We've seen a lot of players, from the local level to content creators to former YCS champions, gradually drop off the game over time. Despite the warning signs and blaring red lights, there was hope among the player base that one good ban list, reprint set, or diverse meta format would be enough to bring them all back home. Most of them didn't.
@@spicymemes7458 yes to be honest I love all the reprints for time wizard formats and I do think MOST of the staples that needed reprints got them. The flip side though is that Konami just bans reprints and then makes newer versions that end up being double the price!
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss I loved Rarity Collection and thought it might have been a turning point for them, but they ended up banning or limiting some staples after a few months, just as they would have after any other big reprint set. I just don't trust them anymore. I don't think there is any real vision for the IP after Takahashi died other than make money with reckless abandon.
@@spicymemes7458 Its hard to fault the tcg with ocg card design. If we look at tcg archtypes they have been restricted Disadvantages or had conditions The ocg has been tripping with design so much so they made 2 maxx c like cards with maxx c still around. Wtf
@@spicymemes7458 simple fact is players drop off after time and it usually has little if anything to do with the game itself. They just get old enough to where they have jobs and other commitments. There’s a reason you see the competitive players and winners being teams or early 20s and not much later than that. There is not really anything you can do to stop the churn of players.
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyssI'm exclusively Master Duel now. It's still modern but cheaper and more flexible both in terms of access to high-end staples and being able to play anywhere at any time. I'll still buy a tin or structure deck among friends, but I haven't registered for a paper event in years. I don't even bother anymore. This is an evolution of a medium, and we are just waiting for laggards to realize its worth.
@@spicymemes7458 MD is definitely cheaper compared to nr1 meta stuff, but as someone who doesn't own any MD cards beside what I got from solo missions, it's a lot cheaper for me to have fun at my locals with a 30-50 dollar deck staples included, than spend a hundreds on getting all the staples on MD.
I’ve topped my first regional and didn’t like the rule sharking that went in all day and decided competitive play was not for me. I went back to being a casual and am much happier for it
As someone who left magic modern and pioneer 2 years ago due to price im about to do the same to yugioh ive been dabblong woth pokemon too and its so nice to get a whole deck for $30
@@kiranearitachi so refreshing to be able to play competitive card games for under $200 and actually profit off of it! I’ve played MTG modern and pioneer and granted I didn’t have EXPENSIVE decks, they were still like $500+ just ti play at a locals
i gave up physical yugioh a long time ago and play master duel now only. modern yugioh is praying you go first or watch your opponent combo for 10+ minutes in their first turn with your only chance of surviving being if you were lucky enough to "draw the out". i play because of my old love and nostalgia but once you get to diamond/master rank in master duel, you see how cringe and boring everything is. yugioh is most fun when its casual because there is actual interaction and the outcome of a duel isn't decided within 1-2 turns. there are moments when the meta decks have interesting interaction as well but it is much more sparse
I hate when people are rude with misplays at the local level. Im a father, and have two jobs. I want to play yugioh every now and then but people will be absolute jerks at locals if I misunderstand a ruling. My locals went from 20+ people to 6, if they're lucky. I've talked about it to one of my locals friends and he says some of their attitudes probably contribute to people leaving. I've started playing commander and never run into people like this. Its honestly such a better environment. Too bad I prefer yugioh. 🤣
Yea it’s really sad. I unfortunately can’t play commander because it’s just too casual for me, but I see people’s interest in it. It’s just not my speed. Glad you’ve got a game you can play and enjoy though, that’s awesome!
psychopaths are allowed to play video and card games. that's kinda what sucks. people that break rules, cheat but don't get in trouble. it's the eternal good vs evil. the fight will never cease no matter the arena.
@@aquaticnstuff7666 very true unfortunately! I’ve had great and awful experiences in this game competitively, but the more I play the more that I realize this community has more bad than good.
