Sometimes when I’m home alone I like to dive into my neighbors rose bush and roll around in it pretending I’m the Black Rose Dragon…. Thorns hurt.

@frontfacingjoe9235

Жыл бұрын

🗿

@codystandish121

Жыл бұрын

That’s so unique that I got to say it’s based. God Speed you beautiful duelist

@Al_Straik

Жыл бұрын

Funny, I have a neighbor that likes to do the same thing...

@SmuggyOcelot

Жыл бұрын

I like to pretend I'm a Cyber Dragon being repaired in my room

@SouthpawDG

Жыл бұрын

Funny, I saw someone doing that last week on my morning run

This guy is at my locals. He’s really good, plays the latest tournament net deck, talks maximum shit the whole time, then after our tourney he goes to the next card shop for their locals. Our Yugioh guy at the shop is nice to him because he buys a case every time. I had never played him before but could always hear him peacocking across the room every weekend. Finally on Saturday we got matched up. After I lost to his danger tears we started flipping through each others trade binders and he’s like “give me your Magnamhuts (I had a play set), you don’t need them you’re literal trash at this game, it’s better off with me.” I got annoyed and said I’d trade him one for each of his ghost rare DMG because f* you. Then he told other people he’d give them cash if they traded me and got my magnamhuts so I just stopped trading altogether that day. Really harshed my mellow.

@96Assassine

Жыл бұрын

Would have so much fun talking down someone with that behavior. Not that I‘m a better player, he just seems to be a pretentious sh!t.

@anakinsmith4770

Жыл бұрын

a lot of the time what I've noticed is the competitive give you advice on your deck even if it's a casual/fun deck saying you need this to win. I did take there advice and the deck sucked more i think dark ruler stayed everything else didn't for so long people have had the impression hand trap, board breaker etc are needed. that's never been true not every deck can play them

@deltaed3517

Жыл бұрын

Wonder how that conversation would play out in his head after he literally insulted the person he was wanting to trade with. Was he expecting “yes, you are absolutely right, these cards are wasted on someone like me, have them for free, you’ve opened my eyes”

@Kawaiisikkusu

Жыл бұрын

Holy, i thought something like that only exist in story writing. Man, I hope you're ok

@Questionthis1

Жыл бұрын

@@Kawaiisikkusu honestly when you see this guy you’d almost pitty him, if I was as physically unattractive as he was and maxed out my credit cards on Yugioh, and couldn’t get a date I’d probably be as miserable and shit talky as he is. He clearly exists to win a couple free OTS packs at a trading card store once a week. I almost feel bad, I leave locals and go hang out with my wife and kid. He leaves locals to play other locals. He’s got nothing else going on in his life, so let him get his punches in at locals. It’s probably the one place in life where he’s not a loser.

I'm 36 and have been playing since the release of Metal Raiders. My cousin got me into it and we both absolutely loved it. He died shortly after high school. No matter what happens with Yugioh, it will always be my connection to him.

@MistahhMingus

3 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss, I’m glad you had and have such a strong link with your friend, even if it’s “just a card game” it’s a lot more meaningful than most people would realize and it made me smile. Hope your friend is at peace and you’re doing well.

I was very fortunate to be on a very wholesome community in our local shops, the players that were competitive had their fun decks just to play with other non competitive players for the sake of just having fun. They helped me build my first deck, it was a plant deck, some dude gave me an Ultimate rare Tytannial, I still have it on my binder but i'll never sell it or exchange it, it has a lot of emotional value

I have a friend group like this. They're all great guys outside of the game, but whenever I play with them, they make me feel like I'm a lesser player/person. It's gotten to the point where I don't even want to play the game at all.

@sagegntalex3765

Жыл бұрын

Exactly why I got out of the game lol

@SouthpawDG

Жыл бұрын

I feel you, personally I had to separate my playgroup from friend group, I couldn’t stand the fact how they switched up so fast every time we set down our decks

@JMolKoz20791

Жыл бұрын

I'm really sorry to hear that. It isn't right at all. It's one thing to rip on each other every once in a while while playing a game and having fun with it, but to go below the belt like that and just be absolutely disrespectful is absolutely wrong. And it makes me sad for the entirety of the yugioh community. I've been playing this game for 20 years And slowly I've been seeing more and more of this disrespect and ridiculousness. Yeah back in ridiculousness. I miss when we all used to have fun. I miss when we could still be competitive and still be respectful towards one another and still have fun at the same time period we need to start bringing that back. Because the last thing we need is to see the game we loveGo extinct because more and more people leave the game and don't want to play it anymore. I don't wanna see that neither do any of the other dualists. Hopefully we can all be the change and be better than this

@DJgamer-sq5fq

Жыл бұрын

You wanna borrow my timelords they put a lot of people to rest and don’t get argued with a lot because I don’t play mystic mine and hand traps except battle fader

@Ghoste616

Жыл бұрын

Off topic, but I quit League of Legends for this reason. Competitive games can make even the nicest people toxic.

I just wish we could all be happy playing the game without being judged in one form or another.

@MayonakaMidnighter

Жыл бұрын

Hell I get dumped on when I'm WINNING against meta with my personal decklists, how does ANY of this work anymore???

