Getting turned one defeated has nothing to do with skill. At this point I hardly feel like we're playing Yu-Gi-Oh we're just playing extreme coin toss. Heads or tails, winner takes all in master duel!
I understand Konami's reasoning, but I agree with Paul on this. The rules are too strict im a way that is an over correction of the issue. It limits player expression and the unfortunate truth is Konami does not make products of comparable quality. Additionally, Konami is complicit in lewd art with the release of lost art cards, which are notoriously more graphic and lewd, and Konami, in some cases, intentionally teeters the line for sales. Like Labrynth or worst of them all Feet Blossom.
So on the kingdom hearts story, 1.5 has 2 games and a movie version of one of the ds games. And 2.5 is kh2, birth by sleep and a movie version of the other ds game. And then 2.8 is dream drop distance and then the prequel to kh3-birth by sleep .2 a fragmentary passage
The playmat thing will be interesting because I have knock offs of $100+ stuff like Ixchel judge mats. Its official artwork but not an official mat. I wonder if they would care enough to go after that kind of stuff as the only way to tell is how thick it is.
About Paul loving yugioh and the possible mismatch of usual audience vs that video: I think this is kinda why you will get questions about possibly doing more competitive content, because I do think that love for even meta play shows through things like discussions, where I feel like Paul has a lot to give to that section of "more serious" players.
I've honestly come to find I'm not a fan of modern YGO. I get some rounds that are fun, but most duels I just get bored watching my opponent combo into multiple negates, while I sit there trying to run my glass canon.
I have fumbled some sure-things before. I might get baited into wasting my negate or I could even end my turn before making a crucial play because I just didn't see it.
Paul is not weird for gutting it out. But he is uncommonly lucky for having a significant number of duels against opponents where he CAN gut it out. As someone who also has that "fight to the bitter end" mindset. Who loves winning from behind, I've had to come to terms with the unfortunate truth that most competitive Yu-Gi-Oh decks are designed to not let your opponent PLAY, let alone try to make a comeback. So players who have had to face decks like that a lot (Which seems tragically common) end up Pavloved into surrendering immediately to spare themselves the torture.
Spot on take about the mats and sleeves. It does feel like a way to limit potential IP/licensing issues. There is some of this also feels like how the movie theater doesn't allow outside food and drink in the theater. You gotta buy from them if you want refreshments in their building.
The process for getting information from the other party in a lawsuit is called discovery. They are legally required to give you all the relevant information you ask for, and things don't usually go well for people who try to dodge or ignore discovery requests in an attempt to hide evidence. Legal Eagle has some pretty good videos that can explain it better than I can, but I believe that's the gist of it.
No matter how casual the YGO player, I think there's a lesson to be learned from Paul's stance on players giving up too soon. Rather than ragequit immediately after an opponent handtraps your only starter going first, wait till they start their turn and perform a summon. That will at least let you verify whether their hand is a brick and all it takes is waiting a few extra seconds.
@@roachybill I felt that one. I also play YGO casually. I don't compete in tourneys, but I enjoy playing a few games with my friends. The unfortunate thing about quitting the moment your opponent sets up more than one disruption is that some of the most enjoyable YGO to be had comes from pushing through. Has it ever occurred to those people (the bad eggs of the casual bunch) that maybe the opponent who ashed their starter was also playing a very casual deck? "But I knew they were going to be meta sheep." No, you didn't. You're not the only casual player on the planet. Sometimes, it's as if they forget that for every deck they think is "fair", there is another casual who deems that deck "unfair."
Paul should definitely play competitive tournaments, because Master Duel is not the place to expect die hard players. People who play master duel usually don't own physical cards, so they aren't there to watch you combo for 5+ minutes.
I watch you guys for any ygo news/related topics but hearing talk about Melee is a pleasant surprise after being a competative Melee player since 2007.
I'm a casual player on Master Duel, and I 100% agree with you about people giving up too quickly. I play cubics, it is not a good deck. I know it's not a good deck. If my opponents would try to play, they would see it is not a good deck. But I've had so many people just immediately surrender at the start of a duel because they had a bad hand, or if I happen to have a negate (I play cubics, I don't have many negates) and end a combo then they'll just surrender. I've gone up the rank ladder so many times specifically because someone has surrendered and like, I have a bad deck. I wanna play, but I don't necessarily want to go up the ranks just because people surrender. I want to actually grind and earn it. And when I squeeze out a win against what is clearly a better deck, that feels awesome. Plus I need to earn gems and if I don't get to play my turn then I'm not doing things to earn gems so I can maybe work on building a deck that isn't trash. But I absolutely LOVE playing my cubics deck.
It's not really about anything you are doing. If they get Maxx C or Ashed, they quit and immediately go into another game where they don't, engineering the win rate they want instead of playing it out. Some hate doing it because they don't want to risk ranking down. Others don't care and see it as a numbers game. Just that quitting and going back in is faster than playing the game to the end.
1:29:40 I 100% agree. There is a reason that the metric TTP (Time to P) exists in basically every game with a way for players to draw, build, or otherwise make that shape because we always do.
