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The '''French Pen Spinning Board''' or '''FPSB''' is a pen spinning community based in France, but accommodating French speakers from other nations, including Belgium after [[BPSC]] closed in late 2011. FPSB v1 was initially created by [[Radek]] on January 1st, 2005, but closed in late 2005 after being hacked. Soon after FPSB v2 was opened, and the first FPSB Tournament was held in 2006, won by spinner [[A_Qui]].
{{Community InfoBox
|name=French Pen Spinning Board
|image={{#setmainimage:Fpsblogo.png}}
|country=France
|language=French
|founders=[[Radek]]
|created=V1: 8th February, 2005<br />V2: 22nd April, 2006<ref>[https://thefpsbv2.penspinning.fr/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=5 FPSB v2 announcement thread on FPSB v2 archive (French)]</ref><br />V3: 9th October, 2008<ref>[https://thefpsb.penspinning.fr/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=6 FPSB v3 announcement thread on FPSB v3 archive (French)]</ref><br />V4: 16th October, 2012<ref>[https://thefpsb.1fr1.net/t388-bienvenue-sur-la-v4 FPSB v4 announcement thread on FPSB v4 archive (French)]</ref><br />V5: 27th September, 2019<ref>[https://forum.penspinning-france.fr/t/bienvenue-sur-la-v5/46 FPSB v5 announcement thread on FPSB v5 (French)]</ref>
|website=[https://forum.penspinning-france.fr/ forum.penspinning-france.fr]
}}The '''French Pen Spinning Board''' or '''FPSB''' is a [[Pen Spinning Community]] based in France, but accommodating French speakers from other nations, including Belgium after [[BPSC]] closed in late 2011.
 
FPSB v1 was initially created by [[Radek]] on February 8th 2005, but closed in late 2005 after being hacked. Soon after FPSB v2 was opened, and the first FPSB Tournament was held in 2006, won by spinner [[A_Qui]].
 
==History==
The earliest reference to pen spinning in France was a commercial from [[Bic]] for a four-color pen in 1970.
 
In 2004, PenDolSa 1st was shared on the Cube forum, a site for Super Smash Bros players. Most users did not believe the video to be genuine, but user Radek decided to learn the tricks in order to prove that they were wrong, and started a small community on the forum also interested as he did. With more people joining in, he decided to launch a forum of his own.
===FPSB V1===
On the 8th February 2005, FPSB V1 was launched with some of the earliest french spinners such as [[Fratleym]] and [[gollumsk8]] registering. The first French pen spinning team, "SpowasH" was formed by A_Qui, Scelus, [[Skatox]] and Sorez. In late 2005 the FPSB V1 forum was hacked, and the site shut down with a temporary board being put up while Radek worked on FPSB V2.
===FPSB V2===
The community continued to grow after FPSB V2 opened, and spinners began to benefit from international trading becoming more popular, allowing French spinners to acquire mods such as the [[Comssa]] and the [[RSVP MX]]. The first FPSB Tournament was held in 2006 and won by A_Qui, and the board released the FPSB "Hall of Honor" collab<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoyfoTvcXI Collab Hall of Honor FPSB]</ref>, edited by Fratleym. Collaborations with other boards also began to emerge such as "FPSB-UKPS", "FPSB-Penzone" and "PDS-FPSB". Several FPSB spinners participated in the [[Pen Spinning World Tournament 2007]] with two reaching the finals. The first FPSB Gathering was held in 2007 and the "Laboratoire", a research group similar to UPSB's Research Department, was also formed. Later, FPSB V2 was hacked and started a migration to a newer forum.
===FPSB V3===
Now moderated by Picool, FPSB V3 started off with initial weak performance in the competitive scene. In the [[Pen Spinning World Cup 2008]] the FPSB team was knocked out in the second round and in the [[Pen Spinning World Tournament 2009]] only [[Fratleym]] made it to even the quarterfinals, a stark downturn from their strength in 2007. In 2007 the [[Bic Pen Spinning Awards]] was held in France, the first tournament to be hosted by a pen brand. This was won by German spinner [[Puddels Kern]]. The French community had much more success with their collaboration videos, with FPSB 3rd, FPSB Hope 3rd and FPSB Anthology being well-received. It took until 2011 for FPSB to reclaim their early standing on the world stage, with [[S777]] winning the [[Pen Spinning World Tournament 2011]]. In late 2011, the Belgian board [[BPSC]] closed, with the members from BPSC joining FPSB instead. After some disagreements between staff members, the decision was made to move to a new board.
 
