So, my stuff finally shipped from Ideal808 that I ordered a week ago. I don't know how many people order from online vendors usually, but Ideal is really, really solid. I think their prices are generally pretty good for an online retailer, that and they have cool import products from Japan. One such product is what I got. I wanted to write this because I couldn't find any review on it anywhere, and believe me I tried looking.
http://www.ideal808.com/catalog/card_game_supplies-yugioh_exclusive_supplies/zexal_emperors_key_logo_black_deck_box/94744
Now you might be thinking that the picture looks a little uninspiring for eight bucks. That's true, the picture does look a little boring. The opposite is true for the actual product. The Emperor Key logo is nicely done, and it has a really nice shine to it. The grey parts on the front and top of the deckbox are see-through when viewed under a light. It gives the deckbox a really nice and interesting look.
Now for the quality. This is probably the sketchiest part of it. The image also doesn't do it justice, since it makes it seem like it would be flimsy or something (sort of like those cheap Ultra Pro deckboxes you'd get at Meijer that comes with a 50-pack of sleeves. Those generally don't last long, and you don't really want to pay double for something of the same quality.
In reality, this product is pretty stable. Rather than being held together by the seams, it's held together by tiny plastic bolts (barely noticeable). I generally feel like this is better, since it means the deckbox will not crack at the sides or on the bottom, it makes it last longer even if it's made out of a cheap material. Speaking of the material, the deckbox is made from what seems to be the same material as other Konami deckboxes such as the TCG version of the Double Deckbox. This is nice since that material seems last longer and doesn't seem really feel as flimsy as other things. The material does seem lighter though, as if it wasn't as thick, but I'm not too worried about it. It might mean less longevity though. The deckbox does feel like it weighs next to nothing, which was somewhat surprising to me.
The best feature of the entire thing is the back, which isn't shown in any of the picks I looked at of it. That's a pretty big shame from an advertising standpoint, since if things were shown better more people might buy it, but I digress. The back of the deckbox there is a pretty big square of straight see through material. If you put your deck in the box, you can see the top card's picture (Presumably your extra deck). This makes it look pretty neat. There's just something indescribable about looking at your deckbox and seeing a card's picture (possibly one of your favorites?) staring back at you. It almost makes the deckbox feel like a showcase, and it's pretty darn cool.
In terms of size, the box is bigger than I thought it would be. This isn't a complaint, it just means you can have your deck, extra deck, side deck, and probably any tokens that you have into it, without worrying about space or having trouble getting things out. It's a good sized box, but not big enough to where it's cumbersome.
Now, here comes the bad. The material, while not too flimsy, does feel like it will break sooner rather than later. I'm not too worried about it cracking, but I'm slightly worried about it breaking if I were to throw it into a crammed bag or something. The other thing is that it closes via Velcro. This is something that I hate with a passion, because even if the deckbox never breaks, not being able to close it after the Velcro wears out or the pieces stop sticking to the actual box is just plain annoying. If it comes down to that, I'll probably super glue the Velcro back to it, but that just feels like something I shouldn't have to do.
The price is also a tipping point. The deckbox is about eight dollars, and as cool as it looks, the product as a whole could cost five at the most. The price is probably that high mainly it's an imported product. Since Ideal808 is in Hawaii, it's probably easy for them to get a supply of these, and it's literally the only place you will find these barring going to OCGland yourself.
So yeah, that's basically it. I'll post some pictures in this article once I get home from class tomorrow, it really is a nice product.
These scores are out of ten.
Durability: 7 (because of the material and Velcro closing mechanism)
Functionality: 8 (It's a good size, but the Velcro man, the Velcro)
Look: 8- 10 (it's a pretty deckbox, the only reason I'd downgrade it to eight is if you care much about your opponent looking at one card of your deck)
Overall, it's a good alternative if you're looking for something flashy, but don't want to lay down the $40 for a different import deckbox such as the Anime ones that are popular among Yu-gi-oh players right now.
