Pojo's Yu-Gi-Oh! news, tips, strategies and more!


Card Game
Card of the Day
TCG Fan Tips
Top 10 Lists
Banned/Restricted List
Yu-Gi-Oh News
Tourney Reports
Duelist Interviews

Featured Writers
Baneful's Column
Anteaus on YGO
General Zorpa
Dark Paladin's Dimension
Retired Writers

Releases + Spoilers
Booster Sets (Original Series)
LOB | MRD | MRL | PSV
LON | LOD | PGD | MFC
DCR | IOC | AST | SOD
RDS | FET
Booster Sets (GX Series)
TLM | CRV | EEN | SOI
EOJ | POTD | CDIP | STON
FOTB | TAEV | GLAS | PTDN
LODT
Booster Sets (5D Series)
TDGS | CSOC | CRMS | RBGT
ANPR | SOVR | ABPF | TSHD
STBL | STOR | EXVC
Booster Sets (Zexal Series)
GENF | PHSW | ORCS | GAOV
REDU | ABYR | CBLZ | LTGY
NUMH | JOTL | SHSP | LVAL
PRIO

Starter Decks
Yugi | Kaiba
Joey | Pegasus
Yugi 2004 | Kaiba 2004
GX: 2006 | Jaden | Syrus
5D: 1 | 2 | Toolbox
Zexal: 2011 | 2012 | 2013
Yugi 2013 | Kaiba 2013

Structure Decks
Dragons Roar &
Zombie Madness
Blaze of Destruction &
Fury from the Deep
Warrior's Triumph
Spellcaster's Judgment
Lord of the Storm
Invincible Fortress
Dinosaurs Rage
Machine Revolt
Rise of Dragon Lords
Dark Emperor
Zombie World
Spellcaster Command
Warrior Strike
Machina Mayhem
Marik
Dragunity Legion
Lost Sanctuary
Underworld Gates
Samurai Warlord
Sea Emperor
Fire Kings
Saga of Blue-Eyes
Cyber Dragon

Promo Cards:
Promos Spoiler
Coll. Tins Spoiler
MP1 Spoiler
EP1 Spoiler

Tournament Packs:
TP1 / TP2 / TP3 / TP4
TP5 / TP6 / TP7 / TP8
Duelist Packs
Jaden | Chazz
Jaden #2 | Zane
Aster | Jaden #3
Jesse | Yusei
Yugi | Yusei #2
Kaiba | Yusei #3
Crow

Reprint Sets
Dark Beginnings
1 | 2
Dark Revelations
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Gold Series
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Dark Legends
DLG1
Retro Pack
1 | 2
Champion Pack
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
5 | 6 | 7 | 8
Turbo Pack
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
5 | 6 | 7

Hidden Arsenal:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
5 | 6 | 7

Checklists
Brawlermatrix 08
Evan T 08
X-Ref List
X-Ref List w/ Passcodes

Anime
Episode Guide
Character Bios
GX Character Bios

Video Games
Millennium Duels (2014)
Nighmare Troubadour (2005)
Destiny Board Traveler (2004)
Power of Chaos (2004)
Worldwide Edition (2003)
Dungeon Dice Monsters (2003)
Falsebound Kingdom (2003)
Eternal Duelist Soul (2002)
Forbidden Memories (2002)
Dark Duel Stories (2002)

Other
About Yu-Gi-Oh
Yu-Gi-Oh! Timeline
Pojo's YuGiOh Books
Apprentice Stuff
Life Point Calculators
DDM Starter Spoiler
DDM Dragonflame Spoiler
The DungeonMaster
Millennium Board Game

- Magic
- DBZ
- Pokemon
- Yu Yu Hakusho
- NeoPets
- HeroClix
- Harry Potter
- Anime
- Vs. System
- Megaman

This Space
For Rent

Mofox's Journey

Mofox’s journey from Newbie to the
UK National Tournament - Part 2
February 24, 2005
  

My hunger to play the game grew over the next year however I also began to find some difficulties in enjoying the game, and also got a sense of loneliness in my interest of the game.

 

 

Xmas of 2004 provided me with even more cards for my collection as I received the Master Collection 1, an IOC special edition pack with Gemini Elf and also the Total Defense Shogun tin, I also received a few boosters.  The collection was starting to grow and I could also start creating better decks with the cards I had.

 

It was during this year that I got to realise what others were to think of my hobby.  A common term that was used was that it was a kid’s game and a kid’s cartoon.  It didn’t concern me too much at the time and I used to just laugh it off as my family, in particular, enjoys poking fun out of anything and anyone.  As time passed though I was getting increasingly annoyed at the non-realisation of outsiders to the strategy, intelligence and fun of this card game.  The jokes begun to hurt, ‘this game could be enjoyed by anyone of any age’ I used to think to myself.  Even when I used to highlight the value of some of the cards (SJC winners cards going for thousands of dollars), there was still no appreciation even for the popularity of the game.  I was termed a geek and that was that.  I wanted to have someone to talk about the game with, to discuss deck ideas and combos.  It seemed I would be alone in my appreciation and interest in this game.

 

Fortunately for me there were people out there who did appreciate this game and enjoyed talking about it and writing about it.  I found these people at Pojo and Metagame.  It felt like I wasn’t alone.  I spent months and months reading articles on decks, strategies and match reports.  The insight into the game was at times inspirational and although I was desperate to go home and talk about this amazing deck I had just read, or this amazing model to help assess card values, I knew that it would fall on deaf ears at home.  I started to lurk on the message board at Pojo.  I didn’t have the courage to speak up myself.

 

The message board was a scary place at first.  There were tons of members and they all had significant amounts of posts.  Being not only new to YGO but also to forums/message boards it was a daunting place.  I didn’t become a member straight away and just lurked around reading everyone else’s opinions.  When I was considering becoming a member, dark thoughts creeped into my mind.  Would they laugh at my opinions and ideas?  Would anyone take me seriously?  Would I be wanted?  There was such a competitive nature of some posters and I could only conclude this was so because of their passion for this game.  One thing that became apparent to me at the time though was that the game seemed predominately based in Japan and North America.  I was wondering if the UK actually had a tournament scene similar to that of Japan or North America.

 

It was while reading an article by Ryoga (a UK based Duellist near Nottingham), that I read about City Championships, Regional Championships and a soon to be contested National Championship.  To say I was excited was an understatement.  In my utter delirium I emailed Ryoga to ask him about the tournament scene and also where I could find information on future tournaments in my area.  He told me about a shop in my local area that he was familiar with called Impact Games, which apparently held regular tournaments.  Ryoga was extremely helpful and after speaking to him I managed to pluck up the courage to enlist as a member on Pojo and perhaps start posting myself.

 

I was starting to become an active fan of this great game and my interest in it seemed to have no limits.  I was ready to start finding out more information about actual tournaments and players in my area and I was also ready to open my mouth and speak about this game myself.  The future was exciting.

 

 

To those new fans of the game, who are worried as I was about the message boards and speaking up, I found that many duellists love to help.  You may all be thinking that everyone says that, well trust me it is true.  I have felt like you feel and it is worrying and I asked myself the same questions you are now asking yourselves.

 

If you want any more help or advice you can email me on the following address:

 

mofox9@hotmail.com

 

Until next time fellow duellists!

 


Copyright© 1998-2005 pojo.com
This site is not sponsored, endorsed, or otherwise affiliated with any of the companies or products featured on this site. This is not an Official Site.