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Horus' Hut
Well, who would've known that I would be
sitting here typing an article. Today, for my first article, I will give
everyone a few tips and tricks of trying to adjust to different metagames.
I should know first hand, seeing as I evacuated from Katrina to go to
Atlanta. There I played in two separate tournaments at Galactic Quest. So I
will start off with how I adjusted.
1.)Take Time into thinking of your deck: My advice to helping you out would be to go to a calm place in your house (I choose my room), and close the door. Get a piece of paper and a pencil and write out deck ideas that you may want to make. Then go down your list and think about the names that you have on there. Look to see if there are decks that you have already seen or played yourself, that don't necessarily work well. Scratch them off and continue until you are at the bottom of the page. With the left over decks, then decide if you have all of the cards that you think should be included in the deck. Once again, scratch them of one by one until you get down to one deck. Believe it or not, you've just decided what deck you will run. 2.)Give yourself enough time to make your deck: Many times I have gone to my room and started making a deck. Then when I am in the middle of deciding what card should go in, my mom calls me for dinner, church, etc. This is a major problem, mainly because now when you go back to continue, you may have forgotten some vital thoughts. Then you have to take more time into trying to remember them. Always ask your parent/guardian (unless your old enough xp) what are the plans for the rest of the day. If you have to be somewhere for Five, don't start at Four. Remember, you don't want to rush making a deck. Sometimes you may forget a card that is the main piece of your deck.* 3.)Keep your cool when you are making your deck: This can become one of the most frustrating parts of playing Duel Masters. I must've at least spent a good 3+ hours the week before the tourney. It can get really tiresome and frustrating to try to make a deck. You may disassemble your deck nearly right after you make it, mainly because you don't think it will do well. I do this almost every single time. My remedy for keeping your cool is listening to music. I don't know if it is just my way of staying cool or what, but it works. 4.)The most Important part: Playtesting: I sometimes have problems playtesting. The reasons are because I am an only child, we don't have many players in Louisiana, and I just don't have enough time between schoolwork and tourneys. Here are some of the things I do every time after I make a deck. And don't make fun of me because it works. A.)Make proxies for a different deck: You can go on the internet, and look for a deck that placed well in a RECENT tournament. See how many of the cards that you have left over and make that same exact deck. Then, play the two decks together.(Like you are both opponents.) This can help to see if your deck can stand up to other "tourney worthy" decks. B.)Make scenarios: Basically, what I am saying is, put your deck in front of you like you were playing an opponent. My advice would to give them a "Best case scenario". In other words, make them get nearly every card that they need. For example: Turn one: Mana - Deadly Fighter Braid Claw Turn two: Mana - Critical Blade, or Kooc Pollen Turn three: Mana - Spastic Missile, Pyrofighter Magnus On and on,, Well you don't have to go too hard for you, but you should get what I'm saying. 5.)Have Fun!! Remember that this is only a game. Have fun when you are playing. Don't get mad at your opponent. All they want to do is have fun to.. Winning isn't everything and everytime you lose, you learn something about your deck that can lead you to victory. Well that is all for my first article.. Any comments, I'll be at danieljs@bellsouth.net for e-mail or MSN... You can also find me on the message boards under HorusMaster or horus master lv8. 'Till next time, happy dueling ~Horus *Okay I admit I've done this before. It happens to everyone, right??
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