Yugioh Story : The Rise and Fall of Dueling Network - Yugioh's Most Popular Simulator

[@danleon5716]

"For legal reasons, Dueling Network will be taken offline until further notice. I apologize for the inconvenience. Note that the third-party requesting this takedown was not Konami, but another authorized party." Words that will always hurt me.

[@dolphignition7176]

"Until further notice" was that extra knee-jerk to us since there was never any further notice...

[@johnilarde7087]

What's the 3rd party that requested the take down?

[@alexsolimani]

@@johnilarde7087 Nihon Ads Systems

[@codyknight3580]

@@dolphignition7176 Except that it kinda did, just went under the radar with DuelingBook being its rebranding XD

[@ineedaname5565]

@@codyknight3580 isnt DB a recreation by a 3rd party?

[@LegionaireSoar]

As a former Senior Administrator for DN, I think you did us justice here. I retired briefly in 2016 to attend boot camp and came back to the end of my favorite little home on the internet. The good things are not good because they last forever; it wasn't perfect, but it was a great time. Thank you.

[@Farfa]

I'm just disappointed you never included any clips of me being banned from DN/DB

[@Miyaoko_]

Alright, here we go. Do you have a mic or a setup suitable for a 3v3 tounament? Yes. Yes, I do. I most definitely do. Um. What makes me a good candidate for this team? I believe I make a great candidate for this team because I am more handsome, more strong and more intelligent than Trif Gaming COULD... EVER... BE... I'm the ideal position for this team. I'm the glue that'll keep us together. What Deck would I play...? DINOSAURS. Sorry. This is my prize card for winning locals but... DINOSAURS. I am the BEST player. Do you understand? God... Um. What are my short-comings? I have NO short-comings! I just over-extend because I am that much of a Chad Duelist. NOBODY can reach my level. Erm. I have 4 cards in my Deck- Well I wouldn't play any of these cards because they are for babies. But uh I suppose I would activate upstart and then activate duality. BUT in the case-scenario. What if my opponent had Droll & Lock Bird when I activated Upstart on the resolution then I wouldn't've been able to activate duality because its Droll Format with Drytron running around everywhere. GOD... WHAT A HORRIBLE SCENARIO! K, next. If you think YGOTAS is funny, please close the form now. Uh, Ok. How funny would you say you are for content-creation purposes...? Listen. I'm just a BALL of content bro. I... am funny as fuck... K, let's see. What do you consider funny TV Shows & Movies- Uh next question, not answering that. What hobbies do you have outside of The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game? I LOVE LIFTING HEAVY WEIGHTS, over my- OVER MY HEAD! In the attempt that I wouldn't be able to walk through DOORWAYS one day... I just won't even be able to fit through... I'm an Alpha Male. Once in a lifetime. Genetics. Uhhhh... What achievement outside of Yu-Gi-Oh! are you most proud of? I would say I'm proud of being able to shower unlike most of these filthy virgins that have never picked up a bar of soap in their entire life. When did I last shower? Erm... I'm not a Mystic Mine Player but I would say January 14th 2021 at 01:55pm PST was the last time I showered. Um... next! Are you fine being Player B? Yes. I am completely fine being Player B. Even though its shit, I'm fine with it. Um. What is the best way to contact me? I would say discord! Uh... Don Juan, baby! Hashtag 0, 3, 4, 7. You already know how it is. Um... Let's see uh... Submit a video presentation of the application. I'm doing that right now as we speak. But yeah, Thank you!

[@cyberslash1921]

@@Miyaoko_ this copypasta is full of DINO DNA

[@sarthakarora3212]

Lol

[@pinoarias8601]

I care about Farfa, he's the best yugituber.

[@afrodarkwaver]

I know the feels gammagoblin messengerofpeace49 davidbowiegoblinking crystalzerolancers

[@simas4609]

Ahh yes dueling network. Even though dueling book is basically the same thing dueling network is my childhood and it can't be replaced.

[@joseluistrejo1859]

Me too, good old memories.

[@twentyfourtythree1190]

DuelingBook IS Dueling Network but I feel you

[@phantomgg7790]

It's for the community loss was to hard a hit to recover from.

[@justinkruzisafag]

@@twentyfourtythree1190 Duelingbook is just DN renamed? So BLS made Duelingbook?

