Posted 03 February 2012 - 02:23 AM
OK, so I guess it's time I got involved. I was the "winner" afterall.
To Dragonheart91 -- You're completely right. I shouldn't have won. Heck, I didn't even vote for myself. I voted for Sho because his was the better deck. Did I notice I got nominate? Sure. I even noticed that the nomination was denied because the deck wasn't eligible at the time and made corrections to make it eligible, but that is all because I enjoy healthy competition. This is a game afterall. The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is a game, and games are meant to have a competative side. I'm not sure if it was a popularity contest. If so, I'd like to know where that popularity was the last 8 years when it comes time for the annual XC Awards nominations. We have less than a dozen active females, and I've never even once been nominated. Eric and Andrew were nominated for best female memeber, but not me.
You're also completely wrong. I don't refuse help. I refuse concention. I could use the same cards everyone uses, but I don't because that's not how I play. I post decks here that suit my style. I ask for advice and, when I receive it, I consider it. Sometimes I take the advice, sometimes not, but that's my perogative. If I want to build a super competative deck I will, but it'll be boring because that's what everone else does. The tone you took, whether you intended it or not, was deeply offensive to me because you were insulting not just the contest for allowing me to win, and not just the other members that voted for me, but you were insulting my style. You insulted that which defines who I am as far as this game goes. Would you say the same to a quarterback who refuses to make passes that won't clear at least 5 yards? Would you say the same to NASCAR drivers who only pass on the corner opposite pit row? Would you say the same to a teacher who prefers homework as a study aid instead of part of the grade? If you don't agree with my style then that's your opinion. Don't say that I'm refusing to make a deck the best it can be, because that's not what I do at all. I try to find a different way it can be at least nearly as good without being as predictable. I don't like building great decks. I like building good decks and playing them well enough to beat great decks.
To redeyeszack84 -- This is not a discussion that should be kept private. Open forums are the best way to get the public opinion. It's never the guy speaking who has the best ideas. It's always the people who respond when they disagree. Brother Maynard used to study architecture and knows a great place to put the new parking garage, but he is content sitting in his pew quietly until someone suggests tearing down the church to put up there. There is a flaw in the system. I'm not sure where the flaw rests, but it's not solely on one person or even a group of people. Honestly, what is there in place to stop someone from creating a dozen alternate accounts and voting for themself other than the impracticality of it? What is there to prevent a clan from stuffing the ballots in support of one of their members?
I appreciate your attempts to quell the squabble, but unfortunately, this is the internet and someone somewhere will always find a reason to be unhappy about something.
To kakashipwnzor -- I don't envy you in the least. Thank you for taking time from your personal life (if you have one) to oversee these kinds of competitions. I hope that in the months to come, I can continue to participate and I plan to remain vigilant in my beliefs that the meta-way isn't the only way. If I can remind one person of a card they'd forgotten about or didn't know existed and give them ideas on ways to incorporate it into their own decks, I've done my job. I do not, however concur with the idea that people should be allowed to promote their own decks. This is going to end up leading to a lot more unnecissary bumping on the forum that really isn't needed.
To everyone else -- Chill out, be happy, play card games.
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Sho Shinjo, on 02 February 2012 - 06:00 PM, said:
