User:Romanoff Blitzer/The Nameless Guide/Some very obvious tips in deck building and dueling

Now after introducing all of the cards, the department of gaming safety is going to tell you some really obvious tips when it comes to deckbuilding. Most of the time if you would listen to the seasoned editors in this wiki, this is very obvious, but for those who don't...listen closely or you will make a fool out of yourself.

Overall

 * Please for fuck's sake STOP PLAYING THE ENGLISH GAME, ALSO KNOWN AS TCG. It is stagant and literally ran over by endless copies of Bombazar, Dragon of Destiny that there is no way to rescue it. Learn rulings from this wiki and play the Japanese game, which has FAR MORE cards and is still updating. Learning takes time, but it will be worth the effort.
 * If you are a new player or have low dueling skills, DO NOT enter a duel with the following TCO users; Lostofx, percival95, elcano, sergiumrs, Exodus, scr3am, golden_phoenix, Robertinho, Alex_Reborn, Kokujo_the_fma, meruem, neos96, kaibacorps, Thelegend72, Levine or Madromanoff. These guys have insane dueling skills and seem to have endless amounts of shield trigger/ninja strike/revolution 0 trigger luck on their side so you can and will get owned miserably, even if their decks don't seem to be meta, coherent or well constructed.
 * Know your situation.
 * In TCO, Most of the meta trolls DO NOT run speedy rush decks like Darkness Fire Dogiragon Buster or Deadzone decks, they tend to run ramps. Don't underestimate them, these ramps are well prepared for rushing tactics and can reverse many situations. Be prepared to have tactics to deal against ramp decks if you want to go to the top.
 * Due to the control meta in TCO, Copying award winning decks from supersolenoid DO NOT WORK. Simply don't.....you will be countered.
 * In dmvault, it's very close to the recent metagame and the shuffles there are good, only weakness is there are no pictures.
 * And at last: TCO is like a mafia gambling ring or the African wilderness. There is no moderation so people can get really nasty without consequences. Prepared to become an apex meta predator or get killed all the time. If you are not prepared to be eat or be eaten or just want to duel to have fun please don't go there. You were warned. TCO has no space to be dueling for fun.

Deck Building

 * Do not build a deck when you are drunk or on drugs, or when you are not conscious (e.g. when you are feeling sleepy). Chances are you won't be able to build a coherent deck and you will often pick the wrong cards. Or you cannot think much and simply put a bunch of anti-synergy cards (Such as Supernova Apollonus Dragerion, Dorballom, Lord of Demons and Kaiser "Blade Demon", Zenith of "Certain Victory") in the same deck.
 * Do not build a deck blindfolded in dmvault. In TCO it's not possible since you need to type the name of the card. Building a deck blindfolded is NOT a challenge; it is a one-way recipe for disaster. Your eyes are your main tools for deck building and if you build a deck blindfolded, you cannot build anything coherent at all, trust me. You DO NOT have a sixth sense.
 * Do not build a deck with your pet (Like your cat or dog). (Again only possible in dmvault.) They are NOT humans and cannot build a deck for you because they don't have the intellegence to talk and don't understand words, lest be BUILDING A DECK. Also, they cannot operate a mouse.
 * Think before you build your deck, namely: What deck is it? Which threats you are likely having trouble against? Which cards are not actually needed and what kind of cards can make your deck better? What defense is best suited for this deck (Shield Triggers, Strike Back, Blockers etc.)?
 * If you don't know, play a few times preferrably against a fun deck player. (In other words, don't find a meta troll, a TCG player or a really weak player to test your deck.) Edowaado, segiramenace, secret_wyvern, elhomo and khorne are good users to test decks with. These players should be easy and If you beat them, your deck has worked in a fundamental level. If you don't, revise your deck until it actually works consistently.
 * And seriously, learn how the game works so you won't pack Dorballom, Lord of Demons. Alphadios, Lord of Spirits and Beethoven, Zenith of "Horror" in one deck and get owned by a Gatling rush ran by a beginner.

