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I had pogs. Hell, they're probably still in my mom's basement in a box somewhere. I don't think my friends had any, or else we just didn't want to play for keeps, so the battling angle was pretty minimal.
In retrospect, perhaps the dumbest fad I ever had anything to do with.
Hey guys, let's bring back slap bracelets and jelly roller pens.
EDIT: Fari I did the same thing, fuck yugioh. It's magic minus the interesting art and flavor text plus a shitty anime and about five useless zero digits per card..
Did you know that the US military uses pogs for currency in their shops overseas because cardboard disks are lighter than their equivalent in coins and thus easier to ship.
I was getting out of Magic around the same time Yugioh showed up so I got to thumb my nose at inferior Yugioh players with their shitty simple game.
I played Yu-Gi-Oh as a kid.
I beat Curt Schilling in a game of Yu-Gi-Oh.
I also got disqualified from a local tournament for actually drawing all five pieces of Exodia in my opening hand once. I even offered to shuffle the hand back in and draw a new one but the judges ruled that I HAD to have been cheating so I was DQ'ed for being lucky. The judges were just sore that some kid with an Exodia combo deck had been running their tables for an entire month and wanted me out of the tournament to let a new kid be king.
I quit when some shit heel stole my best deck. One of the worst card gaming communities on the planet.
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I was a pog player back in the day. Was given a crappy pog one rainy lunchtime, won a keeps game with a borrowed slammer, and it snowballed from there. I would play against a kid that made his own pogs, as I knew I could trade them back to him at inflated prices.
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Jacques L'HommeBAH! He was a rank amateur compared to, DR. COLOSSUS!Registered Userregular
edited September 2010
Oh, man, yes! Pogs were my first real collectible! So many good memories.
I was getting out of Magic around the same time Yugioh showed up so I got to thumb my nose at inferior Yugioh players with their shitty simple game.
I played Yu-Gi-Oh as a kid.
I beat Curt Schilling in a game of Yu-Gi-Oh.
Yu-Gi-Oh players inevitably smell even worse than the other neckbeards that play TCGs (I am one of those neckbeards). I don't know why, but it is true. Like, the local gaming store always has a bit of a miasma surrounding it that smells like cheeto and unwashed paleness, but after a Yu Gi Oh tourny it just reeks.
My best slammer was probably a crappy purple plastic one with the Batman logo on it. I never cared for the metal ones. They were one of the reasons they got banned at my school
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Jacques L'HommeBAH! He was a rank amateur compared to, DR. COLOSSUS!Registered Userregular
edited September 2010
I never liked the metal ones. I had a plastic Fantastic Four slammer that I figured how to slam juuuust right, and that worked pretty well for me.
I was getting out of Magic around the same time Yugioh showed up so I got to thumb my nose at inferior Yugioh players with their shitty simple game.
I played Yu-Gi-Oh as a kid.
I beat Curt Schilling in a game of Yu-Gi-Oh.
Yu-Gi-Oh players inevitably smell even worse than the other neckbeards that play TCGs (I am one of those neckbeards). I don't know why, but it is true. Like, the local gaming store always has a bit of a miasma surrounding it that smells like cheeto and unwashed paleness, but after a Yu Gi Oh tourny it just reeks.
I quit playing physical MtG because of a fat, sweaty neckbeard wearing a silk screened Goku shirt. He was at the same tournament I was at and he wouldn't stop breathing hard and sweating and when we were playing he just started in with, "Wouldn't it be cool if magic was real and when I cast a fireball card a real fireball appeared and that the monsters were real and we actually summoned them and I could meet all those people from the flavor text and I'd finally have some friends and" and he didn't stop until I finally just fucking conceded the game.
Now I just play it online and I'm much happier for it that, mainly because I don't have to drive 30 minutes to find someone to play with, but not having to directly deal with neckbeards is a huge part of it.
I had a dream where a tornado during a hurricane sucked up the oil from an oil spill and was then ignited by a forest fire caused by an inconsiderate smoker.
real or not lohan has done all the good she can for the world
there is nothing worthwhile to be had in keeping her around and she should probably be culled before she gets the chance to smear half of cali on her bumper
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edited September 2010
killing half of california might not be such a terrible thing
The fact that Lindsay Lohan can afford a Maserati and a lot of people who are way less worthless can barely eat says something bad about the nature of capitalism
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slammers were the prizes
nobody gave a shit about 99% of the actual pogs and you CERTAINLY didn't put your good pogs in a stack
slammers were the top dogs
I remember having a couple that were EXTREMELY sharp
like shurikens
these were sold to children without a second glance
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Peggers are chicks that strap on dildos and fuck dudes.
I actually owned an alf pog.
EDIT: Thanks VA that was my attempt at a joke about pegging.
Also beyblade is a fuckfest, might as well hold a tournament with those damn digimon toys!
We did lots of stupid shit then.
In retrospect, perhaps the dumbest fad I ever had anything to do with.
I was so god damn stupid.
EDIT: Fari I did the same thing, fuck yugioh. It's magic minus the interesting art and flavor text plus a shitty anime and about five useless zero digits per card..
How is this different from now?
i was not wanting for pogs
I'll admit, not much.
Now I just don't have any girls coming over to hang out with me I can ignore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogs#Military_uses
The more you know!
it is cool as fuck and unreasonably maligned, but it's not hugely useful or some sort of panacea (except fusion because that is my pet solution)
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I played Yu-Gi-Oh as a kid.
I beat Curt Schilling in a game of Yu-Gi-Oh.
I also got disqualified from a local tournament for actually drawing all five pieces of Exodia in my opening hand once. I even offered to shuffle the hand back in and draw a new one but the judges ruled that I HAD to have been cheating so I was DQ'ed for being lucky. The judges were just sore that some kid with an Exodia combo deck had been running their tables for an entire month and wanted me out of the tournament to let a new kid be king.
I quit when some shit heel stole my best deck. One of the worst card gaming communities on the planet.
but at the same time money
so i've just been looking at cool cards online
which isn't helping me not play
I had this metal slammer that was shaped like a sawblade. It was awesome.
Yu-Gi-Oh players inevitably smell even worse than the other neckbeards that play TCGs (I am one of those neckbeards). I don't know why, but it is true. Like, the local gaming store always has a bit of a miasma surrounding it that smells like cheeto and unwashed paleness, but after a Yu Gi Oh tourny it just reeks.
Also, I had Mortal Kombat and the OJ Simpson Trial pogs.
The best slammer I had was a shiny MK slammer with the dragon logo on it.
Bought that shit at the Mortal Kombat live tour.
God I was such a faggy kid.
Coran Attack!
I quit playing physical MtG because of a fat, sweaty neckbeard wearing a silk screened Goku shirt. He was at the same tournament I was at and he wouldn't stop breathing hard and sweating and when we were playing he just started in with, "Wouldn't it be cool if magic was real and when I cast a fireball card a real fireball appeared and that the monsters were real and we actually summoned them and I could meet all those people from the flavor text and I'd finally have some friends and" and he didn't stop until I finally just fucking conceded the game.
Now I just play it online and I'm much happier for it that, mainly because I don't have to drive 30 minutes to find someone to play with, but not having to directly deal with neckbeards is a huge part of it.
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Lindsay Lohan hits a baby with her car
Coran Attack!
there is nothing worthwhile to be had in keeping her around and she should probably be culled before she gets the chance to smear half of cali on her bumper
tldr fuck you ayn rand