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    Otaku Eternal | Posted 06/02/09 | Reply

    @arisu hatake:

    card games are fun. but they are serious business...and i'm not being cute. people take them very seriously. i remember in yugioh's apex of popularity grown men would be in matches with 9 year old kids infront of a toys r us.

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    Otakuite++ | Posted 06/02/09 | Reply

    @Zeit:

    definately! Although I still have just about ALL of my Yu-Gi-Oh cards that I've ever owned. And just about every Pokemon card. And Naruto card... yeah, I kinda like card games.

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    Otakuite++ | Posted 06/02/09 | Reply

    @:

    you could always have an invisible boyfriend...

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    Burning Spirit (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/29/09 | Reply

    Funny that it's in Somerville near Cambridge. Had to be local boys. -_-

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    Otakuite | Posted 05/29/09 | Reply

    I remember in school we used to play Yu-Gi-Oh, I was the best ofcourse, but the boys used to get so mad when they traded for bad cards.

    I guess that falls under the same category. :]

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    Hits Self With Axe (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/28/09 | Reply

    I'd kick someone's butt too if they stole my cards... but I'd be smart and wouldn't let the news media be alerted, since I'd either kick their butt using my deck or we'd take it out back and Agni Kai it all official-like (depends on how scrawny the offending nerd is).


    Be true, be you and of course, be otaku.

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    Otaku Eternal | Posted 05/28/09 | Reply

    @serenitytsu:

    holographic charizard!

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    Otakuite+ | Posted 05/28/09 | Reply

    This just reminds me so much of the craziness of pokemon. Anyone remember what some people did for pokemon cards? Glad I don't have to live with that guilt....

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    Otakuite+ | Posted 05/28/09 | Reply

    "you and I" not
    "me and you".

    I'm sorry. I can't help it. Don't hurt me.

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    Otaku Legend | Posted 05/28/09 | Reply

    @:

    Totally agree...I mean, I play on having equally no life at 30 as I do now as 17. lol

    haseo

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    A Fiery Spirit (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/28/09 | Reply

    @:

    Yeah! Just because ya gotta be responsible as an adult doesn't mean you have to act like an adult! :D

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    Saskies (Otakuite++) | Posted 05/28/09 | Reply

    Shouldn't these guys like...have a job or something? What was he doing playing Yu-Gi-Oh? I don't know but this is story is just sad. I mean, really, come on. What's the world coming to?

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    News Correspondent (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/28/09 | Reply

    @:

    Unfortunately, yes. I even watched 4Kids YGO:GX. God forgive me. Though I have read the manga which is just scary violent.

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    Otaku Summoner (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/28/09 | Reply

    "Must risk life for cards..." {yugi-oh TAS)

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    Otakuite | Posted 05/28/09 | Reply

    Dude. I dunno what freaks me out about this article more; the fact a 21-year-old plays Yu-Gi-Oh, or the fact that he managed to have a wife. Although, on a side note, mad props for Yu-Gi-Oh, cause God knows he'd lose all male credit if it was Pokemon. Side, side note: apparently my girlfriend's ex-husband's father plays Yu-Gi-Oh, and he's like 40+ and has invested over $10,000 in them cards, and he refs tourneys and stuff. Weird.

    I do see why there was a fight though. If some guy randomly came up to me while I was playing Fallout or something on my XBox and was like "You done stole my games!" and ran off with my stuff, I'd tackle him, and it'd be on. Oh, and a bonus +50 points to this dude for actually starting a fight, instead of having his wife do it for him ;D

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    Otakuite+ | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    I knew the moment I seen this there would be abridged references in the comments XD

    But that aside, what the hell, over cards?! childish much? I could imagine going balistic if the guy stole something of REAL value, like his plushie! XD jk.

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    Otaku Eternal | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    (*points and laughs loud, long, and hard*) XD Oh man! This reminds me of a quote that's affiliated with Albert Einstein:

    There are two things that will forever remain infinite: the Universe and Human Stupidity, and I have my doubts about the former.

    Seriously though, it must have been a slow day at the office for this misinformed reporter to type a story like this down. TTwTT

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    Senior Otaku | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    omg thats just sad! Beating some uone up over "Yo-Gi-Oh"? *ehem*
    wow, just wow....I am pretty much speachless...

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    Scarecrow (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    @The Eighth Sin:

    RIGHT!? HAHA! Too freaking hilarious!

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    The Pied Piper (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    Wait...how did that guy manage to get married?

    ~Sinny

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    Senior Otaku | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    haha. WOW. I actually know some people who would probably do that though. =/

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    Otaku Legend | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    ....Those cards better be worth at least a thousand dollars. But since they probably don't, I can say this with the utmost confidence: that's just sad. An out of date anime set that's worth a good bit, sure. A collection of all the Inuyasha or Naruto mangas (simply for how much you paid for them) okay. But...a child's card game?

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    Otaku Legend | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    O come on, you know if someone stole some of your guy's manga you'd be on a killing spree. And if you don't, then...I dunno, then you guys are way to mature to be reading manga! lol jk

    A a brawl, between two nerds! OMG, that's like dexter and mandark all over again! that would be interesting to see...

    Too bad it was in New York...then one of the guys couldn've gone

    "BROOKLYN RAGE!"

    O Joey...

    haseo

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    A Fiery Spirit (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    @cougarsama:

    Unfortunately, good news hasn't sold so well since the 1950s. If it was, I'd imagine life would be boring and we'd all be paranoid of the outside world. Thankfully, only half of that is present.

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    Otakuite+ | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    What kind of 21 year old plays Yu Gi Oh, let alone beats another guy up over it? I'd say it might be high time to mature, guys.

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    LDS Fangirl! (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    Ho wcome the news only focuses on the bad things we otaku do? What about the good things like . . . Um . . . Well, I do lots of good things.

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    Madman With a Box (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    Well, I can certainly see where stealing someone's Yu-Gi-Oh cards is grounds for a buttkicking... not. >>;

    Once again, proof that age and maturity are not necessarily correspondent.


    Bazinga!

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    Otaku Eternal | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    snap. not like it was a holographic charazard card. that would be cause for theft and beatings.

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    Otaku Legend | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    That's just sad and yet funny at the same time. XD

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    Otaku Eternal | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    lawl, the original says Yo-Gi-Oh.

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    Otakuite+ | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    Gangster rule: Don't step on someone's sneakers.

    Nerd rule: Don't mess with someone's Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

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    Afrofantastic (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    Don't be messin with a man's Yugi-Oh cards.

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    News Correspondent (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    @Ace:

    @Ace: Well, that's an animated show that is designed only for those that meet the Y7-TV rating (at least in America) requirements. In fact, it's probably one of the least violent shows I used to watch. Seriously, these are grown men who should have a ounce of judgement in order to say "You know, maybe we shouldn't act like children and risk being arrested for beating each other up over cheap paper cards while feeding more money into the money lined pockets of Japanese corporates and perhaps teach our children to do the same." Why did this not go through their heads, you ask? That's right. They have no life. Thank you for putting up with my rant.


    Last edited by Hisaishi at 4:42:22 PM EDT on May 27, 2009.

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    Senile Hipster (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/27/09 | Reply

    Is it so hard to believe when there's a television show featuring people robbing, mutilating, torturing and killing each other over this exact same card game?

    With Egyptian Laser Beams, even. It's like Little Kuriboh says. Card games are serious business.


    Last edited by Aceburner at 3:05:55 PM EDT on May 27, 2009.