Touching base because I was a part of those comments on that last video, but yes to reiterate it's not about clawing back from A Loss into a win. And you had the idea right when you said that for most players it's about a way to relax. So when your homie said it's about players being bad at the game and needing to be good more or less, I don't deny that strikes a chord. Did not turn on master duel with my limited time to play pump my ego let alone their ego turn it on to literally have fun. If your flood gating on turn one for straight what feels like 15 minutes, and I mean I have time to go fry an egg smoke a cigarette take a s*** and come back in some cases, and your turn is still not done and after a little while and the dust settles you find out that you just got turned one...... yep you just sat around for close to 15 to maybe even 20 minutes just to find out that you've literally just wasted those minutes because you didn't even get a turn. At what point does it become skill if you're unable to even play your turn let alone draw a card what skill played into that? ... unless you count the coin toss as a skill trait. So yes if we noticed these habits from afar or if we get any sign that this is about to happen it's better to take my business elsewhere fun time wise. And honestly it's hard because it's the state of the game there are incredibly too many ways to win the game in one turn. I think they should turn away from just banned listing cards and they should consider either just different formats to play the game or Banning certain archetypes... wild and crazy sounding right now lol. For when you have a dumpster fire this bad and inconsistent player consensus on what the problems are... I'd say a game facelift is more or less what's needed. Would be interesting to see competitive play where there would be formats were only certain archetypes were allowed.
A.I. is only getting more advanced and interesting. Can't wait to see how it'll look in Master Duel. Hopefully there's quality of life updates on top the A.I. duelists.
It'd be great if field centers were in structure decks. Hell, they could do several variants with different monsters on the field center. I'm hoping the playmat and sleeve ban backfires and Konami's forced to back track. Odds are though, most of the community in the TCG is too Yu-Gi-Oh brained (same player base that buys up TCG boxes, which are terrible for the players) so this ban will likely stick.
@@Dinkbass I can’t play yugioh that changes to ridiculous extents like what we have with advanced format. The game has been subjected to so much bad decisions at the hands of a greedy company known as Konami. Many of these decisions were made without considering the opinions of the fans. Game is all about otking other players now and not finding a strategy that makes your cards work together to defeat and or outsmart your opponent.
I understand the “it’s their game” sentiment, but at the same time they are nothing without the players. If tons of people drop the game due to not believing in Konami, or for other reasons, that’s players and tons of money lost. Do I think that will happen, absolutely not, but I think the “it’s their game” is dangerous to say obviously in the case of lewd playmats/sleeves and other IPs, that makes sense, but Konami shouldn’t stretch farther than that
I don’t think Paul is crazy as if I’m playing Dragon Link, Rikka Sunavolan or even Lair or Darkness then I’m willing to try and squeeze water out of rocks. Now if I’m playing a Star or Gadget/Train deck then absolutely not. I feel this falls into the tired competitive vs casual mindset where people who spend so long playing the game in a high octane doing 100 miles on the highway manner find it hard to realize that the average player just wants to be drive at 40 - 50 miles since what provides each other enjoyment is fundamentally different.
Just make it so the only legal mount is the paper playmat boxed with structure decks. No card sleeves allowed at all and deckboxes must be clear plastic bags
I feel like Master Duel, MTG Arena and now even Pokémon's latest TCG game is the IP companies answer to every Fandom having those fans that "Just want a digital form of the actual card game played on tables." after getting the last 2 decades of video game interpretations of those card games. I definitely had fun with some of those older games in all 3 card game properties, but definitely was also the one that wanted an actual digital form of the exact card game
Im just getting into this channel and your videos guys. The guy Paul really spoke to my heart. I don't play Yu-Gi-Oh anymore, its been years. But that competitive fire. Beat me at anything 99 times. I will, WILL, win that 100th match at minimum. People play games to show off, some to fit in.. i play games to challenge myself. Be a rival.
The only one that really makes sense to me is to use the given product for on-stream events, have a sense of uniformity for the decks they're showcasing, something they like to do for top cut.
@31:28 I actually really enjoy that sort of content it's nice to see friends just have fun with whatever. I haven't played yugioh for like 10 years or so and the game is so much more different than when I used to play and it seems a lot more sweaty in general now and so for me it's just nice to see fun games.
Paul I’m a crazy player too and I thought that advice was wonderful. A grandmaster of chess gave the same advice. If you play games out where you think you’re going to lose you can learn a lot. It doesn’t matter if you set up the unbreakable board. You have to then navigate my turn and parody if you want to win. The good duelist knows these spots and how to get out of them. Even people playing at a casual level should still want to improve. I’m a casual learn a ton from every game. Although, i will say when my hand is bricked I’ll scoop from time to time, but it’s a bad habit.
Paul prioritized yugioh in his free time compared to majority of people. He also has the advantage by having a career making content about the game that he prioritizes. His life is yugioh. I would kill myself if yugioh was all I ever did. It’s not that amazing imo for being something I would want to do all the time.
I still can’t believe that people still think that they will get full value for product trade-ins…..they definitely don’t know how business works apparently.
I agree that they need ro crackdown on some of the accessories because of children couldnt agree more, now that being said making it so they can only have either Konomi licenced product or plain is an obvious marketing scheme to remove business of private companies that make and sell their own products, often a deck sleeves and Mat is an expression of themselves. I can understand if its kept like that in official yearly events but it will cause nothing but trouble if it trickles down to Regional or Local tournaments. My personal opinion if its not offensive or something that is appropriate to be around kids let them use what they want.
The obvious problem with that is it's all subjective. One judge says it's not appropriate and the next judge says its fine. With their new rules it avoids 99% of that. Its black and white and easy for Konami and the judges
I honestly think it’s a good idea for all tournament participants to show up in proper dress code attire like button up plain white shirt and slacks w/ belt. Then Konami can sell officially licensed YuGiOh jackets like the GX jackets
Close enough if you ask me. Unlike the artists for the cards and the anime, these third party vendors don't have lines they won't cross to make a dollar
@@spicymemes7458it's great because now I can't express my appreciation for Plunder Patroll through a collage mat featuring several Plunder Patroll cards, using Starry Night as the background. Completely SFW and Yu-Gi-Oh themed.
