Anyone thought about what banlist to use, or is this more of a "Free for all, but don't break the game" kinda thing? I think I'd prefer it as such, because this is by no means a competitive environment, so using a banlist catered towards it isn't ideal.

Yeah I'm scrapping the banlist for this one. I can just veto you if I think you're doing something in bad faith (like putting 5 banned cards in your deck and they happen to be pot of greed, harpy's feather duster, graceful charity, sixth sense and self-destruct button)

Also, I've not seen enough 5ds to know this, do characters use different decks for Speed Duels and normal duels, or do they just use a speed duel version of their regular deck?

Pretty much just a mod of their original deck. Since spell cards can't be used, they swap out their spells for speed spells.

also speed duels are something else entirely, that's duel links format guys please stop calling them that

also speed duels are something else entirely, that's duel links format guys please stop calling them that

But what if we want to do a duel links RP?

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Yeah I'm scrapping the banlist for this one. I can just veto you if I think you're doing something in bad faith (like putting 5 banned cards in your deck and they happen to be pot of greed, harpy's feather duster, graceful charity, sixth sense and self-destruct button)

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Pretty much just a mod of their original deck. Since spell cards can't be used, they swap out their spells for speed spells.

also speed duels are something else entirely, that's duel links format guys please stop calling them that

Alrighty then, henceforth I shall call them velocity duels!

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Alrighty then, henceforth I shall call them velocity duels!

official term is either Riding Duel (Original) or Turbo Duel (localization)

Despite me using Japanese names for characters, I tend to use Turbo Duel and Duel Runner as opposed to Riding Duel and D-Wheel. People get confused enough already when I say Manjoume instead of Chazz.

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Yeah I'm scrapping the banlist for this one. I can just veto you if I think you're doing something in bad faith (like putting 5 banned cards in your deck and they happen to be pot of greed, harpy's feather duster, graceful charity, sixth sense and self-destruct button)

but what does Pot of Greed do?

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but what does Pot of Greed do?

Send 2 cards from the top of your deck to your hand.

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Send 2 cards from the top of your deck to your hand.

Pot of Greed is a nice card when you're doing a more thematic duel, cause it allows you to put two cards into your hand to change the tide of a duel. At least from what I remember with Jaden using it in like every single duel in season one of GX.

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Pot of Greed is a nice card when you're doing a more thematic duel, cause it allows you to put two cards into your hand to change the tide of a duel. At least from what I remember with Jaden using it in like every single duel in season one of GX.

Pot of Greed, alongside every draw card, is a get-out-of-jail-free card when you realise you've used up your hand but don't want to go back and re-do half the duel to make your plays more efficient. Judai was, indeed, notorious for drawing half his deck in one turn, though not for pot of greed. No, instead, lemme run you through the absolute asinine amount of draw power he had:

Elemental HERO Bubbleman
Card Trooper
Neo-Spacian Twinkle Moss
Mirage of Nightmare
Pot of Greed
Fifth Hope
Graceful charity (+ bonus Disgraceful Charity)
Emergency Evasion
Hero Medal
Bubble Rod
Convert Contact
Alchemy Cycle
Dummy Marker
Neospace Road
Impact Flip
Take Over Five

Yusei is also guilty of this with his mind-numbing amount of draw 1 and draw 2 traps, but he doesn't have as many draw spells Judai has (due to mostly dueling on a motorcycle). The two of them are the absolute kings of draw power. This isn't even mentioning how insanely recursive Judai's deck is, as he keeps recycling and searching out cards from his deck over and over.

The original mostly relied on Pot of Greed and Card of Sanctity (which drew both players up to 6 cards in their hand) for most duelists, with Kaiba getting his very own Card of Demise to work with. People didn't tend to go much further for draw power in DM.

try not to worry too much about anything recurring or far away plot points for now. The best plans fall apart in the face of the anarchy that is RPing. Still trying to think of an exact overarching goal/reason for grouping together for the gang, though. If the examples you gave are any indication, a simple "Dominate all of satellite" goal that Team Satisfaction had isn't quite going to fly, and actively opposing security won't do the trick either.

I mean, we can still do those last two things >:)

The way webboysurf described it makes me think something like Durararara!! or A Certain Magical Index/Scientific Railgun/etc. Maybe we could start with a series of "innocuous" (relatively speaking) incidents/episodes that all end up being related to a big thing going on in the background?

