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

[La Inquisidora]

Will do, hopefully the reboot will be up and ready soon, I can't wait for it to start up again and see what develops. Trains are a powerful and effective deck. They're a decent challenge for any duelist, so much that this image is needed:

@Krein

You are the trains and we are the engine! Seriously though, what makes trains good? @Scarifar, that signature though.

[Scarifar]

The trains offer a strong ability to Xyz Summon rank 10 monsters, and they are crazy strong, good enough to hold their own against even the mighty "Qli" deck and their "Apoqliphort Towers". And which part of my signature, the paradox or the tf2 stuff?

[La Inquisidora]

Then my characters will probably get stomped in this RP. The paradox. I was high when I read it for the first time and I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.

[Scarifar]

Then my characters will probably get stomped in this RP. The paradox. I was high when I read it for the first time and I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.

@La Inquisidora

Don't think too much about it. You'll just end up short circuiting your brain.

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

I think it's less that you'll get stomped and more that you'll have to play smart to beat the hype train Scarifar's riding on.

[Scarifar]

I think it's less that you'll get stomped and more that you'll have to play smart to beat the hype train Scarifar's riding on.

@PKMNB0Y

Yeah, powerful my hype train deck is, it's not invincible. I've had several people just Snatch Steal my Superdimensional Robot Galaxy Destroyer and destroy my back row with its eff, and I was lucky to stop it from doing too much damage.

[NoobCW]

Hmm... can anybody explain to me how XYZ or synchro works? Didn't really give a thought since those were concepts of different authors, and I only respect the original author, but then, for the sake of gameplay >.< ...

[DreadPirate]

Sorry about the lack of new post today guys. Recently at my work I have been getting manhandled (not literally.... Well sorta) and trying to balance that and my ever slipping social life is taking everything out of me at this point. So I promise I will have the post up tommorow like it's set in stone I will do it. My laptop is dead and my charger is not accessible right now so I can't make it all nice and pretty until tommorow. I tried it on my phone and well... It's pretty trashy. But if you guys want to put you charas for the new one in This OOC you can do so :) also if you want to start a rough draft of your first post if you want :) again, really sorry for the delay guys :/

[Eklispe]

Hmm... can anybody explain to me how XYZ or synchro works? Didn't really give a thought since those were concepts of different authors, and I only respect the original author, but then, for the sake of gameplay >.< ...

@NoobCW

http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Xyz_Summon http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Synchro_Summon

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

Those links work, I guess. If you need a more practical example, I can give a few if necessary.

[Krein]

Hmm... can anybody explain to me how XYZ or synchro works? Didn't really give a thought since those were concepts of different authors, and I only respect the original author, but then, for the sake of gameplay >.< ...

@NoobCW

I usually use the XYZ mechanic, so I'll try to explain. This is a pretty common XYZ monster. Instead of a Level, it has a Rank, indicated by the yellow stars coming from the left side of the card as opposed from the right. In Utopia's case, he is a Rank 4 monster that, as indicated by the "2 Level 4 Monsters" on its card, will require exactly two monsters on the field whose levels are 4 to be placed on top of each other (overlaying) in order to be summoned. Those monsters then become XYZ Materials and can be detached from the monster to activate its effect. On that note, other XYZ monsters might require monsters of different levels (Constellar Pleiades) or more than two monsters to be overlayed (Evilswarm Ouroboros). Also, XYZ monsters come from the Extra Deck. Synchro Summoning is a bit more complicated. Here's an iconic Synchro monster. As you can see, its card reads "1 Tuner + 1 or more non-tuner monsters". A tuner monster is a type of monster specifically used for synchro summoning and, like all other non-XYZ monsters, has a level. The level of the tuner and the level of the non-tuner both have to add up to exactly equal the level of the synchro monster you're trying to summon (8 in Stardust's case). You send the monsters (known as Synchro material) to the grave, and bam, Synchro monster from the extra deck. Like with XYZ, there are other Synchros that are more complicated to pull off. Some require specific monsters or monster types to be used as a material, and others require things like 2 tuners to be used. Learning the (sort of) new mechanics might seem a bit daunting, but its not too hard to get the hang of. Once you do though, you might find that you like it and begin to make decks centered around bringing out these kinds of monsters.

