One Of The Best Players In The World Just Publicly Quit The Yugioh TCG ....

[@coldwintersknight9793]

Konami's response will be "Don't let the door hit you on the way out" As long as they are still making money, they will not care.

[@spicymemes7458]

And the whales with endless excuses for a bad business model too. I have no doubt one of them will chime in any minute now

[@BlackRaveBow]

Exactly it’s just like the Pokémon video game players. They get bad games but still buy it every time.

[@cbgg1585]

@@BlackRaveBowBad games? Mate, as a VGC and competitive battler, the competitive scene makes the games these days. GameFreak, and their nuance approaches and changes to competitive balance with every generation is why competitive Pokemon is as strong as it ever was. People comparing Palworld to Pokemon are garbage. Palworld will never be Pokemon, simply because Pokemon actually has depth, nuance and complexities in its gameplay and team building. Pokemon/GameFreak perfected the turn based competitive formula. I’d take the subpar visuals so long as the gameplay and satisfaction of competitive Pokemon remains in tact. Even dexit and all the “faux outrage” surrounding further forced players to get a lot more sophisticated in team building, and it showed during the Sword and Shield era.

[@ProtossTempest]

​​@@spicymemes7458 This. This right here. The simps who bow to their Konami masters will excuse anything. Seen the same behavior with Activision Blizzard (especially 2021, yeesh), Riot Games, Microsoft, Sony. They will defend to their dying breath, outdated models or consumer unfriendly actions and fork as much cash for it. And Konami will step on their bones, not even passing a glance to their feet.

[@BlackRaveBow]

@@cbgg1585 I’m not just looking at pokemon as a competitive game. I’m looking at it as a whole and as a whole it’s extremely far behind what it should be for the massive amounts of money it makes .Graphics, story, polish etc.

[@jurassictyrantkingYT]

I think playing at locals is better than playing at the Championships.

[@darkwyrm21]

Online is also more fun than going to a YCS or a WCQ because you don't have to leave the comfort of your own home and can have diverse matches

[@dylanwbb108]

Feels like maybe that’s the moral of the story…better to play chill and make some locals friends than be that guy…

[@erk8520]

Sadly, my 25-30 player locals for Yugioh turned into a 6 person on good days. They all moved to One-Piece.

[@TwoWay-xX]

@@darkwyrm21u don’t really go out much do you?

[@darkwyrm21]

@TwoWay-xX its not that I don't get out much it's more of I hate being in large groups of people

[@traplover6357]

Competitive Yugioh isnt the lifeblood of the game. Its attracting casuals through anime and better value packs/products. 99% of people dont care that these top players dont make a living off Yugioh

[@PolishSasquatch]

There's an anime? It's hard to count Sevens or Go Rush when they don't tie into the TCG anymore, and Go Rush doesn't even have a dub.

[@Darklugia0]

i think the better value packs is kinda false if u live in the us, especially with the most recent packs limiting cards to only being in the highest rarity in the us, whilst having multiple rarities in japan.

[@Darklugia0]

I am specifically talking about Dragon Magia Master.

[@neonoah3353]

Tbh, ever since gx most people dont really care about the animes, unless they are more of an anime fans than card game fans.

[@spicymemes7458]

I personally don't either, but it isn't going to change how the game is played, how products are produced, or make the game more affordable.

[@osirisygo9870]

People been talking about it for awhile but just get called bad but now a pro player talks about the game , now everyone agrees all of a sudden .

[@xenoknight7187]

Probably afraid of getting cancelled just because it's a gay guy.

[@Charusel]

Thank you! I didn't even bother to argue with them. I simply backed off. If Konami only cares about sales then why should I care about staying loyal to a game not loyal to it's player base? I stopped saying the game sucked and simply concluded that they are heading in a direction I or my wallet don't want to be a part of.

[@kels4151]

we call that sheep mentality

[@osirisygo9870]

@@kels4151 then I guess…baaaaa.

[@TheDragonfriday]

The question is why not? The game been a problem since link been added even the revamp.

[@neonoah3353]

ngl, most of the yugioh playerbase are sadistic and hypocrites, they love to make so others dont play their game, but bitch about when they cant play it. But when you talk about how the game needs balance, the powercreep is fucking the game, and all that, they rather side with konamis design, than to improve the game they play.

[@paradoxpenny]

Ah yes, those who are apart of the sunk cost fallacy and will defend it until the company itself said the pieces of cardboard aren't worth anything. A Tale as old as time

[@Handlerhandlerhand]

​@@paradoxpenny- Karl Marx, Das Kapital vol 1

[@JackBlack-qn7us]

100% this Every player complaining how stun decks are toxic, is actually playing stun decks with extra steps in form of meta deck. Oh yes, it's so different from stun when my every move get's interrupted and negated.

[@alialluaibi3008]

Talk about the Yugioh runner who won an Olympic gold medal !

[@IIIZetsubouZeroIII]

Yeah, pls Cap!! Noah Lyles had the heart of the cards on his side lol

[@xaviertrejo9439]

He already made a video about him

[@SuperSilver316]

At least he sleeved one of his cards

[@dtstampede5515]

I gave up. I couldn’t sit there for 10 mins while my opponent summons 20 monsters in one turn. It even got boring to watch players do that

[@vuzyra9211]

true....its solitaire

[@dracojensei1141]

They trying to entertain your stay

[@matthewcloyd8413]

I was playing a dude using Salamangreats yesterday in Master Duel, and I'm not even joking when I tell you I walked away from my switch and made a sandwich while he was still making his first move. The dude literally spent like 8 to 10 minutes on his first turn.

[@dtstampede5515]

@@matthewcloyd8413 something like that happened to me. At that point I just close app and go find another match

[@yerxiong123]

Konami : here’s your Nintendo switch now get lost .

[@thedevilofparadis6107]

Hence why I only play on simulators like edopro. I ain't going into bankruptcy over a card game.

[@derkaiser16]

Guess we are two peas in a pod then. I only play digitally. Physically? Maybe no. Or even, never 😂

[@TaLeng2023]

I play Duel Links and I hated that they added Nibiru.

[@alsparkproductions7849]

More like midiru as of now tbh​@@TaLeng2023

[@rubysilvereye3611]

Same here dude 😂

[@kenwayfudo3952]

Bro NO offense but who TF plays edopro? Lmao

[@apotheosisofedd5932]

I only like casual play with friends using objectively unoptimized decks, built like an anime character's (using only cards of a certain "theme" regardless of how good they are). I don't care about competitive play. I don't even care about locals.