@@spicymemes7458 Can you name a time a person brought to a tournament a mat with a naked Waifu I can't. I'm a Yugi Boomer and been playing since 2002-2003 and this is the first time hearing Konami trying to censor people having custom sleeves or playmats.
@@spicymemes7458 let me also say that Konami released the Lost Arts of most Cards in the USA and for the longest time those cards were censored here but they release them now and are complaining it makes no sense.
If they make a "Must use Konami-only product" type rule, Konami would be stupid if they didn't take advantage of that by making product like more variety in mats, sleeves, ect., that the players would be interested in buying.
Shadowverse champions battle is the current golden standard for a video game adaption of a card game imo. Really immersive, the npc's have fun dialouges, you move in a 3d space and not in visual novel esque menus, you buy packs from cardshops with in-game currency that you earn from duels, no microtransactions! Like Pokemon (btw Nintendo/Gamfreak/Pokemon Company, new tcg game when?). They other cool games exclusive to japan too, like a duel masters game for the switch, i wish that came over, It may have had the potential to reawaken interest in duel masters in the west but i we will sadly never find out.
I'd love a new Yugioh game similar to the 5ds World championship games on the DS. They basically retold the 5ds story, but with a player custom character in place of Yusei. If they could do something similar, that would be great.
This damages the game and the community. TBH people do collect cloth mats, people have made careers from making accessories for yugioh players and this is a massive overstep.
@@MRkriegsthey went scorched earth and it hurts a lot of artists who made art for mats/sleeves. Their sales will at least decline and may go out of business.
Paul is correct with Po-ke-mon since Po-ke-mon is just an abbreviation of the Japanese title "Poketto Monsutaa", I'm pretty sure I've heard in the English anime references to Po-ki-mon so I would say that is "acceptable".
You should do a pod or a video on what monster is the GOAT of yugioh. Retrains should probably count as the same monster. I think BLS is a good answer. While Dark Magician was yugi's fave, it was made pretty clear in the anime that yugi's monster spirit was actually BLS. When BLS envoy got unbanned in 2011 he was an absolute boogeyman if your opponent ran him. He is one of the key faces of the game, beyond just the anime
Love that water type shirt. Maybe a game where you can't pick the cards you get, and it includes elements like Action cards and Riding Duels could be interesting. Or maybe this is where Duel Links should go.
It's Pok-"ayy"-mon. Not only is there an accent, but the real evidence is that any voice-over for official licensed material, such as the anime and games, pronounce it "ayy-mon".
@@mujigant literally the first episode of the anime, my guy. as well as pokemon origins. beyond that i dont watch much of the anime, but still being used
It's crazy that yugioh players have to be told to shower, dress proper and don't bring porn to a social gathering. It's what drives that new playmat rule in my opinion. Didn't knew you had that competitor mentality Paul, agreed people just give up too fast and not just in yugioh. Now I know why I prefer you (not that other guys are bad, you are all tremendous and my favourite yugioh content on youtube).
We should go on a yugioh strike. Just stop buying sealed product and playing any online game until Konami meets the players’ demands 😤 when their sales figures drop, we send Alec and Paul to the table to negotiate! 🎉
I noticed you guys mentioned the Realm of light structure deck. However, I only see it at the European Yu-Gi-Oh website. Does this mean we’re not getting it in the US?
On the surrendering topic, Paul very much has a chess player mentality. You NEVER resign unless you're playing a master and you know they won't miss the mate or flag (even then you should still play on because they might do something fun to style on you that you can learn from). EVERYONE makes mistakes, runs into time trouble, etc. Resigning lets your opponent get away with winning without proving they can, and it also robs you of the opportunity to learn.
@@spicymemes7458 This is more of a reason to resign in chess. You can look at the position and determine if you've lost because you have perfect information. You still shouldn't though, because there's no telling if your opponent sees it as well. Make them prove they can win.
Still weird that they changed the Antique Gear archetype's name in the TCG. As for the not quitting games thing. When you're opponent has a board of 6 negates turn 1 and you're using a non-meta/niche archetype/deck, I'm pretty sure you'd know whether or not you're able to do anything about it and just concede to save time (yes, this has happened a few times) >_> I feel Paul is a bit out of touch and is stuck in Pro Mode.
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My hot Yu-Gi-Oh take is that Konami should stop banning/limiting powerful counters to current metas like max C and equivalent cards. And instead use them to encourage More creative and varied deck building to work around them instead.
I just watched Paul’s video about why he doesn’t play competitive yugioh, but honestly, I just think Alec doesn’t like it so much to the point where he doesn’t want to join Paul.
I'd invest more time into Master Duel if it was easier to get SR and UR cards. But the grind is brutal at least for me. I don't get lucky on pulls and getting gems is a pain.
Im 100% with Paul about 31:00 . I play YuGiOh to play the game, to grind the endgame. To get those hard fought wins AND losses. A hard fought loss has so much more meaning to it, than when an opponent surrenders on turn two, because of one DRNM. I love going through my combos, but I also love to try things under floodgates, negates or simply a bricked hand. And to be really honest, the best games are the ones where both player missplay once or twice. It's not crazy, it's just enjoying the game! Addition: 34:05 ISNT THIS WHAT YUGIOH IS ABOUT???
@CatPhil but just to grade cards with psa you either need to know someone that has a membership and can send your cards in for you to be graded, or you and your friends need to have enough cards worth grading and split the yearly cost. So the price to just get cards graded is whatever the grading cost is. (Normaly 12 dollars each or more with a minimum or a certain amount like 50 cards or more. And then the yearly fee to have an account) or you can still have the account and then pay expedited grading for a premium for less cards. But you still need the account that has a yearly fee.
