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blazehedgehog · 1 year

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Thoughts on yugioh? Or were you too old when it came out to care about it in any way?

I was kinda-sorta too old. I mean, in the circumstances I was in, I was still basically home and watching Saturday Morning Cartoons all the way up to 2005 or 2006. When the 4Kids TMNT show turned bad, that's sort of when I fell off caring about Saturday Morning stuff.

But in that sense I saw Yu-Gi-Oh as yet another mangled 4Kids dub. I didn't want to give it the time of day.

This was made worse when Viz launched Shonen Jump in North America around this time, and they started with a manga adaptation of Yu-Gi-Oh, including the part that 4Kids skipped -- before Duel Monsters took over the premise and it was more of a horror manga where a young boy was possessed by a trickster spirit that loved riddles and games of death.

And one of the very first stories is where Yugi and Anzu are held hostage by an escaped convict. The whole story is basically a laundry list of things 4Kids would never show on TV: guns, smoking, alcohol, references to gambling, etc. It ends with Yami tricking the convict with a riddle that causes him to immolate himself (and, presumably, die a horrifying, painful death).

I had enough money that I read this entire first year of Viz Shonen Jump, so I had this EXTRA hardcore sense of "Man, screw 4Kids." Without even knowing that even the "uncensored anime" version ("season zero") of this story also was also heavily sanitized.

I had some friends who were in to the actual card game, though, and to date, Yu-Gi-Oh is the only collectible card game I've ever gotten in to. My Mom bought me one of those huge starter gift boxes for Pokemon, but I never liked managing energy cards or anything like that there. Yu-Gi-Oh was a lot more simple to understand. I had YGO Virtual Desktop installed for a while, and some friends and I played a handful of games.

(Sidebar: It's killing me to see complete-in-box collectors prices for that Pokemon gift box hitting $300-$1000, given one of the last things I did before I moved away from Colorado in 2017 was break that box up and give a nephew most of the cards that were inside it. It had never been touched, otherwise. I kept some cards for myself, but it's not considered "CIB" anymore)

The most significant part of Yu-Gi-Oh in my life was the GBA game, though: World Championship Tournament 2004. This was the only version of the card game I ever truly "learned," and believe it or not, I still play it to this day. I bought an emulation portable and it's become something in my quick-play rotation.

I've put over 100 matches in to this thing. You just pick from opponents from a list of duelists, but the list expands as you accumulate wins. There's something like 40 duelists in this game and after 103 matches I've only unlocked the first eight, and I've been playing this thing for over a year now (I've put time in to it on other platforms too, mind you, but this is where I've played it most recently). Feels like the sort of game I could conceivably play forever.

(Actually, skimming the unlock requirements for new opponents, now I'm wondering if the game is glitched; I should have had more than just Weevil unlocked a long time ago).

There was a sequel, World Championship Tournament 2005, but they made the AI way harder -- I seem to remember even the most basic opponents cheat and could basically beat me on turn 1. In WCT 2004, it feels pretty fair and manageable to a YGO baby like me.

Never followed the game beyond this. To me, Duel Monsters is a game permanently frozen in 2004.

Nowadays, I appreciate the 4Kids dub a bit more. I think people sort of came around on some of their attempts at humor now that the anime community doesn't have such a chip on their shoulder about how all anime on TV is a censorship nightmare. It's easier to appreciate it for what it was.

Including how fun that Yu-Gi-Oh album was.

#questions #Anonymous #yu-gi-oh #duel monsters #world championship tournament #4kids #dub #anime

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larsnicklas · 5 months

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𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗗𝗢 𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗜𝗘

#usa hockey #washington capitals #world juniors #wjc 2024 #wjc #wjc24 #boston college #meg.wjc #meg.gif #meg.usah #meg.all #ok now i will return to my bu allegiances.... but bc line thank you for the mems this tournament....#speaking of them in the second and third gif i think that's will smith leaping into ryan leonard's arms :')#also man what is better than a championship yard sale just sticks and gloves and helmets flying everywhere #like i think that moment...... it's one of the most sacred things in hockey. holy.

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vgtrackbracket · 7 days

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Video Game Track Bracket Round 2

Final Battle! (World Championships) from Pokémon X/Y/Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire

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Disco Necropolis (Graveyard Stage) from Skeleton Boomerang

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Disco Necropolis (Graveyard Stage):

Fairly funky, and still wacky enough to have plenty of that spookintines day fun! (But also like seriously it goes so hard)

#tournament poll #f: pokémon #s: pokémon #g: pokémon x/y #g: skeleton boomerang #pokemon #skeleton boomerang #pokemon music #pokémon #pokemon battle music #pokemon oras #pokémon oras #pokémon xy #pokemon xy #round 2 #t: final battle! (world championships)#t: disco necropolis (graveyard stage)

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skyplayssplatoon3 · 1 month

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Reminder: World Championships!

Day 1 streams in about 5 hours from the time of this post!

Watch it here!