[@bajanyaoikaizer6902]

That's more or less how its supposed to be, just with the occasional {slightly competitive} tournament thrown in.

[@darrylrios44]

Lol scrub

[@gwarguraqueentrickstarcoat9110]

​@@bajanyaoikaizer6902This my mind set when it comes to TCGs I feel people who play TCG only chase over prize cards or cash prizes cos they can have money or sell cards for themselves My problem with a TCG like Yu-Gi-Oh is konami when it comes to tournaments prizes Konami just want to print more cards for profit and official tournaments as advertising for konami I feel like that I got into playing TCG is because of the anime that is related to the TCG such as Yu-Gi-Oh And people plays with their friends or compete in tournaments for fun Man I miss those early days of Yu-Gi-Oh where card with completly complex or confusing effects is not part of the game😢😅

[@collincleaves7874]

2024 is gonna go down as one of the most comically bad years of this games history. Painfully boring tier 0 snake eye formats only being countered by decks like tenpai who want to play as little ygo as possible, no European events for the first half of the year with no explanation or reason as to why, 1000$ meta decks, and of course the constant slew of pro players either quitting/retiring from the game or at least competitive ygo or going to other games. Of course it’s all temporary and won’t be like this forever but MAN this year is only half way done but it’s been a rough one for ygo

[@janithernest3929]

You ain’t wrong it’s not just the format that’s the problem it’s the whole system

[@Lulu-ew7oh]

Not really

[@Shadowx157]

​@@Lulu-ew7oh copping, take off your roast tinted glasses, every month a channel is making 'is the game dying video' lmao

[@MerlinCross13]

"It won't be like this forever" Okay. What do you expect the next deck to actually NEED to do to replace Snake Eyes and or Fiend Smith? Cause I'm betting it's not going to suddenly improve the format but make it worse. At BEST? They ban Snakeeyes and Fiendsmith stuff; and just make Snakeeyes 2.0.

[@radiusx89]

facts. I was great on master duel and once snake eyes got there I just got bored facing it 24/7 then go to see it’s the main thing in competitive too. Then I didn’t want to spend half a check or more on making a deck. I just been watching streamers cuz I do love it but there’s nothing making me personally go into it right now.

[@darkglass3011]

Here's the thing with power creep and card design: They don't have to be one and the same. You don't have to make cards SIGNIFICANTLY more powerful than the last to get people to buy them. They just have to do something DIFFERENT so the game doesn't get stale. You don't have to make another negate to add to an ever growing pool of negates. However, Konami is creatively bankrupt since they created a Fiendsmith Fusion that has a RIDICULOUS negate effect even among negate effects.

[@Naldito15]

It went to sht since pendulums were intruduced

[@ramonmorales6831]

But then,who would buy cards ? You realize if they werent made like that they wouldnt sell ? No one wants to play a slow game if they do they go to pokemon or magic,one piece ect.Yugioh players are extremely fast paced.

[@DoctorLehnhof]

Don't forget the burn effect it has for some reason

[@satyayana1399]

@@ramonmorales6831yep. fast-paced. and whatever form it takes, it'll always boil down to this ; a player play to ensure the opponent cannot and with how things goes, yugioh kinda struggle to lure in newcomer (its complexity quite a huge turn down). meaning yugioh playerbase would be in shamble once current playerbase which consist mainly from late teen and older either get bored of it or find something else to do

[@legendarybroly2]

@@ramonmorales6831people would still play, people still play goat format and go to locals to play just that format. Even online they have “only can use these cards from this time period or no type of these cards” cus people are sick of how fast paced the game is. I know at least 50% of the player base would go back to 5ds pre zexal era Yugioh in a heartbeat, the game was at its best mechanically and pace wise. Xyz is when Yugioh started to go downhill

[@daivanfueledbyvenega]

I used to laugh at locals players using their decks that cost over 1k$ to win 3 OTS packs. Just for some kid playing a pile of cards to pull the ultimate out of the box.

[@shadowneph]

Player: Oh look a new blue eyes deck nice I will be able to play my favorite archetype and win with it. Reality: play the blue eyes deck just as a tool to summon an unbeatable board full of op monsters that none of them are blue eyes related. Question: are you really playing the archetype you love or just a different tool to summon the same unbeatable board as other decks? Same shiiit different decks.

[@CellAndroid.]

Underrated comment

[@gorfic__starshadow9801]

This x10 or the endless turn stealing. I lay a card face down and dude summons 40 cards while it's still my turn.

[@ImWhyMortalsCry]

I run a Galaxy Eyes deck because I love the design of the cards Don't really care about the strenght I don't need a deck that is super strong and works against everything so I win 9/10 matches I just wanna have some fun playing cards I like

[@sayosenpai1814]

This! I always played decks that are not considered meta. I play Vampires. You can say that I'm a... (blood)sucker for them, lol.

[@awesomesteveo8915]

I play Red Dragon Archfiend because I love their designs, but the strength is just a perk

[@vla1ne]

tbh, while i blame konami for being crap, at this point, i blame the players who compete and still complain even more. It's been years. who _doesn't_ know the deal by now? if you're going to tournaments, you already know what you're in for. there are no surprises to be had. go to a locals, the cost of travel is lower, and the prizing is arguably better overall (my locals are all usually 20-60 bucks per week for top 6 placings). it's fine to want to play at a higher level, but we already know that it's not worth it by now. either folks stop playing in big tournaments to get the message across, or stop complaining about the tournaments when we all know that it wont change so long as they keep hitting high attendance. if you won't make konami feel it in *their* wallets and reputation, then there's no point complaining about your own.

[@imjustwolf]

I've played the game off and on for about 23 years. Personally, I think locals is a lot more fun anyway so losing people in the competitive field isn't a big loss since I have never been to a competitive event. I just wish my local shop didn't stop hosting tournaments.

[@0BigRed0]

Local shops stopped hosting for primarily 3 reasons. Lack of product movement. -Everyons sticks to their deck type and build on, Konami just keeps releasing legacy decks/boosters/boxes. Lack of etiquette from the scene. -Lbr this scene is toxic and violent. Lack of engagement from the scene. -Because of Konami's shitty release schedule and selection pick, we just aren't showing up, P.S. If there isn't an anime about it lbr, we don't care either.

[@RogueHero]

Someone just won a 30k prize card playing Lorcana this past weekend , Konami can make exclusives that makes these events worth traveling too but they haven't. Nobody wants a Nintendo switch and crappy vanilla prize card. As much as i love this game , it isnt worth it for me to spend tons of money traveling to play in big events.