@@CatPhil I know. But I'm just saying that it may be more than what the average person wants to spend just to grade a few cards to then sell them to gamestop.
It would be more accurate to state that the games will be released on Steam rather than Xbox, considering the typical Xbox user base. It is unlikely that they would be interested in playing Kingdom Hearts titles or would already own a PlayStation console. On the other hand, there is a greater potential for Nintendo Switch users to play these games on Steam. However, expanding to multiple platforms does not always guarantee increased revenue, as certain console players tend to prefer specific games.
People getting upset over nothing. Not only isn't this a widely enforced policy outside of European championships, but even if it were (and I hope it is), it makes logical sense not only for the attending children's sake but also for the adults who simply don't want to see that crap. It's not like trading card games like Magic haven't had similar rules for decades. You could argue, why now? Just because it has been so for years doesn't mean they shouldn't change, especially given that there is precedent in the trading card scene. Another thing you could say is, well, I could simply turn it around if I battle against a kid or someone who doesn't want to see that. If you think that way, you clearly miss the point. Cameras are everywhere, people are everywhere, so someone would've seen it and that's one too many. That's such a rude attitude. Also, the backside wouldn't have card zones. I hate playmats that don't have them, especially nowadays where the position of cards is so important. What this policy change proves is more of a self-report that someone thinks lewd playmats are appropriate to be seen by children or adults that don't want to know your interests. And it's not like custom mats and sleeves are banned entirely, just that these custom items have to be plain and simple. Granted, that point could need some clarification: what is considered simple and plain? Just one color, two colors, a plain white background but with colored stripes of 5 colors which, I'd argue, is plain and simple. And what about adding in names and logos of you or your team? The final say is with the head judge. It only makes sense that Konami would prefer their customers to use their products as well.
Master Duel is SUPER toxic for new players. I've been playing Master Duel for a few weeks now and I've played many games daily. This has happened every single time I've been in this situation.. I have nothing on board No cards in hand An insignificant amount of LPs They have full board, cards in hand They then proceed to spend 5-10+ minutes doing a combo.... I'm trying to push through it but it's irritating as a new player because I don't get points if I quit and I'm still trying to build my first deck. I'm clearly using the starter deck and the player can tell I have no moves because it's not like it paused his turn at any point so there's nothing in my graveyard or anything. I'll sit through a 15 minute turn at the beginning or middle of the game, but at the end when it's more than obvious, it's just the worst sportsmanship.
This his happened every time it's obvious I can't do anything. It honestly feel like they're trying to make me quit instead of letting the game finish, and screwing people out of progression because they don't want to sit through that crap is why I consider it super toxic
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Getting turned one defeated has nothing to do with skill. At this point I hardly feel like we're playing Yu-Gi-Oh we're just playing extreme coin toss. Heads or tails, winner takes all in master duel!
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I don’t feel welcome. But thats a me issue i know. Don’t press me please
I understand Konami's reasoning, but I agree with Paul on this. The rules are too strict im a way that is an over correction of the issue. It limits player expression and the unfortunate truth is Konami does not make products of comparable quality.
Additionally, Konami is complicit in lewd art with the release of lost art cards, which are notoriously more graphic and lewd, and Konami, in some cases, intentionally teeters the line for sales. Like Labrynth or worst of them all Feet Blossom.
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So on the kingdom hearts story, 1.5 has 2 games and a movie version of one of the ds games. And 2.5 is kh2, birth by sleep and a movie version of the other ds game. And then 2.8 is dream drop distance and then the prequel to kh3-birth by sleep .2 a fragmentary passage
Paul for next Yu-Gi-Oh protagonist
Yes! With new extra deck monsters. Green with new summoning Mechanic. APS summoning.
What will his slogan be? :-P
The playmat thing will be interesting because I have knock offs of $100+ stuff like Ixchel judge mats.
Its official artwork but not an official mat. I wonder if they would care enough to go after that kind of stuff as the only way to tell is how thick it is.
aslong as it isnt lewd it will be fine, thats what the arguement is
About Paul loving yugioh and the possible mismatch of usual audience vs that video: I think this is kinda why you will get questions about possibly doing more competitive content, because I do think that love for even meta play shows through things like discussions, where I feel like Paul has a lot to give to that section of "more serious" players.
I've honestly come to find I'm not a fan of modern YGO. I get some rounds that are fun, but most duels I just get bored watching my opponent combo into multiple negates, while I sit there trying to run my glass canon.
I have fumbled some sure-things before. I might get baited into wasting my negate or I could even end my turn before making a crucial play because I just didn't see it.
I’m such a fan of all of these Hawaiian shirts.
Me too, but I don’t have money to go to hawaii to buy some clothing.
Paul is not weird for gutting it out. But he is uncommonly lucky for having a significant number of duels against opponents where he CAN gut it out. As someone who also has that "fight to the bitter end" mindset. Who loves winning from behind, I've had to come to terms with the unfortunate truth that most competitive Yu-Gi-Oh decks are designed to not let your opponent PLAY, let alone try to make a comeback. So players who have had to face decks like that a lot (Which seems tragically common) end up Pavloved into surrendering immediately to spare themselves the torture.
So... Just found out Paul is the Madara Uchiha of Yugioh. I support it. My friends have said similar things about me
Spot on take about the mats and sleeves. It does feel like a way to limit potential IP/licensing issues. There is some of this also feels like how the movie theater doesn't allow outside food and drink in the theater. You gotta buy from them if you want refreshments in their building.
The process for getting information from the other party in a lawsuit is called discovery. They are legally required to give you all the relevant information you ask for, and things don't usually go well for people who try to dodge or ignore discovery requests in an attempt to hide evidence. Legal Eagle has some pretty good videos that can explain it better than I can, but I believe that's the gist of it.