[@fuzzking9379]

I think you just contradicted yourself🤔

[@animeknight99]

I remember using Dueling Network. It saved me a lot of money back then

[@neoarcadiaking1]

I know right now I have to buy all my cards and decks back

[@irocklalot]

Meh but it was reaaaaally time consuming. The automatic ones are x100000 better

[@animeknight99]

@@irocklalot at the time when I was using *Dueling Network* there were no Automatic Programs

[@irocklalot]

@@animeknight99 yeah me too I think there was one but was kinda bad, then it evolved into the best one of today

[@gravekeepersven82]

When i was living in BFE southern ohio where the nearest locals was 2 hours away all i had was dueling network/ dueling book i did online all day and i learned how to get better and built a mild collection.

[@vm141789]

Dueling Network... the website that made me hate rock, paper, scissors.

[@RandomGuyOnTheSreet]

I would always choose rock and never yield........my rock

[@damienmcneff7715]

Adamancipators always chose rock Because rock crushes all

[@ExeErdna]

When you have 10 rounds of RPS before the game even starts

[@TheoJay615]

This is a very underrated topic to go over. We all took DN for granted back then and when NAS took it down, it really shook the community. DN (even if an unofficial simulator) is 100% a part of yugioh history.

[@JJSquirtle]

Even Konami wasn't happy with NAS. They changed studios shortly after NAS harrassed seemingly every single major yugituber, DN, and YGOPro

[@thecharmcityplayerbrandona8827]

@@JJSquirtle well I think that has something to do with that Konami understands that Dueling Network was bringing in new players to the game along with bringing back old players

[@TrianglePants]

and now Master Duel exists for some reason

[@Fadedglory14081]

@@TrianglePants “let’s take the winning formula of DN and just do our own thing instead.. 🤨”

[@TrianglePants]

@@Fadedglory14081 Companies these days...bunch of greedy trolls.

[@thefish1693]

I’ll never forget the long summer nights of 2013 where I’d sit in the back at my grandparents playing DN on my computer. I miss the true happiness of those days man

[@oscarperez5539]

Me too man, me too

[@oscarperez5539]

I was 14 at that time haha

[@OscarVargas]

For me it was 2014 when I found about it. Me and my brother spent so many nights playing together, against each other and against other people. Those were truly the days.

[@OscarVargas]

@Vinicius Viana Deniz pepe was so annoying, but I've never faced a deck as op as Nekroz. When they were truly at their best, they were unstoppable, and even more with the djinn lock. I hated them so much, but now I miss those days.

[@jadedheartsz]

same

[@JuwanBuchanan]

Dueling Book lags so hard in comparison to Dueling Network, but it has gotten better as an overall site.

[@juvenileygo]

There are more noobs in DN than DB. you cant even enjoy 1 game in unranked DN in my exp

[@AxisChurchDevotee]

The muted system is kind of garbage since you aren't givin a notification on why you are muted.

[@joepiazza3756]

@@juvenileygo The reason DB isn't as popular is because all the noobs went and found automated simulators and got hooked to that noob crap.

[@callmeivan2064]

@@joepiazza3756 gee, almost as if learning Ygo with automation is easier for new comers. Fucking hell.

[@joepiazza3756]

@@callmeivan2064 The point is they stayed there after and after experiencing it they didn't want to go back to manual play.

[@Smol_Butt_Cheeky]

The dreaded moment when your opponent tries to negate with mst, you proceed to explain how it actually works, but they call a judge...

[@JJSquirtle]

I found it was moreso people calling judges when I played with a Fang of Critias strategy. The pure rage of my board consisting of Mirror Force dragon and Doom Virus dragon was pure ecstasy

[@dolphignition7176]

Well that's what happens when people continue the "MST Negates" jokes!

[@MercuryA2000]

I didn't play that often, but the only big issue I can remember was this guy who used winged dragon of ra wrong in like, 5 different ways. I was still a kid, and the judge took forever, so I just got my mom to keep doing random things to keep me from getting disconnected while I went and took a shower.

[@trentfannin8849]

Yo literally the judges on DN took FOREVER sometimes i could have probably played 2 whole ass duels before the judge showed up

[@JJSquirtle]

@@trentfannin8849 when I was on the ladder grind with a new deck I'd literally Offer Draws over waiting for judges

[@michaelthomas5555]

I saw dragon rulers on a DN background and got all kinds of emotional. Literally how I got into the game. If it weren't for DN back then, I don't think I would have played the TCG for longer than 6 months.

