[OOC] Yugioh! : The 100th Annual Battle City Tournament

[DreadPirate]

Huge huge mistake on my part my bad my bad. Calm down everybody please... Sorry

[Krein]

No worries, happens to all of us. I'll try and have my CS up later today since right now I'm not at my actual computer. Also, Cxyz (Chaos XYZ).are basically a more powerful form of a Number monster. They normally require a few high level monsters to summon, but it's super easy to summon them with Rank-Up cards if you have their regular form on the field. I personally recommend against them (since they can seriously be broken as hell) but as always that's up to you.

[Haru Nyan]

Whew. For a while there, I thought I had to re-create my char's decks... Anyway, welcome to the RP, Krein! Hoping to see you and your characters soon!

[Scarifar]

Now we just need everyone to post going to their rooms and then we can move on to the tournament.

[Ploxerdon]

Yeah, I'll cover that later in a smaller RP soon.

[Krein]

Appearance:

My Hider

Name: Lyall Castellan Gender: Male Age: 18 Personality: Contrary to what you'd expect to see in most people who use a deck like his, Lyall typically doesn't go for the whole dark and brooding type of behavior. Although actually possessing a rather chill demeanor, the way he carries himself is one filled with authority and confidence, usually managing to turn a few heads in his direction whenever he's making himself known. His is a commanding presence of course, and being around him will either make you feel reassured or intimidated. Lyall attempts to be respectful to everyone he meets, but if he encounters someone who he doesn't like or whom he feels needs to be dealt with differently, he'll act in such a way so as to make the individual(s) feel inferior and ashamed. Now, to say that Lyall is a completely noble and proper guy wouldn't exactly be telling the truth (well, except for maybe the latter part of that). Whenever serious situations arise, he can be quite ruthless and fearsome, going to morally questionable lengths to get something that needs to be done, done. Being involved in a duel with him in this state of behavior is far from desirable because win or lose, he'll make sure that the other is left with either a humiliating defeat or a pyrrhic victory. Manipulation is also something he's capable of doing, and with pleasure at that. Behind the appearance of the (mostly) likeable young man, it's likely that this side of him is his most genuine side... Bio: Lyall comes from a place known as Aria City, a large and rather famous city well known for its luxuries and dueling tournaments. Behind this splendor however, was the obviously more despicable and decaying area of the city where life sucked and gangs ran rampant. And Lyall... Lyall actually did NOT live in this part of the city. Yeah no, his family was actually part of the elite class involved with the city's dealings and projects, so he actually had it pretty good and rarely had anything to complain about. He picked up the game of Duel Monsters at an early age from his father and older brother who was already making a name for himself with it AND their aspirations to remake the squalid part of Aria City. Lyall took up after this much to his family's pleasure, except he decided to go more after the security and law enforcement part of "business" instead of the whole social reform and restructuring stuff the other two engaged in. Along with dueling, he became well versed in his chosen path and even acquired the (minimal) authority to handle factions of the security within the Squalid Sector (which had at this point become to spread and grow more dangerous due to a rising gang that was actually absorbing the lesser gangs). He handled it as best as he could which wasn't bad by any means, but was in the end only able to hold back the tide with the rest of his associates. ^ Fun fact: He would actually go in himself to experience the Squalid Sector for himself and to test out his ability to duel against more hardened people. It was during these times where he began to assemble the Steelswarm and Evilswarm cards together, urged on by a mysterious voice to do so. One fateful tournament saw the disappearance of Lyall's father and brother, kidnapped and essentially held for ransom by the briefly mentioned criminal group that had been rising within the Squalid Sector. Apparently, they and the rest of the people there were tired of being confined to the area and especially tired of all the "empty promises" made by Lyall's family and their associates. Some weird, how-does-this-even-make-sense revolution thing was in the air, and Lyall's family was going to be the first to go if something wasn't done. Although the associates suggested things be resolved on a more defensive, cautionary manner, Lyall decided it'd be better to do so more forcefully this time, a surprising choice of action considering he usually suggested the same course of action. He claim he would go in and settle the matter directly, which was pretty bold if not stupid considering the situation. He didn't care though. Ever since he began to assemble his new deck in secret, his thinking had begun to change. He felt more emboldened, even cruel, and instead of seeing the crime group in the Squalid Sector as just another group faced with misfortune that needed help, he saw it as something that needed to be eliminated completely. And so he went there, undisturbed by any of the thugs there due to the recent reputation he had gotten for himself, and after some hard fought duels with members of the gang, finally completed his Lswarm deck and switched into it. It was at this point where the Lswarm crest burned itself onto his left hand, as well as the point where his spirit partner made itself known to him as the "voice" that would whisper in his ear. Long (seriously, why is this so long) story short, with the newfound power Lyall pretty much crushed the gang and it's leader, something he found he actually enjoyed doing. He recovered his kidnapped family members, asked the poor beaten guys how the HELL this even happened, and returned home once the criminals were taken into custody. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE. Turns out gang leader's father was an associate of the Castellan family who did all this to try and get all the Aria City power for himself, so he got defeated and locked up as well. Why would you even do that bruh? This ain't a kingdom! It's a city with... a surprising amount of wealth and status.... I dunno anymore. But anyway, after all the trouble Lyall managed to increase and tighten security around the Squalid Sector, but this security was slowly spread elsewhere in the city by the efforts of his family since they had been convinced by Lyall it needed to be done. Yeah. Oh yeah and he got an invitation to the Regno Ricco Tournament, so he went to it. Why? Because he is still technically a kid despite all the stuff that happened and wanted to have fun (and maybe get this Khan guy to affiliate himself with Aria City). But nah, mostly to have fun, this guy who somehow became some behind-the-scenes "ruler" of a depraved and messed up city that apparently had more stuff wrong in it than just the Squalid Sector, but that's a different story. Signature Feature: Lyall bears the crest of the Lswarm on the backside of his left hand. Acquired after fully assembling his deck, the mark will glow a rusted, crimson color when he is warping a duel with the power of the mysterious Shadow Games or when he is in a duel that has already been turned into a Shadow Game by somebody else. The crest (or rather, the power behind the crest) also seems to be capable of "infecting" people, corrupting their natures into something determined by the darkness already inside them and the "Lswarm Virus". Deck: Lswarm Terror