@kylo-juju3796

Жыл бұрын

yup, but sadly there's always the tryhard a**hole who ruins the experience XD

@MayonakaMidnighter

Жыл бұрын

@@kylo-juju3796 Sometimes I feel like my one true place in the community is beating the worst of the worst and telling them they need to re-examine their heart, of the cards.

@kylo-juju3796

Жыл бұрын

@@MayonakaMidnighter Mind Crush!! XD

@TheFallinhalo

Жыл бұрын

honestly, i just do not think Yugioh is in a healthy state these days, both Game wise and community wise. its why i departed the more active competitive scene years ago, the community is just no longer welcoming to new comers, or returnees, and worse when youre at a competition, people will do litterally ANYTHING to win, even resort to either soft cheating or hard cheating.

There was this guy who stopped by the OTS and he hadn't played since he was a teenager (bro was 30 something) and he got stomped in every game. And everyone was cool to him. They talked about GOAT format and everything. But I haven't seem him since. I was supposed to give him some staples I won't use anymore. It feels bad.

@Mexicansushi92

Жыл бұрын

Lol u talking about me? I'm 30 and went to my first event 2 weeks ago with like 30 duelists. It felt intimidating cause everyone was talking like an expert. I just barely started playing 2 months ago and hadn't played since like 04. I was able to win 1 out of 4 rounds and everyone was cool though.

@Wannabechefguy

Жыл бұрын

@@Mexicansushi92 I don't think so, but keep going if you have the time! Play with simulators if you wanna get more games in when you're not at locals so you can surprise people who think you don't know anything.

@windblownleaf6450

Жыл бұрын

I remember when I tried to get into MTG - The local guys were very tryhard, refused to use anything but their strongest decks against me despite the fact that i was using freebie decks. Goes without saying, I didn't win a single game and I also didn't go back. Now I'm getting a buddy into YuGiOh, I don't play my strongest decks against him - I don't even play rouge decks against him. I just slap some beat stick monsters in, some MST, soul taker for removal, generic traps... That way he can still win and if he loses he knows he would've won if he drew a certain card. If the deck was too strong, it would be hopeless because there is literally nothing he could draw that would win him the game.

@Wannabechefguy

Жыл бұрын

@Sylver same! But he did talk about having to get a babysitter for his kid since his wife worked nights and our locals are at like 7 on the weekdays. So, even if he didn't feel discouraged, he probably had too many personal matters to attend to.

There was a bit of a scenario at one of the shops I frequent a few weeks ago where a guy that was considered "casual" or "average" got his hands on a top meta deck, and suddenly he was winning games left, right and center. Sometimes it really do be the difference in power of cards that are winning you games, people should chill out. 🤷

@SupermewX300

Жыл бұрын

That's pretty funny, because there's an episode of Cardfight Vanguard where that literally happens.

@daimer8660

Жыл бұрын

@@SupermewX300 You mean when Morikawa got Kai's deck?

@SupermewX300

Жыл бұрын

@@daimer8660 Also when he was given a starter deck and dominated the entire event.

@paulolucero9864

Жыл бұрын

@@SupermewX300 lmao my dude was literally holding himself back. He also came close to stealing a win when G units where introduced and his G3 were not useless anymore. The importance of Morikawa not ever crossing paths with Bastion is my best guess for the OD reboot.

I feel ya. The 2nd or 3rd time I was at my locals (started very recently), there was a guy who saw me buying Cyber Strike structure deck as I wanted to play casually with my friends. He stopped by me and said "you won't get far with this kind of cards at locals" grinning. Dude, chill, you don't know me, you don't know why I'm buying these for and I didn't ask for opinion.

8:20; "Get sweaty wit it" should really be a catch phrase lol

I can definitely relate to sometimes taking losses pretty bad. I don't have huge freakouts, but I definitely don't feel good afterwards. Going to locals can be really stressful for me at times. I still go because I enjoy the game, but the needless anxiety I have to get over each time annoys the hell out of me.

@markjacobs3232

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, Yu-Gi-Oh! Can do that since it can just suck to get triple negated/ bounced/etc. Yu-Gi-Oh! Hardest part is how fast you prevent your opponent from playing.

Agreed! This kind of behavior also turns new players off of the game. How can the community grow and be sustainable if these types of players are constantly making the environment so unfun for everyone around them?

@markjacobs3232

Жыл бұрын

The prices don’t help.

The mindset you're describing sounds like Kaiba, which I find hilarious and ironic, cause if I recall correctly, Kazuki based him on some gate keeping hardcore player in some other cardgame(MTG, I think, but someone can/will correct me if I am wrong.). Ironic cause Kaiba's the antagonist, you're not meant to fall for his mindset. Even if I am a big fan of Kaiba and the blue-eyes, he's still a jerk at the end of the day lol.

@aliceinwonder8978

Жыл бұрын

Dang, that got me thinking.... what if instead of beating him to 'teach him a lesson on friendship' (which seems odd), Yugi and friends literally refused to play with him and said 'we can't beat you, but you're mean and we don't want to play with you.' and then kaiba had to learn to be nice and then they let him join their friend group and all play together and have fun without judgment. but i guess then we wouldn't have an anime. but it feels more wholesome

@96Assassine

Жыл бұрын

@@aliceinwonder8978 would be a good abridged episode: Kaiba: Yugi, I challenge you to a duel! Yugi: No.