It would be great to see better management of the game, just in general. I think we're well past the point of no return. I hear people saying we need a reboot, but unless it comes with a fundamental shift in the mindset behind game design, we're almost guaranteed to run into the same problems
As someone who feels like they have become a better player thanks to your videos. It does hurt, in a small way, to hear you will stop making the kind of videos that would help me progress further. My biggest "investment" I have made in a single deck has been BA simply because how you showed it off. But as a fellow gamer who has had to step away from games that I found toxic and/or an environment I didn't want to be a part of. I wish you the best of luck in the future of the channel. I've never played Pokémon as a TCG since i was mainly a YGO player. But with there being a plan to make videos of Pokémon I'll have a new game to get into. So long as you are doing what you enjoy I'll follow your pursuits. Much love brother.
@@BigHossPlayz thank you! I do love this game and there will be more YuGiOh content, but it’ll just be time wizard formats because the game has just gotten to be way too much and I don’t want to deal with it anymore. I hope you continue to grow as a player because that was the whole intent of my channel. I learned from some brilliant minds and I want to share the valuable lessons I learned from them to make a better generation of players.
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss well since i have your attention for a short bit. I'm the same as you in the sense of not being very social, do you have any tips on how to improve/find my playstyle either alone or with minimal interaction?
@@BigHossPlayz I’d say you have to dedicate hours and hours of playtesting (when I was most competitive was before I worked full time and was married). Most pro players don’t work full time and aren’t married. I’ve accepted that yugioh isn’t a career and that it should be treated as something that’s a hobby STRICTLY. Also reading Patrick Hobans book is amazing for learning ALL the play styles (also great to read if you’re anti social because there’s no human interaction in reading lol)!
well said dude, been trying to get back into yugioh myself but seeing all the multiple dramas going on just puts me off from doing so sad. Love pokemon card game myself and never knew the competitive scene was so lucrative! shame on konami for being so whack about prizing. and shame on them for the bs card prices! Maybe its time to say screw it to Yugioh as well and start back up with Pokemon honestly. I'd be interested in seeing your pokemon stuff!
@@TheTimon64 yea I’ve loved pokemon as a video game franchise since I was a kid and honestly I’ve played the card game before back when darkness ablaze came out and I loved it! So now I’m kinda just all in on pokemon
i feel like if they can somehow do a tier decklist so similar power level decks plays against eachother it could be interesting. I know there's like no way to really do it irl.
most Yugioh players don't even read, so I definitely don't expect them to have learned another game I left to play Digimon a few years back. I'd recommend it but you've probably tried already and the game is not known for good prize support.
I only play with friends, maximum local, Serious competitif Yugioh is just so unfun, hand loop, huge interruptions beater boards, non interactive stun strats etc... With the high cost because of Konami TCG bad printing system and secondary market that screw us all the time...
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss it's like our Generaideur vs Dragonmaid duels, if this is competitif its... Either he goes first, rip 3 cards of my hand T0 and place 3 negates Either I go first and destroy him with a good Dragon maid light and darkness board
Playing yugioh now feels like playing pokemon competitively against all the people who got the DLC exclusive mons that you don't have. You don't have the super expensive card or DLC exclusive pokemon? We'll eat sh*t you poor person.
I did not fully understand the Jesse Kotton incident - did you mean it was a bad experience because judges are biased and can change gamestates on a whim or was it about the player and you were saying he did that on purpose, like it was obvious or was it just a mistake?
@@Inno146 he claimed I used both firewall effects when I had only used one (pre errata) and the judge sided with him despite me only using one and fully being able to backtrack all the plays that had been made.
I get it…I didn’t abandon Yugioh as I recognize the problems I have with it stem from western TCG practices, not the OCG. Just out of curiosity, what Japanese card games do believe are superior in game design to Yugioh? (plz don’t say One Piece) I’m that guy who can’t stand getting mana locked in MtG 😂 and the lack of disruption on a player’s turn in Pokemon makes it feel non-interactive.
