The Horrors of Trading Card Games

[@PapaMeat]

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[@PURPLE_G0J0]

This is oddly timed, I was just starting to get my annual YuGiOh itch💀

[@KYRUTI]

Hunter you are supposed to wipe front and back not just bunch it up

[@KarmaisCruel99]

You should delete that prn bot comment at the top

[@taylortoeben3036]

Meaty magic 😂

[@muffinkingyo]

Magic sucks

[@YoBoiHrcky]

There being "The One Ring" card and people losing their shit over it, paying millions to get it is literally the point Tolkien was trying to make

[@claranadine1086]

Right?!

[@aizle101]

Just got into niche 2:09 games, one of them being... less than sfw. And I personally think playing some old card games is fantastic. Harry potter? Inuyasha? Sign me up!

[@koen5168]

Imagine buying it & then casting it into the fire

[@tyleryoung007]

​@@koen5168next level satisfaction

[@aizle101]

@@koen5168 at this point, that should be done.

[@voidastralbirth]

Imagine a kid cannot buy a box of trading cards because one man bought 1,000 boxes to sell at 4x the price online. Scalpers deserve every bad thing that comes their way.

[@loganparry2676]

Straight up couldn't/won't get the marvel secret lair cards because of scalpers buying them immediately. I will now just proxy every single secret lair drop. It is incredibly frustrating.

[@GenderedMess]

Literally happening with the Prismatic Evolutions from Pokemon TCG, fortunately the shop I go to prioritises his usual customers and kids that actually care about the cards and don't want to sell them for quadruple the price. Unfortunately the same can't be said for a lot of other shops.

[@404sutibi7]

As someone who deals with scalpers for both concert tickets and tcg, I cannot describe the frustration I feel towards these people.

[@bigdadybojangls9219]

Ummmmm maybe that kid needs to get a better job

[@ShinyScarfy]

I remember seeing posts by small card shops saying they won't be carrying them at release due to the safety of their workers​@GenderedMess

[@afeathereddinosaur]

Yu-Gi-Oh! had to make a game rule change because of bad hygiene once. Not a tournament thing, an actual mechanic of the game was changed because people were being stinky and sweaty. There's this one card (Yu-Jo Friendship) that asks for a handshake so both players may equalize the life points basically, however, if you had another card in hand (Unity), the other player was forced to make the handshake. If they didn't do it it'd be a game loss for them. Thing is, people noticed that, and they started playing with the most awful hand hygiene they could just so the opponent would be grossed out and give up the game for not shaking hands. Not washing their hands, purposefully getting them sweaty, coughing and sneezing on them, etc. You could do this in a tournament and you'd win. This led to the definition of a game ruling where the "handshake" in question is just the idea of a handshake, and no contact was necessary so long as you agreed to the idea of that handshake. Absolutely wild.

[@TheRealBot001]

Nah it was a hypothetical that someone pointed out on a forum that got a lot of attention and the game rules were changed to avoid it happening at an official event

[@dittm3r]

Imagine rejecting the idea of shaking your opponent's hand and losing a tournament because of... pride? "Pretend to shake my hand." "No, you pretend to shake my hand instead." "Judge! I'm going home."

[@punishedbung4902]

Favorite ruling to ever be made for any card game is “you cannot eat your opponent’s cards.” Many tcgs were forced to implement this because people would destroy another person’s card, then call over a judge to disqualify the other player for having a deck that didn’t have the minimum amount of cards. Thank you for covering this ruling.

[@xrhin0x895]

This is why you get your decks checked by a judge as soon as you walk in. Why would I register a deck with x number of cards and then later be called out for having only x-1 cards. Real cheaters would try to add more cards to their deck after the fact to gain advantage not try to remove them.

[@OctoBear88]

​@@xrhin0x895 But what if someone eats your card while you're showing them your deck before entering? 😂

[@austins.2495]

Cool bruh…

[@realKenM]

Do you think this would work in Chess? I'm not really the type for vibrating anal beads

[@crispico4727]

I bet your farts still smelly

[@TearThatRedFlagDown]

Kaiba had the right idea. If you're throwing a card game tournament, make it open air so that you don't get a bunch of sweaty, crusty dudes in a small room together and stink up the place.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

I do not like kaiba but good idea tbh

[@GoldenSkeeter]

Difficult to do in the PNW and NE. There would be no one there.

[@foreignpaul]

Also the sunlight will filter out the attendance naturally

[@stickautocorrect7890]

And Pegasus had them wandering around a forest to keep the stench away.

[@lacijunemann4]

or unless you’ve got a REALLY good a’c unit.

[@bakearound7404]

I didn't realize until after moving out to a rural area, how stinky humans can be. I'm not a gamer or card player. No, I hang out with chickens and rabbits all day. And those guys stink, I clean their areas weekly. I got invited to concert in the next town. It was a farewell tour, so there was A LOT of folks there. I can't believe how many different odors people have.

[@maskedcommand3r547]

Who was playing?

[@bakearound7404]

@maskedcommand3r547 steel woods

[@TheMartinicity]

I play warhammer at a local venue and I am not even kidding when I tell you there have been tire tracks on the chairs magic players used

[@nicksnovelreviews8733]

I’ve literally seen Warhammer players pick at the butt, then go straight to picking their teeth. Then went back to picking at his butt. Sooooo no room to talk pal

[@wormhistoryhour5]

warhammer player as well iv seen the same from my local pokemon players

[@SatanLiterally]

I feel like Warhammer players have to be a little more active because you have to stand up and survey the battlefield to plot strategy. Maybe that's why they don't leave skidmarks on the chairs.

[@loganparry2676]

@@SatanLiterally The other thing too is that every single time I play somebody who sat for most of the game they were almost always dice cheating because I couldn't see where they were rolling from my standing POV.

[@SatanLiterally]

@@loganparry2676 I can't imagine playing Warhammer sitting the while time.

[@pieceofworkworkofpiece2261]

10:14 My local card shop had to stop hosting Yugioh tournaments because of how many complaints the store would receive afterwards about the unpleasant smell they left behind. The straw that broke the camels back however, was when one top Yugioh player shit their pants and then proceeded to stay without cleaning themselves because they were on a winning streak 🤢! The worst part is that they ended up losing 😭.