Paul turns into the black yami yugi when he duels
No matter how casual the YGO player, I think there's a lesson to be learned from Paul's stance on players giving up too soon. Rather than ragequit immediately after an opponent handtraps your only starter going first, wait till they start their turn and perform a summon. That will at least let you verify whether their hand is a brick and all it takes is waiting a few extra seconds.
@@roachybill I felt that one. I also play YGO casually. I don't compete in tourneys, but I enjoy playing a few games with my friends. The unfortunate thing about quitting the moment your opponent sets up more than one disruption is that some of the most enjoyable YGO to be had comes from pushing through. Has it ever occurred to those people (the bad eggs of the casual bunch) that maybe the opponent who ashed their starter was also playing a very casual deck? "But I knew they were going to be meta sheep." No, you didn't. You're not the only casual player on the planet. Sometimes, it's as if they forget that for every deck they think is "fair", there is another casual who deems that deck "unfair."
Paul should definitely play competitive tournaments, because Master Duel is not the place to expect die hard players. People who play master duel usually don't own physical cards, so they aren't there to watch you combo for 5+ minutes.
I love Master Duel. At least in virtual reality I can afford a Yu-Gi-Oh deck.
I watch you guys for any ygo news/related topics but hearing talk about Melee is a pleasant surprise after being a competative Melee player since 2007.
I'm a casual player on Master Duel, and I 100% agree with you about people giving up too quickly. I play cubics, it is not a good deck. I know it's not a good deck. If my opponents would try to play, they would see it is not a good deck. But I've had so many people just immediately surrender at the start of a duel because they had a bad hand, or if I happen to have a negate (I play cubics, I don't have many negates) and end a combo then they'll just surrender. I've gone up the rank ladder so many times specifically because someone has surrendered and like, I have a bad deck. I wanna play, but I don't necessarily want to go up the ranks just because people surrender. I want to actually grind and earn it.
And when I squeeze out a win against what is clearly a better deck, that feels awesome. Plus I need to earn gems and if I don't get to play my turn then I'm not doing things to earn gems so I can maybe work on building a deck that isn't trash. But I absolutely LOVE playing my cubics deck.
It's not really about anything you are doing. If they get Maxx C or Ashed, they quit and immediately go into another game where they don't, engineering the win rate they want instead of playing it out. Some hate doing it because they don't want to risk ranking down. Others don't care and see it as a numbers game. Just that quitting and going back in is faster than playing the game to the end.
1:29:40 I 100% agree. There is a reason that the metric TTP (Time to P) exists in basically every game with a way for players to draw, build, or otherwise make that shape because we always do.
Touching base because I was a part of those comments on that last video, but yes to reiterate it's not about clawing back from A Loss into a win. And you had the idea right when you said that for most players it's about a way to relax. So when your homie said it's about players being bad at the game and needing to be good more or less, I don't deny that strikes a chord. Did not turn on master duel with my limited time to play pump my ego let alone their ego turn it on to literally have fun. If your flood gating on turn one for straight what feels like 15 minutes, and I mean I have time to go fry an egg smoke a cigarette take a s*** and come back in some cases, and your turn is still not done and after a little while and the dust settles you find out that you just got turned one...... yep you just sat around for close to 15 to maybe even 20 minutes just to find out that you've literally just wasted those minutes because you didn't even get a turn. At what point does it become skill if you're unable to even play your turn let alone draw a card what skill played into that?
... unless you count the coin toss as a skill trait. So yes if we noticed these habits from afar or if we get any sign that this is about to happen it's better to take my business elsewhere fun time wise. And honestly it's hard because it's the state of the game there are incredibly too many ways to win the game in one turn. I think they should turn away from just banned listing cards and they should consider either just different formats to play the game or Banning certain archetypes... wild and crazy sounding right now lol. For when you have a dumpster fire this bad and inconsistent player consensus on what the problems are... I'd say a game facelift is more or less what's needed. Would be interesting to see competitive play where there would be formats were only certain archetypes were allowed.
A.I. is only getting more advanced and interesting.
Can't wait to see how it'll look in Master Duel. Hopefully there's quality of life updates on top the A.I. duelists.
1:38:52
Black Mirror did an episode on the AI dating years back. CRAZY accurate to what you guys are stating here!
It'd be great if field centers were in structure decks. Hell, they could do several variants with different monsters on the field center.
I'm hoping the playmat and sleeve ban backfires and Konami's forced to back track. Odds are though, most of the community in the TCG is too Yu-Gi-Oh brained (same player base that buys up TCG boxes, which are terrible for the players) so this ban will likely stick.
If I had to dress up in a suit and tie, I'd go in a mobile suit cosplay AND have a TIE fighter kit built and attached to the suit by a wire.
21:00 as a recovering Yugi-Boomer finally starting to get caught up to speed with everything, this is going to be the nostalgia we’ve been chasing
Stick to goat format bro.. the new stuff is just not worth learning imo
Stick to edison format bro... the new stuff is just not worth learning imo
@@josephcourtright8071 Goat or Edison would be good. Edison has a lot more cards to play and synchro are at least fun to play so I agree with you.
I just can't play a yugioh that never changes. I call it stagnant
@@Dinkbass I can’t play yugioh that changes to ridiculous extents like what we have with advanced format. The game has been subjected to so much bad decisions at the hands of a greedy company known as Konami. Many of these decisions were made without considering the opinions of the fans. Game is all about otking other players now and not finding a strategy that makes your cards work together to defeat and or outsmart your opponent.
