TeamSamuraiX1 and Pak Might've Gotten Screwed Out of a YCS Championship.....

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[@fenix90227]

the fact that anima tried to steal, not once but twice tells a story about people picking up your cards. he obviously had a motive. im glad the judges caught him.

[@viizva]

that was so obvious 100% on purpose lost all respect for paulo for playing with a cheater

[@gr8dmoore17]

THATS AN ASSWHOOPIN FROM HELL THATS WHY I FEEL LIKE KONAMI SHOULD IMPLEMENT A RULE SAYING THAT YOUR OPPONENT MUST ASK IF THEY CAN SEE YOUR CARDS THATS SOME BS

[@YouHadBeenH2Owned]

He's just playing the new master rule with his watt kinetic puppeteer skill

[@spicymemes7458]

I think they pick up cards and put them back haphazardly and quickly to disorient the owner from remembering what was where. It has to be ADHD or intentional

[@gr8dmoore17]

@@spicymemes7458 ok well they can get a haphazardly ass whoopin too NO EXCUSES LOL

[@joshscharf4230]

These judges should be NFL referees with their inconsistencies

[@mohanrambassit3039]

Nah bro, they'd be perfect NBA referees.

[@moonjelly5]

​@@mohanrambassit3039I'm still utterly stunned that the MLB somehow has the best refs and they suck.

[@sladevalen2120]

​@@moonjelly5it's definitely a weird phenomenon. Just a few years ago it was unanimous that MLB had the worst refs, but the other leagues have dropped the ball that much that the MLB aren't even in that conversation anymore lmao

[@joshwest9373]

No the nhl referees.

[@ipostlamememesallthetime953]

Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣

[@nintendo917]

Even when he's trying to play seriously, Sam is still loud as shit. You can FEEL that "goddamn"

[@LeKidderface]

😂😂😂😂 and we love him for it

[@ChampionMarx]

He is just animated like that

[@mase8705]

To be fair, I feel the same way. Your guy got every answer to your plays. “Goddamn”.

[@Zekaria_Vanwood]

Dude the video could've been on mute and I would still hear Sam say "goD DAMN"

[@THEGRUMPTRUCK]

Sam speaks in Capslock.

[@deadinscyde]

YuGiOh seems to be the children card game where you spend 1000$ on a deck just to get random warnings for saying something silly, this is so fucked up honestly

[@hawkticus_duel_shack]

Its hilarious because I can get Pokemon doing that, cuz you could make it to the top with a 35$ deck. Yugioh does not have that. There isn't a 12 year old making it to that point. So pretending its "a children's card game" is absurd at this point. The average player age is gotta be mid 20s like Magic, so why don't we act like it?

[@crewie94]

Konami are a joke, relying on charity from their players to even make events happen.

[@coolyeh1017]

​​@@hawkticus_duel_shack Pokemon has separate divisions, Juniors (5-10), Seniors (11-15), and Masters (16+). So a kid theoretically could get prize money for winning $5000 for first place at a regional and more for bigger prestige events like International Championships and Worlds as the prize pools are separate per division.

[@spicymemes7458]

I'd never want to spend $1000 just for some chucklenuts to give me a game loss for naughty language. I'd stay online indefinitely if that happened to me.

[@absoluteheroygo]

Don't forget that you invest a lot of $$$ to get crappy prizes or even worse... more product that you can also buy

[@johnnystephens259]

Konami letting Hani play the whole event with the wrong card written on his on his deck list is already a crazy enough situation.

[@BradleyBarba-km9qu]

Could someone make a video about this?

[@dolmeckgeiger5356]

I would've lost my judges qualifications because I would of fought for him to be disqualified from the tournament for that

[@ora5799]

Didnt paulie (world champ) get a temp ban for a decklist error? But hani got a pass

[@johnnystephens259]

@@ora5799 I don’t know the specifics of how it all went about. I just know he had the wrong kirin in his deck list and said he didn’t have access to the one he wrote on his list so they apparently just let him slide. I think he goes over it in his deck profile for the event

[@polocatfan]

clearly being paid off. EDIT: nevermind. apparently he had over 40 and some of his cards were wrong, so his decklist was able to be cut to 40. This has been in the rules for years. It's not preferential treatment in this particular case.

[@alpha_neandethal_primarch]

So the guy caught cheating twice was fine,but sam got the L handed to him?

[@DonMarzzoni]

The next game too

[@O6i]

Clearly the judges were bribed and 0 integrity at Komoney

[@navyofantarctica]

That game loss was a god damn disgrace

[@jk844100]

The rules are the rules. He got a warning and then still did it again. If he got a game loss after 1 infraction then I’d agree but he didn’t, he was warned and then did it again.

[@user-to9lk8ix6h]

Language!

[@cutefacejay6703]

These judge calls are non human.

[@kd-so4yv]

@@jk844100true but the dumb thing is they ruled his next match was the one where he was gonna receive a game loss which I’ve never seen done in any locals, regional or ycs

[@blanktrigger8863]

I see what you did there.