[@quinnzykir]

I don’t get it. You can take a five minute shower.

[@stevenstokes6306]

I'm not a violent person at heart, but I would be

[@ShmarveyXD]

A true duelist

[@SatanLiterally]

Even if he'd won, is it worth it to marinate in your own waste? Gotta go home and powder up because you gave yourself a dipey rash playing cards.

[@samuelmoreno974]

@@quinnzykirthey need more than 5 mins

[@blueshky]

I grew up playing a baseball card game in the 2000's that was owned by WIzards of the coast (Pokemon at the time and MTG's company at the time) and it was awesome. It was 90% sports guys who showed up to tourneys showered, repping their fav team's jersey, and were happy just hanging out before/after the games shooting the shit as a little community that we were. We did have one guy though, was a Pokemon player who tried to play it....he weighed over 400 lbs, was rude and obnoxious, and would get mad when he didn't win despite not knowing anything about baseball. Glad we only had ONE of those in the community.

[@evanbtwburger1651]

My sister used to play magic and pokemon. My dad had to yell at her to shower once and she threatened to move in with her mom

[@TehSeksyManz]

Showerless behavior

[@OctoBear88]

​@@TehSeksyManz Motherless behavior.

[@dazaichan9970]

Wouldn't that make her your step-sister then? Also did they ever ended up moving in with "their" mom? 😂😂

[@OctoBear88]

@@dazaichan9970 Wtf are you smoking? How would that make her his step sister.... You do realize there's such a thing as parents separating/divorcing and living separately.

[@sminkiii]

​@@dazaichan9970 i mean tbf plenty of people call half or step siblings brother or sister

[@breadguytv]

I went to a cardshop and was literally attacked by a sour soup of obese men sweat I asked the owner why don't they have hygiene policies and he thought he couldn't ask people to do that and I shown him what he could legally ask of his customers and a week later his page was full of hygiene alerts

[@MaggieCat1998]

doing gods work 🫡

[@kilayugao7989]

Reading this just gave me flashbacks so vivid I can practically still smell them 😅

[@asperbergers7136]

I've thrown people out of bars for less. If someone is making your place of work or business unsuitable for others to enjoy you have every right to throw them out. I will first ask you, then tell you, after that I made you. There were no ifs, and, or buts, about it. Went to court numerous times without any issue on my end.

[@jareddemarzo8196]

Please learn what the word "literally" means.

[@Aeivious]

​@@jareddemarzo8196 did you understand what they mean? Yes? Then shut it dude.

[@coolbrotherf127]

I actually got really into trading card games over the last 2 years. It is really exciting to do really well on a tournament, especially the big ones. I will say though that there are some weird guys with no social skills that spend all their free time not playing card games watching as much One Piece, Naruto, and Dragon Ball as possible. It's hard to have any conversations about anything not about that stuff.

[@POTATOEMPN]

As somebody who did tournaments for 12 years I would suggest you stop now while you have a chance. Especially if it's magic the gathering. Basically every like four to six months you have to buy a new set or all the cars you have are officially out of date and not legal for any sort of official tournament purposes. It's a money racketeering scam. They keep forcing you to buy more cars that you can keep staying relevant in the tournaments. And their list of official banned cards is almost larger than their official list of accepted cards

[@TheTurboNut]

Nicks story about having to quit a tournament from repetetive chemical warfare when he was 10 is hilarious and i love when he tells it

[@austins.2495]

Cool

[@angieferret7723]

Callback to the Video ranking the smelliest types of people

[@brunopelletier5701]

A little off subject but as a war gamer Ive seen my fair share of unbelieveble shit. But my favorite is the guy who was playing 40k against a stranger and the guy was just aggressivly doing pushup and work out waiting for his opponent to finish his turn, all the while growling like an animal. The guy called a referee to make him stop the ref just said "he is getting in character"

[@giocommentary]

hahaha XD this just sounds like fun tbh. he's not hurting anyone just being weird XD

[@321Isotope]

Was he playing Blood Angels? I bet it was Blood Angels…

[@XavierKaziTheZombie]

The nails are biting!

[@POTATOEMPN]

He is getting in character that's crazy lol

[@hades6354]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

[@theonlycatonice]

18:44 i was at a LAN where a FATHER had very inappropriate wallpapers right next to his CHILD DAUGHTER 💀💀💀 unfortunately people are more brazen than they should be

[@chloedustin1794]

boyfriend recently taught me how to play commander, my general body odor increased by 50%

[@zachreddick1801]

You’re welcome 👍

[@kevinmunn666]

@@zachreddick1801 ok

[@justabritgaming716]

Fun fact most TCG cards have a hygiene rule. Use this knowledge wisely

[@mochiiitube]

That means you’re getting good

[@justabritgaming716]

@@mochiiitube that’s the rules of card games the more you sweat the more better you’re

[@raven_goblinn]

Nick mentioning how he ended the game early in another video as well really proves the life long trauma that followed

[@jffry890]

I thought that story was familiar. It was either Nik or Neckbeardia I heard that from. Probably both, if we're being honest. No reason why that has to be a unique story.

[@raven_goblinn]

@jffry890 it was in the "who smells worst" video lol. Hunters reaction was basically the same too haha

[@raydogg]

I did security at a Crunchyroll convention in LA some years ago and i could say , some areas and private rooms reaked like death rolled up and shoved in someones prison pocket. That smell is imprinted in my memory. I would imagine this is similar in so many ways. Freaken disgusting.

[@KyleBGanger]

It's literally the same smell as a dead body.

[@sandytoast2591]

Ill never forget how much i died laughing on “TCG shop simulator “ when i had to constantly walk around the shop making sure the customers smell good

[@basicmobile6270]

I play that game! I had to place the air filters in strategic places, they get all mad when their funk is cleaned 🤣

[@dazaichan9970]

That simulator should be spread and shared onto every irl card shop as a test on who to really be hiring 😂😂

[@sandytoast2591]

@@dazaichan9970absolutely imma go to local shop tomorrow with my pc to show them how well i run my store 😂

[@Godkingzeus.69]

Only the strongest of men can handle trading card shop stench

[@D44RK_Iced_Yogs]

I stopped playing TCG with Hearthstone back in 2018, I’m too scared to travel that rabbit hole again.

