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Yamato Marathon: We're not Worthy!

i beat him -_- he seemed totally unprepared for what blaze does, but I guess it kinda fell off the radar over the past year so thats legit. He did the best he could with the cards he got I guess, and Blaze>ZRE anyways head to head. But yeah it was fun watching everyone play him :\
 
Yamato is not unbeatable, just the best! (Or, is it this mysterious "Rich" guy?)

I hope Yamato comes again next year and he does the marathon thing again. Maybe he'll bring that "Rich" guy with him.

One more funny comment I remember. When the "Rich" guy on the Japanese shirt was being discussed, and Yamato said "Rich" was their leader/trainer, JohnS said: "Rich is probably so good, all he has to do is look at you to draw his six prizes!"
 
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I only had 3 matches with Yamato. I only had 1 win and 2 losses. Yamato is an excellent player and yes, I had seen the 5 tails in a row. I seen more stuff and he had a broken plastic but I was nice enough to let him use it anyway.
 
I seriously doubt "Rich" is a bluff. Maybe , but i doubt it.

Probally more like the " Bobby Fisher" of our game. Until we beat Yamato and Goh on a regular basis, he isn't gonna
bother spending the time/$ to even show up .

Maybe now that the worlds trophy is on American soil he will show up next year. I hope so.
 
Toysruskid said:
They have a program called Wisdom.

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sounds about right- we have a program called apprentice and they have one called wisdom!
America did well to sweep the board this year, but Japan will always be the masters, i just wish i was there to witness the yamato marathon!! he sounds like a decent guy- some people get big headed....
 
Moss Factor said:
Rich is a bluff, everyone knows it. Yamato wins through psychological dominance complemented with superior play.
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I don't agree with Rich being a bluff, Matt. But until he shows up we will never know :)

As for your 2nd sentence, I couldn't agree more . But from what i saw , he wins more because
of the latter .

~John~
 
Neo...Yamato...Rich...boy, some people are just suckers for conspiracy theories. Do you think that Pokemon is not "cool" enough without mysteries? No wonder Yamato beats us, look at how dedicated we aren't...
 
If you play with the best your going to be one of the best, they also said they talked on AOL and Goh said he and his friends sometimes take trains for 2 hours to meet in Tokyo to practice every now and again.
 
Yeah, but remember sometimes the emotional/psychological desire to beat someone will boost ability as well, so the fear factor can work both ways.

Regardless, he's one of, if not THE best players.
 
Did anyone ask him why he played Ludi instead of his ZRE? I saw Go playing during the main event, and his list was not as good as the one Yamato played on Sunday. If Yamato had played that ZRE list then he would have won (save for something exceptional happening) imo. Pablo, I'm not saying you're wrong, and I take nothing away from Nidoqueen, but NOTHING autowins against that list. In hindsight, I would say it was the best choice for Worlds 2005, with Nidoqueen possibly being second.

I think anyone who watched Yamato play on Sunday night would agree that he is the best player in the world. I went 0-2 against him with my Ludi, I got bad luck in both games but I probably would have lost anyway. He plays flawlessly, but I agree with Moss that psychological intimidation is a factor that works in his favour.

Some of the guys there were asking Go about who he thought the best Japanese players were, and he said that they were all about equal, but I would say Yamato > Go and the others are no better than the top players from other countries, including America. On a side note, the 10- Japanese kid seemed like a pretty amazing player too, it was somewhat surprising that he didn't make top 8 or higher...
 
sdp said:
if worlds was in japan i can assure you no more than 4 americans would make top 32.
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How do you figure? Their invitees were there. Assuming everyone showed up and things are the same as this year, there would be a max of 8 more Japanese players assuming they just shut out all Americans who showed up for the Grinder. We would still obviously have the number advantage. Yamato is a top tier player no doubt and I believe if he had played ZRE he could have won. And if Rich is as good as Yamato and Go say he is he would be top tier as well. But saying that if Worlds was in Japan that the americans would have no chance is pretty ignorant. :/
 
Professor_Chris said:
How do you figure? Their invitees were there. Assuming everyone showed up and things are the same as this year, there would be a max of 8 more Japanese players assuming they just shut out all Americans who showed up for the Grinder. We would still obviously have the number advantage. Yamato is a top tier player no doubt and I believe if he had played ZRE he could have won. And if Rich is as good as Yamato and Go say he is he would be top tier as well. But saying that if Worlds was in Japan that the americans would have no chance is pretty ignorant. :/
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if the same ratio of how many americans pay worlds vs japanese switched it woud be like that, if it was an even ammount i wouldnt say americans would have no chance.
 
I think you somewhat missed the point...if Worlds were in Japan, do you think PUI would give out so many travel awards to American players, given that they would cost at least five times more? Of course not...the number of trips awarded would be greatly reduced, and so therefore would the number of Americans participating. Even if the **** still only let their Nationals winners play in Worlds, there would be a LOT of spots for their players to win in the grinders...

Anyway, what he is trying to say is that Americans clearly have the numbers advantage here, and that despite only having 12 players in the 15+ division (one of whom 0-1 dropped), 7 of them made top 32. If it was the other way around (ie: 12 American players against a field comprised mostly of Japanese) would such a high percentage of the team make top 32? I doubt it...
 
Many who went to the early TMBs (1999-2002) could argue that non-Japanese players are better. However, the TMBs NEVER featured Japan's more mature players like Yamato.

Maybe "Rich" will turn out to be an Urban Legend, maybe not. Hopefully, we'll find out next year.

POP (Dave, Mike, Pete), you guys gotta find out about this "Rich" guy and make sure he gets an invite to Worlds 2006.
 
Jolteon101 said:
I think anyone who watched Yamato play on Sunday night would agree that he is the best player in the world.
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A great player, no doubt. Best in the World, yeah, last year.
 
Adv1sor said:
A great player, no doubt. Best in the World, yeah, last year.
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Don't confuse Best Player with World Champ. In all the years Jordan played round-ball, he wasn't the World Champ every year. :smile:

BTW, did anyone trade the Japanese for one of those "Rich" shirts? I gotta get one so I can propogate the "Rich" Urban Legend, until he "materializes" at next year's Worlds.
 
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