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So yeah. Yu-gi-oh stuff and other things.
I've been trying out new things the last couple of days with this blog. The main reason is that I wanted to do more. My computer is really strong, and trying out new options is all ways nice, but I mean it's difficult, nobody probably cares that I'm streaming or anything like that.
For those that do, I thank you. If you noticed, it seems like I rage a lot when I play, but I assure you, it's not really like that. I guess I'm just used to having my friends to complain to while playing, I'm not even trying to say I'm good at LoL or anything like that, I'm really not. I don't care enough about the game, otherwise I'd play ranked on it more often, I just like streaming.
Now yu-gi-oh stuff. Today was pretty rough. No one wanted to go to the Countryside regional because we all have school tomorrow, and getting home at like 2 a.m. doesn't seem like fun when it will be a busy day tomorrow. With that said, the Mermail match-up with Evols is basically figured out, and the Evol deck has a really good win ratio against them. Other decks were more difficult to play against today. The Evol deck's strategy against Mermails (at least for game 1) is to make a Solda. At that point, you basically win. It's not a very difficult strategy to grasp, against standard Mermail builds the only out they have against Solda is Moulinglacia (aside from some other obscure combos) so you just sit on that and destroy Moulin when they summon it.
Other decks were more difficult. I went 1-2 drop today, beating Mermails but losing to Hieratics and Lance Frogs. The main problem against Hieretics was them ending up with really strong hands and being able to consistently pull of their combos even if a piece of it was negated, I'm unsure right now whether that match-up is bad for me, or if I just got unlucky. Against Swap Frogs there was little I could do, I opened poorly with the deck (my hands felt less than stellar with it in this tournament, I have not changed the deck to the version in the video, in case anyone was wondering if it was due to Terias or anything like that), and bringing out an Evolczar didn't work out too well due to them having multiple outs to it. It was just rough.
I feel like those decks are beatable with it, I just didn't play optimally enough due to my inexperience with those match-ups and probably the deck as a whole. To be honest, I won't see either of the people that run those decks too much, neither of them come to the locals I'm regularly at too often. It could be that, or it could be the deck just under-performs when faced with something that isn't as simple as making a Solda.
One other thing I've noticed is that I make really obvious misplays in matches a lot. The annoying thing is that it's not stuff I don't know to do, I just end up auto-piloting sometimes. Making moves that aren't too great. The only time I generally notice this is outside of tournament play, in tournaments it happens a lot less frequently. I need to fix that. Sloppy play or playing down (as in playing at a lower skill level than what you're capable of) when not in a tournament round is a bad habit to be in I think, and it starts to overflow into a tournament sometimes. I don't think it's a matter of taking the game more seriously, I think it's more of a matter of being focused when playing and not letting background noise or side conversations distract me. My friends are much better at doing this than I.
I guess this Thursday I will be back to running Dragunity. Now that I have a better understanding of Mermails I don't think I'll be as nervous playing with that deck. I think I enjoy Dragunity more, just because I'm not as limited to the plays I'm going to make and there is more space to tech and improve the deck. That's not to say I'm taking Evols apart or that it's a bad deck by any means, in fact it's really underrated. I really want to keep trying out the deck as often as I can, I want to learn it. I'm just saying I enjoy Dragunities a lot as well. That and I finally got a Trident Dragion, which is something I've needed for the deck for ages.
Anyway, I think I'll end with that. I'm going to post a semi-finalized Evol build here.
Also, I'd like to ask if anyone would want to comment, feel free. I'm open to any sort of feedback. I've wanted to build Madolches as something to play in free duels or at Sneak Previews. I was wondering if anyone has any experiance with the deck or if it's worth it. I can pick the stuff up for about $40, and it seemed like fun.
Until next time.
~E.P.B.
For those that do, I thank you. If you noticed, it seems like I rage a lot when I play, but I assure you, it's not really like that. I guess I'm just used to having my friends to complain to while playing, I'm not even trying to say I'm good at LoL or anything like that, I'm really not. I don't care enough about the game, otherwise I'd play ranked on it more often, I just like streaming.
Now yu-gi-oh stuff. Today was pretty rough. No one wanted to go to the Countryside regional because we all have school tomorrow, and getting home at like 2 a.m. doesn't seem like fun when it will be a busy day tomorrow. With that said, the Mermail match-up with Evols is basically figured out, and the Evol deck has a really good win ratio against them. Other decks were more difficult to play against today. The Evol deck's strategy against Mermails (at least for game 1) is to make a Solda. At that point, you basically win. It's not a very difficult strategy to grasp, against standard Mermail builds the only out they have against Solda is Moulinglacia (aside from some other obscure combos) so you just sit on that and destroy Moulin when they summon it.
Other decks were more difficult. I went 1-2 drop today, beating Mermails but losing to Hieratics and Lance Frogs. The main problem against Hieretics was them ending up with really strong hands and being able to consistently pull of their combos even if a piece of it was negated, I'm unsure right now whether that match-up is bad for me, or if I just got unlucky. Against Swap Frogs there was little I could do, I opened poorly with the deck (my hands felt less than stellar with it in this tournament, I have not changed the deck to the version in the video, in case anyone was wondering if it was due to Terias or anything like that), and bringing out an Evolczar didn't work out too well due to them having multiple outs to it. It was just rough.
I feel like those decks are beatable with it, I just didn't play optimally enough due to my inexperience with those match-ups and probably the deck as a whole. To be honest, I won't see either of the people that run those decks too much, neither of them come to the locals I'm regularly at too often. It could be that, or it could be the deck just under-performs when faced with something that isn't as simple as making a Solda.
One other thing I've noticed is that I make really obvious misplays in matches a lot. The annoying thing is that it's not stuff I don't know to do, I just end up auto-piloting sometimes. Making moves that aren't too great. The only time I generally notice this is outside of tournament play, in tournaments it happens a lot less frequently. I need to fix that. Sloppy play or playing down (as in playing at a lower skill level than what you're capable of) when not in a tournament round is a bad habit to be in I think, and it starts to overflow into a tournament sometimes. I don't think it's a matter of taking the game more seriously, I think it's more of a matter of being focused when playing and not letting background noise or side conversations distract me. My friends are much better at doing this than I.
I guess this Thursday I will be back to running Dragunity. Now that I have a better understanding of Mermails I don't think I'll be as nervous playing with that deck. I think I enjoy Dragunity more, just because I'm not as limited to the plays I'm going to make and there is more space to tech and improve the deck. That's not to say I'm taking Evols apart or that it's a bad deck by any means, in fact it's really underrated. I really want to keep trying out the deck as often as I can, I want to learn it. I'm just saying I enjoy Dragunities a lot as well. That and I finally got a Trident Dragion, which is something I've needed for the deck for ages.
Anyway, I think I'll end with that. I'm going to post a semi-finalized Evol build here.
Until next time.
~E.P.B.
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Yu-gi-oh Vlog 1
So basically, I wanted to start doing video blogs. This will be in addition to my writing, so it's not like I'm going to stop doing that. Anyway, this is my Evol deck and some of the side deck choices I make for it. I need to mess with the video quality of it, and change the settings on my Xsplit, but this will work for now.
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Now Streaming League of Legends
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Friday, January 4, 2013
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New stream, cause Twitch is da best.
New stream, cause Twitch is da best.
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Post-Mortem Holiday Update
So a couple of things to say, at least for right now. There will probably be actual articles either tomorrow, Sunday or a day or two after New Years (since I won't be able to function during that time, last night in 2012 and I won't even remember it). Any way, I gave up on Noble Rabbit, finally. That deck did not work for me, I couldn't get it to. So yeah, I got some monies, went out and spent $50 on a fully upgraded Evol Deck.