[@dudesinashoe7812]

I've only been to like 3 and all 3 had "please bathe" signs 😂😂😂

[@iamjames8403]

Do Vintage video game stores that sell trading cards count as a trading card shop?

[@soulandfresh]

It’s so bad. I’ve recently started collecting one piece tcg. I’ve had to brave a few card stores and… man oh man. I walked away with it on me. Because I also haven’t showered in six months.

[@cawrhy]

Having noseblindness to it is like a superpower.

[@ThePupSquad]

it’s 6am and i need to get out of bed, this video popped up as i was looking for background getting ready noise, i gasped and said “oh thank you papa” out loud

[@GerpidyGerpson]

I'm glad you brought this up because I work at the Las Vegas Convention Center and The last time we had a magic the gathering convention we had 3 people shit on the floor, 1 person shat on the wall like a shotgun blast, Two separate custodians found two pairs of underwear in two different bathrooms filled with poop. This show was fucking disgusting and I deal with SEMA, normally that's the worst but no this one killed it. It was that bad. And we had to constantly spray our bathrooms with air freshener because it was so stinky. I don't hate these people I just truly hope that they take care of themselves. Because it was disgusting and I worry for their well-being.

[@sana-chan6912]

Ayeee I went to magic con 2024 in Vegas. The bathrooms smelled so bad at some point cuz someone was dropping a huge log, but luckily I didn't see any dirty underwear or shotgun blast shit.

[@GerpidyGerpson]

@sana-chan6912 That's just how it be sometimes. My only tip for people next year if you come here and you don't want to spend so much on food is simple, order food from off the strip to the strip, It avoids the strip fees. Because $16 for a plate of chili fries is not really worth. Hope this helps

[@music79075]

I'll hate them for you

[@GerpidyGerpson]

@@music79075 😂

[@TheErikjsm]

no mentally stable person does this. i dont know if i should laugh or be horrified at the description of "shitting a shotgun blast at the wall" wtf dog.

[@Sharingon700]

The owner of my local game shop is awesome. He'll straight up call people out and send them home if they are causing a massive stank. They might be embarrassed, but they sure as hell shower before they come in now

[@joshshrum2764]

Like Chris Chan lol.

[@USCanDoBetter]

Or they’ll rant about freedom and act like they’re being targeted!

[@darkwolf9637]

18:00 it's yugioh and while i don't know all the ages i can confirm that the one on the right with teal hair is around 13 or 14 since that series main cast is early high school kids

[@ccggenius]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that everyone on that mat except maybe Aki is under age. Really hard to judge the ages in 5DS since poor people go to prison, not school. That being said, Yusei is like... the only protagonist who was allowed to have a romantic subplot, so... I'm assuming they're college aged.

[@marky4627]

And the one on the far left is from Yu-Gi-Oh sevens and she's 10. 🤢

[@Thatoneguy48147]

They recently had rules implemented in Europe and Australia for Yugioh to ban custom playmats. People are divided because some thinks its so that Konami forces players to buy their konami products. Others say its so that shit like those graphic playmats are essentially not allowed around children. I think its both and honestly its needed due to these playmats being so bad and cringe to look at

[@Shiestey]

It’s so funny that someone probably spilled an energy drink under their chair and the community is so known for being gross that everyone just immediately thought it was piss. I laughed way too hard at that

[@joshshrum2764]

Yellow gadorade.

[@marky4627]

The most important debate since rice or vomit. Energy drink or piss?

[@amandanowicki5294]

I used to work at a comic shop that also sold TCG, and sports cards. Whenever Topps would release an anticipated set the shop would host an unboxing and trading party. The assistant manager had to kick a guy out because he smelt so bad that he drove everyone out of the back room. Also can confirm that Yu-Gi-Oh players smelt way worse than Magic and Pokemon players.

[@POTATOEMPN]

The way you say all that makes me feel like you're probably somebody who plays more magic and pokémon and does more collecting of those cards as opposed to Yu-Gi-Oh. Because as somebody who mainlined Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments and magic the gathering tournaments for 12 years fucking straight? I promise you magic the gathering and Warhammer have got everyone beat by a fucking country mile. Magic of the gathering fans are literally the stinkiest sweatiest fattest neck beers on the planet because the vast majority of them are literally your standard stereotypical straight white gross dude. Meanwhile your average Yu-Gi-Oh enjoy are tends to be the slightly faddish lazy neck beard who is kind of like a 60/40 may or may not shower. And there's a hell of a lot more girls playing you give than there are girls playing magic The gathering. And some of them stink too unfortunately lol. But you also have to remember that a lot of the people playing these card games are poor. Like I remember a kid that I knew when I was growing up named Zack. His house had nothing but cats. His mom had two children and like 15 or 16 cats so no matter what he did he always stink all of his clothes smelled all of his shirt smelled it didn't matter how much he showered it didn't matter what cologne or whatever he just so he eventually just stopped caring and just kept getting bullied and just kept playing Yu-Gi-Oh and magic and stuff because what's he supposed to do in his whole house smells like that? Some kids I knew they were too poor and sometimes they didn't even get to take a shower that day sometimes they didn't get to use shampoo and soap. A lot of these kids are also being bullied at home they're being bullied at school and the only place they don't get bullied is in the card shop. So to them it's a place of safety and sanctuary just like the library was for me. How anywhere outside of my house was a sanctuary compared to being inside of it. And I was also one of those kids playing Yu-Gi-Oh except I was the polar opposite of everyone else. I was smart I was tall I was dark I was handsome and I showered everyday. I brushed my hair I brushed my teeth I did the whole general self-care routine every single fucking day. And I made sure my friends did as much as possible too because I understood that some of them were as I said poor and unable to do certain things or depressed and also unable to do certain things. All the times when somebody is stinky it's because they're so depressed they can't even be bothered to get clean because the most important thing they have to do is pretending that everything is okay so that nobody has to bother them because they don't want to be bothered

[@Dragnbreth294]

Not a card game, but this reminded me of an off suppressed memory. I remember when my high school held an esports tournament in the library and cafeteria on the presentation dropdown screens. It was at the same time we were on break from our indoor percussion competition, so a bunch of people that just sweat a ton recently, in costumes that were still fresh from the shop (still had that weird print smell) who thought we smelled odd already, went and watched a bunch of esports teams play Mario cart for the last bit of our break. When we opened the door, the room was already so rank it lingered for a literal three weeks. We left after five minutes because we were distracting the players with our cheers, and realized that we didn’t actually smell that bad on our own when we stepped out. I really don’t mean to be rude but it smelled like whataburger and onions. Hope the players had fun at least, and hope our cheers weren’t too distracting.

