webboysurf

For anyone on this site that feels like RPing Yu-Gi-Oh, let's brainstorm something together.

Someone simped for the YGO! dub so I came upon you.

@Inkarnate

Don't you have other RPs to not post in?

For anyone on this site that feels like RPing Yu-Gi-Oh, let's brainstorm something together.

I am perfectly willing to admit I'm an elitist prick

@Ammokkx

Hey, at least you're willing to admit it. Better than some.

For anyone on this site that feels like RPing Yu-Gi-Oh, let's brainstorm something together.

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I just hate every YGO dub because they're actually terrible compared to the original.

Cut scenes, awful performances, headache-inducing script changes, a vastly inferior soundtrack and all around just incredibly dumbed down...

how about the guy Ryo(Zane) fought in the underground duel ring? They made this absolutely shredded hulk of a man sound like a literal child and it just seeps away all the threat from him.

@Ammokkx

I'm glad you enjoy the originals. Thing is, I never watched the originals because I was a child when I first watched the show. You know, the 4Kids stuff on Saturday mornings. I've not really gone back to watching the shows as an adult, but have found time every now and then to watch episodes I enjoy. In the age of the internet, I even went to watch some Subs (especially to watch some GX that never made it to the states). This is going to be crazy to hear, but...

The show itself has nonsensical scenes, similarly awful performances (like the blatantly offensive and dated "haha, Cyrus is so non-manly we'll get a girl to voice him"), a script that is held together with the thinnest of thread that has highly contextual nuance that only people who care to learn about Japanese culture would be familiar with (or, you know, Japanese children) that could frustrate and confuse American children, a not at all superior soundtrack, and is just overall a show that's "dumb."

As for that fight... I hated the voice too. Willing to admit that any day of the week. But I also have an idea of why they did it. Mad Dog sounds a bit like they're pointing to a cultural icon Mike Tyson.

At the end of the day, there's always going to be problems with Dubs. Just like there are problems with the original show. Some of just move past the problems and enjoy the show anyways.

For anyone on this site that feels like RPing Yu-Gi-Oh, let's brainstorm something together.

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alright you're banned from the rp

@Ammokkx

Oof. This'll be such a tough loss. Dunno how I'll live with it.

For anyone on this site that feels like RPing Yu-Gi-Oh, let's brainstorm something together.

Here's a dumb but relevant question for you all:

Names. Do we go with the "Everyone is Japanese" thing or what? I genuinely kinda hate how the dubs change sick-ass names like Takeru Homura to fuckin' Theodore Hamilton and thus have kind of a natural predisposition against anything that doesn't sound Japanese. That being said, I'm not exactly gonna force anyone to adopt that philosophy themselves; I'm mostly just worried about the narrative dissonance of having names like "Umiko Hanetsugu" in the same five meters of "Anthony Dwight"

@Ammokkx

I'm down to do Weeb names since that seems to be the majority opinion, but I personally prefer the English because I'm most used to the Dubs (Which had good names for the main casts and villains) and I'm a fake weeb who prefers dubs in general because voice actors need work.

For anyone on this site that feels like RPing Yu-Gi-Oh, let's brainstorm something together.

What age range are we looking at for our characters? I was thinking of making someone a little younger than everyone else, probably an orphan, someone who makes a living scavenging for valuable stuff and spare parts to sell on to mechanics and so on. He would be one of the people who showed up after the previous gang had been dealt with.

A Scrap deck probably fits better for a character idea like this, but aside from the three variants of Scrap Dragon I don't see much growth for the archetype.

@King Cosmos

Yeah, I noticed some similar problems when looking at building a potential scrap deck. You've got four scrap Synchros: 3 are scrap dragons, and one is a scrap archfiend. Not a whole lot of Scrap Syncho options outside of archetypes.

EDIT: There is also always the possibility of having a, quite literally, scrappier deck to start out with. Weird assortment of machine type cards. There could also be the possibility of relying on equip spells, or even transitioning over towards something more like Morphotronics or just pretty much anything that's focused on synergy and has more options for you down the line.

For anyone on this site that feels like RPing Yu-Gi-Oh, let's brainstorm something together.

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thought it was weird but fuggit

Haven't settled on anything definitive for my leader, but I was personally thinking something in the direction of a cool, collected type. Hasn't gone to jail yet, is able to use Duel Runners. Not stoic like Yusei is, though, just relaxed.

I'll let other people share their ideas on their own time.

@Ammokkx

I'm not entirely sure on archetype yet. I've got a few ideas that I've been loosely stringing together. I think the most clear character idea I'm going with is he's a mechanic with the sort of "Son of an exile" archetype. His father used to live in the core, but for some reason I haven't worked out yet he was sent out and forced to work in The Collar. The father works a low-tier field engineering job fixing equipment in The Collar for the company he used to work for just to survive and still, to some degree, do what he loved.

My character, then, is rather intensely focused on trying to get into The Core himself. With his skills as a mechanic, he's hoping he can find some way to get a good job there and get his father out of The Collar. In terms of personality, I was sort of leaning towards having an arc of the character being more stubborn and brash ( which leads to him missing out on clear combo/chain opportunities here and there in favor of doing damage when dueling), but ultimately developing into a confident (yet still a little loud and stubborn) duelist.

The Curse of Strahd Von Zarovich

@ReedeThe23rd

I can't promise that I will be available if this comes up again but if I am I would love to give it a go.

@LadyAnnaLee

Same. Cant guarantee I can join the adventure next time, but I would love to try this out.

For anyone on this site that feels like RPing Yu-Gi-Oh, let's brainstorm something together.

Also Mirror Force big gay

@Grey

I wanted to include mirror force in the deck I was building because it was a real fun "Screw You" back in the day (guess it still is, but I digress), but it seemed like a bit too much for my style.

For anyone on this site that feels like RPing Yu-Gi-Oh, let's brainstorm something together.

Otherwise, though, I don't have much at all to complain about here. The above is more suggestions for ways to make me like it more, but it's fine enough as presented here, unless anyone else has any objections.

@Ammokkx

I've already taken some considerations in check to try and fix some of those problems, but I think I'll leave it alone for a bit to let people make further suggestions.