Found a great tech in dark world.

May post it after some testing is done with it.

The best thing ? It's legal in Asia format.

Anyhow today's post is regarding Malaysia's Asia tourney.

The only way you can join it is to buy a box of gaov for Two hundred bucks in order to obtain a form. I feel it is an unfair ruling because it forces a player to spend for an event which should have been and has always been free since forever ?

I asked Baha and he has told me that the policy isn't implemented in Singapore. However I heard that the policy is implemented in hong kong head of Asia's Konami yugioh.

However in hk the grade A players (Asia players will understand the grade system) do get free forms however hen my friends asked Paul, head of Malaysia, he said you will still need to get a box.

So will that affect the distribution of players of this year's Asia tourney ?

I doubt it. Because players everywhere still wanna buy the box to get the new dragons. Those who want the new dragons will be getting them for free basically.

I have heard the reasons to why Paul is doing this but I'm not disclosing it because of sensitive issues. It has helped me understand the reason but I feel that as a trusted distributor, he should not be doing it still. But I'm not gonna rant about this. When life throws shit at you, you just gotta avoid it and find a way out.

I'm getting my form free which i cant disclose the reason too so I'm not complaining.

Ps: photon streak bouncer is a bitch.

Insector Decklist March Format

What YOU Need to Read if YOU wish to Start Vanguard

So, i've been chatting alot with Rauzes lately at locals (yes he's still around), and he's been trying to convert (brainwash) me to CFVG.

Recently, he wrote a long long blog post about the clans of CFVG.

Its a good article, so take your time to read it.

http://soimba.blogspot.com/2012/02/all-forces-follow-my-lead-i-am-vanguard.html

As for me, I probably wont take up CFVG because its expensive to invest in a new game (although its really really tempting) and I'm not very good at playing 2 card games at the same time (but that can be fixed), let alone 2 or 3 different decks in YGO but thats just me.

Thats all for today.

Thoughts on Banlist

The banlist is supposed to be utilised to help the players by banning overpowered cards and nerfing overpowered decks so that other decks stand a fighting chance.

But this list shows Konami's selfish actions in the sense that the entire list was designed to maximise profit by cutting off synchros, and banning Plants altogether, arguably the most skilled based deck in the game. This also means that they are cutting off all good non-themed based decks, because all they want to do is create an environment filled with theme decks, except Rabbit but then there's no way they are gonna touch that when they are encouraging xyz.

Tour Guide is 100x better than Tengu, but Tour Guide wasn't hit because it encouraged xyz and Tengu was synchro-based.

I personally dislike what Konami is doing. Its actions were bad already throughout the whole of last year, but this time, it became much worse, and its basically telling the player base "i dont give a fuck, if you want to continue playing, just accept it"

People are saying, just move on, and just accept it. Hell yeah I have, but it still does mean that you cannot express that the list is a bad list. Like everyone else, we must take advantage of the stupid broken list :D

Bringing Torrential to 2 was also one of the weirdest and dumbest things to do. Torrential at 2 could replace Dark Hole's slot because Torrential > Dark Hole.

But Konami did not just kill off Insectors, their favorite deck, because they gave them a 3rd call of Haunted. I'm like seriously wtf with 3 calls and 1 reborn, we can play blindly and not even care about Warning. The only painful thing now would be Veiler of course. But then after they Veiler you and kill your Damsel, you can just flip COTH to bring it back.

This has to be one of the messiest lists ever.

Konami's actions with this list, and printing of Alexandrite Dragon in the new Starter deck 2012 (which led to people speculating if Tengu would be included in it) has shown that we can no longer predict Konami's actions, and they are officially turning Yugioh into a mass profit scheme, and that they are no longer afraid to show it either.

Of course the new SD is quite decent as 2 of the new string djinn xyzs are decent.

End of story, everybody let's bandwagon to Insectors.

update

finally with laptop and internet!

went to GA yesterday and test played and observed locals. good friend cookie quitted. so long joshua, i havent had my last duel with you yet!

bandwagoning to insecters next march!

why?

must stay competitive and if hornet or dragonfly gets touched within the next banlist, the deck will become slightly more skill based.

more updates soon!

Ban List Speculation

Banned:

None.

Limited:

Tour Guide
Magician Of Faith
Insector Hornet
Insector Damsel
Rescue Rabbit
Royal Oppression
Wind Up Zenmighty
Goyo Guardian

Semi Limit:

Holy Shine Ball
Hyperion
Grapha
BF Gale

So explanation:

No Bls banned. So i've one question to ask... How many times have you lost because of BLS? It just has not been so bad this format. Definitely more destructive than a Scrap Dragon, but not as bad as a Trishula

Tour Guide- obvious much. But this is not gonna happen.

