Forum:Metagame kills tournaments

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UNLESS your'e a tourney net-decker like almost everyone who enters tournaments.

I don't know which was Konami's reason to turn an enjoyable card game into a sophisticated collection of over expensive inked cardboard squares. Perhaps their greed when they found out their game's success. What did they do to make this happen? Of course, META GAME.

I went to a small local tournament last weekend. It was much smaller than the regional I previously went. Oh god, did I have fun? I'll be honest, no. Why? SYNCHROS, LIGHTSWORNS, MONARCHS, BLACKWINGS, DARK MONSTERS, and only ONE Dragon deck. It was no fun. No one there came to have fun, they wanted the damn Dark Armed Dragon that was offered as prize (I HATE THAT CARD). Why some duelists go so down to use popular decks that are provenly broken just to win a card? It's out of my comprehension, but it just kills the interest on a fun game. Now I see gamers taking it like a serious activity and being the best is what matters (wow, this sounds like the anime, except it's now on REAL LIFE), even if that means not being original and using the same strategies and cards that are proven to win. Even if that means to absurdly spend a lot, lot of money on simple cards. And god, do they take it serious? They just don't like others playing non-meta games or cards, and feel pride on their powerful deck. Altough Konami used to discourage it by banning a lot of important cards now it seems to encourage it more than ever by allowing everyone to get them, like if the high rarities will stop them from getting them.

I'm not entering touraments anymore. I honestly have much more fun on causal friendly games, weather I lose or not. It's good when you know you and your opponent have the same possibilites to win. But it's not when someone with no interest on fun and only pride on their rare and powerful cards can beat you as soon as he draws his first hand and feels like god for pwning you. Mind you, there's a difference between Anti-Decks (anti special summon, anti effects, etc.) and Metas. Also, I don't incluide stapples (Krebons, Mirror Force, Treeborn Frog) because I admit even I use a lot of those.

So, where do I come to all this? I wish to know the honest oppinion of everyone who reads this about the Metagame, Net-Decking and Tournaments. Weather you are a Metagamer or not, so long as we can be reasonable and not just shout "YA, METAGAME SUX. METAGAMERS ARE LUSERS" or anything like that. I am sure I'll get mixed responses from everyone. Doczo 06:35, 28 April 2009 (UTC)