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Forget the victor. To the cosplayer goes the spoils!
I just got back from the Yugioh Mall Tour. From what I heard, it was supposed to be an event with tournaments, dueling simulators, lots of space to play, etc. In reality, there were no real tournaments, no dueling simulators, they only had six tables, and the wait for open dueling space could reach about an hour at a time.
But they did have one thing - a special appearance by Ryou Bakura... aka. me!
And there was a lot of trading. Including the cards I got from my friends for cosplay purposes, I came home with a whole handful of Kuribohs, 3 blue eyes white dragons, a blue eyes ultimate dragon, a blue eyes shining dragon, and the ultimate combo... 3 blue eyes white dragons... IN SPANISH! Not fake Spanish Yugioh cards, real official cards, with Spanish text. How awesome is THAT?!
Other than trading, the main highlight of the event was a chance to duel official Konami judges. There were four of them, and you could only duel each one once. If you beat one, you got one of the new Yusei booster packs.
I dueled all four.
So how many booster packs did Bakura walk away with?? Let's count!!
Match 1: I played against a plant themed deck, and I lost.
Match 2: This was my Bakura deck versus what the judge called, 'a deck a cosplayer can truly appreciate.' As soon as the first Blue Eyes White Dragon was put on the field, I immediately started appreciating it.
I appreciated it even more when my Dark Necrofear committed suicide against his Blue Eyes, so I could gain control of the monster. I used it to eat up his life points a little, and then sacrificed it on my last turn for a monster that took its attack strength from twice that of the sacrificed monster. That's 6000 points of damage.
He went from 5800 to 0 in one attack, and I snatched my first booster pack!!
Match 3: I played against a fish deck, and actually managed to hold my own for a very long time. In the end, I held off long enough for the win! So second booster pack for me!!
Match 4: This was truly epic. This deck was a crystal beast deck. We were actually neck and neck for the longest time, until he managed to lock me down with a 4000/4000 monster in defense mode, that all monsters had to attack, regardless of what they attacked. And he had a card that could attack my life points directly. All his card spaces were filled except for one, and they all had crystal monsters in them. I could survive one more attack if his field stayed the way it was.
One of my friends on the sidelines says, 'There's one card that can save you. You have to draw Zorc!' He was right. I had everything I needed to summon Zorc in my hand except for the ritual monster card itself.
My opponent, though, drew 'United we Stand' a spell card that adds 800 attack points for every monster on that side of the field. Everyone in the vicinity just cringed as he totally obliterated me.
But the most epic moment was still yet to come... I pulled the next card off the top of my deck. It was Zorc.
The duel was so hilarious, and it was so much fun, that the judge gave me TWO booster packs, even though I lost!
He justified it like this -
'Everyone who's come to play against me today has come to try and beat me and get free cards. You're the first person here that came to play for fun. And this duel was a lot of fun. So even though you lost, you win.'
It was definitely an uplifting ending to a really fun day.
Current COSTUME: Ryou Bakura
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 traceymoore
2009-10-12 09:02
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hi there my name is tracey im 29 from michigan im a really big marilyn manson fan i was just wondiring if you wanted to role play as him if so please write back to me and look at my journal and read about my life oh and could you add me as a friend thanks (Reply to this) (Thread) |
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