[@DixonCiderr]

I quit Yugioh for Lorcana back in September. Never looked back. Better prizing. Better events. Can actually have more than 2 turns in a game.

[@JewBandit1933]

@@DixonCiderrbro I just did the same 2 weeks ago. The game plays incredibly well and with SS coming out in a couple days it’s just getting better. A 30k prize is also worth even checking a few locals

[@DixonCiderr]

@@JewBandit1933 I just love the fact I actually get to play instead of watching someone combo for an unbeatable board and hope I top deck a go second card.

[@JewBandit1933]

@@DixonCiderr same. I can’t stand OTKs and all that. I can’t even try my combos I worked hard to come up with because of people wanting to troll with them. With Lorcana we get to play everything and it’s actually fun as hell. I bought just bought Deep Trouble and it’s been hell on solo 😭

[@TraaaaaasshBooooaaaatttt]

Well the price for the prize card is intrinsically nothing. More like they posted the card for 30k or someone offered 30k. The prize wasnt offered with that being the price

[@arserna92]

We need more cards that read “if your opponent controls more cards than you…” most matches are decided at the coin flip

[@ProseismyVision]

Yeah, as someone who's played this game since the day it arrived in the US, I have a lot of feelings about this and they're in line with Jessica and others. I'll try to condense my thoughts and feelings. Edit: I mostly failed to keep it short, but thanks for reading if you did; just tired, and I feel a lot of what Jessica feels as a long-long-long time casual player. I think a lot of us have shackled ourselves to (at least) two pillars: one is that of nostalgia and all the feelings of community and comfort that come with that sort of shared sentimentality; and, the other is that of the sunk cost fallacy, wherein the time and (legitimately insane) money commitments we've already made to this game make it increasingly difficult to abandon it (whether it's abandoning it in totality, and probably out of some mixture of fatigue, disappointment, and resentment, or abandoning temporarily in protest in order to announce, in action, that the state of things is unacceptable). This is my position, as well. My friends no longer keep up with modern Yu-Gi-Oh! at all because it's just completely inaccessible at this point, and these new overpowered archetypes certainly don't make for fun and interactive game nights. The secondary market for cards is atrocious as--as with every other resale market--resellers and card shops and influencers manufacture hype and insane markups for cards, which is terrible, but the root of that problem is Konami's weird contempt for its customers expressed in its decisions about rarity bumps and card availability/accessibility, and it creates the monetary death spiral where sellers are forced to either stop selling a card game that isn't profitable for them (because they can't sell as much, and part of that reason is that no one can afford the game anymore), or are incentivized to sell everything at an insane premium. All the powercreep sits at the top of that rarity and pricing problem to the point that the game is increasingly pay-to-win. Can't shell out $1000 for the new hotness? Idk about you all, but this is why my friends and I play GOAT or Edison only, or play non-meta decks or previous meta decks that have been defanged and have had their cards' price plummet, and usually with house rules about what's fair or not (e.g. a lot of us don't allow BLS in GOAT just because we had situations where it was 'whoever summoned it first wins'), and we have more fun that way. And sadly, part of that is because the nostalgia of those older formats has us chasing the greater levels of fun and camaraderie we had when we couldn't afford all the meta cards, and couldn't bling out our decks, and had to get creative and weird to win with our sub-optimal strats. Sorry, for the long-ish post. Like you say, much much much more can be said, I think. Symptoms of the disease(s) that have poisoned our beloved game have been there since /at least/ TeleDAD and Lightsworn's first emergence. Konami learned then that it could get away with the sort of horrible garbage that is causing this wave of quitting right now: insane prices for rarity bumped cards; $1000 decks at the top and "sucks to suck" for everyone else; and a community in love enough with the game to buy in, then and now. At least back then, setting back-row mattered, and turns lasted less than 5 min, and I actually got to interact with m opponent. But sigh.

[@gerald216]

I jumped back in to Master Duel last year and I went from "What the fuck is happening" to "oh there's some interrupts and things I can do on the opponents turn now thats kind of neat" to "oh so I have to pay an arm and a leg to be able to play my turn or stop them from playing their turn meh"

[@SpectreXS]

Funny how most of these reasons are why I quit in 2011. Are people just finding out what yugioh is all about as a business? These people who are "quitting" will return in no time. People can't get away from their expensive cardboard fun, therefore Konami has no reason to improve the prizepool.

[@KumaSelf]

I haven't played Yugioh a month and have moved my time to playing Tekken. It has made me so much happier and my wallet too. Fucck Konami and I will not support them anymore. I loved YuGiOh but they killed it with GREED

[@vla1ne]

play casual my guy. as a casual and competitive player, i can say 100% that the casual scene is infinitely better than competitive, and if you have some friends who play casual, you are far better off than wasting your money on some distant ycs that's gonna run you $500+ travel fees.

[@TophSinex]

Konami has proven to use time and time again that they really just don't care about the player base and would rather focus on cutting corners and stuff for money instead of furthering their game. So many people are focused on the pros leaving the game and not the years of mistakes and problems Konami's been having with the TCG for its entire run. I'm rather glad people have stopped praising Konami for their "communication" posts when we still don't even know the date of the forbidden list and moved on to how abyssmal prizing has been and how people have been flocking to other card games just because they're burnt out. Everyone's been making videos, hell, I've made a video about the above topics; hopefully Konami can wise up but what are we expecting from a company that thinks pachinko machines were the way to go.

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

Konami never wanted to go panchinco. They did that cause that was the only source of revenue they had left that made money. Who's to blame the failures of MGS 4 among other failed projects and IPs. Which Kojima ran Konami to the ground and the sales did not pay the heavy costs. Cause Kojima despite being promoted, he legitimately thought he was like some sort of CEO. Of course this is a story no one wants to get or discuss cause Kojima fans are the biggest zealots of the internet.

[@TophSinex]

​@@soukenmarufwt5224 Konami literally makes slot machines as well, to assume they didn't WANT to go pachinco is an overstatement. Nothing I brought up was directly correlated to Kojima, the issues have stemed since pre-2010. I have no want to defend Kojima but Konami's issues don't just come from him.

[@ramonmorales6831]

That’s capitalism for ya baybay 👍🏽

[@paradoxpenny]

​​@@soukenmarufwt5224are you okay? Did you see the mgs put out after they forced out Kojima? Ya know mgs survivKojima. Not talk about how they didnt let him finish mgs 5. Dude, reread history. Holy shit that's surprising to even see from anyone that's even quoting anything about Konami and kojima. Stop riding Konamis meat and actually do your own research.

