History of Japanese TCGs #11: The First Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Metagame, Riot, & Infinite Loop (1999-2000)

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3 жыл бұрын

In the late 1990s, Yu-Gi-Oh! was picking up steam in Japan as one of the best-selling TCGs of all time--while also facing rampant power creep, rapid bans, and a violent riot of more than 60 thousand people. This is the history of one of the most challenging times in the game's long life.

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@Cimoooooooo 2 жыл бұрын

And people complain about modern Yu-Gi-Oh! being degenerate. 😂 Well done!

@duelmastershideout278 2 жыл бұрын

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@DanielFlrenss 2 жыл бұрын

It's still just about that rock, paper, scissors generator

@jameslucrative2054 2 жыл бұрын

In an alternate timeline where there's no gimmicky new extra deck monster just the fusion deck... Dragoon and Mystic Mine are still a crutch Nekroz is still best ritual but drytron isn't far behind Dinosaurs are even better

@oscarramos5681 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not going to be mean, but there are nostalgiatards in the Yu-Gi-Oh! fandom.

@damienthonk1506 Жыл бұрын

@@jameslucrative2054I feel like Synchros and Xyz monsters have more than proved their metal as legitimate improvements to the game. The Nekroz of Brionac you just praised is based on Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier, a Synchro monster. Besides you'd be wrong anyway since Chaos MAX is so much more consistent than Brionac 🤷‍♂️

@TectonicImprov 2 жыл бұрын

1999: we found an ftk with Cannon Soldier 2019: we found an ftk with Cannon Soldier

@amandabankai2775 2 жыл бұрын

The more things change, the more they remain the same.

@GeneralNickles 2 жыл бұрын

Almost like cannon soldier and it's brethren (shadow priestess of ohm, toon cannon soldier, etc.) Just shouldn't exist.

@diamonddudeygo 2 жыл бұрын

@@GeneralNickles Cannon soldier should absolutely exist. If Cannon Soldier becomes playable, Konami knows they've fucked up along the way and something needs to be done about it, quick. I like cards that are health indicators.

@GeneralNickles 2 жыл бұрын

@@diamonddudeygo except danger dark world FTK was legal for nearly a year before Konami finally did something about it. Konami doesn't care about the health of the game. And you can generally tell what the problems are without degenerate effects like cannon soldier.

@thefinalskarm1754 2 жыл бұрын

@@diamonddudeygo I like enduring Solitaire too. That's why I'm sentencing you to eternal triple firewall FTK format forever, enjoy your stay. They're forbidden in the OCG for a very good reason.

@Call_Of_Cuchuco 2 жыл бұрын

Woodstock ‘99: watch me be the messiest event of 1999. First Yugioh event ever in Tokyo: hold my Premium Pack you can never buy anywhere else again.

@ryanschrafel9576 2 жыл бұрын

The eerie coincidence is that these two events, both involving poor planning, searing heat and rioting, happened about a month apart! At least there was no sexual assault, looting or towering infernos at the Yu Gi Oh! event.

@Neoboo297 3 жыл бұрын

This series just makes me realize how much of a surprise it is that any of the TCGs from this era would still be around today.

@vvv_vimeru668 3 жыл бұрын

Specially ygo since it's foundations are broken AF, sometimes i think the game is still going just cuss of nostalgia and not the competitive scene and all that

@TheShinyFeraligatr 3 жыл бұрын

@@vvv_vimeru668 That's how it is for all 90s card games which are still going.

@philithegamer8265 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheShinyFeraligatr With the exception of Magic the Gathering. The designers of that game quickly acknowledged how busted the Power 9 was and the power level of that game had been steady ever since...

@TheShinyFeraligatr 3 жыл бұрын

@@philithegamer8265 said no one who has actually played Magic for a lengthy period of time ever.

@philithegamer8265 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheShinyFeraligatr You still play MTG after WOTC started pandering to SJWs? LULZ! There are hardly any cards that got powercrept from the metagame outside of creatures from early sets like Platinum Angel for instance.

@rayraycontray 2 жыл бұрын

Hearing Hane-Hane be called "Hane Hane" blew my mind I always heard it as "Hayne Hayne" but being Japanese that makes so much more sense!