[@allanbriseno5980]

It brought back a memory of how I came back and beat them after only having 50 LP w Evilswarms . Good times good times

[@jedaye47]

I remember pulling off a funky win over DR's (accidentally going into ranked) with my janky Nordic deck and got hit with Odin/Mjollnir/Honest for game then ragequitted, made my day because I didnt like that deck so much I eventually stopped playing because of it 😂

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

Seeing Dragon decks on DN was part of what made me take a break for part of Zexal and all of Pendulum era only coming back halfway through Link era.

[@user-nk7et6mb5u]

This was the first time in my life I would spend 7+ hours in front of a screen.

[@alanfernandez4521]

Yo, low key but kind of high key. I would literally have force myself not log on DN and actually do my college work. Sophomore year grades were definitely affected by the DN addiction. That website requiring no download and working on school computers was the worse enabler.

[@aspreedacore]

@@alanfernandez4521 I couldn’t play for shyt, I would honestly spend hours looking up all the cards and deck building only to lose cause I suck lol

[@FabricatedPheonix]

I was 18 and I’m college when I found DN. I was on it pretty much any chance I had and it’s what got me back into yugioh. Because of DN I made my first deck and I still even play somewhat casually to this day

[@frostboy985]

I mostly played that on a old pc and the only game other then the games that i had on the pc.

[@DarkDodgers]

DN was what got me back into YGO and even Competitive YGO. The "Duel Academies" that where there helped me grow as a player IMMENSELY. Was a great time indeed.

[@jameslambert5198]

I'm just getting into using duel books and its amazing. Especially just creating crazy cards for nonexistent archetype especially like gate guardians

[@NOAH576]

The duel academies omg

[@philithegamer8265]

LOL!

[@littlebelowski]

The duel academies were such a trip 😂 but SO much fun!

[@greasycheese8095]

@@littlebelowski i miss the duel academies bro

[@restoredtheology3689]

Dueling Network era also made the actual events attendance grow hugely.

[@cheetah219]

I totally agree. Yugioh was fucking massive back then because people wanted to try cards and build decks. I got my instant gratification of playing yugioh without spending money, but I know one of my friend who bought their physical decks they built on dueling network after perfecting their deck. It was amazing to see my friend love it and get back into the game

[@raybp7512]

100% The video games were trash. With This you could playtest and it made you more hype for irl tourneys

[@frostboy985]

I remember joining dueling network around 2013 or 14 when i was new to yugioh. I joined around April 14th. And met a lot of friends on there but now, they move on and i can't find them anymore.

[@Joker-vf6ox]

Same here

[@eddysegafan6655]

Same. One of the kindest friends i met on there went by the avi name of "Stardustruction". He was patient, funny, thoughtful and was enjoyable to duel! One day he left and hadn't returned. No messages. And then the username suddenly disappeared. Can't remember if this was before or after dueling network went to no card images but it was awhile ago...So then I took the username and remembered him each time I logged on. Good ol' days man.

[@dolphignition7176]

"No Synchro, No XYZ, No Exodia" Me: Shows up with Destiny Board and wins GOOD TIMES!!!

[@lsrproductions]

@Kelly Mojica "Final Countdown has entered the chat." "Mystic Mine Burn has entered the chat."

[@thomasatehortua7115]

I started playing competitive yugioh around 2008 when I was 10. Yugioh was unbelievably expensive for a lower class. I love duelingnetwork because it let me just enjoy yugioh without becoming a criminal trying to get yugioh cards

[@philithegamer8265]

That was the main appeal to it.

[@theermac6024]

CapG just shot me with a Nostalgia bullet. Strangely what hit me was the disconnected screen that hit me the hardest

[@alexandrubragari1537]

Yeah lmao

[@janithernest3929]

Honestly, I think sites like Dueling network, edopro, dueling book, and ygopro are the reason why Konami themselves won't make an online simulator though I could be wrong. Also, I should mention if Konami or NAS did take them down then the fans would rage.

[@junglezone7323]

It wouldn't surprise me tbh

[@blxzt]

If they gave us a game that allowed us to choose any card they've been selling random in pack this whole time it would eliminate the need to buy the real deal cards and they'd lose money or be forced to make us pay for cards online we all want that game but its just not gonna happen for marketing purposes

[@borby4584]

@@blxzt true, but MTG has an official simulator that costs like $20 bucks or something, and people still buy cards

[@homerman76]

@@blxzt While Konami could be paranoid of that, I doubt that people would stop buying cards just because they have a full working official simulator (especially since it hasn't happened with everything we do have and since there are just some things a simulator can't replicate that you can only get from dueling in person.)