@@cr1513 the YuGiOh problem is excessive interaction. It’s so off putting that there’s THAT much interruption every game. I think One Piece has an awesome design, but the game isn’t my thing because I’m not an anime person to be honest and all the players asked me ( “oh what’s your favorite arc” or “who’s your favorite character?” And honestly I can’t answer that because I don’t know lmao. I’ve played almost every relevant card game that’s been out over time and I honestly have to say that MTG has an amazing playstyle to it, but the players are fucking WEIRD in my area so I can deal with them. Pokemon I think has the best design as far as bringing people in because it’s easier to play than Uno and costs virtually nothing to play which is a great system to have considering their prize support is insane!!
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss Thanks for the reply :) I like YGO interactivity to a degree, but yeah not to the point where I can’t even play. I think that’s what makes losing in modern YGO feel so miserable. I guess I’m more forgiving as I saw it as a game developed from a fictional card game in a manga. I never expected it to be balanced from its conception, nor take off the way it has to its current iteration. MtG locks you in the five basic colors and artifacts, while in YGO every new archetype is practically like learning a new card game, fighting another card game design for dominance. Pokemon is nice in that you don’t have to worry about the opponent taking over your own turn, but it was a bit too passive for me…and the full arts I wanted cost too much 😅 Good luck in Pokemon though, the community seems more pleasant. Yugioh community….well I blame the western TCG side on how it’s treated its players for 20 years, for the community ended up being the way it has. $10 JP Fuwaross vs $149 ENG Fuwaross…yeah. The YGO western practices has resulted in a playerbase much more toxic & cutthroat.
Take anything too seriously and it can easily stop becoming fun it doesn't matter what it is. Human beings are great at obessing over things until they lose their original appeal. Yugioh has been out for over 20 years. Its had a long life and I'm sure you didn't plan on being 60 years old still playing Yu-Gi-Oh anyway. Glad to hear they have at least found part of the game that still appeals to you though. Get back to your roots Leave the current stuff the next gens who dont know any. better. They arent jaded. They don't have negative feelings attached to the game and they're not wishing it with something that it used to be. As I said, they don't know any better. As you already said it's expensive and as you get older we definitely do start having different priorities.
Why do Yu-Gi-Oh players think they need to play just Yu-Gi-Oh and that quitting it is like quitting it for life. I've "Quit"" Magic the Gathering 3 times in my life and Yu-Gi-Oh twice. What that really means is that I've just played other games instead for a bit. That's natural. What's not natural is thinking you have to play just a single game all the time. Come and go with games as you please. You don't owe them anything.
I disagree with you about people not having fun. I think there’s a lot of people who genuinely enjoy playing the game. Making boards and breaking boards is fun to me. Some times you get hosed but that happens in every card game, yugioh is just exacerbated because the turns can take a long time.
I love BA and your content, but maybe the game will feel better if you play a deck that isn't tier 7 lol (this is a joke I sincerely hope Konomi fixes the game for all of us)
@@connorthompson22 I get it’s a joke, I haven’t played a game with BA in about 2 years, I’ve played a lot of decks but I’m not dropping $$$ on a game that doesn’t reward its players with anything other than a vanilla prize card and a 6 year old gaming console 😅😅😅
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyssYou clearly don't play for fun, you play to try win money. Your part of the problem. Don't take that attitude to pokemon, don't poison Pokemon.
@@mattbell3130 I play to win. Anyone who plays not to win is by definition a loser. I enjoy Pokemon significantly more than current yugioh and it’s FUN, but I’m not playing to lose. If you play to lose that’s on YOU and you should think about that.
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss I play to win. I don't play to make money. There is a difference, but also I don't mind dialing it back to match my opponent sometimes. Enjoy pokemon. I'll be a happy loser over here and enjoy yugioh and my community. You are the toxic player base you claim to hate. Edit: I should add I redistribute all the prizing I win at my locals to other players, because I have been that guy that plays to win prizing, and I don't want to be that toxic guy again.