===FPSB V4===
FPSB continued its success on the competitive side of the hobby by winning the [[Pen Spinning World Cup 2012]]. In order to avoid having to close the forums altogether like [[UPSB]] did, the decision was made to make a new, beginner-friendly FPSB site.
===FPSB V5===
The current (as of Feb 2021) iteration of the French community's forum. Not as active as it was intended to be as the old base no longer uses the forums for the most part.
 
==Collaboration Videos==
FPSB has a long history of Pen Spinning [[Collaboration Video|CVs]], both official and casual. The most well known is the community's official series starting with '''FPSB 1st''' (Originally titled '''FPSB the beginning''')<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY1L_L3nZ-g | FPSB the beginning]</ref> in 2006. Since then, there have been 11 total official community CVs from FPSB, with the latest being '''FPSB 12th''' on March 5th, 2023<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08UZDry4Wls | FPSB 12th]</ref>.
 
==Research==


==Competitive Spinning==
==Competitive Spinning==
FPSB has a long and titled history in competitive spinning, producing [[World Cup Champion]] teams twice as well as one [[World Champion]] in the World Tournament.
===FPSB Tournament===
===FPSB Tournament===
The community has been holding a yearly member's competition since 2006 to determine the strongest competitive spinner.  
The community has been holding a yearly member's competition since 2006 to decide the strongest competitive spinner.  


List of tournaments and winners:
List of tournaments and winners:
* [[FPSBT 2006|2006]] - A_Qui
* [[FPSBT 2006|2006]] - [[A_Qui]]
* [[FPSBT 2010|2010]] - [[Gollumsk8]]
* [[FPSBT 2011|2011]] - [[Fel2Fram]]
* [[FPSBT 2011|2011]] - [[Fel2Fram]]
* [[FPSBT 2012|2012]] - [[Fel2Fram]]
* [[FPSBT 2014|2014]] - [[Gollumsk8]]
* [[FPSBT 2015|2015]] - [[Megas]]
* [[FPSBT 2016|2016]] - [[Gollumsk8]]
* [[FPSBT 2019|2019]] - [[TheBeyGeek]]
* [[FPSBT 2021|2021]] - [[TheBeyGeek]]
* [[FPSBT 2023|2023]] - [[TheBeyGeek]]
* [[FPSBT 2024|2024]] - [[LeftFinger]]


===World Tournament===
===World Tournament===
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{{See also|Pen Spinning World Tournament 2009}}
{{See also|Pen Spinning World Tournament 2009}}


Participants included [[S777]], Gollumsk8.
S777 was defeated by the world champion that year, [[Spinnerpeem]] in round 3<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYtgfcQ9QLE | Spinnerpeem WT2009 Round 3 vs S777]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKokVl72HLY | S777 WT2009 Round 3 vs Spinnerpeem.]</ref>, with [[Gollumsk8]] also being knocked out the same round by [[Supawit127]].  


S777 was defeated by world champion that year, [[Spinnerpeem]] in round 3<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYtgfcQ9QLE | Spinnerpeem WT2009 Round 3 vs S777]</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKokVl72HLY | S777 WT2009 Round 3 vs Spinnerpeem.</ref>
[[Fratleym]] would make it the farthest before losing in round 4 versus [[Minwoo]], who would come second place in the competition.


====2011====
====2011====
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Participants included S777, GollumSk8.
Participants included S777, GollumSk8.