[Scarifar]

Come on guys, it's not that hard to use the link button to create a clickable link. Dread, you have your excuse, so that's OK, but Eklipse, come on.

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

As a follow up to the XYZ thing: Some XYZ monsters can also be used as materials for another XYZ monster (such as Constellar Ptolemy M7 in the case of any Constellar XYZ monster). In situations like these, all materials of the XYZ monster (if any are left) used for the summoning of the new XYZ monster become materials for that new monster.

[Eklispe]

okay. I feel sufficiently rebuttaled. i be less lazy Xyz Summon Synchro summon

[Krein]

So PKMNBOY, how are your new characters coming along? Will anyone else be changing their characters? I plan to use Lyall again if that's of any interest to anyone. I might make a second character that uses Ritual Beasts, though this character would likely be a girl and I've never RPd a girl before xD.

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

Oh what Ritual Beasts seriously. I thought them topping against Nekroz would deter people from taking them on lol. I'm done with Volcanic/ FK character, I just need to write up Bujins/Geargiakuris next.

[Krein]

Oh what Ritual Beasts seriously. I thought them topping against Nekroz would deter people from taking them on lol. I'm done with Volcanic/ FK character, I just need to write up Bujins/Geargiakuris next.

@PKMNB0Y

Wait they did O_O? I didn't even know about this. I mean, I did hear that they performed well at a tournament somewhere but that's about it. I did happen to beat Nekroz in a tag duel though, but that's because I managed to get out a Clear Wing Synchro Dragon which fucked Trishula up BAD xD! Anyway, I've been doing a lot of play testing with them (they're pretty much already one of my favorite decks to use) and despite their crazy banish - special spamming, they aren't completely overwhelming. I also know this because I've played against them a couple of times before (one of the decks I used was Fire Kings) and the duels were pretty even, same with the win-loss ratio for both of us. Their trap card though... it's basically a Moralltach in trap form since it doesn't target, but this is their main form of monster removal in the case that their rather standard attack isn't enough. But yes. Ritual Beasts. Any other surprises I might not have heard of :p?

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

Uh... Lightning Chidori and E-Tele shot through the roof because of them topping. I dunno about you, but that's a pretty big indicator of something big with them even without me saying it. Then there's also the issue with power creep and all that. All the Secret Forces archetypes are pretty powerful in their own right. Yosenju bounce like there's no tomorrow, Ritual Beasts dodge effects like they're in the Matrix, and Nekroz... Well, they're Nekroz. Edit: OH MY GOD I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT PLAYING SYLVANS.

[Krein]

Uh... Lightning Chidori and E-Tele shot through the roof because of them topping. I dunno about you, but that's a pretty big indicator of something big with them even without me saying it. Then there's also the issue with power creep and all that. All the Secret Forces archetypes are pretty powerful in their own right. Yosenju bounce like there's no tomorrow, Ritual Beasts dodge effects like they're in the Matrix, and Nekroz... Well, they're Nekroz. Edit: OH MY GOD I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT PLAYING SYLVANS.

@PKMNB0Y

If you're concerned about it, then I'll keep an eye on them and go back to do some duels against them again.

[UnendingEmpire]

What's this talk of a reboot I hear? Krein and I have been talking about Dread's intent to reboot for the last few days via Skype, and aside from offering my co-GMing abilities if wanted/needed in the reboot, I will be signing up again. I've seen my fair share of YGO RPs over the years, and know what to and not to be wary of in both YGO and RPing itself. Figured it's about time I made my intentions known to the thread, lol. So yeah, I'm game for a reboot when it happens. On that note, expect a PM shortly, Scarifar. There's something I gotta ask you in terms of characters and deck usage.