Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Is A Great Exercise
Yu ☆ Gi ☆ King! Master Duel reminded me that it's difficult to get there. Whether you're dueling regularly or dusting your deck for the first time in a few years, building your deck and devoting your mind and soul to competing with strangers online can be surprisingly nervous. What if the card synergies aren't good? Are your opponents laughing at me because my card hasn't reached the hottest meta? What if ... I lose? This horror can be surprisingly crippled and you may not be able to enjoy the best aspects of the game of testing your skills against other duelists. To make matters worse, it prevents you from getting better.
Fighting this idea is something I always agree with. From 2003 to 2009, I was a competitive Yu-Gi-Oh! player. I've never set foot in sacred halls such as world championship tournaments, but I'm a regular at local cartoon/toy stores. I remember the tension when I tested the deck. The deck only played against a group of small friends. I thought a stranger would erase me. I was proud of what I made, but I couldn't afford to buy all the premium cards, so it was embarrassing to see them. Fear made me almost avoid playing in public in the early days. But my boyfriend's support and passion for games overwhelmed me.
As I participated in more and more tournaments, that embarrassment and fear of defeat diminished. For one thing, I was so beaten that I soon learned to enjoy swallowing a spoonful of defeat. More importantly, I realized it didn't matter if I lost. No one called me to blow me away, I wasn't sent to the shadow realm, my loved ones didn't perish, and my enemies were rarely stupid. Get "GG" and proceed to the next. But I learned from those defeats and came back with better preparation. It also made me more willing to experiment with my strategy. Sure, I sometimes raised my eyebrows at unorthodox games, but I didn't care too much because I allowed myself to fail.
After retiring from the tournament in college, I got Yu-Gi-Oh! Kick while playing a video game. I've been away from active games for a long time, so I was happy with the duel with my AI opponents. My confidence in challenging strangers has diminished, and that persistent fear has returned. From Tag Force to Duel Link to the Legacy of Duelists, we've avoided online matches like The Lion King's Elephant Grave. I stayed in my comfort zone and repeatedly dismantled Jayden Yuki's predictable strategy. I wanted to speed up the current format by playing these games, but I reached my skill limit and never got any better.
With Yu ☆ Gi ☆ King! Master Duel I faced the human player again and tried to regain confidence. I'm glad. It's not only fun to meet so many kinds of duelists, decks, and strategies, but it's also a spiritual exercise to bring my work to life. It's necessary, but after a while, it can be tedious to get people to judge what I've made. I've been a writer for over a decade, and believe it or not, for the same reasons I did many years ago, it's hard to suggest feature ideas or press the publish button. I'm still worried. I was afraid to show the Dark Magician's deck. It's scary, but by sticking out your head and accepting the possibility of failure, and learning that failure is not the end of the world, life will be much easier and more rewarding. But you must keep building repetitions and not falling into your comfort zone for too long. Whether it's a duel deck or a wild idea that can change the world, keep creating and throw it away to see if it continues. You will win sooner or later and nothing more will be satisfying.
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