*Happy Friday! Sorry for being a day late on the Pod this week, had a few things going on! Lots of stories this week that we'd love to hear your own takes on!*
@Boltizar49
4 ай бұрын
First Lady of Video games is either Samus or Chun Li. Tomb Raider has a movie or tv show coming out soon (forget which) so they probably tweaked the survey to get the results they wanted to boost the upcoming project by saying "the most iconic video game character" is in it. RDR2 and Hitman's characters being so high up on the poll is a dead giveaway. Poll was rigged and is designed to sell product. Ain't no way Lara is beating Mario, Pikachu, Charizard, Peach, Bowser, Pac-Man, Link, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Sonic, Cloud, Sephiroth, Ryu, Ken, Chun Li, Scorpion, Minecraft Steve, Sans Undertale, Joker from Persona. Some of these characters are on the list but so many are conspicuously absent and feel just replaced with PlayStation characters so Nintendo wouldn't dominate the list. I'd love to actually see the poll. What questions were asked, the demographic layout, etc.
@cbgg1585
4 ай бұрын
As a huge Tomb Raider fan, pay no heed to the list. As much as I loved BG3, it is a joke that 2 Baldurs Gate 3 characters were in contention as most 'iconic' video game character. But I must say, I disagree on your point about Joker from Persona as he is by no means more iconic than Lara Croft. Lara Croft has appeared in over 15 games, multiple mainstream films, books/novels and comic book series. Not to mention an animated Tomb Raider Netflix series is coming. Unless you are a hardcore gamer, Persona or JRPG fan, ain't no way Joker is mainstream to the point where he can possibly be more iconic than Lara Croft. Not a fan of Mario, but show a non gamer and they will easily recognize who he is in a heartbeat. Mario should have won hands down.
@andross2
4 ай бұрын
On the issue of Japan requiring Japanese citizenship, it is the only place in the world where they have that requirement. Like you mention, Joshua Schmidt can't just fly to the US and win to represent the NA region. However, if he were to move to the US and be a legal resident then he definitely could. One of the major issues with Japanese citizenship is that it is only passed by bloodline so even if you are born there you don't automatically get it. Also, Japan does not allow dual citizenship so if you were to become Japanese you would have to give up your other nationality. Anyway it's a dumb requirement and if they implement it then it should be equally implemented in all regions to require citizenship of any of the region's countries. (USA/Canada for NA, or one of the European or Oceanic countries for EU)
@ProtagonistOfficial
4 ай бұрын
You can naturalize to be a Japanese citizen which is worth mentioning. You need to give up your previous citizenship though.
@namenlosNamenlos
4 ай бұрын
@@ProtagonistOfficial dame dude if true that's a bummer.
@SDREHXC
4 ай бұрын
@@ProtagonistOfficialit’s so worth mentioning that they mentioned it.
@GeargianoXG
4 ай бұрын
The social cues in card games is usually a problem if you're playing a casual format, since casual is a very vague concept. So it's often up to individual play groups to identify what they do not enjoy, which makes it harder for new people to join. But I also think that putting up official banlists for casual formats is a bit weird, and I personally don't like it when there's some unseen force deciding wether or not I'm allowed to play what I want to play against my friends. That should be up to us. But draft formats are a good way to circumvent this, since you can play what is in the card pool and decks are usually low power enough to lead some fun casual duels
@vulturenest1749
4 ай бұрын
As a long-time fan, I actually met you at YCS Forthworth back in TOSS format. This is by far (no disrespect to your other content), the BEST CONTENT YOU HAVE EVER MADE. It's luchtime for me, and i had this saved for when i got to my car. You and Alex are really in your element here!
@apsamplifier
4 ай бұрын
That means so much to read, you wouldn't even believe. 🥲
@SharkTooth57
4 ай бұрын
400 CARDS IN THE TIN?!?! no one will pull anything they want or need
@aaronbutta
4 ай бұрын
The etiquette and social cues is one of my favorites topics you’ve covered on the pod! I’m a little in between y’all on this. I’m with Alec that I try to find a happy medium between wanting to create a fun, safe, and social experience while playing against me but also with Paul where sometimes I want to make sure we stay focused on the game and maybe I come off a little off putting because of it. With my friends (who are a rather competitive group) we stay focused but still nurture an environment at the table where we can still laugh when someone just has an insane comeback after we put up an insane board. It’s common we’ll say something like “jeez bro you just had everything you’re cracked” while smiling and enjoying ourselves. Ultimately it’s a game, but a game we want to win but have fun. Winning is fun to most. I definitely want to have fun but winning while doing it. I think people just need to realize it’s not the game but the experience of enjoying the people around us with the common factor of YGO.