@SigmaGE

Жыл бұрын

@@aliceinwonder8978 Reading this made two jokes pop in my head; Yu-Gi-Oh Friendship is Magic, for the title. And if Yugioh were just 10% more realistic Kaiba would have been a scrub duelist cause he'd get kicked out for bad sportsmanship for berating his opponent after they lost for using weak cards or something. FR the level of trash talk in the anime would never slide IRL, even putting aside deaththreats and staking the fate of the world on a childrens card game.

@SakuraAvalon

Жыл бұрын

You know, the funny thing about Kaiba, is never blocked people from playing in his events or anything, despite their skill level. Only Joey, he had one heck of a hate boner for Joey. Though, in the Japanese version, unlike the English Dub, Kaiba does come to respect and acknowledge Joey, after his duel with Marik.

@TrxPsyche

Жыл бұрын

@@SakuraAvalon The funny thing is, I think his hate for Joey mainly came from the understanding that Joey isn't really a bad duelist, but a bad strategist. He bases all of his games on luck, which is fine cause Joey finds it fun, but Kaiba finds it frustrating. In the early episodes of Yugioh, Kaiba even gives Joey advice, even if given in majorly passive aggressive tones. Kaiba is a giant jackass to most, and is a big sore loser, but he's not keeping anyone down, more just displaying the fact that there is a major skill difference between him and whomever he's bullying at that point.

I remember this one time when I went to my locals to see what they had in stock, and I noticed that all the YGO products were gone. When I asked the owner what had happened, he told me they discontinued YGO because the players there were too toxic. Even if other players might try to tolerate rude behavior, the storeowner will not, so don't ruin the experience for everyone. I never participated at locals, since I was very casual with YGO, but it was sad knowing the card shop was now selling one less card game.

@96Assassine

Жыл бұрын

That‘s honestly a big power move there. A sad one but the owner must have massive balls going: „If you can’t behave I‘m just taking the game from you.“

@johnnywu8708

Жыл бұрын

​@@96Assassine For sure, it definitely wasn't an easy decision.

@lethalshinigami

Жыл бұрын

Same thing happened in my area sadly.

@hamsandwich6685

Жыл бұрын

There must have been some toxic players at that store for the owner to eventually just pull the plug like that.

@johnnywu8708

Жыл бұрын

​@@hamsandwich6685 The age range for people there is pretty broad, so having people being rude to each other would lead to a bad atmosphere for everyone. That was probably the biggest reason why he had to stop offering the game.

Agreed. People equate performance with social status, which has a lot of negative side effects. I see it a lot in not just yugioh but in all areas of life. Especially in sports - if someone is really skilled, people will let them get away with anything such as being horribly rude and immature and they are never confronted and forced to learn respect b/c everyone worships them. The saddest side-effect is that everyone else denigrates themself because they feel they aren't as skilled and are therefore less worthy or less good. In some ways, I think competition can be inherently toxic because of that... what if we emphasized fun instead of winning, how would sports look then?

@GhostlyGhost333

Жыл бұрын

This happened a lot in the high school I went to. If someone did well in sports, then more than likely they would get any and all the leadership roles in clubs and school events, regardless of the other students skills and know how who would also run for the role.

@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917

Жыл бұрын

"What if we emphasized fun instead of winning?" We'd all be playing against the computers, winning every single game and having 'fun'. Competition IS fun. Trash-talking, winning, losing, it's why people play games in the first place. The only time it isn't fun is when people aren't allowed to play at all, or aren't ever able to win. It's why I hate the "Why can't we have just have fun," phrase because it's meaningless because no one really believes that, they just don't know how to articulate the real reasons they aren't enjoying themselves.

Locals are more enjoyable when everyone isn't playing like it's a YCS. Funnily enough, I actually enjoy Speed Duel events more than regular events for this exact reason. Yugioh is the most enjoyable when it's played for fun without everyone acting like we're playing for a world's invite.

Another yugioh player I have met was banned in 6 different locations except my local card shop, I have asked why but no one knows aside from suggested theft. When I traded with him he would check the prices of my cards and rounds down mine while saying his is more expensive. While he was still allowed in multiple instances of missing cards and he was eventually banned.

When I was trying get back into local once some dude took my card and crushed it cause "it was bad"

I can't lie chief, the biggest douches at locals are the awkward overly competitive players who are permanently passive aggressive to everybody but each other More than a few ppl have stopped coming to this locals because of them

@blackmark2899

Жыл бұрын

That's how one of the shops I would ghost around are. Full of competitive players that aren't really growing and have stagnated. Meanwhile the shop frequent is way more varied and people are willing to jump in with not only low powered decks but straight jank.

@raijuko

Жыл бұрын

Well, 80% of yugioh players are stuck up and rude. I've played since spell ruler, been to regional and national events, yea, yugioh players are far from humble lol.