@@Shortprinted most retarded take I’ve seen in my comment section… I’ve won multiple Nintendo switch tournaments and sold them because I can afford my own 🤔🤔🤔
The first community story is something that's just in every community sadly. Not intrinsic to Yugioh, card games, or any hobby for that matter. Magic judges had a ring of sleazy PDF file behavior, for example. Honestly, all 3 of your stories aren't exclusive to just Yugioh, I've seen some outlandish manchildren in the MTG and Pokemon communities.
@@avarice25 it’s gonna happen, but considering those incidents plus everything else wrong with this game on top of that I’d say that YuGiOh isn’t worth it anymore
I still maintain and have for well over a decade that the core issue is not Konami but the players themselves. It’s also no surprise that there is an uptick in people saying the game is terrible after the kinds of people you talk about become very sucsessful content creators and constantly bring up the issue to generate clicks and views.
@@mrbubbles6468 yea I wanted to share my experience of things I’ve seen over the years and how I went from playing at the top of the food chain to seeing how awful this community can really be. It is sad and I do blame the players a lot for what the game has become.
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss And than you for that. The community is seriously terrible and honestly needs to be called out way more often than it is.
I heard it's like yugioh where if you weren't an early adopter, then it's harder to get into now. Lorcana is like cuter MTG without lands, and it's brand new, so I might do that.
@@notjustnerdytv It's alright, but I don't really have the drive to invest in another card game too deeply. I've played a little, but mostly using friends' decks.
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyssThe attitude that the game is an investment is one of the biggest problems in the community. If you take that attitude to pokemon you will eventually poison that community to. The only investment in card games should be the fun you have. You should only spend what you think is worth the fun. Financial return focus kills communities, and if you perpetuate it your part of the problem.
@@mattbell3130 you sound like a brainwashed yugioh player to me. One day you’ll understand that. I’m not playing for fun in Pokemon, I’m playing to win and make money. That’s exactly why I stated multiple times in this video that I’m playing time wizard formats for fun. Once again, if you listen to my whole video you’d absorb a lot more information and maybe retain it.
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We've seen a lot of players, from the local level to content creators to former YCS champions, gradually drop off the game over time. Despite the warning signs and blaring red lights, there was hope among the player base that one good ban list, reprint set, or diverse meta format would be enough to bring them all back home. Most of them didn't.
@@spicymemes7458 yes to be honest I love all the reprints for time wizard formats and I do think MOST of the staples that needed reprints got them. The flip side though is that Konami just bans reprints and then makes newer versions that end up being double the price!
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss I loved Rarity Collection and thought it might have been a turning point for them, but they ended up banning or limiting some staples after a few months, just as they would have after any other big reprint set. I just don't trust them anymore. I don't think there is any real vision for the IP after Takahashi died other than make money with reckless abandon.
@@spicymemes7458 no cash prizing is a huge problem considering I’m an adult and don’t need 15 Nintendo switches 😅
@@spicymemes7458 Its hard to fault the tcg with ocg card design. If we look at tcg archtypes they have been restricted Disadvantages or had conditions
The ocg has been tripping with design so much so they made 2 maxx c like cards with maxx c still around. Wtf
@@spicymemes7458 simple fact is players drop off after time and it usually has little if anything to do with the game itself. They just get old enough to where they have jobs and other commitments. There’s a reason you see the competitive players and winners being teams or early 20s and not much later than that.
There is not really anything you can do to stop the churn of players.
RUclipsr makes an "I quit YGO" video is a very safe thing to put on a Bingo Sheet
@@elin111 didn’t quit, just stoped playing current format! Time wizard is all I play now. I even stared it multiple times in the video! 😁
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyssI'm exclusively Master Duel now. It's still modern but cheaper and more flexible both in terms of access to high-end staples and being able to play anywhere at any time. I'll still buy a tin or structure deck among friends, but I haven't registered for a paper event in years. I don't even bother anymore. This is an evolution of a medium, and we are just waiting for laggards to realize its worth.
