Necromancer
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Yes. The 'prodigal Yugioh daughter' returneth, after a year of desperately trying to keep afloat in an ocean of pubescent testosterone, with only the vague memories of feminine maturity as my loyal guide and lifeboat.
I would really like to think & believe that the 'anti-CC' movement is still alive and well, however this & general 'good sportsmanship' appears to have gone the way of the proverbial dodo.
I seem to be a 'relic' of a bygone era in this game..an era where you could proudly hold your head up & yell: "BEWD go!!!..Burst Stream attack!!!" or "Exodia Obliterate!!" or even "You have just activated my Face-Down Trap card" followed by the obligatory, forced, fake maniacal laughter.
Now, it's all become 'serious business' & people who play for laughs are considered extremely weird. Of course, most people are 'competitive' by nature, however, in their own 'serious' state of mind, they often tend to 'overgeneralise' the motives that others have for playing.
Yes, I still run my old, trusty Fiend deck & yes, I still want to (& often) win with it, but for many this 'does not compute' because Tele-DAD & Lightsworn Decks are the only decks that win. Ask any SJC champion..heck ask Metagame.com and they will all tell you the same thing.
Now, duelists are classified into two categories "good" and "bad".
Good:
1. You are able to read & netdeck a SJC winning deck off Metagame.com
2. You have at least $2000 worth of 'spare cash' just laying around that you can totally waste on cardboard.
3. You know all the cheating techniques that 'pro's' use to guarantee a win without getting busted.
4. You are able to rip-off little kids & newbies very successfully, then go & brag to your mates about it.
5. You own the best set of scales that money can buy.
6. You also own the best playmat, card sleeves & diamond-encrusted Scapegoat tokens &
7. You try to force 'original' duelists & newbies out of the game with uber rude & abusive comments, so you get to enjoy much better competition like those that boring netdecked 'mirror matches' provide.
Bad:
1. You prefer to think up & playtest your own ideas & strategies. You also don't have any problems with 'netdeckers' until such times as they start having problems with you.
2. You work to a budget, or you prefer to spend your money on food, clothing & the 'necessities' of life. You much prefer using a 50c card like Bottomless Trap Hole to destroy a $300 Dark Armed Dragon, than buying a DAD yourself, or delight when a Needle Worm sends your opponent's CCV straight to their Graveyard.
When costly cards get limited, you laugh as their E-Bay prices drop drastically overnight.
3. You are moralistic & respectful & would never cheat, lie or steal. You believe that those who resort to doing these despicable things are just that. Despicable.
Sometimes, you may give comment about it, but it's just like pee-ing in the ocean..besides which, you don't really want to give anybody the impression that you are 'bad' do you?
4. You try & help newbies get better at the game, sometimes even giving them free cards for their decks. You hope to get to them before the 'good' duelists do & before they are ripped off, forced to quit, or 'recruited' into the ubiquitous "CC Cult". You realise you are only pushing marbles uphill with a rake though. 'De-Programming' is nigh impossible.
5. You prefer to buy singles to save money & laugh at those with scales who come second to a newly opened box just after the first scaler has left the store.
It's a 'jungle out there'.
6. You own a tattered old paper mat from one of the first Character/Structure decks & use buttons off your old fave sweater that has fallen apart as tokens. Your sleeves are probably 'el cheapo' but they do the same job (as does everything else).
Simplicity & sentimentality are the two significant trademarks of a 'bad duelist'.
7. You enjoy a wide variety of matches, from a wide variety of duelists. You encourage newbies & never have a bad word to say about/against anybody.
So, after being in the 'thick of it all' & not really liking what I see, I just found the levels of immaturity and adolescent arrogance to be totally astounding & stupifying, even for a 'childs card game'. Hardly anybody knows where I am 'coming from' when I make comments or suggestions & the only thing I can think of is that it's because they are not adults & they cannot see things from a mature perspective yet.
It felt like I was bashing my brains out against a brick wall.