[@patrickcampbell-pelletier8678]

Showing emotion is illegal according to Komoney

[@matasa7463]

Considering how animated me and my mates got when we were dueling back in highschool, we would've all been banned lol. What do they think dueling even is? Hell, their own damn anime show even has people literally dueling with their life on the line. Several bad guys lost their lives!

[@undeadinside3571]

​@@matasa7463 and then you got main characters always bringing up friendship, shouting a catchphrase loudly before a draw, and screaming when they take damage

[@NerdieTurtle]

In top 16, the Kash player plays TTT to draw 2 under his own Prosperity and then shuffles his hand, that should’ve been an auto game loss but he gets a warning lol

[@BigDaddySlug]

Why would it be a game loss he's on a feature and they knew his hand the game state could be repaired.

[@ignister96]

Idk what in the actual fuck are doing those judges because that was an automatic game loss due to the fact that was an illegal play and affected the order of the deck

[@berkeleyblue4247]

@@ignister96 It matters. Game Losses are issued when the game state is irepairable, that's not the case here. Read the Policy Documents.

[@Yohane350]

@@BigDaddySlugNice, free info. I’ll make sure to draw when I can’t now and just say “oopsies” and take it back because it’s just a warning anyways.

[@dolmeckgeiger5356]

Um your wrong that's definitely a game loss. Yeah he can shuffle the 2 cards back but his top deck card is different and you can't fix that. That's considered cheating in my book. Since I am a judge that would be a game loss for cheating and would also be considered unsportsmanlike conduct and a couple more penalties which is an automatic DQ penalty

[@gubigubigubigubi]

I was at this YCS. Such a shit show. Venue was way too small. The people running the event had nothing figured out. They opened way late. They had no tables for side events. They were hours behind schedule for the main event. The live stream was basically just an advertisement for Voiceless Voice (A mediocre deck right now) The judges allowing the winner of the event to play with a deck list that they didn't enter. This team Sam BS. There were not enough judges as well. One of my opponents didn't show up for a round and it took almost 20 minutes to wave down a judge to come over it was ridiculous. We had to call over a judge from a side event to mark it down. One of the rounds me and an opponent got deck checked (MID ROUND) and it took almost 15 minutes as well. The judges gave our decks back and told my opponent their sleeves were shaved and he had to get new sleeves but the judge said he didn't have to do it this round. Like wtf? The sleeves are bad enough marked that you mention it but allow this persojn to play the rest of the round vs me with possible cheater sleeves???? Just a terrible experience honestly. Glad I left early and went and did stuff thats actually enjoyable in Las Vegas. Edit: And thats not even to mention how terrible "TheSideDeck"s website is. What a terrible way to enter a deck list and caused the whole drama with the dude whose won incorrect deck list. We need to get another organization to host these events other than the side deck they are not good.

[@RazorBlade651]

Unfortunately The Side Deck runs almost every event in the Midwest and a lot of events out West, so you won't have any luck there I'm afraid. I was just at a regional run by them and while it wasn't as much of a shitshow as the YCS, it was pretty bad. They listed that they had 400 openings for the regionals, while in fact they had 240 tables. Fair enough, they're planning for some overflow. Until they let more people in. Then more, then more. In the end, the event started about 2 hours late and had about 580 people in the event. You may ask, how did they have room for 580 if they only have 240 tables? That's just it, they didn't. When the event started, they explained that everyone in tables 241 and above had to stand outside the room to wait for a table to open up. You may think, ok, they'll make the people who joined late wait outside and put them in tables 241 and above. Nope. I got there about 2 and a half hours early, but since I got assigned table 285, I had to wait outside for AN HOUR before I could start round 1. This means I played round 1 about 5 hours after I entered the venue. Oh, and this happened for every round after that until enough people dropped. So basically, until round 5, every round was over an hour and 15 minutes. The event started at around 12:00pm (150 minutes after it was supposed to start) and ended around 11:30pm. Fucking hell.

[@randomdarklink]

@@RazorBlade651Rosemont? Glad I didn't go. Everyone at the 2 locals I go to, that went to the event, complained that it was awful.

[@RazorBlade651]

@@randomdarklink yessir, Rosemont. NGL I wanna say that I'll never go to a The Side Deck regionals again but idk if there'll be a non-The Side Deck regionals around me ever again.

[@geek593]

@@RazorBlade651 They host regionals on the East coast too. They spend about 40% of the run time of the event barking into the mic begging people to sign up for Speed Duel side events that never fire, 50% of the event giving incorrect rulings, and the last 10% having to explain that they won't allow Time Wizard pods because they only had two mats for prizing.

[@michaelkeha]

To be fair it was either advertise voiceless voice and drown people in fire decks

[@nomoregiorgio731]

Even if the Mayority of players are adults, hosted by adults, streamed by adults for adults, bought by and traded by adults. Konami still treats this game as it's for kids lmao

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

No kid plays this game much like no women plays this game. Lol

[@Lulu-ew7oh]

@@soukenmarufwt5224there plenty of girl playing this game

[@HYDEinallcaps]

4kids ruined everything with their colonization.