@1Raroy 3 жыл бұрын

This is nuts. The only way that power creep didn't destroy the game was because yu-gi-oh was almost entirely "school yard" where most players did not have access to the most powerful cards.

@randomprofile5853 3 жыл бұрын

Well nowadays power creep is pretty much as it's max, it's not really power creeping anymore.

@1Raroy 3 жыл бұрын

@@randomprofile5853 The increments were much slower after invasion of chaos. This is like, everyone needs this new card that wins the game every month.

@randomprofile5853 3 жыл бұрын

@@1Raroy Not really cards are usually very simmilar Dark Ruler No More & Forbidden Droplets those 2 come to mind. Another thing is that meta changers always existed.

@lucario9054 2 жыл бұрын

@@randomprofile5853 yeah but before those cards you didn't really have a good way to deal with established boards of multiple negations, so they are power creep lol

@randomprofile5853 2 жыл бұрын

@@lucario9054 What?.

@gpmradirgy8953 3 жыл бұрын

Pre-errata Sangan and Witch are one of the funniest things I have ever seen, and they were at 3? I love yugioh history because many people don't realise just how broken the game has always been. We didn't notice it as kids because of card inaccessibility and we didn't notice it as adults due to power creep and new mechanics. The story of yugioh is the story of continuously fixing and balancing what is easily the most wild west mainstream TCG out there. It's part of the furniture at this point. The OCG has never had as big a cost or accessibility issue and it shows. The young target audience and popularity of the manga straight up saved the game from completely becoming solved and killing itself. I did buy all the official OCG encyclopedia's while I was studying in Tokyo but had to leave them behind when returning home due to suitcase weight. It's a shame really as they're just full of info like what you've included in these videos. I'm really sad I never got the chance to properly sit down and read them. I'm really interested to see a video on Duel Masters eventually as that was still being widely played and sold when I was living there (2016) which is fascinating as I almost forgot it existed.

@IamGrimalkin 2 жыл бұрын

Well, part of the reason is pre-errata Witch and Sangan never existed in the TCG.

@Shadowrulzalways 2 жыл бұрын

You mean young teen audience. Shonen manga and anime mainly target young teenage boys 12-18. Look it up. There are many English and Japanese sources confirming this. Eveb Hiroyuki Nakano editor-in-chief to Weekly Shonen Jump said it himself in many interviews. Even the Yugioh OCG packs from 1999-now all say “対象年齢12才以上” (Translation: “Target age 12 years and older”) Which implies it’s for young teens or older. The OCG was never for anyone under 12.

@duane_313 2 жыл бұрын

The story and footage about the Tokyo dome tournament...CRAZY! And i thought the anime was over exaggerating when they would show stadiums full of people watching duels. OMG!!! This was real?!?

@InvaderWeezle 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact about Graceful Charity: its OCG release actually predates its first appearance in the manga. It wouldn't appear in the manga until over two months after Booster 4 came out.

@duane_313 2 жыл бұрын

A holy elf/doll blue eyes and elf's light deck sounds pretty

@Padre648 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't expect the next part so quickly.

@lost-worlds 3 жыл бұрын

If I had my way, none of them would go up until all of them were done...but that's no way to run a KZfaq channel.

@jeandehuit5385 2 жыл бұрын

It probably doesn't bear mentioning, but you've created a very wonderful portrait of 90s-era Japanese card games with this series! I especially appreciate the 'interdisciplinary' approach you've taken (if that's even the right word lol). What I mean is that most series like this would focus on *only* Pokemon or *only* Magic, etc. Putting each TCG in the context of what the others were doing at the time (and what had come before) is a novel approach for KZfaq and I wish you success in any future installments (if any). Thank you!

@Baron_of_Wastes 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video. I've seen more than a few articles and videos on the history of the U.S. version of Yu-Gi-Oh, but comparatively far less about the JP side of things. This is the first I'm ever hearing of that riot, really interesting stuff. Nice to see that your channel is still going strong.

@fredca7178 2 жыл бұрын

Please, continue this series. This is AMAZING. This might be the 3rd/4th time I watch this pearl, I'm not sure, it's so good I stoped counting.

@duane_313 Жыл бұрын

same. fantastic research and looks and sounds great. QUALITY!

