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I have not played an actual game of yugioh in almost 10 years and I still watch this channel regularly

1 reason I can't play at a tournament: None are near me.

No dont make me leave the house i havent seen the light of day in weeks

I love going to local tournaments its fun meeting the other people and seeing the other decks

Went to my first locals recently and went undefeated! Total worth the experience and got a lot of respect from people there and cards i needed.

The last time I participated in a Yu-Gi-Oh tournament was in Duelist Kingdom, the good ol’ days

9:15 man of culture right there

Someone's stuff always gets stolen at my locals. Every goddamn time...

then when you are in tournament you are in game 3 activate instant fusion make thousand eyes equip their only defending monster link into linkuribo- time is called in the round and you go home crying.

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I think this was a big help and definitely provided a lot more insight into how the competitive scene for the game looks and what to expect from it.

I haven't been to a yugioh tournament before but I do plan on it, this video definitely encouraged me more! Thanks TeamAPS

The highlight of my week will be my locals this Saturday, Hopefully i get to rematch a Burning Abyss player whose beaten me twice in a row now, I'm running a new Pendulum magician deck wish me luck ✌

Much love from NC really love the content!!!! Keep it coming

I love the background music in your videos; keep up the excellent work!

As someone who played casually for years I’m proud to say that now I’m looking forward to competing. Just need to find areas to play and have some fun :) also thank you for these videos, it’s helped me a lot with getting back into this game after about 15 years

I'm a returning player from when the game first came out. Used to play and trade at the local Books a Million. This is very funny that you decided to do this video. I live in VA and Cimooo has been promoting the Pro Play Tour stop in Richmond next week. I'm hesitant to commit, mainly based on knowledge of vast amount of Meta and Rogue strategies and my lack of experience with Side Decking and some other important play experience. But I've been sucked into the game and assembled a Top Tier Rogue deck. Love watching you Yugitubers and the live duels like the replay of the NAWCQ recently. I really rambled haha Thanks for making this video and I really like your channel and this one will definitely make me think about the upcoming tournament!

Just subscribed. I look forward relearning the game and it's new rules. I cant wait because I am so confident. Thank you this was a great video.

Thank you, I was in dire need of confidence for my up coming tournament in April

Love your energy and your channel, keep up the great work, definitely some of the coolest/nicest guys in the Yugioh world!

I never been to a yugioh tournament before. Your channel is awesome.

Going to yugioh events is always fun. I went to my first regionals in years and i ended up in the top 32 which let me go to my first NAWCQ ever and it was a fun time, despite my round 1 opponent being really unsportsmanlike, all my other opponents and everyone else that i met were supper nice and supportive. Hopefully everyone can experience these events at least once

Steal all your cards Dang are they trying to say yugioh tournament people are like the team rocket of yugioh

Ooooh I get "The Rush" But the best feeling... the BEST feeling is, as I call it, "the Smile" The Smile is the moment when both players are having SO much fun, that they both just smile / smirk and just fall into the game with so much passion and love. Just..... just the best....

The rush is a legit thing, good point Paul. Just finished school in April and working full time now and I find between exercise, social life, and work I haven’t been to locals in months and all I wanna do is play with my Guardragons before they’re taken from me damn I miss yugioh

I can agree to this, stopped playing yugioh around the time synchros came out then came back and decided i want to give it a try again and went to my locals met some new people that helped me get back into the game and taught some of the mechanics that i missed mainly how pendulums and links worked an now we we see each other at locals maybe every week or say and have fun throwing together random decks for the tournaments. While it also showed me people that ive seen at my college and never talked to before and we bonded over the game and hang out a lot more outside of yugioh

I actually just went to my first tournament and lost every round 😅

Hey Paul I want to thank you for giving me the boost to play again. I got back to playing two weeks ago and Team APS was a big reason for that.

Went to a locals last Friday and it was great! Got Ghost Ogre, Ghost Mourner, a new copy of Ash Blossom and the rest of the cards I needed for my vendread base!

Nice if there were tournaments in places outside of America Europe And Asia :(

I dont even play Yugioh anymore, but your videos are very entertaining. I hope your channel will have more subscribers!

I personally don't go to tournaments because I don't know all the card interaction rules and most don't make sense to me. I'd miss a ton of opportunities and would need a dedicated judge just for my matches.

I don’t play yu gi oh but this is a cool video that applies to a lot of physical games. Keep up the good work :)

I started playing about a month and half at 2 o my local shops I have been attending once a week and so far the the people that I have met are outstanding, very welcoming, they are super friendly and teach me how to play , I’m currently playing a dark magician deck build as competitive as it can be and I went 3-1 at my locals this past Saturday playing against meta , not gonna lie I felt good beating the good decks

I will go to my local YGO tournament. Next month much love from Alabama.