[@mrmeow2297]

@@soukenmarufwt5224facts

[@Briggsian]

As if it's harmful for a child to say "goddamn", or in this case, "gawd-dayum". What, is God going to smite them where they stand? 😂

[@kish45]

Judges at the larger tournaments like a ycs can be so uptight.

[@cutefacejay6703]

Prolly because they letting off steam after a shit day at work is my theory.

[@kish45]

@@cutefacejay6703 That still doesn’t excuse nor give them the right to make players that go to those tournaments to have fun and play the game miserable with rapid firing warnings and game losses over petty things like a player only taking a few seconds to read their card or their opponent’s and label it as slow playing or telling player not to ask them questions about stupid rulings or something just cause they were having a crappy day at work. Not only is that very unprofessional but it will also drive away newer players and players would want to go to these larger tournaments.

[@4spooky8u]

@@cutefacejay6703how is that an excuse lmao. I’m just gonna be a dick to you because I’m having a bad day

[@O6i]

Can be easily bought out* 😂

[@WillieRayPR]

6:20 The card that Cesar forgot to side out was Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror, not Mirror Force. I remember the feature match blog where in Game 1 Cesar tried to play it off as if he main decked the Shadow Mirror when the opponent questioned him on it.

[@Dishinshoryuken]

Players gotta start saying "Egyptian god damage step" lol

[@jonathanquintan3871]

Dude , Konami needs to fix this issue with judges, because if Sam , gage , or cimoo ever get robbed of a tournament like this , there will be a riot in Konami’s door😑😑😑😑

[@chimeratcg07]

I don't think Cimo or Gage are near the level of Sam tho lol

[@FireSwordOfMagic]

@@chimeratcg07Cimo used to really good. I remember seeing him at the top tables when I was at nats one year. He sadly just doesn't play the current format anymore. To be fair though, neither do I lol. Yugioh has been going down hill.

[@hightidekraken]

@@chimeratcg07cimo doesnt play modern anymore and gage does a lot of edison

[@djkenway4871]

Don’t get me wrong cimo and gage are good players but I mean they don’t play like they used to.

[@chimeratcg07]

@@djkenway4871 I am not saying that they suck, I'm just saying that Sam is more skilled in my opinion.

[@Lucario1121]

Sam didn't even sound like he scream it at the tops of his lungs or at his oppoennt, it more like he said it under his breath in annoyance. Jesus were these judges rule sharks themselves. Honestly if was Sam's opponent i would of been on his side and be telling the judges "guys it's fine"

[@peacechan4500]

But again final. No opponent gonna free win go

[@matasa7463]

Yeah dude was laughing when he heard it. It's typically dueling, like what we would see at any gatherings of players.

[@telepathicdragon]

they weren't judges, just power tripping losers.

[@TheWiseguysTCG]

Just wanted to say thanks Cap for sharing our video last week! 🦉 💎 Konami handled all of that poorly, and it’s sad tbh. To do Sam like that, with all the other stuff swirling around, and poor low class sportsmanship, it’s just sad and misguided. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@CelusKingFTW]

Punishing their largest creator for having fun while simultaneously ignoring blatant flaws in their gameplay is so on brand for konami

[@whistlz]

Shadow the Hedgehog better keep out of any YCS

[@Real_Infinity95]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ProtossTempest]

"Where's that damn fourth extender?"

[@inazumatan7050]

@@ProtossTempestLOL.

[@okuu_utsuho]

Duelist: *says a word Konami: Stop! You have violated the law!

[@NormalNeu001]

European Judge here: A friend just sent me the official Konami policy for this. Apparently the use of "foul language" that can be interpreted to be used against another player can get punished with a "Unsporting Conduct Major"(game loss). There is even a list of prohibited words, including "damn", "goddamn", "peepee" and "William Shatner" for some reason. But the funniest thing about the policy is that it will only give you a warning instead of a game loss if the swearing is not directed at the player, but instead towards their wife... I don't know what they were smoking when coming up with that policy, but I sure would love tontry some 😂

[@shakeweller]

Please tell me this isnt real 😢😢😢 this so so childish and unprofessional

[@Efgand0894]

"oh, goodness gracious. I'm cooked" bet you'll get a penalty for that too

[@aaronabbey2604]

William Shatner is banned? Wtf is that about? Is it because it can be used in place of saying sh*t? If that's the case, then Konami better hand out a pre-approved script to all the players and judges in order to communicate with each other. Just like telemarketing scripts.

[@nomad2126]

Ok but I need to know why William Shatner got on the prohibited list 😭

[@ETREDROOMREVIEWS]

Big difference between a swear to yourself and a swear towards your opponent. One should get you a warning if persistent, one should be a game loss.

[@Macwood94]

100% agree with you on this but that punishment should be carried out immediately instead of something that may not happen. For instance what happens if he didn’t make a he finals???

[@johntorres532]

And what about the one dude trash talking?

