I remember when I was really young (like 8-9) and Beyblades were at peak popularity. YTV (Canadian kids channel eh) had this tour across Canada, spending 1 day in each big city and hosting a Beyblade tournament.

Back in the day I was really into Beyblade, and was one of the best in my school. So the day came and my brother and I trudged along all the other boring ass events my parents wanted to go to, anticipating the Beyblade tournament at the end of the day.

We finally get there and the place is packed! Kids beyblading everywhere, tons of parents, etc. Well I get into some of the Beyblade action as the tournament is getting set up, and I shit you not I demolish every kid there. It was pretty easy since most of the kids there had shit beyblades, knock offs, or borrowed one from the tournament people. Clearly none of these kids were even close to as passionate as I was about Beyblade, and I knew I was gonna win.

Well tournament begins and they start recruiting kids by telling them to come up front. I was at the back beyblading with other kids, so I was already at a disadvantage racing to the front. Well I manage to get right behind the second row, and this old lady is blocking the way (the rest of the parents moved out of the way).

I ask her to politely move so I can participate, and she yells back at me "you're not getting past me!" I was like wtf??? Then this kid that I previously destroyed sneaks past me and yells "grandma" and gracefully gets to the front row.

At this point I'm screaming trying to get the attention of the officials, but it was too late. I didn't get to participate in the tournament, and some little girl who didn't even know how to use the ripcord ended up winning, cuz she cried and got her dad to help her.

It's been almost 13 years and I still get sad about it from time to time :\

TL;DR Old lady cockblocks my Beyblade dreams.