17] - Beyblade Wiki Contributor
  

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Feedback?
If you have any feedback on these particular changes, or any questions or suggestions for further adjustments or additions, please post your thoughts below or in the WBO Organized Play Rules thread.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support of WBO Organized Play! We appreciate any and all feedback and are always looking to improve and clarify things where possible.

View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here.

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Physical Prize & Bit Booster Winners

10 lucky winners have earned themselves a sweet physical prize as well as a Bit Booster from the list below!

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Bit Booster Winners

These 20 additional randomly-picked winners will receive their choice of the following huge list of Bit Boosters:

• 11th - @[DomABomb]
  
• 12th - @[JJ M-P]
  
• 13th - @[Maxwellendo]
  
• 14th - @[ClexBlades]
  
• 15th - @[seraphecda]
  
• 16th - @[Awkwardbagel]
  
• 17th - bladergx (Instagram)
  
• 18th - @[TL14]
  
• 19th - @[skylar2011]
  
• 20th - @[Fernando valdez]
  
• 21st - mysteriousmrblade (Instagram)
  
• 22nd - @[Ultra]
  
• 23rd - @[Hato]
  
• 24th - @[1234beyblade]
  
• 25th - Torto
  
• 26th - @[jacobloco]
  
• 27th - @[shari]
  
• 28th - @[bladekid]
  
• 29th - jo.jo.arc (Instagram)
  
• 30th - @[~Mana~]
  

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#BeySelfie2018 Instagram Contest Winners

After deliberating, our panel of judges from the WBO Committee and Contributor team have determined the winners for our #BeySelfie2018 Instagram Contest! You can view all entries here.

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Bit Boosters Available

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• Bit Booster AMETHYST
  
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• Bit Booster RUBY
  
• Bit Booster ONYX
  
• Bit Booster DRIVER
  
• Bit Booster GARNET
  
• Bit Booster AZURITE
  

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Winner Instructions

• All Winners: Post your Bit Booster selection in this thread. Bit Boosters will be awarded after many or most of the winners have all posted here so that we can do most of them all at once. Note: if you have “(Instagram)” beside your name it means you were selected via your BeySelfie 2018 entry and we are unsure of your WBO username. Please insert your username into your entry post and include it when you post your Bit Booster selection here.
  
• Physical Prize Winners (Top 10 for BeyLotto, and #BeySelfie2018 1st Place): PM Kei your full name, address, and phone number and we will have the prize ordered and shipped to you as soon as possible. Also include your shirt size if applicable for your prize.
  

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Participation Award: Bit of Days IX

Similar to past years, if you participated in WBO Organised Play events over the BeyDays 2018 weekend you will be awarded a limited edition Bit of Days IX!

Distribution may take a week or two, but we will begin distributing these shortly.



Thank you so much to everyone who entered!

Outlined below are several important new ruling additions, updates, and clarifications to the WBO Organized Play Burst Format rulebook and the Organizers' Guide. View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here, and a summary of the changes below:

Rule Updates Overview

• IMPORTANT Burst Format: Spryzen Requiem Banned
  
• Burst Format: Revive Phoenix “Revive Armour” Gimmick Clarifications
  
• Burst Format: Frames Falling Off Constitutes a Round Loss
  
• Organizer’s Guide: Stadiums – Wipes or Cleaning Solution Clarifications
  

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Burst Format Updates


IMPORTANT Burst Format: Hasbro's Spryzen Requiem Banned
Hasbro’s recently released Spryzen Requiem Layer is now banned.

Given the current banned status of the TAKARA-TOMY version–Spriggan Requiem–and reports that Hasbro’s version fits even tighter with Bearing than the TT version, we feel that banning Spryzen Requiem as a precaution until further testing is conducted is required. WBO Contributor Jojo [Jp0t] also posted a testing video of her own which demonstrates the strength of Spryzen Requiem against Bloody and Nightmare Longinus. It didn’t burst even once.

We encourage everyone to continue posting test results within the Spryzen Requiem testing thread in the meantime. The ban will continue to be evaluated as more testing is conducted and more Beyblades are released.


Burst Format: Revive Phoenix “Revive Armour” Gimmick Clarifications
The newly released Revive Phoenix’s “Revive Armour” (the outer ring of the Layer which can pop off mid-battle) must be used with the Layer.

When the ring comes off during battle it is considered an active piece in the stadium as part of the Revive Phoenix combination in use. This means any hits, KO, or Burst it inflicts on the opposing Beyblade are considered to be Revive Phoenix’s.

Players and judges should not try to pick up the Revive Armour at all until the round has ended.

The Revive Armour must be reattached after each round it comes off.


Burst Format: Frames Falling Off Constitutes a Round Loss
If a Frame falls off during battle, the round ends immediately and the user wielding that Beyblade is given a round loss (1 Point in the first stage and in Deck Format). The user must then attach their Frame again and continue the match to the next round if their opponent hasn’t won yet.

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Organizer’s Guide Updates

Organizer’s Guide: Stadiums – Wipes or Cleaning Solution Clarifications
The “Wipes or Cleaning Solution” section of the Organizer’s Guide has been updated to provide clarification regarding what is permitted to be used for stadium cleaning:

Organizer’s Guide – Wipes or Cleaning Solution Wrote:BeyStadiums can accumulate dirt that can affect how Beyblades perform. Keep BeyStadiums at your tournament clean with either pre-wetted wipes or a cloth and a gentle cleaning solution. Ideally an isopropyl alcohol or water-based solution. Ensure that any such solution does not leave behind residue of any kind that may potentially change the slickness of the stadium floor or walls unnaturally.

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Feedback?
If you have any feedback on these particular changes, or any questions or suggestions for further adjustments or additions, please post your thoughts below or in the WBO Organized Play Rules thread.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support of WBO Organized Play! We appreciate any and all feedback and are always looking to improve and clarify things where possible.

View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here.

After reading this announcement, please read June 2018 Part 2 - Spryzen Requiem Banned, Revive Phoenix Gimmick Clarification, Frames Falling Off Clarification, Organizer's Guide – Wipes or Cleaning Solution Clarificaitons

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Outlined below are several important new ruling additions, updates, and clarifications to the WBO Organized Play Burst Format rulebook and the Organizers' Guide. View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here, and a summary of the changes below:

Rule Updates Overview

• IMPORTANT Burst Format: Effective July 2nd, 2018 – Level Chips Unbanned
  
• Burst Format: Spriggan Requiem Layer - Trial Ban Continues
  
• New Organizer Resource: WBO Organizer Pre-Tournament Announcement Guide & Notes Template
  
• Organizer’s Guide: Multiple Events by Different Organizers in One Region Restrictions
  
• All Rulebooks: Deck Format – Mode Switching is Not Permitted When Replay is Invoked
  

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Burst Format Updates


IMPORTANT Burst Format: Effective July 2nd, 2018 – Level Chips Unbanned
The Level Chip Layer accessory has now been released more widely in Japan, causing the price for them to plummet. As a result, we have decided to lift the ban on Level Chips effective July 2nd, 2018. The Level Chip will be legal to use in WBO Organized Play Events on or after that date.

Level Chip Deck Format Restrictions: When legalized on July 2nd, Level Chips will be restricted to one per deck in Deck Format.

Burst Format: Spriggan Requiem Layer - Ban Continues
Since the announcement of Spriggan Requiem’s trial ban last month, we have been monitoring the health of the metagame. A positive improvement has been demonstrated in terms of diversity of viable parts and strategies, but we believe that reintroduction of Sr at this point in time would be hugely disruptive and would jeopardize the diversity we’ve seen. As such, we have decided to allow the ban to continue indefinitely. It will be reviewed as new products are released and more tournaments are played.

We encourage everyone to continue posting test results within the Spriggan Requiem testing thread in the meantime.

