I tried this a long while back (like, over a year ago), and when the site transitioned, it died. Like a little fly. It completely died.

So anyway, it's time to try this again.

WARNING: Do not join this RP if you have major issues with the following:
Fan-Made Cards
Turbo Dueling
New Domino City
Synchro Summoning
Xyz Summoning
Pendulum Summoning
Fan-Made Forms of Summoning
Actually Dueling in a Yu-Gi-Oh! RP

So . . . to actually start this off . . .

The RP begins well after the events of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V (Pronounced Arc-Five), and we return to New Domino City for the setting. Why New Domino? It's expansive and there's lots to do, not to mention it's practically the Duel Monsters capital of the world. After being beaten out by the cities of Heartland and Maiami in the development of new Summoning methods (Xyz and Pendulum respectively), New Domino has once again claimed its dominance when KaibaCorp and its subsidiaries developed the Ignis Summon, much to the dismay of their biggest rival company, Leo Corporation.

What is Ignis Summon? It is a Summoning technique using the new Ignis Monster, which resides in a player's Extra Deck. Ignis Monsters are unique in that, rather than focusing on Level as Synchro, Xyz, and Pendulum Monsters do, they focus on ATK and DEF for the Summon. Example Ignis Monster Summoning Conditions: "2 or more monsters (ATK)" & "2 or more monsters (DEF)". What's the significance? An Ignis Monster is Summoned by sending monsters from the field to the Graveyard whose total combined ATK or DEF is equal to that of the Ignis Monster in its required field. The required field is symbolized by the contents of the parenthesis in its Summoning Condition, which typically aligns with the Ignis Monster's higher point value. Like most other monsters, Ignis Monsters have a Level, though this is usually unimportant to the monster's Summon.

This ability to combine a monster's points puts an end to the age-old struggle of "If I could just combine my monsters' ATK, I could win." Do note, however, that just as Synchro, Xyz, and Pendulum Summons are effected by Level changes, Ignis Summon is as well, so the two monsters "Twin-Headed Behemoth" and "Divine Dragon Ragnarok" could both be used for the Ignis Summon of two completely different monsters, all based on whether "Behemoth" has had its points reduced by its own effect. (2500 ATK monster if it has, 3000 ATK monster if it hasn't) An example of an Ignis Monster can be found below.

Another mechanic that should be mentioned is the Synchro add-on mechanic of "Mono-Tuning", somewhat akin to how "Contact Fusion" was an add-on to Fusion. "Mono-Tuning" is simple. Via the effect of a Tuner monster, the effect of a Synchro Monster, or a Synchro Monster's Summon Condition, it is now possible to Synchro Summon using a Tuner Monster as the only Synchro Material, just as long as its Level was the same as that of the Summoned Synchro Monster.

With Turbo Dueling, Speed Spell Cards such as "Speed Spell - Mystical Space Typhoon" or "Speed Spell - Monster Reborn" or other such Spell Cards which were copies of pre-existing Spell Cards with added Speed Counter requirements should be considered nonexistent. Creating your own Speed Spells, however, will be allowed within reason (rules on card creation below). Therefore, no one will be using "Pot of Greed" in Turbo Duels. I promise.

Finally, we come to the explanation on fan-made cards. As there are new Summon mechanics, what would their point be if there weren't cards to go along with them? And since Konami isn't making them for us, guess who gets to make the cards? Us! That's right, we get to have fun and design our own Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. Of course, they should be fair and within reason. That doesn't mean everyone gets Level 12 monsters to compensate for their uber points and titanic effects. That means that you design a Deck that is befitting of something from Konami.

HOWEVER! We will be following the most current forbidden/limited listings with some corrections. Nothing will be removed from the list, but things will be added, such as certain anime/manga-exclusive cards, and some cards that we create. I retain the right to not only veto cards if I feel it necessary, but also to place fan-made cards where appropriate on the ban-list, if necessary. I should hope it wouldn't be, but one can never be certain. Some cards, if I feel uncertain about them, we may have a vote for the ban-list. Where it lands is based on the majority ruling.

That being said, even if your card(s) land on the ban-list, you still get a chance to use it. All passed cards have a grace period of one week before judgment is passed on whether they are fair enough to stay off of the ban-list. In addition, each Deck is allowed to contain ONE copy of ONE forbidden card, so even after that grace period, you may still be able to continue use.

If you want samples, I have around 200 cards I've made that I'll be posting when the OOC comes around.

I realize that seems to be a lot of rules, but hey, we're playing a card game here. Card games have got rules.

Now for Character Sheets. I'm looking for the basic stuff you'd find in a CS. You know, tell me where your person is from, what they're like, show me what they look like, etc. PM me a Deck list to go with it. You can keep your cards private between you and me until they are used In-Character. One thing I expect from the players though, is to have dynamic Character Sheets. What does this mean? It means that as you introduce cards to the IC thread, you build your card list on your CS. Then, as important events or changes with your character occur, you update your CS accordingly.

You may begin getting an idea for your CS together now, but DO NOT POST IT OR PM DECK LISTS TO ME YET. Wait until the OOC is up and you have a deeper understanding of the setting. One thing is that this RP will be a bit darker than normally seen in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, but I still don't want blatant sexual action, drug abuse, graphic violence, etc. evident in the IC. If you have such moments, keep it in the PMs where the public won't see it. In fact, I don't even want to see the words "fade to black". Just cut the scene out at an appropriate moment before the action occurs. That way no one knows anything happens except those involved.

