Saturday 3rd August

Well That Was Short and Sweet

Well I'm out already.

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I suppose we should start with the Duel Report for my only Duel of the tournament but I think you'll find that that the DuellistOnline video playback tells the tale all by itself. Once again it was proved that I shouldn't try to play in a competitive environment as Shane Jordan, the other American champion alongside Rebecca Hawkins, who I have been told isn't here because Dimension classified her as too young to be dragged out into the middle of nowhere, counters my moves at every turn.

It's games like this that make me wonder what the point to people like me playing the game really is. The game loses some of its appeal when it doesn't matter what you do or how hard you try, you lose. I mean I'm no rookie. I've been playing Duel Monsters for about a decade now. You would have thought that with that much practise and a well built and tested deck I would at least stand a chance against other Duellists in the competitive arena.

Apparently not. Perhaps it's just me. Perhaps there's something I'm doing wrong. Comments like 'trying to play Duel Monsters' will not be appreciated by the way.

Anyway getting off one of my pet peeves and getting back to the tournament and Dimension Software's new tech, I did manage to test the DimDisk in the forest and over by the beach before I got caught heading for the mountains by Shane and knocked out of the tournament. It does look like they can be used anywhere but I'd still like to do more through testing before I accept their claims without any qualms.

Went to the registration tent to ask if they would unlock my disk so I could continue testing and was informed that unless I wanted to get back on the boat, they had been told that they weren't allowed to unlock any competitor's DimDisk, no matter who asked.

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Which made me question why, just as I was heading back out again, a guy in a suit and a Dimension Software name badge on offered to unlock my disk for me as long as I didn't challenge anyone. I accepted his offer, after all it meant I could do some more testing in other parts of the island.

I'm thinking it's possibly because I can't give them the review they've requested if I haven't really had a chance to play with their system but still he was breaking the rules to let me do so, so I feel a bit like I'm cheating.

Posted by DMG at 10:24am

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