Thursday, August 5, 2004

   Finally......a fitting opponent.
I just had one of the most incredible Yu-Gi-Oh Matches of my life not a full half hour ago. Deathbug signed onto his AIM name some time ago, and I challenged him to a duel.

He beat me the first Duel, and I thought I was in over my head. I hadn't even reduced his Life Points by half when the game ended. I suggested that we continue, though; to play a full Match. I.E. Best two out of three. He agreed.

The second duel was even fiercer than the first. Monsters raged back and forth across the field, thwarted by traps and affected in various ways by the effects of other monsters. Deathbug was a skill adversary, and he made me earn my victory over him.

At every turn, it seemed that he would have a powerful monster out. After he got one out, and I somehow managed to destroy it, one of his recursion cards would simply bring it back, or in some other way enable him to get it back. At the end of the duel, my LifePoints were at 800, and his were at 400. The only reason I won was because I drew my ridiculously powerful Giant Orc and overpowered one of his average-strength ones. The whole thing was tooth and nail.

Having proved my worth to both Deathbug and to myself, we continued on for the third and final duel.

After a short bathroom break, that is. >.>;;

The third duel started innocently enough, as we traded some damage back and forth and destroyed some of our weaker monsters. Then he Special Summons a stronger monster by displacing some of his vanquished monsters.

Now, while this monster (Dark Necrofear) is not exceptionally powerful, it's a risky task to destroy it. Because if I did, he would be able to take control of one of my monsters. So, I defended until I could come up with a specialized plan of attack.

Meanwhile, Deathbug summoned another powerful monster. (Summoned Skull) I had a monster immune to other monster attacks (Spirit Reaper) defending me, and I had a good chunk of Life Points left, and so I was no more worried than I should have been.

Then, I drew one card that could have turned the duel around. Raigeki, the lightning bolt that destroys all of my opponent’s monsters. I played it to destroy his Necrofear and his Summoned Skull. He activated a Trap card, though, and snatched the triumphant cry straight from my lips.

His Ring of Destruction detonated his Summoned Skull, inflicting damage to both of us. However, his second Trap card (Barrel Behind the Door) deflected the damage he would receive right back at me. So, from 5500 LifePoints, I was reduced to a measly 500. That meager amount lessened even further to 200.

Once again, the Beatdown nature of my deck saved me. Deathbug pulled up several weaker monster that I was able to plow through with my own, and then I got a lucky Direct Attack with my Giant Orc. He went from 2300 right down to 100, half of my own pathetic amount.

On his final turn, Deathbug activated a card that revealed to him my hand. He obviously knew the cards he himself possessed, and what I had on the field already. His omniscient view of the game forced him to surrender. He had no monster with which to defend himself, and the cards in my hand were both monsters that could be played to beat him.

He admitted defeat, and I won the Match.

Deathbug: 1 Duel won.
Ben: 2 Duels won.
Majority: Ben.
Victor: Ben.

Aye, that was great fun.

Some fun quotes:

Legoboy1: What sort of Deck are you using right now?
Legoboy1: Fiends? :-P
Xavier Osborn: Well....yeah. ^^;
Legoboy1: Do you have it nearby?
Xavier Osborn: On my desk, to the left of me. =P
Legoboy1: In that case.....
Legoboy1: I challenge you to a duel!
Legoboy1: >:D
Xavier Osborn: Unless I am mistaken you are asking for a CHAAALLLEEENNNGGGEEE!!!!


*pause* There is some humongous bug in my room. I'll return shortly.



*miss*

*miss*

*PING*

*SQUASH*

Bug hunting is another of my hobbies. I use rubber bands for the most part. I missed twice, and then hit the rim of my light cover, where the bug was perched. It fell to the ground, and I caught it in a paper bag. No more annoying beetle.
Anyways, on with the quotes...

Xavier Osborn: Monster is flipped.
Legoboy1: Slate Warrior.
Xavier Osborn: Nutty fusgekins.

(I had just activated a Trap to protect my monster, and DB discovered that the monster I was hiding was a powerful one, and was powered up when it was flipped face-up)

Xavier Osborn: Hahahah!!!!
Legoboy1: :p
Legoboy1: DOn't mock me.
Xavier Osborn: I removed Newdoria, SS and NA from the grave to summon Dark Necrofear in attack mode.
Legoboy1: >_<
Xavier Osborn: Soory...evil laugh. ^^;

(I had just gotten rid of my last monster to destroy one of his more powerful ones. He laughs, because he was then able to summon another one using the monster I had just destroyed)


Xavier Osborn: Summon Slate wArrior.
Xavier Osborn: Attac Orc.
Legoboy1: Magic Cylinder
Xavier Osborn: Damn.
Xavier Osborn: ...
Xavier Osborn: LP: 1600
Legoboy1: ^.^

(I managed to stop his attack at a crucial junction, and he lost over half of his LifePoints in the process. I was happy as pie.)

Legoboy1: MST on facedown card.
Xavier Osborn: Activate Scapegoat.
Legoboy1: Bleh.
Xavier Osborn: ^__^

(I was trying to get rid of his defenses, but he pulled a fast one on me and brought out even more)

Xavier Osborn: Anyway, Goats everywhere.

(he'd just activated Scapegoat, again, so he had a bunch of weak little Sheep Tokens to use)

Xavier Osborn: Sac NA for....
Xavier Osborn: Goo n, guess. ^^;
Legoboy1: You calling me a goon? >:|

Xavier Osborn: Shoulda' been "go on".
Legoboy1: Summoned Skull.
Legoboy1: Heh, I know.

(a typo turns into a mock insult, or something....goon is a funny word)

Xavier Osborn: I activate ring of Destruction on the summoned skull.
Legoboy1: -_o
Xavier Osborn: Any response?
Legoboy1: Ouch...?

(He'd lessened the damage my Raigeki had, and hurled even more back at me. Things got even worse when he doubled the damage with his next card)

Xavier Osborn: Well, then I trigger Barrel Behind the Door to Ring, giving you my damage. 5000.
Xavier Osborn: Game.
Legoboy1: I have 500 left...
Legoboy1: I had 5500
Xavier Osborn: Ah, right.
Legoboy1: =/
Legoboy1: That's right, RIGHT.
Legoboy1: :p
Xavier Osborn: ^^;

(One of the many times I had to correct Deathbug on math. He's not very good at tracking LifePoints...)

Legoboy1: I sense impending doom.

(This is when I had 200 LP left, and a monster on the field that he could have overpowered with one of his stronger monsters. I thought for sure he would get one out and defeat me)

Xavier Osborn: I give.
Legoboy1: Surrender?
Xavier Osborn: Yup.
Legoboy1: Whatever for?
Xavier Osborn: I have nothing to defend myself with.

(Deathbug admits defeat, so that on the next turn I won't force it down his throat. =P)

Legoboy1: This was an awesome Match. ^_^
Xavier Osborn: Yes. ^__^ Good show.
Legoboy1: Especially the last two, where we got so close. o.o;;

Legoboy1: Fan[t]astic to duel you.
Legoboy1: ~_^
Xavier Osborn: Ditto.

(Just a few last respectful remarks before we parted)

So, yeah. It was a fun time. Unfortunately, it kept me awake longer than I had intended. So, good night everybody. ^_^;;

If I weren't so tired, I'd put in colors to make the AIM quotes look realistic.
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