Let them use whatever playmat they want. Ain’t no kids playing this game anymore.
I understand the “it’s their game” sentiment, but at the same time they are nothing without the players. If tons of people drop the game due to not believing in Konami, or for other reasons, that’s players and tons of money lost. Do I think that will happen, absolutely not, but I think the “it’s their game” is dangerous to say
obviously in the case of lewd playmats/sleeves and other IPs, that makes sense, but Konami shouldn’t stretch farther than that
I don’t think Paul is crazy as if I’m playing Dragon Link, Rikka Sunavolan or even Lair or Darkness then I’m willing to try and squeeze water out of rocks. Now if I’m playing a Star or Gadget/Train deck then absolutely not. I feel this falls into the tired competitive vs casual mindset where people who spend so long playing the game in a high octane doing 100 miles on the highway manner find it hard to realize that the average player just wants to be drive at 40 - 50 miles since what provides each other enjoyment is fundamentally different.
Great pod! I don’t really like podcasts, but you guys are one of the only two I listen to. Keep up the great work!
Just make it so the only legal mount is the paper playmat boxed with structure decks. No card sleeves allowed at all and deckboxes must be clear plastic bags
1:30: 00 Heck, if you do your research, you can find news stories of _contrails_ and _flight paths_ drawing out wangs.
I feel like Master Duel, MTG Arena and now even Pokémon's latest TCG game is the IP companies answer to every Fandom having those fans that "Just want a digital form of the actual card game played on tables." after getting the last 2 decades of video game interpretations of those card games. I definitely had fun with some of those older games in all 3 card game properties, but definitely was also the one that wanted an actual digital form of the exact card game
10 minute combo to end on a 9 negate board while you only have 4 cards cuz you ashed already? Yeah just move to next game
Im just getting into this channel and your videos guys. The guy Paul really spoke to my heart. I don't play Yu-Gi-Oh anymore, its been years. But that competitive fire. Beat me at anything 99 times. I will, WILL, win that 100th match at minimum. People play games to show off, some to fit in.. i play games to challenge myself. Be a rival.
The only one that really makes sense to me is to use the given product for on-stream events, have a sense of uniformity for the decks they're showcasing, something they like to do for top cut.
@31:28 I actually really enjoy that sort of content it's nice to see friends just have fun with whatever. I haven't played yugioh for like 10 years or so and the game is so much more different than when I used to play and it seems a lot more sweaty in general now and so for me it's just nice to see fun games.
Paul I’m a crazy player too and I thought that advice was wonderful. A grandmaster of chess gave the same advice. If you play games out where you think you’re going to lose you can learn a lot. It doesn’t matter if you set up the unbreakable board. You have to then navigate my turn and parody if you want to win. The good duelist knows these spots and how to get out of them. Even people playing at a casual level should still want to improve. I’m a casual learn a ton from every game. Although, i will say when my hand is bricked I’ll scoop from time to time, but it’s a bad habit.
Paul prioritized yugioh in his free time compared to majority of people. He also has the advantage by having a career making content about the game that he prioritizes. His life is yugioh. I would kill myself if yugioh was all I ever did. It’s not that amazing imo for being something I would want to do all the time.
I still can’t believe that people still think that they will get full value for product trade-ins…..they definitely don’t know how business works apparently.
Also, i think people drop master duel matches because there is no penalty like being timed out of que, or bans ya know?
I agree that they need ro crackdown on some of the accessories because of children couldnt agree more, now that being said making it so they can only have either Konomi licenced product or plain is an obvious marketing scheme to remove business of private companies that make and sell their own products, often a deck sleeves and Mat is an expression of themselves. I can understand if its kept like that in official yearly events but it will cause nothing but trouble if it trickles down to Regional or Local tournaments. My personal opinion if its not offensive or something that is appropriate to be around kids let them use what they want.
The obvious problem with that is it's all subjective. One judge says it's not appropriate and the next judge says its fine. With their new rules it avoids 99% of that. Its black and white and easy for Konami and the judges
Paul is just preaching not about just gameplay, but competition in life in general
I honestly think it’s a good idea for all tournament participants to show up in proper dress code attire like button up plain white shirt and slacks w/ belt. Then Konami can sell officially licensed YuGiOh jackets like the GX jackets
1:26:00 The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Konami passing a ban on custom sleeves and playmats is insane most custom stuff is safe for work. It's not like the waifus are naked.
Close enough if you ask me. Unlike the artists for the cards and the anime, these third party vendors don't have lines they won't cross to make a dollar
@@spicymemes7458it's great because now I can't express my appreciation for Plunder Patroll through a collage mat featuring several Plunder Patroll cards, using Starry Night as the background. Completely SFW and Yu-Gi-Oh themed.
@@spicymemes7458 Can you name a time a person brought to a tournament a mat with a naked Waifu I can't. I'm a Yugi Boomer and been playing since 2002-2003 and this is the first time hearing Konami trying to censor people having custom sleeves or playmats.
@@spicymemes7458 let me also say that Konami released the Lost Arts of most Cards in the USA and for the longest time those cards were censored here but they release them now and are complaining it makes no sense.
@@supaipai420I'm sorry but u must simply not know the stuff people are bringing 😂😂😂
Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning is the GOAT 🐐
As someone who is a part of the 50% still on PS4. I ignorantly surmised us PS4 users were just 20%-30% of the PSN player base.
Need some more sequel games from the PS2 era. Like duelist of the roses 2, capsule monsters 2, and whatever that RPG for the GameCube was
Paul just like me fr, definitely one of the crazies
I respect a fellow nutjob.
You 2 should seek help
If they make a "Must use Konami-only product" type rule, Konami would be stupid if they didn't take advantage of that by making product like more variety in mats, sleeves, ect., that the players would be interested in buying.
