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Yu-Gi-Oh! tourney winners emerge

By Patrick Caldwell, GameSpotPosted Jul 24, 2006 4:09 pm PT

Konami crowns US winners at San Diego Comic-Con; four finalists set to travel to Tokyo for world championship.

A three-hour Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament yesterday at the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con decided who would go on to Japan next month for more card-based battling and who would just go home. The tourney, sponsored by Konami, pitted 16 gamers against one another playing Yu-Gi-Oh! WC 2006 for the Game Boy Advance. The winners--from first to fourth place--are Jason Lee, 21, of Oakland, California; Patrick Lewis, 17, of Norwalk, California; Michael Haught, 24, of Finleyville, Pennsylvania; and Brandon Sherman, 13, of Randolph, New Jersey. Each received an assortment of Yu-Gi-Oh! loot from Konami, such as a card set exclusive to the San Diego convention. All four US winners will travel to Tokyo, Japan, for the world-championship matches on August 5 and 6.

39 Comments

  • MegaMAN1121

    Posted Sep 17, 2006 8:07 am PT

    Go Yu-Gi-Oh

  • Gunitsoldier91

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 7:09 pm PT

    im not really into yugioh anymore, but i have played the games before and they were decntly fun,
    congrats to the ppl who won tha trip to Japan.. lucky bastards

  • dobhran

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 6:06 am PT

    Hey, I'm 43 years old and I play the Yu-Gi-Oh games. There is a big difference between being a little kid who watches some kiddie anime show on Saturday morning and someone who likes a good strategic collectible card game. I have never watched the anime. Have no desire, but I love Magic The Gathering and other CCG's. Yu-Gi-Oh WC 2006 for GBA doesn't even have any of the anime characters in it. It is straight up strategy.

  • bababowe

    Posted Jul 25, 2006 12:21 pm PT

    ice_rocman your a moron and have no clue what your talking about sitting there saying i contradict myself despite the fact that you repeated what i said and it made perfect sence. Your just mad cuz you have no life. How does it feel when a 16 year old knows more of what he wants in life and has more prioritys then playing some yugioh card game at the age of 20, like the guy you said that probably has a better house and stuff. I doubt his box with a cut out window can qualify as a house. Of course i don't have a house what 16 year old has his own house. You and Lupus64 can sit there and say crap, but it just proves my point. It seems a lot of people know this game is for little kids and you two should grow up. Lupus64 you sit there and talk about how you have a new view on the human race well lets just say i do to last time i checked it was to mature and grow and do something productive with your life. not sit around and play with a bunch of kids who are wondering what a 20 year old is doing playing a yugioh card game with them. I can see if you played it when your 13, but 20 and on that is just sad. Wow they could win some money its got to be the saddest way of doing it and not to mention easy. When i get myself a job i will be happy knowing i earned money the hard way and the American way and not sitting on my butt saying " go blue eyes white dragon."

  • Platyphyllum

    Posted Jul 25, 2006 11:00 am PT

    Awww, I wanna go to Japan!

  • chrisphil1724

    Posted Jul 25, 2006 8:29 am PT

    Yu-Gi-Oh, still bigger then a lot of people think.

    yeah, it's a little sad.

  • Charlie2688

    Posted Jul 25, 2006 8:12 am PT

    kayrod29 and you are 14 now?

    and by the way just WHAT THE HELL IS A 24 and 21 DOING THERE!!!!

  • Kayrod29

    Posted Jul 25, 2006 7:53 am PT

    Yu-Gi-Oh ... last time I interacted with this thing I was like 13?

  • MB_E102

    Posted Jul 25, 2006 5:51 am PT

    I know a group of people, ranging from 15... to 28, 2 of which who are in a wrestling league, who play the WWE (or WWF whichever you prefer) card game. And you... even though I'm out of cards, and digitized video game versions of them, it was pretty fun.

  • evilmonkey998

    Posted Jul 25, 2006 12:39 am PT

    A trip to tokyo is pretty cool

  • Lupus64

    Posted Jul 25, 2006 12:29 am PT

    Wow, the sheer level of pig-headed flaming I just read has restored my lack of faith in the tolerance of the human race. Thanks Bababowe (and others)!

    Back on topic, I've played the Yu-gi-oh GBA games, even though I don't play the actual cardgame, and they can be quite a lot of fun. So to those who are saying that the players in the tournament should grow up, just take into account that, wow, some people enjoy different sorts of games. And I haven't just played Yu-gi-oh, I also play Magic: The Gathering and Spycraft, and have no problem with the Yu-gi-oh game, even if I do enjoy the others more. So I would say congrats to the placegetters in that tournamentm for winning what can be a quite skillful game.

    And guys, remember the old saying... If you don't have something nice to say, don't bother saying it. You'll just make yourself look like an ignorant, bigoted idiot.

  • diablobasher

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 11:57 pm PT

    Account Killa:

    Yeah its a video game, but its a video game of the card game XD, plays out exactly the same.

    And yeah, WE didnt think street fighter tourneys were childish, but there are plenty of people out there who think all games no matter what content is involved are childish. Doest make it so, just like because yu-gu-oh is aimed at children in the west (in japan its aimed at teenagers, they made it more childish in the west) doesnt mean children have the mental cpacity to play at any competitive level.

    Peace to all the people who didnt flame like morons

    Diablo

  • cubeace6

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 11:02 pm PT

    Yugioh got boring to me so i switched to the Full Metal Alchemist tcg

  • account_killa

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 11:01 pm PT

    people they did not play a card game, they played a video game. Sure it is based on a card game, but look where you are reading the story GAMESPOT. For those of you old enough it is no different from the street fighter tourneys back in the day, yet no one called them childish. I would like to say congrats to the winners because they played against other players with skill and came out on top

  • xxfoxmanxx

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 7:16 pm PT

    Well, I don't play Yugioh now, but I used to, and honestly it is not as good a game as VS system. The age range for VS system is 18-30 which is roughly the age range of Video games. If anyone doesn't know how to play a card game, just try the "VS system", You'll see how much fun it is to play one.

  • Orasion_Seiz

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 6:25 pm PT

    lucky for those guys going to japan for free. maybe i should start playing yugioh again...

  • ice_rocman

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 5:40 pm PT

    Wow, lol. It's almost funny how many times Bababowe contradicts himself in that post. You're an idiot, and I bet Micheal Haught has a bigger house, better car, and a hotter chick than you. Oh and I doubt she's 13. See what I meant about communication? Idiots don't deserve that right.

  • VegetaMaelstrom

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 5:30 pm PT

    I don't play card games but I realize that there is skill involved just like playing video games or basketball. Whatever floats your boat guys. Don't be so judgemental.

  • bababowe

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 5:29 pm PT

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  • NyJeo723

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 5:27 pm PT

    Free trip to tokyo ................I'll take that for being good at yu gi oh.

    Good for them.

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