[@awilddevereaux]

16:30, the Pokemon card being eaten reminds me of a legendary story from MtG involving a card called "Chaos Orb". It is an old card that involved a dexterity mechanic, you would flip the card on to the table from at least a foot above and whatever cards it touches are destroyed. Well, one clever player ripped his own Orb into pieces and scattered it across his opponents board, destroying everything. Seems brilliant, however...his opponent called over a judge and the judge ruled a DQ against the Orb user because now his deck was short one card and was therefore illegal LOL.

[@opossumboyo]

This feels like the plot of a Yugioh season finale, except the “judge” is god and getting disqualified is being dragged into a realm of eternal torture and punishment

[@supermysterious66]

Is this the origin of the joke card, Chaos Confetti?

[@jessicalundholm2773]

@@supermysterious66 yes it is!

[@johndoe-uz2kc]

In high school our cafeteria had the gamer table and oh my god all of these people seemed to have never heard of washing machines, soap,shampoo, deodorant or any modern hygiene standards of any kind.

[@petercampi2840]

I suppose I now know how the big league players afforded all those booster packs back in the day...

[@ZaneAndrews-nh9wr]

14:56 As a Yugioh player, it is required to do over exaggerating anime moves and just be weird. It’s all good fun.

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

nah, I'd rather play with stone cold stoicism. I'd rather not degrade myself for the entertainment of others.

[@urphakeandgey6308]

You're obligated to explain what pot of greed does even though it's banned in tournaments.

[@FroFTW85]

When i was a kid and into MTG. The only card shop in my town. Was also a leather shop. The owner would buy and sell cards. He also made custom leather clothing and things like purses and wallets. I dont remember it ever smelling bad like BO or farts. It would always smell like burning leather, or cigar smoke. The owner would sit behind the counter on his PC, smoking a big ass cigar, while about a dozen of us would be playing Magic. A few years later after I kinda quit playing Magic. I tried going to the shop. Sadly it had been closed for about a year at that point. I asked my friends what happened. They said the landlord wouldn't renew the lease. The store owner was supposed to reopen in a different building, but I don't think he ever did. Kinda sad.

[@lloydnoid6506]

Dude that sounds LEGENDARILY cool

[@sand-in-the-timepiece9836]

That landlord clipped that angels wings, holy shit. I cant imagine a better place to play

[@Berserkerking1]

My brother was in town for a visit, so we decided to go wander around our local mall. I had the idea of, “Hey! Let’s go to the mall’s game store.” I thought it’d be rad, cause it had a bunch of old games, and normally the atmosphere there was normally chill… There was a magic tourney or maybe Pokémon tourney. Either way, we were hit by a waft. A LITERALY WAFT of stank that neither of us have ever experienced. Like in my youth I worked as maintenance for the local courthouse, and sometimes we’d have to go pick up large quantities of muck, large items, and filth. One time we’d have to grab a cow that died in a creek and it hadn’t been reported for a week. That smell was tame, TAME, compared to that tourney going on. Like this was a SpongeBob, “I’m ugly and I’m Proud moment.” But it turns out it was just the stench oozing out their mouth. That was these people. Like goddamn. Needless to say my brother and I left, and we had a good laugh.

[@Shinyslaking64]

Good lord

[@greatclubsandwich5612]

"This isn't your regular everyday stink. This is... Advanced stank."

[@nosrin1988]

the last time I went to a convetion, there was one single room that had a distinct smell of SALT when you walked in there, the moment you crossed the threshhold. Three guesses what the room was for and the first two don't count. The rest of the convention was fine, even the video game room. also, I myself enjoy magic in a casual setting and luckily my LGS never smelled bad,, we had like one guy who needed to brush his teeth or shower more that was about it, but ya. it's not as uncommon as you'd think!

[@Sara-xk1ns]

I really appreciate the vivid picture you built lol I can see it and thankfully not smell it.

[@metalingus9296]

Card shop in the town I went to college had a card shop that had a half basement where they’d how’d their tournaments. This place would stay open late too. I can’t even begin to describe the smell. Imagine a pit of bo and shit, no ventilation and steeping in it until 1 in the morning. Cool place, but I couldn’t do it.

[@Flanowa]

I only play Magic with people I know. I played in a card shop once and never again. Those folks aren't there to make friends or even have a good time. I just really didn't fit into the crowd...but nothing beats playing with friends and loved ones.

[@greatclubsandwich5612]

I have a buddy who goes to magic events just to troll people. He'll tap his cards and tilt every one a different angle. He'll play cards upside down in the sleeve or on the board. He'll play them all out of alignment and spaced at random... It's drives people's OCD crazy and he's had people forfeit and scoop because of it. It's hilarious.

[@RockerfellerRothchild1776]

Shame... My local lgs is literally opposite of what I heard on here. Employed or college students ....family people. Beers and roasting! Btw I lose every week! I don't care because it's a hangout! The one time I won ....the whole store celebrated! Lol

[@TurlesfromDBZ]

i really love playing TCG games, but i hate the fact that its always like: "here buy packs for 300 bucks, have like 50% of cards you need for a good deck, which will be outdated and unable to be used in tournament play in a month because we need to milk our money cow to death and make fifty new expansions. Oh also the nearest tournament or event is like 200 miles from you, and theres gonna be 7 people."

[@rickwinters1673]

"Also, these 7 guys will be using tier 0 with almost exact copies of each other which they either sold their kidneys or sponsored by someone. gooduck"

[@coolbrotherf127]

Well, for any bigger game there will be a couple hundred people there and you'll be waiting around for hours between rounds.

[@Devious_Reviews]

This is why I had to stop around 2012 even though it was casual play and never tournament. A card could be banned/restricted on a whim or had to be current version. A lot of my good MtG cards are so old they don't have expansion symbols. My last YGO pack was "Pharaoh's Servant". I only own the first 151 Pokémon from 1998. The other gripe is people sucking all the fun out of playing due to taking things _way_ too seriously as if they, too, will be banished forever to the Shadow Realm.

