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


Jae Kim


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
Yu-Gi-Oh!
DBZ
Pokemon
Yu Yu Hakusho
NeoPets
HeroClix
Harry Potter
Anime
Vs. System
Megaman

This Space
For Rent

Jae Kim: Theory and Practice
JK 24: Yu-Gi-Oh! Nationals 2010

July 12, 2010

Hi Pojo!

 

I just got back from Yu-Gi-Oh! Nationals and had an amazing time. I also met a lot of new faces for the first time and had a lot of fun dueling and trading. I just wanted to make a few points and end with some pretty pictures.

 

1) The rumors about a 5 on 5 team battle are true. We ran a draft format tournament featuring many of the top players in the USA. A huge crowd was gathered around for all of Friday evening and it was definitely amazing being able to feel the energy as each player played.

 

Team 1: Jeff Jones (Team Captain), Hugo Adame (Team CORETCG/Comic Odyssey), Augustin Herrera (Team Kamikaze), Paul Levitin (Team Overdose), and Jarel Winston.

 

Team 2: Adam Corn (Team Captain), Billy Brake (Team Kamikaze), Austin Kulman, Mario Matheu (Team CORETCG/Comic Odyssey), Ryan Spicer (Team Kamikaze)

 

The two team captains rolled and drafted the top players in order. I did coverage of the matches and will be posting each match in the weeks to come along with pictures and links to Youtube footage. Refer back to some of the older team battles, some of which were the most amazing "underground" matches in history. I really think the coverage on Pojo helped shape Metagame's direction and gave exposure to the deserving cream of the crop.

 

Team Savage vs Team Odyssey: http://www.pojo.com/yu-gi-oh/FeaturedWriters/JAE/2005/4-6.shtml

 

While Team Savage ended up being more hype than results, this team battle really started the craze. At the very next event in Houston, there were literally dozens of teams proudly wearing their shirts and wanting to partake in battles.

 

Battle for North America: http://www.pojo.com/yu-gi-oh/FeaturedWriters/JAE/2005/8-23-1.shtml

 

This battle showed everyone the skill involved with established players such as Wilson Luc and Sang Bui versus previously unheralded players such as Kyle Duncan, Max Suffridge, and Matt Peddle who later became superstars.

 

East v. West: http://www.pojo.com/yu-gi-oh/FeaturedWriters/JAE/2005/12-12.shtml

 

This battle marked the end of the Comic Odyssey/Team Savage era. Many of the top players from the West Coast clashed with the emerging East Coast stars. Anthony Alvarado proved he was one of the greatest players (if not the greatest) by defeating 6 of the best players in North America consecutively. This list of victims included Emon Ghaenian, Wilson Luc, and Ryan Hayakawa.

 

Battle for North America 2: http://www.pojo.com/yu-gi-oh/FeaturedWriters/JAE/2006/8-15.shtml

 

This was my favorite team battle from all of Pojo history. It featured the undoubted best players in the game at the time at their peak form.

 

Take a gander at all of Pojo's illustrious history. Coming up in the next week or so, the latest chapter in Pojo team battles will be written, featuring inside looks at how these players achieve such consistent success!

 

2) I will be writing a report about my tournament experience on my blog, go-YGO.com.

 

3) Enjoy the pictures and have a great week.

 

If you have enjoyed all of my writing on Pojo.com, please visit my blog at http://go-YGO.com.

 

   


Copyright© 1998-2009 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.