@akuda226 3 жыл бұрын

"Who assaults someone for a single pack of cards" 2021: people hoarding and buying out Pokemon cards and also assaulting people.

@JuanGomez-ke5py 2 жыл бұрын

Some things never change

@herosguildgames 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not surprised that Konami has never had a good grasp of how to handle distribution of YGO even back in the day.

@jiabryant533 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like am being spoiled lol. Waiting month's for another part and get two episode back to back!

@ceresgc 2 жыл бұрын

Good to know yugioh had the powercreep, ftks, loops and solitary play it is know for from it's very beginning. It's almost like it is a consequence of its core design

@Kampfender_Krieger 2 жыл бұрын

You know the saying: If everything is broken, nothing is.

@GeneralNickles 2 жыл бұрын

It's not a consequence of the game design. It's a consequence of card design. "Steal an opponents unit for a turn" is always going to be a broken effect no matter what the underlying game mechanics are. (Unless units are just inconsequential, but I don't know of any TCG where such a thing is true.) Releasing cards with broken effects is never a good idea. It's not they they didn't think through the basic mechanics, it's that they didn't think through the card effects. Konami has never been great at thoroughly play testing cards before releasing them. Look at breakers of shadow format in early 2016 for a perfect example of that.

@ceresgc 2 жыл бұрын

@@GeneralNickles maybe. But the lack of a resource or cost system makes Yu-Gi-Oh extremely hard to balance. Just look at how long it took them to create balanced versions of pot of greed that basically figure out resource-like costs. Or how easy it is for Yu-Gi-Oh to degenerate into ftks, uninteractive combos and broken metas. The underlying mechanics are extremely breakable, there aren't just enough limiters. The moment a card or combination are too over the curve, they can go crazy and shatter the game.

@pascalsimioli6777 Жыл бұрын

@@GeneralNickles I'm not aware of any mtg banned card that does that because mtg has mana, so it's game problem, not cards design.

@GeneralNickles Жыл бұрын

@@pascalsimioli6777 no, it's card design. Just because no cards that steal monsters aren't banned in MTG doesn't mean the game is any better. The mana cost is the balance. Any broken effect can be balanced with a steep enough cost. We have that in yugioh too. Brain control is a good example. It steals a monster, but it costs 800 life, it has to be a monster that can be normal summoned, and it gives it back in the end phase. Brain control is perfectly balanced with those restrictions. Contrast that with Snatch Steal, which has no cost, no restrictions, and it's an equip spell (which makes it highly searchable), and you have a card that absolutely needs to stay banned. The game mechanics have very little to do with how broken a card is, or how fast power creep happens. That's all down to card design.

@pedrorocha3674 2 жыл бұрын

So yeah... "I go first, therefore I won" always existed in YGO.

@gon8912 2 жыл бұрын

40:20 unbelievable that burn and FTKs were a thing since the first few years of Yu-gi-oh but it makes sense when looking at everything around it at the time. Legit insane that the only thing that prevent the game to be extremely more toxic was the difficulty in getting the cards.

@TheShinyFeraligatr 3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see Ol Konami wiggle their way out of THIS jam! *Konami wiggles their way out of the jam easily* Ah! Well. Nevertheless,

@torturelounge 2 жыл бұрын

This deserves so much more attention. These videos are so well edited, and have so much information about the ocg that I would imagine most tcg players don’t even know about. I hope you are able to make more of these.

@XanthanLazarus 2 жыл бұрын

First person I've seen on KZfaq to pronounce Hane Hane correctly.

@songanon 2 жыл бұрын

konami has been knowingly power creeping cards to hype people, then banning/limiting them after a format so the game would not be broken, SINCE ITS INCEPTION. Wow

@Strato_Casterrr9898 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and Yugiboomers keep complaining about how Powercreep ruined yugioh, when it had always been there.

@jacobmonks3722 Жыл бұрын

@@Strato_Casterrr9898 I think it's just that for a lot of people we hit a breaking point. In 2015, it was still fairly common for each player to have 3 or 4 or more turns in a game because trap cards were adequate at protecting you. Now in 2022, nobody even plays traps because when going first they can't progress your gamestate and going second they are useless because your opponent has already set up a field of negates. When an entire 3rd of tha game's core mechanics is borderline unplayable, something isn't right. I know he also mentioned Trap cards being worthless back in early OCG but to be fair, there were literally 2 decent Trap effects in the entire game. Card effects on anything that wasn't a Magic card were fairly mediocre until 2003.