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

@@paradoxpenny Kojima fan tards make me cringe. I hate Konami, but do not pretend that Kojima has done nothing wrong. A interview that was purged from the internet (I wonder why lol) proved Kojima is insane. I could care less about his wannabe movies mascarading as games

[@LT_I_AM]

For me, the issue is every Extra deck being the same + half of the deck being the same staple cards in every deck. All decks have the same generic boss monsters, and they just go put a board to stop you from playing until you scoop.

[@jojomations2596]

All the good players leaving will feel like a breath of fresh air for those wanting to top

[@EmrysMerlin8807]

Tfw you can only top because all the actual best players quit xD

[@pietrozavattaro2323]

And win what 😂 a garbage play mat no one wants and some packs WOW what a great deal 😂😂😂

[@spicymemes7458]

Have you ever applied for a job and asked the interviewer whether the position was newly created or vacated? If so, you'll have a better understanding why what you just said is a hollow gesture

[@LowTierGaming-lol]

Wanting to top and win what? a playmat? a nintendo switch? lmao, you're part of the problem here

[@ProtossTempest]

I'm guessing you were given your tests back facedown. And had a "You Did Great" sticker for anything above a 70%

[@renaldyhaen]

I think "competitive" is one of the reason why Powercreep exist. Because "Casual players" will happily take a "bad deck" if the deck is interesting, good art, or has any unique value.

[@paradoxpenny]

You'd be correct and that's why m.e.t.a. and tiers exist as well as well as why a prize pool exists (as little as it is) for the #1 player. Unless your competing for survival or pride then their isn't another reason to do so.

[@JoMo4life88]

Hot take and I will die on this hill. Mystic mine was a blessing in disguise. It helped make other decks viable against meta decks and added more variety.

[@harpsdesire4200]

THANK YOU! It needs to come back

[@GwapoBeshie]

I agree 👍

[@Chowder908]

When Yu-Gi-Oh went from my turn to our turn everyone should have seen this coming a mile away lmao New players turn away because they can't play because of power creep and the unnecessary amounts of mechanics to learn.

[@gijane2cantwaittoseeyou203]

That,s why there is Rush

[@paradoxpenny]

Well that and $$$$$$$$$$

[@xenvj]

Yugioh is fundamentally flawed. I will die on the hill that the "My turn" era wasn't any better than the modern era. You are completely fucked over if your opponent draws anything better, even if slightly, because it has a larger tendency to snowball. Going 2nd has always been significantly worse. To this day, it's only really Tenpai that can change the whole "Going 2nd is bad" Going 1st barely limits you from doing anything besides the SOPTs and HOPTs, but that's applicable to going 2nd as well. No mana system = people are free to do whatever they want. The mechanics are fine and understandable. It's a game that's been out for like 20 years at this point. Decks can improve over time, not all, but a lot of decks still get support so power creep doesn't entirely kill it off. Also, I think the price is a much larger concern than it is the actual game itself tbh. I only play MD because I'm in Asia so TCG is unavailable and OCG is basically dead in my country unless I head to the big cities, which are expensive and time-consuming. Despite liking Yugioh, I wouldn't ever touch the game if the sims never existed

[@dracojensei1141]

Unchained In Nutshell Let it be both our turns

[@The1AndOnlyGoldenboy]

MTG: 1 million USD prize pool, 1st place wins $100,000 Flesh & Blood: $300,000 prize pool, 1st place wins $100,000 Pokémon TCG: $160,000 prize pool, 1st place wins $30,000 Lorcana: No cash prizes, but special print prize cards can be worth over $25,000 (Golden Mickey Mouse print, as an example) Yu-Gi-Oh: A base model Nintendo Switch and a playmat worth MAYBE $20. You can't even say "one of these things is not like the other" as a joke. Konami might as well spit in the winner's face and wipe it off with Kazuki Takahashi's exhumed ball bag. It's an insult.

[@donovanberserk4993]

Creator of the game didn’t want cash prizes and was adamant about it being a family friendly game. It’s Konamis fault for not offer better substitutes like exclusive cards and statues.

[@spicymemes7458]

Sad thing is people probably wont give a shit until its Josh Schmidt or Jesse Kotten before they hit the panic button. The biggest fish, maybe entertainers like MBT or Farfa, too. The really big ones.

[@ShyRanger]

That'll be an interesting thing to track. Joshua literally just posted a video about why he's staying, MBT has posted about why he's leaving (and also basically covered this as well so more eyes seeing it)

[@okita_souji_alter]

Its funny cause both of them are the least likely to leave. A lot of ppl were coping on his reaction to Jess' vid too

[@SoulOfTheLostWarriorMooCat]

@@okita_souji_alter And they arent even some of the biggest ones lol

[@ramonmorales6831]

Can guarantee jesse will be playing forever 😂😂😂

[@PyckledNyk]

Josh Schmidt and Jesse Kotton are addicted to this game. I would even say they are obsessed. Hell, Schmidt said that he got his current fiancée because he met her at a YCS. They’re never going to quit because they’ve actually been rewarded by this game financially. They can cope all day about not being pro players, but they actually have careers that make them money off of YuGiOh. Both of them stream about YuGiOh content and about them playing YuGiOh, and Jesse at least offers coaching lessons based on his own claims. MBT, Farfa, and other content creators though? They’re probably gonna leave sooner or later because they’re not as obsessed. Cimo has given up any pretenses of playing modern format and is basically looking for new ways to play the game, and you can see which Yugitubers are also on the way out by the ones that collaborate often with him. Dzeef is doing the same thing.

[@Ericka-kl4hb]

Bro that is a man.

[@jtalkalot19]

Im sorry, but i don't care that pros quit. They are not the reason i play yugioh. And someone else is just gonna take their place anyway. And ultimately this means nothing anyway, game will continue and we forget about jess in a week.

[@Geo-ok1nw]

this

[@Jinzo89]

It's sad to see Konami treat their money maker so bad, either they will fix the issues, or in 10ish years Yu-Gi-Oh will be no more. There isn't new players/collectors to carry the torch, which is why it will be gone too soon.

[@Ebani]

One can only hope the physical part dissapears asap, then again that would probably make all released physical cards increase their prices so no point i guess

[@10jonapi]

Casual players do not give a shit about professional events

[@gubigubigubigubi]

Yeah the whole "Pro players aren't doing well" and "Power creep" arguments Jess trys to make are very weak. But the rest is valid complaints about the game. I don't think they really even directly touched on just the insane cost of the game as well. Just that prize support didn't justify the cost of it. Like prizing shouldn't have to justify spending 1500 dollars on 1 deck. The game should just simply not cost even remotely that much to play.

