Subject: 3 rants for the price of 1-theevolutionist

OK, this if this gets put up it will be my second time being posted ( third 
sent). I want to put a disclaimer right here:

-I am not out to put anyone specific down, I am ranting towards groups. -
I respect others right to rant and express their opinions.

Now, get ready because this one may be a little long.


First, STOP BASHING NEWBIES! We were all there at one point, just starting 
and not understanding the rules. Sure, their behavior may seem strange now, 
but think back to your first duel. Face it, you had no idea what you were 
doing! I garuntee that you were sitting there with the instruction manual 
right by your side. "Oh but little kids constantly get things wrong and use 
rules from the show!"... they're.... little... kids. Some of them probably 
can barely read, much less memorise every rule. So please don't get mad at 
them because they're a little sketchy on the rules. Besides, think about 
it- one day they could wind up beating you consistently, I know I've done 
it multiple times.
For the record I am NOT a newbie.

Next, STOP BASHING UPPERDECK! I know they have made some seemingly stupid 
choices, but think about it: without them you wouldn't be playing the game! 
If you are one of those people do the following: Get a job at Upperdeck, 
climb the corporate ladder while learning every trick of the trade, 
backstab your way into running the place, then change everything you don't 
like. (I know that was a run-on, I don't care) I'm sure that before they 
put the game on shelves they used these things called "Focus Groups"- say 
it with me FO-CU-S GR-OU-PS, and then they changed the game according to 
their suggestions.
"Oh, but they think everyone who plays the game is like 7". Well, its 
called a target audience, thats who they aim the game and its products at. 
Think about it: The show is on the WB (where I live, I don' t know about 
anywhere else), you find cards everywhere that little kids go, and the 
cards cost just enough so that kids can spend their allowance on a pack of 
cards. " They changed Demon and Angel to Fiend and Fairy". Look as much as 
you may not mind, think about it, the reason they did that was because 
people who don't even play the game would protest it. Look at what happened 
with Pokemon, they were attacked for being satanic idols! Do you really 
want to go through that again?

Last, STOP BASHING DECK TYPES JUST BECAUSE YOU DON"T LIKE THEM! I know that 
there are some bad deck types out there ( remembers his failed ritual deck) 
but don't hate a deck just beause you don't like the playing style. " 
Beatdowns are brainless" look, no matter what deck type you run it will 
take you some time to get the strategy down. Noone can just pick up a deck 
and run with it. Besides, even in beatdown there are variations. I used to 
run a opener beatdown wher i would use Man-Eater bugs and 4 star ladybugs 
of doom and then attack with my 1800's ( this was back before LON hit). 
People said that beatdowns died before I started playing (November 2002). 
Well that deck killed everyone sooner or later ( learning their strategy) 
and now I've moved on to bigger and better things ( DRAGON!).

OK. my e-mail is 
<mailto:theevolutionist1123@yahoo.com>theevolutionist1123@yahoo.com Love, 
Hate, whatever, just don't send me a virus. If you have AIM- I'm 
theevolutionist2.
See ya.