Ordered some stuff from Troll and Toad, they have a really good selection at ok-ish prices, but my experience with them shipping stuff has been a pain. Really hoping my stuff gets here in a week since I ordered it with priority mail. What's going to be awkward is if my stuff from Hawaii based IDeal808 gets here before TandT does.
Anyway, quick pic of the Evol deck. The Extra deck is subject to change.
I'm really excited to play this deck, since Dino + Dragons is epic stuff. Really epic. I'm hoping this will hold me off until the Fire King structure is released over here. Which reminds me, I really want to run Pyrorex the Elemental Lord in here. Shouldn't be too hard to get since he doesn't seem like the best out of the Elemental Lords so far. This deck seems like it can fill the graveyard with 5 monsters really quickly.
But that's enough about that. I'm really excited to play this, and really grind with it.
~E.P.B.
Ordered some stuff from Troll and Toad, they have a really good selection at ok-ish prices, but my experience with them shipping stuff has been a pain. Really hoping my stuff gets here in a week since I ordered it with priority mail. What's going to be awkward is if my stuff from Hawaii based IDeal808 gets here before TandT does.
Anyway, quick pic of the Evol deck. The Extra deck is subject to change.
I'm really excited to play this deck, since Dino + Dragons is epic stuff. Really epic. I'm hoping this will hold me off until the Fire King structure is released over here. Which reminds me, I really want to run Pyrorex the Elemental Lord in here. Shouldn't be too hard to get since he doesn't seem like the best out of the Elemental Lords so far. This deck seems like it can fill the graveyard with 5 monsters really quickly.
But that's enough about that. I'm really excited to play this, and really grind with it.
~E.P.B.
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The Obligatory Holiday Post
Happy Holidays to everyone that reads this blog, whether you celebrate them or not, gotta spread the love.
In light of the Holidays, I'm probably not going to be publishing that much over the next few days, got to spend time with my family. Have to appreciate things like that, it goes a long way in life.
So yeah. The other thing is that Steam is busting my balls a little bit. So many sales. If any of you reading this and play games on your PC, you probably all ready know about it. I would also check Amazon as well. I got a little frustrated last night after buying a game on Steam and it was bundled on Amazon for the same really cheap price but with 2 other games.
I'm thinking about retiring my Dragunity deck in real life. Once I get more money I was thinking about running Evos. They seem really fun and under hyped.
~E.P.B.
In light of the Holidays, I'm probably not going to be publishing that much over the next few days, got to spend time with my family. Have to appreciate things like that, it goes a long way in life.
So yeah. The other thing is that Steam is busting my balls a little bit. So many sales. If any of you reading this and play games on your PC, you probably all ready know about it. I would also check Amazon as well. I got a little frustrated last night after buying a game on Steam and it was bundled on Amazon for the same really cheap price but with 2 other games.
I'm thinking about retiring my Dragunity deck in real life. Once I get more money I was thinking about running Evos. They seem really fun and under hyped.
~E.P.B.
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Local Update
Well, I did terrible. It wasn't even the deck, I just played like a derp the whole time, forgetting card effects, not remembering what stuff did...don't get me wrong the deck wasn't optimal, but I felt like it was me rather than the deck entirely.
While I was there I picked up some stuff to improve it, mainly 3 Sparkmans that I didn't have (I spent all day looking on Wednesday, didn't work out). I put those in there, and ran it for a couple of games against various people, and it worked a lot better. Miracle never really came up, but having those extra light monsters just made everything work.
Next week will probably be running the same thing. I don't think it's fair that I give up a deck just because I played like crap.
~E.P.B.
While I was there I picked up some stuff to improve it, mainly 3 Sparkmans that I didn't have (I spent all day looking on Wednesday, didn't work out). I put those in there, and ran it for a couple of games against various people, and it worked a lot better. Miracle never really came up, but having those extra light monsters just made everything work.
Next week will probably be running the same thing. I don't think it's fair that I give up a deck just because I played like crap.
~E.P.B.
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