No lmao the ocg builds their decks to not lose things like MAXX C warp the entire game so their deck building has to be so different compared to us we play combo decks to win as soon as possible they play for the grind game
I believe it boils down to cultural philosophy. There are ideals here that I do not care for such as the exploit a situation to your advantage idea. But nothing is perfect, I like the concept that OCG brings.
Reason being is that the culture, Ideals and philosophy are different in OTG, most JPN players are the Animators of Yu-Gi-OH and they see it as art form then just a card game. Got to respect the history and lore of the game, in western culture its anything goes (wild west). If you ever played Magic the gathering its like going against a Control player, its zZz boring and lack of interactions. But if you vs'd a player who milled you out then that that takes skill.
American playing card culture is just so radically different from the Japanese perspective that they would rather depend on houserules than rock the boat. If there was some sort of local community banlist for certain decks that everyone agreed to, it could influence Konami to improve the game too.
IMO honor in battle is like fighting the pacific war with soldier vs soldier. Cards with instant win conditions like the final countdown or self destruct button is like using the nuke on the home country of your opponent lol all those training and all those potential your current soldiers have are thrown by the wayside just for winning, very dishonorable.
Dude I absolutely hate the new system. It’s bullshit. But, I will duel new system vs my old deck. Honestly I don’t mind the challenge. It’s supposed to be what your skill is. And if you put a wrench in these “link summon” and “pendulum” players they fold lol they can’t actually play.