@Strato_Casterrr9898 Жыл бұрын

@@jacobmonks3722 I mean, trap stun and floodgates still roam around, so I don't get what you mean. Mystic Mine is also there to make the game last longer than 2 turns. That's what you wnated right? Then why do people hate that card?

@jacobmonks3722 Жыл бұрын

@@Strato_Casterrr9898 There's a fundamental difference between what stun decks are doing compared to just playing Traps in a standard deck. Cards like Mirror Force, Safe Zone, Fire Lake, Trap Hole cards, etc. are, for the most part, reactionary. They are meant to be used when you need them. That's why they are called "Traps": your opponent has to fall into it. Mystic Mine and Floodgates aren't reactive cards, they are preventative cards. Rather than encouraging thoughtful play and considering the options the opponent might have, they force the game into a state that is inherently uninteractive because they do not need to be played in a strategic way to be effective. There were early examples of course, like Royal Decree and Skill Drain, but they were generally easier to play around because more different types of cards were played back then. Card design as of late has been largely homogenized to revolve around Monster effects and negation, and monsters now are often given 2, 3, or even 4 effects to "make up" for the lack of good Spells/Traps to fall back on. I'll give you this, MM and floodgates do certainly make games longer. But it's not the good kind of long.

@Strato_Casterrr9898 Жыл бұрын

@@jacobmonks3722 I think the issue here lies with what cards you use when you are up against an MM non-FTK/ITK deck. A 2005 meta deck would obliterate an MM player. MM provides the opportunity to use Trap cards as actual Trap Cards, to go back to playing in caveman YGO. But YGO players don't see that, they only ever see the META. I swear, why don't we change our mind sets . Instead of playing like we normally play, why don't we olay like the old days, like the pre-Cyber Dragon days? I think this is the reason why Konami insists on not banning MM, they want okayers to go back to the old ways of playing.

@yawg691 3 ай бұрын

Long time Magic player here who has never played Yugioh. Comparing the effects to the early iconics from Magic made this so easy to understand so thank you!

@crimsonspirit3036 3 жыл бұрын

I really hope the algorythm picks you up soon. Content of this type is scarce and the only competition I think you have in quality is the History of the Yugioh Meta video series. Well, series only if another comes out.

@verylongman5447 2 жыл бұрын

Just watched both yugioh videos and i must say these videos are really well made, good job.

@KnightZer07 3 жыл бұрын

i literally discovered this channel yesterday and love it, thanks for make this kind of content

@Dryon1196 2 жыл бұрын

This is an incredible series. I'm amazed by the work, details and explanations that went through, as a new TCG player these videos helped me get a proper context to all of it when I was merely being curious. It was so interesting ! And I feel it's important to somehow actually save this history and these stories. Thank you for this.

@XCrocer 3 жыл бұрын

You are on Netflix level! Man, please drop the whole series now!!! It‘s extremely great. Well done!

@fnco 2 жыл бұрын

Very high quality stuff here. I don't even know how you were able to research all of this specific information about these eras of play. Your deserve more views!

@justafellagaming 2 жыл бұрын

You are very talented. Just a great video. High quality old product pictures, great descriptions. An overall really fun and entertaining experience!

@cashnelson2306 2 жыл бұрын

Instantly subbed just because you're the only channel that can pronounce Hane-Hane jfc

@justinmadrid8712 3 жыл бұрын

When people are willing to physically fight each other over a game.... that's when you know the game is good.

@philithegamer8265 3 жыл бұрын

And over this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/apeSYL19mty3nZc.html

@MiguelMartinon 2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@idkidc7513 2 жыл бұрын

Not so different of the idiots fighting for TVs every black friday tho

@justinmadrid8712 2 жыл бұрын

@@idkidc7513 True. That's how you knew TVs were a good product.

@michaelmon1337 2 жыл бұрын

Please do another part. This may be my fav series on yt at the moment.

