Victory Bell
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^ It's comments like this that hurt me the most. Another thing that pisses me off are the people linking to us and calling us noobs because of how we think the game should be played. Amphy is right, there is nothing wrong with winning but it's how you go about it that makes you a true winner. It would not feel like a win to me if I won using Luxchomp. So then who's work was it? Only the very first person (or people) who designed Luxchomp in the first place? What about the people who took the concept and innovated it into the deck it is today? Do they get no credit?It's not my work and what feels even worse is getting compensated for work that was not even mine. If you ask me, that's lower than dirt. That's ridiculously rude. How much SOTG are you showing right now? I won Regionals with a someone else's list. It was not mine in the least and never did I give my self credit for the list being mine. HOWEVER I did give my self credit for carrying said list through 11 rounds, in this case, I was being compensated for my skill. I didn't pick this deck up the day before the event. I took the list and tried out cards, tweaked it, but in the end, the initial list was simply as good as it could get.A win with your own deck on the other hand feels great. I'll give you that, I does feel great. It feels like a victory for your self than a victory for the deck You put your hard work LAST TIME I CHECKED actually winning the event is hard work. Deck building is perhaps even more difficult than the event it's self to use, won and got awarded. Might be the reason I win every pre release tournament I go to.
You call it ego boasting. I call it an honest win. I made it to the finals of a tournament with a deck people from the gym said would not work. Even my friend said it won't work. You should have seen the TOs look on his face. He said to me I have never seen a build like this work te way it did. That made me feel good. A TO at a Yugioh Tournament wanted to write and article on the deck I play because only 2 deck types were being played. I might not win every tournament I play in but I get the respect of the players I play with and that's more important than a win to me.
Replys in bold.oh but thats where you are wrong, my friend. 2 (or maybe 3) seasons ago i won a states and got 3rd at regionals playing rogue. and it was VERY rogue. (and how the heck would you even know in the FIRST place to make such a FORWARD assumption like that?
this is what im trying to tell you. i create NO box for myself. i do what i believe to be the most intelligent play. I do the same. I don't think its right for people from either side (rogue or archetype) to bash each other. Neither side is breaking any rules, both sides are happy (?). People who do not limit themselves and always play the BDIF FOR THEM are the people who are truly playing to win.
and yes, last season, luxchomp was that for me. and no, i did not feel "lower than dirt". 3 of the games of nats that season were mirror matches (other luxchompers). i won all 3 of them. and i had a LOT of fun doing it (and so did my opponent... they were great games that required much skill, thought, and careful decisions-- as most mirror matches do). we shook hands after, laughed, and showed SOTG. as i always try to. (even if i lose)
Why does someone always have to be wrong. I really don't get it.
ecided to move my giant message to its own thread. In addition to taking up nearly the full page, it veers off to deal with some personal opinion as well about things that don't deal strictly with netdecking.