I was participating in some MD games hosted by a streamer and the guy commentated on them. He just shat on the way their viewers played and what decks they played. Then if he lost to a viewer, he just said they were playing an ungabunga deck. Really pathetic.

That Scapegoat hat is 🔥!

@apsamplifier

Жыл бұрын

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i feel this so much, i am very mush a casual player and just love it because i played with friends when i was in middle school and loved the artwork and show. I just play to play for the nostalgia and would like for people to be more welcoming,

I don't like toxic players as a whole and I have an example. My friend and I like to play Edison format at locals and there is one guy at the shop who is known for being very douchey and rude to casuals. My friend and I were in the middle of a game and he walks over to spectate. As soon as my friend summons Ancient Fairy Dragon, he literally POINTS to my friends card and just says Banned! extremely loud. Barely gave us a chance to explain that we were playing a different format

I don’t really play much Yugioh (more of a magic player myself). Most of what I play with Yugioh is something like legacy of the duelist or structure decks with friends. A lot of what you say can be applied to all card games. I think this shows that no matter what card game it is, the player base will always end up split by the people who want to play the best thing and the people who want to play the cards they think are the coolest.

In Magic we have a pre-game discussion to figure out what level we want to play at. Ive literally built multiple decks in the past whose goal isn't even to win the game.

This video really hits home for me. I haven’t been able to play at my locals for a while, due to moving, but I can definitely remember playing against people who were so consumed with winning that it was no longer fun. (those that would rage if they lost, be super smug if they won, etc.)Again, I have nothing against competitive players but I would mostly call myself a casual. I wasn’t able to afford the best cards, and my deck varied from week to week with what I thought would be most fun. Of course I wanted to win, but it was never a main priority for me. But I was often made to feel like that if I didn’t play the absolute best strategy that it was kind of a joke. At that very same store though I met really great people, who I still see playing today, who were very encouraging. So it’s not just like the entire store felt that way. Now that I’m busy getting my masters and teaching all day, I have less time to play so I haven’t really found a new locals to call home but still collect. Although the few stores I’ve been in, because I don’t get a chance to go to tournaments They host, I often felt like my opinion or presence there to simply look through and purchase singles or boxes wasn’t always welcome. Maybe these are just my perceptions and not reality, but I definitely agree with everything you said in the video

@jamesstone404

Жыл бұрын

@Sylver yeah. I am just in a different place in my life now. I wish I had time to invest in a new locals, but sadly, between my family, getting my masters degree, and teaching full time, it’s just now an option. It’s not the current store I visit’s fault (hate to call it my new “Locals” since I don’t really attend there much) that I don’t feel super welcomed, but more so that it is probably my perception being reflected onto them. Hopefully, when my life slows down, I can be more active and present at locals

I hear all the horror stories about locals and feel thankful that mine is pretty laid back. There are the meta players but they don’t look down on the rouge players and usually are interested to see the more obscure decks people play.

@96Assassine

Жыл бұрын

Same here, there may be one occasional player who‘s toxic but other than that it‘s pretty chill. Though since the store is pretty small the owner yells at them nearly every week because they are standing in the way.

No, don't underestimate new players. They bring a new perspective that you can't undermine.

@raijuko

Жыл бұрын

They bring that sense of wonder to the game, that us old heads don't have anymore. I love teaching newbies how to play better, it's fun watching the younger players, enjoy learning and improving at the game

It can also be noted that if OTS stores don't have a certain amount of players for tournaments (I think it has to be 10 minimum), the store can't just give out OTS packs as prizes, or else they can lose their OTS status, which literally destroys shops.

@MrJuan_Vzla

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, also the OTS needs to do at least 1 tournament weekly.

They want to be a Kaiba/Yugi & I'm over here ok being a Joey/Teà combo

@blackmark2899

Жыл бұрын

I'm the Tristian and my draws in tournaments proves that. And you know, I'm happy with that.

this has become my fave channel on all of yugioh, its really good even in general, i really like the way you make your points and your daythought format... and ive followed your main channel for so many years now... thanks for the daily content and good convos paul

Hey Paul, I really appreciate you. You've been putting a lot of quality videos out recently, and I've been inclined to watch them all. Thank you.

So, in other words, don't be a Kaiba

Honestly? MTG in a nutshell from my experience. After Alara and Zen block, I took a break for a year when I was moving and changing jobs, then I came back to my hometown's card shop/social circle and all the super competitive guys were like "wow you wasted all that time going to grad school/working and now you're too far behind to catch up to us" and refused to acknowledge me in social events because I took a break from the game. They're now all 40 and live with their parents (unemployed or work at Burger King) and go to Friday Night Magic every week still.

@seekertosecrets

Жыл бұрын

Yeesh! That's pretty bad!

