Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Bleh, I just don't get it.
I left a note in my doorway last night, telling my parents that whoever came to wake me up, I wanted them to make sure I got up. My mom got a bit of a laugh out of it, and then she and I went down to the gym. My dad stayed home, having pulled something in his back this morning. -.-;

So, my mom and I sat down on some exercise bikes and pedaled for a good twenty minutes. I liked the bikes we used today, as opposed to the one I used before. These bikes were lower to the ground, and they had backs. I just sat there in blissful contemplation as my legs pumped away for twenty minutes. My mom was prepared for this sort of leaning back, no hand bar freedom. She brought a book. =P

So, I watched the news and whatever else came onto the TV screens that they have overlooking the cardio area. When we finished, we drove home and took showers. She went off to work, my dad went off on errands, and my older sister at some point disappeared with her car. So, yet again, I am stuck with my younger brother and sister. Joy.

That is, I'm stuck until slightly before 2:00, when my dad will show up and drive me to work out with Jeremy, my personal trainer. He's an awesome guy, and he's been showing me how to use a bunch of different exercise machines the right way. After we finish out this week's sessions, I'll be seeing him about once a month to set up exercise routines.

Anyways, I made myself breakfast with my mom's leftover steak, some frozen shrimp, and some stir-fry vegetables. I cut the steak into cubes, defrosted and de-tailed the shrimp, and put the vegetables in the pan to cook. When they were no longer frozen, I put in the steak and shrimp. I put a couple spoonfuls of diced garlic in, along with a nice garlic stir-fry sauce. I let the vegetables cook through, and then let the whole mix simmer for a little while. When I deemed it ready, I turned off the stove and scooped some of the mix into a bowl.

I ate about half of the whole mix (which really wasn't all that much) and put the other half in a bowl for lunch. (which I will be eating right after this post. :p)

After lunch, I went back upstairs to find that John had been frantically IMing me for a duel.

*Incidentally, we did play the rematch yesterday, but it was a draw, because he had to leave. v_v

enricopalazzo24: BEN

Auto response from Legoboy1: I'm proving just how much I rock in the kitchen.

Be back later, when my hunger is satiated.

enricopalazzo24: SIGN ON
enricopalazzo24: HURRY UP
enricopalazzo24: I NEED TO DUEL YOU
enricopalazzo24: ANSWER
enricopalazzo24: COME ON HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO EAT BREAKFAST EVEN IF U MADE IT URSELF
enricopalazzo24: COME BACK NOW
enricopalazzo24: C
enricopalazzo24: O
enricopalazzo24: M
enricopalazzo24: E
enricopalazzo24: B
enricopalazzo24: A
enricopalazzo24: C
enricopalazzo24: K

So, I came back. And the duel commenced. My new Beatdown versus John's new Exodia Deck. His deck is chock full of very rare cards that he buys from B&C Collectibles. John is more of a fluid trader than I am. He'll trade away cards that could be useful in one deck, but not in the one he has currently. I'll save that sort of card for later, when I inevitably build that sort of Deck.

So, John gets pretty much all the cards he needs for whatever Deck he's using. Myself, I have hundreds of cards, simply because I'm too much of a packrat to get rid of them. And, they usually come in handy whenever I build new and different decks.

So, yeah, continuing on.

I played a monster in defense mode and a facedown Spell or Trap card. (S/T) John takes his turn by playing Pot of Greed, which allows him to draw two cards. He then plays Painful Choice. >_<;

He brings out three pieces of Exodia, a Gear Golem the Moving Fortress, and a Mystical Elf. Now, I had no monsters that could defeat the Gear Golem or the Mystical Elf, so I chose to let him keep one of the Exodia pieces. I figured he'd play it, so I could destroy it and he could bring out Exodia Necross later.

John sets a S/T facedown on the field. I activate my facedown Mystical Space Typhoon, which destroys his facedown trap, Mirror Force. :D

John curses, and then plays a monster in defense mode, ending his turn. I offer my facedown Witch of the Black Forest to bring out a stronger monster in facedown defense mode. With Witch's effect I take Mataza the Zapper and add him to my hand. Mataza can attack twice in the same turn, and I was hoping to move myself onto the offensive.

