YU-GI-OH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2005 | Exclusive footage from the tournament in Tokyo

[@lucabalzano136]

This is a precious historical document

[@AmetDj]

🙌

[@Ryan-qe9cy]

RIP Max - my friend, mentor, AO teammate from 2004-2006 and best player I had the privilege of playing. Thanks for uploading this.

[@NecromancyForKids]

Very important video for the goat format community. Thank you.

[@Lithium2300]

Back when winning your national championship granted you an invitation to worlds. I remember my nationals from 2005, my 1st one, where I ended up 9th place out of the top 8... The winner, Guy Israel, saw him in the video a couple of times, went to worlds for Belgium that year. The memories.... These names tho: Max Suffridge, Ido Marcus, Dexter Dalit, Markou Miltiadis,... MAAAAN I'm getting old =)

[@AmetDj]

Yeah the good old days! Man I feel ya, we're all getting old 😅

[@MiguelGarcia-nr7bk]

I'm still good friends with Guy Israel. I can't believe people still have footage of 05' Worlds in Tokyo. I saw him later on at a few SJC then at 08' Worlds in Berlin, Germany. Crazy to think how you can meet people around the world and become friends with them. I was one of the Americans to go besides Max S.

[@AmetDj]

@@MiguelGarcia-nr7bk don't think I have Guy as contact on social media, so make sure to show him this video when you see/speak to him next, I'm sure he'll appreciate to see himself age 11 😁 And tell him Italy says hi 👋

[@MiguelGarcia-nr7bk]

I actually tagged him on FB so he can see it as well. Frank Debrito sent me the link and tagged me.

[@bobbybero7452]

Good Times!

[@RuFiOhYT]

This is the content I live for. Great stuff!

[@AmetDj]

Thank you my dude! I'm glad I could share this with the community! ♥

[@magnumcyclonex]

What a blast! UDE, which included Julia, Ian, and the Metagame staff like Jason, Jerome ran events like no other back in the early days here in the US. They did Mall Tours and set up the initial Yahoo Groups Judge Forum. A lot of time and effort was put into getting the TCG launched and running (at least in the US) by them - and Julia is still going strong! And who could forget Kevin from UDE posting on places like Pojo?! Had the privilege of playing and judging in some of the US events, including judging, locals, regionals, Shonen Jump Championships (those in the US remember Cyber Stein), and two of the US Nationals in 2007/2008. Though the anime, and game has changed a lot (I've since stopped playing irl), the memories of playing with friends and competitors will live on. Thanks for putting in the time and effort to source, compile, and create this video. It truly must have been an honor and exciting time for you to represent your country and gain new experiences all those years ago. Once a duelist, always a duelist.

[@AmetDj]

Aww man, thank you for sharing your own experience! I'm glad I could share mine and trigger so many fond memories in the wider community. This video had been a labour of love and I'm happy it's serving its purpose ❤️ Once a duelist, always a duelist 💪

[@Adriano_Kohls]

Great video man, I will show to my Brazilian friend Stephan who was in the tournament as well

[@AmetDj]

Thanks dude! And say hi to Stephan on my behalf if you see him! We had a blast together in Tokyo, but we didn't have the chance to see each other ever since! 🙌

[@Biggiejohn]

My man Max Suffridge in his trademark hat and sunglasses 2:21 . Good times at locals and regionals back then. He is no longer with us sadly. Locals back then was always like a mini regional in our area. Max, Brandon Burks, myself John. Brandon and Max were always trading 1st and 2nd. I took a lot of 3rds and a few seconds, with like an 8th place regionals in Kentucky. We always had a minimum 30 turnout. Typically our brackets pushed 50+ I quit after Goats era. It truly felt as if we invented some of the meta strats in that area during the early 2000's. I was the first one to start creature swapping goat tokens. Max and Brandon picked up on that at first sight. They both taught me turn priority when mirage of nightmare came out and we were abusing MST's with it.

[@ferelpuma]

Member when people wore their caps backwards? Ah, the memories. Thanks for making and posting this.

[@AmetDj]

ahaha that was all the rage! Thank you for watching! 😄

[@Ricky_Evans1611]

I memby 🙋

[@Ricky_Evans1611]

🍇

[@sebastiansalvatierra2230]

I almost cry... Thanks so much for this video. I saw my friends from Chile there.

[@AmetDj]

Glad you enjoyed it man! 🙌

[@stubigstu]

love the tribute at the end RIP max true GOAT of yugioh

[@AmetDj]

Really outstanding guy Max! He is sorely missed. RIP ❤️

[@gungnir382]

Thank you very much! As a Yugioh Player since the very Beginning this was pleasant to watch :)

[@AmetDj]

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed 😁

[@MrDrybones94]

4:10 crazy how everyone was 15-20ish and my man Jorge was already in his 30s lol

[@IYIosefu]

Grazie per aver caricato questo pezzo di storia. Tanta nostalgia per quegli anni del gioco. Video imperdibile per tutti gli appassionati del Goat!

[@qwertyss7240]

The comments might be weird using a translator I'm sorry. Thank you for posting such precious and wonderful data The 2005 World Championship, which is held in the goat format that everyone misses and still enjoys, feels great even if you watch it now in 2023, and the video where you can feel the atmosphere of the competition at the time is also great... Italian champion who uploaded the video I'd like to thank Mr. Namer once again I respect you!

[@AmetDj]

Thanks 🙌

[@ParkourSuhrFrancis]

Really really cool Video, since i also research the WCS Topic in this community i have to say this Video is what we needed. The older WCS are so much less documentated than the ones held today. Early internet, less knowledge in what the the TCG would evolve makes this really interessting. Thank you :)

[@AmetDj]

Thank you for watching! A pleasure to be able to share my past experience with the community :)

[@hoila4718]

Grazie! Pagherei oro per recuperare video di questo tipo... Che nostalgia ragazzi

[@guantje]

Thanks for making this! Regards Guan from the The Netherlands

[@AmetDj]

Hey Guan! Long time no see! I hope you're doing good, buddy! 😁

[@toonkingdomcatania]

Amazing content! The format you played, even though evolved and changed over and over, is the most played in Yugi still today

[@matthewm618]

Great video! I came 2nd in the Australian Nationals for this year and missed out on this World Championship by the smallest of margins... Looks like it would have been an amazing experience!

[@ejayagnes]

Thanks for the awesome coverage. Just started playing goat format and like going back into history and watching the world championship and the professional players.

[@AmetDj]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@pizzamorte666]

Che bomba è questo video? 💣 Grazie per aver condiviso queste informazioni e per il lavoro di ricerca. ✨Al TOP come sempre✨

[@AmetDj]

Grazie mille! 🙌 Speravo appunto di essere utile e condividere info e materiale che in pochi hanno mai visto 👍

[@gdgodzilla]

Amazing to see this kind of content. Thank you for sharing it!

[@AmetDj]

Thank you for watching!

[@TheRedcoatWOL]

Thanks, I remembered ny childhood, saludos 🇲🇽

[@RyanSpicer]

This is pretty cool!

[@carlosmiguelangelcarrasco9263]

Que genial!!...miren a Julia!

[@eliascsjunior]

Amazing video!

[@dcooke009]

Amazing video mate!

[@AmetDj]

Thanks! 😁

[@leelee612]

thank you

[@BKbomber92]

This should have way more views

[@AllPureSkill]

Man good shit!!!

[@retroanimemyl6770]

Muchas gracias por compartirlo , en el 2005 solo tenia 12 años me encantaría participar en un mundial de yugioh...saludos

[@seb6stian]

As a german, seeing David Kretschmer after he got featured in magazines back then for attending and placing 3rd at the world champions is so nostalgic. that guy really was the german IRL Yugi Muto back then for me lol

[@YuGiOhGoat]

Great video!!!

[@AmetDj]

Thank you! And cheers for watching! 😄

[@santiagovs9108]

I'm still in a beginner level... But I'd love to play at that tournament in those times.

[@EverlastMsg]

Rip max ❤️

[@thecoffeecurator]

not a smartphone in sight, glorious

[@AmetDj]

I still remember I was rocking my shiny Nokia 6600 at the event! That thing took some ass pictures lol

[@vittoriowiktor6109]

awesome

[@gabrielborges8772]

congrats on the historic record. I wanted to know if you still play today and what is your vision of the game?

[@AmetDj]

Thank you for watching. No, I do not play YGO anymore - literally stopped after the WCS 2005. Playing the current meta a little when Master Duel came out, but couldn't get into it. When I play these days is to have some GOAT format games 👍

[@valeriomarotta8986]

😮😮😮

[@Lazerz330]

i miss max s - play with alot the time

[@AmetDj]

@@Lazerz330 we all do 😢

[@euder9096]

🤩😆

[@BsnmsmNshdjjs]

Greek won it

[@AmetDj]

Correct 👌

[@rodolforomo7834]

The guy on the far right looks like yeah I kill people and I feel like wearing a face again of the video before you click this video

[@marksalvador9651]

Thank you