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Kurai Kaze
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Rare Customer

"I caved!" , posted Sun 23 Mar 19:45

For the longest time, I've been holding out on buying the Yu-Gi-Oh cardgame. It looks to be a good game (For the sake of the game, forget your preferences regarding the Anime.) and a fairly complex one at that, unlike say... Pokemon. Anyway, my biggest problem with it has been the obvious attraction kids have to anything touched by the KidsWB. I'm sorry, guys... But I got sick of beating up little children with Pokemon, y'know? Anyway, I found out a few of my girlfriend's friends played it and I managed to convince her that if I got into the game she would too and she aggreed so I bought a starter set (Kaiba) and a couple of boosters and I now have a functional deck.

My Heroing (Or Herring) saga begins.

"Here comes the Big Boss. Lets get it on!"

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Juke Joint Jezebel

1706th Post

Tailored Carpet V.I.P- Platinum Member

"Welcome to the Addiction!" , posted Sun 23 Mar 20:18

hehe, we spend friday nights playing this game. it can get pretty intense/insane

but anyways, the instruction manual it came with was pretty poorly done, but i've squeezed as much as i could out of it. if you've got any questions about the game, i'll try my best to answer them

oh yeah, i got the Yugi deck! i was gonna get another deck -- the Pegasus one -- last friday but they were out. (according to Hagen) they had a whole freakin' shelf full of decks at gamestop on thursday, but when i got there, only two Joeys were left

from Magic to Pokemon to YuGiOh ...
the addiction will never die ...

"They who came up for judgment but were not judged have turned into sticks and filled the earth. The Master has departed and the earth has become a grave of rotten sticks ..." -- Man From Hell

quoting the textbook

Kurai Kaze
38th Post

Rare Customer

"Re(1):Welcome to the Addiction!" , posted Sun 23 Mar 20:28

quote:
hehe, we spend friday nights playing this game. it can get pretty intense/insane

but anyways, the instruction manual it came with was pretty poorly done, but i've squeezed as much as i could out of it. if you've got any questions about the game, i'll try my best to answer them

oh yeah, i got the Yugi deck! i was gonna get another deck -- the Pegasus one -- last friday but they were out. (according to Hagen) they had a whole freakin' shelf full of decks at gamestop on thursday, but when i got there, only two Joeys were left

from Magic to Pokemon to YuGiOh ...
the addiction will never die ...

They have decks for the other characters?! All they ever sell around here are the Spamsplegging Kaiba and Yugi decks! Augh! I've been eyeing this game for so long...

"Here comes the Big Boss. Lets get it on!"

Juke Joint Jezebel

1707th Post

Tailored Carpet V.I.P- Platinum Member

"Re(2):Welcome to the Addiction!" , posted Sun 23 Mar 20:37

quote:
hehe, we spend friday nights playing this game. it can get pretty intense/insane

but anyways, the instruction manual it came with was pretty poorly done, but i've squeezed as much as i could out of it. if you've got any questions about the game, i'll try my best to answer them

oh yeah, i got the Yugi deck! i was gonna get another deck -- the Pegasus one -- last friday but they were out. (according to Hagen) they had a whole freakin' shelf full of decks at gamestop on thursday, but when i got there, only two Joeys were left

from Magic to Pokemon to YuGiOh ...
the addiction will never die ...

They have decks for the other characters?! All they ever sell around here are the Spamsplegging Kaiba and Yugi decks! Augh! I've been eyeing this game for so long...

nahhh don't worry about it. Kaiba and Yugi's been out for a while. it's just recently (last week or month or so) that they released Joey and Pegasus in the states

but ughh .. you've gotta look around for good prices. some places (card shops, for example. DAMN LEECHES) sell this stuff at outrageous prices. try book stores, video game stores, Toys 'R Us ...

of course, if you're looking for individual cards, you're out of luck. you must go back to the system and buy it from them. maybe try the internet ..

at that damn racist card shop we've got near us:
$85 for that jar card (i forgot its exact name. Bokura had one)
$30 or $40 for Polymerization
$8 for a Mystical Elf

T_T

WHERE DOES IT END

"They who came up for judgment but were not judged have turned into sticks and filled the earth. The Master has departed and the earth has become a grave of rotten sticks ..." -- Man From Hell

quoting the textbook

Adon

903th Post

Red Carpet Regular Member++

"Re(3):Welcome to the Addiction!" , posted Sun 23 Mar 20:49

quote:
hehe, we spend friday nights playing this game. it can get pretty intense/insane

but anyways, the instruction manual it came with was pretty poorly done, but i've squeezed as much as i could out of it. if you've got any questions about the game, i'll try my best to answer them

oh yeah, i got the Yugi deck! i was gonna get another deck -- the Pegasus one -- last friday but they were out. (according to Hagen) they had a whole freakin' shelf full of decks at gamestop on thursday, but when i got there, only two Joeys were left

from Magic to Pokemon to YuGiOh ...
the addiction will never die ...

