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Tebezu on
YuGiOh
Today's Article
is about one of the coolest and friendliest duelist
I have met in my entire Yu-Gi-Oh career. But before
I talk about our duel I MUST ADDRESS THE MESSAGE
BOARDS.
I was not aware
of Pojo's message boards. Simply because such
things generally never excite me and I can never
figure out how to post replies. Anyway, a good
friend told me that I should check them out. Too my
surprise I found posts from ........(fill in the
blanks) calling me an average duelist, nooby wooby
(because I run Luster Dragon), and Ugly. To this I
laughed for hours on end. First thing....
I have made top
8, 2 out of 4 regional tournaments attended, the
fact I have not won a Shonen jump is due to money.
Alot of good players lack funding. If somebody
would pay for me to attend 5 Shonen Jumps, to show
you I can win; I'd be happy to attend. But this
game requires money, time, and support to be
successful.
I guess I am
ugly, honestly beauty is in the beholders eye. But
the fact that I am being judged kinda makes me all
tingly inside. Wow, I guess I need to spike my hair
and wear some nice cloths, people are watching:P
But to call
Luster Dragon a Newbish Card demonstrates a sign of
ignorance in this game. For Luster Dragon generates
one for ones and up. By killing a monster and
getting smashing ground. I have yet to come across
a duelist who has not used some form of removal on
this monster. Which laughs in the face of kycoo,
don zaloog, D.D. whatever, all flip flop monsters,
etc. Personally I believe an average duelist would
say Luster is for Noobs. Because they fail to see
its usefulness and go with the crowd, thus
eventually leading to this games demise. For in
evolution it is the organism with abstract traits
that continues in the gene pool. I laugh at all who
think of themselves as better because they follow a
trend. For in doing so you do not promote diversity
but are doomed for death.
Ohh, I am sorry I
forgot to mention how it takes great skill to copy a
Shonen Jump top 8 deck. I mean, wow you had to
learn how to read and all that. Tough, tough. I
commend you super duelist who understand how to
skillfully copy something. I mean come on, after
you copy the deck then you have to play it. But
don't worry, I am sure it is just like your last 35
decks:P
Also, how
is it that I am ugly. I think I should have a new
nickname; how does; FOREST THE UGLY ONE
(I scare you with my janky decks. My face, maybe
you should give me the win so you do not have to
look at my face..)
Are we in third
grade, lets take a stab at this self conscious
issue.
We are playing a
card game, developed for a six year old. Sad but
true, how can we get offended over something that
was designed to promote fun and an escape from
reality?
The very concept
that people are talking about me on the Message
Boards and have yet to e-mail me demonstrates a true
weakness, for obviously you are followers. Leaders
have no issue when it comes to telling people when
they are wrong. If I am wrong, why have none of you
told me I am. I am a big boy, who will be turning
19 on Sunday. I think I can handle myself in a
debate. If you'd like some of those credentials, I
have debated at the United Nations against Saudi
Arabia's Ambassador. I have attended Yale
University, taking debate classes. I love
debate!!! But if you have a problem, do not tell me
I am ugly for that shows a seriously third grade
remark that makes you look very unreliable; Thus
removing the validity of your entire argument.
NOW FOR DION
There comes a point in all things that we ask
ourselves why we are doing it. May it be football;
hoping to get a scholarship; friends, family, etc.
In all things we must have a driving idea of why.
Yu-Gi-Oh in a sense has caused me problems. It
has separated potential friendships (which if broken
by a card game were not to great to begin with) has
cost me more money than I care to remember, taken
time from me, and become somewhat of an obsession.
I have been playing competitively for about 2 years
now, and in this time I have come across many
people, and learned a lot of life lessons. Lessons
like
1) once you commit to the field, you can not go
back.
2) Every game deals you a different hand, thus you
must make an effective use with what life gives you.
3) Never give up
4) Never think of yourself as inferior
5) Think before you react
6) Never lose hope, a game can always be turned
around.
etc.
Yu-Gi-Oh has demonstrated numerous life lessons in a
tangible way. Helping me become a better person in
the long run.
But the driving force for me to continue playing has
to be the people.
Dion, who is a frequent visitor of pojo is one of
the most creative duelist I have come across in some
time.
Thus I will explain the duel we had at a local card
shop.
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This was first pairing. The game started out with
me setting a magical merchant and a sakuretsu
armor. He draws, sets a monster and 3 magic/traps.
I
go, use my heavy storm and to my surprise he is not
a dumb player. My belief is that anyone who sets 3
or more spells/traps in early game without a
morphing jar or heavy storm being seen is over
committing to the field. Thus netting me instant
advantage. But every thing he set was chainable.
He had a wobaku, Good Goblin House Keeping, and a
compulsory evacuation device, which he used on my
monster.
So I set 2 spell and traps along with summoning a
cyber dragon.
he sets a spell/trap and ends.
I
summon spirit reaper and att. his face down with my
dragon. His face-down turns out to be a cyber jar.
WHich brings 2 winged kuriboh to the field. I got a
dekoichi and something else.
From that point on his kuriboh became an annoyance
but nothing I could not deal with. He eventually
gave me the game because he said he couldn't do
anything.
I was confused. Winged Kuriboh, chainable traps,
weird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He decided to go first the second duel. He set a
monster and 4 magic/traps.
I
drew into heavy storm and used it. He flips a good
goblin house keeping, wobaku, emergency provisions,
and something else. Gaining 4000 LP.
I
summoned my Cyber Dragon and Spirit Reaper and
attack into his face-down cyber jar again. He draws
and brings some kuribohs to the field.
From this point on, out of respect for keeping his
tech hidden, on his next (2 moves down) move he
gains a few more 1000 LP, draws again with another
good goblin housekeeping, giant trunade's and
summons cyber stein. Brings out both Cyber End
Dragon and Cyber Twin Dragon. Equips Cyber end with
megamorph and then uses limiter remover.
His freaking dragon his a 16,000 attacking beast.
On top of that we have a 5600 double attacker. This
is his game.
Game 3, I side deck in my mind crush.
My first move I use confiscation and kill off
his heavy storm I think. Set a dekoichi and a trap
and pass. He sets a ,monster and some traps. I go
draw, flip dekoichi, draw. Att. his face down. Hit
a winged Kuriboh. my attacks don't go through. he
draw and sets a monster. I attack into another
winged kuriboh. Set a magical merchant and another
trap.
he draws, sets a trap and passes.
I
summon Breaker, hit his call of the haunted. He
brings back winged kuriboh. I am Begining to hate
that thing.
A
few turns go back and fourth like this. Then he
uses his good goblin house keeping's and giant
trunades. I flip over mind crush. Call Cyber
Stein. I know he has Cyber Dragons in his hand, but
stein is my biggest threat. He throws a stein
away. Summons a proto cyber dragon, activate power
bond, limiter removal.
The fact that I got hit by a power bonded Cyber End
made me laugh. He had to ways to beat me. His deck
was designed to increase his odds of winning by
simply running multiple ways of bring out his win
condition. On top of that he was using a Cyber
Stein Deck, Dedicated to controlling the field
instead of mindlessly milling himself for a combo.
The fact I got hit for some serious damage, two
games in a row actually made me feel happy.
I
should have been pissed that I got beaten by a Cyber
End Dragon, but all I could do was smile. This is
why I play this card game. I just have to admire
people for running such cool tech, cool cards, and
pulling off a win that seems unlikely.
It gives me hope as a player and as a person, that
set standards of deck builds are not really set. My
inspiration is to play against the best. And in a
sense the best are not those who win major
tournaments all the time, but are those that try
winning on their own terms. People who call others
nooby woobys are dorks. Say that out loud
NOOBY WOOBY
does that make you feel stupid, it should
We where all newbs at some point. To act in such
manners demonstrates a great insecurity within a
person. We should not discourage a person from
trying something but should tell them good job for
acting against the norm.
Normality Sucks
Normality Sucks
Average is not what catches a persons attention, it
is the unusual we remember. Dion you have set a
standard in my book
I
commend you for that.
Go and continue to evolve. Become the flesh eating
virus or the cheeked dinosaur. For such innovations
are what make life interesting.
Forest Thomer
IM Tebezu
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