[@oldskewel]

Of those seven people, at least two have some sort of issue with their ego. So expect everyone to lose to their $1.5k deck they will never dare take to a bigger tournament at the risk of losing a game. I say that because my college started a small MTG club and one guy got so worked up about losing to pre-cons that he ended up spending $2.7k in a month on two decks just to feel superior. He still lost to the $10 crabs and counterspells deck. It was not a pretty sight.

[@RigemortisTheGoth]

play MTG commander, can buy precons with functional decks for less than 100 bucks and its an eternal format so no outdating :)

[@TomAcrossAmerica]

Trading card salesman. I require your strongest smells. You cannot handle my smells trader, my smells are so powerful they could fell a beast !

[@Hidden_Summer]

I fear I can handle the stench but the “white knights” and “You’re just playing to be quirky” bros make the experience unenjoyable

[@TheChocolateSailor]

The stank is just a garnish for that behavior lol

[@PodreyJenkin138]

​@@TheChocolateSailor Garnish 😂

[@PodreyJenkin138]

Women love being hot and treated differently and better on that basis until it's sweaty weirdos at a card game they are trying to invade Don't be a tourist, let the sad incels have their games

[@TheErikjsm]

ewww, REAL gamers play alone online in their room while crying silently not with people

[@grilledleeks6514]

you being ok with the stink makes you a freak tbh.

[@lilsoggins]

My cousin worked in a stable at a farm and once told me “the trading card shop smelled so bad I had to take my stuff and leave.” 💀

[@worldcure7883]

Animals at least attempt to clean themselves TC ogres do not.

[@ubernerrd]

The smell of manure is better than game store funk.

[@zacfrancis6365]

Cap

[@AntSamSays]

Can verify, have worked goat dairy and been the only girl at the card shop.

[@MrNozem77]

17:56 That's a Yu-gi-oh playmat, because of course it is 😬

[@MrMentholSlim]

i remember being 13 and getting into the local MTG scene, and these 2 dudes kept going to the washroom together atleast once an event, it was a small washroom with only 1 toilet.

[@brianjohnson1509]

Gay Loving.

[@christkiyokuza4564]

Definitely cocaine. Bromosexual activities come with that lol😂

[@teh_supar_hackr]

It's how they Gathered there Magic

[@lordgrub12345]

Average blue player experience

[@taylon5200]

Cocaine 💀

[@chonsly]

2:29 this was wild lmfao, love the editors

[@severiusbrandusa1413]

It's not a real Yugioh Duel without some guy standing up and shouting like Kaiba while he finishes the match against you.

[@Just_be_yourself109]

"Wild" 🐑🤡💀🤓

[@chonsly]

@@Just_be_yourself109 ❤️

[@kozzoy5801]

When it started zooming out during the story about how Papa wipes 👌🏼 This is top tier editing.

[@walterrising4276]

​@@Just_be_yourself109 I'd agree but pronouns

[@AZREDFERN]

Every tournament should have one of those airport bomb sniffing portals, but re-calibrate it for BO. If it's over the threshold the alarm sounds, Funk Away (who's sponsored) fumigates the booth, and they drop into a chute that slides them directly back into the parking garage.

[@cryofroze_2552]

Papa meat singing is some of the greatest content on KZbin. Him singing AC/DC on creepcast had me dying at work

[@Alexandra-ng1ih]

I’m so special and so are you.

[@cryofroze_2552]

@ what does this mean

[@Andrei_Antonov]

Good for you.

[@sofaking8646]

Did he even sing in this video?

[@yuzubrain]

​@@cryofroze_2552they're so special and so are you I think

[@matthewmaki]

“As long as I have these cards I am never alone” divorced dad

[@jakezepeda1267]

A REAL MAN'S card game.

[@_will795]

Come onnnn House!!!

[@rawleigh729]

Legend comment

[@VladimirGarciaLugo]

Dadadivorced dads !!!!

[@ang3r3dv3t]

14:50 I knew that guy! He would make up his own rules (modify and be pushy enough and rambling through fast enough so he would "in" before you could object activate a card or anything). I would also stop him, and explain the rules. He would always adjust his glasses before playing a big move. Best was when you would stop it with a trap. 😂 Good times.

[@MSDuelist]

Oh yeah, who are you? Make up my own rules did I?

[@camerons4868]

When I first started playing Magic I couldn't believe the smell in the dungeon-esk store that was the only one in town to play. I decided to just play at my local college. Thankfully, a store opened up nearby where I lived and I spoke to the owner. He straight up said he would ask anyone smelly to leave, would have AC running on high and wanted to keep a very comfortable atmosphere. He achieved that and the store was super clean, smelled nice and really upped the amount of people playing TCGs in town!

[@mikesopko6365]

I was a competitive magic player in my 20's and yea the body hygiene is wild. My LGS had to kick someone out for smelling worse then an unclean litterbox. As if the very clothes he was wearing were in fact the litter box. After being sent home, the 20ish year old players mother came to the store during the event and raised hell in the store. Ultimately they both left saying they would never come back and the store cheered lol. TCG's are unhinged!

[@jordangonsalves1200]

had a really bad one recently, i’m super smell sensitive and every time the guy finished one of his 8 coke cans he would get up and waft the smell everywhere

[@ryanekstrom209]

My father had binders full of complete sets from ice age and such. My mother burned them all after the divorce. She set my college tuition on fire.

[@Karmaisabreez]

You should be allowed to sue for that.

[@palapeura375]

Burning/trashing another person's belongings is a form of abuse. I'm sorry.

[@shoujewels]

stop trauma dumping in youtube comments go to therapy

[@hulkfan97]

​@@shoujewels Spot the douche

[@user-mn9wc5ru5w]

Similar thing happened to me. My collection of Pokémon cards disappeared allegedly. 1st edition Charizard was the crown jewel, but plenty of awesome stuff was in there. "Disappeared"

[@Dragondan1987]

13:05 that guy 100% pissed himself so he didn’t lose his seat and tried to throw the blame on somebody else.

[@Sweetmapledrops]

My moms midlife crisis was starting up a card shop with her rich lawyer boyfriend and then immediately started scalping, these people don’t gaf about their actual customers they are always in it for flaunting and seeing how much they can rip off of people.

