Recent content by John Danker

It might also be noted that if Lava Golem's special summon is negated, a player may not normal summon or set this turn as per Lava Golem's instructions. It's not a ruling I agree with but one that has been made <shrug>

Cheating with oversized sleeves is really quite easy. If you need to know for judging purposes PM me. I don't like to relay such information in public as it only spreads the practice. That's just the problem with catching cheating though I've learned. It often takes a thief to catch a theif...

I don't remember a point in time when patterned sleeves were not allowed either under UD, UDE, or Konami. Having been deck check lead at a great many SJCs & Nationals I have a pretty good idea what the company is allowing. The only restrictions I've ever been aware of are those that have...

Still waiting for approval from KDE, it shouldn't be much longer, though KDE is pretty darn particular about wording even on things that have no bearing on the question at hand.

Dark Intervention Dark Intervent Continuous Trap Text: Monster cards cannot be played face up. Monsters summoned to the field in attack position are considered set and are placed in face down defense position. Rulings: Since you cannot special set a monster unless a card effect...

That's just it 1Cup....why take the chance? There are people paying hundreds of dollars to fly into town for an SJC, taking off work, lost wages, test playing until all hours, great prizes on the line.....and they write their deck sheet down in 5 min. right before the tournament, don't have...

Over 50 players, right at 5%, recieved a first or second round game loss for illegal deck sheet or illegal deck. In addition, another 65 deck sheets had to be addressed for unreadability, lack of number beside a card listed, or for clarification of an abbreviation. That makes a total of over...

masterwoo doesn't get to guess this one, he likely knows but... What caused about 5% of the players at Costa Mesa a game loss during round 1 or 2? The answer here tomorrow....guesses?

You folks are going to think me absolutely nutty for saying this but.....with a good many of the decks focusing on monster effects and special summoning, I'm tempted to put back together my "Superman + Negation" deck. Last Warrior From Another Planet would be a lot of fun wouldn't it? Even...

The petition is still open as far as I can see and your opinion may be added.

This wasn't an OTK, however, it's the kind of thing you'll only see happen (if ever) between a couple of judges that don't make the "usual" decks. It happened while a fellow judge and I were playing a couple of weeks ago....we giggled like school kids about it for days! P1's (Me) field 3...

Well sirch I plan on being in Dubuque with my family on the evening of the 27th of Dec. We're taking the boys sking (well, for them snowboarding...but I'm an old man and keep on two boards) We'll be staying at the Grand Harbor Resort. If you're interested in a few games let me know, I'm sure we...

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<chuckle> Sorry it causes you distress man! The Gopher is such an easy going dude too! Our internet provider finally updated their URLs so I can once again access COG at work, I should be around a lot more....and the pesky Gopher will be dancing and showing his face MUCH more often! <ducking...

Welcome back! Not to fear, you may take a few bumps and bruises in the first couple of tournaments but I'm sure it will all come back <s>