(Dec. 03, 2015  11:55 PM)Mitsu Wrote: Everyone who has their name italicized is a part of the Mentor.

For one to potentially become a mentor, you would definitely need to be consistently active .

(Dec. 09, 2015  5:57 PM)Bey Brad Wrote: What's the point in mentors that are never around?

(Dec. 09, 2015  11:23 PM)Wizard Wrote:

(Dec. 09, 2015  5:57 PM)Bey Brad Wrote: What's the point in mentors that are never around?

This is a good point. I think you guys should remove all of the mentors and start the system fresh.

(Dec. 09, 2015  11:23 PM)Wizard Wrote:

(Dec. 09, 2015  5:57 PM)Bey Brad Wrote: What's the point in mentors that are never around?

This is a good point. I think you guys should remove all of the mentors and start the system fresh.

(Dec. 10, 2015  1:12 AM)Thunder Dome Wrote:

(Dec. 09, 2015  11:23 PM)Wizard Wrote:

(Dec. 09, 2015  5:57 PM)Bey Brad Wrote: What's the point in mentors that are never around?

This is a good point. I think you guys should remove all of the mentors and start the system fresh.

As a current mentor who is not as active as he use to be and isn't really into burst I can agree with this. The majority of the mentors are all more accustomed to all the MFB formats and really got their "claim to fame" with knowledge in those formats. MFB is now a format of the past and Burst is whats in and what appears to be played in a lot of the recent events. I think it would be for the best if we stripped the majority of the mentors privileges and maybe promoted some current active burst members, it was cool being a mentor but I honestly don't think I nor some of the other mentors are really qualified for burst.

Also has the committee ever thought about resetting the points, it seems like another reasonable thing to do with a new format. I know it is years of points and experiences, but most competitive games (if they have a form of a ranking system) restart it ever new format, year or generation to keep the game fresh.

(Dec. 10, 2015  2:43 AM)top beyblader10 Wrote: Hey brad, are you the actual founder of this

(Dec. 10, 2015  1:12 AM)Thunder Dome Wrote:

(Dec. 09, 2015  11:23 PM)Wizard Wrote:

(Dec. 09, 2015  5:57 PM)Bey Brad Wrote: What's the point in mentors that are never around?

This is a good point. I think you guys should remove all of the mentors and start the system fresh.

As a current mentor who is not as active as he use to be and isn't really into burst I can agree with this. The majority of the mentors are all more accustomed to all the MFB formats and really got their "claim to fame" with knowledge in those formats. MFB is now a format of the past and Burst is whats in and what appears to be played in a lot of the recent events. I think it would be for the best if we stripped the majority of the mentors privileges and maybe promoted some current active burst members, it was cool being a mentor but I honestly don't think I nor some of the other mentors are really qualified for burst.

Also has the committee ever thought about resetting the points, it seems like another reasonable thing to do with a new format. I know it is years of points and experiences, but most competitive games (if they have a form of a ranking system) restart it ever new format, year or generation to keep the game fresh.

(Dec. 10, 2015  5:08 AM)Kai-V Wrote:

(Dec. 10, 2015  1:12 AM)Thunder Dome Wrote:

(Dec. 09, 2015  11:23 PM)Wizard Wrote: This is a good point. I think you guys should remove all of the mentors and start the system fresh.

As a current mentor who is not as active as he use to be and isn't really into burst I can agree with this. The majority of the mentors are all more accustomed to all the MFB formats and really got their "claim to fame" with knowledge in those formats. MFB is now a format of the past and Burst is whats in and what appears to be played in a lot of the recent events. I think it would be for the best if we stripped the majority of the mentors privileges and maybe promoted some current active burst members, it was cool being a mentor but I honestly don't think I nor some of the other mentors are really qualified for burst.

Also has the committee ever thought about resetting the points, it seems like another reasonable thing to do with a new format. I know it is years of points and experiences, but most competitive games (if they have a form of a ranking system) restart it ever new format, year or generation to keep the game fresh.

Well, if someone were active but specifically knowledgeable in plastics or HMS, I would want them as a Mentor anyway, no ? Plus Burst is so recent that nobody really dares write part drafts for the Beyblade Wiki about them, so I do not know if we have totally reached a point where there are mentors of Beyblade Burst knowledge-wise.

Obviously we encourage everyone to become interested in Beyblade Burst as well, but all of the other formats will not just fade to complete oblivion, so if there are still experts of those who are decently active, it is important to keep them, in my opinion.


I do think we are planning to implement an "inactive" state or whatever if someone has clearly not played in years and is just blocking the top ranks without proving that they are still worth it. That will be done whenever we can do a makeover for the BeyPoint System, hopefully soon but it will take a few months. There is no point in restarting the whole thing though if we can successfully implement that and that we separate the results processing in different formats.