[@vla1ne]

this. the gaeme is leagues cheaper in the ocg, so it's entirely possible, but people keep buying the expensive decks, so tcg keeps doing what they do.

[@gubigubigubigubi]

@@vla1ne Its crazy imo because every locals I go to maybe 25% of the players tops have the new expensive deck. Otherwise I'd say total 90% of players I see at locals are on budget or some jank version of the new deck missing key cards entirely or missing them at key ratios.

[@vla1ne]

@@gubigubigubigubi my locals are a tad more crazy, many players have really good jobs, so i get to face full power fiendsmith snake eyes. luckily, there are four different locals within an hour of me, at four different power levels, so i can have fun at two of them, and have to bring my A game at the other two.

[@gubigubigubigubi]

@@vla1ne yeah a lot of the people that can afford expensive decks fall into 3 camps from people I mostly see irl. 1. People who make like 65k+ a year at their job. 2. People who have really rich parents or are otherwise not really having to worry about money. 3. People who are literally going into debt to afford the current best deck and realistically ruining their lives doing so.

[@BlackRaveBow]

Why would Konami care if the players don’t care enough to not support bad products?

[@ProtossTempest]

And that's the kicker. Many Yugioh fanboys will excuse consumer unfriendly practices, almost going "Harder, Hurt me more!!" It's both sad and almost disturbing how masochistic they are

[@BlackRaveBow]

@@ProtossTempest it’s just sunken cost fallacy

[@vla1ne]

the realest comment. i used to, and still do blame konami for their trash practices, but if players are gonna still sit there and buy 500+ dollar engines, how can i be mad at konami for doing what clearly works? I hate it, but the players are what excuse the practice.

[@ramonmorales6831]

The funny part is they dont its kinda beautiful.They just exist.

[@bignewssticman3365]

One of your takes makes no sense. She was talking about blanket effects being auto win and your rebuttal was an example of Joshua Schmidt using a lower tier deck. Why does topping with a lower tier deck matter in this take? Joshua had to use 3x skill drain. It may not be an auto win but I'm confident that deck would be infinitely worse without it.

[@2fabdad]

You hear that kids… you could be the next Best player… there’s a spot open…

[@thecelebriam]

Yea the next best player to give your money to komoney and get squat in return....

[@2fabdad]

@@thecelebriam by Felicia

[@nael_luna]

What's depressing isn't only that people are quitting, it's that people took THIS long to understand how unbalanced and unfun this game is... Snake Eye was already too much, doesn't take much to understand how unbearable the powercreep is It's so fun that people who kept saying this game is ok as it is now are quiet, so funny that it takes this much time to understand, that part of this community is seriously stupid

[@EricNorris-j5n]

Big time Pokemom TCG player and Causal Yugioh player here. Hearing how bad the prizing is when this has become one of the most expensive TCGs to play is absolute disgusting.

[@darrylrios44]

His choice. Jesse is a guy with pink hair. There's only 2 genders clown 🤡

[@RedsHitpostMedia]

It baffles me why Konami dosent support its competitive scene as TCGs like Pokemon or MTG do. It as if they go "we clearly dont need to offer incentives for pros as long as people continually shill out hundreds of dollars for cards just for a chance at a Nintendo Switch"

[@ipostlamememesallthetime953]

It's understandable. Will the konami gods change? Probably not. Perhaps the competitive part of Yu-gi-oh! will have problems here and there. I don't expect it to be an end all, be all.

[@henrycarter2890]

You've been around long enough to know that Konami and the wider player base don't actually care when Yugioh players quit. Nobody packed up their shit and sold their collections in 2013 when Tabman scrubbed Nats and revealed he doesn't play anymore. If you go dig up a top cut standing list from any 2014 YCS I'm sure you'll find that 95% of players quit half a decade ago, it's pretty normal for people to move on.

[@Shadowx157]

Some people are viewing the situation wrong, many players 'feel like' Ko-money is disrespecting the top best players, it's basically saying even if you got good you'll be clowned on. How you treat your 'top best customers' is how you treat all your customers basically. Also multiple seasons on the TV Show literally center around tournaments, The idea that you could enter one in real life and be treated like this? And they're a million dollar company.. This isn't a Etsy indy project..

[@joeblack2809]

Except these pro players aren’t the “best customers” as they aren’t the ones buying tins and packs and other shit. Those would be the whales the 1% who look to try and turn a profit off of cardboard

[@ramonmorales6831]

@@joeblack2809you say that like players arent ripping entire cases hours before regional tournaments start.

[@Shadowx157]

​@@joeblack2809 Are you sure? I'm a casual player I may buy a yearly tin but I'm not dropping $300 on a brand new fiendsmith engine like these guys are

[@georgeweber9396]

the prize support is honestly a huge reason i quit. i topped YCS meadowlands and all i got was a shitty mat and some sleeves. meanwhile the prizes for side events are worth more than the main event prizes. like, why am i even playing in the main event at that point?

[@safersephiroth943]

right? That's what I got back in 2009! They still haven't evolved it despite the money they have. crazy.

[@samuelramirez9734]

I started my magic career 2 years ago because i have noticed this game only makes me angry all the time with how this game plays. Yugioh just isnt fun anymore and its nowhere near what it used to be/feel like

[@DakotaGohaku]

I stopped playing competitively when that disgusting Branded archetype released. That archetype ties into so many others like Mirrorjade and Springans. What happened to enjoying the game? It feels like its become a game of "How can i win turn 1?"

[@coda567]

Xyz, Pendulums, and Links - and any card that makes any mention of their unique mechanics whatsoever should simply be amputated. That ****** is not fair or fun or familiar to the original spirit of Yugioh. Also, 50 card main deck always. Also, all cards are limited to 2 copies in the Main Deck and 1 copy in the Extra Deck. Only written exceptions and Normal monsters are excluded. Any level 10+ effect monster is limited to 1 - errata ALL the great iconic cards and limit the powerful ones to 1 copy. Edit: Fixed Ritual mechanics and better Ritual cards would complete this alternative version of the game. If "Link" monsters hadn't already been tarnished they could have incorporated Union monsters like Tuners and actually revitalized that mechanic but all that is wasted potential.