So I was hired at a comic book shop because I knew how to play Yu-Gi-Oh and my husband and I were active in the Yu-Gi-Oh community at the time. We only had two players who had a strongly toxic attitude out of a group of 10 regular players, but everyone managed to have fun regardless. After working there the first year, I found that the more I had to cater to the whims of these two players, the less of the group showed up to play. They weren't unreasonable requests, it was just more tournament play, hosting more regular official events and stuff like that. It was just having to deal with their attitudes when they won (they were sore winners who would constantly say things like "Yeah well, I would have won quicker if so and so didn't play whatever and ruined my blank combo!" and so on). Everyone was fine doing tournaments, but when they were so frequent and with only official events going on, it was getting harder to afford the entry fees since most of the fun was gone. Not to say casual play died, it was more like the herd just moved on. After a while they stopped showing up for events and they found another shop to play at - which is fine. It's good to support other comic/game shops in general, but they were having the same problems we were. No one could get an active group going in the area because of the two people who carried on in their ways by kept trying to normalize this behavior in Yu-Gi-Oh. I mean, it's possible to drop the attitude and just play the game - but you really can't force anyone to. On the flip slid, you also can't force anyone to play with you either....soooo

i was really lucky as a newbie, one day got the sudden urge to want play a card game and just buy a charmer structure then go to my locals. Nicest people i've ever met, they help me build the deck, let me borrow their staple until i buy it myself! a really good first experience that make me loved the game, first impression is really matter after all.

As someone who has been with the Manga since its inception, I have always HATED that the community goes towards the idea of "EVERYONE NEEDS TO USE THE BEST DECK EVER TO COMPETE!" While simultaneously saying "You dont need the best deck in the world to do anything bro. You just need to spend 150 bucks on this deck that will be obselete in two weeks bro. Trust me bro, it works!" I dont care about being the absolute best player. I want to have fun building random decks and playing them. Thats why I got into the game. The new players have ruined it by making a meta and playing it off like there is no meta.

I really appreciate you making a video like this! I'm new into my local goat scene and I used to play a ton back in the day, but I still have a lot of anxiety around it all and reminding myself that my experience matters is a great way to ground myself through it. I'm casual af but I love the game so so so much and that matters way more than any accolade to me. Tonight there were some big headed guys and I kept being reminded of the sentiments you stated here. Much love yall 💛 if you ever come through near Toledo, you've got friends here!

This was what I was most worried about as a returning player going to my first ever locals. The shop I go to is owned by someone I went to college with and I knew he was a great guy, but I was still worried about things like this, or judgment for not knowing the newer nuance of the game. Thankfully I both went with friends which made it more relaxing for me, and everyone there was beyond welcoming and fun to be around! Some of the regulars also helped teach my friend who was totally new to the game some rules and combos he wasn’t even aware of! It’s definitely helped solidify my love for this game both casually, and more competitively too!

I was thinking about this today! I play magic though, but trust me what you said is true for any card game with a competitive scene. I played moderately competitively. A few tournaments here, and there. I went through the whole cycle, and now I'm getting back into TCGs after a little hiatus. I'm finding a enjoy building/playing a deck that is good and fun, but not tier 0. I'm just sticking with my play group this time. Someone asked about tournaments firing around while we were playing, and I had to tell them I don't play tournaments anymore. The stress is too much for me. lol

I am someone who follows the competitive trends but have settled into being a more casual player. I use to go to locals and would play Dark Magician or Raidraptors fun strategies like that and would constantly hear “why don’t you build something meta”y answer would always be i don’t want to. I’ve only built 2 meta decks in my life Qlis when they were at full power and Adamancipator when they were at full power then the banlist cripples those decks and all of a sudden the investment is in the trash so I have a hard time dedicating the money to the game where a card is at the mercy of the banlist at any given time. I also realized that Yugioh was always about playing with friends for me and as my friend group has gotten older (we’re old now all in our early 30’s😂) some of them have moved away from the game and while my passion for it is still there my drive to put the money in isn’t. I have 2 close friends who still play and I usually only get 2 hours a week to get some games in and I’ve become content with that.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I DON"T PLAY AT THE GOD DAMN STORE ANYMORE!!! My problem is that half of them look down on me and my play style and how i build decks, in isolation of what is happening online. This makes the appeal of playing in person completely worthless, as i have no friends to go with. They are all competitive like 10 guys and 1 lady and i am LITERALLY the only casual player there. I LOVE a challenge because that's how i like to play games and that's how i learn games by playing them and not looking up guides or net decking but there's nothing wrong with that either. Like Tryharding/Winning does not equal universal fun.

My old LGS in Austin TX had a problem where the same 3 people won every weekly locals so changed the prizing to magic and Pokémon packs so it got filled with more casual players and those toxic people went to another shop.

@aliceinwonder8978

Жыл бұрын

thats genius!

@nyankirby.

Жыл бұрын

how is it toxic to win?

@JacobKendrick

Жыл бұрын

It isn't toxic to win an event... All the store has done is punished people for winning, there are way better ways to help this such as holding past format events or casual events

@ebros2898

Жыл бұрын

@@JacobKendrick winning by itself isn’t toxic but walking in during sign up and telling the clerk “hey get my prize ready” isn’t cool

I go to my LGS every week and play a different plant deck. When people ask why, I tell them I like plants. They always respond with, "yeah, we know" and when I ask how, they tell me I come in every week reeking of weed and in that moment, I feel very judged. I mean I know but hey!

i remember one of the players at my Local game stores kind of screwing me over. Back in the 5Ds era, i pulled an Ult Rare Glow-Up Bloom, which was a chase card back then, and one of the players caught wind of this. I was a dumb young kid at the time and the player took advantage of that by trading me a card that was from a tin, which worked, because i didn't know the price differences of Glow-Up Bloom and that Tin card.