Dueling

 * Please, Don't use anime/manga character decks (Or fun decks of other types) against meta decks; They are ok for fun, but make sure you are in the Fun Deck department in dmvault, or you are not running into some meta player in TCO, or you can get owned pretty quickly and in the former case, you risk annoying people who are here for serious business.
 * In other words, the last thing you would want to do is to duel Robertinho or Elcano with something like Nine Extremes Invasion or Adamski deckout. Just don't...i beg you.
 * Even if you use anime decks, please, DO NOT MIMIC HOW THE CHARACTERS USE THE DECK! They often make misplays and often play in a weird way that is basically setting up for a loss, or a hax situation which is impossible in regular gameplay.
 * If you are not conscious, such as being sleepy, drunk, on drugs or in a pissed off mood, PLEASE, DON'T DUEL! You risk doing all the wrong decisons and might lose all your respect in the community depending of what kind of shit you are into. (More serious stuff include spamming the chat boards, outright attacking other duelists, ignoring rulings and simply spamming everything from the mana zone or graveyard ignoring rules and logic).
 * DO NOT attack blindly or you can get some really nasty results. THINK BEFORE YOU ATTACK!!
 * Please never insult your opponent unless he is very irresponsible or stupid. Your typical, seasoned duelist in TCO or Dmvault requires some respect. the only exceptions is when he does stuff that you won't do against him; feel free to give him a beating if it happens.
 * NEVER use Hof0 strategies unless when permitted, unless you like to troll the site. And if you do, don't make it private and let your opponent see what you are doing. Unless if you want to annoy the hell out of somebody, that is.
 * Don't duel blindfolded. Just like deck building, it is not a challenge but a recipe for disaster.
 * Do not duel with a broken mouse or keyboard or you will risk annoying yourself and other players.
 * For the same reason, please, DON'T duel on the phone! (You simply cannot)
 * Don't duel with a bad connection or you will risk annoying your opponent. I mean, please don't.....
 * Some people might get really annoyed if you bring a counter against their deck, whether intentionally or not. In fact the content of most decks are very easy to guess by their name so be warned.
 * If you see a literal troll whose purpose is not to duel but to call you out/attack you, click the x button to close the window and let yourself locked out for around 5 to 35 minutes and hopefully lock him out too. Yes, they are out there in TCO and you can be attacked for no obvious reason.
 * Remember do not plot conspiracies or talk shit about other duelists in the dueling chat because anyone and everyone can see it.
 * And finally, the recipe for trouble is lack of common sense.

Disputing Duels

 * In TCO if you get 10 losses in a row by judgekill (Either person abandons duel and somebody gives the opponent the win) you will be banned from the dueling room for 2 months. As a result, avoid causing trouble unintentionally if possible, and don't cheat or display a disknowledge/ignorance of rulings, and pleace accept fair defeat.
 * Beware when disputing the duels of various users because they might get very toxic if you gave them the loss.
 * If you are not sure give unresolved, or give them a draw. If both users are attacking each other, give both of them the loss.
 * Against an abusive user/prominent cheater, always give the other side a win and do not mislick. You cannot take back Judgekills.
 * Speak in a polite manner in order to avoid trouble if possible.
 * Some users are very toxic when confronted with judgekills, and since TCO has no moderation, they can do almost anything if they wanted at that moment. Examples include threatening to report to admins (With no effect since TCO has no moderation), Revenge judgekills to lock you out from the dueling room and among other crazy stuff.

Dealing with Tilt

 * Tilt is a very common phenomenon in any card game. It originates from that when you try to tilt a pinball machine in hopes of the pinball going into one of the paddles, the paddles lock and prevent you from dropping the ball into the hole. In a card game it is referring to the player running a loss streak, then continues to lose more when he becomes extremely angry and goes into a 3, 4 or 5 loss streak. The player will eventually find that every player destroys him and could be defeated even by newer players. Even the greatest of meta trolls can be affected by tilt and go into hideous loss streaks.
 * This is extremely damaging to a player and can easily make the player doing wrong decisions, such as evolving a Magnum, Shortshot into a Redzone, Roaring Invasion only to get it blocked by a Falconer, Lightfang Ninja.
 * In order to deal with this if you are losing twice in a row don't duel anymore until some time later. Go drink a cup of water, listen to music or somewhere else. Or go to discord chat (On the right) and start venting, however people might get annoyed for that.