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From: Greg [mailto:darkseid@everestkc.net]
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 8:22 PM
To: yugiohcrew@pojo.com
Subject: Pooks latest article

Maybe Pook should have stayed gone from the game. If he thinks that GX is the reason Yu-Gi-Oh is in trouble. Thats a lame cop out and he knows it...or at least I hope he does.

Pook seems to love the original anime so much, well so does UDE and Konami. They love it so much, they want to see the actual game reflect the anime. Do you see Kiaba, Yugi, Tia, Joey, Pegasus, etc... all showing up to a tournament running the same deck with 3-4 cards difference? Nope... Do you see them showing up trash talking and attempting to intimidate little kids? Nope... Do you see them showing up as members of "team this" and "team that" and using those teams to wrongfully help members top 8 by spying and throwing games etc...? Nope... Imagine what the anime (either one) would be like if it followed the real path the game of Yu-Gi-Oh has....think about it for a second......pretty crappy huh? THAT my friends is whats wrong with the game of Yu-Gi-Oh, not the GX anime.

The BIGGEST problem in Yu-Gi-Oh is people like Pook. All they care about is tournament play. Let me rephrase that, 'Bad' tournament play. And if a card can't be abused (not just 'used'..."ABUSED") in tournament play, then it gets a 1/5 and sucks. I've said this before in letters to various pojo.com authors, you guys are the LAST people who should be writing articles about whats wrong with the game, because YOU GUYS are whats wrong with the game. Everything is +1 this and -1 that. Never about having fun or being creative, only about "staple" cards that allow the "pros" to be lazy and create a championship deck with as little creative thought as possible.

I too have been disappointed in some recent sets to be released. It often feels like there is one good card and the rest is just filler material. I agree, that is unacceptable. But what does that have to do with the anime? The recent sets have been bad dating back to before the original anime ended. So does that mean that the original anime caused them to be bad? Of course not.

I admit that the Hero cards aren't the greatest cards ever printed. But if you actually care to try, they are fun to play. And don't tell me that they're bad for the game and that even younger duelist hate GX. I've seen the excitement young players have for these cards. And that flows from their interest in the anime. The Hero fusions have been some of the highest going rates on eBay I've ever seen. So how can you say no one likes them? Apparently somebody does!

The Sneek peak for Power of Duelist is a great example of whats REALLY wrong with the game. It was very impressive because it brought support for old themes while creating completely new ones. But I'm willing to bet that it will be considered a failure by people like Pook. Why? Because while D-hero, Alien, and Dinosaur decks are fun to play, require creativity to make and use, and are great for the game, they wont see tournament play.

And as we all know, if it isn't tournament worthy, then its all garbage to pojo...

You guys should take some hints from the guys at metagame.com. They know how to cover tournament worthy cards, while not dumping on fun to play cards. And most of all, they aren't blaming an anime, for problems caused by the games top players and worst of all, the new thing "teams".

Greg

Yu-Gi-Oh player...
 


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