@androsp9105
4 ай бұрын
Paul talking about a waffle house stage in tekken is the happiest i've seen him in a while.
@Shadowmoneywiza
4 ай бұрын
Fun fact: did you know the English voice actor Dan Green the voice of yami yugi the protagonist of yugioh DM once voice at least 3 or 4 hentai shows such as temptation for example. The reason why I know this I've been researching the history of yugioh and stumbled upon his old voice acting career.
@apsamplifier
4 ай бұрын
Jesus Christ, that's some trivia.
@ilyafoskin
4 ай бұрын
“The only reason I know this fact about that hentai is because I was looking for directions for how to get away from the hentai, I swear”
@MrLeemurman
4 ай бұрын
Hit us with the sauce
@sallas09
4 ай бұрын
In my first game of the MD Nibiru Event: My opponent went first and activated D.D. Designator, calling Nibiru, ripping it right out of my hand, and then combo'd off into full end-board XD
@Darkmagecurt
4 ай бұрын
Hilarious. 😂
@Apollo22251
4 ай бұрын
Hey man, I just got my first job and am very nostalgic for Digimon and in the past couldn’t afford the hard to get cards, I would immensely appreciate a video explaining the best starter decks now that it’s easier to get into love the channel !
@animeknight99
4 ай бұрын
Great Podcast
@Cash3rd
4 ай бұрын
Hey bros, really digging the pod. Best yugi pod I seen so far!
@percival4554
Ай бұрын
1:22:00 "Can we say that on here?" fucking KILLED me LOL
@krisrk1
4 ай бұрын
You guys are the highlight of my week. I wish the yugioh fandom was not so negative. I’m not talking about constructive criticism you guys bring to the table. I love the deep conversations you guys discuss. But every time I comment of your videos, I always get negative responses. It makes me not want to comment.
@fernandobanda5734
4 ай бұрын
Minor correction on the plagiarism story: the card is from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander, so it's been out for a while. Oh and the artist is "Giancola", so the first syllable sounds like "Jean" (the male name)
@FabriZoh
4 ай бұрын
Always look forward to this every week! 🔥
@cherrycardoza405
Ай бұрын
On the magic online/social etiquette story, I'll share some of my opinions/anecdotes. Some of the people I have met in the past seem to have social incompatibility with table Yu-Gi-Oh. One time, a guy playing next to me [Kozmo player] was playing another player [I don't remember what deck]. Kozmo was doing badly and throughout the game made it very clear. Swearing at his draws and opponent's plays, being very mean to spectators, topping it all off with an outburst when he lost where he slammed the bloody table they were at. Also, when I heard that Lara Croft being the most recognizable video game character made sense when I heard it was an English publication. Super popular in Europe. Played a best of 3 with a guy who was playing Vanilla Pendulums/Spirals, and I was playing a Doom Virus Dragon for fun. When I pulled off a doom virus summon, and wiped his plays, he angrily picked up my card and said "who plays this garbage?". He didn't ask if he could inspect the card, he wasn't being very friendly, he just grabbed it. I did lose the match but I couldn't care less about losing, I don't like it when players just grab my stuff, especially when they aren't my friend and they aren't in the best of moods. Some players, though they like the game, don't conduct themselves well and frighten others away from the game. I completely understand that writer's preference for virtual games based off the complexities of her experience with Autism. On my end, I like experiencing the social aspect with the game by talking with them. I don't like master duel because it cuts that social aspect out, but, it does keep me away from the more rude, scary, or smelly players that pop up.
@ODDiSEE_
4 ай бұрын
Toss is definitely peak MR4
@DreamsTCG
4 ай бұрын
I dont k ow if this counts as a review but inlove this pod i watch every week and i remember when you guys started this pod with the carpet like back groundit was ygo themed i really liked that set up. But make sure to keep going
@basic_Nerd
4 ай бұрын
Great episode as always!
@joe_h_Redwire
4 ай бұрын
Alec: I’m very cheerful playing games, I try to be positive. Also Alec: I have a pirate commander deck that steals stuff.