How can they're be hierarchy in a scene full of outcast? Never made sense too me.

In the end, As duelist/players, We need to remember one important thing... whether we play casually or competitive, for fun or not... We are grown men/women playing a childrens game, lets calm it down *XD*

You raise some very very good points here. I've definitely had my fair share of experiences where I've been made to feel less than because I either choose to play more casually or because there's still things I'm learning about certain decks. Its put me off the game completely in the past but now I figure I just need to play how I always do and just mind my own business

Just adding my perspective to this one. I for one love the divide between the "constant toppers" and the "Plebs" for lack of a better term. I always measure my games off how well I do against them. Did I break their dragon link board? Did I out their mine. I might be in the minority here but with these wins, I have been able to learn what they personally have over me and I think that it's helped me become a more self-reflective player with almost a talent in creating openings for my wins. Also I might be a masochist, you know that you are a threat when multiples of the constant toppers see that you want to improve and they personally help you to do so.

With my work schedule I never have time to go to the local OTS but when I go like once or twice a year it does suck how I feel so many people only care about winning (like it’s good to win) but if they don’t think they’ll win big they just leave and you’re just waiting a whole round solo or even some will start and just bail and be condescending. it’s sad how so many people don’t try to have fun. Hard to even get other people to be into it since the ego is strong of so many and it not always welcoming.

I was x-3 last week and showed up for fun. Needless to say I didn’t have any playing against 2 mine and a floo. Mind you I was still nice and smiling enjoying being with friends. However when a mine player told me to quit the game because I don’t play floodgates and I’ll never win hurt. It actually made me look into other shops. Now this week I found a closer shop that isn’t an ots but weekly tournaments and people there aren’t toxic pos. It sucks for the shop too because I was actually a big spender at the shop. I’m new to the game and buying all the staples/boxes/accessories needed caught the owner’s attention. Yeah it sucks to lose a shop to toxic people but now I have a new much more fun shop.

@monotone8299

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Just tell the owner why you're leaving before you go. It can be anonymously or through an online review. Once the owner sees their bottom dollar and tournament attendance is dropping because of assholes, they'll get told off or kicked out.

I know what I like, I know what I don't like. I love to make gimmick decks around my favourite cards, trying to get them to work, like a Silent Magician Deck or recently a Lair of Darkness/Mahad deck. When I play online and it's another Swordsoul, Floo or other deck that's trying real hard I'm not a fan. But I also don't judge them for liking that style of play and wanting to play against others doing the same. I'd love nothing better than the Yu-Gi-Oh community to feel content, regardless of what kind of play you enjoy.

Most of this just sounded like being back in highschool in the trading card gaming club.

Went to a local card to play some matches with a buddy and had guy commenting on how I should play, and the cards I should play. The dude was growing more and more angry when I wouldn't listen to him. Made me not wanna go back to that place.

You have a very strong point and argument for all of it Paul. We've all seen and experienced and experienced this kind of unacceptable behavior before period I've been playing this game for 20 years straight now and it's really sad to see what some people have become in this awesome card game. It's one thing to rip on each other every once in a while and just have fun with it as long as you don't go below the belt, but to Be absolutely toxic and disrespectful disrespectful to make someone feel less of a human being over a card game Is just absolutely disgusting andisgusting and should not be tolerated. I really hope and pray that all of us in the yugioh community can come together and be the change through example, comma make friends, and keep arguably the greatest trading card game ever alive and well. Let's all be better as people and duelists And make this community better than ever 🙌

Everyone has value no matter how much they win or lose

Paul, you should check out the MtG Player Psychological Profiles Timmy, Johnny and Spike.It's a great explanation of why people play the gfame and wgat kinds of cards appeal to them.

I'd make my intentions clear. *Mostly for fun, but the desire to win. *In competitive, I aim to win. Personal rules is to use a deck I cam up with and put MY time and energy to make, and not copy/paste.

Have you never watched the anime? Kaiba is the duelist being described

Love the team aps sign in the background! Great touch! 👍 👌

The people at my locals are really nice because, there aren't a lot of Yu-Gi-Oh players in my area, so there aren't a lot of locals. So, we usually end up having 8-20 people at locals. So they usually give bulk, (cuz they do play competitive) from their packs (cuz they buy and open entire booster boxes) to younger players (like me) who can't buy so much product they have boxes and boxes of commons. Also, if they can find something they need in my trade binder, they'll trade for it.

@borrelsupremacy

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Had a Dragoon before I had a Verte. Yes, I pulled it and it was first tin. So I traded it to finish my first truly competitive deck, Dragon Link. Yes, I did hard summon it with red eyes fusion, and it did win singlehandedly.

The community I stuck around longest and grew at the top players all had casual decks to use alongside their meta ones

I have a group here in brasil full of casual players and competitive meta players, and i play both sides, i like more competitive strategy but i like casual/forfun a lot more because the decks that are played there are decks that people really like, or liked watching the archetype being played in the anime series, and i think that people who play casual have a lot more fun than competitive players who just copy some online build and hope that they open with 2+ techs.