I used my Nobleman of Crossout to remove his facedown monster from the game, hoping it was the piece of Exodia I had given him. Alas, it was merely a regular defensive monster. I ended my turn. John started off his next turn by playing Raigeki, to destroy my monster.

enricopalazzo24: rigeki
enricopalazzo24: *raigeki
Legoboy1: >:D
Legoboy1: Different Dimension Dragon!
enricopalazzo24: ah

Different Dimension Dragon is immune to destructive Spell and Trap cards that do not specifically designate it as a target. In other words, his Raigeki was wasted. ^____^ I foresaw him doing something like that; he always does something like that, somehow.

Well, then he tries to get all tough and decides to destroy the Dragon with a monster. He summons it, and then realizes my creatures second ability: It can't be destroyed by monsters with an attack of 1900 or less. The monster he summoned had less, and so he took back his move. Normally, he'd have to live with what he did, but I'm a nice guy so I let it go. With a stern look.

enricopalazzo24: wait is ur dragon not destroyed in battle with monsters with attakc over 1900 hundered or less
Legoboy1: 1900 or less, it's not destroyed. :D
enricopalazzo24: uh oh
enricopalazzo24: ok
enricopalazzo24: scratch that
Legoboy1: >:|
enricopalazzo24: ill play a different monster in def mode
Legoboy1: *rolls eyes* Fine.

Then he plays Swords of Revealing Light to protect him for three turns. I had monsters I could use to build up an attack force to rush John when Swords left the field, but I didn't want to risk them by putting them on the field. So, instead, I played my Spirit Reaper in defense mode. John attacked it, nothing happened, since Spirit Reaper couldn't be destroyed in battle.

On my turn, I set my trap card, Magic Cylinder. John's next turn was the last one he would be protected by Swords of Revealing Light, and I wanted to be ready for whatever he came up with. I summoned my Giant Orc; I'd be ready to attack him on my next turn.

John used his Heavy Storm Spell card to destroy my facedown trap, and then, most unfortunately, John sacrificed two of the three monsters he had on the field to summon the mighty Dark Magician of Chaos. With its special ability, he brought back his Raigeki Spell card and used it to destroy my Giant Orc and Spirit Reaper. Different Dimension Dragon was again unaffected, which was a life(Point) saver. He attacked my Dragon with DMoC, and then attacked my LifePoints directly with his Mystic Tomato.

I play my Swords of Revealing Light to defend me for the three turns to come. I needed to stall him and gain more cards. I used Premature Burial (which my sister let me borrow) and brought back my Witch from the Graveyard. I sacrificed her to bring out Airknight Parshath, my favorite card. *cheer* ^_^

I attacked John's Mystic Tomato, allowing me to draw a card and inflicting 500 points of damage to his LifePoints. With Mystic Tomato's special ability, John brings out Sangan, a searcher card. When it's destroyed, he can search his deck for a monster with 1500 attack or less and add it to his hand.

On his turn he plays Dark Hole, destroying all of our monsters, including his Sangan and Dark Magician of Chaos. With Sangan's ability, he takes Exodia the Forbidden One. The card is one of the five needed to earn an instant victory. Two of the pieces were in the Graveyard, but I knew that he had at least two of them in his hand. One I had given him for Painful Choice, and he just brought the other one to his hand with Sangan. I knew that in a deck like that, John would have Backup Soldier and he was planning to get back the other pieces with it.

enricopalazzo24: it doesnt matter ill win on my next turn
Legoboy1: Maybe.
enricopalazzo24: set one S/T
enricopalazzo24: end
Legoboy1: It all depends on this draw....

I figured that he had three pieces in his hand, and he would play Backup Soldier to bring back the other pieces. If I didn't draw a card to destroy it, I was dead meat. But, come to think of it, even if I had drawn something to destroy it, he could have chained it and still won.

Legoboy1: It all depends on this draw....
enricopalazzo24: WAIT
enricopalazzo24: I FORGOT TO PLAY
Legoboy1: =/
enricopalazzo24: MONSTER REBORN
Legoboy1: You're trying my patience John.
enricopalazzo24: dont worry
enricopalazzo24: ill play it on gear golem in def mode
enricopalazzo24: end
enricopalazzo24: see no big deal

That was the second time I let him get away with an extra move. Next time I don't know if I'll be so forgiving.

He summoned Gear Golem, which has the highest defense for a four star monster in the entire game right now. Yeah, no big deal.