[@Sub-Sownik]

I respect Jessica her choice, i quited yu-gi-oh years ago (before links came out) for certain reasons. 1: the game and cards are getting too expensive, i litterly spended €1000 euros on comp decks back in time like: Shaddoll, qliphord, Stellarknights, infernoids, dracopals and more. I had to work 1month for a comp deck, fortunately i was 2 times Champion in Belgium, but with the prize cards, boosters and new ban lists i never recovered my spend money. 2: toxiticy, most of the comp gamers are sooo focussed on winning that they try to distract you and dont even like to play for fun, an example of this is when they repeatably move cards in their hands to think, when's my turn, when's my turn.... 3: the disigns of decks, its looking more cheap knockoffs from movies. I have one question to all of you; is it still worth playing this game for comp? Or for fun? I have no awnser for that.

[@VshinkuV]

*his choice

[@magicalibra]

I love how he said “Jessica decided he” and then said “Jessica said she” Jessica totally looks like a man.. possibly dressed up, maybe trans… weird

[@ElethiaNightraven]

what kind of problem with her living as she want yall are hella disrepectfull

[@vhsqueen]

​@@ElethiaNightravenseriously, it has nothing to do with them and they're a speck of existence in their life so why the hell do they have to show such disrepect to people theyll never deal with like what does it matter how they live their life.

[@Daman3tm]

1000 to 1500 dollars for the big metadecks, win a 6 dollar mat and or a normal monster prize card. They don't need to change the rewards, they need to make the game affordable

[@DenerWitt]

just stop giving them money then

[@TheLegacyDan]

Meanwhile in Magic the upcoming Regional Championships, there's six of them in the US, has a $20,000 prize for first. And that's just Regionals, it feeds into Worlds. Plus there's a constant flow of tournament exclusive alternative artwork for cards for top 8, first place, and even just entering

[@PyckledNyk]

According to Schmidt, looking for making money back in a hobby is sad. So Magic the Gathering players are all sad according to Joshua Schmidt’s logic

[@Koalogy]

⁠@@PyckledNykAccording to your logic all MtG players participate in regional championships and seek to make money playing Magic.

[@scorpiophoenix2778]

Right now imo there are so many single cards that cover so many aspects of the game that archetype themed decks are fading out and now are just 'engines' because cards with multiple effects require less cards to be used.

[@emmastar5332]

Something no other creator has talked on is how she also said (even though she didn't alebrate) that toxicity is another big reason that she's wanting to leave. I read these comment sections on videos like this and all i see is "that's a he" or "it has a Addams apple," and like, imagine how you would feel if every time you did good, all people talked about was how you look different, or how your now what you identify EVERYTIME. Its fucking awful.

[@ProtossTempest]

Yup. Saw a few (a few, but still not just 1 or 2) pretty much applauding her departure because "Girls can't play card games." Dude, what is this? 2nd Grade recess back in the late 90s? Do these idiots still believe in cooties?

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

No one cares. Grow a spine

[@Lady_Merlin_]

Toxicity is high in a lot of places regarding trans and gender nonconforming people. Yugioh is not unique

[@emmastar5332]

Your right, but that still doesn't make it ok. People shouldn't feel this much hate for being who they are when there just trying to enjoy there favorite game. I think its gross that it happens in so many games.

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

@@Lady_Merlin_ in the 3rd world no one cares. First world problems mate

[@LeeTheBlackAngel]

I haven't played in a local in 7 to 8 years but I've been hearing a lot of crazy stories one such as a local participant getting suplexed while attempting to steal a prize pack after quiting in the tournament.

[@zeek305]

Konami treats yugioh like a burden.

[@GlitchManOmega]

GOAT and Edison are all I'm willing to play these days. Back when the game had some sense of balance and identity.

[@BLKW4RDR3M0N]

The key issue here is the tier 0 formats with tier 0 decks that you pretty much have to play (or at least those engines). These decks cost a ridiculous amount and then those very same cards that were so sought after.get reprinted at breakneck speed. The prizing support is laughable in the worst ways. it's like Konami is effectively trying it's hardest to kill the game outside Japan.

[@CyrusIsnt]

I thought pros said tier 0 is fun its more competive and central.😂😂

[@Lulu-ew7oh]

We aren't in a tier zero format 🙄

[@RazielTheUnborn]

@@Lulu-ew7oh Yes we are. It's just shifted from Snake-Eyes to Fiendsmith.

[@Lulu-ew7oh]

@@RazielTheUnborn what top percentage of fiendsmith

[@ShyRanger]

Ignoring the debate on if this is Tier 0 or not, i feel like the actual key issues are pricingS and prizes. It's not like the non-Snake Eye Fiendsmith decks that can still stand, it's not like they're rouge playground cheap alternatives. So tier 0 or not it's expensive no matter. And the other issue is no good prizes. All professional winners are basically just not making anything off of this. It's not a sustainable career, and at the risk of getting too depressing, it's not like the real world is in a freely open to all jobs whenever time either.

[@juanzilla6436]

The better you get at a game the less fun it becomes. Let's be honest, you can lie to everyone and say you play lesser skilled people for fun but there's no fun if there isn't a challenge. And when there IS a challenge the game turns stressful due to your own expectations you have of yourself winning given you're so good at it and defeat just becomes an impossible pill to swallow. That's just how I see it. IDEALLY, we'd always just play with people of our own level to keep things forever interesting and fair. Not only am I talking SKILL but all other factors that may give someone an edge (better cards, or setups in this tcg situation) This is why overpowered dlc fighters in fighting games are such a big, upsetting deal to me. I try loving my fighting games, I try loving the online community and being a part of it but it's hard to accept someone shitting on a game that you once loved with everything in you due to a dumb ahh character addition and knowing that it can't ever go back to being how you once knew it. I personally only like the old school Yugioh. Cards and rules. Back when it was simpler.

[@PyckledNyk]

Compare the tone of this video to that of Kotton’s and Schmidt’s, both of whom get defensive over the course of watching the video. It seems that the people who can see Jess’s point are those who aren’t sucking down Konami’s kool-aid.

[@werewolftheforsaken]

i have 4 local card shops, they all stopped buying yugioh booster box's because they were losing money on them, now only focusing on purchasing and selling single cards, if this becomes the norm it could certainty kill the tangible game.

[@paradoxpenny]

I mean, people just buy cases and then sell out the "trash" and sell the high value stuff to make money back and maybe more the only people that buy boxes any more are really the kids and people who just rip packs. The 2nd hand market is king and Konami feeds it cause they practically own it as well.

[@teamvillain4479]

oh it has an opinion 😂 cant take you serious if you like your sewage backed up.

[@kuvjason7236]

So when the average player talks about the game = skill issue. Pro player talks about the game = REAL SHIT!!

[@babysinclairfan]

With all due respect, who cares about "pro players"? Yugioh is a hobby. If you're burnt out, do something else. Im sick of all of these videos of people complaining about the game "dying". At this point, the game has "died" every other week.

