[nathanntupper@yahoo.com] Naito the Shinobi's Top 10 List - Lists that Must Be Destroyed Naito the Shinobi presents: *~The Top 10 Lists that Must Be Destroyed~* I often find my views of the Yu-Gi-Oh game being different and conflicting with the views and opinions of those who contribute here at Pojo. However, there are some things that I DO agree with and one of those things is the Top 10 Lists. It's a very good idea and a very successful one at that. Creating your own personal list is not only fun, but it also shares your opinions with those interested in the same issues. Yet there are also lists that appear constantly and serve little to no purpose. These lists are done over and over again, yet they contain no real valuable information. They are the lists that make its viewers groan with aggrivation at the repetitious, pointless, and "n00b"-ish qualities they harbor. These are... --THE LISTS THAT MUST BE DESTROYED-- #10. "Top Ten Made-Up Cards" ---------------------------- It's fun and perfectly natural to create a card from your own imagination once in awhile. Some of these fanmade cards could easily be integrated into the real Yu-Gi-Oh card game. However, alot of these cards are so broken and/or silly one would question what medication the creator was on at the time. Entire lists of these cards submitted en masse are enough to the grate the nerves of the most tolerant of Pojo visitors. #9. "Top 10 List of no Reasons" ------------------------------- Despite the staff's best efforts, there are some lists that slip under the radar. The "Lists of no Reasons" are common intruders of the Top 10 Lists. What are they, you ask? They are extremely short lists of cards the author likes or dislikes with little to no explanation. You can identify a "List of no Reasons" by the disturbing amount of blank space on the page and microscopic writing in the upper-right hand corner (that's the list, believe it or not). #8. "Top 10 Hottest Yu-Gi-Oh Babes" ----------------------------------- You all knew THIS one was coming, didn't you? This List that Must Be Destroyed ranks among the most immature and innappropriate. It is nothing more than locker room chatter of 13-year old boys, reformatted into a list that (miserably) attempts to reinforce the masculinity of the author. *On a sidenote, these lists would be slightly less disturbing if they were based on women that ACTUALLY EXISTED. #7. "Top -3- List of..." ------------------------ If there is one thing I hate more than poorly written Top 10 Lists, it's Top 10 Lists that haven't even been finished. For whatever reason, there are some slackers out there who believe that "Um", "Err", and "..." make good topics for their lists. A bit of wisdom to these people: if you can't finish it, don't bother submitting your list. Slacker. #6. "Top Ten (insert unrelated game/movie) Cards" ------------------------------------------------- I suppose these are in the same league as Made-Up Card Lists, but are much more annoying when done poorly. Basing Yu-Gi-Oh cards on our favorite games and movies may sound good at first, but I'm sure Pepsi had the same train of thought when they created Crystal Pepsi. Like the soda, these lists are better off in the minds of thier creators. #5. "teh top 10 list of l33tness" --------------------------------- Never let your little brother go into the same sites as you do, unless you enjoy the sheer stupidity of this List that Must Be Destroyed. These lists could also be referred to as n00b lists. Horrific typos and a love for completely broken and/or terrible cards are classic trademarks of these lists. "bewd is so totaly swet <--- opps lol cuase kiaba is cool rofl." If you are the author of these kind of lists, either take a keyboarding class or bash yourself across the face with the very same keyboard you write your moronic dribble with until you know how to type properly. #4. "Top Ten List of Things _____ Would Say" -------------------------------------------- Everyone, I cannot stress enough how played out these lists are. The things said by the authors of these lists are also among the most idiotic I have ever seen on Pojo. Nobody wants to read a horribly typed and perverted list of imaginary thoughts that more closely resemble the rants of a looney-bin resident. Do you really want to know what Yugi would say in a certain episode? Spare us by waiting until the uncensored DVD's are released this fall. #3. "Top Ten Reasons Why I Hate Yata" ------------------------------------- These are old lists that date way back to the first release of the Legacy of Darkness expansion. It is well known how powerful Yata-Garasu can be. It is also well known that about 40% of the Top Ten Lists submitted here all deal with how much people hate this card. As a duelist who once used Yata-Garasu in every single Deck I constructed, believe me when I say that Yata is far from the broken card it once was. I can't begin to tell you all how many times I lost when I attempted to perform the dreaded Yata-Lock. It wastes your Normal Summon for the turn, it thrives on a constant gamble that your opponent has a bad hand, and it will certainly lead to your defeat if you use it improperly in any way. If you want to complain about how broken a card is, complain about Chaos Emperor Dragon. There is nothing balanced about a card that has 3000 ATK with a ridiculously easy summoning cost AND an effect that can easily win the game for the user in one turn. #2. "Top Ten Cards that Should Be Banned" ----------------------------------------- Before the Forbidden List was first constructed in Japan several months ago, I had no problem with these lists. Actually, they were once very interesting to me. They held some of the most passionate and intelligent opinions on this site. But now that the Forbidden List has been well established in Japan and is slated to hit our American shores this fall, I find these lists to be outdated and pointless. Many of the cards that recieved alot of flack will most definately be on the Forbidden List, so it seems futile to complain about something that won't be too much of a problem in the near future. All of the other cards that have recieved some animosity are hated due to the simple fact that they were not broken, but because they were instrumental to the author's humiliating defeat. It'd be like me wishing for Skull Servant to be banned because it was the instrument of my destruction in a match (not saying it actually happened, though I suppose it is possible now thanks to Ancient Sanctuary... how disturbing). #1. "Top 10 List... well, not really" ------------------------------------- The List that Must Be Destroyed worst of all is not really a list at all. The most disturbing trend I have seen among the lists lately is the confused people who somehow believe that the Top 10 List section is a bulletin board. People who have revisions on previously submitted lists feel that this section is the perfect place to announce said revisions. There are two problems with this: ~~~~ 1. This is not a bulletin or message board. and 2. This place is for Top Ten Lists. Nothing else. ~~~~ If you feel that your revisions are important enough to notify everyone else about (they usually are not), would it kill you to forward a few e-mails about it? Would it cause physical pain to post this news in a more appropriate section of Pojo? Would it cause your head to explode ala Scanners if you submitted a revised version of your list instead of littering the Top 10 section with your insignificant 4-sentence update that nobody, but NOBODY cares about? --END OF LIST-- And there you have it. The Top Ten Lists that must be erradicated from human existance and never spoken of again. To anyone I have offended who has made one or more of the above lists, I encourage you to use your anger to create more original and entertaining lists rather than wasting your creative juices on flaming me. The rest of Pojo and myself would be very thankful, and better off. Naito the Shinobi nathanntupper@yahoo.com