Attending Your 1st Yu-Gi-Oh Locals | Advice
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- Are you a new Yu-Gi-Oh player considering going to your local card shop for the first time? Here are some tips for making your foray into a Yu-Gi-Oh community as seamless as possible!
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My locals doesn't allow buying cards so we smuggle cash to each other under the tables like we're buying drugs XD
hey, you smoking some Ash Blossoms? Yeah? Give me a few, heres $50
Sounds cool
bro, just walk outside between matches. don’t be sketchy as fuck lmao
My locals we call it Trading cards for cash so technically it's not buying
Bro u obviously never bought drugs before 😂
I think going to a new shop with a friend is the best tip by far!
that’s based on the assumption that people who play any TCGs have friends to begin with
@@miles2858 same 😔
There is a 13-year old kid at my locals that screams "HENTAI!" out loud in the middle of the tournament.
+Zephyros Omega Well then.
Send him to the shadow realm
oh hey, its my neighbor, but wait, he has only been to one locals
Ya'll Need To Just Agree That Every Time He Says It,All Of You Will Pause Your Games And Kick His Ass.
Thats a "do" homeboy. For life. All day, every day.
f!@kin'
*HENTAI!!!!!*
I'm probably "that guy" you mentioned, who teaches newer players the basics of the game and how to maintain card advantage, react properly to your opponent's plays, etc. and also tries to make players who are new to the store (but not necessarily the game) feel welcome by inquiring about their deck & playstyle, showing interest in their trade binder, and introducing them to other players.
It can be a little trying sometimes, and they might not always be very appreciative, but it's really rewarding to see people return the following week, who otherwise would not have come back due to getting a cold reception.
I havent gone to my locals yet but I hope there are people like you there!
yeah that guy is cool he wants me to trade a Thought ruler archfiend secret for gold naturia beast
I'm that "kid" that is invested in the game more than the kids that go there that are around my age, im 12 years old. It's the best feeling when one of the more respected players that get top 4 all the time say I'm really good for my age. Or your binder is amazing.
I hope i get to meet someone like u when i'm going to my first local :D
Equalyze keep going
Don't bring a binder with cards that you do not want to trade. That will annoy everyone
Or at least have a trade binder and a "show off" binder seperate for those who just want to see some of the cards you have.
+flankenstein Oh god, the number of times I've said "Oh, I'm interested in this card" and the other person has gone "That's not for trade" or "I'm only getting rid of all 3 at the same time" or "I don't want to give that away" is just....GaH! Why would you do that!?
i had a case that had 2 rows. one for trading one for swapping/adjusting/making a new deck.but yeah i heard that alot where people get pissed how u show off cards and just say not for trade...
I call a binder full of good cards or for keeps, I call that "The SMUG binder"
flankenstein can’t we buy one.
I left yugioh in 2005 got back into it in 2016 over 11 years and my goodness I came back to synchro xyz pendulum I was so confused at first but I'm learning again
Jay Cossin Same
Naxiro Dark Help me learn
@Naxiro Right?? I come Back and There's like A Dozen Plus Competetive Archtypes that I didnt know about before. (Altergeist,Crusadia,Trickstar,ETC) So Many CARDS!!! Not to mention Hand traps like Ghost Ogre and Ash Blossom
Wonder if hes doing it 2020 lol
I stopped when I was in like... 5th grade. when I came back to it during high school it was like... a few weeks before Link format was introduced and I was still trying to grasp Synchro. I had already nailed understanding xyz and pendulum but Synchro was the issue for me... then Link format arrived and threw my understanding of pendulum right out the window.
i remember my 1st time in a card shop everyone had there cards in a binder and i just had this bag of cards i had no use for and people told me they thought i was cute with my bag of cards
Societys Typo I don't have a binder
I dont have a binder
I’ve got a 2x2 monster protectors binder. Apparently they don’t make them anymore so my binder is one of a kind
big fan of u guys, really got me excited to get back into the game after a 11 year break
Thanks! Glad we were able to help :D
Same!
Jake Arndt : Xx. X. Xf. X. Did. 👹🔌⛳️. X. P
Jake Arndt same dude, only like 6 years but same
same here it's been 11 yrs since i had last played now i've seen these videos and have some friends who play yugioh at work now and i have gotten back into it!
Going to my locals tomorrow, wish me luck!
Have a nice time
How did it turn out?
MaskoftheWraith It was really fun, went a second time :D
+TheSeriousShow Glad to hear it! :)
Ill be going to my local on Monday next week as busy today but I do know they do their leagues every Monday, so hopefully if everything goes well this Monday, ill be going there regularly.
Perfect timing for this video. I'm thinking of heading to my first local shop on Saturday and I've been pretty nervous about so many things - mostly about whether or not people will get annoyed playing with me since I need to read most cards because I'm so new. Thanks a lot, guys.
Anytime!
+Tyrannikos same here man
best advice i wish someone would have told me: get a working knowledge of what all of the cards in the big archetypes do. (nekroz, burning abyss, shaddoll, etc.)
This might seem a bit strange, but I would actually not recommend bringing a friend if you're comfortable socializing yourself. I've tried going to a locals with and without a friend when I was fairly new, and I found that going with someone I already knew led me to talk and trade less with the other people there, because it was just easier to sit and talk with them. That being said, if you're more shy, a friend is definitely a great lifeline in a new environment.
I loved the video. I wish this was around when I first started going to locals!
My locals isn't a card shop, it's a town hall community room nearly every Saturday. It's a great place, but I feel that if your host doesn't own the venue, don't sell cards there. He's paying money to hire out the venue so don't make a car boot sale out of a tournament. The entrance fee is £5 to participate in the junior tourney, but admission to socialise is free. Some guy walked in and took a seat at the back table,whipped out 2 binders and a mega tin full of lots. He started selling it and the host told him to leave, it's a tourney/social club, not a flea market! Don't steal. Full Stop. Anyone who needs to steal cards is a scrub who has no right to have anything except a criminal record.
Read this " yu gi oh reading card game" 🤣👌🤣 that vendor was 100% right todo so, perhaps not the money but the trading fuck hes douche bag
you bring up goin into a shop and never look down on the ground and dont ever think you're below anyone which is TOTALLY true and i love you guys and you're cool as hell in my opinion so follow your own advice and keep that eye contact with the camera! :)
I use to be the new guy at my local shop. Now when I come in the shop keep and the players are like HAY! Welcome Back! It's my highlight of my week ^_^
Now I'm working on getting my younger brother into it, so he can come play too
On my first day at a locals a guy forgot his wallet. I picked it up and some guys tried to convince me to keep it. But I ran out there and gave it back to the guy. Turns out he was a friend of the owner so I ended up getting a spare play mat in the back to replace my paper one I got from a structure deck.
Now I’m a lightsworn player who is known for being very down-to-earth and fun to duel against. People always help me improve and even let me open packs when they buy a box. Everyone there knows my name and tons of people there are my friends.
Sounds Like Lightsworns Are A Good Match For You,Then. Ya Got Honor And That's Beyond Rare At That Kind Of Stuff.
Im one of those veterans that like to help out the newcomers. im always eager to help other people. I have my rivals and my own cheerleaders (just my lil bro and girlfriend lol) but hey its a fun experience. I remember when I first started playin and I want new players to feel that its a nice cool game that can really help you out through life
Thats rare a grown man who plays yugioh and has a gf
You should be in every card shop !
Be aware that when you enter a new scene based on how serious or casual the scene may be the judge may not be accurate on all rulings. In instances where you are the new guy and know a judges ruling is incorrect be prepared to properly have a source to show them the proper ruling. I had this problem yesterday but after the event I posted the correct rulings on the situation that arose so that everyone is more informed. Its important to not get angry at ruling disputes and handle it in a mature and polite manner.
+Nicholas Hamilton What ruling?
+Nicholas Hamilton Man when I was a lot younger I went to a local tourney, I was playing toons, I normal summoned Toon Gemini Elf, my opponent said it was like the other toons at the time and that it couldn't be normal summoned.
Judge didn't know either, yo. Gah.
+Priestess Paula That's funny actually, since I remember Toon Gemini Elf being one of the strongest cards you could normal summon back in the YGO pc games
Going to my first locals/Swiss event in two weeks, so I'm glad you guys made this video! I found it at the right time :)
i had a guy who was my first locals and he really boosted my confidence and he traded 1 of my cards for like ten also he helped me build me pendulum deck, this is one of the reasons why yugioh is still alive.
Bring a decent deck.
ToonsOff Fun yeah xD. Don't be that guy who brings Cloudians or Vehicroids expecting to win xD
Billy Arnold why not? I mean I play for fun.. I like my vanilla cards I don't give a fuck
Yeah man why shouldn't I bring my dinosaur deck that revolves around Tyrano Infinity
Gimmick puppets?
Well I'm scrapping bringing my Crystal Beasts for fun
I am fairly new to the game and just recently started attending my locals and I just recently found this Channel and I'm very proud of myself that I've actually done everything on this list
some fantastic advice, I haven't been to a yugioh event in over 11 years but making friends at these places is such an essential thing
1. Don't get haggled into making bad deals. Always get the full value and worth of your cards and money if possible. Also you may come across someone offering you a deal you COULD have made that was better than the previous one. Always hold on to your goodies until you have talked to EVERYONE, and be assertive about the value of the cards you have up for trade/sale. (Be prepared to take some losses if necessary, but try to minimize it as much as possible.)
2. Don't be too trusting. People will take advantage of you.
3. Don't piss off the wrong guys. Someone at my locals almost destroyed 4 expensive cards in my deck because some of his cards were upside-down when he drew them from his deck. The cards being a Secret Rare BLS back when it was 30$ and 3 Super Rare Solar Recharges which went for 12$ a piece at the time (before these cards got reprinted again). For me, the amount i spent on these cards at the time was more than I was willing to spend. Pissing of the wrong people will cost you some very valuable cards/decks (they will go as far as destroying your things for the stupidest crap).
this is my experience.
The super rare version of Solar Recharge was already a reprint and cost a few dollars. BLS, if you're referring to Envoy of the Beginning, has a secret rare reprint, but was originally printed as an ultra rare. The price quotes you listed are way off though. They've always been worth much less for the versions you mentioned.
FimWritersGroup preachhhhh
Id kick someones ass if they destroyed my cards
This is helpful for me, a local shop just started up locals and its the first place for Magic & Yugioh in a long time in my area.
This sounds cool, makes me want to start going to some locals shops just to have fun, hang out and meet fellow Yu-Gi-Oh players
Definitely agree with getting to know the vendors. By the time I started going to tournaments at the shop I'd already been going to Smash tournaments for several months, so they knew me on sight. About two weeks after I started showing up for Yugioh as well, pretty much everyone there knew me by name. Really makes for a welcoming atmosphere and a much better experience.
this video is actually really really good! haha everything I was thinking you guys mentioned
Im new to the game and the shop I was really scared but the 2 times I've gone there's been really nice agults that have given me advice on my deck and other things
First time I went i was also very nervous.I double checked the ban list but i ended up playing my gravekeepers with 2 books of moon when it was limite xD.But they just laughed it out and let me continue cuz i was only 12-13 then :P
Hecatrice holy shit i was 11, i had an arguement with another 11 year old about monster reborn being banned, (it wasnt) i was right and it was kinda funny.
I hope that's how it'll go for me if I mess up. PS good choice of deck
I went to my shop for the first time at 11 and played my first game not against my brother,
I was doing all the timing and thing right and didnt mess up any rules except APPARENTLY you cant run 5 blue eyes in 1 deck
You guys are awesome and I know what you mean. When I went to my first locals, I followed everything that I learned from my friends. Which was pretty much everything you guys said. I am now a veteran but still I am not a professional. I'm working on becoming a really good duelist and maybe a professional.
Biggest tip and something I’ve fallen prey to my first few times: if you’ve play tested your deck and felt confident before going to locals, DONT CHANGE things out last minute. Stick with what you have and refine it later when you get home if you still feel it would be better.
Thank you guys for uploading this :)
I'm nervous to go to my first locals for a tournament. I feel like when I play I'm going to lose in like 2 turns. I've tried learning a lot, but I think I'm going to go with a starter deck, because I've never dueled anyone.
4 years late, but how did it go?
It’s cool
@Krioque sure did haha 😂
Recently attended my first locals, really enjoyed it although it was quite stressful and there was hardly any time between matches to eat and just chill or look around. Learn't some new stuff about playstyles and met some talented duelists, also picked up a few cards, playing yugioh in real life is unbeatable! The beauty of the cards, the chat and even just the feel of the community, just go in assuming EVERYONE is better than you and don't stress too much because it's just for fun! and of course, keep track of yo stuff, especially your binder or extra deck, luckily, people there were really nice and someone ever left their binder which we turned in to the shop owner, be chill.
I found out about a store near me that hosts locals just yesterday! This was really helpful
Can you Screw the Rules at the tournament,it's my first time
Anime and Manga Stuff You might...
But do you have money?
NexusLord 901 Screw the money,i have rules... Wait,let me do that again
Only if you have money! Or, if you are Seto Kaiba and have green hair!
You can my friend
Do u have 3 blue eyes white dragons and a little brother who can’t go 5 mins without getting kidnapped
Super helpful. Good thing my first locals is gonna be with my friend
this is a great video!!! this helped a lot!!
Sorry I am very late ! I am new to Yu Gi Oh and I aim to go to my locals for the first time tomorrow. Thank you for your tips I really appreciated the video :) hopefully I will meet new people and become friends with them !
You guys are awesome!!!
+ofwg kta Thanks! You are, too! :)
Making friends is always a good thing especially with the same interests
Whoa whoa whoa! I play both Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh but am primarily a Magic player, I am offended lol. Unfortunately for me my locals doesn't have too many friendly Yu-Gi-Oh players. Had to drive half an hour to a different card shop before I met some friendly players.
i recently went to a card shop with my friends for the third time and we met a very nice man he gave us great advice and he even gave my friend a 250$ red eyes deck
I had a great experience, the judge helped me out and the front desk. Also all the people acted like they knew me right away and I’m excited to go back
Wow this video was so helpful. Next week im attending my first locals. What kinds of decks should I expect? More meta decks?
I am going to my first event tomorrow with an experienced friend playing UCT dinos. I am really stoked. I have played ygopro and dueling book so i know the rules and am not a plebian. After leaving a toxic community in magic, i am really excited to get a fresh start with new people.
i just went to locals for the first time a couple weeks ago, its pretty small though around 15-20 people. so i thought this was really interesting. :D
That the average amount at yu gi oh
I’m a 13 year old kid who lives in a highly magic based community and the nearest card shop is an outlet 30 minutes away but I find time every Saturday to go and play yugioh with a bunch of adults and somehow I completely assimilated into their kind of playing and culture. I just wanted to thank you guys cause I just started around 3 years ago and only started competing when I saw all this stuff.
thank you guys for this video! I haven't played since invasion of chaos and I have my deck all together. my big stress about locals is my little brother use to get first every week and now he's getting first places and top 8's at regionals and bigger events. I really don't want to come back in the scene and be in his shadow until I can make a name for myself but I have to. luckily my brother is helping me because he wants me to be on his level.
who is ur borther?
Steven Brown. he went undefeated at the Seattle regional last month.
Andrew Brown gl man I'm finishing up my subterror deck, but I was a player around 3 years ago. luckily some people at the ship remember me. say congrats to your brother for me!
Thank you! I don't know the subterror deck?!?!?! Like I said it's been forever since i played. I went to my locals last week and of course I forgot my deck XD. At my locals there were 2 people who I recognized from LOB days.
An awesome person that taught me awesome things was a guy called Robert at 401 Games. He was so cool and really helped me learn some things when I was new to the game.
I play magic and yu-gi-oh and actually, magic players mostly don't despise yu-gi-oh players, they are actually hold them in a very good view, just they play different card games. Just wanted to say that for the records so people don't get the wrong idea about people of other card games
My Local Card Shop Is Strictly MTG. Cant even buy any Yugioh cards at my local. Closest Tournament Official Shop Is Like 15 Miles South of me
@@GhostlyNomad130 oh man I'm sorry to hear that that sucks my locals most popular game is Mtg they do modern on Thursday and standard and draft on Friday but they also run yugioh and vanguard on Saturday and pokemon on Sunday n those are just the card games lol they run dnd and table top stuff Monday thru Thursday.
Great video and very helpful. I just recently got back into Yu-Gi-Oh about a few weeks ago and already went to my second locals event. I was wondering though because I've only purchased a few cards and don't have many cards of great value to trade with would it be wise to build a binder and buy cards specifically for trading? Both times I went I else awkward cuz other players came up to me multiple times asking to trade but I knew I didn't have anything of value.
Its going to be my first time at a Yu-Gi-Oh! Local and I’m taking my friend
I remember back in 03 our local card shop had Yu-Gi-Oh every Saturday morning and we had one of those stinky guys lmao.
I usually try to do my best to help out the new people at my locals. I'm definitely one of the better players there, and I know a lot of people do listen to what I have to say about the game. My only problem with the whole thing is that I can't always help people because I can't be there every week, which sucks. :(
But, the way I play does allow me to help casual players make better fun decks that can also compete and also help competitive players build a better meta deck.
got my first local tomorrow so this is really gonna help thanks guys!!
+Jordan Baleto Have fun!
Did you win?
I feel like old school players aren't welcomed lol probably just me tho, nervous about heading to one too this video helped alot thanks guys!
Thanks for the tips
Since I work Mon-Fri, and I've only started a few months ago, it'll be hard to get enough pto built up so I can start taking a night off during the week to checkout my lgs's Yugioh night. My decks are far from competitive (they're upgraded structure decks), so I'd imagine I'd get crushed. But it'll be nice to find some people to play with instead of just deck testing against myself. As long as I get to meet new people, have a few duels and learn more about the game, I'll be extremely happy
I recently got back into the game. I haven't played since the GX era(I played a bit during 5Ds). I say the biggest advice to new players is to learn the rules. I mean really learn them. Know the phases and how the chain works(specifically what starts a chain). The fact that some older players don't understand this baffles me, but I digress. Also, be willing to learn and listen. As you guys stated, you may find yourself benefitting. Also, my biggest advice is play what you like to play. If you want to go competitive that's fine, but if you are casual; don't allow others to belittle you for that. It is perfectly fine to play the game casually.
I went in casual and everyone thought I was a savage for playing Crystal Beasts, so there
thanks for the tips.
thx man u guys helped me
For fellow introverts, talking to people is tough but at themed events like locals everyone there is a huge dork too.
"We all here for the same thing."
That's not YGO. That's f!@kin' life.
My seven year old has got me back into the game. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to take to the local shop to play and learn cause I'm so out of touch with the new stuff but your videos r helping to kinda teach the new things to me.
I’m a young player and have gone to around 3 locals and nearly everyone is supportive of me
don't use a rank ten trains/exodia deck because you forgot about link monsters
This came out a little late, I just went to my first locals yesterday, but I did most of these tips
very helpful!
I tend to sit in a corner when i go to card game events, just playthrough a deck on my own to get in the "zone". Not that I'm being anti-social or anything, just getting my mind out of "work" mode since I work all week and the weekend is really the only time for me to go through cards and go play with people other than my son.
I wish I had locals in my town. Not being able to play with anyone in real life gives me this feeling of isolation.
Tip: Type on google maps "yugioh tournaments near me", expect it to be an hour or 2 away
I loved this Video
these sound more like life lessons, but still a great vid for all them new player
I love you guys
I remember my first locals in Belgrade when i was 11. I came in playing my empty jar deck (this was back when all the jars were legal so the deck was really deadly) that i used to play casually at school and won way more than I should have. there was always a look of salt on my opponents face while their friends made fun of them for losing to a small kid playing deck destruction. Best first time doing anything ever:)
I am current 11 and I went to a locals today, and unlike you, I played Crystal Beasts. Like you, I played casually at school and made friends despite the fact I am 11. In fact, I didn't even care I lost the locals 0-4
Alot of these tips can be used for other places like games workshops.
I've been going to my local GW for a few years and it feels like my second home.
Unfortunately I don't have a local yugioh store:(
I might start going to my locals soon
great video
When I used to play YuGiOh in middle school, I went to one Tournament and the guys there wiped the floor with me. But, the ting was, even when they were kicking my ass they were trying to help me. When I first arrived one guy offered to let me borrow one of his decks, thinking my deck was the shit, I turned him down. Then, while they were beating me they explained how to build decks and such and how my deck went wrong. It was actually a really pleasant experience.
no card shops in my town... ) :
I was in my first locals and i was the only yugioh player and the rest were magic players
Rolls his eyes when he says the judge is reliable lol
I wanna hang out with these guys
Very nice video
I was relearning my Lightsworn deck and found that lumaria lightsworn summoner would pull a rank 3 xyz nice and fast.
i don't have locals where i live (greece)
there is one place but no one plays yugioh, i can only play with my friends or online :(
alukarD is a vampir pou meneis?
aderfe exei literally pantou locals 😹
thanks!
Love the video guys, this really makes me excited to go out and try and find a place to play locally and regularly! :-D
Glad you liked it! Hope you find a cool locals :D
Indeed I have, going to my first tournament this Saturday! :D
Thanks Team APS. I'm gonna go to my first locals today actually n WING IT 🤣🤣🤣 I still don't know how to play completely. Oh well! Misplays here I come 🤗😆🤦🏾
-Hiyruko
I remember my first local I had really good luck found some nice older players that helped me build a deck cause my deck was un playable but yea
Ive never been to a locals before i was planning on bringing my pure dino deck but then misc. Got hit to 1 so the only comp. Deck i have is raidraptors and monarchs
I am going to my first local thing on Saturday
Me and a friend were gonna go to a locals (him to participate, me to try and scrounge up whatever trades I could to make a deck that wouldn't lose faster than a Neos fusion shoots you in the foot, and to get some more card sleeves and see if EB Games was taking preorders for Fire Emblem Echos yet while we were in the area), but then the snow storm was bigger than expected. Maybe we'll go some other time
The last local I went to was years and years ago and I was demolished. If it gives you an idea, it was pre yata and CED banlist
About the watch your stuff part just bring a decoy binder filled with kuribohs
I’ve been playing Yugioh for almost 8 years but never attended locals or anything like that. I never really played with any of the super competitive decks. I mainly just use the cards I have and come up with some decent strategies.
Dont bring the friend who makes a lot of excuses and is just negative in general. It makes you and him/her look bad.
Just open up that trade binder(with things you actually want to trade)
I just got destroyed at my first locals. My floodgate in my deck helped me a bit but I fought people playing trickstar, dragonmaid (for that one, I wanted to see his face when I would play superpoly from my side deck but I needed him to have 1 more dragon on the field) and a guy playing a plant deck (I don't remember the name). They also had a lot of expensive cards. I need a few weeks to build a better deck before going back there.
Heading to my locals casual play day tomorrow , very nervous