(Oct. 31, 2020  11:03 PM)~Mana~ Wrote:

(Oct. 31, 2020  10:52 PM)Roh\bel Wrote: There's an Instagram (omitted) account that posts tournaments every weekend. They made a post for tomorrow.

That's your account. I don't know why you're downplaying it, haha.

That said, we don't permit the advertising of non-WBO events at this current time. Rest assured, it is something we are working on but I've had to omit the handle for now. Sorry!

(Oct. 31, 2020  11:19 PM)Roh\bel Wrote: Outstanding detective work! Tell me this. Why does the WBO hate local, (non-WBO) community growth? It's how the WBO gains members; via word of mouth in active communities."Hey, there's a place with a ranking system for Beyblade." The best way to learn about the WBO is for its members to infiltrate active player groups.

(Nov. 01, 2020  2:31 AM)~Mana~ Wrote:

(Oct. 31, 2020  11:19 PM)Roh\bel Wrote: Outstanding detective work! Tell me this. Why does the WBO hate local, (non-WBO) community growth? It's how the WBO gains members; via word of mouth in active communities."Hey, there's a place with a ranking system for Beyblade." The best way to learn about the WBO is for its members to infiltrate active player groups.

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It's not really a secret, so it's hardly detective work. Just seemed a bit disingenuous to see, haha. Nonetheless, while I think the discussion has been had with you enough times at this point, I'll explain again:

The WBO team does not hate local community growth at all. Project AIDA - our ongoing long-term community initiative - is all about re-evaluating how we approach the Beyblade community as a whole and becoming far more inclusive than we've ever been. We've never hated local or seperate communities in the slightest, we just have to be careful to both protect ourselves (our business, if you want), as well as be considerate of our status as a not-for-profit organization.

And that's where this isn't the easiest topic; on top of our pre-existing ambiguity towards what we're allowed to support over the past few years, we've had a few legal ramifications to consider since the formation of Fighting Spirits last year too. And publishing our AIDA plans earlier this year was a sign of us saying "yeah, we've looked into it, got legal advice, and studied what we need to know . Now we're ready to take steps to support this".

But if we're going to do this, we want to do it justice and do it properly. We don't want this to become an uncontrolled situation similar to walking into a Walmart and seeing an absurd number of Best Buy adverts. That would hinder our own ability to function, would look bad on the surface and could be viewed as a tactless approach, so we want to lay out our expectations for allowing this properly.

We want to offer local communities most of the same functions that we offer our WBO Organized Play organizers; dedicated event pages, proper placement on the site where suitable, the same improved communication channels that we want to implement for WBO events etc.

Between the logistics of offering that and the legal policy work we need to settle on, we just don't feel it's right to permit this yet. But I honestly cannot stress enough, we are working on it and will share more when we're happy with our progress. We aren't trying to be unnecessarily cruel to non-WBO communities, we just need and want to do this right and not run unnecessary risks.

(Oct. 06, 2020  1:31 AM)RemixRewind Wrote: Elizabeth, New Jersey

(Jan. 18, 2021  8:03 AM)Abimaeru Wrote: I’m in jersey. Also have a few friends who enjoy blading . I’ve been looking for people to battle.

(Feb. 21, 2021  2:19 AM)WorldKai Wrote: Tournaments in Nj start this month I can’t wait!

(Apr. 07, 2022  6:04 AM)RedDragon227 Wrote: I have recently become a WBO Organizer in an effort to hopefully revive the NJ scene a bit as well as give bladers from NJ the opportunity to hopefully increase their ranking and be able to enjoy the competitive aspect of Beyblade.  I live in Hudson County, NJ, and wish to know about any bladers that live near me.

(May. 21, 2022  8:42 PM)Final_Rosé Wrote: Anyone live near Newark here?