[@anthonycardenas7863]

negative

[@fortant691]

The thing is they explicitly tell you to watch your language on the feature match and what will happen if you don't.

[@BradleyBarba-km9qu]

​@fortant691 but at this point its almost like they should present a list of words because You could be rude to your opponent or say something bad without intentions Like especially after two days long of playing ygo And this instance with Sam

[@matt3608]

What would they do if everyone at the top tables sounded like the “mine” birds off finding Nemo saying “god damn” over and over and over in protest to this lol

[@andreelmatacoronavirusquin1322]

With how much Yugioh cares about image I really don’t know why they let Leblanc play.

[@lolvonlolipopp]

I’ve been living under a rock what’s the deal with Leblanc?

[@gravekeepersven82]

Unless you got hard evidence and lawyers and attorneys and some money at the will to go to court it is considered hersay.

[@invertbrid]

Coz its not proven yet. That's why

[@DJStriker106]

@@lolvonlolipopphe got accused of abuse by his wife/girlfriend

[@gravekeepersven82]

@@invertbrid Women do lie all the time too. I've noticed lately.

[@nimisisblademedia866]

I think moderate cursing should be allowed. I could understand if he was cussing like a sailor or was being directly name calling or just bulling. Even then a little banter would make the event a little bit more fun and show more. personality.

[@Shadowrulzalways]

Understand, this is only in western Konami events. In OCG territories, they don’t care much as the demographic of the OCG is early to late teens. All OCG packs since 1999 and now all say “対象年齢12才以上” (Translation: “Target age 12 years and older”) Which implies it’s for early to late teen players.

[@toadsage7194]

apparently PAK told Joshua schmit that inbetween rounds he said "lets fucking goo" and thats what got him his second warning and the game loss. Josh posted a video on it

[@AlmightyKevo]

I never seen a company have it out for its own player base this bad.

[@peacechan4500]

Uh Nintendo and smash

[@spicymemes7458]

Honestly, the gaming community wrote off Konami after how they treated Hideo Kojima. Yugioh players are the last holdouts.

[@AlmightyKevo]

@@peacechan4500 fair enough 😂

[@AlmightyKevo]

@@spicymemes7458 right, and they haven’t exactly done a good job of reaching the newer generation. You’d think they’d be more cautious of the petty mistreatment towards the players. Nostalgia can only hold us for so long

[@matasa7463]

​@@spicymemes7458 Hah, we don't have a choice. They print the cards, and now that the creator is dead, we have no hope left. Konami is gonna milk this franchise until it is dead.

[@geek593]

Konami is a joke. Supposedly there was an insane amount of sharking and cheating in the Time Wizard event too.

[@hawkticus_duel_shack]

Oh I 100% buy that, people are gonna bank on others not knowing all the weird rules of the older formats.

[@spicymemes7458]

I don't have this kind of issue on Master Duel. I can still enjoy the event where I don't have to argue with some simple-ton about rulings

[@sharkspeedo]

how is it that "insane ammount of cheating" is konami's fault? Do players not have any ammount of accountability when it comes to not knowing how to play the game or even missplaying on purpose?

[@okiemax]

This is why I can't take competitive serious. A game L for banter that wasn't even directed at the other player

[@spideysquestionablyusedcha5069]

​@sharkspeedo It's the judges responsibility to make sure players follow rules. No shit cheaters aren't gonna regulate themselves, they're called cheaters, not fair players 😂

[@gearhead6042]

Completely unrelated to the current vid but I wish there was an official line of communication to report judges.

[@KibaNaruFan432]

There is - u would have to send it to main Konmai or something. The head office I believe not sure u would have to look into that

[@theWIIISEguy]

What's coincidencetally absurd. I just got suspended on xbox live an hour ago because a player reported me for using the word "shit" when describing how our match went. For context I was playing Dead By Daylight. We were on teams. Everyone made terrible mistakes and even though he and his partner threw the game, he decided to grief me and trash talk me as his way to cope with his salt. I simply said "It was a shit game, but you weren't exactly amazing either." Boom 2 day suspension. And the guy kept trash talking me after he was notified of my suspension, taunting me for it. 😂😂😂 Crazy.

[@MegaCapitalG]

My brother who’s been banned numerous times from Rocket League for flaming his team “First time ?”

[@theWIIISEguy]

@@MegaCapitalG Yeah. First time actually. 🤣

[@ProtossTempest]

I got punished for calling my opponent a ho' after he went on an angry rant about killing my family and violating their bodies. Only i got punished with a silence for 72 hours. My opponent would PM me to laugh

[@JTSents89]

I got banned in FFXIV for 3 days for saying "Don't forget to slap dat ass" in party chat on Storm's Crown.

[@matasa7463]

Can't be helped. People are fucking assholes and they know they can abuse the report system to ban people in retaliation, so they do it for the smallest and silliest of things, because that's what petty people do. Neither you nor I would ever bother with such stupidity.

[@chrisjoy439]

Poor Sam

[@andreelmatacoronavirusquin1322]

Oh so we not talking about Leblanc at all again

[@crack.d]

I just found out about these accusations, when did all this go down I’ve been trying to look it up but I can’t find much. Nobody wants to talk about it.

