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Dark Maltos's Dueling Dome
‘The Broken Duelists’ -Vanity
January 18, 2006

Welcome readers to the 1st of future articles entitled ‘Broken Duelists’ . These articles will delve deeper into Yu-Gi-Oh to find out the negative aspects associated with this card game and how they can change players.

Vanity is a trait held by most players that has really caused a stir in the dueling world, and is a constant problem in any game, as well as everyday life. It can drive apart friendships, ruin reputations and isolate people who are weak enough to be infected by it.

Vanity Defines as :

‘excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements.’

This is also known as arrogance , cockiness or over-confidence.

As a duelist climbs the dueling ladder, getting better and better, and obtaining more and more experience undoubtedly their confidence will increase. Unfortunately, as the skill level increases, so does their dueling Vanity.

Vanity is a major problem as it transforms Duelists making them obnoxious and intolerable . The more they win, the worse they become until eventually they convince themselves that they are invincible, and can’t even imagine themselves loosing. Their skill makes them see themselves as superiors to everyone else, and they tend to really rub it in.

Vane duelists can be spotted a mile away. They are the type of people who enter a room and immediately brag about their chances of victory, and sniff out the ‘noobs’ to roast with their super hyped deck. They are naturally more loud and although they often win, for the most part their only friends are the other vane duelists, which makes a fragile friendship at best as each of them will be very insecure of each other , or think that they are completely on another level to that of their associates.

Vanity is a weakness. Players may make stupid moves just because they are so oblivious to the fact that they can even be defeated.

The delightful thing about vane duelists is when they lose. A vane duelist, upon receiving a loss will immediately try a random cheating accusation or say how weak their deck was. Sometimes even trying to find a reason for a rematch. Basically there is no limit to how low they will go just to not admit defeat. Of course occasionally a vane duelist will run off crying which besides being utterly hilarious, is a very memorable moment and a sure sign they are indeed vane.

You must remember, no matter how good you are , eventually you WILL lose , and that’s something that we must accept.

Vanity is not an exclusive trait. CC & Soul Decks alike have their fare share of vane duelists. They find that they lose friends fast as people can’t stand their arrogant nature.

Sorry for such a short article, but there will be more to come.

Till next time

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