Magician Of Faith- Time you came back. She's not splashable anymore and shes too slow. The only decks i see her being put in is Hero Beat and Chaos and maybe some may try to throw in Plants, which the latter i highly doubt. Konami always tries to return one banned card back, Tsukuyomi is still too damn strong.

Insector Hornet- Death to Insectors

Insector Damsel- Death to Insectors. I would actually prefer to hit Damsel over Hornet.

Because in Game 1 you will still die to Insector loop as long as they successfully get Hornet in grave. At least when Damsel is limited you wont die to too many xyzs. Hornet + centipede still netts advantage but then its not as bad as having your whole field cleared out and then facing a full brunt of xyzs. You may lose a card and opponent can search Damsel to hand but at least next turn you still have resources to make a comeback and prevent Damsel.

At least with Damsel limited, it doesnt mean that the card is dead. Insectors still run 2x Call of Haunted and some have resorted to Limit Reverse. This makes it harder for them to simply spam Damsel so it encourages a little more skilled play.

I am ready to be flamed.

Rescue Rabbit- Rabbit is strong.

Royal Oppression- This seriously needs to come back. Hong has said there would be games won just from backing up a beatstick with Oppression. I disagree because that situation is not impossible to get out of. Its still good and it should come back. Not like Insectors care about Oppression anyway :)

Wind Up Zenmighty- Eat my hand nom nom nom nom. Now TCG gets Wind Up shark?!

Armor Ninja Bladeheart- Airman + Reborn = 8800 damage

Goyo Guardian- Give BF some love. we need our trusty Goyo back!

Semi Limit:

Holy Shine Ball- Kill off Gachi Gachi. If Agents want to consistently dish out Gachis, they will have to resort to using TG Striker.

Hyperion- So strong bro.

Grapha- Strong!

BF Gale- Give Bf some love back. I prefer this then Kalut because being Honest from the hand is really irritating. BF Gale gives BF back some speed and some synergy in the deck. Its better than giving Kalut because Kalut just makes the deck more control based whereas Gale forces them to commit more to the field.

Lazy to think of cards that are released back to 3. Maybe Destiny Draw...

Card of The Format

Fiendish Chain, hands down.

What do you think?

Happy Chinese New Year!

Okay, so i finally found time to update. Yes im not dead.

I couldn't update about Yugioh lately because i couldnt find the time.

Seriously, without internet service or a laptop in KL is tough, heck i just found out bout the new Hieroglyph Dragons lately.

I did go to Andrews place once in a while to use his computer, but we usually ended up playing and talking crap instead of me blogging.

Im back in my hometown for a week =)

I did head to town to play Yugioh only twice in the past month and it was invigorating to finally say im part of the KL community.

The other times, my friends wanted to go to shop so i also went to shop. Got alot of nice shopping done so im happy.

So, im personally really excited bout the new dragon archetype.

It has a Rota, a Shura, an Icarus, a Cyber Dragon, and a Hyperion and a boss monster. And the deck spams Neo Galaxy much faster than you may think.

Throw in a couple of Veiler/ Maxx Cs, and a solid trap lineup and it will do decently or at least have a bit of a matchup against Wind Up/ Insecters.

So what am i playing now? still plants! loyal plant player. although it got bullied by Andrews DD Rabbit Ragia so much in so many Game 1s.

i will be slowing down on blogging till i get my laptop in KL and slowing down on Yugioh (maybe) until the March banlist.

More blogging done tmr, gonna sleep!

It is now 4.30 am

Am i too free to post now?

NOPE cos my flight is in 1 and 1/2 hours.

See ya permanently in KL =)

OCG Plants Version 2.0

This is the version I have been testing on Dn for the last few days:

2 Verz Mandrago
1 Zephyros
1 Lyla
1 Mystic Tomato
1 Debris Dragon
1 Raioh
2 Tragoedia
1 Gorz
1 Spirit Reaper
1 Sangan
2 Effect Veiler
1 Spore
1 Dandylion
1 Glow Up Bulb
1 Lonefire Blossom
2 Ryko
2 Junk Synchron
2 Doppel Warrior
1 Chaos Sorcerer
1 BLS

1 Monster Reborn
1 Scapegoat
1 Dark Hole
1 One for One
1 Foolish Burial
1 Pot of Avarice
1 Heavy Storm
2 MST
1 Rota

2 Bottomless
2 Call of Haunted
1 Torrential

Might cut out 2 Bottomless to put in 1 PWWB to make the deck 40 cards.

Might cut out Zephyros as i never really like him. But level 4 in there is good to make Laval Chain!

Yes this deck can run Laval Chain and Daigusto Emerald but you wont be pulling it off as often as you think.

Thats all for today.