[@wh3elson]

No lol, they’ve tried making their own own online simulator, its just they put it behind a paywall. You still have to buy packs with real Money and thus don’t have access to all the cards to build decks you want. Also duelingnrtwork was down for a good amount of time before duelingbook went up and the fans didn’t do shit. So you’re wrong on that too

[@BigPimpin1217]

dueling network was instrumental in getting me back into the game in 2012 after buying cards as a kid, why NAS decided to take it down is something that i will never understand or forgive them for

[@victorvarela6885]

I think Konami NA snitched to NAS but then saw the rage of the players and they blamed NAS for it.

[@sarthakarora3212]

@@victorvarela6885 Nas was attacking KZbin too back then, konami put a stop to them by changing studios lol. Nas has ownership of old Yu-Gi-Oh anime.

[@thecharmcityplayerbrandona8827]

@@victorvarela6885 but that's the thing I don't understand the people behind the network wasn't really making any money off of Network so I doubt they were hurting them financially. Also when it makes sense to keep a network site that was helping to get new players into the game along with bringing back old players?

[@MrRed-cf6gk]

I think that there was a massive information leak. People got hacked because their passwords were sold to some third party. A lot of people use the same pass for everything so their emails were compromised.

[@thepoweroftheweed2215]

@@thecharmcityplayerbrandona8827 They were making money through donations, but even if they didnt they still used copyrighted card images

[@YuseiTheSynchroHero]

Dueling Network was one of the main reasons I ever built and still OWN my Gusto deck (classic Gusto recruiters, Psychic floaters, and all). Even though I haven't played them in so long, I still have fond memories playing them online and offline. And I was able to put the deck together in the real world because of my experience online and knowing just where to get everything. ;_; Btw, Damn... I felt old when you brought up YVD and KCVDS. Even just seeing the old YVD gameplay made me go " I remember how cool this was" and with KCVDS, I was somewhat mind blown. Heh. I specifically remembered playing some weird stuff... I played a Jurrac deck and a Frost and Flame Dragon deck of all things. It was so tragic seeing DN get taken down like that. NAS still being the biggest thorn in our community. But DB carries on the legacy to an extent. Thank you BLS and everyone of your workers for providing us with an experience we would never ever forget, even now!

[@awanderer7132]

Same here with Gishki

[@lXDarkSunXl]

I still have my PsyGusto deck, it's the only deck I've kept since quitting. Great archetype.

[@HazeEmry]

Same here with Gusto and my ritual Simorgh hodgepodge of a deck. Never got to make physical versions of the deck though because just when I got money to buy the cards, the site shut down and with it all my decks

[@WesleyParksTTV]

As a kid growing up in New Jersey , that liberty science center was a go to for field trips lol oh the memories. I remember me and my friends tried dueling on the bus ride over and the chaperone took almost all our cards :/ no sleeves so them cards got bent :( we was mad af and this 1 kid started crying

[@JungleCrook]

man i never unserstood that, it was such a harmless thing. the only issue was people stealing cards, kinda like this actually

[@dimitrikrotchlikmeoff1953]

I remember playing this while i was a child in Italy it brings back so many memories doing casual tournaments with everyone from the estate😭

[@therealbigburnz]

Met a handful of internet friends years ago on Duelist Network that Im still friends with now years later. Such awesome memories

[@oscarperez5539]

Nice man.. Yall ever met up?

[@therealbigburnz]

@@oscarperez5539 sadly no Im in the US and they're in the Philippines. Were Facebook friends though now and both in ours 20s. Definitely a really cool connection

[@oscarperez5539]

@@therealbigburnz awesome man

[@Isserlyn]

I remember the day DN went officially live, I was on KCVDS and started seeing the link get spammed in global chat on the sim, I was one of the first 200 registered for DN that day then several years later the bs C&D letter that made it so you have to load the site with a special link just to have images...then later on that same year another C&D that made the entire site go down. I remember the constant having to spam refresh just to log into the site, let alone enter the server. Hell, I remember the April Fools Day where BLS Rick Rolled everyone on the login screen. RIP DN, RIP

[@joaquinfraustoortega6193]

Dude I want to thank you for all this information and your videos. I remember playing yu-gi-oh back in Mexico and than when I came to the US I forgot all about it. Your videos are making me fall back in love with yu-gi-oh.