@MegamanX195 2 жыл бұрын

Please continue this series! Insanely well done videos

@rayciannello2268 3 жыл бұрын

Love this series. Thanks for all the hard work

@lcrow8675 2 жыл бұрын

looking forward to the duel masters episodes like nothing else

@flochforster88 2 жыл бұрын

These are so entertaining and informative, great videos

@fernandobanda5734 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing videos. I just binge watched the entire thing.

@anavaeru 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this as well as the Pokemon series. Grew up with these as a kid and loved to hear about the series I grew up with from a different perspective.

@Faraday.K 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding work, man.

@brownandbloom 2 жыл бұрын

The early years of YGO were so fascinating.

@destructiveoverlord2663 2 жыл бұрын

These videos are incredibly and amazing insight for non-Japanese players. I really hope you continue this series!

@cantrip7 3 жыл бұрын

WHOO! Love the hell outta this series. Thank you.

@HeyitsCamden 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible video, dude. I think you're gonna have a lot of viewers coming your way soon.

@MatDurrant777 2 жыл бұрын

Hope this series continues, love learning about old Japanese yugioh :)

@superilikeeggsyo 3 жыл бұрын

A locals near my house had people literally stab each other over a cash tournament lol.

@yugiohmemoryarc 3 жыл бұрын

Subscribed ;) glad others are appreciating the history

@thomassankarasspirit4293 2 жыл бұрын

Word in the street is that people want a part 12

@xibalbalon8668 Жыл бұрын

This was such a good series. Hope there's a continuation that touches on the Japanese Digimon tcg one day

@nozomiyumehara7462 2 жыл бұрын

Please continue this series 🙏

@Caernunnos 2 жыл бұрын

How is this channel not at 100 k subs already ? Keep up the good work my man, you'll hit the algorithm soon

@timdoe8895 2 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal video once again really like this style of video

@markycupko 3 жыл бұрын

fantastic video, really enjoyed it :-)

@ShinyHuntingTCG 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Just getting into collecting vintage ocg!

@genwunnergreen2100 Жыл бұрын

I never wanna hear OG players complain again about being able to fill your board via pendulum/chain summoning when Ultimate Offering existed in the original meta. 😂

@thefinalskarm1754 2 жыл бұрын

"Honey why are you in the hospital?" "I got beat up over a childrens card game" Hey i didn't know they referenced their event with Yugi's grandfather what nice attention to detail. How the fuck did this series survive after that holy shit.

@damienthonk1506 Жыл бұрын

The same reason people continue playing sports regardless of the amounts of riots those cause.

@poopoo7107 2 жыл бұрын

bro we need some more of this yugioh content, this is the nuts

@Badbufon 2 жыл бұрын

it's so cool to see the first TCG set on perspective

@eliascsjunior Жыл бұрын

This game has always been broken, unbalanced, expensive, confusing and oppresive since day one. This is crazy! Still, somehow, the most addictive of them all

@muhammadariffortisimmo8458 3 жыл бұрын

love this content, waiting for the next

@evanbanjo 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait for the next part!

@SSJSonikku 3 жыл бұрын

I love these History of Japanese TCG videos. Keep up the good work! I hope that along with a couple more Yugioh ones, that you do a HoJTCG video for Duel Masters and others.

@lost-worlds 3 жыл бұрын

The next Yu-Gi-Oh! video will be the last one, followed by Digimon Hyper Colosseum and Duel Masters.

@SSJSonikku 3 жыл бұрын

@@lost-worlds That sounds good. These videos for YGO have given lots of insight to the behind of the card game that I never knew before. Digimon Hyper Colosseum and Duel Masters next? Oh boy, that is great!

@darkking4979 2 жыл бұрын

I'll be subscribing for more content like this glad I found it :)

@onparalelkenarag 3 жыл бұрын

at 44:43 when talking about booster 7 you could've included the reason for player killer's cards' stats as an anecdote cause i find it hilarious that konami chose to print them that way while their field and equip spells aren't as good as they were in the games. great video nonetheless.

@chozo914 2 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal can't wait for da next one

@wassahap 2 жыл бұрын

really was hoping there was another video to follow this one. damn.