They have decks for the other characters?! All they ever sell around here are the Spamsplegging Kaiba and Yugi decks! Augh! I've been eyeing this game for so long...

nahhh don't worry about it. Kaiba and Yugi's been out for a while. it's just recently (last week or month or so) that they released Joey and Pegasus in the states

but ughh .. you've gotta look around for good prices. some places (card shops, for example. DAMN LEECHES) sell this stuff at outrageous prices. try book stores, video game stores, Toys 'R Us ...

of course, if you're looking for individual cards, you're out of luck. you must go back to the system and buy it from them. maybe try the internet ..

at that damn racist card shop we've got near us:
$85 for that jar card (i forgot its exact name. Bokura had one)
$30 or $40 for Polymerization
$8 for a Mystical Elf

T_T

WHERE DOES IT END

I knew I guy who was stock piling the Japanese Yu gi oh card years ago, yes years. The guy did the same for Pokemon well before the craze. He told me the Yu gi oh card were going to be worth a lot someday. I remeber him telling me that about 2 years ago. I should listened.

Mog
106th Post

Regular Customer

"Re(1):I caved!" , posted Sun 23 Mar 22:00

quote:

I bought a starter set (Kaiba) and a couple of boosters and I now have a functional deck.

Poor Yugi.... no one ever seems to want his deck....

quote:

nahhh don't worry about it. Kaiba and Yugi's been out for a while. it's just recently (last week or month or so) that they released Joey and Pegasus in the states

GameStop in Chapel Hill, NC

-Assistant Manager: Hey Nick, can you grab a Joey Yu-Gi-Oh deck for me?
-Me: What? There are new Yu-Gi-Oh decks?
-Assistant Manager: Yeah, they came out today.
-Me: Great, so now we’ve got two more decks that will out sell Yugi’s….

quote:

but ughh .. you've gotta look around for good prices. some places (card shops, for example. DAMN LEECHES) sell this stuff at outrageous prices. try book stores, video game stores, Toys 'R Us ...

of course, if you're looking for individual cards, you're out of luck. you must go back to the system and buy it from them. maybe try the internet ..

T_T

WHERE DOES IT END

It ends when all of your cards get stolen while you're in the local arcade, following which you deside it would cost too much to get them back.

GameStop customer quote of the moment: "I've seen him before (pointing to Kingdom Hearts Darkside figure). He was in my garage attacking my dog."

Juke Joint Jezebel

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Tailored Carpet V.I.P- Platinum Member

"Re(2):I caved!" , posted Sun 23 Mar 22:25

quote:
It ends when all of your cards get stolen while you're in the local arcade, following which you deside it would cost too much to get them back.

i hear that. i pretty much stopped playing pokemon when two or three of my decks (including a magic deck or two) that had a bunch, and i mean a BUNCH, of rares in 'em, were taken out of my locker back in high school. i bought a lock afterwards and that secured my locker, but by then the damage had already been done

(sorry if that message made no sense. my head is throbbing. my brain may be melting)

"They who came up for judgment but were not judged have turned into sticks and filled the earth. The Master has departed and the earth has become a grave of rotten sticks ..." -- Man From Hell

quoting the textbook

Kurai Kaze
39th Post

Rare Customer

"Re(3):I caved!" , posted Sun 23 Mar 22:37

quote:
It ends when all of your cards get stolen while you're in the local arcade, following which you deside it would cost too much to get them back.
i hear that. i pretty much stopped playing pokemon when two or three of my decks (including a magic deck or two) that had a bunch, and i mean a BUNCH, of rares in 'em, were taken out of my locker back in high school. i bought a lock afterwards and that secured my locker, but by then the damage had already been done

(sorry if that message made no sense. my head is throbbing. my brain may be melting)

For me it started to end when the feeling that I was cheating because I was beating the tar out of little children. First they start to whimper... then cry... even though you beat them fair and square. And it's not like it's your fault the damned judges placed you up against him. Man... This one kid was begging my friend to throw the stupid match after he'd bullied the last kid he won against.

"Here comes the Big Boss. Lets get it on!"

Treepull Aitch
118th Post

Regular Customer

"Re(4):I caved!" , posted Sun 23 Mar 23:10

On my side, the point of it all ended when I realized that new releases were coming out too frequently, and I'd never be able to collect 'em all, I realized that it was all just a cheap ploy to make a buck on the part of Wizard.

However, this lesson took me over three years, Sing $600 and numerous skipped lunches to learn.

Today, I have a thick, THICK folder of "rare" gaudy cardboard pieces gathering dust in my bookshelf.

Ah, the follies of youth....