S777 won in 2011, becoming the third [[Pen Spinning World Champion|World Champion]] for a World Tournament.
S777 won in 2011, becoming the third [[Pen Spinning World Champion|World Champion]] for a World Tournament and first from FPSB after defeating [[HKPSA]] spinner [[Kin]] at the finals. His run was particularly notable for the ease that he acquired scores from judges, outpacing all of his opponents by a significant amount of judge votes, making his victory one of the most one-sided and crushing of all time. In the first round, his combo with what appears to be an unmodified, tipless and gripless [[comssa]] was shocking and caused speculation as to whether it was internally weighted to allow him to perform the difficult sequences, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest combos of all time.
 
As for the other 7 French competitors, [[Fratleym]] made it to round 3 and [[A13x]] to round 4, while the remainder of the team struggled and were eliminated in round 1 or 2.


====2013====
====2013====
{{See also|Pen Spinning World Tournament 2013}}
{{See also|Pen Spinning World Tournament 2013}}
Participants included Fel2Fram, Gollumsk8.
FPSB dominated the attention of spectators in World Tournament 2013, with [[A13x]], [[Fel2Fram]], [[Leftfinger]] and [[Gollumsk8]] all pushing through to round 3. After that, Gollumsk8 would be defeated by [[JEB]]'s [[ctionist]] that round. Later on in round 4 Leftfinger lost to [[BPSC]]'s [[Ivabra]] and perhaps most controversially of all, Fel2Fram lost to [[Sutomo]] from JEB after submitting a highly experimental combo consisting of many [[i-o charges]].
 
A13x with a tried and tested hard trick approach would make it all the way to the final round, before struggling to complete his combo within the deadline and failing his finisher in his submitted video. After refilming, he had a clip with a successful finisher filmed and uploaded, but as it was past the deadline the video was deleted and the refilmed combo retracted. This led to an embarrassing defeat that surprised spectators, coming second place in the tournament.


====2015====
====2015====
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{{See also|Pen Spinning World Tournament 2019}}
{{See also|Pen Spinning World Tournament 2019}}


====2021====
{{See also|Pen Spinning World Tournament 2021}}
The French had a shaky time in 2021. In round 1 their team of 6 spinners was reduced to only Kara-T-J and [[Gollumsk8]], with Kara-T-J being knocked out in round 2 and Gollumsk8 losing to [[i.suk]] in round 3.


===World Cup===
===World Cup===
====2008====
{{See also|Pen Spinning World Cup 2008}}
====2010====
{{See also|Pen Spinning World Cup 2010}}
====2012====
{{See also|Pen Spinning World Cup 2012}}
Team participants included [[Anikis]], Fel2Fram, [[Futhark]], [[Gisele8]], [[Ivabra]] and [[Lindor]].
The FPSB team won in world cup 2012, defeating [[UPSB]] at the finals.
====2014====
{{See also|Pen Spinning World Cup 2014}}
====2018====
{{See also|Pen Spinning World Cup 2018}}
====2020====
{{See also|Pen Spinning World Cup 2020}}
FPSB entered with two teams, '''FPSB X''' and '''FPSB Y''', but only X qualified with Y coming 9th place. The FPSB X team participants were [[Ark0nix]], [[Gunter]], Ivabra, [[Tchus]], [[TheBeyGeek]] and [[Leftfinger]]. FPSB won a world cup for the second time in 2020 with FPSB X, defeating [[JEB]]'s Dawn Wanderer team at the finals.
====2022====
{{See also|Pen Spinning World Cup 2022}}
FPSB entered WC22 with the team '''FPSB Z''', but failed to qualify after coming 11th place. Their team comprised of Colin d'Alaska, Lu00, S-RoK, Mamba, Eshor and Kara-T-J.


==References==
==References==
<references />
<references />
[[Category:Pen Spinning Communities]]
[[Category:Pen Spinning Communities]]

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The French Pen Spinning Board or FPSB is a Pen Spinning Community based in France, but accommodating French speakers from other nations, including Belgium after BPSC closed in late 2011.