Shadowverse champions battle is the current golden standard for a video game adaption of a card game imo. Really immersive, the npc's have fun dialouges, you move in a 3d space and not in visual novel esque menus, you buy packs from cardshops with in-game currency that you earn from duels, no microtransactions! Like Pokemon (btw Nintendo/Gamfreak/Pokemon Company, new tcg game when?). They other cool games exclusive to japan too, like a duel masters game for the switch, i wish that came over, It may have had the potential to reawaken interest in duel masters in the west but i we will sadly never find out.
I'd love a new Yugioh game similar to the 5ds World championship games on the DS. They basically retold the 5ds story, but with a player custom character in place of Yusei.
If they could do something similar, that would be great.
This damages the game and the community. TBH people do collect cloth mats, people have made careers from making accessories for yugioh players and this is a massive overstep.
Massive overstep?!
@@MRkriegsthey went scorched earth and it hurts a lot of artists who made art for mats/sleeves. Their sales will at least decline and may go out of business.
@@ganymedehedgehog371 How much % of these artists revenue are they giving Konami?
Paul is correct with Po-ke-mon since Po-ke-mon is just an abbreviation of the Japanese title "Poketto Monsutaa", I'm pretty sure I've heard in the English anime references to Po-ki-mon so I would say that is "acceptable".
An APS competitive channel would be awesome
You should do a pod or a video on what monster is the GOAT of yugioh. Retrains should probably count as the same monster. I think BLS is a good answer. While Dark Magician was yugi's fave, it was made pretty clear in the anime that yugi's monster spirit was actually BLS. When BLS envoy got unbanned in 2011 he was an absolute boogeyman if your opponent ran him. He is one of the key faces of the game, beyond just the anime
Love that water type shirt.
Maybe a game where you can't pick the cards you get, and it includes elements like Action cards and Riding Duels could be interesting.
Or maybe this is where Duel Links should go.
Now I wanna see these digimon mats that Alec has XD
Im surprised Paul didnt mention the Junk Warrior revoltech figure.
Oh I think I briefly saw that one, but forgot!
It's Pok-"ayy"-mon. Not only is there an accent, but the real evidence is that any voice-over for official licensed material, such as the anime and games, pronounce it "ayy-mon".
You could also look at the pronunciation of items and places like
Pok-aay Ball
Pok-aay Center
Etc.
It's insane how many people pronounce it wrong, even within the Pokemon community.
official pokemon material also uses the pokuhmon pronounciation tho
@@brawlpwnagestudios No they don't
@@mujigant literally the first episode of the anime, my guy. as well as pokemon origins. beyond that i dont watch much of the anime, but still being used
Appreciate your weekly, consistent uploads! Looking forward to the next one. Pass turn!
It's crazy that yugioh players have to be told to shower, dress proper and don't bring porn to a social gathering. It's what drives that new playmat rule in my opinion.
Didn't knew you had that competitor mentality Paul, agreed people just give up too fast and not just in yugioh. Now I know why I prefer you (not that other guys are bad, you are all tremendous and my favourite yugioh content on youtube).
In a coveraged event they should just make participants use sleeves and mats they provide so there isn’t a problem
Official tournament 2 player mat should exist
Red Eyes deserves more spotlights tbh but more so cards than figures.... its been 7 years konami where is our wave
Paul: -"You cant find love on social media websites"... Here I am married for 7 years with the wife I met on Facebook lol 😂
The social climate 7 years ago is wayyyyy different than now
GameStop needs to host tournaments. My city has lost almost all its game/card shops. There’s no where to host local tournaments or anything.
Digimon mat but that doesn’t stop the counting of 200 days of asking for digimon content
He's editing the video as I type this!
We should go on a yugioh strike. Just stop buying sealed product and playing any online game until Konami meets the players’ demands 😤 when their sales figures drop, we send Alec and Paul to the table to negotiate! 🎉
Another banger episode! Such great topics discussed today. Can't wait for next episode! See yall next week chat!
I noticed you guys mentioned the Realm of light structure deck. However, I only see it at the European Yu-Gi-Oh website. Does this mean we’re not getting it in the US?
The good ol’ reliable pod of greed!
Thats right boy
On the surrendering topic, Paul very much has a chess player mentality. You NEVER resign unless you're playing a master and you know they won't miss the mate or flag (even then you should still play on because they might do something fun to style on you that you can learn from). EVERYONE makes mistakes, runs into time trouble, etc. Resigning lets your opponent get away with winning without proving they can, and it also robs you of the opportunity to learn.
Chess and card games are wildly different structures
yeah but that's because chess has equal pieces but in yu-gi-oh some decks start with 8 queens
@@spicymemes7458 This is more of a reason to resign in chess. You can look at the position and determine if you've lost because you have perfect information. You still shouldn't though, because there's no telling if your opponent sees it as well. Make them prove they can win.
Still weird that they changed the Antique Gear archetype's name in the TCG.
As for the not quitting games thing. When you're opponent has a board of 6 negates turn 1 and you're using a non-meta/niche archetype/deck, I'm pretty sure you'd know whether or not you're able to do anything about it and just concede to save time (yes, this has happened a few times) >_>
I feel Paul is a bit out of touch and is stuck in Pro Mode.
This new guy with glasses is pretty cool if he's replacing Paul.
I don't really like dating sites but I met my current partner online and it's been going good. We're going on for 2 yrs and living together. There not for everyone but sometimes it works
Alec: "Steam might disappear one day"
Oh boy, that hits way harder now that's there's rumors that Microsoft might buy Valve.
