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Well, it's always been my belief that it really is the Law of Averages. If a certain deck type wins the top 8, that's the deck most people are going to copy and call "good". But if you have 12,000 players across the country all playing the same decks, is it really because this one and only deck type is superior to all others? Or is it the Law of Averages coming in once again and saying if everyone runs the same thing, it's unlikely the relative few who aren't are going to make it too. If 2000 triathletes in the same competition all drink Gatorade, and 12 triathletes drink Powerade, how many triathletes who place in the top 10 are going to be Powerade drinkers? Does that mean Gatorade makes you a better triathlete?
 
I come from a pretty mean metagame too but you just have to stay in it because if you just give up the concept of the age old underdog rising and taking victroy thing becomes nothing but a flowing memory. In my opinion people who quit and blame the metagame for quitting are just using that as an excuse rather than admitting they think they're weak.

There is nothing wrong with thinking you can't do it, because that is supposed to drive your mind into staying it it just so they people who run the standard CC's don't get the last laugh every time. Personally I think CC is such an ugly concept and I mean the term itself. Because a deck is a deck no matter how bland and reptitive it may be in comparison to 10 other decks it's still just a deck of cards.

Having the cards doesn't mean you'll win at all because even the people that have all of the cards and have their big bag of CC tricks will lose if they don't play it right. Another way people lose like in this person's situation is if they try to overthink what they're doing and because of that they try to play too fast and wind up making big mistakes because of the intimidation and the stress of thinking no matter what you'll lose.

A big part of yugioh is psychology, you have to have a cool head and have a grasp on your situations, if you have a million things running through your head smashed on top of self doubt then 9 times out of 10 you're going to make mistakes and it will probably be costly. The best thing a person can do when they win or lose is to not let it get to them. Because if you win all the time your ego will grow and when you get taken down a peg it'll hurt a lot more. And when you lose it'll hurt a lot more because you'll question yourself and keep doubting yourself and being over critical.

If you win you win and if you lose you lose, it's as simple as that. The reason people get so frustrated over it is they make such a big deal out of something so little. Rather than just keeping a cool head and a smiling and knowing that if you lose there's always room to improve and that you're never counted out of it.
 
too but you just have to stay in it because if you just give up the concept of the age old underdog rising and taking victroy thing becomes nothing but a flowing memory.
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It's funny that Jaelove's name was mentioned earlier. His articles helped me so much back in my "newb days". He always referred to Fiends as the "underdog" decktype. My avatar on many forums is "underdog" *I think I shall make it so here. :D
However, point being, after 2 years, I'm still no closer to top 8'ing with my Fiend Deck no matter what I do to it (flogging a dead underdog) It's in it's @200th reincarnation now & I'm still no better for it. I always get told "give it up, the Fiend type has too many intrinsic weaknesses & not enough support..there's NOTHING you can do to a Fiend Deck to make it win" *still has not listened.
Look, I would be the last person to ever use a cc, but they work for some obviously.
When I get into a rut, I watch old YGO Episodes & remind myself why I like playing the game. It usually takes a duel involving Yami Bakura to "snap me out of it" :p
 
dont let Jaelove, or any one else read that, or they will let you know how they tried new things and helped reinvent the metas at they go...
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Straw Man fallacy. Necromancer didn't say the meta couldn't change and new combos and deck types couldn't be incorporated. She only said that there will always be some deck types that are on top and some that are on bottom. Don't tell me you can take a Beast-Warrior / Dinosaur hybrid to Nationals and win with it. When the Ban List changes and we get new sets, new deck types can become prominent. But at any given point in time, there will always be some that are good and some that aren't.
WINNING = Fun
LOSING = Not Fun
CC Decks = WINNING = Fun
Original Decks = LOSING = Not Fun
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Fallacy of Bifurcation. You forgot at least one other possibility: Original decks that lose 95% of the time but are SO MUCH FUN when they finally win that they are still worth playing. Dark Necrofear + A Deal With Dark Ruler + Meteorain = <3 :2evil:death::2evil
Does that mean Gatorade makes you a better triathlete?
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No, it means there's big money in advertising gigs. Man, I've got to go work out. >_>
 
I think that for certain types to win, you have to play a mean psycological game as well. yesterday, after my hobby league tourney, this guy played a two on one, with the opposition pooling sixteen G's of LP, while he only had the standard eight, as well, as a Booster deck(made from only BP's.), and
still whooped them both. Why? psycological warfare. or a buttload of bluffing. you choose which. :lol:
point is, like i said earlier, mindset is almost as important as the deck you use.
 
roadhouse007 said:
Yeah, I can vouch for that! You have some sick combos in that deck I saw today...the kaiser colloseum was the greatest thing I've seen in ways of originality in a while....and if I'm not mistaken you didn't really do that badly, did you?
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This was at the St Louis regional. I went 3 and 4, and played against 2 darkworld decks (I won both), 4 monarch decks (won one) and a dark magician/phoenix deck (lost).