@nouvellevague29 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Thank you tahnk you so much for making this. While I dont play yugioh these days I was always curious about things were back when the OCG started...and man, what a rough start. Not rough in the sense of not gathering enough playerbase, but the opposite of that. Its quite crazy to consider legendary broken cards like Feather Duster and Crush Card Virus started as videogame promo cards, and all the silly loops. Also the damn power creep, like christ. Will you continue making videos about the ocg's metagame history? Ending right before Series 2 is a huge tease!

@lost-worlds 3 жыл бұрын

The next video in this series will be the final episode of the YGO arc, but it covers a broader span of time. After that we'll be progressing to talk about what Bandai did in response to losing the YGO IP--making their first Digimon card game. Then when that wraps up it'll be Duel Masters' turn.

@AlphaSquadZero 2 жыл бұрын

The riots have some degrees of being understandable, as you said they were waiting for hours on end in 90 degree heat. People were going to be upset no matter what product it was that they were selling. The following violent events, maybe not so much. From their Extra Deck? I think you mean Fusion Deck good sir 8^)

@Zoomer3989 2 жыл бұрын

excellent series covering YGO, and about to watch the Pokemon episodes. any chance of continuing the series?

@kingpin6173 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating video. I had no idea we Yu-Gi-Oh players had such a bad reputation among other TCGs, but otherwise super cool to the games history from OCG perspective.

@amandabankai2775 2 жыл бұрын

Which is why I love this community... I still remember how we stole 2,000+ cards in one day. Such horrible yet fun times.

@GeneralNickles 2 жыл бұрын

Yu-Gi-Oh doesn't so much have a bad reputation, or at least no worse than other TCGs. It's TCG players in general that have a bad reputation. Be that magic, pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, or whatever else. Convention centers hate all of them.

@damienthonk1506 Жыл бұрын

@@GeneralNicklesyes but among the club of TCG players, Yu-Gi-Oh players have a bad rep comparatively. You don't really hear about Pokémon or Vanguard players being so sweaty that their respective companies have to implement hygiene requirements in their official rules. Then again you don't hear much about Vanguard these days in general :/

@MACPCOSX7 2 жыл бұрын

Please make more of these!!!!

@TheRiderofBlood 2 жыл бұрын

Quality vid, thanks for taking the time to make it

@faithfightertv5109 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when playing Yu-Gi-Oh, All players use spirit reaper, man-eater bug and hane-hane, no Mystical space typhoon that time so De-spell and remove trap and trap master is common in deck, Also a common combo witch of the black forest add summoned skull, pot of greed or swords of revealing light + magician of faith But both of Those card turns band after a year ago, jinzo is super OP too so snatch steal i reserve it from my hand for my opponent boss, deck destruction virus is so OP and ultimate offering but it's errata now. Nice video love it.✌🏻😅

@itsgaimtoduel695 3 жыл бұрын

"who assaults someone over a single pack of cards?" 2020/2021 enters the stage: "You called?"

@randomprofile5853 3 жыл бұрын

Electronics too PlayStations,phones various in demand things.

@overwharf7848 2 жыл бұрын

shoutouts to farfa for showing this great channle on stream love your work

@Zanji1234 3 жыл бұрын

it's incredible to see how money focused Konami was. I mean including ONE part of exodia in a set... another in another set and TWO parts in a GUIDE BOOK ... and people keep complaining that Konami NOW only wants to make money xD But it's interesting to see how early Crush Card Virus was available in Japan, where we got it first as a Shonen Jump winner Promo for several month which skyrocket the price and every winning deck at that time had one, THEN reprinting it as a common in a pure reprint set AND OF COURSE put it on the banned list then xD Also the toxity of YGO players startet in my area around... 3 years into the game i think. We started doing tournaments when Spell Ruler came out and had a BUNCH of kids and some teens (kids with random cards and no rule understanding and teens with good decks) and everything was fine and good. The problem arised (at least in my area) when Upperdeck took over. See during that time in Germany only German cards where allowed at tournaments and we where several sets behind. At the time Invasion of Chaos came out or was already out we had Labyrinth of Nightmare. So there where some LGS which held tournaments with english cards in larger cities but official tournaments could only be made with German cards. So Upperdeck took over i guess 2 month before the German nationals (again: we had LON - US had IOC) so suddenly we got a BUNCH of new players from larger cities around our area with Chaos Decks, Last Turn OTK and stuff... and we basically had beatdowns with Gemini Elfs, Mechanical Chasers and every other 1800 Atk beaters. We had a nationals invite tournament and it was good and fun... but a few month later we first had the isues of kids telling us that cards got stolen from other players (which we didn't know since they where not from our area, i mean we where 20 or so players we knew each other by name). And this happend on a regular basis. I myself got my deck ripped at a side event on a Pharao-Tour in Germany (it was a Survival Tournament where you played the whole side event with 8000 lp and the lp count at the end of the game was taken over to the next) i build a wanky life point upkeeping fairy deck, not worth much but it got stolen from the desk while i just turned around to search my bag for my bottle of water.