Quote:Edit: Brad, I'm also quite interested in what exactly you consider being active enough. Do you mean you have to be online a few hours a day or would it also be enough to answer pm's and check threads of your topic once every day?

(Dec. 10, 2015  6:21 PM)Neo Wrote: But finding a Master Dragoon, Wolborg 2, etc etc usually isn't very expensive if you know where to look and when to strike. I do find it kinda sad how few Plastics tournaments are held in North America.

(Dec. 10, 2015  8:08 PM)Bey Brad Wrote: As much as I love plastics and HMS, I feel like it makes no sense to organize a seriously competitive environment for them.

(Dec. 10, 2015  7:30 PM)Festive Cake Wrote:

(Dec. 10, 2015  6:21 PM)Neo Wrote: But finding a Master Dragoon, Wolborg 2, etc etc usually isn't very expensive if you know where to look and when to strike. I do find it kinda sad how few Plastics tournaments are held in North America.

And there's your problem - in addition to actually learning about the format and metagame itself, there's a whole new set of skills you need to learn to even be able to buy the things without getting massively ripped off.

(Dec. 10, 2015  8:08 PM)Bey Brad Wrote: As much as I love plastics and HMS, I feel like it makes no sense to organize a seriously competitive environment for them.

• Obviously, yes, one of the major limitations is that that the playerbase of Beyblade in general right now is very small; the number of Bladers who could really compete in Plastics/HMS events is incredibly minimal
  
• Because of the high cost, we can't offer any meaningful prize support for Plastics/HMS events
  
• As many Bladers have noticed, we have yet to build out a separate ranking system for Burst; ranking plastics and HMS would require is to build even more ranking systems
  

(Dec. 10, 2015  10:03 PM)Neo Wrote: Can't you just have the Bakuten Face Boosters as prizes?
Plastics and HMS ranking could be a sort of long term goal, though, once your current works are done, right?

As for the rest; I do feel as if there were more of a push towards hosting these formats, more people would be interested. I think it should be a cool idea to focus on, later on down the road, if at all possible.

Quote:Was suggesting that you focus on raising the interest slightly.

Quote:Right now, for lack of better words, it just seems as if hosting a Plastics or HMS Tournament is slightly discouraged.

(Dec. 10, 2015  7:23 AM)~Stoney~ Wrote:

(Dec. 10, 2015  5:08 AM)Kai-V Wrote:

(Dec. 10, 2015  1:12 AM)Thunder Dome Wrote: As a current mentor who is not as active as he use to be and isn't really into burst I can agree with this. The majority of the mentors are all more accustomed to all the MFB formats and really got their "claim to fame" with knowledge in those formats. MFB is now a format of the past and Burst is whats in and what appears to be played in a lot of the recent events. I think it would be for the best if we stripped the majority of the mentors privileges and maybe promoted some current active burst members, it was cool being a mentor but I honestly don't think I nor some of the other mentors are really qualified for burst.

Also has the committee ever thought about resetting the points, it seems like another reasonable thing to do with a new format. I know it is years of points and experiences, but most competitive games (if they have a form of a ranking system) restart it ever new format, year or generation to keep the game fresh.

Well, if someone were active but specifically knowledgeable in plastics or HMS, I would want them as a Mentor anyway, no ? Plus Burst is so recent that nobody really dares write part drafts for the Beyblade Wiki about them, so I do not know if we have totally reached a point where there are mentors of Beyblade Burst knowledge-wise.

Obviously we encourage everyone to become interested in Beyblade Burst as well, but all of the other formats will not just fade to complete oblivion, so if there are still experts of those who are decently active, it is important to keep them, in my opinion.


I do think we are planning to implement an "inactive" state or whatever if someone has clearly not played in years and is just blocking the top ranks without proving that they are still worth it. That will be done whenever we can do a makeover for the BeyPoint System, hopefully soon but it will take a few months. There is no point in restarting the whole thing though if we can successfully implement that and that we separate the results processing in different formats.

I fully agree with you, Kai-V. Especially in the old formats, that many young users aren't too familiar with, some guys that are into those are needed to keep them and the knowledge about them alive. And the mentor status is a quite good way to identify them. If we only have official mentors for the newest series, the old will probably be forgotten.
And tbh, I wouldn't be too happy, if all the infos about the old gens that I have been gathering during the last 15 years officially wouldn't be worth anything anymore. And I'm quite sure there are others, who'd feel the same. The mentor status is something we've been working hard to achieve and just ignoring the knowledge about the original beyblades and only taking that about the newest into account when deciding, who's someone to preferably ask, is a discrimination that I would definitely not support.

Edit: Brad, I'm also quite interested in what exactly you consider being active enough. Do you mean you have to be online a few hours a day or would it also be enough to answer pm's and check threads of your topic once every day?