[@silverphoenix34]

A convention I go to every year has Axe as a sponsor. They give out little spray bottles to everyone at the entrances to the two main buildings. Do with this info what you will.

[@stevenstokes6306]

Do they take them?

[@PeteyThePenguinn]

They need to hand out bars of soap lol

[@silverphoenix34]

@ most people do! Surprisingly the place doesn’t smell terrible most of the time.

[@heartycoffee4754]

axe is sponsoring them is wild cause those guys aren’t ever going to buy another can of deodorant

[@Mycatz]

Dude super funny video. Loved it. I’ve played card games since elementary school, owned a card shop. Been to plenty of huge events. One MtG GP they had a girl cosplaying and taking pictures. I got in line and when I got my picture taken she said “thanks for smelling good.”

[@Lilmousey999]

Ain't no way homie said the owner should've given the criminal the prize pack he wanted. BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.....

[@imashbuttons]

We recently had to ban our local "smelly" player mid tournament because it got so bad that the entire play area smelled like BO and legitimate shit. The owners had to call the police on them when they refused to leave and demanded a full sealed booster case if they wanted them to leave.

[@SenJenko]

did they get it

[@mikep308]

6:19 omfg that’s me on the right of the girl pink. Ughhh I swear I stay clean 😂😂 I carried deodorant every tournament I went to

[@Adjudicus]

You're one of the good ones lol

[@SBreezee]

How did the room smell?

[@chezetuts]

Her right, or camera right?

[@mikep308]

@@SBreezee being a 1200 person filled room that was cutoff from the rest of the conventions…. Not good

[@mikep308]

@@chezetuts camera right

[@ZiggidyBog]

As someone that has to stock trading cards weekly, almost everyone I’ve met has been super kind and respectful. “Almost” everyone, I have to frequently explain to people why I can’t tell them when and where I’ll be next, people can get seriously creepy about this shit. I’ve even heard cases where customers will put AirTags on associates vehicles to track where they go next.

[@coreyms]

4:45… As a fellow crumpler, I’m gonna need to hear a deep dive into the different techniques and pros/cons of each

[@Rawwdogg_teet]

It's so weird to me because it depends on the type of shit what kind of wipe technique I use. An especially wet/runny shit? Crumple. A solid, basic shit? Fold. Then there's the Houdini shit where you don't even need paper.

[@D1rtyDan]

Both. Crumple for the first few fold to finish up.

[@Rawwdogg_teet]

And it's not even something I think about. My body can feel what type of shit slides out of my ass and then my hands do their thing ya know. Humans are amazing.

[@alihorda]

Or you could just wash your ass lol

[@Crocogator]

Each technique has their own bonuses, and many movements may require multiclassing.

[@corinthiarobbins2990]

I manage an LGS and we’re actually pretty lucky with the player-base. I’ve had people walk in and tell me that our store is one of the best smelling lgs’s they’ve been to. Our players actually shower before they come in to play.

[@loumoon7660]

I used to work at Hastings before it shut down. I miss that place. The guys that came in to play the card games were so nice

[@ereviscale3966]

Hunter just unlocked water control power, we're screwed. 15:09

[@JowoeBunchaNumbers]

It's only a matter of time before he masters air and earth

[@sebastiancoar1991]

​@@JowoeBunchaNumbersThen Hunter can finally stop the Fire Nation.

[@kevincaldwell6252]

I once was stuck in a 45 minute one-sided conversation with a guy at an mtg shop. He smelled like the clothes left too long in the washing machine. I tried to back away multiple times but he would advance to an uncomfortably close distance. Eventually, I was backed into a corner and had to physically move him out of my way to make an escape.

[@jeanpierre4370]

I did a study on this for a report. The company had and still continues to have 0 intentions on setting the value of the card. Their goal is to make it difficult for consumers to collect it and buy packs. The consumers assign the values which leads to scams and downfall.

[@Spazek]

Sorry Hunter, @25:46 does not count as stolen valor. You will have to try harder

[@AvoidedOrc36584]

Come on, let him have it. After his trauma with his grandfather and Mr. Floppy, he deserves it

[@SystemofaDowns]

Not once was "stolen valor" mentioned.....

[@AvoidedOrc36584]

@@SystemofaDowns it's a reference to his podcast with Wendigoon "CreepCast"

[@Spazek]

@SystemofaDowns kzbin.info8KhobFg7F-w?si=YZiJVjjpUqnJt8L8

[@CactusSalad555]

Digimon is probably one of the cleanest. At least to my knowledge for my locals. I've joined my finace to some tournaments or gatherings. There isn't a smell other than a small card shop musk (if you've been at any of them, you'll know). It's just a bunch of introverted people who have a nice community. They'll go out to dinners or lunches, invite each other to their homes to play, go online, and practice with one another. It's pretty nice.

[@dariomenegazzo8039]

seeing the recent trend of magic sets making it seem like magic is simply taking up costumes rather than making new worlds, my lgs gives extra packs to whoever shows up in costumes during prerelease and it is a BLAST. me and my buddies started with thunder junction and we've been keeping it up, is so fun to come in the store and have a bunch of people dress up and play with new cards, can't wait for aetherdrift to come up, we already decided to cosplay as the fast and furious family. lgs are a community, small things make yours so much better!

[@MSTTV]

The Yugioh Player Bugdgeting: Everything is so expensive in this game! My Flight, $500. My Deck, $1000. Hotel $500, but I learned I can save money by only taking a shower every other format.

[@austins.2495]

Okay

[@cheepymcpeepy]

5:45 I want Nick to mention this story everytime trading card games come up

[@krayofsunshine]

Literally just watched the video comparing stinky fandom’s and thought I was trippin when I heard it again lol

[@TrappenWV]

@@krayofsunshinei felt like a sleeper agent when I heard it again and had to check when this video dropped since I have auto play on but thought it was new…

[@THEGRUMPTRUCK]

We had an opposite happen at my LGS during a local warhammer 40k tournament. Everyone was showered up and clean, but they all slapped on mountains of deodorant, cologne, etc that the place was basically virus-bombed with an overstimulation of scents that had everyone have to step outside and we opened all the windows and doors to air it out.