[@invertbrid]

No one want say anything until its proven

[@Saixjacket]

@@crack.d I was in multiple comment threads the other day when this news was fresh, and someone who apparently knows the guy claims that the abuse was on the emotional side, and there is no physical altercation to be even spoken on.

[@crack.d]

@@Saixjacket ah well anyone can say they know the guy I guess we have to wait and see. If no evidence comes to light then it’s like they say innocent until proven guilty. btw emotional trauma is just as severe if not worse than physical abuse. You can alter someone’s mental state to the point you control how they live, sleep, eat.. etc. emotional abuse IS something to talk about

[@TheWitchBoi]

@@crack.d Leblancs ex said they physically abused them, on twitter.

[@ChazBlanks]

Knowing that they waited a round gives me even joy to know i mostly play at locals. Konami and the judges look like clowns now in my eyes

[@jeffbartley9730]

That in the fact I never go broke makes glad I only play master duel 😂

[@potatodiggs9602]

That's not what happened. He cursed again after the game and so the loss was assigned to the next one. yugitubers aren't above the rules

[@spicymemes7458]

If you have a good locals that's friendly and low key, I wouldn't bother with YCS either

[@Shadowx157]

​@@potatodiggs9602 How do you know it was after the game? It was reported only once during play

[@babrad]

@@Shadowx157 he had a warning before the semi-finals. during semi-finals he got another for "god damn". after the semi-finals and before the finals he got another warning for "let's fucking go" that upgraded the previous ones into a gameloss.

[@benoitbrown9400]

Starting to see a pattern of Konami issuing silly punishments that directly affect tournaments. Not sure what the point of attending is if they're just going dictate who wins anyways.

[@matasa7463]

Gotta wonder if they're a bunch of old Japanese guys making this calls or something, cause it feels like it.

[@yoxhi5044]

YCS Vegas was low-key and high-key a joke and it feels discouraging overall of trying for regionals in the first place.

[@DarknessDpa]

From what I heard, the "Goddamn" WAS the warning that he got (hence why there was no penalty applied), but he apparently said "Let's F*cking Go!!!" sometime at the end and it's that which is why he got a game loss in the finals since he was warned already. Or at least that's what Joshua Schmidt said when he talked to Pak.

[@GalaxyGrubz]

On the plus side, this could inspire Team SamuraiX's villain arc and make for some great story telling in the future 🤣

[@undeadinside3571]

I thought thier villain arc was putting "BEST!!!" at the start of every video title

[@crack.d]

That Voiceless Voice player needs to get his matches reviewed.. I bet if he was brazen enough to try an pull it off on stream’s feature match then he definitely does this whenever he sees an opportunity. As gross as Hani’s sportsmanship 🤢

[@zmysteryman]

What did the floo player do?

[@crack.d]

@@zmysteryman picked up Yubel from the 5th monster zone to read it and placed the card back in the Anima zone (4th or 2nd) so he could take it and get around it. He’s a cheater but people get their feelings hurt if you say someone who cheated, cheated.

[@BrandonConnollyFilms]

That wasn't a Floo player he was playing Voiceless Voice.@@crack.d

[@TheWiseguysTCG]

As a floo player, definitely should be investigated and if caught on to, banned.

[@crack.d]

@@BrandonConnollyFilmsyes sorry il correct!

[@RaZuay]

Can i just say i havent played yugioh in like 10 or so years but you skillfully narrate interesting things ill still tune in and listen. Appreciate the content ad always

[@crack.d]

By the title I can assure you, they did 😂

[@BigDaddySlug]

I thought he got a game loss for saying lets fucking go after winning his match

[@bulbapig441]

It was apparently an F bomb

[@leoneo449]

Only half Information are provided here. sam just got a warning here. after the Match sam said "lets f***ing go " leaded to the Upgrade

[@D1thegood]

If that's the case, of course, they L would come in the finals because that was his next match and he would have been just warned about swearing. If this is true, then the video is very misleading about the situation. I think Konami should have a statement about it and tell their side. It might also help their credibility if they had an official list of infraction, and what warranted 'automatic game loss' after an event, so we schmuck who weren't a part of it, directly have a proper understanding.

[@GhostlyGhost333]

It’s because of this and all the chaos that happens that I’m not planning on going to a YCS any time soon. There’s too many people trying to cheat or steal. And if it’s not the players, it’s the judges making poor calls to the staff not being prepared well in advance. No thank you.

[@ReliousFlareStar]

I was waiting for this video. Konami gave Cap too much ammo with this YCS

[@TheKnowledgeofGoD]

We love this as yugioh players. If not why do we play? We love getting 💩 on Now let’s pay$10000 for the next meta deck and then drop $2000 on travel to play a game that has zero return besides being the best 💩 taker.