@awllmann363
4 ай бұрын
I feel like SP Little Knight and Chaos Angel Alone already give the tins enough value.
@EMBLER
4 ай бұрын
so i looked into the foreigner ban a bit more. it seems to be a language barrier thing mixed with a nationality thing. but it would imply you could be from another country you’d just have to be a resident and fluent language speaker at least enough to keep up with the ocg. no xenophobia vibes from the looks
@ducky36F
4 ай бұрын
For the video characters, it depends how you define “character”. Mario and Pikachu are surely miles ahead but I wouldn’t be surprised to count them more as “mascots” than actual “characters” if you know what I mean. If you don’t count them I could see Lara being up there. If you do though yeah she ain’t close. First Lady almost certainly. Peach like sure, but who actually likes Peach? 😆
@k9commander
4 ай бұрын
I like Peach. That said, she's not taking the title of First Lady of Gaming.
@ValdiosBlaster
3 ай бұрын
Watching this pretty late, but on the discussion of in-app ads that target peoples friends... Master duel does this with the sword soul thing and it should be called out in the same way.
@GalickGon
4 ай бұрын
They should do a master duel pot of greed or graceful charity event next. Always start with a pot of greed or graceful just to allow for the extra draw lmao
@jojomations2596
4 ай бұрын
I plan on building Vanquish Soul when the mega tins come out
@tommytwo-tips5785
4 ай бұрын
Rip to all the circuit cities and radio shacks
@ifsnowdrop
3 ай бұрын
"you cant really put stuff like ash at 2 and really expect to see a difference" man
@djjorge87
4 ай бұрын
Let's say how these companies get around with selling your data. They don't sell your data, but there's no law. Stopping them from copying your data and selling something that looks like exactly like your data is just not your data. It's just something that's similar to your data. That's how they get away with it.
@vulturenest1749
4 ай бұрын
It's weird playing IRL Yugioh, you want to play as optimally as possible and when your opponent bricks or misplays they bevome frustrated because it feels like overkill. Time rules suck and it gets to a point where i have npt said good game to an opponent because i knew it would upset them after the loss. I wish Konami would find a way to bring the master duel timers into the TCG kind of like speed chess.
@jdc1748
4 ай бұрын
making Paul saying "what do they have to say" my message tone.
@Boyzby
4 ай бұрын
Stellar Blade is refreshing because it's how Japanese games all used to be-just unapologetically the game they want it to be. Why is the main character designed like that? "Because you spend all your time looking at the back of the character" is a pretty reasonable answer, or like Yoko Taro said "I just really like girls". No one ever questions how stupidly attractive guys are in games, no one even question getting it on with a bear in Baldur's Gate 3-hell, people even cheered for it-so it's just... I can't believe we're still stuck on the fact people want attractive women in their entertainment.
@bleack8701
4 ай бұрын
it feels like it's been the 25 anni for 25 years
@chrisshorten4406
4 ай бұрын
You know, this isn't the first time Godzilla went a bit pink. He also had pink dorsal spines and slightly pink power breath in the movies "Godzilla 2000" and "Godzilla X Megagirus".
@makaveliandcheese
4 ай бұрын
Cant wait to watch this tonight at work!
@ducky36F
4 ай бұрын
On the current gen consoles, it is interesting, I have been waiting for one of SeriesX or PS5 to give me a reason to buy them since their release. So far neither have. I got everything I need with my PC and Switch
@ilyafoskin
4 ай бұрын
Regarding that Magic etiquette discussion, the author is not entirely correct! The social rules really only apply to commander. When it comes to 1v1 competitive in person magic, there are no social rules or expectations outside of being respectful and not cheating. This difference in social expectations between 1v1 and Commander means that even Magic players have a hard time learning one if they’ve only played the other. Exclusive Commander players are soft and can’t handle optimised decks designed to win while exclusive 1v1 players building their first commander deck will often put together all the best cards to win quickly which is frowned upon and they will ruin games their first few times
@fernandobanda5734
4 ай бұрын
100% The environment around Commander is pretty terrible to get into.