Jerk. >=\

I played my Archfiend Soldier in attack mode, and set a card facedown. I ended my turn, and John didn't do anything on his turn, so he ended.

I brought out my Exiled Force and offered it to destroy his Gear Golem. Then I attacked directly with Archfiend Soldier, bringing John down to 5600 LifePoints. On his turn, he plays Change of Heart to take control of my Archfiend, and then sacrifices it to bring out his Airknight Parshath. He ends his turn, and I activate my Dark Hole Spell card, destroying his Airknight. I summon Mataza the Zapper, and attack twice to bring him down to 3000. John decides at that moment that he'll just win.

Legoboy1: I'll summon Mataza the Zapper
enricopalazzo24: yep
Legoboy1: and attack twice for 2600
enricopalazzo24: hold on ive decided to beat u now
Legoboy1: Yeah, okay.
enricopalazzo24: i activate face down backup soldier
Legoboy1: Yep.
enricopalazzo24: takin back the last 2 exodia pieces descarded from painful choice
Legoboy1: *nod*
enricopalazzo24: i have all 5 pieces
Legoboy1: I know.
Legoboy1: I was waiting for it.
enricopalazzo24: i had one in my beginning hand
enricopalazzo24: i got one from painful choice
enricopalazzo24: i got one from sangan and the last 2 from bcakup soldier
Legoboy1: Yes, John. I know.

Hehehe, I couldn't just take a defeat lying down, though.

Legoboy1: You never would have beaten me head to head. :-P
enricopalazzo24: what do u mean>:o
Legoboy1: Without Exodia, you wouldn't have won.
enricopalazzo24: oh really do u want me to qiuickly assemble my semi-spellcaster deck and go again
Legoboy1: Sure.

His "semi-spellcaster" deck runs a couple of strong Spellcaster monsters. It's more of a battle-oriented deck, as opposed to his Exodia deck, which focuses on either drawing all five pieces, or dumping them to bring out Necross. I've never been able to understand how his decks work, with all of the unnecessary and off-theme cards he throws into these decks.

The next duel, I started out with a hand full of Spell and Trap cards. Not a single monster to defend me. Luckily, two of the Spell cards were Pot of Greed and Graceful Charity, which allowed me to draw more cards. I summoned the Giant Orc that I drew, and set two Trap Cards.

John tried to use Monster Reborn on my Newdoria, but I activated my facedown Imperial Order and negated it. No monster for you! >:o

He sets one S/T and one monster. On my turn, I pay for Imperial Order, so Spells continue to be negated. I set another monster, and I destroy his monster with my Giant Orc. On his turn, John sets another monster. I didn't pay for IO, so it was destroyed and we were both able to play Spells again. I activated my Raigeki and destroyed his monster. Then I flipped up my facedown Magician of Faith, which allowed me to take my Raigeki from the Graveyard and add it to my hand. I then sacrificed the Magician to bring out my Airknight Parshath. John's facedown card was a trap, though, and it destroyed my Airknight.

John summons a monster and destroys my Giant Orc. On my turn, I revive Airknight Parshath with Premature Burial, and then I summon Spirit Reaper in attack mode. I destroy his monster, and then attack directly with Spirit Reaper. John is forced to discard a card from his hand.

On his turn, John activates his Raigeki destroying both of my monsters. Then he activates Card Destruction, destroying my Harpie's Feather Duster, Raigeki, Exiled Force, and Change of Heart. Three cards ban-listed because of their potency, all gone. >_<;;

John sets a monster on his turn, and I set one on mine. I set another Trap, too. John plays his Change of Heart to take my monster, which he promptly sacrifices along with his own Sangan to bring out his regular Dark Magician. Then he activates Dark Magic Attack to destroy all of my Spell and Traps. Fortunately, my Traps are of a high enough speed to chain to his card, and both of their effects are resolved. My facedown Waboku prevents him from doing damage that turn, and my facedown Jar of Greed lets me draw a card.

I set one monster in defense mode and set one S/T facedown. It was a bluff; it was a normal Spell card that couldn't be activated on his turn. He attacks my monster with his Dark Magician. It's my Nimble Momonga, which lets me gain 1000 LifePoints, and then bring out two more Nimble Momongas in Defense Mode. Squirrel Wall! And, each time they're destroyed, I would gain another 1000 LifePoints.