@@spicymemes7458 MD is definitely cheaper compared to nr1 meta stuff, but as someone who doesn't own any MD cards beside what I got from solo missions, it's a lot cheaper for me to have fun at my locals with a 30-50 dollar deck staples included, than spend a hundreds on getting all the staples on MD.
I’ve topped my first regional and didn’t like the rule sharking that went in all day and decided competitive play was not for me. I went back to being a casual and am much happier for it
Nothing wrong with Time Wizard formats! Glad to hear you're still going to continue the game in your own way!
@@JanjoZone 100% gotta love some Goat, Edison and HAT!
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss There are so many too, so the options are endless. Critter & Perfect Circle are two that deserve way more attention.
Time Wizard Format is the way to go
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss don’t forget tengu! That format is fun too
As someone who left magic modern and pioneer 2 years ago due to price im about to do the same to yugioh ive been dabblong woth pokemon too and its so nice to get a whole deck for $30
@@kiranearitachi so refreshing to be able to play competitive card games for under $200 and actually profit off of it! I’ve played MTG modern and pioneer and granted I didn’t have EXPENSIVE decks, they were still like $500+ just ti play at a locals
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss that and I like variety you can have 10 pokemon decks for so cheap and such
I'm also from NE. Been wanting to get into tournaments but the powercreep seems utterly insane.
@@neonthunder3261 it’s the worst it’s ever been!
i gave up physical yugioh a long time ago and play master duel now only. modern yugioh is praying you go first or watch your opponent combo for 10+ minutes in their first turn with your only chance of surviving being if you were lucky enough to "draw the out". i play because of my old love and nostalgia but once you get to diamond/master rank in master duel, you see how cringe and boring everything is. yugioh is most fun when its casual because there is actual interaction and the outcome of a duel isn't decided within 1-2 turns. there are moments when the meta decks have interesting interaction as well but it is much more sparse
No interaction. Only *Exodia!* 💪
I hate when people are rude with misplays at the local level. Im a father, and have two jobs. I want to play yugioh every now and then but people will be absolute jerks at locals if I misunderstand a ruling. My locals went from 20+ people to 6, if they're lucky. I've talked about it to one of my locals friends and he says some of their attitudes probably contribute to people leaving.
I've started playing commander and never run into people like this. Its honestly such a better environment. Too bad I prefer yugioh. 🤣
Yea it’s really sad. I unfortunately can’t play commander because it’s just too casual for me, but I see people’s interest in it. It’s just not my speed. Glad you’ve got a game you can play and enjoy though, that’s awesome!
Bro, chill with us casuals. Anime based character decks, jankie strategies. My crew and I play Edopro.
My shop doesn’t even have tournaments. It’s all casual. Hella fun environment. I get to play paleo and pendulum!
psychopaths are allowed to play video and card games. that's kinda what sucks. people that break rules, cheat but don't get in trouble. it's the eternal good vs evil. the fight will never cease no matter the arena.
@@aquaticnstuff7666 very true unfortunately! I’ve had great and awful experiences in this game competitively, but the more I play the more that I realize this community has more bad than good.
Yugioh has had numerous, unaddressed issues for quite a long time. This outcome was inevitable
@@Sorran87 you’re absolutely right!
It would be great to see better management of the game, just in general. I think we're well past the point of no return. I hear people saying we need a reboot, but unless it comes with a fundamental shift in the mindset behind game design, we're almost guaranteed to run into the same problems
Why I like playing digitally over irl ☺️
Rather collect irl and play digitally
As someone who feels like they have become a better player thanks to your videos. It does hurt, in a small way, to hear you will stop making the kind of videos that would help me progress further. My biggest "investment" I have made in a single deck has been BA simply because how you showed it off. But as a fellow gamer who has had to step away from games that I found toxic and/or an environment I didn't want to be a part of. I wish you the best of luck in the future of the channel.
