OCG Thread for "New Members" but veiw anyways.

[Breakaway]

[align=center]This post was Origianily posted by "Advanced Raver" but he has not been around and his "OCG" page has been lost *Sigh But here it is again so the "New Members" like me can use them and help out our OCG. Original Post.

OCG stands for Official Card Grammar.

OCG is the way in which your card effect is worded, if it is not worded as it would be on an official Yu-Gi-Oh Card, it is said to contain OCG errors, just so you know.

There are various types of OCG, alot illude people, but here you can learn about them.

The most commonly known types are Old and New OCG, just remember, Old existed once, therefore it is right, however there are afew Old OCG bits that are deemed unusable.

 

Old OCG

Old OCG is what has been used in the past on Card Text, some of it is still useable, remember though, if you dont want people to attack your thread, try to not use Old OCG when possible.

You will find Old OCG on old cards such as the Blue Eyes Set to say Dark Crisis etc.

 

Old OCG List

- Mode - It is Position, NEVER MODE.

- Magic - In the past, Magic was used, then they replaced it with Spell, it is best to avoid using Magic.

- Move - In some old cards, Move was used as a way for saying Add, Add should be used instead.

Card Example = LOD-028 Reinforcement of the Army

- Fuses - On the old Polymerization, its card text was very bleak and simply said 'Fuses', try to avoid it.

- Sacrifice / Sacrificing / Offer / Offering - This terms were used to basically say Tribute / Tributing, do not use them.

 

The above, is Old OCG that really should not be used, below is Old OCG that is still usable.

- as a result of battle - Nowadays we say 'by battle'.

- your side of the field / your opponent's side of the field.

- when this card is Normal Summoned, Special Summoned or Flip Summoned - Nowadays we say Summoned.

- summoned - although this should go in grammar, it is used as an example to show that this belongs in the old OCG time zone.

 

New OCG

New OCG, is now commonly used, it is upto date, and is quicker to write and explains things in a simpler Version. Try to use New OCG if you can.

You will find New OCG on cards from like Invasion of Chaos to Shadow of Inifinity.

You will find New New OCG from SOI to like now.

 

New OCG List

This list will be split into 3 Sections;

Expert New OCG

New New OCG

Master Rule OCG

All are correct, just choose which one you like the best, or mix and match.

 

Expert OCG

- Your field -

- Your opponent's field -

- by battle.

- Dont say Points - after an ATK or DEF alter, do not say points.

- Summoned - When meaning all types of Summon.

- Inflict xxxx damage to your opponent - is used instead of saying something like ' inflict xxxx damage to your opponent's Life Points'

- can attack your opponent's Life Points directly - instead of the old 'can inflict direct damage to your opponent's Life Points'.

- Can - not may.

 

New New OCG

- You Control / your opponent Controls - Used instead of ' your side of the field / your field' etc.

- by battle.

- Summoned - When meaning all types of Summon.

- Inflict xxxx damage to your opponent - is used instead of saying something like ' inflict xxxx damage to your opponent's Life Points'

- can attack your opponent directly - instead of the old 'can inflict direct damage to your opponent's Life Points'.

- Can - not may.

 

Master Rule OCG

The Master Rule is to follow the OCG which will be released with the new 5D'S Cards.

- Advance Summon / Advance Summoned - To replace Tribute Summon / Summoned.

- Release / Releasing - To Replace Tribute / Tributing.

- Extra Deck - To replace Fusion Deck.

 

Extra OCG

So far i have given examples of some of the different types of OCG, here are some extras.

 

Counters

When refering to Counters, they DO NOT go like this

"Spell Counter"

They simply say Spell Counter (counter / counters by themselves do not start with a Cap C, only if they follow a type of Counter).

 

Monster Types

When refering to monster types like Elemental Hero's, it goes like this;

"Elemental Hero" monster

When refering to a Subtype, it goes like this;

Toon monster

(Sometimes Monster has a Cap M after the Sub)

When refering to a card name it goes like this;

"Elemental Hero Sparkman"

 

Numbers

Do remember to say a number and not the word when writing quantities;

Example.

Draw 1 Card, not, Draw one card.

 

Stages of OCG

I bet some of you are like WTF?

There are 3 stages in OCG, beginner, Medium and Expert.

Beginner OCG - Used often by Beginner Card Makers, they will often use Old OCG and Card Grammar.

Medium OCG User - Members who are in the Medium will use New OCG and card Grammar, and also add in some usable Old OCG.

Expert OCG - Members who use Expert OCG, will tend to use Most aspects of New OCG in various ways.

Now, with Expert OCG, there is something else which gives that user an exception to certain ways of Effect Presentation.

If a user creates a card with a Unique effect, that has no Officially Correct Way of wording it, then the card can be looked to be correct, and the way it is worded is fine.

 

Card Examples;

My 'Nemo Rose Dragon' + 'Lukai the Tao Blitzer'

Remix's 'Twlight Dragon'

Yankee's 'Rainbow Attribute' Card

Kaze's 'DDM'

Etc.

 

I cannot be bothered to write anymore regarding OCG, so if i have missed stuff, i will add it at a later date.

 

Now, Grammar time.

Grammar

Grammar on cards is alot easier to remember then OCG. It is basically making sure words have Cap Letters.

Correct Grammar List

 

field

hand

Graveyard

Life Points

Deck

Fusion Deck

Extra Deck

Summon

Summoned

Normal Summon

Normal Summoned

Flip Summon

Flip Summoned

Special Summon

Special Summoned

Fusion Summon

Fusion Summoned

Tribute Summon

Tribute Summoned

Advance Summon

Advance Summoned

Synchro Summon

Synchro Summoned

Ritual Summon

Ritual Summoned

Tribute

Tributing

Release

Releasing

DARK

LIGHT

FIRE

WATER

EARTH

WIND

Fiend-Type

Warrior-Type

Etc.

ATK (Stats)

DEF (Stats)

Spell Card

Trap Card

Monster Card

Monster Card Effect

Etc.

Equip Spell Card

Etc.

Battle Damage

Attack Position

Defense Position

opponent's

owner's

card's (In some cases)

Main Phase

Battle Phase

Standby Phase

End Phase

Draw Phase

Damage Step

Level

Normal Monster

Effect Monster

Fusion Monster

Fusion Material Monster(s)

Card Zone

 

Theres more but thats the Gist of It.

Try to use correct Grammar.

 

I hope you have found this guide helpful, and may you create better cards now ^_^

 

Breakaway-I also think this topic should be moved to the "Important Threads" in the Relistic card Section as a !!!MUST READ!!! thing lol. If anyone has things to Add tell me i'll add them with Credit to you. I also take no credit for this post as know "Advanced Raver" made this i just thought it would be best for YCM cuz face it were kinda sick of fixing OCG for all the "New Members."[/align]

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[Bloodrun]

Do you not know that there is several OCG Threads?

 

Even if there wasn't, a guide should explain everything, with at least more detail then "etc."

[Breakaway]

is there really? i know ive seen a couple but most of them dont have the Corect Spelling and Grammer. but if this post is just another Pointless ignore it

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