News Fridays

News
Really getting tired of all the fake banlists that keep popping up every time a new list is about to get introduced. Check out this fake one, http://sunetto.blog100.fc2.com/blog-entry-1677.html. It's so annoying to see posts and posts of useless speculation and bickering about how all the decks are broken and how Konami needs to fix it to make the game more "balanced" for everyone, and I'm over here thinking, umm no, sorry that's just not how it works. Konami will do whatever they want to the game and I can't think of a better example than the unbanning of Black Luster Solider - Envoy of the Beginning. The only thing remotely important during these times is the fluctuation in the secondary market, just look at eBay and you'll see.  Come on Fiendish Chain is going for 20+ dollars right now, really!?! Moving on, Ra Yellow Mega-Packs comes out next week and I'm having mixed feelings about it. Sure it has a lot of good things in it but I don't see it selling well past the banlist and the release of the Order of Chaos SE not to mention buzz around Galactic Overlord with the new archetypes and support.

Regional recap
I'm a little late on my regional recap cap and my judging experience in San Antonio from the past weekend but better late than never. So 1st place was T.G. Agents, not really surprised, it's all about matchups and T.G. Agents have amazing matchups against the meta! At the regional the top cut was really diverse Wind-Ups, Inzektors, Wind-Up/Inzektors, Dark Worlds, Dino Rabbit, and Agents. I would like clarify that Shi-En and Naturia Beast DO NOT NEGATE the equip of Hornet to an Inzektor because the equip becuse of a monster effect! Not much else to report than the usual attempts at rule sharking and cheating. People need to be patient and give opponents enough time to respond to anything and everything otherwise you are cheating and we don't like cheating! Many people from my hometown and some friends from central Texas topped. It was a really good day to see old friends while judging. Hope to see more come March!