Hello, thanks for reading this.  Today, I want to talk about one of the most
annoying things in this TCG.  No, it's not Archetypes or WoTC, but it's
people who fix decks for other people.  There are many reasons to this, and
they are, in no order, what follows:

1. Archetypical
Times a many, I've seen people send a deck to a deck garage, much like the
one on Pojo.  I realize these people get some help if they are beginners, and
no offense to the deck mechs, but I hate this.  The problem is, the people
who send these decks are a lot of advanced players, and they're too lazy to
try it themselves, or are scared to lose a tourney for once.  The main
problem is, the people who send them you'll see the next day on message
boards or a featured article about how people just copy decks off of the
internet, yet that's what they do when they get a mech fix.

2.  Archetypical (different)
Say someone's playing an original lightning deck that is fine, people would
fix it and say, "Drop the Kangaskhan, the Surge's Buzz, the Surge's Electrode
line, and add in 4 Base Electabuzz, 3 Scyther, and 4 Rocket's Zapdos."  This
just demolishes creativity, and has happened to me.  After my last article,
someone wanted to see my deck and made a fix.

My deck:
POKEMON 18
1 Ditto
4 Blaine's Ponyta
4 Blaine's Rapidash
3 Magmar (Fossil)
2 Gligar
2 Cleffa
2 Chansey

TRAINERS 24
1 Cinnibar City Gym
3 Pluspower
3 SER
3 Oak
3 Bill
3 Comp. Search
3 Item Finder
3 GoW
1 Scoop Up
1 Mr. Fuji

ENERGY 18
11 Fire
3 Recycle
4 DC

Well, this guy asked questions like Why Fuji?  Why so many single cards?  and
many more.  Which leads me into my next reason;

3.  Never played this deck
Well, this isn't the case in archetypes, but in this deck people don't know
how it plays.  Many people don't understand the power of waiting until you
drew your last card, and you Fuji a damaged evolution with much needed energy
back in, giving you 3-4 more turns.  Actually in my weekly tourney at Game
Trader today, I won 3 games just by that and unfortunately ended up third
(Horrible bad luck, lost first turn in final four.).  It is hilarious to see
peoples faces when they think they deck me, they only have 2 or 3 cards left,
and I put back 4 or 5 cards!  No one else would know this, or know that the
single cards aren't important, they just can do magnificent things every once
in a while.

4.  Aren't me
Kind of like # 3, other people may Oak 4 times a game, and probably deck out
fast.  I only Oak about 3 times a turn.  Also, if something has 10 left, I
gamble and gust something up to Stamp and hope for a heads.  This is
partially because it works often, and allows for multiple prizes.

Well, I hope this opens some people's eyes up, and they stray away from
popular decks (like popular people) and are different and in many ways
better.  There are many more reasons, and I actually want to read all
hatemail, praise, or replies.  I expect this to start commotion, but it
hopefully will get people thinking. 

Bridawg
Siriusbomb@aol.com