It turns out buying that can of soda, really was important to the fabric of the universe. AS that can of soda being thrown behind you that one time is what caused one guy to fall and scar his face. Leading him into a downward spiral leading to the creation of the dark duelist organisation.

OG Card of Sanctity was quite something. Created a very loaded gamestate.
Random thought I had - If we were going to integrate some manner of special / unique cards into the story, why not have them be the Matchwinner-Prizecards with altered effects? I mean they have cool names and cool art, and they're never ever used for anything except to flex (I guess?), soooo...

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I mean, we can still do those last two things >:)

The way webboysurf described it makes me think something like Durararara!! or A Certain Magical Index/Scientific Railgun/etc. Maybe we could start with a series of "innocuous" (relatively speaking) incidents/episodes that all end up being related to a big thing going on in the background?

I mean, I was mostly just tossing ideas out since this is for brainstorming and to also gauge what people are feeling. I have ideas for the kinds of characters I would play and what their goals would be, and they're pretty versatile depending on what the group dynamic or group goals would be.

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To be fair, it's a brainstorm thread. Not having a lot of replies would be a bad things. It's not quite as fair as to compare this to a regular interest check, considering we started close to 0 and are slowly building something up together.

On that note, I'm still trying to figure out what kind of united goal would bring everyone together. Team Satisfaction had it easy since it was a group of 4 bored kids that already knew each-other, but...

Well, first, we should probably think about the nature of the city. Trying not to be "a disaster caused the city to split into two" and "poor/rich" divide like we have, maybe it could be that the "Dystopian" part of the city is the outer perimeter of a larger whole. There's an almost circular fence coiling around a much more well-faring part, though it's mostly filled with normal people instead of super rich folk. Resources are scarce, so the ones who were lucky enough to be inside the walls are the ones taken care of.

Being inside the walls means you're like a scientist or an engineer, tasked with keeping the infrastructure of the city going. Outside the walls is manual labor; They recycle scrap to useful materials, create the food which is funneled back into the walls, take care of the sewage system, craft general commodities, ...

Security distributes food at checkpoints, but they're heavily guarded and it's never a lot. Some people manage to smuggle stuff from underneath their noses, and the currency everyone trades in is cards. Money has no real value, so being a duelist is the only way to prove yourself. This is why gangs band together; If they want to settle territorial disputes, they'll need whatever duelists they can get. Whoever's in control of an area takes care of the people in it, too.

The goal of our gang is simple: Get inside the walls by any means. What you do inside of it when that happens is up to you. Of course it's a daunting task, and it's a dream really anyone in the outer rim shares, but it's a simple enough goal as to why people would band together.

Just spitballin' for now. Gonna need feedback on it.

So are we pulling an FF7 here or, like...?

So are we pulling an FF7 here or, like...?

Would you believe me if I said I've never played Final Fantasy VII?

My only played FF games are III, IV, XIII, XIII-2, Lightning Returns (currently playing) and XIV. And I guess Mystic Quest but that one doesn't count.

@Ammokkx There goes my dream of being the funny guy in a business suit

@Ammokkx There goes my dream of being the funny guy in a business suit

If me throwing out 3 of my own proposed ideas should've taught you anything, it's that I'm not particularly attached to anything I throw out there.

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So in regards to this city setting, What is the setting of the wider world. If its a dystopia where supplies are so limited, Does this mean we are set in the 'future' Ala ZeXal with Hologram technology, Or is such technology only reserved for 'inner cityfolk' effectively making the 'inner city walls' the equivalent of heartland city. While the outerwalls are a smog-filled shithole of an industrial/manual labour district.

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Another thing is that if your doing a split like this, How do folk in the outer city get ahold of a deck?

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If me throwing out 3 of my own proposed ideas should've taught you anything, it's that I'm not particularly attached to anything I throw out there.

Well, it's not unheard of for people to like equality, even if it means losing something in return. As such, it could be a possibility for our group to have some very small amount of allies inside the fence, if communications are good enough for that. That way, the funny guy in a business suit could happen :)

@Amaranthine Oh, no. Don't worry dude I ain't fussed about that. I'm waiting for the setting to be decided before I make anything more than a joke idea.