My Hider

Favorite Card: Evilswarm Ophion, Steelswarm Moth, Steelswarm Girastag Other: Although it rarely makes itself seen to others, Lyall's spirit partner is likely to be Evilswarm Kerykeion. According to its history, it was formerly Constellar Rasalhague before absorbing the power of the infected Ice Barrier Dragons (Bahamut, Ophion, Ouroboros). There is one major parallel between Lyall and the monster: Despite having the power of a corrupting, overwhelming virus, both retain control over themselves and are not fully consumed by it.

[Krein]

Aaaaaand done. That took a lot longer to write up than I expected. If you think the backstory is ridiculous, don't worry, even I think it's fricking ridiculous and pretentious due to how it turned out, but I don't know, I was bored and wanted to try and write something cool xD! Will definitely change anything if need be, so I await your verdicts!

[Ploxerdon]

Aaaaaand done. That took a lot longer to write up than I expected. If you think the backstory is ridiculous, don't worry, even I think it's fricking ridiculous and pretentious due to how it turned out, but I don't know, I was bored and wanted to try and write something cool xD! Will definitely change anything if need be, so I await your verdicts!

@Krein

Im not the Gm, but it looks kinda sweet. As for you enterting the plot (if you are to be accepted), I think the best way of doing things is to have you enter in your own private limousine or something which ran a bit late? :P And on the site note, Emily and Lyall could have a interesting storyline thingy, check out her details in the characters section.

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

Ohoho, Lswarms. A friend of mine runs the deck- the Rescue Rabbit -> double Heliotrope -> Ophion is annoying~. I'll be posting in a bit; work takes priority at the moment.

[Krein]

Aaaaaand done. That took a lot longer to write up than I expected. If you think the backstory is ridiculous, don't worry, even I think it's fricking ridiculous and pretentious due to how it turned out, but I don't know, I was bored and wanted to try and write something cool xD! Will definitely change anything if need be, so I await your verdicts!

@Krein

Im not the Gm, but it looks kinda sweet. As for you enterting the plot (if you are to be accepted), I think the best way of doing things is to have you enter in your own private limousine or something which ran a bit late? :P And on the site note, Emily and Lyall could have a interesting storyline thingy, check out her details in the characters section.

@Ploxerdon

Really? Thanks, I appreciate the comment :). I'll think of something when/if the time comes, but until then I gotta wait. I checked out Emily's CS by the way, interesting character! I've only seen a vampire deck in action a few times, and from what I can remember, that Bram guy seems to REALLY like sticking around xD! Anyway, yeah, I'd be willing to get a storyline going between them.

Ohoho, Lswarms. A friend of mine runs the deck- the Rescue Rabbit -> double Heliotrope -> Ophion is annoying~. I'll be posting in a bit; work takes priority at the moment.

@PKMNB0Y

I run Lswarms in real life too, along with Blue-Eyes and Fire Kings. I think it's my most effective deck and it's definitely my favorite deck to use overall since I have several other decks online. I don't like the typical Rabbit-Heliotrope combo though, which is why I don't use it. A damn rabbit in a deck filled with insectoid demons seems out of place first of all, and it seems really situational considering you have to draw into it with your first draw or wait to draw it later. Then there's the matter of using up more deck space to cater to its ability and to bring it back from the banished zone. Rescue Rabbit is a decent strategy and definitely helps getting out Ophion faster, but I just opt to use different plays. Ophion is annoying though xD, one of my friends pretty much started cussing me out because of it, albeit in good humor. Sadly there are plenty of ways to get around him nowadays, and it seems that every current and upcoming metadeck has a way to get rid of him. I wouldn't be surprised if Konami actually did that with Ophion in mind, because they probably thought no one would want to buy their "epic new meta decks" if they could be stopped by something that came out three years ago.