[@lemonhead7140]

"I play pot of greed and draw two cards" This is definely the earliest ive ever been to a papa meat video

[@stevenstokes6306]

Roll my dice

[@Dapperballoon]

Bet you didn't see this coming!

[@YA-ou1gl]

"It does what it do Yugi..."

[@Diamondr11Blue]

I never said that😭😭

[@Minusz_a_patkany]

​@@Diamondr11BlueDo that dark magic attack lol

[@StoneHavel]

I summon POT OF GREED which allows me to draw two cards!

[@Minusz_a_patkany]

@StoneHavel Screw the rules I have green hair!

[@STEPHxCA]

Anyone who’s late for registration will be disqualified. Mokuba, make sure Wheeler’s late

[@keithripley1250]

Thank you, Hunter! This one was AWESOME! I have an 11 year old who is an avid Pokemon card collector and player. He loves going to the LGS near our house. I can't take it. I have worn a mask with orange oil in it. He's an 11 year old athletic, gaming nerd. He hasn't even grown a real sense of smell yet. Great video!

[@quinnzykir]

Working as a custodian will make you realize how little people wash their hands, flush, or even wipe their own ass. So many floaters. So many got damn floaters and poop shoe prints

[@quinnzykir]

You literally lose hope for humanity when cleaning restrooms

[@alexbiersner3350]

Worked a wrestling event a week or so ago, and someone not only dumped their leftover chicken and noodles in the toilet, but then proceeds to take a dump as well. Mind you, this was one of the worst toilets to flush. Where you flush, and it looks like the water is barely going down. So naturally, it clogged. Every now and then, I'd walk into a stall and see paper towels in the bowl. Dude, there's toilet paper right there, two rolls worth, and you're using the rough paper towels? So of course, that clogged as well. And of course, you're not allowed to bring in alcohol, but with certain events, you can buy alcohol, like you do. But I've seen thousands of little shooter bottles all around the bathroom floor. As well as the ladies hygiene box in the stalls.

[@joshshrum2764]

I hate life NOTHING REALLY MATTERSSSSSSS TO MEEEEEEEE.

[@joshshrum2764]

@@alexbiersner3350Ohhh fucken hell.

[@mattruttan6945]

I remember being into Yu-Gi-Oh at one point. The meta is always changing and you had to spend a lot of money for expensive cards, just to win at your local shop. Trading was also a bitch on its own. You could have a whole book of cards that amount to hundreds, but they'll only take it for like $3. Thank fuck I left.

[@queendiamond770]

Have you tried playing it online? It's completely free and you can build decks with any cards in existence (I use both Project Ignis and Nexus!)

[@Diamondr11Blue]

You said it

[@Interdacted]

I got a bunch of yu-gi-oh cards from the early 2000's I'd cry if it's only worth $3

[@Noobirus]

Yeah I tried getting into YGO as a MTG player many years ago, and no hate - but I have no idea how this game became so popular in the US. The meta and prices were absurd, and the card layout and text is still somehow worse than MTG Alpha from 1993.

[@achanmould2904]

@@Interdacted It probably is. Yugioh cards are only worth anything if they're meta relevant. Even old iconic cards won't be worth anything because they aren't good anymore/banned and, for whatever reason, Yugioh cards don't get the sentimentality price bump old pokemon cards get.

[@wren3216]

0:52 is spot on to how my dad describes playing d&d back then haha. I asked him to teach me how to play years ago without even knowing how into it he was, even showing his old miniatures, when they only made them with pewter. It’s still one of our biggest things to bond on to this day. The history behind d&d over the years is also very fascinating.

[@mightybewbz4666]

As a Yu-Gi-Oh player who's been to a decent amount of events, I've definitely come across some stinkers in my time. But the worst tcg players I've ever come across was one locals just after COVID. They split the games rooms/basement into two halfs and had us in 2 groups of 6 on opposite sides as it's was very shortly after lockdown was lifted. As we would struggle to fill one group of 6, let alone two, one week they had the Yu-Gi-Oh and MTG locals on the same night and the stench of those 4 magic players in the other group was so unbearable, the Yu-Gi-Oh guys in our group had tears in our eyes and we're rushing to get our games done as quickly as possible so we could go upstairs and outside because you could still smell them upstairs. Theres definitely some stinkers at events I've been too but nothing has come even remotely close to those MTG players on the opposite side of the room

[@Molech996]

You can't deny that Divorced Dads is cool as hell,though.

[@57badarse]

I WILL win her back!!!

[@thestraydog]

COME ONNNN, HOUSE!! 🏠

[@Hail_Hydreigon]

The locals I used to go to was originally part of a welding shop that downsized and rented out part of the building, so even in the winter it would always be extremely hot. So regardless of how well you showered, everyone came out just as smelly and sweaty as the next guy.

[@InTheDark97]

Get this man his own card. Hunter, Controller of Fire

[@Gliese710_]

I play mtg at my school, because one of the teachers runs it. No smell, but the kids there can be extremely annoying and know-it-all about everything, just to be wrong almost every time.

[@moistchungus3231]

Sorry for ripping you off in that one vid… This was just SO informative 😅

[@armorykittington]

I literally lived at my local card shop from ages 10-16. Super wholesome. Made loads of friends. Never any angry people. Never any drugs. Just lots of friendship and good times.

[@mgdplayz5727]

17:55 it's Yugioh and most if not all of these characters are minors

[@LeviDurr-q8i]

Nik is flagged

[@joshshrum2764]

Ohhh my god.

[@RebeccaCyberloli]

Have you seen the traptrix cards? edit: They're super based

[@floppyslime]

Literally xD bruhhh at least use the cards like dm girl like jeeeeze

[@bigmrmacharward]

Your statement makes no sense. Do you mean Yu-Gi-Oh people are mostly minors?

[@monsterhunterrumor5577]

Thanks for the info on your channel meaty magic, I had already watched you play with some of my favorite streamers and was often wondering if more content of you playing magic was available, your character and charisma is brilliant and i enjoy the player you are from what I’ve seen so far. Glad there is more to be had!

[@RAGETILLDEATH_]

If Papa Meat had a yugioh deck it would be a fire archetype

[@DragonKaiser-The-Ultimate]

So Fire King's then?

[@CoalEater_Elli]

I can see him playing Tenpai.