ICQ: 37031364 Treepull Aitch
*send dubloons

derring-do

and dubious dojinshi to wolfwood@pacific.net.sg*

EternalNewbie
34th Post

Rare Customer

"Re(4):I caved!" , posted Sun 23 Mar 23:14

Yeah, I play Yu-Gi-Oh! also. I remember I first bought the cards in Japan because I wanted some practice for my Japanese, and people said it was popular there. Hehe, a similar thing happened with Pokemon also for me. I guess I should trust my instinct on what is fun. Anyway, yeah, after everyone I knew stopped playing Magic, I got off card games for a while. Then, Yu-Gi-Oh! came around, seemed neat back in Japan, so I bought some American cards and made a deck. It is pretty good. Also, sometimes it is fun beating up those little smug kids >:) Heck, I know I still beat little kids at Pokemon (currently training my pokemon in Ruby/Sapphire) and when they trash talk in Smash Bros, well, that is an issue of honor. I have to show them my skills as Pikachu for original Smash or Falco in Melee. Opps, I've rambled off topic. Oh well.

EternalNewbie quote of the moment!:
"This should be fun. When do we leave?"
- Gogo from FF6

Luisinan

265th Post

Copper Customer

"Re(5):I caved!" , posted Sun 23 Mar 23:26

I am no way going to touch this because I would become an addict, but here is a question. Are these games any fun to play or is it just fun to collect? I haven't played any CCGs but my nephew explained to me how Pokemon works and of course I've played the GB and N64 games, and well, it all feels like random paper/rock/scissors type of BS. I used to collect the old marvel universe cards from a long time ago, but that was different. Once I got my complete set of 250 cards or whatever, I stopped- I didn't even care about getting rare hologram cards. Anyway, just wanted to know. You guys make Yu-Gi-Oh sound fun, and I just thought the guy looked freakish.

Juke Joint Jezebel

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Tailored Carpet V.I.P- Platinum Member

"Re(6):I caved!" , posted Mon 24 Mar 06:59

quote:
Are these games any fun to play or is it just fun to collect?

for me, it's definitely fun to play. collecting can become way too ... expensive >_< and i think we've all been through the "skipped lunch" phase (hell, i'm going through it again right now haha)

so hungry

"They who came up for judgment but were not judged have turned into sticks and filled the earth. The Master has departed and the earth has become a grave of rotten sticks ..." -- Man From Hell

quoting the textbook

Kurai Kaze
40th Post

Rare Customer

"Re(6):I caved!" , posted Mon 24 Mar 10:15

quote:
I am no way going to touch this because I would become an addict, but here is a question. Are these games any fun to play or is it just fun to collect? I haven't played any CCGs but my nephew explained to me how Pokemon works and of course I've played the GB and N64 games, and well, it all feels like random paper/rock/scissors type of BS. I used to collect the old marvel universe cards from a long time ago, but that was different. Once I got my complete set of 250 cards or whatever, I stopped- I didn't even care about getting rare hologram cards. Anyway, just wanted to know. You guys make Yu-Gi-Oh sound fun, and I just thought the guy looked freakish.

As a gamer, I go into it for the sake of having fun with a new game. I play Mechwarrior Darkages, and yes the collectibility is fun, but... The reason why I like to collect the rare ones is because they're usually kickass powerful. For MW:D I have a limited edition Zeus that was available only for Pre-order of Mechwarrior 4 Mercs on a few select sites. I use that thing every chance I get and royally 0wn.

Yeah, I went through the missed lunch period thang, but that was when I was a little kid and the popular game was a little thang called Pogs. God, that was such a cool game.

"Here comes the Big Boss. Lets get it on!"

BlackNinjaVinny

332th Post

Bronze Customer

"Re(7):I caved!" , posted Mon 24 Mar 13:15

I'm not into those card game things, but I nearly shit myself when I saw how crazy the manga was. I was looking at that Shounen Jump they release in America, and the Yu Gi Oh part was crazy! They weren't even playing the card game! SOme guy was robbing a shop and Yu Gi lights him on fire or something. Neat stuff.

HazZan

1146th Post

Red Carpet Premium Member+

"Re(1):I caved!" , posted Wed 26 Mar 01:16

quote:
For the longest time, I've been holding out on buying the Yu-Gi-Oh cardgame. It looks to be a good game (For the sake of the game, forget your preferences regarding the Anime.) and a fairly complex one at that, unlike say... Pokemon. Anyway, my biggest problem with it has been the obvious attraction kids have to anything touched by the KidsWB. I'm sorry, guys... But I got sick of beating up little children with Pokemon, y'know? Anyway, I found out a few of my girlfriend's friends played it and I managed to convince her that if I got into the game she would too and she aggreed so I bought a starter set (Kaiba) and a couple of boosters and I now have a functional deck.

My Heroing (Or Herring) saga begins.

OH no! Yu-Gi-Oh is taking Ohver.

Help me!!!!!