@lokiswager 2 жыл бұрын

This video is insanely good. I found this through Farfa's reaction to it, and I absolutely love it. This definitely deserves more views, and I will be sharing this to all my YGO discord servers and friends lol. Your writing is incredible, and I was never bored for even a second.

@NeroVingian40 Жыл бұрын

Imagine having to errata your cards in the first year your card game was released.

@abyss9316 3 жыл бұрын

Love the ominous end of the video I can see it now Yu-Gi-Oh pachinko machine

@U1TR4F0RCE 2 жыл бұрын

Man the first version of last will seems even more insane then the TCG effect when the card was banned.

@TheHoodedGravy 2 жыл бұрын

Underrated video

@RarecuisineGaming 2 жыл бұрын

please continue this!

@TylerTheDestroyer97 3 ай бұрын

Honestly this showing that Konami's always been at-best mediocre (if not often actively malicious) at handling Yugioh AND that the game was originally built off the GB game rules explains a *lot* about why it plays the way it does and why its so prone to the sort of ricketiness it has even now. The game was never meant to be played physically- almost all these ruling problems and loops are very clearly things a computer can immediately toss out a hard ruling for. Fascinating stuff.

@NeverFailPlan 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Are you going to do more digimon TCG videos as well?

@legiaanh4828 2 жыл бұрын

Ya know, I heard a lot of TCG said that the only reason why Exodia is still limited is because of lore reason since it wouldn't be that good in today Yu-gi-oh if it was at 3. After this video though, I feel like Konami just have PTSD.

@diamonddudeygo 2 жыл бұрын

Nah, it legit wouldn't be that good. Exodia sucks. Graceful, Pot and the pre-errata searchers were the fucked up cards here, same with pre-errata last will.

@Reluxthelegend 2 жыл бұрын

Will there be another episode? These are really informative.

@thatonetrainer5818 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid

@maskofthedragon 2 жыл бұрын

People prove their impeccable taste by throwing hands for Frog the Jam!

@PrinciaInk 2 жыл бұрын

Vol 1 to 7 was best time in yugioh

@peachcloverlauper 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Maniax, I just found out that there was a Japan exclusive Donkey Kong TCG, and I'd really like to hear about it. Also, I'd like to know more about other Japanese TCGs like Sailor Moon even though that one got a US release. It seems like you are the one person who has the interest and language to research these things. Would you please?

@kingsora1757 2 жыл бұрын

Farfa watched this and now I'm hooked

@TetrixJ 2 жыл бұрын

I want the next part so bad

@Rapatto 2 жыл бұрын

This meta game seems like it evolved a lot differently compared to the TCG, which is interesting.

@GeneralNickles 2 жыл бұрын

No, the early TCG formats shook out the exact same way, because they had the exact same cards. It just happened a lot faster. All of this took over 2 years in the OCG, and nearly all of it happened over the course of like 7 months in the TCG.

@DroppedMyMarbles 2 жыл бұрын

@@GeneralNickles It took TCG players WAY longer to warm up to Solemn Judgement.

@GeneralNickles 2 жыл бұрын

@@DroppedMyMarbles and your point is?

@ohnoo4468 2 жыл бұрын

@@GeneralNickles no we didn’t? We didn’t get many good cards for years after the OCG did. Also there were already established rules beside no more than 3 of a card, when the game came to the west. So I would guess that’s his point