[@TheKaiserdragon23]

I remember having to talk to my college’s IT department to get them to redo some firewall ports to make DN usable, it made college bearable

[@o7_AP]

This video made me so sad 😞 I had never heard BLS's "origin story" before, that's so impressive what he did at such a young age with no professional training or experience. RIP Dueling Network, gone but never forgotten O7

[@Thisguy3496]

DN was the reason I fell in love with the game. Just the thrill of climbing the ranked ladder and talking to people in watcher's chat was so fun. While I can do that on DB it isn't the same. When DN died it was the same time my local moved to a different city, so that was pretty much the end of yugioh for me

[@vinylartcollectibles]

One day I just went to login after a year break and it was gone........ the world needed this video

[@Neobelmont1]

Retired duelist here. I can remember the amount of arguments on dn. Good times, good times.

[@ernestomuniz3084]

Dueling Network is what got me back into Yugioh during the Fire Fist era. The hands-on manual nature of the game allowed for some wild experiences. I remember playing normal monster flavor text as card effects and summoning a five-god dragon after my ancient jar was destroyed XD. Great video, thanks for the memories dude.

[@JamesDavis-ox4iy]

Back in college I got really into Yugioh again and your channel helped me get back in. I still have a Buijin Yamato signed by you. Thanks for the memories my man

[@cfcblue8]

With the rise in popularity of retro formats like Edison and Tengu Plant, I feel like one retroactive casualty of Dueling Network was the data of deck lists. Had a bunch of decks saved on there that I wish I had access to now.

[@HoKogan007]

I’ve tried so hard, and got so far, but in DN, it doesn’t even materrrrrr

[@MrJaypltd]

😭😭

[@D.K.M.Espers]

Underrated comment.

[@oscarperez5539]

Hahaha

[@RogueHero]

Dueling Network helped my return to yugioh back in 2012 , i can definately say without it, topping a YCS and Regionals probably would have been impossible for me , due to being a young parent , being in college and working 2 jobs. Good Video Cap G!!!

[@lssjgaming1599]

Oh damn I didn’t know the guy who created Dueling Network worked at the liberty science center at one point. That’s like an hours drive from me and I love visiting there

[@gamerl01]

I remember when I found about dueling network in High School. I showed my friends the site and then it blew up in my school. Everyone was dueling during lunch and after school. Great times

[@MuTen_09]

In the 2010s? Weird.

[@oscarperez5539]

Wow.. Thats awesome haha

[@StarTard8]

Man I had a Deck Garage on the DN Forums, applied for Admin, had a 10,000 rating and a 3:1 win/loss ratio, I loved this place. I still have some ancient DN videos on my channel, those were good times.

[@bijuutamer729]

I wish you had included that clip of that girl saying the “D” word on camera at a Konami sanctioned event.

[@BlackRose-rp7kv]

Whats the video called? What did she say duelingnetwork or something

[@Hempujonsito]

"D" word? Dragonrulers?

[@fallenlords3151]

@@BlackRose-rp7kv she said she usually play on duelingbook

[@Winter-tl4xv]

@@fallenlords3151 Can you help me find the video? I am really curious as what happened to the girl next.

[@pinoarias8601]

@@Winter-tl4xv same

[@luke290795]

Man I love these yugioh history Videos. Worked through a lot of them the last days and had such a crazy nostalgia flashback. I even had dreams of that one card shop where yugioh started for me back in like 2005/2006. I really love thinking about these times and these old school Yugioh things always hit me right in the feels. Great videos, keep it going!

[@costelinha1867]

3:10 omg that old DN Dragon Ruler gameplay is making me emotional. God I miss this game.

[@Cfergsthebest]

It was duel links. They felt DN had market control in the same market duel links would be moving into.

[@Cfergsthebest]

prior to duel links. DN simply existed in a market of its own that helped encourage yugioh sales.

[@GaussianEntity]

And then they realized that DL could exist in a pocket of its own and left everything alone. I think that realization came when they started printing archetypes that failed in the TCG but were successful in DL.

[@namenlosNamenlos]

@@GaussianEntity yup!.

[@Medbread]

"Azneyeswhitedragon" Fuuuck that name takes me back

[@HazeEmry]

It's zeh for me... Helped out a lot

[@fagonfly]

The gap between dueling network and dueling book was only 6 months? It felt like an eternity between the two.