My point of view?
1. Given the choice between watching what my inaba/spatial/trio/panda deck was doing, or what a monarch deck was doing, people wanted to see what was happening in my duels. This includes the judges...
2. there wasnt a single match where the opponent didnt have to ask to read at least 3 of my cards, in some cases 5.
3. Opponents would take sometimes minutes thinking hard, trying to decide to do against or what to expect from my deck. they had to push themselves, and every match went through all three duels.
4. I enjoyed it all immensely, especially against the DM/phoenix deck which was probably the closest game I had all day.

Ultimately, I entertained people, made them look outside their comfort zone, made them think hard, play to the best of their capabilities and whether they won or lost, enjoy their games.

In my opinion- I had a very enjoyable and worthwhile day. So i won ;)
 
english chef said:
2. there wasnt a single match where the opponent didnt have to ask to read at least 3 of my cards, in some cases 5.
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This was one of my only complaints. At least, your opponent's attempted to read the cards for themselves. I was somewhat disgusted at the number of players who wanted me to read the card effects for them. I understand that Nightmare Wheel has some long text, but it's not THAT complicated an effect that you can't scan it and see that the position of the monster doesn't matter. And I don't appreciate it when a player contests a card effect, I hand them the card to so they can see for themselves and they hand it back to me because they don't want to read it for themselves. They just want to argue it. Come on, this is a text based game peoples. I can perfectly understand if your not a good reader, or simply illiterate, but if you just don't want to read, then maybe this isn't the game for you. Reading is fundamental (RIF=Free Books)

namber said:
give up and give me your cards lol
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Namber, that could be taken as spam. If your a friends of Tia's and just joking with him, that's understandable. But please be aware that not everyone may understand that your joking.
 
Yeah, I can vouch for that! You have some sick combos in that deck I saw today...the kaiser colloseum was the greatest thing I've seen in ways of originality in a while....and if I'm not mistaken you didn't really do that badly, did you
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I really like Kaiser Colosseum and at least a couple of times during a tournament my opponents will ask to see the card. It just doesn't get played that much and it's a beautiful stall card. Just don't lose that field presence.;)

Is there a decklist or is it still under wraps?
 
MightyDingo said:
I really like Kaiser Colosseum and at least a couple of times during a tournament my opponents will ask to see the card. It just doesn't get played that much and it's a beautiful stall card. Just don't lose that field presence.;)

Is there a decklist or is it still under wraps?
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I've been cleaning the house and I just pulled out an old decklist of mine from back before the Ban Lists were impossed. I used to run 1 Kaiser Colloseum in my old Burn Deck. Looking that deck over, and seeing that it faired pretty well in the pre-ban meta, I think it might be time to rebuld and update that deck. Kaiser can be a punk in tandem with Ojama Trio.
 
I was somewhat disgusted at the number of players who wanted me to read the card effects for them.
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I once knew a boy my age with whom I would trade regularly. His mother bought him about any card he asked for, so I usually could get some nice deals off of him if I was patient. The only problem was that whenever I tried to trade with him, he would say "Whatchoo got?". I would then pull out my stack of non-decked rares and valuable commons and slowly fan through them in front of him. Periodically he would stop me, point to a card, and ask "Whats'e do?". At that point I would hand the card to him and point to its text. He would then hand it back to me and say "Jes tell me what he duz!". I would begin reading the card text aloud and he would stop me again and say "Nah, don't give me loy-er talk; whats'e do?". So then I would try to paraphrase the text as though I were on the show and stating to my opponent how I planned to use a card's effect.

It was rather irritating, but it was a procedure that ended up being worth it every time.

The only problem would be when he would be facing me and would play a card completely incorrectly. I would then explain to him why he could not do it, an explanation which he would blatantly refuse. Then I would ask to see his card, at which point I would indicate the part of the text wherein my case was proven. Inevitably, he would simply say "Fergit the loy-er talk, thahs what 'e do!".
 
I've been cleaning the house and I just pulled out an old decklist of mine from back before the Ban Lists were impossed. I used to run 1 Kaiser Colloseum in my old Burn Deck. Looking that deck over, and seeing that it faired pretty well in the pre-ban meta, I think it might be time to rebuld and update that deck. Kaiser can be a punk in tandem with Ojama Trio.
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I had thought that, too. It has great synergy. Plus with my Final Attack Orders I can keep not only the Tokens in Attack position, but My Giant Orcs/GEAFs and occasional Sprear Dragon become a lot tougher to handle.
 
Even I gotta ask what a lot of cards do. It comes from not having much practice, having a lousy memory & new cards with very long texts being released all the time.
With every new card, comes adjustments to the rulings of every other card. It becomes a nightmare sometimes.
I only know by heart about 50% of the cards & some I don't even bother with (eg E-Heroes) so whenever I vs an E-Hero deck, it takes slightly longer than usual.
I know it is annoying to some, but how else are we 'sposed to know, when many of us have got "better things to do" than getting a Yugimanz college degree?
I think it might be time to rebuld and update that deck. Kaiser can be a punk in tandem with Ojama Trio.
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Been there & done that. Kaiser Collosseum is awesome. Try Spatial Collapse in there too. :D
Plus with my Final Attack Orders I can keep not only the Tokens in Attack position
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Use Asura Priests (speaks from experience)
 
Even though you don't have much of a bedside manner, i like how you just bluntly say what's on your mind. This, my friends, is a sugar free poster.

anyhoo, has whoever posted his deck yet?
 
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