Every human faces complex elements called emotions and they vary from extreme happiness to deteriorating depression: This is obvious and common knowledge. I believe Yu-Gi-Oh forces emotions out of its players. In my experience this children's card game has contributed to my positive emotional spectrum and sometimes the effect is reversed. In this post I intend to outline and describe particular bullshit concepts and events that exist in the Yu-Gi-Oh realm. Following each of these topics I will describe my emotions pertaining to each.
I will start by writing about the 2011 Collector Tins. Pot of Duality is scheduled to be released as a super rare inside both tins. Hearing this revelation in Yu-Gi-Oh triggered both my positive and negative emotions. I'm thankful that POD is finally being re-released and is easily accessable. The above reasons unleashed my negativity concurrently. I only received my first POD a few months ago after serious complications and irritation. I'm pissed that this ridiculously excellent card will become a $10 super rare. I believe this is an injustice to everyone who paid massive amounts in cards or cash to obtain one, two or three PODs. This topic leaks into my next area of discussion.
Nothing in Yu-Gi-Oh pisses me off more than bad players that achieve great results. Unskilled douches that copy auto-piloted strategies and achieve significantly positive results infuriates me. Players that also borrow complete already-made decks and witness success also slide into this category of players. People who actively participate in the Belleville Local tournaments are probably already aware of what I'm about to write about. There is a player among my card-playing community that has frequently borrowed a complete deck because he was too lazy to put in the slightest effort of creating something his own. Then he finally decided to obtain some cards and create some fucked up Gravekeeper deck (the most auto-pilot deck in this format). Ironically he made Gravekeepers terrible in the process. Hopefully he will eventually grow some balls and create a deck that requires skill and the fact that he has topped a couple of times is unfair to anyone who isn't a fucktard. (As a sidenote I believe skilled players can successfully build any deck and add subtle twists to increase success rate (including Gravekeepers). Bad players copying the simplest successful deck in the metagame does not require skill and these people should burn in hell and not play Yu-Gi-Oh.)
Next, the distinct attitudes of certain players have a negative effect on me. I'm talking about players that disrespect and disregard other player's successful ideas. This attitude is understandable if the idea is satistically terrible or ineffective. Over time I've observed this unrighteous attitude, as a victim and a bystander. I've witnessed terrible players (one of them being the player described in the above paragraph) behaving this way and it repulses me. I personally never pass judgment on a deck until I witness it in action and this is the attitude every player should have.
Unfortunately I'm required to finish this post early because my father wants to use the computer. At some point in the future I will continue this post. I started playing this game because I initially believed it was interesting, enjoyable and challenging. Currently I also strive to share my opinions with fellow players and to combat the bullshit the game has gathered over time. I have carried a challenging life for multiple years. I have faced tragedy, a couple deaths, various types of fights and betrayal. I've already accepted that personal happiness is unachievable. However I attempt to maintain, at the bare minimum, internal peacefulness. Yu-Gi-Oh is one of the factors that greatly contributes to this internal peacefulness and I will not let this bullshit interfere with this. I will do everything in my power to remove the bullshit by battling and controlling what I can. (By the way there is a significant difference between peacefulness and happiness, especially for me.)
Mario
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