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Organizer’s Guide Updates


New Organizer Resource: WBO Organizer Pre-Tournament Announcement Guide & Notes Template

As WBO tournaments continue to increase in attendance as of late, the importance of improvements to organization and efficiency for our Organizers also continues to increase. To help assist Organizers prepare for and begin their tournaments we have created the Pre-Tournament Announcement Guide & Notes Template.

The goal of this guide is to provide a modifiable template Organizers can use to outline all of the pre-tournament announcements  they need to make and to capture notes related to the tournament all in one place which is easy to share among judges and WBO staff members after the tournament if needed.

We encourage all Organizers to make copies of this template for each of their events and modify as is necessary.


Organizer’s Guide: Multiple Events by Different Organizers in One Region Restrictions
Organizers may not host an event within on the same week as another Organizer in the same region (“region” defined as state/province or city depending on the circumstances) that is already hosting an approved event without their written approval in the event proposal for their secondary event.

This rule is being introduced mainly to protect the success of previously announced events and prevent the possibility of players being attracted to the other event instead. Such an issue is of particular concern when the previously announced event is being hosted at a convention.

Our hope with this ruling is that it will encourage Organizers to work more closely together when planning their event schedule for a particular region to ensure that there is no potential conflicts.

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All Rulebooks Updates

All Rulebooks: Deck Format – Mode Switching is Not Permitted When Replay is Invoked
We have clarified in all rulebooks that mode switching of any kind (ex. Twin Nemesis Layer, Trans Driver, Gravity Perseus Metal Wheel)–if your Beyblade permits it–during a Deck Format match is not permitted when someone invokes a Replay. The intention of the Replay rule is to allow for the exact same match to be played again: same Beyblades, same modes, same launchers, same everything.

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Feedback?
If you have any feedback on these particular changes, or any questions or suggestions for further adjustments or additions, please post your thoughts below or in the WBO Organized Play Rules thread.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support of WBO Organized Play! We appreciate any and all feedback and are always looking to improve and clarify things where possible.

View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here.

Hey there World Bladers!

It's that time of year again, BeyDays is back! We've been working hard behind the scenes to make this year's BeyDays event packed with festivities for you to take part in!

It wouldn't be BeyDays without our Organised Play events! This year, we're delivering another high-action double weekend of events across the globe, with additional perks such as extra funding for raffle prizes, waived Credit limits, and the chance to get your own limited edition Bit of Days IX!

A blast from the past, our #BeySelfie social media campaign is back! You all loved it the first time, so we want to see more of your Beyblade creativity! From today until June 3rd, submit your entry for a chance to win fabulous prizes!

We're also unveiling some new official WBO products on our shop! From today, you'll be able to get your hands on new shirts and tote bags featuring the new artwork of Taka & Fumi that we revealed during our 9th Anniversary! Seize the opportunity to get these new products with an added up to 15% discount off everything until June 2nd as well! 

And in case you missed it, we recently announced some major rule changes for our Burst Format events! With the likes of Maximum Garuda, Garuda G3 and Spriggan Requiem now sitting on the banlist, how will this mix up how you pick your tournament combos?!

Our theme rewrite is also progressing steadily and, while we couldn't quite complete it for BeyDays as we had hoped, please look forward to seeing launch in the next couple of weeks! It's our most feature-complete theme yet, including new high-demand features such as Event Invitations and Profile Battle Histories! We hope you'll love this as much as we've loved working on it when it launches soon!

...you're still reading? What are you waiting for, go get stuck in already!

Check out this year's content!

• BeyDays 2018: Events, BeyLotto, Metal God Bit and more!
  
• #BeySelfie2018 Contest: Enter to Win a B-113 Booster Hell Salamander.12.Op & Shirt!
  
• SUPPORT WBO 2018: New Shop Products & Up to 15% Off Everything Until June 3rd
  
• WBO Organized Play Rule Updates May 2018 – Sr, G3, mG, Level Chips Banned + More!
  

It's that time of year again! BeyDays is back once again, and this year you're in for a treat!

We're repeating our popular double-weekend format, so you have no excuses for being too busy to attend an event!

As with previous years, each region may only organise BeyDays events during one of the two weekends. Events held on the other weekend will not be counted towards any of our BeyDays festivities! Sorry!

But the main question is, which areas are participating in this year's BeyDays festivities? Without further ado...


Similar to past years, participation in WBO Organised Play events over the weekend will net you a limited edition Bit of Days IX!


If you're in the area and free to join one of these events, be sure to hit the "Join Tournament" button on that tournament's thread! BeyDays events are always a blast, and you'll regret it if you pass up the opportunity to attend!

Don't see your region up there? There's still time! Gather some Bladers and submit a proposal to us! And don't forget...

Waived Credit Limit

As usual, all BeyDays events are exempt from the limit of Credits of 8 per weekend. That way, there's no limit to your dedication to Beyblade!

Waived Entry Fee for Emerging Areas

Any region that has been unable to host a tournament in the last 6 months will see the entry fee waived for its Bladers on this occasion!

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New Competitive Bit: Metal God Bit!

It's been a while since we've introduced a new competitive Bit, so we're taking the opportunity to do so now.


As the name suggests, this Bit is based on the Metal God Chip used for God Layer System releases, and now serves as the next stage of our Bit awards for tournaments hosted, following the Metal (5 Tournaments Hosted) and MF2 Bits (10 Tournaments Hosted)!

To earn this Bit, Organisers must have hosted 20 tournaments themselves, showing their dedication and commitment to Beyblade in their community!

Think you're already eligible for this Bit? Or haven't been awarded the Metal or MF2 Bits yet? Let us know and we'll get these shiny Bits added for you!

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BeyLotto — Win Huge Prizes!

Come on, you didn't think we'd run an event without a BeyLotto, did you?


All participants entering BeyDays tournaments are automatically entered into this crazy giveaway. Therefore, the more events you participate in, the more chances you have at winning a prize! 

On top of that, participation in the "#BeySelfie2018" campaign will grant you one entry in the BeyLotto as well! No matter where you are, you can have a shot at the prizes!

As usual, Passport Holders are given the priority for the top prize, as thanks for their continued support!

All 30 randomly-picked winners will receive their choice of the following huge list of Bit Boosters: 

• Bit Booster RED [Image: faceboosterred.png]
  
• Bit Booster BLUE [Image: faceboosterblue.png]
  
• Bit Booster GREEN [Image: faceboostergreen.png]
  
• Bit Booster ORANGE [Image: faceboosterorange.png]
  
• Bit Booster YELLOW [Image: FaceBoosterIconYellow.png]
  
• Bit Booster PURPLE [Image: FaceBoosterIconPurple.png]
  
• Bit Booster CRIMSON [Image: faceboostercrimson.png]
  
• Bit Booster AZURE [Image: faceboosterazure.png]
  
• Bit Booster AMBER [Image: faceboosteramber.png]
  
• Bit Booster VIOLET [Image: faceboosterviolet.png]
  
• Bit Booster JADE [Image: faceboosterjade.png]
  
• Bit Booster JET [Image: faceboosterjet.png]
  
• Bit Booster VIVID [Image: faceboostervivid.png]
  
• Bit Booster AMETHYST
  
• Bit Booster SAPPHIRE
  
• Bit Booster EMERALD
  
• Bit Booster RUBY
  
• Bit Booster ONYX
  
• Bit Booster DRIVER
  
• Bit Booster GARNET
  
• Bit Booster AZURITE
  

And 10 lucky winners will also earn themselves some awesome physical prizes!

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Submit tournament footage, gain extra BeyLotto entries!

On top of that, this year once again, if you film scenes at the BeyDays tournament you attend and put the footage together for the Beyblade Channel, you'll get an extra entry in the BeyLotto! Show us the fierce competition in your community!