@ilyafoskin
4 ай бұрын
@@fernandobanda5734 I actually play Commander and I support the socially enforced de-powering of decks expectation. Since Commander is a power crept eternal format, it's really the only thing stopping degenerate combos and pay-to-win decks running rampant. But at the same time, I started as a 1v1 player and I still prefer 1v1 so the stark difference between the player mindsets is apparent to me. Commander players are either overly sensitive casuals or assholes who bring overpowered decks knowing the other players will have weak decks. It's also very difficult to get Commander players to play 1v1 in Magic and I've tried. They have no competitive desire, they just want to sit around playing a long game and talk. It feels more like a bunch of old people meeting for Sunday Bridge rather than a TCG locals scene. So it makes sense to me that the competitive scene in Magic has withered to almost nothing as WotC focused more on Commander players in the last few years.
@Dizzy2death
4 ай бұрын
I think calling people "soft" is a slippery slope. Remember that fun is subjective. Commander itself has 2 variations being casual vs competitive. I keep a deck for each situation and ask politely which situation it is and pull out the correct deck. ALSO you can always begin G1 with a casual deck and if they group is elitist (calling people soft and demanding everyone plays to their standards for example) then you pull out the real deck and lay down a whooping. I'm casual don't do things like destroying all lands or stealing people's cards. I'm competitive... Anything goes If you play stuff to steal my cards I'll pull out a deck that kills you on turn 1 lol
@fernandobanda5734
4 ай бұрын
@@ilyafoskin I have the exact opposite experience. Used to 1v1 and "serious" play (trying to win and no added social rules, not necessarily hostile or unfun), so trying to get into is pretty much impossible if you don't keep up, like the article said. I don't think the rules themselves are bad for the format, I just wished they were explicit.
@fernandobanda5734
4 ай бұрын
@@Dizzy2death I think having to play an entire 30+ minute game (not to mention build both decks) to even gauge if what you do is acceptable is a lot to ask. Plus, what if your casual deck is too weak but your competitive deck is too strong?
@randommaster06
4 ай бұрын
Konami's going to release a ban list during the eclipse. There isn't enough panic about it, so they're going to give everyone a push.
@aaronwightley9752
4 ай бұрын
My first rare(shiny) cards where red eyes black dragon time wizard and the other ones from starter deck joey
@ducky36F
4 ай бұрын
Man I watched Godzilla -1 and Godzilla x Kong and it’s like man, Hollywood just does not get Godzilla. One is a post-war existential terror human story that includes a gigantic monster, and one is big monsters fighting with humans crammed in there when the movie would probably be better without them 😂
@Mr_Ozone
4 ай бұрын
They're both made by completely different studios by completely different directors: one being in Japan and the other in the US, so it shouldn't be that surprising
@e-tan3911
4 ай бұрын
No, actually watching old school Godzilla films will tell you the monsterverse DOES get Godzilla. Monsterverse movies capture the Showa era cheesy action first plot second feel pretty well, just with better special effects and no nonsensical English localizations. Hell the Minus 1 guys are actually fans of the monsterverse. Like, I get liking 1 over the other, but saying one side doesn't "get" godzilla when it choses to emulate another aspect of Godzilla that has been there since his inseption says that it isn't THEM who doesn't get it, it's you.
@StupidWeb
4 ай бұрын
If there was a waffle house stage, i would 100% play Tekken
@Renigade68
4 ай бұрын
I think there is some misinformation about the Japanese tournament update, you can still participate as a foreigner, so long as you've acquired Japanese citizenship, and if you're living in Japan long term you should reach that point after a few years. That said this will be very unfortunate for recent residents who haven't been living there long enough, and it will feel a bit lopsided if this only applies to JP side of things, last I checked in other parts of the world you can compete without even having residency, let-alone citizenship, though to qualify for worlds you do still need the residency, but that also makes me scratch my head a bit, since they could make it so that in JP to qualify for worlds you need the citizenship, without restricting you from competing if you don't have it, which is what they do everywhere else but for residency, though Japan has always been a very proud people, for good and for bad, so with this being a Japanese property I can see why they'd make things different just for them, but it's certainly not a great look.
@apsamplifier
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for the clarification!
@lyndsaybrown8471
12 күн бұрын
No way Lara Croft is over Mario or Peach. The Mario movie topped a billion dollars.
@user-ev8hv4ks5k
4 ай бұрын
Go back to fixed promos in the mega tins! I would likely buy one then, otherwise I’ll just buy singles
@timothyleonard2869
4 ай бұрын
Someone tell Paul to scoot up lol
@frostninjutsu
4 ай бұрын
37:36 CBR didn't even fact check that the stolen card art was from the most recent set not Outlaws of Thunder Junction but Murders at Karlov Manor. Oh CBR never change you pathetic source of news you.