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#Splatoon #Splatoon 3 #World Championships 2024 #OfficialSplatoon #Video #Tournament #IT'S ALMOST TIMEEEEE #Youtube

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retrocgads · 11 months

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USA 1990

#USA1990 #SEGA #HARDWARE #SEGA GENESIS #WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SOCCER #TOMMY LASORDA BASEBALL #ARNOLD PALMER TOURNAMENT GOLF #PAT RILEY BASKETBALL

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cypheragent · 29 days

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a number of posts have gone somewhat viral on here and probably other sites about the relationship between natives, particularly the choctaw, and the irish, which is very cool to see. but I think one underrated aspect of this and why it's so special that a lot of people might not realize is that it's one of the few examples of foreign policy between a tribal nation and a nation other than the united states. we're supposed to be sovereign nations in our own right, but interaction with other nations besides the US is practically nonexistent. that's something I would like to see change, personally

#it feels pertinent to mention on that note that an irish lacrosse team bowed out of the world lacrosse championship #because the tournament's organizers refused to acknowledge a native team and wouldn't allow them to play #claiming they didn't represent a sovereign nation #which serves as a good example of how if sovereignty is barely recognized in the US that outside of it you can pretty much forget about it

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pathetic-gamer · 2 years

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Black Eagles and who they main in Super Smash Bros Ultimate

Edelgard: f!Byleth lmao

Hubert: Sephiroth (thinks he's cool, has not played FF)

Ferdinand: Fox ("no items, 3 stock, final destination" *gets 3 stocked*)

Linhardt: Random, self-destructs three times and goes to bed

Caspar: Random, and is passable with everyone except R.O.B. and Mr. Game & Watch (who is, tho, amirite?). Weirdly good with Pikmin

Bernie: Pikachu (spams normal attack)

Dorothea: Cloud (thinks he's cute, has played FF)

Petra: Link (loves LoZ and is extremely good with all three Links but also lowkey spams up-b, competed at EVO in 1181 but lost in the quarterfinals to a Little Mac main. respects that player SO MUCH)

I explain some terms in the notes - Blue Lions / Golden Deer / Church of Seiros / Ashen Wolves

#welcome to the super fodlan bros ultimate cinematic universe #fe3h #black eagles #edelgard von hresvelg #hubert von vestra #ferdinand von aegir #linhardt von hevring #caspar von bergliez #dorothea arnault #bernadetta von varley #petra macneary #ssbu #getting 3 stocked means someone beats you without you taking a single one of their lives #EVO is a real world fighting game championship #little mac is f tier which is why petra is so impressed by the player #no items final destination is a reference to common tournament rules

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torch-the-throne · 1 year

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I’m in the blorbo zone and thinking about how, given the clubs that the actual Welsh national team represent, it’s highly likely that Colin’s repping Wales at a national level. And yet he’s spending most Premier League matches benched. How does that make him feel.

#full on rotating him in my brain like a rotisserie chicken #also idk what the deal is in ted lasso with real world tournaments but qatar world cup?!?!#most of the Welsh team are from championship and league 1 teams it looks like #which isn’t a total indicator of skill #but if colins in a premiership team that’s a decent indicator hed make the national team #ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #colin hughes

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liabitez · 1 year

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i kinda wanna see cody vs seth again 😰

#wwe #wwe raw #wwe raw lb #wwe lb #cody rhodes #seth rollins #wwe world heavyweight championship #the miz #finn balor #might be a hot take tbh #the miz would be ok ig #just not finn balor #i don’t like finn balor that much #wwe world heavyweight championship tournament

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elsadventures · 1 year

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i’m tired of seeing nico and jonas lose tournaments…what did they ever do to deserve this 🥺😭

#they are so nice and soft and gentle and i love them #they don’t deserve this #next year their teams better win all tournaments for them #i won’t watch them lose again 😭#nhl #iihf world championship #nico hischier #jonas siegenthaler #switzerland

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swimhealth500 · 1 year

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The 87th annual Masters Tournament was held at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, in the United States. The tournament was won by Spanish golfer Jon Rahm. With a score of 15 under par, Rahm won first place in the competition, edging out his closest competitor, the American golfer Will Zalatoris, by a margin of one shot. With this victory, Rahm clinched his first major championship,…

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#Augusta National Golf Club #COVID-19 #Green Jacket #Jon Rahm #major championship #Masters Tournament #Spain #Tiger Woods #world golf rankings.

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whysamwhy123 · 5 months

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I mean...I'm kinda glad they're doing the Swerve/Keith Lee singles match because there's a story there and stuff but, on the other hand...they really are doing everything they can to keep Swerve as far away from a championship as possible, huh? 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

You just know they're gonna have Keith interfere in the triple threat so that Swerve loses and faces him at the PPV instead. Sigh.

#aew lb #But I mean what choice do they have really??#What are they supposed to do?? Capitalise on Swerve's momentum and star-making performances and change their plans accordingly??#PREPOSTERIOUS!!#I mean he can't win the world title because it's wrapped up in all the Devil stuff which at the rate its going will last about 5 years #He can't win the TNT title from Dan Lambert - I mean - Christian because they've gotta do all this old man yaoi stuff - that's essential!!#And as for the International Championship? Weeeeeeeeeeell OC's probably losing that to Moxley again the second the tournament's over #Because Tony is insistent that we need ANOTHER Moxley singles championship run #So Swerve is just shit outta luck!!#So no title for this super talented ridiculously over star #It's a real shame it's physically impossible for AEW to push anyone who's not a 40-something white dude 🙂🙂🙂#If only...

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galaxacious · 1 year

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Me watching games 7 and 8: