Yu Gi Oh: OH GOD, SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!!
Thursday, May 5th, 2005 - 6:57pm
My son has come down with some kind of addiction to the Yu Gi Oh nightmare. He won't stop talking about it and he's driving me nuts. It's like he's been infected with some sort of horrific disease. He's asking me to teach the game to him and I'm terrified! Is this as horrible as I think it is?
Any insight or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
PS: On a side note, there seem to be a number of parallel's to WoW. Oh lord, I'm doomed.
Call your pediatrician now. It may not be too late to get him vaccinated against it.
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Yu Gi Oh and Pokemon are Japanese for ""I got your parents money now sucka""... Feel the pain baby - feel it.
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Hurry! Buy lots and lots of Magic cards.... Before the dark side claims him! Magic the Gathering is good and wholesome compared to the egocentric YuGiWhatever thingies!
Politely rude. Briskly vague. Firmly uninformative.
Must buy! Must buy!
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It''s not too late to get him addicted to something healthy, like porn.
"Even though that place should only be fifteen or twenty minutes away geographically, in actual practice - between the hours of four and seven - Redmond might as well orbit the Earth." - Tycho, Penny Arcade
Just go with it and do your best to enjoy it. You can embarass the crap out of him by telling his girlfriends the whole story in ten years when he''s 16.
...
..he''s not sixteen now, is he?
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Actually, it may be unpopular opinion, but I say roll with it. Yugioh, while the cartoon has a definate pokemon feel; the card game is basicly M:TG without mana. From that point of view, it can be a tie that bonds father and son, and start teaching strategic thinking at an early age.The manga for yugioh is actually decent as well, and reading anything is always good for young children, so I fail to see what the problem is. He obviously has an interest in it, now parlay that into something constructive.
and for the rest of you SHAME! this IS a gaming site and forum... right?
neither lesbian nor kitten!
I was in a store tonight and saw the Yu Gi Oh card packs. Those things are FOUR BUCKS per pack! There''s only 8 cards per pack, I couldn''t believe how expensive!
Not that kind.
Side note: if you''re going to start posting on these forums with a name that similar to mine, I demand that:
A) You do not post immediately after me, for fear of confusing the masses,
or
B) You become a parody of me, an Evil Sanjuro if you will, and make comically absurd comments that are always diameterically opposed to mine. If you go this route, your avatar will always have to be identical to mine, except for a thin black mustache.
For example, if my avatar is this:
then your avatar must be this:
If I was at home and had photoshop handy, I could make a better example. Still, I think I''ve made myself clear. The gauntlet is thrown down, Evil Sanjuro.
Morrolan wrote:
Don''t you know parents these days BUY THEIR KIDS ANYTHING, regardless of price, as long as they complain loud enough?
YGO... man, I pity you to an extent. Sure, it can be a way to bond and all that stuff... positive indeed. But just think of the cost, and the mindless repetition of statistics and goofy monsters you will have to endure
Plus, the anime is the most boring thing I have ever seen-- what could be ""cooler"" than watching cartoon kids PLAY a card game on TV? Can you imagine the pain? 
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In our parts, the Yu Gi Oh epidemy is mostly over.
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*scratches ""Evil Sanjuro"" off potential job list* I wonder if Certis needs an archnemesis...
Let''s be honest here: the fact that Bear''s son is interested in gaming at all is a blessing, a chance for father and son to bond, grow, and waste precious time. But do you really want to be the guy who lets his kid play Yu-Gi-Oh? Why don''t you just send the Japanese a blank check and save yourself the trouble.
The solution? Teach your son to play Munchkin.
In all seriousness, just roll with the game for a bit. He could be interested in worse things. He could be emo, for a start.
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Nice try doppleganger. Save it for queen Dopplepopolis.
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Seconded.
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But I THOUGHT *you* were already this for ME, Sanjuro
Me:
""Katamari Damacy is over-hyped""
You:
""katamari Damacy is better than sex with God""
Mirra, Mirra, SUCKA!