MESSATSU

"I am the one and only true master"

threesixtee

290th Post

Copper Customer

"Re(2):I caved!" , posted Wed 26 Mar 01:46

holy crap! you all duel! I thought I was the only one on this board who dueled! cool! (yes, me and my friends don't "play" this game, we "duel" haha! we're so lame).

anyway, I've been playing YGO since about august 2002, me and some friends bought starters as a joke, since we watched the show just to make fun if it - to our surprise, the game was pretty freaking fun.

I was into pokemon briefly, but I'm totally into this game. if anyone wants to duel over aim or something just let me know.

Mozex
143th Post

Regular Customer

"Re(1):I caved!" , posted Wed 26 Mar 05:36

quote:
My Heroing (Or Herring) saga begins.

Have fun destroying everything each turn. ;)

Be kind to goblins.

CrazyMax
217th Post

Frequent Customer

"Re(7):I caved!" , posted Wed 26 Mar 07:28

quote:

As a gamer, I go into it for the sake of having fun with a new game. I play Mechwarrior Darkages, and yes the collectibility is fun, but... The reason why I like to collect the rare ones is because they're usually kickass powerful. For MW:D I have a limited edition Zeus that was available only for Pre-order of Mechwarrior 4 Mercs on a few select sites. I use that thing every chance I get and royally 0wn.

At last, someone else who plays MW:DA! I just started playing it myself, and am surprised by how much I enjoy it. I've even managed to win a few prizes in tournaments.

I've found myself on the opposite end though. I find that I have little luck with the uniques. Probably cause I play a lot of the basic games with only 300 pts. I use a good combo of a Mech, & tanks.

Love to hear what your army is...

Kurai Kaze
46th Post

Rare Customer

"Re(8):I caved!" , posted Wed 26 Mar 12:03

quote:

As a gamer, I go into it for the sake of having fun with a new game. I play Mechwarrior Darkages, and yes the collectibility is fun, but... The reason why I like to collect the rare ones is because they're usually kickass powerful. For MW:D I have a limited edition Zeus that was available only for Pre-order of Mechwarrior 4 Mercs on a few select sites. I use that thing every chance I get and royally 0wn.

At last, someone else who plays MW:DA! I just started playing it myself, and am surprised by how much I enjoy it. I've even managed to win a few prizes in tournaments.

I've found myself on the opposite end though. I find that I have little luck with the uniques. Probably cause I play a lot of the basic games with only 300 pts. I use a good combo of a Mech, & tanks.

Love to hear what your army is...

During tournaments, I make liberal use of the DF Blackhawk supported by light infantry, a JES2 or two and occasionally my solitary DI Schmidtt. ph34r the DI. My cousin's handed my ass to me on a titanium platter with that thing more times than I care to recall.

"Here comes the Big Boss. Lets get it on!"

Magus Darkstar
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Regular Customer

"Re(8):I caved!" , posted Wed 26 Mar 12:46

quote:
SOme guy was robbing a shop and Yu Gi lights him on fire or something. Neat stuff.

Batsu game!!

*murders someone*

On the topic of the card game, I got a Yugi deck for christmas, but I've never played the game. I do have a Blue Eyes that came from Shonen Jump... so that's nice...

It's because I don't really have anyone to practice against, and I'm afraid if I have a match with some kid, I'll lose >>;;

|Darkstar Okonomiyaki| Now featuring Japanese TV show distrobution!

Juke Joint Jezebel

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"the manifestation of ultimate greed" , posted Wed 26 Mar 19:08

oh baby

thanks to Hagen, i got my hands on a Pegasus deck today (without tax, it was about $12.99). i just thought i'd share my joy with fellow players. man, this thing is so powerful

if anyone's got any specific questions about it, i'll be glad to answer them. in the meantime, check out the list for the Japanese Pegasus deck (i compared them. the deck i've got is different, but i'm not complaining. it's still as powerful as hell)

http://neoplato.brinkster.net/translations/
(just go to "structure decks" and click on Pegasus)

"Salvation turns to degradation / Fill the rig - feel the dig
Inebriate me one more time / For the friend of the Devil is a friend of mine"

threesixtee

293th Post

Copper Customer

"Re(1):the manifestation of ultimate greed" , posted Wed 26 Mar 19:25

the japanese structure and american starter are totally different.

cardlist

taken from yugiohrealms.com.

the pegasus deck is very good - it has all the staple m/t stopper cards: seven tools of the bandit, magic jammer, and mystical space typhoon. plus it has graceful charity, which is essential to most exodia decks. the BAD part is the third super rare, gryphon wing is pretty worthless.

the joey starter however is real good too. scapegoat is an extremely annoying stall card, and when coupled with cannon soldier, its a deadly burner card. penguin soldier is like hane-hane on crack, and effective in most decks. the only drawback to the joey deck is the lack of a magic jammer.