FPSB v1 was initially created by Radek on February 8th 2005, but closed in late 2005 after being hacked. Soon after FPSB v2 was opened, and the first FPSB Tournament was held in 2006, won by spinner A_Qui.

History

The earliest reference to pen spinning in France was a commercial from Bic for a four-color pen in 1970.

In 2004, PenDolSa 1st was shared on the Cube forum, a site for Super Smash Bros players. Most users did not believe the video to be genuine, but user Radek decided to learn the tricks in order to prove that they were wrong, and started a small community on the forum also interested as he did. With more people joining in, he decided to launch a forum of his own.

FPSB V1

On the 8th February 2005, FPSB V1 was launched with some of the earliest french spinners such as Fratleym and gollumsk8 registering. The first French pen spinning team, "SpowasH" was formed by A_Qui, Scelus, Skatox and Sorez. In late 2005 the FPSB V1 forum was hacked, and the site shut down with a temporary board being put up while Radek worked on FPSB V2.

FPSB V2

The community continued to grow after FPSB V2 opened, and spinners began to benefit from international trading becoming more popular, allowing French spinners to acquire mods such as the Comssa and the RSVP MX. The first FPSB Tournament was held in 2006 and won by A_Qui, and the board released the FPSB "Hall of Honor" collab[5], edited by Fratleym. Collaborations with other boards also began to emerge such as "FPSB-UKPS", "FPSB-Penzone" and "PDS-FPSB". Several FPSB spinners participated in the Pen Spinning World Tournament 2007 with two reaching the finals. The first FPSB Gathering was held in 2007 and the "Laboratoire", a research group similar to UPSB's Research Department, was also formed. Later, FPSB V2 was hacked and started a migration to a newer forum.

FPSB V3

Now moderated by Picool, FPSB V3 started off with initial weak performance in the competitive scene. In the Pen Spinning World Cup 2008 the FPSB team was knocked out in the second round and in the Pen Spinning World Tournament 2009 only Fratleym made it to even the quarterfinals, a stark downturn from their strength in 2007. In 2007 the Bic Pen Spinning Awards was held in France, the first tournament to be hosted by a pen brand. This was won by German spinner Puddels Kern. The French community had much more success with their collaboration videos, with FPSB 3rd, FPSB Hope 3rd and FPSB Anthology being well-received. It took until 2011 for FPSB to reclaim their early standing on the world stage, with S777 winning the Pen Spinning World Tournament 2011. In late 2011, the Belgian board BPSC closed, with the members from BPSC joining FPSB instead. After some disagreements between staff members, the decision was made to move to a new board.

FPSB V4

FPSB continued its success on the competitive side of the hobby by winning the Pen Spinning World Cup 2012. In order to avoid having to close the forums altogether like UPSB did, the decision was made to make a new, beginner-friendly FPSB site.

FPSB V5

The current (as of Feb 2021) iteration of the French community's forum. Not as active as it was intended to be as the old base no longer uses the forums for the most part.

Collaboration Videos

FPSB has a long history of Pen Spinning CVs, both official and casual. The most well known is the community's official series starting with FPSB 1st (Originally titled FPSB the beginning)[6] in 2006. Since then, there have been 11 total official community CVs from FPSB, with the latest being FPSB 12th on March 5th, 2023[7].

Research

Competitive Spinning

FPSB has a long and titled history in competitive spinning, producing World Cup Champion teams twice as well as one World Champion in the World Tournament.

FPSB Tournament

The community has been holding a yearly member's competition since 2006 to decide the strongest competitive spinner.

List of tournaments and winners:

World Tournament

See also: Pen Spinning World Tournament

FPSB has submitted numerous spinners to compete in the World Tournament, winning in World Tournament 2011.

2007

See also: Pen Spinning World Tournament 2007

Participants included Banz, Fratleym, Gollumsk8.

Banz and Fratleym achieved fame by making it to the finals, with Fratleym placing 3rd and Banz 4th.