[@straightMKchamp]

Accurate take lol

[@shakeweller]

This

[@riotkitty]

The YCS Championship apparently has the tolerance of a church when it comes to saying “goddamn” like damn…😅 I know he got a warning before but that word is mild at best. It would be different if Sam cussed out his opponent or something, not just saying ‘goddamn’ under his breath.

[@kongk4]

Hearing from a lot of people how this YCS went... Konami should really ask FGC organizers how to run big events.

[@yoshiiscool2002]

I want Swear Jar to be a new card in the Jar series of cards.

[@matasa7463]

Unironically great card idea.

[@alvintzy95]

Jar of Swear haha😂

[@dvast]

I have heard that the moment of swearing caught on streaming was the warning and he sweared again after the game, which is why it carried over to the finals. Still an overreaction though

[@Dragracingduleist]

Konami really sucks at this stuff

[@treashtyl89]

not jus this but other stuff too

[@astreagc1187]

I don’t think many children watch the final rounds anyway. To be honest you hear way worse in regular locals and what Sam says is barely hearable. Konami should take a second look to the age range for the people that actually plays the game.

[@ora5799]

Bro half the time at my locals the rudest players are the kids, theyll scream at each other and acuse one another of cheating while cheating themselves

[@KibaNaruFan432]

I agree I think there should be a age range - for example I went to a regionals and most of my opponents were young kids. I think my youngest opponent I had was 9 and after the whole event I saw him before I left and he was upset. He only won 3 games out of the whole day and he was playing a meta deck. Others who played him were older and said he cheated along those lines. His older brother even was there who was a few years younger then I videotaped most of his matches cause his ended very quickly and his brother is one who helped him build the deck. Our game if I recall we drew - the kid still plays but only locals now cause he feels like he got cheated

[@tsohgallik]

That Forbidden Girl with the bull horn is hilarious 😂

[@daddyyu-gi-oh4330]

They made an example of him. It’s plain and simple, they took probably the most well known face of the gaming community and bent him over a barrel

[@duhneelo]

Judges want us to Straight faced, monolithic players during duels man

[@NovaChaos]

Let me put it like this. Even Roblox allows you to say Damn with no repercussions

[@armastus1474]

Yea, I'm sick of Konami calling this a "kids game". It's never been a kids game. However, if yugioh players want this to be looked upon as a game for adults, then we as adults do need to be professional. It's about setting an example of professionalism for other players and kids that take interest in this game. Also, judges need to properly enforce rules and standards without bias or reservation.

[@theblite32]

To answer your question about why it wasn't upgraded during the game that they were playing, because Sam ended up dropping even more cuss words after they won the match. He had already been warned during the match previous, so we upgrade his penalty automatically to go to the game loss for the upcoming game.

[@bulbapig441]

Joshua smidth noted in his stream that he spoke to Pak and there was an F bomb dropped.

[@sujiiyt]

Bro, they're grown ass adults. "Cuss words" aren't uncommmon. Stop acting like this is literally a children's card game. You don't see any 6-7 year old capable enough to understand and play yugioh efficiently. Like grow the fuck up.

[@DeathByMagic]

U shouldn't be a judge

[@EcaillesDeLune]

Don't sweat it, people won't get into reason just because their favorite content creator is involved. I've seen a handful of players who have been on the featured match say that judges warn them PLENTY of times to watch their language, and the fact that this is the first controversy of its type in the past few years just goes to show that players know to keep it civil in a game. Just speak what's necessary and you'll be fine, that's something to apply even outside Yugioh.

[@floor5389]

"we", lmao

[@lilyhearts777]

To me vulgar language should not be used. The catch is we use it unintentionally a lot. Examples of vulgar language to emphasis something or being shocked or scared. The example in the video g dam emphasizes you got it all as said in the video. So many times have I heard people say oh s or f if they get scared. The Emphasis part usually means that thing was fn big as an example. This is my personal interpretation and thoughts on why one would use vulgar language unintentionally and without malice intent towards anyone or anything.

[@clockworkphysicist]

I hope you don’t mine my asking, but is there a reason why? Vulgarity being taboo seems to be heavily cultural.

[@rukasuygo]

pretty sure it was something else that got him the gameloss on joshs vid he said that tsx1 said "lets fing go" after the match

[@116_Gaming]

This is the content i like from you Cap. Very well done. You have earned back my respect

[@hitsurei]

I'm tired of watching yugioh, 90% players are playing the same deck, like this is a game of nepotism.

[@hindae085]

What gets me is that when he said it, the other guy is laughing. Its all jokes, both players know this. Yet a judge decided to hand Sam a game loss as punishment? Only thing worse that could've happened is if the judge sat next to him to issue the penalty and say "Hm. You smell bad too. 2 game losses. Congratulations on our new champions!"

[@galaxy-eyesknight4056]

Supposedly Hani written on his deck list he had the other kirin on his list instead of the high avatar

[@eissand_8425]

He was given the warning in that match After the match he said let’s fucking go after their team won And got a game loss for round 1 of the next game He was warned several times about cursing on stream

[@Csalahydn]

Yeah Sam got robbed. Either it’s a game loss THAT round or you let it go. That’s bullshit

[@cardinal01]

Goddamn what could have gone wrong?😅 Konami: Everything.