[@ProtossTempest]

Exactly! So a couple groups are deciding to go NOT pro. We're just not downgrading our decks and just plan to win at locals, anyway a couple of the guys could use the store cred. They want a copy of Dragon Master Magia

[@tinotcg5815]

Then go watch another video

[@Citizen_Nappa23]

Yu-Gi-Oh died a decade ago they don't play Yu-Gi-Oh anymore they play solitaire with card art.

[@MascrisSensei]

current yugioh is not a hobby anymore unless you play at local or with your friends

[@DenerWitt]

@@MascrisSensei you mean like most of yugioh players do?

[@ItWatchesWithoutEyes]

Guys just try and buy MTG. Cards actually hold value about $10 without needing to be QCR and there’s next to no such thing as a turn one kill in the Commander format.

[@ky...]

I don't think your argument against Jess' point holds water. Josh didn't make a deep run- he lost in top64. Dinh Kha was also playing one of the two silver bullet rogue picks known to have favorable Snake Eye Fiendsmith matchups (the other being Ritual Beast)- it's akin to a Floo top in Tear format. cherry on top is that's only a couple names out of the herd of known great players.

[@nonamedpleb]

Josh is basically playing casual this year because hes already qualifed for worlds

[@ky...]

@@nonamedpleb don't know if I'd classify anyone who logs full time job hours playing YuGiOh (regardless of if he's piloting a t1/t0 deck) as "casual".

[@nonamedpleb]

@@ky... I said that only because he said it himself. For him, that's being casual.

[@MegaCapitalG]

@@ky... Josh also played a rogue almost meme level deck rather than a meta one and still topped. Furthermore using one event to draw such a drastic conclusion makes 0 sense. Again how was Christian Urena able to win back to back YCS just a few months ago ? How has Chris Leblanc topped 7 YCS straight ? Why are they able to due this if it’s all RNG ?

[@ky...]

@@MegaCapitalG because the format JUST shifted with the NAWCQ, wherein most of the top cut was lesser known folks. Jess isn't talking about previous formats. Runick hasn't been a "meme" deck for a while- Runick Stun is solid antimeta and there's pretty much always been a Runick combo variant with tops in every format since inception- often piloted by Josh, similar to Jess with Plant.

[@hindae085]

I think it hurts the game alot if the top people are all quitting. New players pick up or think about picking up a deck, they look to KZbin for guidance on how to play the game or whatever and see videos like this (Not blaming you for covering this btw) talking about how the competitive scene is falling apart and the best decks in the game cost a thousand dollars to build on the secondary market. I don't think that new player is gonna stick around and will just go to a different game

[@Draco7876]

I love seeing the best players quit because it shows a lot of us were right the game has a lot of problems and Konami needs to fix them.

[@Draco7876]

@PBJA89 honestly I've been an advocate for rotation formats because let's be real we have past format duels like goat, Edison, hat, etc so might as well just have rotations. As for the summon restriction I've always said no more than 6-7 special summons because we have Nibiru who requires 5+ to use its effect

[@AustinSamuelF]

If they can’t ensure at least 4 turns per game on average, I’m not interested in ever coming back.

[@LilHaze117]

Power creep is bad game design. Its not necessary at all. Its lazy and self damaging greed for sales.

[@WeedShaggy]

"sees Adams apple" Yep, definitely a male.

[@jessiebessie3616]

Konami Management and Executives are thinking: Why waste monies on these card addicts? The top executives are too busy using the profit of Konami for their new Big Cars, Yachts, Mansions and Private Copter/Planes under Konami name ~

[@alphamarigi]

It kinda bothers me how many people's solution to Kazuki Takahashi not wanting cash prizes is begging Konami to weasel around the spirit of his request with a technicality instead of just accepting the fact that high tier competitive Yugioh won't offer you a return on investment and just play the game at a lower level if you're not willing to throw your money down the drain.

[@ich3730]

The best of the best players in a sport should be decided by skill, not if they have the disposable income to travel to the tournament to begin with lol.

[@alphamarigi]

@@ich3730 fan simulators like dueling book are free and Yugioh isn't a sport.

[@kashtiranaxxheart]

People say they love Kazuki but then shit on him. It’s beyond idiotic.

[@spicymemes7458]

Why even have high level events if they aren't going to take prizing seriously? Is that the goal? Down with YCS?

[@kashtiranaxxheart]

@@spicymemes7458 How about just play the game for fun? Why does everything need some sort of prize or monetary gain? Since when did hobbies have to have something too?

[@dastamararoseyork]

i still think the creator was right. if ur after big prizes, find another game to play then because if ur not in it for the love of the game then we dont honestly want ya.

[@soccerkills]

Konami: ok dont forget to buy the 200th reprint of blue eyes white dragon on your way out.

[@MrGaiakid]

Fixing competitive yugioh does nothing to fix the game. Competitive players make up like like than 5% of the total player base, they need the casuals, any game needs casuals to survive. Sure, fix prize support but if that's all they do the game is still dead.

[@TruVibezz]

someone tell sam that his thumbnail makes people look like horrific monsters.

[@MegaCapitalG]

@@TruVibezz who is Sam ?

[@MegaCapitalG]

@@TruVibezz Also I didn’t edit the pictures, they’re just in black and white

[@TruVibezz]

@@MegaCapitalG TeamSamuraiX1’s video. The black and white definitely gives an every vibe but it’s got nothing on Sam’s thumbnail that shit looks evil 😂😂

[@ragnarthered2112]

"Jessica"

[@Eliteqtlol]

I agree that Konami needs to stop being so f***ing cheap, the game has been going on for almost 3 decades and you still treat your players like shit. IMO this game could be the best TCG in the world if Paynomi would do it right instead of buying another yatcht.

[@paradoxpenny]

Insert epic handshake meme between Konami and blizzard.

[@balther10]

Honestly? I don’t care. They will be replaced by other pros Edit: yugioh ain’t dying for a very long time. Too many people still buy and play the game.

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

Whale will be whales. Also I seen whales spend way more on gacha games then Yugioh. I seen gacha players mortgage their house for their png character lol. Yugioh whales are nothing in comparison to gacha whales

[@balther10]

@@soukenmarufwt5224 that mortgage part is insane

[@Divergence]

After getting into the game a few years ago. Even I am hitting that burnout faze. When if you stop me from playing litterly with in the first turn, I am just gonna quit. As what's the point off spending hundreds of dollars on a deck, for only someone using the op broken deck of the game to lock you out. Makes you feel like shit spending and saving the money to get that deck.