2009

See also: Pen Spinning World Tournament 2009

S777 was defeated by the world champion that year, Spinnerpeem in round 3[8][9], with Gollumsk8 also being knocked out the same round by Supawit127.

Fratleym would make it the farthest before losing in round 4 versus Minwoo, who would come second place in the competition.

2011

See also: Pen Spinning World Tournament 2011

Participants included S777, GollumSk8.

S777 won in 2011, becoming the third World Champion for a World Tournament and first from FPSB after defeating HKPSA spinner Kin at the finals. His run was particularly notable for the ease that he acquired scores from judges, outpacing all of his opponents by a significant amount of judge votes, making his victory one of the most one-sided and crushing of all time. In the first round, his combo with what appears to be an unmodified, tipless and gripless comssa was shocking and caused speculation as to whether it was internally weighted to allow him to perform the difficult sequences, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest combos of all time.

As for the other 7 French competitors, Fratleym made it to round 3 and A13x to round 4, while the remainder of the team struggled and were eliminated in round 1 or 2.

2013

See also: Pen Spinning World Tournament 2013

FPSB dominated the attention of spectators in World Tournament 2013, with A13x, Fel2Fram, Leftfinger and Gollumsk8 all pushing through to round 3. After that, Gollumsk8 would be defeated by JEB's ctionist that round. Later on in round 4 Leftfinger lost to BPSC's Ivabra and perhaps most controversially of all, Fel2Fram lost to Sutomo from JEB after submitting a highly experimental combo consisting of many i-o charges.

A13x with a tried and tested hard trick approach would make it all the way to the final round, before struggling to complete his combo within the deadline and failing his finisher in his submitted video. After refilming, he had a clip with a successful finisher filmed and uploaded, but as it was past the deadline the video was deleted and the refilmed combo retracted. This led to an embarrassing defeat that surprised spectators, coming second place in the tournament.

2015

See also: Pen Spinning World Tournament 2015

2017

See also: Pen Spinning World Tournament 2017

2019

See also: Pen Spinning World Tournament 2019

2021

See also: Pen Spinning World Tournament 2021

The French had a shaky time in 2021. In round 1 their team of 6 spinners was reduced to only Kara-T-J and Gollumsk8, with Kara-T-J being knocked out in round 2 and Gollumsk8 losing to i.suk in round 3.

World Cup

2008

See also: Pen Spinning World Cup 2008


2010

See also: Pen Spinning World Cup 2010

2012

See also: Pen Spinning World Cup 2012

Team participants included Anikis, Fel2Fram, Futhark, Gisele8, Ivabra and Lindor.

The FPSB team won in world cup 2012, defeating UPSB at the finals.

2014

See also: Pen Spinning World Cup 2014

2018

See also: Pen Spinning World Cup 2018

2020

See also: Pen Spinning World Cup 2020

FPSB entered with two teams, FPSB X and FPSB Y, but only X qualified with Y coming 9th place. The FPSB X team participants were Ark0nix, Gunter, Ivabra, Tchus, TheBeyGeek and Leftfinger. FPSB won a world cup for the second time in 2020 with FPSB X, defeating JEB's Dawn Wanderer team at the finals.

2022

See also: Pen Spinning World Cup 2022

FPSB entered WC22 with the team FPSB Z, but failed to qualify after coming 11th place. Their team comprised of Colin d'Alaska, Lu00, S-RoK, Mamba, Eshor and Kara-T-J.

References

  1. ↑ FPSB v2 announcement thread on FPSB v2 archive (French)
  2. ↑ FPSB v3 announcement thread on FPSB v3 archive (French)
  3. ↑ FPSB v4 announcement thread on FPSB v4 archive (French)
  4. ↑ FPSB v5 announcement thread on FPSB v5 (French)
  5. ↑ Collab Hall of Honor FPSB
  6. ↑ | FPSB the beginning
  7. ↑ | FPSB 12th
  8. ↑ | Spinnerpeem WT2009 Round 3 vs S777
  9. ↑ | S777 WT2009 Round 3 vs Spinnerpeem.
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