My hot Yu-Gi-Oh take is that Konami should stop banning/limiting powerful counters to current metas like max C and equivalent cards. And instead use them to encourage More creative and varied deck building to work around them instead.
On the yugioh video game, i feel that duel links kind of fills this niche. It really is everything this person asked for.
I love melee falco and I always enjoy watching Falco mains
AI Sarah, Elizabeth, Rachel, Amber, and Chloe doesn’t like Fortnite so The AI determined Alec Will be alone but AI Steve Is A Good Match To AI Alec.
I just watched Paul’s video about why he doesn’t play competitive yugioh, but honestly, I just think Alec doesn’t like it so much to the point where he doesn’t want to join Paul.
Hope everyone’s having a great Thursday!
Thank you. May your fried chicken be juicy today.
Paul IS the heart of the cards, and I believe in him.
The real question is would the audience date Ai-ec. The perfect AI version who's a six figure salary outdoor loving muscle man
Rokket Recharger is my GOAT
I need me my Lauren Phillips playmat kids!
I'd invest more time into Master Duel if it was easier to get SR and UR cards. But the grind is brutal at least for me. I don't get lucky on pulls and getting gems is a pain.
Im 100% with Paul about 31:00 . I play YuGiOh to play the game, to grind the endgame. To get those hard fought wins AND losses.
A hard fought loss has so much more meaning to it, than when an opponent surrenders on turn two, because of one DRNM. I love going through my combos, but I also love to try things under floodgates, negates or simply a bricked hand.
And to be really honest, the best games are the ones where both player missplay once or twice.
It's not crazy, it's just enjoying the game!
Addition:
34:05 ISNT THIS WHAT YUGIOH IS ABOUT???
The big thing is that you still need a psa membership that is 100 a year.
I will only pay for myself
@CatPhil but just to grade cards with psa you either need to know someone that has a membership and can send your cards in for you to be graded, or you and your friends need to have enough cards worth grading and split the yearly cost. So the price to just get cards graded is whatever the grading cost is. (Normaly 12 dollars each or more with a minimum or a certain amount like 50 cards or more. And then the yearly fee to have an account) or you can still have the account and then pay expedited grading for a premium for less cards. But you still need the account that has a yearly fee.
Just pay 100 balls dude
@@CatPhil I know. But I'm just saying that it may be more than what the average person wants to spend just to grade a few cards to then sell them to gamestop.
I will pay 600. Final offer.
I just wish 1 master duel loss at gold and beyond wouldn’t push me back 2 wins to catch up
Paul is correct, the pronunciation is po-kay-mon or po-keh-mon, mainly because in the original Japanese it is poketto monsta, shortened to "po-ke-mon"
It’s because é makes an ayy sound in English, that’s all
They only pronounce it a billion times in the anime.
It’s Pokémon, po-kay-moan. Yeah that’s right even the end is different if you wanna get really sweaty with it.
to Defend Alec: a BUNCH of Digimon cards are a bit Much (Just look up Beelstarmon, MagnaAngewoman, Lillithmon)
Ordinemon is JUST a Naked Digimon
It would be more accurate to state that the games will be released on Steam rather than Xbox, considering the typical Xbox user base. It is unlikely that they would be interested in playing Kingdom Hearts titles or would already own a PlayStation console.
On the other hand, there is a greater potential for Nintendo Switch users to play these games on Steam. However, expanding to multiple platforms does not always guarantee increased revenue, as certain console players tend to prefer specific games.
People getting upset over nothing. Not only isn't this a widely enforced policy outside of European championships, but even if it were (and I hope it is), it makes logical sense not only for the attending children's sake but also for the adults who simply don't want to see that crap. It's not like trading card games like Magic haven't had similar rules for decades. You could argue, why now? Just because it has been so for years doesn't mean they shouldn't change, especially given that there is precedent in the trading card scene. Another thing you could say is, well, I could simply turn it around if I battle against a kid or someone who doesn't want to see that. If you think that way, you clearly miss the point. Cameras are everywhere, people are everywhere, so someone would've seen it and that's one too many. That's such a rude attitude. Also, the backside wouldn't have card zones. I hate playmats that don't have them, especially nowadays where the position of cards is so important.
What this policy change proves is more of a self-report that someone thinks lewd playmats are appropriate to be seen by children or adults that don't want to know your interests.
And it's not like custom mats and sleeves are banned entirely, just that these custom items have to be plain and simple. Granted, that point could need some clarification: what is considered simple and plain? Just one color, two colors, a plain white background but with colored stripes of 5 colors which, I'd argue, is plain and simple. And what about adding in names and logos of you or your team? The final say is with the head judge. It only makes sense that Konami would prefer their customers to use their products as well.
How come I can't use a effect veiler o negative exodius head
Netflix gundam series looks like a ps2 demo😢
Master Duel is SUPER toxic for new players.
I've been playing Master Duel for a few weeks now and I've played many games daily. This has happened every single time I've been in this situation..
I have nothing on board
No cards in hand
An insignificant amount of LPs
They have full board, cards in hand
They then proceed to spend 5-10+ minutes doing a combo.... I'm trying to push through it but it's irritating as a new player because I don't get points if I quit and I'm still trying to build my first deck. I'm clearly using the starter deck and the player can tell I have no moves because it's not like it paused his turn at any point so there's nothing in my graveyard or anything.
I'll sit through a 15 minute turn at the beginning or middle of the game, but at the end when it's more than obvious, it's just the worst sportsmanship.
This his happened every time it's obvious I can't do anything. It honestly feel like they're trying to make me quit instead of letting the game finish, and screwing people out of progression because they don't want to sit through that crap is why I consider it super toxic