I've never played Pokémon as a TCG since i was mainly a YGO player. But with there being a plan to make videos of Pokémon I'll have a new game to get into.
So long as you are doing what you enjoy I'll follow your pursuits. Much love brother.
@@BigHossPlayz thank you! I do love this game and there will be more YuGiOh content, but it’ll just be time wizard formats because the game has just gotten to be way too much and I don’t want to deal with it anymore. I hope you continue to grow as a player because that was the whole intent of my channel. I learned from some brilliant minds and I want to share the valuable lessons I learned from them to make a better generation of players.
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss well since i have your attention for a short bit. I'm the same as you in the sense of not being very social, do you have any tips on how to improve/find my playstyle either alone or with minimal interaction?
@@BigHossPlayz I’d say you have to dedicate hours and hours of playtesting (when I was most competitive was before I worked full time and was married). Most pro players don’t work full time and aren’t married. I’ve accepted that yugioh isn’t a career and that it should be treated as something that’s a hobby STRICTLY. Also reading Patrick Hobans book is amazing for learning ALL the play styles (also great to read if you’re anti social because there’s no human interaction in reading lol)!
well said dude, been trying to get back into yugioh myself but seeing all the multiple dramas going on just puts me off from doing so sad.
Love pokemon card game myself and never knew the competitive scene was so lucrative! shame on konami for being so whack about prizing. and shame on them for the bs card prices!
Maybe its time to say screw it to Yugioh as well and start back up with Pokemon honestly. I'd be interested in seeing your pokemon stuff!
@@TheTimon64 yea I’ve loved pokemon as a video game franchise since I was a kid and honestly I’ve played the card game before back when darkness ablaze came out and I loved it! So now I’m kinda just all in on pokemon
i feel like if they can somehow do a tier decklist so similar power level decks plays against eachother it could be interesting.
I know there's like no way to really do it irl.
@@waiyon1951 yea that’s an interesting idea but it definitely wouldn’t work irl sadly!
I just started collecting this summer. Looked into competitive. Bettter chance pulling psa 10 than having a balanced and rewarding experience.
retro formats have brought my love back for the game edison, tengu, hat etc. when modern is good ill come back until then im good lol
@@youngancestor_ 100% on the same page as you man!
most Yugioh players don't even read, so I definitely don't expect them to have learned another game
I left to play Digimon a few years back. I'd recommend it but you've probably tried already and the game is not known for good prize support.
@@JustSpag yea yugioh players be mad dumb!
I only play with friends, maximum local,
Serious competitif Yugioh is just so unfun, hand loop, huge interruptions beater boards, non interactive stun strats etc...
With the high cost because of Konami TCG bad printing system and secondary market that screw us all the time...
@@victorleppas3067 I agree. The game has just gotten worse and worse as time goes on has gone on!
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss it's like our Generaideur vs Dragonmaid duels, if this is competitif its...
Either he goes first, rip 3 cards of my hand T0 and place 3 negates
Either I go first and destroy him with a good Dragon maid light and darkness board
Playing yugioh now feels like playing pokemon competitively against all the people who got the DLC exclusive mons that you don't have. You don't have the super expensive card or DLC exclusive pokemon? We'll eat sh*t you poor person.
@@GamersXnostalgia this is valid! Granted I could buy whatever deck, I’d rather not spend it on stuff that’ll get banned within the next few months!
Will you do time wizard format for clown blade 2015 ycs Dallas format? I hate calling it clown blade I still consider it dualist alliance
@@silentobserver888 I’d think about it! The main focus will be the popular 3 time wizard formats though
I did not fully understand the Jesse Kotton incident - did you mean it was a bad experience because judges are biased and can change gamestates on a whim or was it about the player and you were saying he did that on purpose, like it was obvious or was it just a mistake?
@@Inno146 he claimed I used both firewall effects when I had only used one (pre errata) and the judge sided with him despite me only using one and fully being able to backtrack all the plays that had been made.
the streets lost a real one today o7
@@haz9472 sadly they did brother, sadly they did.
been on break dince tesr format. just take a break. I am just collecting and building stuff I like.
