DarkJusticeMetal Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I was talking to a friend of mine the other day. He was over at my house and noticed my binder filled with Yu-Gi-Oh cards. He wonder if he could have a look, I went ahead and let him. He commented on the mass amount of cards I have. Then after a bit of an awkward silence, he said this to me: "Sam, I used to play this game a lot when it first came out. Mostly I played with my friends and close family members. After the game got some major popularity, I went ahead and participated in local tournaments. That's where I stopped playing. You see, I was blown away at the rarity of the cards they collected. Some of those cards I didn't know existed. And they defeated me time after time with those rare cards. Those defeats made me think. And then it hit me. 'It's a game of money.' The best cards in the best decks can only be had by those willing to pay to the highest bidder. That's why you never see any poor sods like me in major tournaments. I don't have enough money, so I can't play the game. You're lucky. You have parents who are willing to pay for you to play. Unlike me." It got me to thinking myself. Is this true? What he said racked my mind. I never really thought about that ever since I started dueling. I'm curious. How many of you think my friend's philosophy is true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Griffin Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 YVD/DMG [/topic] I don't spend a penny on the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkJusticeMetal Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Bump, seriously, I want people's opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kailyn Leona Kyosuke Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Sadly, it is a game of money. I admit it. The truth behind it though...is that I still manage to play despite this. I don't have parents willing to spend money on my children's card games. I just simply do what I can to get the cards I need, and little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Griffin Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 ...You just bumped a four-minute old topic. There's a 24 hour minimum period before you can bump. I've given mine already, and it's considered polite to respond rather than disregard it and ask for the next opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow wind Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I was talking to a friend of mine the other day. He was over at my house and noticed my binder filled with Yu-Gi-Oh cards. He wonder if he could have a look' date=' I went ahead and let him. He commented on the mass amount of cards I have. Then after a bit of an awkward silence, he said this to me: "Sam, I used to play this game a lot when it first came out. Mostly I played with my friends and close family members. After the game got some major popularity, I went ahead and participated in local tournaments. That's where I stopped playing. You see, I was blown away at the rarity of the cards they collected. Some of those cards I didn't know existed. And they defeated me time after time with those rare cards. Those defeats made me think. And then it hit me. 'It's a game of money.' The best cards in the best decks can only be had by those willing to pay to the highest bidder. That's why you never see any poor sods like me in major tournaments. I don't have enough money, so I can't play the game. You're lucky. You have parents who are willing to pay for you to play. Unlike me." It got me to thinking myself. Is this true? What he said racked my mind. I never really thought about that ever since I started dueling. I'm curious. How many of you think my friend's philosophy is true?[/quote'] who cares about money... i dont think you need the best and the newest cards. i think you have any cards in any deck you can win.it isnt about money.my opinin is with any deck of cards you can beat any opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Griffin Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Shadow Wind's post is horribly wrong. There's a reason that tournaments are consistently won by extremely similar builds, only changing more than a few cards for banlists and new releases, and even then often not much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Sir Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 If you want real, tangible success with Yu-Gi-Oh, you have to be willing to invest money in it. That's just how it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolTama Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 ... You are new.So here's an example from us good 'ol Americans: Structures/Starters/SE's cost around 10$Tins cost around 20$Packs cost 5$ each w/ 9 cards in each of them ~One of which will be a rare or higher ~unless there is a secret rare in said pack Single cards on the webz will vary widely, much like actual products. If something is highly sought after and hard to find, obviously it'll cost more, like how Vayu was at 30-40$ last format. It's common sense. More people want it = cost goes up. Less people want it = cost goes down. tl;dr version: Welcome to the meta. Take it or leave it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Lightray Daedalus- Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 No the game is not about money...It is just that while better and consistent a deck is the rarer and expensive their cards become...that's the way the move along and then this is when card gaming invest tonz of money while the different builds changes their structures uses new cards and they get overused price go up.......... At least that's the way i see it......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Griffin Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I still just see everything free ._. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Lightray Daedalus- Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I still just see everything free ._. like downloading WC10 to have all the cards up to Pulse of Trishula for free........... I agree I stopped buying cards since Strike of Neos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinzuku Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Ive spent 80 on this game, and from selling cards, ive made 90-120, so it balances out, plus, if you do things right, you can be prosperous(however you spell that), cause I'm 14 and my parents won't spend a dime on this game, yet I have a DAD, Plague, JD etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow wind Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 honestly, 1/3 of my cards i find at my school.... people throw there cards in bushs ans stuffthe other 1/3 of my cards i get from friends and family the other 1/3 i get is from buying card and i only do that like once every two months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnpsy Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 If this was a game of money, you wouldn't be able to buy 3x SDMM and actually stand a viable chance at a tournament. However, we all know that you can. $30 for a good deck. Does that make it a money game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Griffin Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 In my case, yes, $30 would be a money game because some of us don't have that much to throw around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth_The_Legend Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 my most recent deck that i won locals with cost me next to nothing to build. and it beat all those "xpensive" decks. certain decktypes are more expensive than others, for sure, look at Lightsworn for instance.but that usually equates to the deck being very consistent and is tier 1 worthy... cheaper decks arent any worse but usually suffer from incosistency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnpsy Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 If $30 is a lot of money to you, you have bigger problems than card games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Griffin Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 my most recent deck that i won locals with cost me next to nothing to build. and it beat all those "xpensive" decks. certain decktypes are more expensive than others' date=' for sure, look at Lightsworn for instance.but that usually equates to the deck being very consistent and is tier 1 worthy... cheaper decks arent any worse but usually suffer from incosistency.[/quote'] Less consistent is a part of "worse".And yes, we have problems with not going bankrupt, but that's a different story >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnpsy Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I almost forgot that most other countries actually got hit by a significant recession. xD Anyways, yeah... Almost anything decent that falls under entertainment and hobbies will cost at least $30. You can even shave some of that price off by going to the internet, where Structure Decks cost $8.95 a piece. For most, $30 is no issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Majishan Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 The games was about money during the Tele Dad format then konami took over and started making GOOD reprints so now its getting cheaper. Just last year Secret Charge of the Light was 40-60, (before the reprint) now I can pick up one for 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnpsy Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I can pick up one for 10. I can easily get one for $5, but your point still stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Griffin Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I can have every card in the game for $0, why would I pay?YVD/WC10/DMG > IRL dueling in my situation, so the game is indefinitely free. And trust me, there's a lot of free/cheaper entertainment that's perfectly good, it's just not advertised because paying for that would incur a cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnpsy Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I can have every card in the game for $0' date=' why would I pay?YVD/WC10/DMG > IRL dueling [i']in my situation[/i], so the game is indefinitely free. I look at online dueling the same way I look at ROMs. Just plain cheating a company out of well-earned money. Whether you'd be able to play without it or not is irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Griffin Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I see it as a viable way to have fun with Xabers without having to hand out $240 or something stupid for a playset of Emmersblade, just to watch them fall in price at some other point. IMO, it gets rid of meaningless restrictions on your dueling and helps you find opponents, nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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