[@gizmeksandsushi2304]

I'm saying. I thought it was like a year lol

[@MikeyJMJ]

It was about 9 months, but it feels longer because DN had a slow death and DB took forever to get a stable user base

[@intuitivelymagician2076]

Omg nostalgia. Got me back into the game from 2011-2013

[@disonsprodigy5909]

Dueling Network 😢 I met a good friend on there

[@Habri]

Dueling Network was one of the things that got me into Dueling. I even miss Yugioh BAM in the good old days of Facebook.

[@cobberhambone9484]

“Don’t you, forget about me.” - Dueling Network.

[@RemnantFracture]

I miss dueling network more than people know. It was there when the ban my parents had on yugioh was lifted and it helped me get back to the competitive scene. I miss it alot i used it for years

[@FabricatedPheonix]

DN was honestly the only reason I started playing YGO again. It has a special place in my heart and I was upset when it was taken down

[@Rezileen]

I love CapG's history lessons. Good for newer people to YGO.

[@earljoseph4263]

This takes me back. I was the creator of a "dueling academy" forum and managed a 500 user community where duelists from DN could relax and talk about YGO. Good times.

[@hannibal9852]

I absolutely love your new videos Cap. The work and love you put into these new history's of yugioh videos are amazing and much appreciated. I always look forward to your next one

[@ebrake.5889]

if she never played duelingnetwork shes too young for you.

[@kenofjustice212]

DN was so important for me and my friends, living in northern MI and being over 4 hours away from the nearest locals. I remember how we'd compete over who could get the highest rating in a format and how much fun in particular Summer 2014 was and how many online friends I made bonding through creative and fun deckbuilding (my favorite deck being Masik Frogs).

[@christopherbogner9332]

Damn...I miss the days of Dueling Network. I would spend hours a day, every day on the site, playing with friends, roleplaying for stories, testing decks for IRL, toying with random ideas. It was the best of times for me. What I wouldn't give to go back to that

[@slimshadyince2412]

The best part about DN was the watchers chat I use to just go to duels just for the chat On Dueling Book it seems like no one uses the watchers chat anymore

[@TheBossManBoss319]

Kiaba Corp duel simulator really brings me back as a kid.

[@DestinsAPigeon]

Those kcvds shots are just bringing back all kinds of nostalgia Having to use hamachi or giving ur ip. What a time to be alive

[@TVdrome]

DN was literally how I learned English. I used to sit at the kitchen table with my laptop and ask my mom or grandpa to translate what the text box under the card said until they got bored and I had to read and understand the text myself.

[@doctorplague6967]

I remember I quit YGO while starting off High School, well not much quitting as in forced retirement. My friends who played the game at the school playground had moved on the game, and from where I'm from there's not many real places to get the cards or meet people who actively played. So I had no choice but to stop completely. I had many internet friends who wanted to learn or relearn the game, but we had no idea what to do with this. Until one of us found DuelingNetwork. We are all now active YGO players, thanks to this website.

[@jorgecarrillo1044]

Christopher Salvarani, aka Black Luster Solider, the original “Fine. I’ll do it myself.” Long before Thanos ever showed up in the MCU. My god, did I love Dueling Network and I am so happy by how many people fondly remember it as well as having it back as Dueling Book. Anyone else?

[@ryuukichi2531]

Actually crying rn I remember I used to play this so much back in 2013 Can't believe it's been 8 years since then

[@jacqueslin8178]

I remember staying up late at night just so I can play dueling network. Got in trouble multiple times by my mother. But I fondly remember chatting with my opponents and just having fun. After losing or winning, some of us would reveal our hands just to see what would happen if we had survived the previous turn.. There were several times either would start of with a sh** hand and it would take at least 2 turns before we got something good. But usually at that point, you're praying the next card you drew can set up a chain of cards that counters opponents. Essentially, heart of the cards.

[@Jesse110]

Most of my friends think that the original Duel Monsters era of Yugioh was the golden years, but I think the Dueling Network era was the true golden years of Yugioh! Being able to test out any deck idea, socialize, and compete, Dueling Network was unmatched.

[@philithegamer8265]

Yeah. It definitely was.

[@paddyod16]

i was about to be like "what about kaiba corp virtual duel system?" and then you hit me with some OG shit from 05 that I never heard of, god damn.

[@Muhammad-bv4uu]

The unlimited deck creations, the meta spam on ladder, the MST negate debates, the batteryman OTK's the unlocking of cool profile avatars, the toxic and the honorable gg's the mods that came to help us the silly addition of broken qliphorts and the like, divine beasts being summoned and then getting wrecked by broken trap cards the OG gravekeepers and lastly the heart breaking " Dueling Network will be taken offline until further notice" all of these are precious moments and memories, and more than all of us remember

[@absolutionveil8632]

I basically lived in DN at high school. I played it for years and still remember how upsetting that legal screen was. I tried Dueling Book since then, but when a website drops frames that poorly I just couldnt stick with it. I wish we could have DN back.