[@sutoriimmortal2177]

This is a game played mostly by 18-25 year olds. And even if it wasn't the fact that there's a "no swearing" rule at all is bs. Yugioh is a game where you lose on the first hand where you aren't even allowed to cuss when it happens? Na. No sane person implements a rule like that. Oh wait, Konami.

[@hawkticus_duel_shack]

Like, keep it PG-13, so no F bombs.But a quiet cuss to yourself should be fine.

[@Briggsian]

​@@hawkticus_duel_shack Even PG-13 allows one "fuck" nowadays. At most, he should've been told not to say fuck again after the post round "Let's fucking go!". Getting a warning for "goddamn", especially when it made his opponent laugh, is ridiculous. Konami's acting like they're trying to draw in the Evangelical crowd...

[@hawkticus_duel_shack]

@@Briggsian Ya, I've been hearing about the post round one and that's even dumber. Like, I get on stream, but post round? Fuck off

[@CamKoudo]

Yugioh can be very weird about the dumbest things sometimes

[@Fru1tSamura1]

Heres how i see it. The judges probably set the game loss later so that other players dont use it as an excuse to move to game 3 almost immediately. If i can rules shark that my opponent was swearing after my hand bricks then it absolutely would feel like a cheaty win to my opponent

[@SoloQueueGamer]

The swearing was more directed to the situation than the opponent. That was one really sensitive judge.

[@mazerinthemage2395]

This is why I follow Hank Hill, and just say "Got-Dangit".

[@ralphremo1862]

He may have gotten away with "swearing" if he'd have said Ra Dammit

[@LunaticKD1991]

Sam did cost himself with that penalty because he knew the rules but it should've been applied to that match that he swore in instead of a random match in the future. That tells me that they didn't decide to apply a loss to Sam until after that match when it should've been applied immediately when it happened. As far as the swearing goes it's against the rules so Sam should have had more self control in that situation. It doesn't matter if you think the swear word is not that bad on a scale. People know what swear words are and it's easy to not use them in a professional event. Yugioh can be frustrating especially at the competetive level but you still have to keep yourself composed.

[@JudaiMaverick86]

As a judge on a different card game, Cardfight Vanguard, in the finals we have to be VERY STRICT with the ground rules (thats a different set of rules only judges have access to), we have to play devil's advicate and mark cautions and warnings to player for any single mistake, missplay or miss behavior. As much as I like Sam's content, if he commited a foul and got a warning for misconduct or missbehavior before, it goes to a list where warnings are written in order to have a control, if Sam got a second warning for the same reason, no matter the round, it does become a game loss; its like in soccer, you get two yellow cards, you get expelled. It seems Konami floor rules are as harsh as Bushiroad's (Vanguard's developer).

[@BlanekdCheque]

Don’t get me wrong, I understand wanting stricter rules during the finals, and if they want to assign a game loss, fine. But I don’t understand why the penalty from a Semifinals game would ever carry? What if they didn’t make it? Does it just go unpunished? It seems unnecessary to not punish the semifinals game, and then give a Game Loss penalty in the finals. It’s a weird competitive ruling, and also a terrible viewing experience.

[@thomashalbgottschalk8461]

The comparison with football makes no sense. You get sent off for two yellow cards in the same game, but you can receive one every single game. In addition: What's the purpose of secret rules only for judges? How should I know how to behave if I don't have access to the rules?

[@JudaiMaverick86]

@@BlanekdCheque I understand your point of view man. However, and as I stated, the "punishment" can occur no matter the round, even if the first warning happen on the semifinals or before, your name is not deleted from the warnings list even of you reach the finals. It sucks, I know, but I didnt make the ground rules. Also, and you'll probably laugh at this, there are players that know the ground rules or learn from previous experiences and can abuse of that knowledge in order to get easy wins that goes beyond letting the time run out. Edit 1: there are ways to undo warnings if there is enough evidence AT THE MOMENT, yes, judges can make mistakes as well, thats why head judges exist.

[@JudaiMaverick86]

@@thomashalbgottschalk8461 you can also miss games if you get more yellow cards, at least in the world cup, they stack. Konami and other companies in their tournament normal rules explain that players behave and have good sportmanship, otherwise there will be penalizing, and the judges, alongside the head judges, can determine the punishment, which can go from a warning or ask you to leave the venue.

[@hawkticus_duel_shack]

@@JudaiMaverick86 Ya but why wouldn't they make the game he *is currently* in the game loss?

[@phonenixagaming3892]

Pokemon tcg is doing really good in comparison rn 😂 it's crazy I go play pokemon, and it's just back to back draw cards.

[@hugon6717]

If bro couldn't hold his tongue multiple times, he only has himself to blame.

[@randommaster06]

If the policy for being on camera is "No Swearing," I can understand the penalty. The decision to apply it to the next match, however, is baffling. The lack of or exception to standard procedure is why so many players are apprehensive about calling a judge.