If you have footage please follow the guidelines outlined here and send it to Kei. If you do not have enough footage to put together for a 2-4 minute video as is described in that thread, send the raw footage to Kei through a file sharing website instead.

Hey, you guys loved it last time, and we loved seeing your unusual creativity! So why not, let's bring #BeySelfie back!


From now until June 3rd, post a selfie of yourself up on Instagram with something Beyblade-related to show your passion for the game. You could have Beyblades for eyes, be posing with your favourite combo, or even be cosplaying as your favourite character! The only limit is your imagination! (and the contest rules...)

To be eligible for this event, we have a few rules:

• Keep the photograph appropriate for all ages!
  
• Incorporate something clearly Beyblade-related in your selfie.
  
• Only one entry per person. If multiple entries are entered, we'll only consider your first one!
  
• Post a link to your entry in this thread.
  
• You must be following the official worldbeyblade Instagram account.
  
• Make sure to accompany your selfie with the #BeySelfie2018 and #WorldBeyblade.
  
• It's not required to enter, but you can also tag us in your post worldbeyblade!
  

At the end of the event, a panel of judges will pick three winners to receive one Bit Booster each of their choosing:

• Bit Booster RED [Image: faceboosterred.png]
  
• Bit Booster BLUE [Image: faceboosterblue.png]
  
• Bit Booster GREEN [Image: faceboostergreen.png]
  
• Bit Booster ORANGE [Image: faceboosterorange.png]
  
• Bit Booster YELLOW [Image: FaceBoosterIconYellow.png]
  
• Bit Booster PURPLE [Image: FaceBoosterIconPurple.png]
  
• Bit Booster CRIMSON [Image: faceboostercrimson.png]
  
• Bit Booster AZURE [Image: faceboosterazure.png]
  
• Bit Booster AMBER [Image: faceboosteramber.png]
  
• Bit Booster VIOLET [Image: faceboosterviolet.png]
  
• Bit Booster JADE [Image: faceboosterjade.png]
  
• Bit Booster JET [Image: faceboosterjet.png]
  
• Bit Booster VIVID [Image: faceboostervivid.png]
  
• Bit Booster AMETHYST
  
• Bit Booster SAPPHIRE
  
• Bit Booster EMERALD
  
• Bit Booster RUBY
  
• Bit Booster ONYX
  
• Bit Booster DRIVER
  
• Bit Booster GARNET
  
• Bit Booster AZURITE
  

And the overall winner of those three will receive...


A brand new B-113 Booster Hell Salamander.12.Op and a WBO Taka/Fumi T-Shirt!!!

Good luck to all Bladers in advance! We're looking forward to seeing all of your creativity!

Shop Updates Overview

• We’re happy to introduce a two new t-shirts and two new drawstring bags featuring our mascots Taka and Fumi for our shop!
  
• In celebration of this and our BeyDays 2018 celebrations, everything in our store is up to 15% off until the conclusion of the festivities on June 3rd!
  

All proceeds go to fund World Beyblade Organization activities. Thank you as always to everyone for your continued support of the WBO!

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New T-Shirts and Drawstring Bags

The artwork on the new t-shirts and drawstring bags might look familiar. Back on our 9th anniversary this past December, Adachi Takafumi did some new sketches of our mascots Taka and Fumi for us:

(Dec. 04, 2017  8:55 PM)~Mana~ Wrote: First, creator of Metal Fight Beyblade–Adachi Takafumi–has drawn up the fantastic new character art of Taka & Fumi–the WBO mascots we unveiled last year–that you see in our Anniversary logo! You'll see this used more across the site this coming year, and will also be featured on brand new shirts in our store very soon!

The drawstring bags use that same artwork. And for the t-shirts, we teamed up with talented artist Valérie Bastille once again to help colour it!

You can view each of the new products using the links below:

• WBO x Takafumi Adachi — Drawstring Bag – Taka Version
  
• WBO x Takafumi Adachi — Drawstring Bag – Fumi Version
  
• WBO x Takafumi Adachi — "TAKA" T-Shirt V2
  
• WBO x Takafumi Adachi — "FUMI" T-Shirt V2
  

The t-shirts are great as always, and the drawstring bags are perfect for players looking for a way to carry their collection with them on the go to a tournament!

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All Products 15% Off Until June 3rd

To encourage more of you to help represent the WBO in your local community this summer we’ve decided to offer 15% off all t-shirts, tote bags, and drawstring bags in our shop, and 10% off the prestigious Eternal Set until June 3rd!

Hey World Bladers! We apologize for the delayed upload, though, future CoroCoro issues will be uploaded sooner. 

Enjoy!

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Duo αeclipse Released!
This issue focuses on this new mail order Beyblade; Duo αeclipse 7Star Unite! It is based off the design of from the two winners of CoroCoro’s God Design Beyblade contest. The Beyblade can be purchased from this issue with the included post card and 1400 yen. Recommended combos are provided for each Layer combination include;

• Duo αrtemis 8Bump Wedge

• Duo αpollo 0Under Ultimate Reboot

• Duo αeclipse Bumper Bite

Super Z Sneak Preview
A special preview of Super Z, showing liquid metal being poured on the now-confirmed Winning Valkyrie! 



Beyblade Shoes Partnership
TAKARA-TOMY has partnered up with Moonstar to release Beyblade themed shoes! Each pair includes 3000 BeyPoints, which can be redeemed Japanese Beyblade Burst App.




Chocolate Burst Beys
To advertise the CoroCoro channel, they give a preview of a Screw Trident made entirely out of chocolate! The full video can be viewed here.



CoroCoro Base Tournament, Random Booster Volume 9  
Beyblade Burst tournaments were held at the CoroCoro Base store, with the Burst event having been on February 18th. Also shown is B-101 Random Booster Volume 9, featuring Beat Kukulkan 7Under Hunter as the main prize Beyblade as well as Dranzer F Yell Zeta (Burst version) as the second prize Beyblade. Also released was Spriggan Requiem 0 Zeta as well as Twin Nemesis 3Hit Ultimate Reboot.

Outlined below are several important new ruling additions, updates, and clarifications to the WBO Organized Play Burst Format rulebook and the Organizers' Guide. View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here, and a summary of the changes below:

Rule Updates Overview

• Burst Format: Spriggan Requiem Layer - Trial Ban
  
• Burst Format: Hasbro’s Garuda G3 Energy Layer Banned in all Formats
  
• Burst Format: Maximum Garuda Layer Banned
  
• Burst Format: Level Chips Banned
  
• Organizer’s Guide: Tournament Formats – Double Elimination Finals Seeding Clarification
  
• Organizer’s Guide: Event Equipment – New Suggestions Added
  
• Organizer’s Guide: Tournament Management : Registration – New Suggestions Added
  

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Burst Format Updates


Burst Format: Spriggan Requiem Layer - Trial Ban
Spriggan Requiem’s dominance and omnipresence among the winning combos of WBO tournament winners since its release at the end of 2017 has been well-documented. Sr is an immensely powerful Layer strong in all types; it works on practically any competitive Driver available as an attack type, a stamina type, or a defense type.

As a result, we have decided to proceed with a trial ban for Spriggan Requiem. This trial ban will be re-evaluated shortly after the conclusion of our BeyDays festivities on June 4th, 2018 (announcement for that coming soon!) and will remain banned until further notice.

Despite the promising presence (based on early testing) of new parts such as Bloody Longinus, we hope that in doing this, the metagame will have a chance to evolve in this short period without Sr as a overly centralizing force.

We encourage everyone to continue posting test results within the Spriggan Requiem testing thread in the meantime.