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

Bram does float waaay too much, but then he meets a Constellarknight Diamond and takes it to the face. Mwahahahaha! But yeah, Ophion's a pain. I ran Bujins against that friend once. He hated me because triple Crane + Sinyou + double Honest makes life miserable for EVERYONE! Also Nekroz of Unicore is awesome. Negate all Extra Deck monsters because I NEED TO SPECIAL BOSS MONSTERS >:I. I'm building Nekroz next week, seeing as how I've got everything except 3x Preparation of Rites and the actual Nekroz (Gungnir/Cycle aside).

[Krein]

Speaking of Bujins, a friend showed this to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cS5Lfpq8CHs#t=50 Definitely sums up what I'm pretty sure everyone thinks when they see Bujins xD. I've used them before and they are pretty fun to use, especially when you basically get free turns because your opponent doesn't want to attack for fear of your... what, eight Honests? My only beef against Nekroz is that they have waaaaay too many effects and an easy to summon Trishula... with extra effects. Seriously, you might as well bring the original Trishula back if you're basically giving people that same Trishula that can literally be summoned with just ONE monster. Shrit, that little shit xD... unicoreandclausolascangotohellthough Good luck with building that deck though, they're an interesting archetype to play for sure! I'd like to build them myself, but I am a poor boy ;-;...

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

And then you see Djinn lock. Yeah. Have fun. OCG slammed the nerfbat down and OCG still loves it. Well, that and triple Smashing Ground. For some reason. But yeah, I remember playing Bujins v my friend's LSRulers. Kaiser Fiendish Yamato gg? And uh... Yeah, Schritt's broke. Triple RoTA in TCGland isn't helping much with all the searches we already get lol. Nekroz just keep recycling resources forever and I LOVE it. Edit: Everything's in the new box, so I'll just buy one or two (splitting them with friends) and I'll probably have most of what I need. Depends on rarities tbh.

[Krein]

-looks up Djinn lock- Wait.... so what'd they do in OCGland that everyone loved? So everything's in the new box huh? I typically don't buy box sets unfortunately, usually I wait until I know for sure I want a certain deck, then build and test it online until I feel I've got it as good as it can get before buying the cards I need. Of course, that also means I don't have trade fodder for later use, but it's whatever. I currently want to build Constellars, but I still have to save up a decent amount of money and then do something totally cool so my parents will treat my using money on cards as a reward instead of being wasteful. Constellars are expensive though :(... Anyone know when DreadPirate will be back online? I'm anxious to know if I got accepted or not. In the meantime, can I at least have a good recap of what's happened so far in the RP?

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

Uh... Let's see... Unicore to 1. Preparation to 1. Manju to 1. Senju to 1. As a result, people started finding different ways to play the deck. Now people there run triple Smashing Ground as an out to a Djinn Lock Trish and the Tour Guide engine to pull out Djinn to the field. Aaand... Yeah. Everything's in there. Yosenju and Ritual Beast stuff too. And some other miscellaneous support for stuff we don't know about. Preparation's getting a reprint though, so it's even better for me.

[DreadPirate]

Accepted and also pm me because I have an idea :)

[Krein]

Coolness, I'll try and get a post up sometime soon. I'll need a good recap of what's occurred though, like I mentioned before, but seeing as how Lyall himself will be arriving late he won't really know what the heck happened anyway. I know that some people are currently at the Khan's place, but that's about it.

[Eklispe]

That's really all you need to know. We got off an airplane, chatted, took limos to the Khan's palace, and our favorite monsters appeared to lead us to our rooms.

[Ploxerdon]

This is what Infernity looked like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp9pzBDuw18 And this is how it looks nowadays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiBEpzm6nP0 Also, used to run an Evilswarm deck myself... It was quite boring imo, same loop over and over again xD But it was strong, have to admit that. Evilswarm will probably beat Emily and Aono with ease. Bram does indeed stick out.. except if you face some players on here (Pkmnboy) But yeah, Emily can see/speak to spirit monsters too, and she is an actual vampire, who is looking for a strong/interesting duelist, so we could have some fun storyline. Also, what Eklispe said is quite accurate.

[Cam]

As you learned the other day, my deck's strategy is simply try to banish everything before it has the chance to get to the field. I don't know how well it's going to stand up, though. I'm not familiar with the cards the rest of you are using. I've been out of the game for a really long time.