Yes, I am back, among my 'own kind' as it were. I just miss the 'laid back', nonchalante attitude that this forum provides & I don't really 'fit in' anywhere else..god knows, I have tried my best.
I would really like to think & believe that the 'anti-CC' movement is still alive and well, however this & general 'good sportsmanship' appears to have gone the way of the proverbial dodo.
I seem to be a 'relic' of a bygone era in this game..an era where you could proudly hold your head up & yell: "BEWD go!!!..Burst Stream attack!!!" or "Exodia Obliterate!!" or even "You have just activated my Face-Down Trap card" followed by the obligatory, forced, fake maniacal laughter.
Now, it's all become 'serious business' & people who play for laughs are considered extremely weird. Of course, most people are 'competitive' by nature, however, in their own 'serious' state of mind, they often tend to 'overgeneralise' the motives that others have for playing.
Yes, I still run my old, trusty Fiend deck & yes, I still want to (& often) win with it, but for many this 'does not compute' because Tele-DAD & Lightsworn Decks are the only decks that win. Ask any SJC champion..heck ask Metagame.com and they will all tell you the same thing.
Now, duelists are classified into two categories "good" and "bad".
Good:
1. You are able to read & netdeck a SJC winning deck off Metagame.com
2. You have at least $2000 worth of 'spare cash' just laying around that you can totally waste on cardboard.
3. You know all the cheating techniques that 'pro's' use to guarantee a win without getting busted.
4. You are able to rip-off little kids & newbies very successfully, then go & brag to your mates about it.
5. You own the best set of scales that money can buy.
6. You also own the best playmat, card sleeves & diamond-encrusted Scapegoat tokens &
7. You try to force 'original' duelists & newbies out of the game with uber rude & abusive comments, so you get to enjoy much better competition like those that boring netdecked 'mirror matches' provide.
Bad:
1. You prefer to think up & playtest your own ideas & strategies. You also don't have any problems with 'netdeckers' until such times as they start having problems with you.
2. You work to a budget, or you prefer to spend your money on food, clothing & the 'necessities' of life. You much prefer using a 50c card like Bottomless Trap Hole to destroy a $300 Dark Armed Dragon, than buying a DAD yourself, or delight when a Needle Worm sends your opponent's CCV straight to their Graveyard.
When costly cards get limited, you laugh as their E-Bay prices drop drastically overnight.
3. You are moralistic & respectful & would never cheat, lie or steal. You believe that those who resort to doing these despicable things are just that. Despicable.
Sometimes, you may give comment about it, but it's just like pee-ing in the ocean..besides which, you don't really want to give anybody the impression that you are 'bad' do you?
4. You try & help newbies get better at the game, sometimes even giving them free cards for their decks. You hope to get to them before the 'good' duelists do & before they are ripped off, forced to quit, or 'recruited' into the ubiquitous "CC Cult". You realise you are only pushing marbles uphill with a rake though. 'De-Programming' is nigh impossible.
5. You prefer to buy singles to save money & laugh at those with scales who come second to a newly opened box just after the first scaler has left the store.
It's a 'jungle out there'.
6. You own a tattered old paper mat from one of the first Character/Structure decks & use buttons off your old fave sweater that has fallen apart as tokens. Your sleeves are probably 'el cheapo' but they do the same job (as does everything else).
Simplicity & sentimentality are the two significant trademarks of a 'bad duelist'.
7. You enjoy a wide variety of matches, from a wide variety of duelists. You encourage newbies & never have a bad word to say about/against anybody.
So, after being in the 'thick of it all' & not really liking what I see, I just found the levels of immaturity and adolescent arrogance to be totally astounding & stupifying, even for a 'childs card game'. Hardly anybody knows where I am 'coming from' when I make comments or suggestions & the only thing I can think of is that it's because they are not adults & they cannot see things from a mature perspective yet.
It felt like I was bashing my brains out against a brick wall.
Yes, I am back, among my 'own kind' as it were. I just miss the 'laid back', nonchalante attitude that this forum provides & I don't really 'fit in' anywhere else..god knows, I have tried my best.
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