Burst Format: Hasbro’s Garuda G3 Energy Layer Banned in all Formats
Hasbro’s recently released Garuda G3 Layer has proven to fit tighter and be harder to burst than TAKARA-TOMY’s Maximum Garuda Layer, making its design unbalanced for competitive play. We have therefore decided to ban Hasbro’s Garuda G3 Energy Layer from both Burst Format and Hasbro Only Burst Format. This ban will be reviewed as new products are released.


Burst Format: Maximum Garuda Layer Banned
While we did proceed with an unban of mG back in February, it was due in large part to Spriggan Requiem’s ability to counter it. With Sr now banned, focus would inevitably shift back to mG if it were left untouched so we have decided to ban the Maximum Garuda Layer once again.

mG does have counters and is better balanced than Hasbro’s Garuda G3, but even so, on the relatively tight Orbit Driver in particular we believe that it remains a nuisance if allowed to remain. The benefits of banning mG (increased viability of mobile Attack types in particular) far outweigh any potential disadvantages (increased viability of Destroy-based stamina types, although these can be handled with mobile Attack types more reliably than mG Orbit can be).

We believe that this change in combination with the removal of Sr and G3 will nudge the metagame into a direction where mobile combinations become more attractive than stationary, a change which is positive particularly after such a long period of the latter.

In the mean time, please also feel free to continue posting your thoughts on Maximum Garuda and any tests you might conduct in the Maximum Garuda Testing/Discussion thread! This ban will be reviewed as new products are released.


Burst Format: Level Chips Banned
The Level Chip Layer accessory recently released has proven to be incredibly expensive and difficult to obtain currently. As a result, we have decided to ban Level Chip usage in WBO Organized Play Events until further notice to avoid any unfair competitive advantages gained by players who are able to obtain one.

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Organizer’s Guide Updates

Organizer’s Guide: Tournament Formats – Double Elimination Finals Seeding Clarification
An additional clarification for how to order participants in Double Elimination Finals has been added:

Organizer’s Guide: Running Your Tournament - Conducting the Finals Wrote:

• Double Elimination: With the finalists determined, click “End the Group Stage” to proceed to the Final Stage. The Single Elimination bracket will be automatically generated. The top four players (winners bracket finalists) and fifth to eighth place players (losers bracket finalists) who earned a spot in the finals  should be seeded separately based on their initial tournament seed. For instance, if Player A (Seed 5) is one of the four winners bracket finalists, they cannot be seeded lower than number four in the finals despite their initial seed being 5. Conversely, if Player B (Seed 2) is one of the losers bracket finalists, they cannot be ranked higher in the finals than number five despite their initial seed being 2. This will determine the order of the finalists from number one through eight and ultimately what the matchups will be.
  

Organizer’s Guide: Event Equipment – New Suggestions Added
Given the recent increase in attendance at our events around the world, we’ve added in a few more suggestions to the “Event Equipment” section of the Organizer’s Guide that we feel help to improve the organization of large events. You can find the new additions quoted below:

Organizer’s Guide: Event Equipment[/quote Wrote:BeyStadium
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Additional stadiums for participants to use for free play while not participating in tournament matches is also extremely beneficial. Especially during larger events when the wait time between matches for each player might be longer than normal.

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Pylons & Barriers
If you anticipate a large turnout, having pylons and barriers available to cordon off a specific area where tournament matches will be played is helpful in controlling large crowds. If you can do this, allow only judges or players who have been called for a tournament match to enter the designated area.

Personal Amplifier, Megaphone, or Microphone
If you anticipate a large turnout, having something to amplify your voice to announce rules, matches, and tournament updates is useful to ensure you are heard.

Organizer’s Guide: Tournament Management – Registration – New Suggestions Added
As an additional response to the increased attendance globally at WBO events, we’ve evaluated the “Registration” section of the Tournament Management section in the Organizer’s Guide and added in a few new suggestions to help improve efficiency and lower the potential for mistakes. See below:

Organizer’s Guide: Tournament Management - Registration Wrote:

• If possible, tag team the registration process with someone else helping you out. One person can handle adding participants to the Challonge bracket as they register, and another can handle creating a separate list of participants noting whether they have a Passport, are paying the one-time entry fee, or are purchasing a Passport.
  
• Ask participants at the beginning of registration to login to their accounts on their phone if possible and to visit their Account page (https://worldbeyblade.org/usercp.php?action=profile) in order to prove they are they account owner and to ensure their username is accurately transcribed. Alternatively, include a note on your event page to have people print this page for presentation during registration.
  

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Feedback?
If you have any feedback on these particular changes, or any questions or suggestions for further adjustments or additions, please post your thoughts below or in the WBO Organized Play Rules thread.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support of WBO Organized Play! We appreciate any and all feedback and are always looking to improve and clarify things where possible.

View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here.

Outlined below is one important new ruling addition to the WBO Organized Play Burst Format rulebook. View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here, and a summary of the change below:

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Burst Format Updates


Burst Format: 12 Core Disk must be used with a Frame
With recent reports indicating that the new 12 Core Disk from Beyblade Burst Super Z can cause damage to other parts, we have decided to introduce a restriction on its usage. Effective immediately, the 12 Core Disk must be used with a Frame at WBO Organized Play tournaments.

While it has not yet been determined for certain, the primary issue appears to be pairing the uncovered 12 Core Disk with Drivers that are taller than normal, such as the new Volcanic Driver. By forcing a Frame to be used with it, any issues with it damaging other parts will be avoided.

If evidence suggesting otherwise appears in the future, or if TAKARA-TOMY releases another version of the 12 Core Disk which is less aggressive, this decision may be reconsidered.

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Feedback?
If you have any feedback on these particular changes, or any questions or suggestions for further adjustments or additions, please post your thoughts below or in the WBO Organized Play Rules thread.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support of WBO Organized Play! We appreciate any and all feedback and are always looking to improve and clarify things where possible.

View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here.

Our worldwide ranking system for pariticipants of WBO Organized Play Beyblade tournaments has regrettably been out of commission for some time now due to problems which occurred after the launch of our new site design on our eighth anniversary. But we’re happy to announce that the ranking system is now working again!

Ranking System Updates Overview

• New Ranking System Features – Winner/Loser Text Fields, Organizer Pre-Processing, Event Page Winners Display
  
• Working Through the Queue – Prioritization, Credits, Pacing
  

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New Ranking System Features
We have more features coming in the near future relating to our ranking system (battle profiles and notifications for tournaments near you, to name a couple), but with this latest update some key new features have now been added which will make processing events much easier and quicker for everybody.

Previously, each battle for each tournament required the winner and the loser to be manually input on the back-end of the site, accessible only to administrators. This has made for an enormous amount of work for the WBO Committee over the years. It was inefficient.

Winner/Loser Text Fields
With this new system, winners can be pasted into one column and losers into another column, allowing for all matches to be added essentially instantly for review before approval.

Organizer Pre-Processing
A “Winners” button will now appear for Organizers on their event page (not other event pages created by someone else) below its main description after their event has passed.


This will allow them to pre-process their results directly to our system after completing and posting their results spreadsheet. The results will not be added to the rankings immediately as we still need to do a final review to ensure everything is correct, but Organizers who choose to do this will help speed up the process for everyone immensely. And it will only take an extra couple minutes to do.


Once a Committee Member has reviewed and approved the results, they will be added to the rankings. Organizers, please check the Organizers’ Circle forum for a video tutorial and more details on how to do this.

Event Page Winners Display
Organizers can also submit the top three players when submitting their results using the above method.

Once the accompanying results have been approved, these three winners will be displayed on the thread itself showing that they won the tournament!


In the future, we also plan to have the ability to review the specific results for any given tournament on the event pages themselves so that it will be easy to identify how everyone did in the event you attended.

