Friday, March 19, 2004

Prayers answered, sort of
Currently Listening to: The Real Slim Shady + Summon the Dragon

This has been a nice week, if a bit disrupted. Tuesday I got out of school early, which gave me time to get all of my homework done and do the things I wanted. (OB, MyO, webcomics, etc.)

On both Wednesday and Thursday I had 90 minutes delays. Oh, heh. I forgot to mention.

It's been snowing all week. ^______^

That's why we got out early on Tuesday, had two delays, and that's why I'm typing this now. I've got the day off because of snow. Sometimes I really like New England Weather. :D

Anyways, this week has been a great reprieve. Wednesday and Thursday's delays gave me a chance to catch up on some much needed sleep, as did today. This is very nice, because of the rough weekend I had last weekend.

My status as #1 Duelist was called into question on Tuesday. I was beaten by someone who was not in Second Place. So, we wondered: Did I give up my place to the person who was in second, because I had lost? Or did I remain in place, with the duel having no effect whatsoever?

The impromptu ruling we came to was that I was brought down to second, and that Mark, who was in second, became first. We later decided that the ruling was incorrect; that I should have remained in first, but by then it was too late.

I dueled only once again this week, I think. Tuesday we didn't have lunch, so my duel in the morning was all that I had. Wednesday Mark forgot his Deck, and he was the only one in my Lunch Period. Thursday I dueled my friend John, who was using Mark's Warrior Deck, which is pretty competent. I beat him, which didn't really have an effect on my standing, I don't think.

Matt, my friend with all of the rare cards, says that he may be able to get me a Magic Cylinder and maybe even a Raigeki.

Both of those would be a great help to attain. They're two of the rarest and most powerful cards in the game. Matt has both already, and John has Magic Cylinder. That's one of the only things that gives John a competitive edge.

Here's the breakdown of the four of us, from my point of view.

Matt: Relies on powerful, rare cards to win. He generally dumps strong monsters into the graveyard and then revives them with one of his three revival cards. With Raigeki and Harpie's Feather Duster he can effectively clear the field of any threats. He bluffs constantly when he's not in a good position. He seems like he needs to prove something to whoever he faces.

Deck: Chock-full of rare cards and powerful monsters. Dragons made up most of his high attack force.

John: Relies heavily on bluffs and his powerful Trap cards Mirror Force, Magic Cylinder, and Spellbinding Circle. By stalling with these cards he is generally able to summon a powerful monster, which may or may not be destroyed. He plays the game much like they do in the show, with overdramatic flair and bravado.

Deck: Yugi Wanna-be. Consists of many of the same cards that Yugi uses in the show, including the weaker 1200-1500 ATK Monsters.

(It's pretty hard to categorize yourself, but I'll see what I can do.)

Ben: Constantly changes and rebuilds decks in order to keep from being predictable. Someone facing one of his decks for the first time has no idea what to expect. Makes use of cards rarely used by anyone else who plays the game, and knows the rules to the letter. Uses involved strategies to get around his opponent's defenses. These strategies sometimes fall apart, leaving him wide open and subject to a beating.

Deck: Varies.

Current Deck: Extreme Beatdown. Uses powerful monster like Giant Orc and Goblin Attack Force to pound away at his opponent, with monster removal Traps to both defend himself and destroy his opponent's forces.

Mark: A very Joey-like player. At the beginning of the year he was just starting out as a duelist. Over the past few months, however, he has traded and attained new cards. Playing with duelists such as John, Matt, and Ben has picked up his game quite a bit, introducing him into the basics of strategy, and bringing him up into the level of tournament play.

Deck: Warrior Beatdown. Uses a slew of Amazoness cards with The A. Forces to relentlessly pound at an opponent.

Second Deck: Card Destruction. Uses a Giant Trunade + Card Destruction combo to destroy many of opponents cards and forces them to draw cards. Also uses Bistro Butchers and Helpoemer to further force draws and destroy cards.

So, yeah. A Yu-Gi-Oh related post. :p For those of you who know nothing about the game, feel free to click on the card names; they have links to pictures. ^_^'

I got up at about 10:00 this morning, which was simply fantastic. I woke up to my alarm at about 6:15, but decided that if I really did need to get up, someone would eventually come and get me up. No point in making any effort. :p

I need to wash the pots and pans today, and I need to make a soup for tonight's Stations of the Cross that my Confirmation class is doing. We have a little soup & sandwich supper afterwards. My room should probably be worked on; I might actually get to that due to my crappy Internet connection and a lack of anything better to do.

I want to go to Toys R Us and get one or both of the new Starter Decks. They have some of the powerful cards I mentioned here, which would greatly help me out.

I just played Yu-Gi-Oh with my younger sister, Emily. As expected, I creamed her. :p She did manage to pull off a few unexpected moves though, and managed to take away almost half of my Life Points.

So, yes. Things to do. I must get to them. :D

There's and old Dutch saying:
"A house full of daughters is a..."

"...cellar full of sour beer."
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