YGO mall tour, complete with epic dueling!
Konami was hosting part of their YGO mall tour in a nearby city yesterday, so I went... as Bakura!
It was supposed to be a lot bigger than it turned out being. What you see in that picture was literally one half of what there was to see. And the other half looked exactly like that half, but from a different angle. Some of the ladies touring with Konami had never even seen a duel disk before. They kept fawning over mine, wanting to try it on, etc. Totally hilarious.
The point was to duel each of the four official Konami judges once, and if you win, you get one of the new 5Ds booster packs.
Well, I dueled all four with a Bakura character deck, and I won against two of them!! So I walked out of there with four booster packs. Wait, how does that work? Well,
I was fighting my last duel against a crystal beast-themed deck. And he had me completely locked down. Neither of us were able to attack. He had all but one spot filled on his side of the field, and he was chipping away 1200 of my lifepoints per turn via card effect.
I could survive for one more turn, as long as things stayed as they were. One of my friends on the sideline added, 'What you need right now... is your Zorc!'
The judge took his turn, and drew, 'United we stand' adding 800 attack points to his monster for every monster on the field... including the crystal beasts in his spell/trap zone. Needless to say, it was a bloodbath. An epic Bakura-style bloodbath.
The duel ended, and I picked up the next card on the top of my deck, just to see what it was... It was my Zorc. All the spectators were roaring in laughter, including myself. And the judge set two booster packs on the table. He congratulated me for an epic duel and told me to take the booster packs.
'But I lost.' I replied.
'Everyone who's come to play against me today has come to try and beat me and get free cards.' he said. 'You're the first person here that came to play for fun. And this duel was a lot of fun. So even though you lost, you win.'
It's what the heart of the cards is all about, isn't it.
It was supposed to be a lot bigger than it turned out being. What you see in that picture was literally one half of what there was to see. And the other half looked exactly like that half, but from a different angle. Some of the ladies touring with Konami had never even seen a duel disk before. They kept fawning over mine, wanting to try it on, etc. Totally hilarious.
The point was to duel each of the four official Konami judges once, and if you win, you get one of the new 5Ds booster packs.
Well, I dueled all four with a Bakura character deck, and I won against two of them!! So I walked out of there with four booster packs. Wait, how does that work? Well,
I was fighting my last duel against a crystal beast-themed deck. And he had me completely locked down. Neither of us were able to attack. He had all but one spot filled on his side of the field, and he was chipping away 1200 of my lifepoints per turn via card effect.
I could survive for one more turn, as long as things stayed as they were. One of my friends on the sideline added, 'What you need right now... is your Zorc!'
The judge took his turn, and drew, 'United we stand' adding 800 attack points to his monster for every monster on the field... including the crystal beasts in his spell/trap zone. Needless to say, it was a bloodbath. An epic Bakura-style bloodbath.
The duel ended, and I picked up the next card on the top of my deck, just to see what it was... It was my Zorc. All the spectators were roaring in laughter, including myself. And the judge set two booster packs on the table. He congratulated me for an epic duel and told me to take the booster packs.
'But I lost.' I replied.
'Everyone who's come to play against me today has come to try and beat me and get free cards.' he said. 'You're the first person here that came to play for fun. And this duel was a lot of fun. So even though you lost, you win.'
It's what the heart of the cards is all about, isn't it.