Can we go ahead and share this with literally every game's community? It's a problem everywhere I go, even at some kitchen tables where communication/rule 0 was not acknowledged

video is nice to hear. i loosely play MTG and have enjoyed your content enough to be interested here. i don't think i'll ever be hugely invested in either, but i enjoy the communities enough to learn little by little.

This isn't really related to the video, but a little bit ago, I watched another video and in the comments, most people seemed to enjoy it, but one commenter said that the comedy skits and making fun of the game makes it more inaccessible to new players, and that they constantly shit on their own game and drive people off. While I do think it can be viewed that way I never thought of it that way. Even when they're making fun of it, you can tell they love the game. And they make videos like this, that encourages people to be more welcoming to new, players, and for new players to get better. I don't really know what I'm talking about, I don't even play the game, I just like hearing people talk about it, so my opinion doesn't mean anything. I just wanted to say I enjoy the videos. You guys are cool.

Bruh walking into the local shop in the area I live near by feels amazing since I can get some 2022 tins or darkwing blast packs or magnificent mavens and I feel like to me it’s been a good year for yugioh somewhat … will definitely suck being the year that Kazuki passed away

Love your channel Paul. I only watch yugioh content nowadays. I tried getting back into the game a few months ago. The attitude from players, and the outrageous price of staples put me off. It also got boring to play due to a handful dropping their entire paychecks to show up with the most meta decks possible.

5:31 YGO Players: "I wanna be the very best! Like no one ever was!" Pokemon Players: "Hey, wait a minute...."

5:03, hahahaha the anime antagonist wannabes. 7:46 that reminds me of nephew crying while we were playing Catan.

This video embodies the phrase "you're a third rate duelist with a fourth rate deck" lol

I'm lucky enough to have a really good locals scene. The super competitive players who generally win the events always try to help the people who are less competitive either learn new combos for the decks they play, or point out mistakes that were made so that next time you face them, you will have a better idea on what to do. The people who are more casual have a great time on the lower tier tables. Honestly, I would put myself in the worst person bracket purely because I play floowandereeze. It is a deck that I know is annoying to play against, but it is relatively cheap for a meta viable deck minus the staples, and is really easy to learn. When I'm not playing in a paid entry duel I will always play one of my other decks, being charmers, fortune ladies, crystal beasts or numerons.

"Hmph! Come back once you've collected 10,000 cards."

I love these videos I don't see any yugituber doing these plz never stop

I love how these videos apply to other card games as well!

My decks are thunder dragon and numeron right now, you can all enjoy your fun, I have my own brand of fun, it’s called “if you got it, you got it”

When some players want to become elitist and toxic within the community just remind them they're playing a card game based off an anime about people being possessed by pharaohs and sending people to the shadow realm. While you put in all this time and money into your decks and high level tournaments dont have cash prizes.

This is the reason why I took a step back from playing IRL because u go to a big event and that's exactly how I felt with the competitive level

The casual scene also has moments of brilliance if you pay attention. For example, look at League of Legends. AP Kaisa and poke-style Corki made waves at a period of time, as well as Ashe support at worlds going on right now. Guess where the idea came from? 100% bet you it came from ARAM because I've seen those builds used there consistently way before it showed up on the pro scene.

There have been WAY too many people who let their egos go beyond awful in this game. We have 2 guys who play locally that act like card sharks, go to great lengths to get a win ( one tried doing a sideways shuffle to peek at their bottom card!) and even penalize young players mistake, who are getting into the game! One of them got banned ( luckily) but it's this kind of behavior that sours the game and even the establishment for me!

i know a guy like this in a discord server. he always is like "your deck isnt good" just because someone is not playing the optimal way. or we have a sheet for what certain handtraps. he was arguing who would use XYZ for ZYX. like thats not the point of the sheet :D

Long fan duelist here. I like better the old school side of Yugioh for various reasons, but I'm trying to adapt with the new metas (I even discovered what pendulums are just today lol). I'm a casual duelist and I got so frustrated with another "OP" decks when playing Duel Master, but I'm trying to get better, to overcome weak decks, thinking strategies, etc. Still frustrated, but evolving step by step, wanting to become a bette player.

Definitely have quite a few people I know in my life who have this "im better than you" mentality. They make the game less enjoyable for everyone. For some people, I guess that this is all that matters, for others, its a weekend getaway from reality. is only game, why you haf to be mad

The amount of people at my shop that are like that are often drowned out but the large majority of the other ‘competitive’ players in the shop who are loud, hilarious and really helpful. Glad I don’t have to deal with this issue.

I like to play casual, but I’m willing to play a bit competitive. I would 100% make suboptimal card choices for flavor reasons during deck building. It really hurts my ability win but I just can’t stand adding something that doesn’t fit thematically into my deck.