I get it…I didn’t abandon Yugioh as I recognize the problems I have with it stem from western TCG practices, not the OCG. Just out of curiosity, what Japanese card games do believe are superior in game design to Yugioh? (plz don’t say One Piece) I’m that guy who can’t stand getting mana locked in MtG 😂 and the lack of disruption on a player’s turn in Pokemon makes it feel non-interactive.
@@cr1513 the YuGiOh problem is excessive interaction. It’s so off putting that there’s THAT much interruption every game. I think One Piece has an awesome design, but the game isn’t my thing because I’m not an anime person to be honest and all the players asked me (
“oh what’s your favorite arc” or “who’s your favorite character?” And honestly I can’t answer that because I don’t know lmao. I’ve played almost every relevant card game that’s been out over time and I honestly have to say that MTG has an amazing playstyle to it, but the players are fucking WEIRD in my area so I can deal with them. Pokemon I think has the best design as far as bringing people in because it’s easier to play than Uno and costs virtually nothing to play which is a great system to have considering their prize support is insane!!
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss Thanks for the reply :) I like YGO interactivity to a degree, but yeah not to the point where I can’t even play. I think that’s what makes losing in modern YGO feel so miserable. I guess I’m more forgiving as I saw it as a game developed from a fictional card game in a manga. I never expected it to be balanced from its conception, nor take off the way it has to its current iteration. MtG locks you in the five basic colors and artifacts, while in YGO every new archetype is practically like learning a new card game, fighting another card game design for dominance. Pokemon is nice in that you don’t have to worry about the opponent taking over your own turn, but it was a bit too passive for me…and the full arts I wanted cost too much 😅 Good luck in Pokemon though, the community seems more pleasant. Yugioh community….well I blame the western TCG side on how it’s treated its players for 20 years, for the community ended up being the way it has. $10 JP Fuwaross vs $149 ENG Fuwaross…yeah. The YGO western practices has resulted in a playerbase much more toxic & cutthroat.
Was K a Traptrix player? He got Trap Tricked XD
@@JoeyWheeler-m3s lol nah he was a spellbook and qli player 😂
You sound like me back in 2016
Take anything too seriously and it can easily stop becoming fun it doesn't matter what it is.
Human beings are great at obessing over things until they lose their original appeal.
Yugioh has been out for over 20 years. Its had a long life and I'm sure you didn't plan on being 60 years old still playing Yu-Gi-Oh anyway.
Glad to hear they have at least found part of the game that still appeals to you though. Get back to your roots
Leave the current stuff the next gens who dont know any. better. They arent jaded.
They don't have negative feelings attached to the game and they're not wishing it with something that it used to be. As I said, they don't know any better.
As you already said it's expensive and as you get older we definitely do start having different priorities.
Why do Yu-Gi-Oh players think they need to play just Yu-Gi-Oh and that quitting it is like quitting it for life. I've "Quit"" Magic the Gathering 3 times in my life and Yu-Gi-Oh twice. What that really means is that I've just played other games instead for a bit.
That's natural. What's not natural is thinking you have to play just a single game all the time. Come and go with games as you please. You don't owe them anything.
Because it's become so complicated that it eats up all your time and it's a pain in the ass to jump back in after an absence!
I disagree with you about people not having fun. I think there’s a lot of people who genuinely enjoy playing the game. Making boards and breaking boards is fun to me. Some times you get hosed but that happens in every card game, yugioh is just exacerbated because the turns can take a long time.
I love BA and your content, but maybe the game will feel better if you play a deck that isn't tier 7 lol (this is a joke I sincerely hope Konomi fixes the game for all of us)
@@connorthompson22 I get it’s a joke, I haven’t played a game with BA in about 2 years, I’ve played a lot of decks but I’m not dropping $$$ on a game that doesn’t reward its players with anything other than a vanilla prize card and a 6 year old gaming console 😅😅😅
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyssYou clearly don't play for fun, you play to try win money. Your part of the problem. Don't take that attitude to pokemon, don't poison Pokemon.