[@josejesuscontrerassalazar9140]

It's called sportsmanlike conduct. You are supposed to be pro players, which means you know the code of how and what language or conduct you are supposed to have in an pro level event. Good call by the judges and Konami.

[@anthonycardenas7863]

Konami is a joke

[@Lightsworn_Assassin]

Konami is starting to feel like the government. Eather we send a big message of not buying their products anymore or they will keep being this way. Dont trend on us!

[@queenbrightwingthe3890]

Players have the power to boycut products but that wont help much when most players like to go back and eat the same shit they just boycutted.

[@jadeagrace4305]

Goddamn Konami just flipped a solemn judgement on his ass

[@shadowhauntjoker8501]

From what I can get out of it, they're the face of the game. Meaning they want them to conduct better in front of kids on stream. So by swearing, when you have to be disney levels of clean around kid space, they took it as such. Plus on stream they aren't really allowed to swear at all. People get hit hard for less. I'm not saying I approve, but he did get warned before. So, in a way, it's up to them.

[@johnbarrientes4807]

Haven’t played in a long time but from my experience the biggest problem was favoritism within the judges vs some players. so giving Sam a game loss in potential next round could have been favoritism towards the anticipated next team. You’d see the exact same judge call with totally different outcomes. Judges seem to listen and favor the more “experienced players” experienced players know this and use it almost as a shark move during matches. Reminds me of Roy saint claire getting away with countless sharking or blatant cheating with the help of judges.

[@Typhon18038]

I feel that players at that level should know better and that they need to be mindful that they are held to a higher standard, so while it sucks it is what it is and people just need to be mindful of what they say. Cuz even at my locals they have us watch our language and people have been issued warnings and losses and even bans when it got crazy.

[@TuckNeal]

UC -Minor: (Warning) This penalty is appropriate when a person commits a Minor intentional infraction A person swears or uses inappropriate or offensive gestures during a tournament A person insults a player, spectator, or tournament official. UC -Major: (Game Loss) A person uses profanity towards another person Rules are Rules, I agree with the penalty should have applied directly there, because say sams team lost, then he just has no penalty for breaking the rules Personally i think if it wasnt a feature match they would have let it slide, because if they dont address this it could lead to people saying worse things

[@ipostlamememesallthetime953]

That shouldn't have counted as a penalty. It didn't seem like Team X1 was insulting his opponent either. It's pretty silly, "God damn..." or, "damn..." amongst Christian religious people, this counts as bad words. I've been reprimanded for saying it underneath by breath before. I was surprised. I still say it

[@thewolfgaming4874]

for the ppl that dont know what happened to sam can happen at locals cause no matter the lvl of play be it tier 1 t2 or higher any official events are supposed to go by the same rules but most of the time that dont happen with locals

[@eliasmendes2198]

The most unsecessary judge moment I've ever heard ngl.

[@christopherhairston6294]

I won Atlanta regionals and got a warning for saying “done fucked up”… rules are rules.

[@ClericOfPholtus]

Bro them judges mispenalized the wrong Sam, they gonna wake up to a Shadow Game with SeeReax

[@Deus35]

Pak is such a good player, I want to see more of his games

[@eg8593]

Look at Sam's hands when he points, he points with Gus middle finger like he is flipping him off. Look closely 👀

[@kingkong-sd2zr]

On KONAMI next ban list: "GAWD DAMN"

[@joshuacress5174]

I might be an outlier on this but I stand with Konami on their decision. This is a card game for children and as a parent I don't want my child hearing anything derogatory at all. Sorry guys

[@hipernox2]

For me was more than the swering was that got cought on camera and streamed online. That can lead to other penalties adressed to konami. Remeber that this are "all ages" event and content that konami tries to protect at all costs.

[@GalaxyGrubz]

Well the streams were aired on KZbin kids, comments weren't allowed there. Can only imagine them freaking out and awaiting the "so many kids can hear that" messages flooding in.

[@andrewnguyen664]

what I don't understand is how can there be several judges and other staff/spectators watching each match closely in top cut at the event and no one catches some of these players blatantly cheating either until the very end or sometimes not at all? What are these people getting paid for lol

[@camerongoeller]

I think this is a terrible opinion and clearly uninformed in regards to tournament policy. Behaving inappropriately on camera at a live-streamed event is considered a UC-Severe per the penalty guidelines. This means he should or could have received a disqualification, and never would have had a chance to play in the finals. Nobody will know the details of the investigation that took place in regard to this penalty, and why it occurred between rounds. Even if a mistake was made, judges aren’t perfect, but without them, playing the game at this level wouldn’t be possible, and it appeared that per the policy documents that Sam received leniency. Sam deserves the utmost respect for taking this in stride, regardless of the outcome as starting the final round with a game loss is an immense challenge to try to overcome, and then having extreme positivity after losing is impressive.

[@michaelkeha]

See with every YCS there seems to be a host of drama that just shows why Yugioh is never gonna be the esport card game

[@munico6055]

To quote one of my hero’s, “I’ll never forgive the Japanese!”