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As always, I'm late to the party. - Iluvatar - Mar. 24, 2015
Hey all,
My name is Kevin and I'm here to introduce myself, I'm 19 years old and I'm from Toronto. There's really not much else to say about me and I wouldn't want to bore you.
Well, what better way to introduce myself than to start at the beginning of my beyblade fascination. When the original beyblade series took Canada by the storm I was definitely not spared, and oh man was I swept away. Up until then, I had never experienced something like beyblade; beyblade was so immersive, it was something about being able to actually touch the beyblades owned by your favourite blader. And not only could you touch the beyblades, you could battle them! This was its defining distinction to me.
I mean, yeah, Pokemon had a show going on too as well as video games, but it wasn't hands on or nearly as imaginative. With video games, a lot of the imagination is done for you or its restricted by in-game limitations. You could argue that Yu-Gi-Oh was hands on and imaginative, but it wasn't nearly as action-packed.
Eventually, beyblade ended and it faded into nothing more than a nostalgic memory of better days. And then in 2010, like a dranzer from the ashes, beyblade rose again! Granted, I didn't know about it until it hit the North American stores, but still this was a big deal for some people.
So there I was, a freshman in high school, that age when you're trying too hard to be cool, trying too hard to hide the stuff you like. In hindsight, I can say that it was dumb and that you shouldn't care what people think, but I get it, with hormones running rampant, attending a new school, etc, a lot of things can go astray. This didn't stop me though, I was buying beyblades left and right and I kept up with all the new product news. There were so many times I wished I lived in Asia based on the sole merit of it having more beyblades available as I didn't have access to buy anything online yet.
By the end of the Metal Masters saga, my interest had began to wane and beyblade became the least of my concerns...
That is until now!
I know beyblade is slowly dwindling away again and I missed out on a lot of beyblade related opportunities, events, product releases, etc, but here I am and I'm glad to be here.
As always, I'm late to the party.
RE: As always, I'm late to the party. - DefStamina88 - Mar. 24, 2015
This guy. He means business...
Welcome to the WBO! Make sure to follow the rules and if you need to know anything, PM me!
RE: As always, I'm late to the party. - Kai-V - Mar. 24, 2015
There are actually still some monthly Toronto events, it is not too late at all : http://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-Toronto-Ontario-3-29-15-LIMITED-BEYBASH
Make sure to look through our whole Official Events forum too, because we have big tournaments coming up at the end of May as well, as part of the Anime North convention.
RE: As always, I'm late to the party. - JJdad - Mar. 24, 2015
Welcome. What a great story. Now I feel like I have to go back and change my "introduce yourself" post. All I did was say Hi.
RE: As always, I'm late to the party. - Bladerguy2 - Mar. 24, 2015
Welcome. I wish o lived in Asia sometimes to.
but your lucky your in Toronto there seem to be lots of tourneys. Welcome and have a great time!
RE: As always, I'm late to the party. - Iluvatar - Mar. 25, 2015
(Mar. 24, 2015 12:11 PM)DefStamina88 Wrote: This guy. He means business...
Welcome to the WBO! Make sure to follow the rules and if you need to know anything, PM me!
Thank you! I sent you an email regarding some errors I'm receiving with PMing, let me know if you got it.
(Mar. 24, 2015 2:03 PM)Kai-V Wrote: There are actually still some monthly Toronto events, it is not too late at all : http://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-Toronto-Ontario-3-29-15-LIMITED-BEYBASH
Make sure to look through our whole Official Events forum too, because we have big tournaments coming up at the end of May as well, as part of the Anime North convention.
I'll definitely be checking out some events in Toronto in the future, thanks! I also sent you an email about some problems I've been having with the site's PMing service.
(Mar. 24, 2015 2:43 PM)JJdad Wrote: Welcome. What a great story. Now I feel like I have to go back and change my "introduce yourself" post. All I did was say Hi.
Welcome to you and your son as well
You should post a reply in your thread, or an edit of your original with a bit more about yourself. I'd love to hear about you and your son. (Mar. 24, 2015 7:03 PM)Bladerguy2 Wrote: Welcome. I wish o lived in Asia sometimes to.
Thank you! You're right, I'm fortunate to live in Toronto, there's a very active community here.
RE: As always, I'm late to the party. - Kei - Mar. 25, 2015
Welcome to the WBO.
You certainly have missed out on dozens of events over the years since Toronto is very active, but you're not too late to join the ones we have coming up!
RE: As always, I'm late to the party. - Iluvatar - Mar. 26, 2015
(Mar. 25, 2015 2:18 AM)Kei Wrote: Welcome to the WBO.
Thank you! And yeah I'll be looking into them