[@Buzterer]

Dueling Network used to work so smoothly, stuff worked as soon as you clicked on it, and duelling book lags for everything

[@dumon4264]

Boy I remember the good old days of Dueling Network back when profile pictures were usually the characters from the anime instead of the cards. My first experience of dueling against someone besides my brothers

[@A88mph]

KCVDS was my first dueling system, the when that started to lose pace with the set releases, I used the BYOND engine to play through the various DM programs there. Then DN came along.

[@theannilators7479]

God I remember screwing around with my Cyber Dragon and Masked Hero decks on that site. I sucked at the game but had a hell of a time playing it

[@InfaMissGoddess]

I remember being part of the staff and helping for a couple of years. Miss my fellow staff members. I think I have a few duels with them on my YT channel as well

[@Khalolz]

yo I didnt realize how sad this would actually get me. I stopped playing ygo about a year before the site got taken down but for the couple years before that I was on that site every chance I got, even if I was trash and never won I had a blast. Duelingbook is great but it just isn't the same for me. Maybe thats bc I don't really play anymore but a part of me feels like I lost my first stuffed animal and I was just given a replacement from the store...not really the same in the end. Great vid

[@highwan9513]

So sad its gone i found so many friends with dueling network... Miss this site and hope all my duelist friends i never heard of after they shut down may the heart of the cards be with them forever

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

I've had so many duels on Duel Network. Way back in the Zexal era, it was AMAZING. Grabbed some plant synchro deck and went to town.

[@nicholasdaniel2778]

Yep, I remember Dueling Network, I used it up until when it was reformatted into Dueling Nexus, and I also have a Dueling Nexus account, too

[@AJZLand]

I played Dueling Network for a long time as a traditionalist Yugioh player that played a sort of anti-meta warrior deck that used no XYZ or Synchro monsters. I took far more L's then W's, but had a lot of fun as I learned the nuances of the game and while playing with a deck I loved. My fondest memory was when playing one of the frequently held Dueling Tournaments organized on the forum. Using my old school deck I upset one of the most regarded and ranked players on all of Dueling Network in a 2 game sweep in the first round. Before my Obnoxious Celtic Guard with the Horn of the Unicorn could attack for game, my opponent rage quit and everyone in the spectator chat went absolutely wild. Good times! DN was taken too soon.

[@theapollyon3796]

Bc of DN, I met one of my greatest friends. To this day, we meet up once a year, play a quick match, then go to his place to see his new family and have dinner. What I'd give for those days as a kid again

[@TreeOfTurles]

They went after ygopro percy at the same time as DN. You used to be able to download the program straight from their website but they removed it and now you have to get it through their discord.

[@Gonkers20XX]

I always liked the funny trolling screenshots of this game with that guy and the joey avatar treating card lore as literal effects.

[@brioche496]

I miss dueling network so much, back in high school a close friend of mine and I wanted to get into yugioh and my friend bought the noble knights deck while I bought the yusei synchro deck. Eventually we hungered to use better decks. He found dueling network and told me about it, not long after we would spend hours a night talking over the phone and playing against one another with any deck we thought was cool or was good at the time. God damn I took those times for granted, but now I can look back in nostalgia despite the solemn sting of knowing I can’t get those times back.

[@gentinisbytyqi6618]

Dueling Network literally defined my childhood, i miss it so much😭

[@tenzingtsephel8889]

anyone remember the clans/groups on dueling network

[@JJSquirtle]

I actually loved that. The DN clan I was in tried to survive by moving to DB but sadly the site came too late and we lost everyone

[@MikeyJMJ]

I remember joining the Omega clan with a couple friends over Skype and then I was the only one of them to stay in the clan

[@JJSquirtle]

Fr? Omega was huge, wasn't it?

[@MikeyJMJ]

@@JJSquirtle Yeah it was one of the biggest clans in 2015 along with {Oblivion} and (Akatsuki). Clan wars were pretty fun.

[@redwardranger7034]

Ah, yes. Dueling Network. Fun times. Entering a "Fun Deck Only" or "No Exodia / Competitive Deck" room and actually having a fun and enjoyable duel.

