A YuGiOh Documentary: The New to The Seasoned by Bo, a Real Duelist
    Greetings fellow duelist, and thank you for spending time to read my article. I have gotten a lot of feedback on my last article, and as I have promised, I am writing another one. This article will be about the progression from newbie/noobie through the ranks, and onto the enlightened duelist. I too (get this), was once a newbie, but I was never a noobie. This article will set the record straight for the difference between the fun loving newbie, and the angry, ignorant noobie. First of all, both classification are indeed new to this game. A newbie is a child (can be an adult) who is new to a game and wants to learn and get better through normal, good means. They are usually kind and want to learn combos and do lots of trading whenever possible. I love these little guys and know the game would fall apart without them.
    The other beginning classification is a noobie. A noobie is like a newbie in many ways, but noobies are cocky. They want every card and don't care what it takes to get them. When they are proven wrong, they will argue there side to no end. Most noobies are rich and get what they want, but poor people like me, must actually work for our cards, or get extremely lucky. A good way to get cards is to bet a card (at least a rare) on a duel and winner gets both cards. I STRESS, ONLY DO THIS IF YOU ARE TOTALLY CONFIDENT YOU CAN WIN. I know this is illegal for kids to do, since it is gambling, but it is a good way to get new cards (watch out for veterans). Anyway, back to the noobie. If you find out that you will go to dangerous extremes to win (cheating, stealing, killing) then you need to change your ways.
    After you've grown out of the newbie/noobie shell you will move onto rookie. At this point you have a half-decent deck and have won a few duels. Rookies are like a firecracker shaped object with a wick, you can't expect what will happen with them. Rookies can be good or evil, depending on what class they were previously. Some rookies have extensive knowledge of card effect, and that's essentially what you have to look out for when you face them.
    After the rookie matures, they are an average duelist. Most duelists in the world are average duelists. An average duelist has been in many duels, and may have won a tourney or two. This is the quickest phase and after this is a slow progression. Average duelists play well, but make at least one mistake per duel.
    After burning through the average rank, you will be a seasoned duelist. A seasoned duelist has won quite a few tourneys, and they win more duels than they lose. Seasoned duelists are good at deck building, but make simple mistakes while they duel. I also stress that no one is perfect. And no one is the best, not even the World's Champion. I was recently a seasoned duelist.
    After you somehow get better than a seasoned duelist you are either a rare hunter (Eric) or you are a veteran. Rare Hunters are essentially really good noobies. Rare Hunters (it's just a class name) have a lot of really good cards and know how to use them. And just because a person is really good, and has a lot of good cards, that does not make them a rare hunter.
    The other side is veteran. A veteran is like a good rare hunter. They have good cards, they are very serious about the game, and are very good too. Do not take on a veteran unless you are a champion, enlightened duelist, or have a plan. Watching a rare hunter take on a veteran has to be one of the greatest YuGiOh spectacles of all. If you keep at it, you too can be a veteran.
    If you have the brain, if you have the heart, and if you have the skill, you can be a champion. Champions are the second best and win just about every tourney they're in, unless they get very unlucky. Champions build they're own decks, test them constantly, take notes, and make the necessary changes. Champions make every move count, and have a very good deck. I have never seen a champion in real life, but know a few. And I know no poor champion, it kinda gives you a feel on what this game is about.
    If you don't need to be champion, then you are an enlightened duelist, like me. You completely understand this game, and play for the shear fun of it (and maybe as a career). We love this game, and understand nearly everything about it. We don't need the rarest cards, and we can start being enlightened anytime after the rookie class. I put this class above champion, because I feel if you are enlightened, you are better than the second best.
    Thanks for your time and good luck in all your duels. It has been a lot of fun writing these articles for you guys. Here's a little tidbit that you probably won't care about, if George Bush gets elected again, I am seriously going to move to Canada when I turn 18, which will be in 2 and a half years. Go ahead and hate me because I'm gonna be Canadian.
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