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From: Anteaus44@aol.com [mailto:Anteaus44@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:45 PM

Subject: Viva la Revolution!-Anteaus





Hello all Pojo people out there!



I am here to talk to you about something that no one really wants to talk about: the local card shops. And the underrepresentation of the "little guy" in Yu-Gi-Oh! And the dying world of Yu-Gi-Oh!, brought on by a lack of concern as well as an exponential in teams and unmitigated crap that surrounds the Shonen Jump Championship series.



First off, I want to talk about the fundamentals of this great card game. And by "fundamentals," I don't mean how to play the game; I mean where we all started. The basics. The CARD SHOP. See, about 90% of the duelists out there will never, ever, ever go to an SJC tournament, and that's OK. But the problem is is that we don't ever focus on where things actually happen: the local scene. It's a lot like the Punk Revolution of the 1970's; it started locally, grew, and suddenly, bands all over are selling out. Same thing with Yu-Gi-Oh! Every single person started at their local card shop, including Max Suffridge as well as whoever won Worlds last year. Every single duelist started at their card shop, playing for fun and to test stuff out.



The wonder is gone.



See, now people are strictly into netdecking and figuring out what works at SJC, but the problem is is that is only one sector of the metagame. The game itself is HUGE, on a scale the likes of which we have never before seen, and we, the little duelists, are being left behind. I quote the founding fathers when I say "No Taxation Without Representation!" The tax being placed upon the duelist's heads is the overwhelming sense of inferiority that we feel whenever we see the newest winner of the newest SJC tournament, or when all we see is "n00b" and "pwn" all the time on the message boards. We are afraid.



Fear is what is killing this game. We little duelists are officially "conformists." We follow what's popular, and as such, creativity has decreased rapidly. Just look at the Tournament Report segment on our beloved Pojo.com! It's a slap in the face, because a lot of us look forward to reading those new ideas, those interesting plant decks and helping each other out, fixing decks without the message boards. Those things zip by a million miles a second, without a chance to really get exposed. The only comments I ever get on the boards are "this deck sux" and "you suck" and "build a better deck." It's a bunch of crap, and as such, I really don't want to post anymore. I get flamed all the time on the boards, so what's the use?



In the T.R. segment on Pojo, I never get flamed. I never post, either, because a) I'm never at a tournament (though I know a million people who are) and b) there's really no point. No one reads them anyway, and if they do, they'll either ignore it or netdeck your deck and never tell you about it. It's crazy, and it's all brought about by a sense of superiority as well as the inferiority complex felt by those who do not or cannot attend an SJC or a regionals tournament.



Now then, just really quick, teams and apathy. Teams are growing, and as a result tend to own at SJC or at Regionals or wherever, leaving the little man in the dust. It's horrible. But so is the apathy that is expressed by not only these teams but by the duelists who don't ever contribute to help each other out over Pojo.com. The boards are a waste of time because you never get to see half of what is posted unless you sit in front of your computer 24/7/365, which most people don't do. So come on, people, help me out here. Just talk, ok? Just do something about this, help me revitalize Yu-Gi-Oh! and take it back to where it truly belongs: at the local level. Regionals and Nationals and Worlds are great--they are the goals for which we all strive. But at the local level is where we all learn, and Pojo.com is truly a local site, because it focuses on local shops in the T.R. section and what not-so-top-8 duelists as well as top-8 duelists think about everything in the CCG section.



Help me build this game back to where it was when I first started. Let's take it back to the streets and the schools. Viva la revolution!



Cheers,

Anteaus



If you need to contact me in any way, whether it be for help, to chat, or to just say "shut up" (which I probably won't anyway, so don't even bother), e-mail me at anteaus44@aol.com