Working Through the Queue
However, since we haven’t been able to process tournament results into the rankings for some time now, there is a large queue of events that we will have to work through. You can view them in our WBO Organized Play Tournament Data Archive:


This archive will be updated gradually as the tournaments are processed. Once a tournament is fully processed (results, Bits, and Credits), it will be moved to the corresponding sheet for the format it belongs to (ex. a Burst Format event will be moved to the BST Archive sheet from the Unprocessed Tournaments sheet).

Ranked and Burst Events Will Be Prioritized
We will be prioritizing ranked and Burst  tournaments first so that we can finally get the rankings up to date again.

Credits Usage Will be Announced Later On
Credits will be added, but cannot be spent until we get closer to completing the queue. We will announce when Credits may be used again.

Tournaments Will Be Processed Gradually
Rather than going on a blitz and trying to complete everything as quickly as possible, we will be taking our time with the processing of the results in order to provide the opportunity for the players involved to review the results after they have been processed. We don’t want to process 10 tournaments and then have someone say “a battle was missing” or “this result was wrong”!

Doing it slowly will also give us the opportunity to more easily assess who needs to be awarded the Platinum Bit (for reaching the Top 5 in the Burst or Metal Fight Rankings) and to capture a list of what the Top 15 or so looked like over the past year or so at any given time.

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Thank You For Your Patience!
We’d like to thank everyone for their immense patience over the past year plus since the rankings went down and for their patience moving forward as we start to move through the queue of past events.

We’ve been committed to getting the system back up and running since it went down, but it’s become incredibly complex, especially given the eight years worth of results currently processed within it and the additional features we wanted to add.

It took longer than we would have liked to get the new features added, but we feel that with the features described here (and even more improvements we are planning  in the future), it will be the best thing for us in the long run in terms of being able to efficiently process events and reduce our workload, which will in turn allow us to spend more time working on other improvements to the site.

Hey World Bladers! We know we’re a little bit late on this, but we wanted to start getting back into the habit of providing a Beyblade and CoroCoro news summary every month for you guys, complete with high resolution scans. Moving forward, we will aim to get the scans for the latest issues posted sooner.

Enjoy!

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Spriggan Requiem.0.Zt – Black Version
Not only was Spriggan Requiem.0.Zt the 100th Beyblade Burst release, but it also turns out that each copy of it comes with a chance of pulling a recoloured version! Black recolours of the Bey were randomly inserted into the packages, with a 1 in 72 chance of pulling one from a regular box. It is currently only available in this random insert method, so good luck getting one!


Gold Strike God Chip & Silver Spriggan Requiem.0.Zt Lottery
Also shown is the Ultimate God Guidebook, which retails for ¥750 and includes a gold version of the Strike God Chip. Also in this guide is an exclusive lottery for a silver recolour of Spriggan Requiem.0.Zt



Dragoon F.G.V – WBBA Store Version is Releasing on March 3rd
Dragoon F.G.V is a mail order Beyblade which was available for purchase in January’s CoroCoro and costs ¥1200. It was the only method of obtaining Dragoon F Burst version up until the very recent announcement of the white Dragoon F being released as a booster, available at WBBA Certified Stores starting March 3rd.



CoroCoro Beyblade Burst Design Contest Winner: Duo Eclipse
The Beyblade from the CoroCoro Design Contest has been confirmed to be Duo Eclipse! The God Ability of this Beyblade is the ability to combine halves of the Layer into one new one! This unique ability currently only works with the layers included (Duo Artemis and Duo Apollon). The parts included are 7Star and Unite.

The Beyblade will be available for its exclusive mail order in CoroCoro’s March issue for ¥1400, which makes it the most expensive mail order Beyblade in the Beyblade Burst series. This is also different than other releases as all purchases qualify as an entry for a special lottery! Two lucky winners will receive 10 of the CoroCoro lottery recolours.




Winter World Hobby Fair 2018: Jashin Legend Spriggan Layer, Gold Spriggan Requiem, and G1 Tournaments
The Winter World Hobby Fair 2018 has been happening across Japan for the past few months! There were many exciting Beyblade festivities, including a chance at obtain a Jashin Legend Spriggan Layer! To win this, players faced off against Legend Spriggan Infinite in the Mugen BeyStadium and required to beat Legend Spriggan with two points. Available for purchase is a gold recolour of B-100 Spriggan Requiem.0.Zt, which is exclusive to World Hobby Fair venues.

It didn’t stop there as G1 tournaments were held at each stop (?), with the prizes including:
- Gold God Valkyrie (1st place)
- Silver God Valkyrie (2nd place)
- Bronze God Valkyrie (3rd place)




B-102 Booster Twin Nemesis.3H.Ul – New Disk and Frame, and a Re-release of tN and Ultimate Reboot!
Other news for this month includes the release of B-102 Twin Nemesis.3H.Ul, which includes the prize Layer from Random Layer Collection 7, as well the Ultimate Reboot Driver, which was previously exclusive to CoroCoro. Included as well are two new parts, the 3 core disk and Hit frame.


Strike God Valkyrie.6V.Rb. – Flame Knight Version Lottery Announced
A new lottery for CoroCoro has also been announced which is for the Flame Knight version of Strike God Valkyrie.6V.Rb.

Outlined below are several important new ruling additions, updates, and clarifications to the WBO Organized Play Burst Format rulebook and the Organizers' Guide. View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here, and a summary of the changes below:

Rule Updates Overview

• Burst Format: duo αeclipse, duo αpollos, and duo αrtemis Layer Configuration Clarifications
  
• Organizer’s Guide: Tournament Formats – Double Elimination Added as Option for 33+ Participants
  
• All Rulebooks: Photography Policy
  

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Burst Format Updates


Burst Format: duo αpollos, duo αrtemis, and duo αeclipse Layer Configuration Clarifications
With the release of the CoroCoro-exclusive duo αeclipse Layer recently and its unique Layer-splitting gimmick, some additional clarification for its usage in the first stage of our events and Deck Format in the finals–where only one copy of a Layer is permitted in your Deck–of WBO Organized Play Events is needed.

We have decided to consider each configuration of dα as a separate Layer. What this means for each stage of our events is outlined below:

Final Stage – Deck Format
You are permitted to construct a Deck containing any number of the configurations: duo αpollos, duo αrtemis, or duo αeclipse as all or part of the three Layers in your Deck Format combos. If you do not have three copies of dα, you are permitted to disassemble the Layer as is necessary throughout the Deck Format battle in order to switch to the other Layer configurations.

First Stage
During the first stage of events in regular matches, our regular mode changing rules for Layers that require disassembly and have mode changes (like Alter Chronos or Legend Spriggan) do not apply to dα because the different configurations are considered as separate Layers and not “modes”. Therefore, you cannot switch your configuration of dα during a regular first stage match.

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Organizer’s Guide Updates

Organizer’s Guide: Tournament Formats – Double Elimination Added as Option for 33+ Participants
Double Elimination is now available as a Tournament Format option for events with 33 or more participants as an alternative to Swiss Format.

In Double Elimination, there are two brackets: the Winners Bracket and Losers Bracket. After losing once, Bladers are sent to the Losers Bracket. If they lose for a second time, they are eliminated from the event. Once both brackets have been completed, the top eight Bladers (top four from the Winners Bracket, top four from the Losers Bracket) move on to the Final Stage using our standard Single Elimination Deck Format.

Challonge Instructions
In addition to the standard instructions in our Organizer’s Guide, when creating your Double Elimination event in Challonge, use these options:

• Type: Two Stage
  
• Group Stage: Double Elimination
  
• Participants compete in each group: Total Number of Participants
  
• Participants advance from each group: 8
  

Using the total number of participants for the last option ensures there will only be a single Double Elimination bracket to run. For example, if you tournament has 36 participants, your bracket will have 36 participants. Not two 18-player brackets.

