Nicely put in post #18 and #19 by the way, Preggo_Basashi. I especially like the guitar analogy in post #19 - it serves well.
And yes NM darkunorthodox88, I realize the irony behind my username and my advice. However, it is not too far fetched; after all Kaiba does suffer a lot from his loses (and may suffer somewhat less if not for his iconic attitude). I really like Kaiba a lot, as a character and rival to push Yugi's delepment as a duelist, but in all fairness Kaiba too has begun to have better success than in Duelist Kingdom. In the Waking the Dragon saga Kaiba's drawing The Fang of Critias is greatly reminiscent to Heart of the Cards, and in the Dark Side of Dimensions movie we even see a small change in attitude from Kaiba (an argument could easily be made that Kaiba is the main character in that movie - as Yugi [and Yami Yugi especially] barely appear at all).
If needed, here is the scene I am referring to in the Waking The Dragon saga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwKbFZIvruo 3:24 and 4:49 clearly have similarities to Heart of the Cards - and therefore Kaiba's heart of gold hidden under that exterior; he is not the same duelist he once was; Duelist Kingdom Kaiba would surely have lost this duel (and soul to The Seal of Orichalcos) if not for this draw (and Heart of the Cards) he needed to reveal.
Of course, this conversation should not be the focus of this forum; the short answer, is "yes, I know it appears ironic."
NERD!
Like when you're watching a horror movie and you just want to scream at your TV "NO! Don't walk into the forest alone when there's a murderer! WHY???!!!" In the same way, I want to scream at the players not to hang pieces or miss mate in 1's when I'm observing a low level game.
Nicely put in post #18 and #19 by the way, Preggo_Basashi. I especially like the guitar analogy in post #19 - it serves well.
And yes NM darkunorthodox88, I realize the irony behind my username and my advice. However, it is not too far fetched; after all Kaiba does suffer a lot from his loses (and may suffer somewhat less if not for his iconic attitude). I really like Kaiba a lot, as a character and rival to push Yugi's delepment as a duelist, but in all fairness Kaiba too has begun to have better success than in Duelist Kingdom. In the Waking the Dragon saga Kaiba's drawing The Fang of Critias is greatly reminiscent to Heart of the Cards, and in the Dark Side of Dimensions movie we even see a small change in attitude from Kaiba (an argument could easily be made that Kaiba is the main character in that movie - as Yugi [and Yami Yugi especially] barely appear at all).
If needed, here is the scene I am referring to in the Waking The Dragon saga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwKbFZIvruo 3:24 and 4:49 clearly have similarities to Heart of the Cards - and therefore Kaiba's heart of gold hidden under that exterior; he is not the same duelist he once was; Duelist Kingdom Kaiba would surely have lost this duel (and soul to The Seal of Orichalcos) if not for this draw (and Heart of the Cards) he needed to reveal.
Of course, this conversation should not be the focus of this forum; the short answer, is "yes, I know it appears ironic."