I remember going to my LCS interested in getting back into it after being away for over 10 years. Naturally I had questions but the owner of the LCS didn't like the fact I had questions. He was rude to the point it was insulting. I ended up going to a different store in the next town over and they were super friendly and helpful with my questions. Fair to say that became my new LGS to attend events and of course spend money

My area finally got a local card shop that do weekly tournaments and daily duels ( for fun ) and I’m definitely going to be visiting it time to time

Good vid and love your vids

Tournaments huh, I dont even have locals around here

My only issue is that there's nothing Yu-Gi-Oh anything near me. Is it just me, or is the word "forced" used a lot?

Me and a group of friends show up to every regional we can. It's awesome seeing the extremely rare cards some vendors have, meeting new people, and of course having a full day to play the game. I usually show up with at least 60 dollars. You might run into a toxic player or 2 in the first couple rounds, but after that most of them leave because they're X2 now and have no hope of an invite to nationals which is sadly all they are there for.

Great video, I enjoyed it. Thank you. :)

I'm here from the future in the year 2022 and after getting back into the game during the pandemic playing with my coworkers on our breaks or in the back after we punch out after having not played for many years, I'm now preparing for my very first tournament I found a card shop that is does tournaments on my day off thankfully.

The only reason why i haven’t entered a tournament (locals at least) is i can’t drive so my friends parents have to pick is up at a specific time before the trafic starts and the time they pick us up is when the tournament starts

I quit for 5 years and now I'm excited to see come back

It's kinda hard to go to a new card shop when there are only 2 ots stores in your state

I can agree fully. I was a newer player to the game, only fifteen years old, And I had a copy of Dingirsu. I was horrible with technology, so I could not sell it online, and I was afraid that my lack of a lot of Yugioh knowledge at the time would end up getting me scammed. But only did I meet these older people at my local card shop that were interested in the trade (of course) but they helped me work out the differences and refused to give me anything less that was not equal to The Dingirsu. They were really nice and not I am a regular at the tournament at the card shops.( up until recently of course)

You guys are awesome

+Team APS My biggest thing is when people swear. I have to listen to that at work all day, and I don't wanna have to listen to that while I'm trying to relax and have fun. Also you save a lot of money just playing online. Unfortunately being in a small town means you don't have a lot of choices on who you can play against

Melodious stun vs mystic mine was amazing I loved that match up it went to game 3

awesome video. nothing like a tournament

I'm first (just kidding) Who read this have a blessed day mate.

I plan on going to my first locals in less than a week from now!

Local tournaments are awesome, when I went my first time I got 4th with my Lunalight deck. Haven't matched that since but even then every time I've gone it's been so fun. My favourite experience is still my friend and I end up playing against each other at the end of the tournament. I take Game I've, He takes game two. Game three it looks bad, and I topdeck my sided Mystic Mine. It stalls out until he manages to pop it, goes for battle, and time is called. It felt so fitting

My best friend has been helping me get into Yugioh. I wonder if he’s gone to a tournament before. I’d love to go to one with him!

I have been wanting to play with people in so long I miss meeting new people

Well sucks if you dont have any locald

I went to my first locals this weekend most fun I had in a long time and really help feed my competitive nature lol won the whole thing Friday went back Saturday and got spammed like a red headed step child lmao definitely gonna go back

As much as I really want to go, I live wayyyyyy too far away. None of my local card shops actually have tournaments for yugioh due to the game not being popular in my area. I do go to magic the gathering events though, that's about as close as I can get.

Great advice.

Like jack atlas said when u win it’s feel like u felt more power and and more brighter to fight harder for the rush and the thrill

Trell if you read this what are your thoughts of the current state of the NBA after all the trades!

I used your code to get a custom playmat. Just waiting on it to come in.

It is the best feeling when you can go to locals and win at least 1 duel with a nobody deck like Cloudians or Aquaactresses. (I like using decks no-one else uses)

Reason #1 @1:05 honestly blew my mind. Been playing yugioh off and on since my elder brother introduced it to me back when I was younger... Honestly, didn't know online yugioh was a thing, I've only known yugioh face to face lol. It's 1000% more fun with friends all playing together.

Yugioh got hit hard in my area, alot of people migrated to either magic or dragon ball card game, some card places even stopped hosting tournaments cause they can't get many people together. Only one card shop does it now in my area.