Honestly I started playing this september on locals and even though I'm pretty trash at playing 😂 we all enjoy playing, next week one of the players that also is a judge will take me and others to a bigger tournament even though he knows that I'm not that good just to have fun together. Edit: I do hate to play against certain decks but I don't hate the duelist that use them 👍

Yup it’s very sad it’s like this, makes me not wanna go to locals sometimes but I power through 😅

Competitive players are fine, so long as they aren't demeaning. They can give advice and insist on the usage of some cards, but understand that casual players may not want to invest in those more potent cards, due to either flavor (they want to play pure) or cost. Casual players are alright so long as they can accept that losing is to be expected in games. I play this game casually with pure Plunder Patroll, F.A., and Machina. Might build a GOAT format deck to play with a friend.

I’d get excited if I met someone irl that knew what blue eyes is lol

@TraaaaaasshBooooaaaatttt

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Do live somewhere other than irl?

@paulfitzgerald762

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@@TraaaaaasshBooooaaaatttt I use the word meet sometimes with online communication. Ex. “Meet a lot of smart asses in KZread comments”

@FentonHardyFan

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My Dad knows the name of exactly one Yugioh card, and it’s Blue-Eyes White Dragon. You would not be able to have a conversation with him about the game or anime, however. All he would be able to say is he has a couple of daughters who love it.

Thank you for saying everything you did in this video, you are loved bro🤘🏼

Yo fam, i respect you and this video so much. I always try to put this concept out there but the level of toxicity isn't normal in the community. Thank you reinforcing this.

@raijuko

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Yugioh players have always been stuck up and snooty, what people don't realize, is we all are that way at first, but eventually, someone comes along and humbles us lol The minute you stomp these players with a rogue deck you just enjoy playing, the attitude immediately stops lmao.

I'm getting straight-up "Kaiba vs Joey" vibes from the topic of this video lol

I play pretty much only casual and roleplay styled decks, but i still keep an eye on whats meta and even have a decent deck to use when i need to/feel like it, but i prefer to enjoy my time. Win or lose im gonna meme and hope my dumb/weird deck ideas work 😂

Im a middle ground kind of player. Im not the best of the best but I know Im good enough to compete. Ive taken tops and even first when I actually try but Im also there for the fun. I always try to mess with people making jokes and when I know Im against someone I can tell is newer or doesn't know what my deck does Ill take the time to explain each and every card but not without asking of course cause I dont want the person to think Im looking down at them or anything. I love helping newbies and what I enjoy the most is when I play against those stoic meta players and I get a chuckle out of them

Only thing I wish is that there was no meta, I wish we could have an entire balance to where anyone can play any archetype and be competitive which would make the game budget friendly imo allowing the game to be better instead of power creeps and such

@vidaheeho

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You are blaming the wrong thing, meta its just a word to talk about whats generally agreed to be the best. There will always be something called meta in anything with competition, maybe you want to say you want a more diverse meta? or you dont like the way the meta is going? but there would always be something stronger than other decks, and believe me I also wish I could play way less popular archetypes but the only solution I found is playing with friends or other like minded people that wanna try "weaker" stuff so we both have fun with unusual cards.

@lifeinjersey9846

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The problem is the meta decks is just too narrow of a field especially lately. I mean its been sprite and tearlament recently almost no variety. Yeah a few different engines mixed in but its just.....to narrow. Honestly you need to find a group that plays "non meta decks" that's when I have thr most fun

@mitchtitch01been49

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@@lifeinjersey9846 no

@lifeinjersey9846

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@@mitchtitch01been49 deny it all you want the last few ycs was mostly tearlaments and sprites for the tier 0 decks

@michaelnelson1127

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You’re not the only one who wants that. I really wish Konami would officially allow Heart of the Underdog tournaments already.

My old group I'd play locals with had a ranking system within the group, essentially it was just that, merits are what granted you a higher ranking. We had like 10-12 of us at one point and I was ranked in the middle, despite only playing Fluffals for several years. It was hard to determine where I ranked truly because I technically nerfed myself by only playing one deck but sometimes in casual matches they'd offer me one of their decks as a loaner and I'd do really well despite not knowing full combos or the deck lists. "If Cole were to sit down and just build a pure meta deck with all the staples, I think he'd probably top any of us here," is what one of them stated in the group chat. The reason why I didn't was because I couldn't afford to at that time. Our ranking system was just for fun so we can make good tournament brackets and it was always fluctuating, nobody bragged about getting 1st because there was always a new person there every other locals. Also card collection, deck building and experience played a factor in those rankings. Me being as casual of a player as I was, I wasn't always there to play so that was another reason why I was hard to rank.

7:59 I do that inside my head. It's only because I make a mistake and I have play each turn like it's my last one. I'm on a self redemption arc from the last Konami tournament I lost from years ago. I only have myself to blame.

Every time I see a title like this I have a tinge in the back of my head it's gonna be a call it for playing six samurai still

I’m really glad my local card shop is a chill community.

I played Yugioh in its infancy and got back into it when XYZs were fairly new. When I got back into it I was very casual, I was that stereotypical old school player that didnt adapt to new cards but played with what I had and enjoyed the game win or lose. Part of the reason I dropped Yugioh entirely was cause I'd take breaks as a casual player and everytime I got back in there'd be a new card type and it was just a bit annoying, most of it was due to the local store, there was only the one and the yugioh regulars had a hierarchy and only tended to pay any attention to me when it came to actually dueling in a tournament, any other instance I wasnt worth their time.