(May. 18, 2021  12:45 AM)DeceasedCrab Wrote: What larger and generally available beystadiums are there? The Dash Stadium, sold with the Sparking Limit Break DX set, looks bigger at first glance, but the area inside the central ring is actually Much Smaller and there's no Tornado Ridge at all. Add to that, the pockets are entirely different, and they aren't evenly spaced. You probably couldn't have fair tournament matches in that.

Yes, the beys are getting bigger, but for the most part it seems like the beystadiums aren't. What official TT or Hasbro beystadiums are you referring to? If you mean the unofficial Hexagone stadium, well, that's probably not going to fly.

(May. 18, 2021  1:50 AM)DeceasedCrab Wrote: Where's the DB stadium testing and comparison thread?

(May. 18, 2021  1:50 AM)DeceasedCrab Wrote: I don't read minds, I deal in facts. If the intent is to move WBO tournaments the DB stadium, for however long that's available, there will need to be actual testing on it. The middle ring is about the same size, if a bit deeper angled, and the space between the first and second ridges is no longer angled inward apparently. It has more room for larger beys to avoid wall hits, but one fewer pocket. There's enough significant design changes here that it would change a lot of how beys perform in it. Until enough people (including staff) have the DB stadium and have done enough testing in it, you shouldn't expect to be able to use it.

(May. 18, 2021  4:03 PM)DeceasedCrab Wrote: You take an average matchup you're liable to see in a tournament. You do 20 launches in a standard beystadium. You do 20 launches in a DB beystadium. The purpose is to see just how things change, if at all, for better or for worse.

And collectively, as a community, about 40 of those likely matchups need to be documented publicly.

So if you want this to happen, get yourself a standard beystadium and a DB beystadium, and start testing. Otherwise, be content with the standard beystadium in tournaments.

Feel free to start the testing with the Hasbro Pro beystadium instead, but you're still going to need that community testing.

(May. 18, 2021  4:24 PM)JCE_13 Wrote: DeceasedCrab, a few friends of mine want to know if there are such things as unbranded stadiums. If there are, I would assume they're not legal, right?

(May. 18, 2021  4:29 PM)DeceasedCrab Wrote: Beystadiums that aren't TT and Hasbro exist. Don't bother testing them, they're very unlikely to be allowed for WBO tournaments.

(May. 18, 2021  4:03 PM)DeceasedCrab Wrote: You take an average matchup you're liable to see in a tournament. You do 20 launches in a standard beystadium. You do 20 launches in a DB beystadium. The purpose is to see just how things change, if at all, for better or for worse.

And collectively, as a community, about 40 of those likely matchups need to be documented publicly.

So if you want this to happen, get yourself a standard beystadium and a DB beystadium, and start testing. Otherwise, be content with the standard beystadium in tournaments.

Feel free to start the testing with the Hasbro Pro beystadium instead, but you're still going to need that community testing.

(May. 19, 2021  4:12 AM)DreamBlade Wrote: Think another thing to point out is that the db stadium will nerf rage combos a bit because it will be harder to knock out. It might also resolve the issue with Drift. Because drift has a risk of self ko l ing if knocked from the center. So you have to launch slowly which becomes a disaster for same spin.

(May. 19, 2021  2:27 AM)StayCool Wrote: I haven't read all of the thread but from the posted topic I wouldn't say a larger stadium in general should take over, but I do think the DB stadium will be great to replace the standard stadium in competitive play. The older stadium is getting small I will admit. Beys are getting larger and there is much less room for error.

My main reasoning for the DB stadium is because of some testing I have done. I usually only test in the standard B-09/33 stadium for competitive focus but my sons and I had some creative test battles recently and I was really surprised at the results, (let me say this also, I did test out the sparking stadium and that stadium is trash haha and too aggressive with knockouts even though it is larger than current stadiums in my honest opinion lol).

Back to the topic the DB stadiums size and dual ridges change the META of what I have seen in the tournaments I've been to. Launch styles and placements will have to be changed. A Beyblade, if launched correctly, can literally stay on the outside ridge of the stadium the entire time and out spin his or her opponent. The bey doesnt have to ride the ridge the entire time, the 2nd ridge is flat enough that if the Bey stops on the ridge and doesnt drop to the stadium center then it will spin freely and still as if it was in the stadiums center. This takes some skill or luck of course.

In terms of Attack there are many more opportunites there as well. There are only 2 pockets as opposed to the current 3 for standard play but with the proper skill and launch you can definitely KO an opponent. You also have to learn correct placement so you don't KO yourself.

Learning new skills and launch styles isn't a bad thing to me. It's an innovation to the game. The DB stadium gets us out of complacency or consistency in what we once knew with the standard stadium and introduces a whole new aspect of Beyblade battles. One of the biggest impacts of the new stadium for me was going against Drift. Drift is OP and thats fine, I love the challenge, but the new stadium forces you to either have that skillful launch with Drift to be able to spin steal or have that skillful launch to avoid that Drift combo and ride the ridge. The surface area is fun and the possibilities seems endless as of right now. This also opens the door for more creativity with combos. It's true that Xtend+, Drift and Zone'+Z are kings of LAD but will that matter as much in the DB stadium or will they be the kings that they are against drivers that were once outclassed in the current standard stadium? IDK, I've seen Universe do some wild things shout out to Sniper!

All in all a new stadium or the introduction of the DB stadium to competitive play will definitely help reinvent the game. Which I feel is a win win for old and new generation players.

(May. 18, 2021  8:28 PM)DeceasedCrab Wrote: If you aren't willing to do that testing, don't expect anyone else to do it for you.