u/Kaktusnadel

Hello everyone,

As the title suggests: have you ever had opponents who don't actually seem to want to play Yu-Gi-Oh, but rather just want to play Solitaire (and no I dont mean combo-stuff :D) ?

Some background: last week I attended locals in a different town. I was playing pure Clown Crew (without Harmonia or Spark), and my opponent was on Sky Striker. At the beginning of the match, I told him that I've only been playing paper Yu-Gi-Oh for about 4–5 weeks and that I might need to ask about some Sky Striker card effects from time to time.

I won Game 1 because I had a strong opening hand, got to go first, and, without trying to sound arrogant, played pretty well. Throughout the entire first game, however, I proactively explained the effects of my own cards, including effects that I technically didn't have to explain. On two or three occasions, this led to my opponent wanting to take back actions he had already committed to. I allowed it because I wanted to keep things relaxed and figured he was probably still learning the deck and/or dont know anything about mine.

I also ended up winning Game 2. During that game, I spent about five minutes explaining the passive effect of Clown Crew Meteor. That in itself wasn't a problem. What became frustrating was that my opponent either couldn't understand or simply wouldn't accept the explanation during the first three attempts.

Again, throughout the game, I allowed him two or three times to take back activated cards or undo actions. I also had to repeatedly explain the effect of Clown Crew Flair, specifically that I could set one of his monsters face-down on the field, after I used flair as a tribute (his Raye). Eventually he understood and finally chained Raye's Quick Effect in response.

The game ultimately went to me because he never asked what the passive effect of my Clown Fusion monster on the field did. Because of that, I was able to attack his Rose in Defense Position with Biancavisco and deal enough damage to remove his remaining 2000 Life Points. This time I just refused to explain proactive, why I summoned this monster alongside biancavisco because in the end I also want to win.

After that, he completely lost his temper. He started talking about how unfair my deck was, how terrible it was, and so on (with a bit cursing).

I was honestly pretty baffled by the reaction. It left me with the impression that some players only want to play their own game and don't really want to interact with their opponent at all, let alone take the time to read and understand new cards or unfamiliar effects.

Has anyone else had experiences like this?

Hello everyone,

I recently bought the following sleeves from Cardmarket: Dragon Shield Sleeves – Matte Blood Red, and for inner sleeves I got KMC Perfect Size Sleeves.

Both orders have arrived, but unfortunately the cards still have quite a bit of room inside the KMC inner sleeves, so I think I may have ordered the wrong size.

I did some research afterwards, but I can hardly find any well-reviewed inner sleeves for Yu-Gi-Oh! cards on Amazon and other sites.

Could you recommend some good inner sleeves that fit Yu-Gi-Oh! cards properly and also work well with Dragon Shield outer sleeves? Ideally, they should be available to order within Europe.

Thanks a lot for your help!

I want to preorder the coming chaos origin set (yu go oh) but I’m unsure if it will arrive at the release 02.07 or if I will be feel bad and still have to wait to like 7/8 July because they will only start shipping after the release date.

So do youhave experience with preorder at cardmarket?

Hey guys,

I’m still relatively new to the game and currently playing the Mitsurugi deck from the Structure Deck. The thing is, I already played this deck a ton in Master Duel when it first came out, so I’m not super excited about playing it again in the TCG.

I’m generally not a fan of heavy combo decks, and I’d also prefer something that isn’t too expensive. I know “budget” is relative, but I’d rather not spend more than around €100 just for the deck core.

Do you guys have any recommendations for decks I could look into now or in the future? For example, I really like the new Witchcrafter support cards, and some of the upcoming Chaos Origins cards also seem really cool.

In general, I enjoy decks that control the pace of the game and don’t rely on 10-minute combo turns.

Thanks a lot!

Maybe stupid question but: How does the effect apply? For example:

I tribute summon on opponents turn - Meteor is on the field - and I tribut sommoned as response to a summon effect of my enemy (Faimiena for example, clown crew has a few ways to tribute summon on opponents turn) - does this mean now my opponent cant activate the trigger effect of his new summoned monster because meteor says

"Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects when you Tribute Summon a monster."

Hello everyone,

I just had my first locals, actually, my first live tournament ever. A little about me: I’m a pretty laid-back guy in my mid-30s and I’ve been playing Master Duel only for the past two years. I thought, “Man, playing in real life has to be pretty cool too,” so I grabbed the Mitsu Structure Deck and went for it.

And what can I say, it was a weird experience. First of all, playing in real life is way more exhausting, all the searching through the deck, keeping track of effects yourself, and making sure you don’t miss anything. But it was fun too.

Now comes the weird part: I’m a fairly social person. I’m not exactly the center of attention at a party, but I do join conversations and enjoy talking to people, if I like the topic. I was very upfront from the beginning and told everyone that it was my first tournament and all that.

The thing is, nobody there really seemed interested , or at least not in talking to me. Including me, there were 9 people, and I quickly realized that the other 8 had known each other for a long time and apparently play together every week. Well, as the “new guy,” you’re naturally a bit of an outsider at first. Well, here, more than just a bit. Nobody really wanted to talk to me beyond the current match. Some people even seemed kind of startled when I joined conversations (all Yu-Gi-Oh related). Even simple questions like “Have you guys been meeting here for a long time?” got very short, one-word answers.

To be fair, no one was rude or anything like that.

I guess what I’m trying to ask is: can experiences like this happen at TCG locals? Is it kind of cliquey and difficult to fit in at first, like in some other hobbies?

Because honestly, on one hand I did have fun, but on the other hand the experience was pretty mediocre. I wasn’t even looking to “make friends” or anything, but I thought the social aspect would be a bit more enjoyable.

EDIT: Hey guys, thanks for alle the support and nice talk...Im now motivated to go another time again and dont quit it yet :). I dont have that many hobbys so this experience was to new for me as an adult to know, how to classify it.

Moin Zusammen,

vorweg, es handelt sich um ein Mietobjekt.

Ich wollte heute eine Lampe anbringen an die Decke im Hauswirtschaftsraum welcher unter der Treppe ist im Haus.

Nun ging nicht, da ich nicht tiefer als 4-5 mm mit dem Bohrer kam und dann augenscheinlich auf Metall traf. Den Vermieter angeschrieben: Da sind wohl Metalstreben.

Nun ja dachte ich dumm, dann probiere ich es halt versetzt aber nichts da, auch hier nach 4-5 mm schluss da wieder was metallisches (absolut kein weiterkommen).

Was mach ich nun? Es geht um eine 400 gramm Deckenlampe, wirklich absolut nutzdienlich, aber ich kann ja nicht mal die 1 Cm Dübel dort reinbekommen. Und irgendwie an die Decke Kleben erscheint mir bei Putz auch nicht so klug.

Habt ihr hierzu Ideen??

Edit: Ich möchte eigentlich nicht durch die Metalplatte durch - meine Frage war viel mehr wie ich dennoch die Lampe anbringen kann?

Moin moin zusammen,

gibt es in Kiel gemütliche und entspannte Orte wo man sich zum yugioh spielen am WE oder unter der Woche, abends, treffen kann?

I impulsively bought 24 Justice packs and 12 Burst Protocol without realizing that the second one mostly just contains support cards.
Luckily, I got pretty fortunate and managed to almost put together a full K9 deck from the jush packs.

So now my question is: what’s the best way to get various staples like Fuwalos? In Master Duel I just craft them, but what do I do in real life?

Also, do you have any tips for playing in real life? I have my first locals this Friday, and even though I often reached Master rank in Master Duel, I feel like the experience will be completely different.

Thanks a lot!