@@mattbell3130 I play to win. Anyone who plays not to win is by definition a loser. I enjoy Pokemon significantly more than current yugioh and it’s FUN, but I’m not playing to lose. If you play to lose that’s on YOU and you should think about that.
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss I play to win. I don't play to make money. There is a difference, but also I don't mind dialing it back to match my opponent sometimes. Enjoy pokemon. I'll be a happy loser over here and enjoy yugioh and my community. You are the toxic player base you claim to hate. Edit: I should add I redistribute all the prizing I win at my locals to other players, because I have been that guy that plays to win prizing, and I don't want to be that toxic guy again.
My question is have you ever won the Nintendo switch mf be complaining about the prize support and don’t even be winning 😂😂😂😂😂
@@Shortprinted most retarded take I’ve seen in my comment section… I’ve won multiple Nintendo switch tournaments and sold them because I can afford my own 🤔🤔🤔
Sounds like a skill issue
@@itsmanalo sounds like someone didn’t watch the video
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyssWho watches before commenting anymore?
The first community story is something that's just in every community sadly. Not intrinsic to Yugioh, card games, or any hobby for that matter. Magic judges had a ring of sleazy PDF file behavior, for example. Honestly, all 3 of your stories aren't exclusive to just Yugioh, I've seen some outlandish manchildren in the MTG and Pokemon communities.
@@avarice25 it’s gonna happen, but considering those incidents plus everything else wrong with this game on top of that I’d say that YuGiOh isn’t worth it anymore
By process of elimination, sounds like it's time to leave the big 3 and set sail for One Piece.
I still maintain and have for well over a decade that the core issue is not Konami but the players themselves.
It’s also no surprise that there is an uptick in people saying the game is terrible after the kinds of people you talk about become very sucsessful content creators and constantly bring up the issue to generate clicks and views.
@@mrbubbles6468 yea I wanted to share my experience of things I’ve seen over the years and how I went from playing at the top of the food chain to seeing how awful this community can really be. It is sad and I do blame the players a lot for what the game has become.
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And than you for that. The community is seriously terrible and honestly needs to be called out way more often than it is.
Play magic!!! Its so fun
@@notjustnerdytv I’ve played before, MTG just isn’t what I’m looking for
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss totally fair. I love commander but I can see how it wouldn't for people
I heard it's like yugioh where if you weren't an early adopter, then it's harder to get into now. Lorcana is like cuter MTG without lands, and it's brand new, so I might do that.
@@spicymemes7458 nah. You just gotta find the right pod. Also the bloomburrow set is cute af. But also if the community near you is toxic...
@@notjustnerdytv It's alright, but I don't really have the drive to invest in another card game too deeply. I've played a little, but mostly using friends' decks.
warhammer age of sigmar or 40k much better games
You're just getting too old to keep up
@@jacobwilbers9852 strong disagree, I’m actually just becoming too wise to deal with a negative investment.
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss sorry I even said that I must be having a bad day I was negative with you for no reason.
@@jacobwilbers9852 don’t get me wrong I’m still “old” but there’s plenty of older players 😜
@@drewtraveleroftheburningabyssThe attitude that the game is an investment is one of the biggest problems in the community. If you take that attitude to pokemon you will eventually poison that community to. The only investment in card games should be the fun you have. You should only spend what you think is worth the fun. Financial return focus kills communities, and if you perpetuate it your part of the problem.
@@mattbell3130 you sound like a brainwashed yugioh player to me. One day you’ll understand that. I’m not playing for fun in Pokemon, I’m playing to win and make money. That’s exactly why I stated multiple times in this video that I’m playing time wizard formats for fun. Once again, if you listen to my whole video you’d absorb a lot more information and maybe retain it.