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Oh, man, can I be somebody''s evil twin? That sounds like too much fun!
If I didn't drink, Crom would laugh and cast me out of Valhalla when I die. Peer pressure I can handle, but not when it comes from Crom. -Lobo
I don''t know what the hell you''re talking about.
Morrolan wrote:
You can be my evil twin. Or would that make you my good twin?
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Oh no. Evil twins are overrated. You say black, he says white. You say boobs, he says hoo-ha. You say football, he says futbol. It gets tiring and predictable after awhile.
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Acceptable.
Edit: Would be funnier if I could change my forum name to, say, SaneBurrito or something.
If I didn't drink, Crom would laugh and cast me out of Valhalla when I die. Peer pressure I can handle, but not when it comes from Crom. -Lobo
You let your kid get hooked on Yu Gi Oh? Someone was asleep at the parenting wheel!
I second Demi''s porn suggestion. Blow his little brain on nudie girl parts.
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Well there goes another thread
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This reminds me ofSaniTaco.
Morrolan wrote:
I notice Certis has been heavy with the ""This Thread Done Got Derailed and I''m Locking It Now To Prevent Further Injury"" button.
Just make him pay for his own cards. That''ll learn him right quick.
As a direct result of that link, I have a new sig.
If I didn't drink, Crom would laugh and cast me out of Valhalla when I die. Peer pressure I can handle, but not when it comes from Crom. -Lobo
They always go downhill when pr0n is the subject...and KrazyTaco getting another twin.
Btw, Spy the avatar is freaking me out man.
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Well this was helpful.....not!
You''re welcome.
If I didn't drink, Crom would laugh and cast me out of Valhalla when I die. Peer pressure I can handle, but not when it comes from Crom. -Lobo
Roll with it Bear.
And check the review at Gamerdad, albeit for the GBA game, still.
Sounds relatively harmless, but definitely be involved and pretend to like it. And if he can master something as complex as this, surely Chess can''t be too far off. Maybe YuGiOh is a gateway game.
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Bear, I feel your pain. There are some things to consider.
1st. Yu-Gi-Oh! is friggin complicated. It''s amazing little kids can play this game at all.
2nd. Because of #1, it''s actually very educational. My 6 year old has learned more about math playing Yu-Gi-Oh! than he has in school for sure.
3rd. Because of #1, (if you''re like me) this game will completely mess with your head while trying to learn the rules; completely confusing you while kidney punching your self esteem knowing that 7 year olds all round the world have no problems with this.
4. There is a Yu-Gi-Oh! computer game. In fact there are 3 games. The first game has an excellent tutorial that has enabled even a half-wit such as myself to learn the rules well enough to play the card game. The other 2 games have more advanced tutorials as well. The 3rd is playable over a network. If you find the cheat code your child will have instant access to hundreds of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. These games have proven to be virtually impossible to find to actually purchase however. Yet I have all 3. Infer from that what you will.
5. The Yu-Gi-Oh! cartoon only seems horrible if you''ve never seen Beyblades, or Pokemon, or Dragonball Z. The cartoon actually helps explain how to play the game as they literally do play it, and it can be entertaining as such.
6. There are many different kinds of Yu-Gi-Oh! card packs. The best bang for the buck is to buy a starter deck rather than random card packs at first. The starter deck is more expensive but gives you a good mix of cards to start and is cheaper on a per card basis.
7. Any kid who''s seen the TV show wants to get the Egyptian god cards so bad they''re jonesing like a crack monkey. Ain''t gonna happen. They were apparently only released in Japan and were part of some other promotion, they weren''t even in decks. This will make your child cry. Apparently there are fake Egyptian god cards available on the internet but I can''t vouch for this in the same way I can vouch for #4.
8. It''s actually a well designed game, and I''ve enjoyed playing the computer version and (to a lesser extent) the card version with my son.
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