[@wowitsfrostygames155]

the only question i have is how is duelingbook getting away with doing literally the exact same thing? its the exact same site but its name duelingbook.

[@wh3elson]

The servers are probably in a non-compliant country with the USA.

[@Nixdigo]

@@wh3elson Hell yeah that's what we like

[@MsNyara]

It also has avoided anime images, which is likely what got DN in trouble and not so much the cards.

[@Njzeo]

Dueling Network . What time time. When I could play all of my high school and college friends. Make decks and play test them. Play at 3am… what a time…

[@Rabidfox-gc5fw]

R.I.P. Dueling Network. Discovered you in my early 20s and had a blast until 2015 when my mom's laptop died and didn't find out what happened since due to how chaotic life has been.

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

My friend played a lot on Dueling Network back in the day, I was more of a YGOPro kinda guy, loving the automatic shuffling etc. 😂

[@gamernerd141]

I was on the staff at the Dueling Network Forums close to and after the end of the site proper, as a forum mod(I ran the ill-fated roleplay section. It was as bad as it sounds). Seeing those staff lists full of names like Dan, Zeh, Auke1993, Khufu, and quincymccoy brings back memories of skype chats and site discussions. When the images were taken down, the exploit to use them had something to do with archived data being accessed through a seperate link that'd still connect to the live servers, but that wasn't what caused the further pushing. The site implemented a feature just after removing the photos that allowed users to upload their own, and from what i heard/remember, that was a big blow. The forums limped on for almost a full year afterward, though, mostly just becoming a ghost town of a YGO forum. Despite how you felt, and it's not a wholly incorrect feeling, DNF never felt dead, really. I still remember the sidebar that had a small chat/status thing that you could comment into. I quit modship after a while(the section i modded just made their own site, which i believe is still up.), but from friends I had inside the site was burning down. The death knell wasn't userbase decline, it was actually a security breach. They just decided to torch the whole place instead of fix the vulnerability. I'll never forget DN and DNF. The man who's like a brother to me and I solidified a friendship on those sites, and it's where i learned the game proper. Being able to assist with the site's functions was fun too. I've always felt the game kinda died with it.

[@Dyleniz]

I'm from the OCG in a such a rural area with no money that the only way I got into the game was the anime and the discovery of dueling network. I played the format nekroz was the best deck and I fell in love with the game and played 2 whole years just online since I dont have money to get the physical cards and travel to my locals which is why I love Dueling network

[@MuTen_09]

Philippines?

[@Rebornblader]

Man, it's so weird to see how plain DN was compared to DB. I DO miss that site a lot for sure.

[@i_haskill]

Shoutouts to Omar D, we went to high school together and played on the same sports team. It was fun getting my butt kicked by him at lunch

[@xarhsify]

Well, DN got me from casual yugioh into competitive lvl, i started practicing decks more hours with randoms with almost all decks at the time and before d.rulers release i started making tops at nationals tournaments... Though that lasted 2 years for me, after my decks got hit by the ban list, i stopped the game forever.... I kept the decks to this day :) (2013, rip spellbooks,d rulers, mermails) nice video brother, u brought me back alot of memories!

[@DrewskiTheLegend]

Ah man, I miss DN. It was so incredible getting on there for the first time. I used to chat box duel since I had no desire to jump through hoops to make YVD and the like work and on Mac other options were limited. Chat box dueling died almost overnight when DN hit the scene. I think I played on there for the last time in 2015 when I pretty much hung up the game. Looking back, DN was probably the most perfect yugioh thing there ever was.

[@m4miller2]

Does anyone remember the guy who made a ton of Dueling Network videos who would always talk about getting banned and having beef with Blackluster Soldier? He was like from New York or New Jersey and pest control was his day job. I can't find any of his KZbin videos anymore, but they were so entertaining to see the feuds going on in the background while playing back then.

[@primexample8912]

Do the rise and fall and rise again of YGO Pro

[@pdvaughn1415]

THEY'RE BACK?

[@sintupoy8428]

0:18 the moment you realize whether it's worth activating your trap card or ask her digits.

[@xpop_exe]

The reason why Dueling Network was shut down reminded me of an interview I did to the Lead Dev of YGO Omega. During a livestream I asked him if the game they did was legal and if Konami could take it down. He told me that he emailed Konami and they said that they didn't mind with the game but the problem was gonna be the company that had the rights for the art and anime of Yu-Gi-Oh!. I found it really funny that the company who owns the game has no problem with this type of simulators to exist.