One thing ur sort of assuming is that im super pro or something, which tbh im anything but - i have lost with this deck. But its the same with every card game. Give a new person a top teir deck and a pro an event/ budget deck - whos gonna win? If its really an issue ill use another deck or have some one determine what cards i draw?

or to make the occasional stupid play diliberatly? What ever suits

I'd go with what Roxas says here. Try to limit the extra deck (I suddenly feel like an ass over making all those Bountr synchros) and not have a toolbox.

I see Matt in almost every YGO RP I create/sign up for, and while I agree that addressing the meta is a challenge few GMs - if any - have managed to step up to, I specifically said the first rule is to have fun. If it starts ruining everybody else's fun, then definitely change it. Until then, do as you were doing.

As for you, Matt, if you'd like to join then feel free. If you're just here to talk about meta decks and how everybody seems to use them here, you've come to the wrong thread for that. I've already addressed my case on the matter.

Right... what am i cutting out now?

Well, for now, you probably don't really need the Synchros. The Ghostrick Xyz's are all pretty damn good, especially since Alucard and Dullahan can recycle Ghostrick cards.

Ive changed my mind im pulling out of this rp - sorry for wasting ur time. Gl with this

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WELL. In other news, the tournament bracket is now underway! Of course, now I have to start from scratch because SOMEBODY caused one of our RPers to drop out. If you're not joining us, Matt, now would be the time to say precisely that.

EDIT: We now have a bracket. I'll also add this to the main post in the IC for quick reference. I'll get on a post so that we can get this started.

Room for one more? :O

Right after I post up the bracket, too. Today's just not my day =.=;

But sure, welcome aboard. Post up a CS or two, and we'll take things from there. I'm not editing that bracket, though >:| just editing in text below it on who you'll be dueling.

Awesome! So, anyone want to play as the NPC? It'd be nice to carry out a duel, just to get the hang of it. How will cards be drawn though?

Just number your cards and use a simple RNG.

For the umpteenth time, we're trusting that players will make fair, reasonable draws. I'd say once every two or three duels, you can have that perfect "heart of the cards" moment where you draw precisely what you need to turn things around (let's keep it interesting, y'know?) but for the most part try not to intentionally give yourself especially powerful hands.

For instance, I can't have Alex start with a powerful combo involving Bountrs Grim, Kenshin, and Bushin. It's a nice combo, but a bit much to start the duel off.

EDIT: Or an RNG if you don't trust yourself as much as I do, that works too.

UnendingEmpire said As for you, Matt, if you'd like to join then feel free. If you're just here to talk about meta decks and how everybody seems to use them here, you've come to the wrong thread for that. I've already addressed my case on the matter.

Ok, again, I didn't come here to shit all over everyones fun, it's just that every Yu-Gi-Oh! RP i've joined in on, someone or several someones have been running a competative deck and just gone around fucking everyone else over, which has completely killed everyones interest in it. My point is, I don't want to spend time building a deck, when it turns out after I join that the same is going to happen with this.

And Zagan, the absolute last thing I want to do is kill your interest. RP's are about having fun, fun for everyone, and I've joined in on several RP's where someone asks for more power than everyone else, and then abuses that power, and in Yu-Gi-Oh! It's VERY easy to get away with it. Sorry, i'm not trying to be a world-class dickbag, i'm just concerned about something going wrong because it's very easy for it to go wrong.

I'm making a CS now.

Glad we've straightened everything out. I see the same problem in YGO RPs, though rest assured I'm putting more effort into balancing things than other GMs have.

I've already PM'd Zagan inquiring whether he'd like to return, though I've yet to get a reply. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to that CS :) in the event that VarionusNW has in fact left us, I probably will end up re-writing the bracket. Which would mean editing my IC post.
Today is really not my lucky day

Well if someone does duel as an NPC shouldn't someone make some deck lists or link to some structure decksthat way we know what we're dealing with. If we duel the NPCs ourselves I'm sure its safe to assume that those characters will be advancing to the next round. Unless some characters were meant to lose that is.

I know at least one character on the roster was meant to lose, depending on how the first round goes. However, I'll need to do some editing to the bracket since Zagan is rejoining us and we have at least two more CSes coming in. If anybody else would like to double up, now's the time to get ready for that. Just remember that this closes if and when we max out at 16 total competitors.

I can add in Cybell with her dragon deck to fill out the roster. Ian would totally get more competitive with her around.

We've got six spots open, so...sure. Just be mindful it isn't up in that dreaded tier, of course :)

Name: Peter Redgrave

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Personality: Not much to say, he's your average nerd, he enjoys comic books, always has a big friendly smile on his face, and always has a friendly ear to lend. Pete always wears different Superhero shirts, most notably, a Superman t-shirt. He tries to live his life like his heroes.

Brief Bio: Born in Domino City, he grew up an average early life with his older brother, Lyle. When Pete was 5, and Lyle was 14, Lyle began exhibiting certain... Powers... Psychic abilities that allowed him to make the cards come to life, It was after a under 15's tournament, where Lyle accidentally used his power to actually injure his opponent, that an orginization called "The Cloud" came to their parents, saying that they specialized in it, he said that they could help him learn to control those powers. Seeing very little choice in the matter, they agreed. Pete was left alone, whilst alone, he latched onto Comic Books for entertainment. Lyle regularly sent letters... Until the final letter, which made little sense, it talked about them having a fun time at a place they had never gone, how they entered a tournament together, when Pete wasn't old enough to compete... The Letter also contained Lyles Elemental HERO: Neos.

Several years passed, and Pete was old enough to understand that something was horribly wrong, his parents didn't seem to talk about Lyle... In fact, when he asked, they gave no recollection of Lyle ever existing... That's when Neos came... Neos came and began talking to him, as a spirit. He said that he didn't know why he was alive, but he was. When Pete was 10, KaibaCorp. hosted a competition to customize a card however someone wanted it. Pete sent in his Neos and asked if they could make him look more like Superman. His was picked at random and he won, the cards picture was augmented, Neos was given a large red cape and Supermans S in the middle of his chest. They sent with it back to him along with a promotional holographic card that had 2 pictures, depending on which way you held it, one way showed Neos shaking hands with Superman, the other showed Neos and Superman fighting back to back against a horde of robots.

Now that he's older, he has tracked The Cloud to Anima City and is determined to find his brother.
Deck Type: Mixed HERO's



Key Card: Evil HERO: Malicious Edge

Known Cards: Mask Change, Elemental HERO: Ocean, King of the Swamp

Spirit Partner: Elemental HERO: Neos

VA: Johnny Yong Bosch (You all probably know him as Ichigo Kurosaki but to me, he'll always be Adam Park)

Battle theme: Hope for the World

You kidding, she gonna wreck shit up and not bother taking names. (Kay, I'll probably have to edit her deck after it's reviewed then.)

I like this guy. Interesting backstory, enough personality to develop while still giving a clear image, and a neat deck. Best of all, you managed to have good reason for a spirit partner that goes beyond that "lower than level 4 / less than 1000 ATK" thing I said in the main post, and it works! And Ron Wasserman, 'nuff said.

Accepted. I'll add him to the hider right away.