I'd love to go to a local card shop to be in a local tourny but my mom wont let me she thinks they all cost

I really wish I could go too one but I'm not allowed to leave my house alone and there's no locals in my area😭😭 great content btw

So heres my situation: The nearest yugioh "locals" that has any tourney is always a Wednesday at 5:30 I get out of work at 5 like a normal person and the drives an hour away the next closest shop is an hour and a half away I'd love to compete but theres no way I can ever make it to ones around me any advice would help

Haven't gone to one yet but I love building specialized decks made my new deck with 2 15 card side decks dueled myself as fairly as possible and got to know my card effects well then put the 15 in the deck I prefer and made an op 60 card deck for just 25 dollars using the gates of the underworld structure and swap and add a few. Strategic and when they see Belial and/or tagoedia... You'll maybe lose soon, tried extremely hard to not 1 hit myself while vs. myself, had to not attack most of the time to make it last long

i just sit by myself when at locals, unless i am in a tournament, even then, i sit alone in between rounds, and the only tournaments i've been to is just locals, even when regionals comes near me, and i have never topped, always placing towards the bottom of the list, and i never pull anything good, and i have never gotten better

I havent played in a tourney in probably 5 years and I'm just recently coming back to the game while beefing up my Neo Spacian Deck 😂 wish me luck lol

i wish i could go to a tournament but the only place in lawrence kansas is a game nut locals😑

I don't compete in tournaments and here's why: I find them boring. Especially if I'm losing every round or my opponent is taking 20 minutes to set up or playing solitaire, then prevents me from doing anything, that's not fun. Plus there's the downtime of waiting however long for everyone else to finish. If you find all of that entertaining then more power to ya but I don't.

My local sneak peaks there’s a mat for the winner and a random drawing for a second mat, and I won the random drawing for the Dark NeoStorm mat

This is so true💯

I love going to my locals even when I dont top I tend to have fun we have a bunch of good nice players both casual and competitive also my local card shop has our own kaiba theres a dude who kaiba cosplays and we just call him kaiba

I'm gonna be playing in my first non sanctioned tourney on Sunday for yu-gi-oh

Could you do a top 5 reasons to switch from Magic The Gathering to Yugioh?

Never been to a tournament but I just play with my friends

Online ygopro can help you learn the effects of your cards so if anyone what’s to learn how to use there deck Better they can use there deck online to train and then you can battle others knowing the full extent of your deck🙂👍

i liked the days where almost every match was like a grind game... this break-my-board yugioh will never be as fun as the good 'ol days

That's actually kind of one of my goals is to actually make my Six Samurai sorta good enough that they don't just get shutout against like "meta decks" and stuff like, cuz that's like one thing you do with stuff like this something that's your favorite...try and make it good enough right

I need to start searching for a local card shop near me, I miss my red eyes deck 😅

2:55 very bottom the player on the left has a mat from "High school DXD"

I would. If there were any nearby, that is. Aaaand if I could buy cards there, instead of having to get imported, even more expensive ones.

I wish I could but ones that are 3 hours or closer never on good days be it finals day or seminar days for college. And the only locals I have only starts at 8pm on Saturdays and it's a 45 minute drive to that. so leave at 7pm and on wont get home until 11-1130pm breaks my heart. I just want a chance to play the game I grew up on.

First time getting back into yugioh after all these years from watching your videos. Looked up top decks and thought sky strikers seemed cool, problem is I have no idea how it alll works lol there’s a lot of studying I need to do because I impulsively bought a lot of sky striker cards on eBay 😂

This vid is the best!

lets all go play tournaments and get our game on!

I am I kid what should I do I play casual and don't have a deck set on any card so what do u recommend I do not have cards to tribute summon most of my cards

I clicked this as soon as I could lol

Im usually a shut in kind of player I only had 1 real friend but going to my locals for the first time I noticed how much I was missing out there are allot of nice people I was kind of shy at first I didn’t what to go up and challenge anyone because of my fear of losing but eventually I mustered up all my courage an challenged someone my age it was super fun I was 12 back then sadly I think the shop shut down

My favorite deck was a monarch removal deck. A long time ago

I went to a tournament a few months ago and I have to tell you it was goddamn full to the point that you could not even walk through the passageways across the tables. I felt like I was in a tiny box with a lot of unknown people. Could not hear anything and there was only 1 card shop too xD so yea I guess you could figure that I was not in America x"D

I would love to play in locals and regionals, but Yu-Gi-Oh is not big where I live, well it is big in the big cities but I don't live near those. :( :(

"Not everyone is going to shark you" "Not everyone is playing the big bad meta decks" "you can win Playmats in the highest events!" I Feel this is the most disingenuous message y'all have ever sent. To get to the prizes that you tout in this video, you have to get to the top cuts, and at the top cuts, YES, everyone is going to shark you, YES Everyone is going to be playing the Big Bad Meta decks. I agree that playing online, is not 'playing' yugioh, but anyone who has a competitive locals, or goes to the occasional regional will see everything I said above if they don't get knocked out before the top cuts start to happen. I realise y'all want to encourage casual players to aim higher, but videos like these are ridiculous coming from a team of players who have gone to regionals to YCS's, to WCQs for years, who are trying to convince casual players to make that leap. Being casual is fine, and hopefully, those casual players have a casual locals. Those of us in popular, metro areas have no choice but to play meta, because our locals bring in the regional teams, playing to win.

Hey paul you should do a vlog of a yugioh tournament it would be cool just so we can see what you expirience there

I want to attend a local tournament so bad but since covid is here its impossible!!!