I set a monster beside my Momongas and ended my turn. John falls for my Spell bluff and uses Heavy Storm to destroy my Last Will. The next moment was rather bad.

enricopalazzo24: ok now i play diffusion wave motion
enricopalazzo24: ill pay 1000 to attack all ur monsters and none of thier effects are activated
Legoboy1: dang

So, no 2000 LifePoints for me, and no Spell card came back because of my facedown Magician of Faith's effect.

I spitefully played my Dark Hole Spell card to destroy his monsters. Then I activated my Swords of Revealing Light to defend me while I recuperated. During those three turns, be both plays monsters and traps and the like, not really doing anything exciting. He has one S/T facedown, so when Swords are gone, I activate my Mystical Space Typhoon. It destroys his Magic Cylinder, which would have taken a chunk out of my LifePoints had I attacked. I offered my facedown Sangan for Dark Driceratops, which ran over one of John's defense monsters, inflicting 400 damage.

I ended my turn. John still had two monsters left. Enough to offer as a Tribute for a monster...

enricopalazzo24: hehe
Legoboy1: v_v
enricopalazzo24: i offer face down monsters
enricopalazzo24: mystical elf and giant soldier of stone for
enricopalazzo24: DARK MAGICIAN OF CHAOS
Legoboy1: Bah.

He took back Diffusion Wave Motion, which would allow one Spellcaster to attack all monsters on my side of the field and negate their effects. He didn't activate it yet, though. We passed a couple more turns, me setting monster and him removing them from play.

Then John revives his Dark Magician, fusing it with the Buster Blader in his hand to form Dark Paladin, another ridiculous Spellcaster that the odds are far against him summoning. v_v

We break from there into a short conversation about various cards, and he offers me things for my Skilled White Magician. When we finally get back to the duel, John destroys my monster with DMoC, and then I stop his Direct Attack with Dark Paladin with my Kuriboh.

On the next turn, I set my Hyper Hammerhead. John attacks it with his DMoC, and instead of going back to his hand, as Hyper Hammerhead's effect would make it do, DMoC's other effect removes the monster from play. In other words, DMoC was no longer a threat.

John attacks me directly with his Dark Paladin, taking a chunk out of my formidable amount of LifePoints. Blah blah blah, John attacks directly when I have no monsters blah blah blah, I'm down to 1300. I draw my Magic Cylinder trap card, and with a little bit of AIM acting, I lure John into attacking.

(I draw)
Legoboy1: CRAP.
Legoboy1: >_<
Legoboy1: Set one S/T.
Legoboy1: End.
enricopalazzo24: ok
enricopalazzo24: goodbye
enricopalazzo24: attack with dark paladin
Legoboy1: Magic Cylinder.
enricopalazzo24: SHIT
Legoboy1: :-P

So, John's LifePoints were reduced to 2100, only 800 more than my own. He then summons another ridiculous Spellcaster; Shinato, King of a Higher Plane. Instead of attacking with Shinato, though, and inflicting Direct Damage to me, the moron plays Diffusion Wave Motion, lowering his LifePoints to 1100, and attacks my defending Giant Orc. Had he attacked with Shinato, he would have won.

I drew one card. My last card. The card that would end the duel. A Trap. I set it, and ended my turn.

John began his turn, and I triggered my Trap card.

Legoboy1: Activate Ring of Destruction
Legoboy1: Die Shinato
enricopalazzo24: we both die
Legoboy1: Yep.

I detonated his Shinato, and we both took damage equal to Shinato's 3300 Attack power. The duel was a draw. John was not happy. I'll not repeat what he said at that point.

And then, the parting remarks.

Legoboy1: I told you you couldn't beat me head to head. :-P
enricopalazzo24: yeah but u didnt win either
Legoboy1: I never said I would.
enricopalazzo24: whatever
enricopalazzo24: i g2g
Legoboy1: Hehehe
Legoboy1: See you later

And that's it for the dueling so far today. I just can't understand why I haven't been able to beat John. The moves he makes stretch the probability possibility of coincidence to the maximum. In that Spellcaster deck, he had eight or more monsters requiring sacrifices. DECKS LIKE THAT ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO WORK. >:|

Expect an update later on, with some good news. My hands are tired, though, and I'm going back to the drawing board to design a new Deck.
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