[@therealinuyasha1]

​@@DragonKaiser-The-Ultimateabsolutely fire king snake eyes for sure 😂

[@dazaichan9970]

Nah, I'd say it'd be the hungry burger deck archetype. It has that whacky flare that I'd get from his vids and art style or the frightfur deck archetype due to the same reasons.

[@dundun8640]

Every single situation here is like a mild version of what happends at the corner store near my place. Literally everything- from the bad body odor, to someone eating something that is not edible, to assault by petty means. Like you know the "traveling by airplane is the safest mode of transportation" but all the incidents that happen are worthy to talk about. Because it happends so rarely that its a big deal when a plane crashes. Same with the corner store, but reverse. When i see Guido getting punched by an angry russian, its like hearing the birds cherp in the trees in summer, it just happends so often that you really stop appreciating it (or be freaked out, i was freaked out the first two times).

[@DaWoWzer]

One time I was playing at a local tourney for magic. I kid you not the one of the semi finalists didn't want to stand up to use the rest room so he just ripped right into the seat, it exploded out from his crack, from the legs of his shorts, and it went on for a solid 10 seconds. he kept playing right after like nothing happened.

[@angelasnow01]

As someone whos worked at a hobby/geek store, Some days the stink in the game room would be so bad we'd have to walk through the room and *secretly* spray febreeze around the place cos some of the mtg ppl didnt shower and chain smoked. Worse smell ever. Also, these were (for the most part) grown ass men, who'd piss all over the toilet and floor and took no responsibility for it. Little kids know how to not piss on things. Maybe the old guys gunt was in the way, idk but just don't piss on toilet seats. Or at least attempt to clean it up or someone like me will totally make it known and Shame tf outta u for it

[@dreamworldtony]

incredible

[@Interdacted]

In our moms basement we use the sink

[@GenderedMess]

Went to a game shop today and omfg got hit by a stench the moment I walked in, there was only one other guy in there besides the cashier and he reeked so badly. I don't understand why they don't put deodorant on, like it takes 1 minute tops to put on.

[@BazookaJoCo]

People need to learn to lift the seat, even if your aim is good you still get piss particles on the seat.

[@CrabSaladPTCGP]

“Gunt” 😂

[@gambitgambles]

In Yugioh strong body smells are used as a deterrent. It makes you opponent surrender even if they have the game. There are many horror stories here on KZbin.

[@hossdelgado3675]

Can you tell me where to find those? I need a good laugh

[@gambitgambles]

Search: Girl quit yugioh tournament over smell

[@hossdelgado3675]

@gambitgambles darrrr yugioh be a cruel mistress

[@herrlichee1713]

I quit my first and last tournament because of this. I’m not sure if he meant to but he smelled like that chocolate axe body spray and BO. It gave me an intense headache after leaving that I was scared to do another tournament lol.

[@gambitgambles]

@@herrlichee1713 When I came back to Yugioh (around 2018) I drove for an hour to my closest card shop. There was a skinny guy that had the "fat smell" or he smelled like some fat people smell. That was the first time and my last time in a card shop.

[@terryrds]

13:57 "grand prix richmond crackstyle" is still one my favorite titles for a series of pictures.

[@UrBoyBruggs]

I would love to see Papa Meat create his own entire generation of meatcanyon-style Pokémon

[@dild0gagginz955]

4:40 if you're not bleeding your not cleaning

[@JoshBooger]

it’s actually i prob there be like a lil bit when i get deep in there but if i don’t then im not clean…it suck

[@Qsstert]

Real shit

[@TheCraigFerguson]

In Springfield, MO there's a card shop in the local mall that you can smell the clientele of from outside the store. Place is an embarrassment.

[@herobrinetruther]

i was a supervisor at a gamestop around ~2 yrs ago while the pokemon card craze was still going on. we had a guy who came in like every day of every week and preordered boxes and bought dozens of sleeves and ripped them IN STORE who just made the place smell unbearable. i spent a paycheck getting air fresheners for the store as well as one of those linen sprays for the carpet just to combat it the tiniest bit. barely worked.

[@ThePhildozer89]

That last story was insane lol. Honestly though, I've been to my fair share of competitive magic events in my day back before covid often going to other cities. I never really had a large issue with other peoples hygiene around me. I'm sure there are a lot of people at those events that were stinking it up but I never really noticed. Most the time my issue was them just acting like assholes. Like damn I know it's a competitive event but that doesn't mean we can't just play the game and have some fun, some people take it way too seriously. I was at a modern event in Columbus, OH and I was playing a guy. On his turn he just sat there for literal minutes just trying to think of his next move. By this point it had been a while so I just said something along the lines of "Sooo it's still your turn?" and the dude literally yelled at me "I'M THINKING!" my two buddies right behind me, and myself, were just taken so off guard from it. Like damn chill out dude. He ended up winning, probably because I gave him so much time to think his lines through. In retrospect I should have 100% called on a judge for slow play. Winning that game would have gotten me in to day two, but it is what it is.

[@fr0z3n10]

13:57 Bro is mad at it. Posing like he caught a trophy bass even took a knee. I'm WEAK XD

[@striderfox71]

The glasses guy is just a fun dude honestly, he's having fun and I think he knows its cringe and makes it funnier. Videos like these also make me want to go all out on dressing nicely and smelling as great as possible (Even though I dont play card games) just to uplift the image of these game communities up.

[@ticket2space]

Bro that guy seems pretty rad

[@MSDuelist]

Passion is what keeps games alive after all

[@nobalkain624]

Its been about 20 years since I last played in a TCG Tourney, but Players being "Stinky" was never an issue I experienced, nor something I even heard anyone complain about. How did things get this bad.

[@brandonface917]

The terms "self respect" and "accountability" are no longer in the dictionary.

[@DennisJDoesVoice]

I played LOTR TCG when I was in high school and we had one guy who came that was legendarily stinky. I was the TO and wrote his name as Stinky on the board so he'd get the hint. He didn't, and he embraced the name unfortunately. And he stole my Sauron deck too, I'm almost positive

[@nobalkain624]

​ @DennisJDoesVoice I had to deal with Cheaters and Thieves, but not someone who stank like that. Even when I worked in a Friends Game Shop it was never an issue.

[@mrjohnnyboy964]

I’d love to see another video like this about conventions, I’m sure there are plenty of similar stories