Our introduction of Double Elimination is in an effort to provide an option for tournament hosts that may not have access to the amount of dedicated judges needed to efficiently run Swiss Format with six or more rounds (as becomes necessary with 33 or more participants according to our Organizer’s Guide) in a reasonable amount of time. We have often found that in larger Swiss Format events, participants/parents often don’t understand how long the event is going to take, which leads to some players dropping out, and causes disruptions for hosts. It’s important to note that hosts should make an effort to provide an estimate of how long an event will take to complete before it starts, but nevertheless, adding Double Elimination as an option will be beneficial in some circumstances.

Double Elimination is lenient and fair enough in the sense that you get two chances before being eliminated, but it nevertheless is slightly more demanding than Swiss Format where sometimes players with two losses can make it to the finals. However, this is a fair price to pay given the length of time Swiss Format can often take.

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All Rulebooks

Photography Policy
While this has almost never been an issue at our events, we have made the addition of a photography policy to each of our rulebooks:

All Rulebooks – Photography Policy Wrote:By attending any World Beyblade Organization Organized Play Event, you agree as either an organizer, participant, or spectator to potentially be photographed or included by video shot by staff members, organizers, or other participants/spectators.

If you would prefer to not be included in any photographs or videos, please notify the host of the event and they can make an effort to notify the person taking photos and video to minimize your appearance in them as much as possible. However, guarantees of complete exclusion cannot be made given the nature of shooting photos and video at our events (you may still appear in the background depending on the circumstances, for example). We thank you for your understanding in this matter.

If you are attending an event and plan on taking photographs or video, please ensure to do so respectfully and if you are asked to refrain from shooting someone, please make every effort to do so.

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Feedback?
If you have any feedback on these particular changes, or any questions or suggestions for further adjustments or additions, please post your thoughts below or in the WBO Organized Play Rules thread.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support of WBO Organized Play! We appreciate any and all feedback and are always looking to improve and clarify things where possible.

View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here.

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Physical Prize & Bit Booster Winners
9 lucky winners have earned themselves a sweet physical prize as well as a Bit Booster from the list below!

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Bit Booster Winners
These 21 additional randomly-picked winners will receive their choice of the following huge list of Bit Boosters:

• 10th - @[ultra destinus]
  
• 11th - @[spitfirexi]
  
• 12th - @[Ayane_2355]
  
• 13th - @[Beyexpert_hamza]
  
• 14th - @[Dynamite Blader]
  
• 15th - @[DrainFafnirGuy]
  
• 16th - @[BeybladeFanOff]
  
• 17th - @[Cam77]
  
• 18th - @[mj9]
  
• 19th - @[Tahoor]
  
• 20th - @[CloudMaan]
  
• 21st - @[Mage]
  
• 22nd - @[DECEPTICON]
  
• 23rd - @[BAWB18]
  
• 24th - @[Angry Face]
  
• 25th - @[FIREFIRE CPB]
  
• 26th - @[TL14]
  
• 27th - @[APerson]
  
• 28th - @[EmphaticYogi]
  
• 29th - @[AZNpro]
  
• 30th - @[Manicben]
  

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#WBOMemories Instagram Contest Winners
After deliberating, our panel of judges from the WBO Committee has determined the winner for our #WBOMemories Instagram Contest! As thanks for the many great entries, we’ve also decided to give a Bit Booster to the three members who tied for second place!

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Bit Boosters Available for Winners

• Bit Booster RED [Image: faceboosterred.png]
  
• Bit Booster BLUE [Image: faceboosterblue.png]
  
• Bit Booster GREEN [Image: faceboostergreen.png]
  
• Bit Booster ORANGE [Image: faceboosterorange.png]
  
• Bit Booster YELLOW [Image: FaceBoosterIconYellow.png]
  
• Bit Booster PURPLE [Image: FaceBoosterIconPurple.png]
  
• Bit Booster CRIMSON [Image: faceboostercrimson.png]
  
• Bit Booster AZURE [Image: faceboosterazure.png]
  
• Bit Booster AMBER [Image: faceboosteramber.png]
  
• Bit Booster VIOLET [Image: faceboosterviolet.png]
  
• Bit Booster JADE [Image: faceboosterjade.png]
  
• Bit Booster JET [Image: faceboosterjet.png]
  
• Bit Booster VIVID [Image: faceboostervivid.png]
  
• Bit Booster AMETHYST [Image: Face_Booster_AMETHYST.png]
  
• Bit Booster SAPPHIRE [Image: Face_Booster_SAPPHIRE.png]
  
• Bit Booster EMERALD [Image: Face_Booster_EMERALD.png]
  
• Bit Booster RUBY [Image: Face_Booster_RUBY.png]
  
• Bit Booster ONYX [Image: Face_Booster_ONYX.png]
  
• Bit Booster DRIVER[Image: h9jFJhE.png]
  
• Bit Booster GARNET [Image: TPWnL0l.png]
  
• Bit Booster AZURITE [Image: btnxiVU.png]
  

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Anniversary Bit 2017
And finally, all winners, tournament participants, social media, and video contributors during the BeyLotto period will receive the commemorative Anniversary Bit 2017! This will be distributed within the next week or two.

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Winner Instructions

• All Winners: Post your Bit Booster selection in this thread. Bit Boosters will be awarded after many or most of the winners have all posted here so that we can do most of them all at once.
  
• Physical Prize Winners (Top 9 for BeyLotto, and #WBOMemories 1st Place): PM Kei your full name, address, and phone number and we will have the prize ordered and shipped to you as soon as possible.
  

Thank you so much to everyone who entered!

Outlined below are several important new ruling additions, updates, and clarifications to the WBO Organized Play Burst Format rulebook and the Organizers' Guide. View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here, and a summary of the changes below:

Rule Updates Overview

• Burst Format: Spriggan Requiem Layer – Mode Changing Between Rounds is Now Banned
  
• Burst Format: Maximum Garuda – Now Unbanned
  
• All Rulebooks: Gameplay Appendix – Clarification of “Spinning” Definition
  
• Organizer’s Guide: Tiebreaking Clarifications
  

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Burst Format Updates

Spriggan Requiem Layer – Mode Changing Between Rounds is Now Banned
As has been recently demonstrated, Spriggan Requiem has proven it is immensely competitive. However, it has been made even more powerful due to the mode changing for parts which require disassembly ruling we introduced in October of 2017.


After seeing Spriggan Requiem in action with mode switching in between rounds permitted, we’ve decided to ban such mode changes for Sr specifically. Having a Layer with good spin stealing abilities that can switch spin directions has produced an unhealthy scenario where counters to one spin direction are immediately made irrelevant by swapping direction. You may of course change the mode of Sr in between matches, but effective immediately you may no longer switch modes within a single match between rounds.

Other Layers such as Alter Chronos and Legend Spriggan which also have mode changes which require disassembly are unaffected by this ruling; you may still switch the mode of those Layers between rounds up to once per match.



Maximum Garuda Layer – Now Unbanned
The previously announced trial ban of Maximum Garuda for ten tournaments has now been completed. After evaluating its performance against newer parts and combinations in testing posted here, we have decided to unban Maximum Garuda as it now has several more reliable counters than it did previously when it was first banned. However, we will continue to monitor its performance moving forward.

See the winning combinations lists from the ten events hosted during the trial period:

• Blade Parade - 10/28/2017 [Roanoke, Virginia, USA]
  
• Hold the Line - 11/18/2017 [Roanoke, Virginia, USA]
  
• It's Beyxercise Time! II - 11/25/2017 [London, UK]
  
• WELCOME TO A&C GAMES V - 11/25/2017 [Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
  
• That's No Dragoon! - 12/16/2017 [Roanoke, Virginia, USA]
  
• WELCOME TO A&C GAMES VI - 12/17/2017 [Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
  
• Final Showdown 2 - 12/25/2017 [Mumbai, India]
  
• Burstin’ With the Best - 12/30/2017 [Los Angeles, California, USA]
  
• The Beat Goes On - 1/13/2018 [Roanoke, Virginia, USA]
  
• Down The Drain - 01/20/2018 [Austin, Texas, USA]
  

Please feel free to continue posting your thoughts on Maximum Garuda and any tests you might conduct in the Maximum Garuda Testing/Discussion thread or in commentary related to a specific tournament in the Winning Combinations thread!