@nerovhellinh312
4 ай бұрын
I ended up playing adventure dragon link in the Nibiru event. Either they nib a hieratic seals, or try to nib under gryphon. Either way the board is protected. Why stop playing the deck you like when you can just play around nibiru.
@ducky36F
4 ай бұрын
Facebook would have legal obligations, all the rules wouldn’t be their own.
@walkondefender4759
4 ай бұрын
Digital card games will replace the physical versions of that same game someday. It’s the only way for them to exist until the end of time.
@manleyfgc7981
4 ай бұрын
The Russian consoles will be a failure. Russians will be playing on PCs (which is already the standard there) and just using VPNs
@Boyzby
4 ай бұрын
Lara Croft the First Lady of video games? That's been Chun-Li's position for decades, and behind her is probably Tifa
@ducky36F
4 ай бұрын
Watch Godzilla -1 it is a great movie
@makaveliandcheese
4 ай бұрын
Reprints are great the tin value don't matter and I'm in no hurry to for the banlisy I hate being told I can't use cards I paid for already.
@TheEvilRayquaza
4 ай бұрын
1:12:20 Ms Pac Man in terms of first female of video games.
@s4ds4d
4 ай бұрын
At this point Morgpie is just a pioneer and Twitch has to stop hating 😂
@rarebreedcitizen
4 ай бұрын
Timestamps?😅
@namenlosNamenlos
4 ай бұрын
Usually have to wait some hours, that what i do.
@rarebreedcitizen
4 ай бұрын
Haha true. The added them now. I was used to rhe most recent ones where they added them from launch😂@@namenlosNamenlos
@ZeroSonata
4 ай бұрын
Even as someone who was on facebook super early, just leave. If it's a sunk cost, it means that you can't recover those costs and its not worth sinking more into it. This is a very typical sunk cost fallacy. If you think there's actually value to you being on facebook that's one thing, but if you don't think there's value, then you just have to quit.
@sangdrako
4 ай бұрын
How are they going to make game consoles when they need the parts for military equipment? This isn't happening
@Tadick994
4 ай бұрын
At the same time ited be like if some one from japan came to live here and werent allowed to compete cuz there not a American citizen thats wack no matter how you put it
@blackfistxu7953
4 ай бұрын
👍🏾👍🏾💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
@SnowCompanion
4 ай бұрын
I wonder if the national thing for people with cash can't just fly all over the globe for multiple tries to top at nationals? Just speculating cause I have no idea how the tournament structure is 😂
@apsamplifier
4 ай бұрын
That's totally feasible.
@jt54
4 ай бұрын
Hi. It would be great to have time timestamp to skip to the next subject. Cheers
@fernandobanda5734
4 ай бұрын
They always add them but a few hours after the video
@lightbornadventures
4 ай бұрын
The greed of this world is sickening. We need to vote with our dollars and stop giving these greedy corporations our money. Discord with ads is mind blowingly greedy and evil. Call it for what it is. I will never use it again and highly encourage everyone to never use it again either.
@Cybertech134
4 ай бұрын
The wrath, envy, pride, lust, sloth, and gluttony are just as bad.
@lightbornadventures
4 ай бұрын
@@Cybertech134 Absolutely, this world has long since tainted with all evil. This world is ruled by it.
@CalastantNight
4 ай бұрын
Wow, you guys were making this episode so late! Or were all of them like that? Please get some sleep.
@rdbepa7656
4 ай бұрын
Bro I don’t get when you guys were talking women being sexuallized and stuff last week but talking about aww twitch banned women showing their body parts like my guys pick a side no hate or nothing just really curious about this topic
@apsamplifier
4 ай бұрын
Can you explain what you mean by this?
@YugiohLatvia1
4 ай бұрын
Lol, it's about language in Japan 😂 they don't want bother judges people whom don't know language.
@lacanidjion
4 ай бұрын
Japan being xenophobic since the, ever
@Cybertech134
4 ай бұрын
The last decade and a half has shown us in many facets that it's correct to gatekeep.
@mateo4411
4 ай бұрын
Please read Super Psychic Policeman Chojo Chapter 3!! It's free on Shonen Jump and has amazing Yu-Gi-Oh references!! Great Podcasts! @apsamplifier .
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