[@abdelmalekghassen563]

Jessica with the pink hair. Oh wait, that's an Adam's apple.

[@deltadelta666]

(S)he has the schlong of the forbidden one🤣🤣

[@theinfernobleknightofyoutu2624]

😂😂😂

[@kellen-KMK]

Yea right “she”. I wasn’t born yesterday.

[@lordgrape5015]

I left the competitive scene of yugioh years ago and never looked back. I just didnt have the money to keep up and the competitive decks all felt like they did the same thing. Board wipe or multi negates.

[@ramonmorales6831]

And here you are 🤔

[@lordgrape5015]

@ramonmorales6831 Yes i still like and play the game. It's not complex lol.

[@vDeadbolt]

I love how the comment section would rather see a game they dont play anymore burn to the ground over see actual change to the game.

[@ramonmorales6831]

Theyre just preaching to the choir 🎉 u think any of these guys are pro level ? Or have even topped a regionals ?

[@DenerWitt]

I play games for fun, and the game has turned into something that is everything but fun

[@vDeadbolt]

@@DenerWitt you can still play the game for fun. You chose to play in an environment where people play to win.

[@ybone8709]

I buy cards with artworks I like now. I haven't played the game in over 10 years not do I ever plan to ever again. Feel like I've outgrown the game almost or it outgrew me now, it's not the same feeling as it was before.

[@orangeboy240]

The only way to solve the Yu-Gi-Oh issue is to print powerfull cards for older arquetypes. A good example is Ritual beast and yubel and make it way dificult to use them as engines.

[@teamichii]

So make every deck fast? No thanks...

[@donovanberserk4993]

No way Jose! They need to implement a rotating format or make separate format for vintage eras

[@teamichii]

​@@donovanberserk4993That's gatekeeping cards and archetypes people may actually enjoy, like myself. That's the beauty of the traditional format, you can use anything you like. It just so happens the Meta, and Konami, doesn't give a crap.

[@bigpauliep6992]

The dude, (yep, Mr XY is a male folks!), lost a game, and did what all the imagination brigade do in that circumstance : screamed, threw all his toys out of the pram, shouted "The world is soooo UNFAIR!!!" and announced his departure to anyone with an ear to hear it. They barely have a grip on reality, guys like him. Barely.

[@bayar_]

wtf excuse me @ 4:56 but how can you be a player since 2002 and still say that ishizu tear ruined ygo? 😒 literally the only time when the tier 0 mirror matches were interactive, entertaining and skillful at the same time? this gotta be yugituber discourse bait 101 cus there's no way in hell you're THAT clueless about this game. bravo ig.

[@BonenJump-126gulph]

Do any of you actually give a sht about this person's opinion Why even care what the pros think anyway tbh

[@xzenitramx666]

This means nothing, Konami will keep the game like it is, the "pro's" leaving only means that other will take thier place and people like me thr casuals only care about small decks.

[@ProtossTempest]

Actually some of us are thinking just bringing our decks local. Least get some prizes, and better crafted decks will give a bit of advantage for taking top slots Like sure some people will get mad, telling us to go back to YCSs, but meh.

[@DonaldParchment]

Haven't high profile players quit the game before? I remember a decent exodus of the game when yugioh sunset the trad format for the advanced format. The game will still go on even when competitive players leave the game, because kids are still gonna collect the cards and play the games.

[@WCUmetalhead]

I remember a huge number of people quit after pharaonic guardian dropped...and yet here we are

[@DonaldParchment]

@@WCUmetalhead Then what's the big deal now if competitive players are quitting?

[@ramonmorales6831]

Its called progression.And together we will persevere 🙏🏽

[@10tailedbijuu]

Why does this even matter? Why are these people even bothering to make money from this game?

[@Aurelyn]

don't give konami money

[@Will-uv9kx]

This game is dogshit today. Why did they have to add these weird gimmicks and make this 1tk thing. Who wants to play a 1 turn game where you just watch your opponent shuffle for 15 mins then you lose....

[@Lulu-ew7oh]

That isn't how the game is play today I swear you guys are dramatic

[@Shadowx157]

​@@Lulu-ew7oh coping

[@joeblack2809]

@@Shadowx157huffing all the copium 😂🤣

[@Lulu-ew7oh]

@@Shadowx157 it not coping it called actually playing the game

[@jordan9503]

tcg becoming way too power crept yugioh is the worst offender as it doesn't have lower power level formats that are supported

[@donovanberserk4993]

This guy gets it everyone else talking about printing more cards or cash prizes. We need to have official formats like MTG does.

[@Auron1Roxas2]

The game has really just become summoning your whole deck in one turn, it's really sad. I don't really even like playing master duel cause that's all it is.

[@Savapine]

one of the things i hate the most is how they ban things, it feels like most banlists are just made to force players to buy new and shit on the old

[@siul9760]

Edison bros stay winning

[@IIIZetsubouZeroIII]

I’m quitting modern YGO just for Edison and Goat formats. I’ve grown tired of modern YGO.

[@donovanberserk4993]

Cube and Draft are the superior formats

[@wolfmech]

With all of these Championship players leaving it begs the question why play at a championship level? When your going to run into the thing that has killed the whole heart of the cards that Made Yugioh what it is, all of these hand traps and the like that 100% stop you from playing the game. Don't get me wrong you probably see such cards at a local. But the sheer verity of what people can create at a local I believe out weighs that because of one thing, Locals didn't forget about the heart of the cards. And nether should any of you duelist ether.

[@ludsonfrancois8366]

Dealing with a new OP meta every few months is pretty annoying

[@gorfic__starshadow9801]

Yeah I gave up playing competitively a few years ago when they added a completely off the wall summoning method called "pendulum" 😂😂😂

[@vecterisblackheart9687]

ya i quit for 2 reasons its pricing went way to high and i cant play what i want. im a galaxy photon player but with all the new stuff my deck sucks and cant even do anything

[@vizzerdrix2747]

The only good Yugioh is retro yugioh, where Konami has no chance of messing things up everething else is just a shitshow

[@Cardlimits]

the reality is you have to look into everything about the risks and rewards before entering yugioh competitively. if we ignore deck price, making points for regionals, ycs, WQs, you're going over seven grand for food, lodge, travel, and likely a second language class or interpreter. the quitters not looking into the full rewards is definitely they're own fault.

[@winster32]

Plenty of Jess’s criticism towards to Yu-Gi-Oh. I will also agree with also. Too much power gaps between comp decks and regular cards being SO well together. Konami makes a unbalanced card for OCG to TCG. And then, ban them so you can buy more!