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Updates to All Rulebooks

Gameplay Appendix – Clarification of “Spinning” Definition
With the recent introduction of parts like Bearing into Beyblade Burst, the classic debate over what the definition of ‘spinning’ is has continued recently. As such, we felt it would be prudent to take some of what we’ve learned from discussions like this to revise and clarify what the intention of our definition of ‘spinning’ means.

The definition now reads:

Gameplay Appendix – Spinning Wrote:A Beyblade is still considered to be spinning as long as it is visibly rotating to any degree along the axis running directly through the center of the Beyblade faster than the rotation along the stadium floor. A complete full rotation around this axis is not needed to be considered spinning. Rotation along the stadium floor alone is considered ‘rolling’ and is therefore no longer considered to be spinning.

Some Beyblades have parts that allow the upper half to continue rotating after the bottom half has stopped; these are still considered to be spinning. Once a Beyblade stops spinning, the round ends. If a Beyblade starts spinning again after it has stopped, the round does not resume.

Bold denotes new additions. The key takeaway here is that Beyblades are only considered to be spinning when they are visibly rotating along the axis of their tip; if they aren’t doing this, it doesn’t matter if they are moving or rolling in any other fashion, they are not considered to be spinning by our definition.

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Organizer’s Guide Updates

Tiebreaking Clarifications
We have made some clarifications to the tiebreaking procedures for both Swiss and Round Robin-based events regarding the proper application of the TB column value, the application of seeding as a tiebreaking factor in some specific situations, and the rare occurrence of a necessary tiebreak match for Swiss Format when determining who moves on to the Final Stage of WBO Organized Play Events.

The easiest way to understand these changes is to review this updated list of tiebreaking factors which is organized from the first which should be applied, all the way down to the final tiebreak factor only if necessary to break the tie. Bolded text denotes new additions or clarifications:

Round Robin/Block Round Robin
1. Overall score/win record
2. TB column (Only if the players in question have match history)
3. Tiebreaker match

Swiss Format
1. Overall score/win record
2. TB column (Only if the players in question have match history)
3. Buchholz
4. Seeding: Higher seed retains higher spot if above factors are all tied (Only if determining the order of two participants already guaranteed a spot in the finals).
5. Tiebreaker match (Only if there is a tiebreak which involves two or more players on the edge of making the finals or not)

For more background on this change, please see both Wombat’s and my post here.

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Feedback?
If you have any feedback on these particular changes, or any questions or suggestions for further adjustments or additions, please post your thoughts below or in the WBO Organized Play Rules thread.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support of WBO Organized Play! We appreciate any and all feedback and are always looking to improve and clarify things where possible.

View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here.

With all of the changes the WBO has undergone since our eighth anniversary–both in terms of the site itself and our team–and the fact that there is still much work to be done and many areas in which we know we can be better, over the past several months we came to the realization that in order to continue making progress, we would need more help.

Expanding the WBO Contributor Team
Our solution to this has been to expand the WBO Contributor team. This team’s primary focus will be the critical role of maintaining our vast number of existing practices from Youtube videos, to social media posts, Beyblade news, reviewing Organizer’s Quiz submissions, approving event proposals, and more.

Quite simply, without these people, the WBO Committee wouldn’t have the time to continue making progress on further improvements to the site, such as the long awaited new theme and all of the functionality that is going to be bringing (more on that soon in a future announcement!) or think about bigger picture projects to improve the community.

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Existing Contributors
The existing WBO Contributor team consists of the following:

• @[TrainiacJ] - Youtube Contributor
  
• @[juncction] - Social Media Contributor
  
• @[Wombat] - Organized Play Contributor
  

New Contributors
And we are pleased to announce that the following members will now be joining the team!:

• @[OldSchool™] - Organized Play Contributor
  
• @[ThaKingTai] - Organized Play Contributor
  
• @[Alta] - Organized Play Contributor
  
• @[Hato] - Social Media & Beyblade News Contributor
  
• @[Jinbee] - Forum Moderation Contributor (Global Moderator)
  
• @[Mage] - Forum Moderation Contributor (Global Moderator)
  
• Jojo [Jp0t] - Youtube Contributor
  
• @[MonoDragon] - Beyblade Wiki Contributor
  

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What do they do?
The Organized Play Contributors will be focusing their efforts on reviewing Organizer’s Quiz submissions, event proposals, assisting new players on the forums looking to host tournaments, providing feedback to the Committee on rule changes (of course, we will still discuss big changes with the community as well!), and helping to keep our tournament data archive up to date. In short, they are experts in everything WBO Organized Play. If you have any questions about tournament rules or hosting your own event, don’t hesitate to ask them.

Social Media Contributors are focused on producing new content for our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). Some might specialize in photography like juncction, and others might be focused on writing posts regarding Beyblade News, like Hato will be. That being said, as always we still accept submissions of photos and video from our official events!

Youtube Contributors dedicate themselves to helping manage and produce new content for our Youtube Channel, Beyblade Channel. TrainiacJ will continue producing Beyblade Review videos as he has been for a while, and will also work on new video ideas as well. Additionally, Jojo [Jp0t] will bring her expertise from her own Youtube channel and helping with videos as well.

And finally, Jinbee and Mage will be joining as a pair of Global Moderators to ensure our Community Rules are enforced fairly and the forums stay organized.

With this expanded version of the WBO team for 2018, we will continue striving to be the best Beyblade community in the world. You can count on better organization, efficiency, responsiveness, activity, and improvements as the new team members get acclimated to their new roles.

We will also continue looking at ways in which we can improve even further and bring more Contributors onto the team. We are open to ideas for areas in which improvements could be made, but please understand that we do not take applications for becoming a Contributor officially. We will contact you! That being said, helping out members around the forums and promoting the WBO in your local community are all things you can absolutely do nevertheless.

Thank you everyone!

Hey there World Bladers!

As we come to the end of another year of Beyblade, we look back at everything that has happened in the world of Beyblade this year. Takara-Tomy and Hasbro both launched their God Layer System series, mixing up the metagame immensely. The WBO has continued to grow, with activity staying strong and discussions ongoing! You guys have also made 95 WBO sanctioned events possible so far this year, which is a number that continues to astound us! 

But now, the time has come to celebrate our 9th Anniversary! This year, we've prepared a number of festivities to celebrate:

First, creator of Metal Fight Beyblade–Adachi Takafumi–has drawn up the fantastic new character art of Taka & Fumi–the WBO mascots we unveiled last year–that you see in our Anniversary logo! You'll see this used more across the site this coming year, and will also be featured on brand new shirts in our store very soon! And we're also bringing our beloved BeyLotto out again for the third time this year and opening it up to all Bladers! Be sure to enter, we've got some fantastic prizes this year!

Our Instagram contests have been a hit this year, so we're bringing out another one: the #WBOMemories contest! We're finally publishing HMS & Plastics Remembrance BeyLotto Results (sorry for the delay!), and providing a few of rule updates to our Competitive Play rulebooks. There's something for everyone this year!

We had also planned to launch our rewrite of the current site theme today as well, but circumstances mean that this isn't possible today. However, when we do launch this later this month, you can look forward to a number of old features returning to the site, as well as a number of new ones, such as Battle Histories on profiles, tournament invitations, and what we feel will have the largest impact: Organizer tournament processing! We'll have more information on this when it launches, so stay tuned for the full details!

