Tmr is my last paper yaaaaay!! But still now that Worlds is over I have to greatly cut down my playing time and prepare for A Levels in November, but then again it's me and I may decide to not give a fuck.
Anyway, I haven't done a Worlds report yet and believe me, I planned to. What I didn't plan to do is get top decked four times in 11 games. That's some high odds on getting sacked. The only good thing I got out of it was the revelation that Mind Control deserves a ban. A whopping 50% of the sacks were Mind Controls!
For anyone who didn't know I was actually playing Inzecter so ya. Not as though I would have a world of goodness with Six Sam though.
Anyway, everyone is calling time on YGO, cos it's boring. But ofc I'm a Doppel player and once you play Doppel too much everything else is boring. Fact.
I'm actually thinking that the reason for the boring format is HEAVY STORM! No joke, with Trunade formats, people actually had to think if the backrows were real. And good plays weren't the only thing that won games, poker faces and mindfucking skills did too, and you can't deny that adds an all new dimension to the game, making it interesting.
So ban Heavy Storm, it sucks. Same time, ban Reborn. Retarded card.
Also, I'm not ashamed to say this, but the guy who got perfect Swiss at Worlds didn't deserve it. Offering Gadget, WTF. Call it a good meta call or what, it's a bullshit deck that requires fingers and colour differentiation to play. I've seen that guy play before and as far as skill goes......... Ya you get it.
So while they're at it, limit Offering.
Anyway, the problem is with how boring the game is right now, and the reason for that is the lack of REACTIVE decks. Like Doppel, what you did was based on what your opponent did. Right now we're in a format of, "I'll do my shit and hopefully my opponent doesn't stop me." That's how decks nowadays run and the only reason god players win still is cos they can see the timings better than bad players. But everyone says it's BORING. In general September formats are better anyway, though TGAA was dominant, it was at least a reactive deck kinda.
Okay I dunno what else to say. May play in locals this weekend, so maybe you can expect a report.
Oh ya! New DEs! Can expect Ultra Black Whirlwinds and Super Kulat and maybe some Rare Blizzards! Actually I'm just waiting for Trap Stun reprint, need to grab a playset.
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Sunday 17 June 2012
No I'm not dead
But I am kinda mugging for exams coming up right after WCQ, although now I'm starting to find it all kinda meaningless cause I'll never get it all in my head in time. I'm considering putting all my eggs in the Chemistry basket, which is my best subject, and flunking everything else. But we'll see.
Anyway, the YGO world hasn't been distorted here in Singapore or anything, Chaos Dragons are starting to pick up popularity Zecters still the mainstream deck, though majority of those I see are shifting toward the Trooper build which is having so much success in Japan.
As for the release of SD23, I have come to the conclusion that Poseidra sucks and as such Treeborn Frog doesn't deserve the space in the deck. The Dragon Rider / Sniper board is extremely potent if you can protect the duo for a couple of turns though. 3600 damage that goes past both Trago and Gorz is kinda dumb.
Anyway, I will have to take time off YGO to focus on my exams after WCQ, unless I win, if that happens fuck life, cos that means YGO is my calling LAWL. Nah, I won't, I'll study, but I'll have a better excuse for flunking everything.
Even after my exams I don't know for sure if I'm coming back. The game has lost its meaning. For me at least. And I really want to get into DotA 2 or SC2 casting, I mean, some of the casters, are like, WTF?! They really have no idea what they are saying. Ofc there are the really good ones like Day[9] and IJB, but there are some who, no offence, I sleep through every single one of their casts.
And I've done abit of it before, you know, like take a replay and click around doing the commentary for my friends watching it with me, and I do think I'm quite good :)
That's all in the air right now, I do intend to do well for at least Chem, but who knows, I may end up asking if you want fries with that. Or I could be flown to major events such as ESWCs and MLGs casting beside some of the biggest names in SC2, ya I would like that......
More than likely though, I could just come back and play YGO. Maybe they'll want casters for the games, which will be played in soundproof rooms. That's an idea.
Anyway, the YGO world hasn't been distorted here in Singapore or anything, Chaos Dragons are starting to pick up popularity Zecters still the mainstream deck, though majority of those I see are shifting toward the Trooper build which is having so much success in Japan.
As for the release of SD23, I have come to the conclusion that Poseidra sucks and as such Treeborn Frog doesn't deserve the space in the deck. The Dragon Rider / Sniper board is extremely potent if you can protect the duo for a couple of turns though. 3600 damage that goes past both Trago and Gorz is kinda dumb.
Anyway, I will have to take time off YGO to focus on my exams after WCQ, unless I win, if that happens fuck life, cos that means YGO is my calling LAWL. Nah, I won't, I'll study, but I'll have a better excuse for flunking everything.
Even after my exams I don't know for sure if I'm coming back. The game has lost its meaning. For me at least. And I really want to get into DotA 2 or SC2 casting, I mean, some of the casters, are like, WTF?! They really have no idea what they are saying. Ofc there are the really good ones like Day[9] and IJB, but there are some who, no offence, I sleep through every single one of their casts.
And I've done abit of it before, you know, like take a replay and click around doing the commentary for my friends watching it with me, and I do think I'm quite good :)
That's all in the air right now, I do intend to do well for at least Chem, but who knows, I may end up asking if you want fries with that. Or I could be flown to major events such as ESWCs and MLGs casting beside some of the biggest names in SC2, ya I would like that......
More than likely though, I could just come back and play YGO. Maybe they'll want casters for the games, which will be played in soundproof rooms. That's an idea.
Tuesday 5 June 2012
Explaining Priority Ruling
As most people know the TCG recently had the March 2011 Priority Ruling implemented into their play. Due to the complexity of YGO rulings in general, some players fail to grasp what this ruling actually does.
The official word is that Ignition effects no longer have fast effect timing or priority of whatever bullshit they call it. This simply means what it says, Ignition effects no longer have priority.
However to the layman they assume any effect will not be able to activate if the summon was somehow disrupted by say, Bottomless Trap Hole or Compulsory Evacuation Device. While this is true for Ignition effects, the same cannot be said for Trigger and Quick effects.
I'm sure all youse testing your Gadget builds hav had your Gearframes BTH and told you cannot search. This is UNTRUE, as Gearframe's effect is a Trigger effect. Trigger effects are effects that are activated when some sort of condition or action is met, ie there must be some sort of window for which the Trigger effect can activate. In Gearframe's example, the condition would be its Normal Summon. Other example would be E-HERO Airman (Stratos) and Tour Guide of the Underworld.
Quick effects are another type of effects which are not affected by the new ruling. They are similar to Ignition effects in that they can be activated for no reason in the Main Phase without any specific window required for some of them. A simple way to distinguish them are effects that can activate during the opponent's turn ie Stardust Dragon, Shi'en and Enishi. Note that certain conditions must still be in place for some of the to activate in the first place. The reason these effects are not affected by the ruling is because they are Spell Speed 2, and can be chained to the activation of those disruption traps.
While lesser seen, Continuous effects are DEFINIATELY NOT affected by the priority ruling. Effects such as Jinzo are active the moment the summon is successful, and cannot be Bottomless-ed just cause priority is gone. They have no Spell Speed, and hence are not part of any Chain.
You can check what the effect types of your cards on Yugioh Wikia, some cards are Quick just BKSS. It is good to know whether or not your stuff is affected by the priority ruling. The big decks that get hit are still Rabbit and Wind-Ups in the TCG, as their decks revolve mainly around Ignition of Rabbit and Hunter. Even Zenmaighty's effect is Ignition. Laggia's effect is Quick and so is Dolkka's.
Solemn Warning and Judgement and any counter trap that writes "negate the summon" means just that, with the summon negated the monster won't even have the chance to activate any Trigger or Quick effect, let alone Ignition. So please don't crap that it was a Trigger effect.
The official word is that Ignition effects no longer have fast effect timing or priority of whatever bullshit they call it. This simply means what it says, Ignition effects no longer have priority.
However to the layman they assume any effect will not be able to activate if the summon was somehow disrupted by say, Bottomless Trap Hole or Compulsory Evacuation Device. While this is true for Ignition effects, the same cannot be said for Trigger and Quick effects.
I'm sure all youse testing your Gadget builds hav had your Gearframes BTH and told you cannot search. This is UNTRUE, as Gearframe's effect is a Trigger effect. Trigger effects are effects that are activated when some sort of condition or action is met, ie there must be some sort of window for which the Trigger effect can activate. In Gearframe's example, the condition would be its Normal Summon. Other example would be E-HERO Airman (Stratos) and Tour Guide of the Underworld.
Quick effects are another type of effects which are not affected by the new ruling. They are similar to Ignition effects in that they can be activated for no reason in the Main Phase without any specific window required for some of them. A simple way to distinguish them are effects that can activate during the opponent's turn ie Stardust Dragon, Shi'en and Enishi. Note that certain conditions must still be in place for some of the to activate in the first place. The reason these effects are not affected by the ruling is because they are Spell Speed 2, and can be chained to the activation of those disruption traps.
While lesser seen, Continuous effects are DEFINIATELY NOT affected by the priority ruling. Effects such as Jinzo are active the moment the summon is successful, and cannot be Bottomless-ed just cause priority is gone. They have no Spell Speed, and hence are not part of any Chain.
You can check what the effect types of your cards on Yugioh Wikia, some cards are Quick just BKSS. It is good to know whether or not your stuff is affected by the priority ruling. The big decks that get hit are still Rabbit and Wind-Ups in the TCG, as their decks revolve mainly around Ignition of Rabbit and Hunter. Even Zenmaighty's effect is Ignition. Laggia's effect is Quick and so is Dolkka's.
Solemn Warning and Judgement and any counter trap that writes "negate the summon" means just that, with the summon negated the monster won't even have the chance to activate any Trigger or Quick effect, let alone Ignition. So please don't crap that it was a Trigger effect.
Sunday 3 June 2012
Upcoming WCQ
Congrats to my friends Wesley and Stark for qualifying for the Top 16 of the World Championship Qualifyers here in Singapore this weekend.
Looking forward to the event, I personally would prefer going through the 6 round swiss to test the consistency of the deck I'm bringing, though testing in locals recently has shown rather postitive results.
Anyway, today we learnt that when Gadgets set a monster it is an Eater so we have to tell them they didn't give us a window so we can Mind Crush Eater.
I'm just saying.
Some advice for first time tourney go-ers.
1. Beware of rulesharkers, THAT INCLUDES YOU WESLEY. Cos they shark but expect you to give chance.
2. Be a rulesharker, if your opponent tries to take something back, no replay.
3. Know the rulings of your own stuff. This will benefit you greatly.
4. If your stubborn opponent makes a judge call, don't take it out on the judge, give a clear sustaintiated arguement. Shouting at the judge or your opponent won't do you any favours.
5. Respect every judge call, even if you know it's a misrule. Judges have feelings too, they may find some legal way to make it up to you, embarassing the judge isn't going make you any friends.
6. Don't say shit while watching an ongoing game, you'll just piss the players off. An irritated one will say "excuse me, we are in a tournament", a really pissed off one may go as far as a judge call.
This is WORLDS people, this is not your 13 man Ranking Single Eli. The stakes are high. Losing because you got sharked or replayed is stupid and should be avoided at all costs.
Good luck to all those who are particpating in the remaining qualifyers. See you all at Worlds.
Looking forward to the event, I personally would prefer going through the 6 round swiss to test the consistency of the deck I'm bringing, though testing in locals recently has shown rather postitive results.
Anyway, today we learnt that when Gadgets set a monster it is an Eater so we have to tell them they didn't give us a window so we can Mind Crush Eater.
I'm just saying.
Some advice for first time tourney go-ers.
1. Beware of rulesharkers, THAT INCLUDES YOU WESLEY. Cos they shark but expect you to give chance.
2. Be a rulesharker, if your opponent tries to take something back, no replay.
3. Know the rulings of your own stuff. This will benefit you greatly.
4. If your stubborn opponent makes a judge call, don't take it out on the judge, give a clear sustaintiated arguement. Shouting at the judge or your opponent won't do you any favours.
5. Respect every judge call, even if you know it's a misrule. Judges have feelings too, they may find some legal way to make it up to you, embarassing the judge isn't going make you any friends.
6. Don't say shit while watching an ongoing game, you'll just piss the players off. An irritated one will say "excuse me, we are in a tournament", a really pissed off one may go as far as a judge call.
This is WORLDS people, this is not your 13 man Ranking Single Eli. The stakes are high. Losing because you got sharked or replayed is stupid and should be avoided at all costs.
Good luck to all those who are particpating in the remaining qualifyers. See you all at Worlds.
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