Another thing is that we have a few new sub-Areas within New Domino that were not there before, so I don't want you guys jumping any guns. Wait for the full story before you go nuts. The only reason I'm not posting it now is because this is getting rather long and I don't want to dwell on typing something up for an Interest Check if no one wants in on it. Seems like it'd be a waste of time. That, and I'm getting sleepy.

I'm also asking for something a little strange with this RP. I'll need some people to fill two different roles. I need the hero and the hero's sidekick. You know, like Yugi and Joey, or Jaden and Syrus, or Yusei and Crow, except new characters of course. The hero needs to fill the following requirement with his/her Deck, or rather, Extra Deck: 1 Level 7-8 Ignis Monster with 2500 ATK and 2100 or 2000 DEF and a decent effect. (If you need help, contact me, as I actually have a sample ready) The hero should also extensively use the Ignis Mechanic. Also, the hero's name (first or last makes no difference to me) should begin with the syllable "Yu" as is tradition among Yu-Gi-Oh! heroes. (Yugi, Jaden Yuki, Yusei, Yuma, Yuya)

I will be fulfilling the role of the big rival, like Kaiba or Jack, again using a big Dragon-Type, this time an Ignis Monster. This character's name shall be Valin Rotor, and his key card will actually be the card I used for the Ignis Monster sample above: Volspire Dragon. For whoever fulfills the sidekick role, I'm not worried about what you do for a name or monsters other than asking you to keep your signature card's ATK somewhere in the vicinity of 2400 to 2800, excluding the value of 2500.

Okay, last (short) thing and I'll shut up. I'm asking that players try to design their key cards themselves, as this should essentially be treated as a new series.

That's it. I really hope that if you stuck with me all the way through that, that it means you're interested.

Welp, I'm up for it.

I'm going too.

Sounds quite interesting

I'm all in.

same here

well I would join in, but I have a deck I use in real life. so if you don't mind me just sticking to the cards I have then im interested.

@drallinix: Depends on what that Deck includes and whether or not you might be willing to upgrade it with a few custom cards.

@Everyone: Glad we've got such a large group interested. Looks like I've got an OOC to get to work on first thing in the morning. XD Out of curiosity, is there any competition for the hero position at the moment?

I'm no hero, but I've got a couple of questions. How are we going to duel? and, do I really need to have my whole deck planned out before beginning?

We probably will duel via TitanPad, and yes you must have deck planed before its start. You might be able to edit it, but for fairness purposes you need to have it planed before every duel. Just so it doesn't end up with anybody playing all very situational traps without a good reason. To keep duels as realistic as possible, we also need to have realistic decks.

^ To add to Dandanken: If you feel like you'd cheat without really meaning to (if I'm losing a duel, I feel I may do that, so I do this instead), you can use an RNG to randomize your deck before the duel. Just put your deck list on a list generator and badabing badaboom you got yourself a shuffled deck.

I don't feel like I'd cheat. But I'm not talking about it. If somebody goes without a deck list, then that person can literately say 'dude, I have it in deck' to every single card that don't fit deck and is too situational to be included in most decks. Of course somebody may play questionable cards (like Mokey Mokey, oh wait he is OP, like Cold Feet), but it's okay as long as they have it in their deck.

You don't have to have your entire Deck ready before the first Duel. In fact, if you only have a few select cards planned out by then, that's fine. Just build on it as time progresses. We'll also be Dueling a lot of NPC characters, which will be tempting to look at and go: "Ooooh . . . Imma FTK this freak." Try to resist doing this . . . all the time. Once or twice is fine. I have literally no restrictions as far as RNG. None. Unless someone tries to be overly repetitive or obnoxious in his/her strategies. Then we have some problems. But yeah. To start out, just make enough cards to last you one Duel, so maybe a quarter of the Deck to be safe.

Oh, are we actually going to draw cards and play it like a real life yugioh game? I was hoping it'd be like the anime with unexpected turnabouts and surprise maneuvers. I hosted a yugioh rp once back in the day and i let the guys use whatever cards they wanted whenever they wanted so that we could have long, dramatic duels. Now, we're all grown ups in here, aren't we? so far from being OP and summoning highlevel monsters every turn, people actually got real good into character, going all "what would my character draw here?..." It would be a real bummer if the duel ended after a couple of turns because somebody had a vastly superior deck to somebody else's, and I'm sure that's going to be the case because I love 1st gen yugioh cards.

Well I don't think if it's wrong to not go for random draws, as long as it is for entertainment purpose. As long as you don't use (randomizer) it to make crazy, interesting duels it can work. It also in not stated as rule that you need to use random draws :)

No need for a randomizer or actually drawing cards or anything. Unless you want. Sorry if that was vague. Sometimes I get longwinded and end up accidentally contradicting myself lol

What I meant with the RNG thing is that I don't try to enforce one unless someone is overly repetitive in his/her strategies. Otherwise, just pick when and where the cards come. Just make sure to keep up with the number of cards in your hand and you're good. c:

Great! I was worried that we'd have to establish our strategies from the get-go, now you have my full attention. Can't wait for this!

Mmm well ive got first generation cards no synchro, pendulum, or ignis. I would unfortunately not be willing to edit my deck seeing as I've been using it for years, and since this won't be a randomized true duel and is more plot driven I'm gunna have to drop.

Well of course it doesn't have Ignis. Ignis is a mechanic I made up. No one has a RL Deck with Ignis, but whatever. Guess I can't please everyone

@MightyGos: Good. Glad you're in 100%. c:

Anyway, for all who are wondering, I be working on the OOC now. Or . . . after lunch, I suppose.

Waiting paitently like a dog XD boss Xd