And as usual, let's not forget that we're waiving the fees for all WBO tournaments between December 4th and January 4th! Make the most of this time to host a few tournaments and bring new Bladers to each of our communities!

The past year hasn't been smooth. We've had a number of site issues to fix (and still do!), but you've all been understanding and helped to make the process as smooth as possible. As our dedicated community, thank you for sticking with us; joining in discussions, writing Wiki articles, participating in events worldwide, and making the WBO the place to be for Beyblade fans for the ninth year in a row!

Here's to another year! (Oh god, we're 10 next year...better plan something big...)

Check out this year's content!

• Entry Fees Waived for WBO Tournaments: December 4th, 2017 – January 4th, 2018
  
• 9th Anniversary BeyLotto: Win a God Customize Set, Spriggan Requiem, and More!
  
• Favourite WBO Memory Instagram Contest: Start!
  
• WBO Organized Play Rule Updates December 2017 – Mode Change Launcher Restrictions
  
• HMS/Plastics Remembrance Day BeyLotto Results
  

To celebrate the WBO's 9th anniversary, enter this awesome giveaway for a chance to win prizes such as the God Customize Set, Spriggan Requiem, Nightmare Longinus, and more!

BeyLotto Rules

• This BeyLotto is open to all WBO members.
  
• You are automatically entered by posting once in this thread (multiple posts will not add multiple entries).
  
• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Prizes are limited to Blader Passport Holders.
  
• The entry period will end on January 4th, 2018 at 11:59PM EST.
  

Earn Extra Entries

• Earn 1 extra entry for participating in an official WBO Organized Play event during the anniversary period. (Limit of 1)
  
• Earn 2 extra entries for approved social media contributions. (Limit of 2)
  
• Earn 3 extra entries for submitting tournament video edited for Beyblade Channel that is approved. (No Limit)
  

Prizes
9 lucky winners will earn themselves some sweet physical prizes!










The top 9, and 21 additional randomly-picked winners will receive their choice of the following huge list of Bit Boosters:

• Bit Booster RED [Image: faceboosterred.png]
  
• Bit Booster BLUE [Image: faceboosterblue.png]
  
• Bit Booster GREEN [Image: faceboostergreen.png]
  
• Bit Booster ORANGE [Image: faceboosterorange.png]
  
• Bit Booster YELLOW [Image: FaceBoosterIconYellow.png]
  
• Bit Booster PURPLE [Image: FaceBoosterIconPurple.png]
  
• Bit Booster CRIMSON [Image: faceboostercrimson.png]
  
• Bit Booster AZURE [Image: faceboosterazure.png]
  
• Bit Booster AMBER [Image: faceboosteramber.png]
  
• Bit Booster VIOLET [Image: faceboosterviolet.png]
  
• Bit Booster JADE [Image: faceboosterjade.png]
  
• Bit Booster JET [Image: faceboosterjet.png]
  
• Bit Booster VIVID [Image: faceboostervivid.png]
  
• Bit Booster AMETHYST [Image: Face_Booster_AMETHYST.png]
  
• Bit Booster SAPPHIRE [Image: Face_Booster_SAPPHIRE.png]
  
• Bit Booster EMERALD [Image: Face_Booster_EMERALD.png]
  
• Bit Booster RUBY [Image: Face_Booster_RUBY.png]
  
• Bit Booster ONYX [Image: Face_Booster_ONYX.png]
  
• Bit Booster DRIVER[Image: h9jFJhE.png]
  
• Bit Booster GARNET [Image: TPWnL0l.png]
  
• Bit Booster AZURITE [Image: btnxiVU.png]
  

And finally, all winners, tournament participants, social media, and video contributors during the BeyLotto period will receive the commemorative Anniversary Bit 2017!


Good luck, everyone!

Outlined below are several important new ruling additions, updates, and clarifications to the WBO Organized Play Burst Format rulebook and the Organizers' Guide. View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here, and a summary of the changes below:

Rule Updates Overview

• Burst Format: Mode Changes For Parts Which Require Disassembly – Launcher Switching Restrictions
  
• Burst Format: Status Report - Trial Ban: Maximum Garuda Layer
  

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Burst Format Updates

Burst Format: Mode Changes For Parts Which Require Disassembly – Launcher Switching Restrictions



As was announced in our rule updates in October, parts which require disassembly to change their mode–like Alter Chronos, Legend Spriggan, or the upcoming Spriggan Requiem–may now be changed once per match at any time.

As an added clarification to this update, we wanted to be clear how launcher switching works in the case of Beyblades like Legend Spriggan which can change spin directions.

First Stage Matches
In any first stage match, if you are using a Beyblade that has a spin direction switching gimmick, you may change your launcher to one of the opposite spin direction when you make the mode switch. However, the launcher switched to must be of the same type/power as the one you previously used. To be precise, here is an outline of the legal launcher switches possible:

✓ Switching Permitted

• BeyLauncher LR (from one spin direction to another on the same launcher)
  
• Digital Sword Launcher (from one spin direction to another on the same launcher)
  
• Light Launcher LR (from one spin direction to another on the same launcher)
  
• Light Launcher to Light Launcher L + Standard Winder
  
• Light Launcher to Light Launcher L + Long Winder
  
• BeyLauncher to BeyLauncher L
  
• Proto/Entry Launcher R to Proto/Entry Launcher L
  
• Regular Launcher + Short Winder (Hasbro) to Regular Launcher L + Short Winder (Hasbro)
  
• Regular Launcher + Long Winder (Hasbro) to Regular Launcher L + Long Winder (Hasbro)
  
• Switchstrike Launcher (Hasbro, from one spin direction to another on the same launcher)
  

✗ Switching Not Permitted

• BeyLauncher Speed Ver.
  
• BeyLauncher Heavy Ver.
  
• Sword Launcher
  
• String Launcher (Hasbro)
  
• Supergrip Launcher + Short Winder (Hasbro)
  
• Supergrip Launcher + Long Winder (Hasbro)
  

If you plan on using a Beyblade with a spin direction switching gimmick and plan to change modes, do not choose one of the above launchers under "Switching Not Permitted" as you will not be permitted to switch as you will not have a launcher to use.

Final Stage Matches (Deck Format)
In the final stage Deck Format matches, switching between the two launchers of different spin directions initially selected for the match is permitted. You cannot pick another, third launcher.

Status Report - Trial Ban: Maximum Garuda Layer
As previously announced, we are currently in the midst of a trial ban of the Maximum Garuda Layer. Since our announcement, the results have been rather promising. See the winning combinations lists from the four events hosted thus far:

• Blade Parade - 10/28/2017 [Roanoke, Virginia, USA]
  
• Hold the Line - 11/18/2017 [Roanoke, Virginia, USA]
  
• It's Beyxercise Time! II - 11/25/2017 [London, UK]
  
• WELCOME TO A&C GAMES V - 11/25/2017 [Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
  

However, as announced we will be continuing with this trial until 10 Burst Format tournaments have been successfully completed. So in the mean time, please feel free to continue posting your thoughts on Maximum Garuda and any tests you might conduct in the Maximum Garuda Testing/Discussion thread or in commentary related to a specific tournament in the Winning Combinations thread!

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Organizers’ Guide Updates

New Launchers Added to Rotation Chart
We have added in the proper number of launcher rotations for the Light Launcher LR to the chart in the Organizers’ Guide. We would also like to add the Hasbro String and Switchstrike Launchers; and if anyone knows the number of rotations on those, please let us know!

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Feedback?
If you have any feedback on these particular changes, or any questions or suggestions for further adjustments or additions, please post your thoughts below or in the WBO Organized Play Rules thread.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support of WBO Organized Play! We appreciate any and all feedback and are always looking to improve and clarify things where possible.

View all WBO Organized Play Rules & Resources here.