Why Everybody Hates Pendulums | Yu-Gi-Oh!

Why Yu-Gi-Oh! Players Hated Pendulums

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[MJSHappy]

Dzeeff says "Last weekend I got married, so that was pretty exciting" in the same voice he talks about new Ghost Rare's coming out

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Dzeeff, the kind of guy that casually got married

[Alex_Barbosa]

In my opinion, the main problem was power creep. Not just in terms of pendulum monsters, but Yu-Gi-Oh has had a huge problem with power creep that has only gotten bigger over the decades. I think a lot of people were reaching their limit around the Zexal era and the addition of pendulums with the new summons and extra effects and gamespeed just threw them over the edge. I know I was starting to feel the creep way back in the 5Ds era.

[mcsonicsimpson]

Guy just casually drops that he hasn't made videos because he got married
Congrats man

[cooper]

Whenever someone makes the argument that pendulum summoning isn’t that broken of a mechanic I remember how in order to keep said mechanic in check, Konami had to unban some of the most broken cards in the game to keep the broken mechanic in check.

[jamesabdullah]

“Last week I got married. So that was really exciting” never change Doug. Congratulations!

[CrisReed]

"Last weekend I got married, so that was very exciting" Well, that's one way to put it. Congrats man!

[Nojoro]

Man this was a nostalgia trip!
Back when Pendulums were released I was convinced they were broken cuz my friend would always beat me and my Elemental hero deck, little did I know I was just trash at the game 😂

[TheRockBoS]

"I hate Pendulums cause they summon a bunch of monsters every turn."
"And how is that different from every other meta deck?"

[blacksheep]

Talks about yughio before their marriage, the grind is real.

[paranixoussouxinarap]

For me it was the effect it had on Spellcasters; we went form occasional Spellcaster support for Spellcasters in general or Dark magician to only support for pendulum Spellcasters or Dark Magician. It felt really shitty because if you had an older deck that isn't Dark magician or a pendulum Spellcasters deck you basically went without any new cards for a time until link monsters came and brought out more Spellcaster support.

[pinoarias]

Holy fucking shit, congratulations on your marriage my man, wish you the best of luck in your married life.

[MrManiacalMaster]

The way pendulums work is just so weird compared to all other mechanics. They exist in their own cocaine fever dream.

[gerald]

As someone coming back in to the game for the first time in over ten years, pendulum was the only reason I even gave master duel a chance. It was fun to play, when I played my first few duels I just watched the other player spam out cards while the best I could manage was one or two.

This archetype gave me a chance in a game that is nothing like it was the last time I played.

[dotslashluis]

Dzeeff: Makes an insightful video about why pendulums are hated.
Everyone: HOLY SHIT HE GOT MARRIED.
...
Jokes aside, congrats!

[orochimaruorochimaru]

How does he do that?
Stay so casual about
Everything.
Even about his own marriage
Truly a legend.

[noisepollution]

Pendulums weren't what made me quit the game initially, I quit before pendulums due to life getting too busy and getting into MTG. However, pendulums WERE the thing that kept me from ever trying the game again until master duel. They are EXTREMELY anti-newcomer. Like, yes, once you know how they work, they aren't actually all that complicated, but in a TCG, the more rules you have to learn from a rulebook that you cant figure out on the fly by playing the game, the worse of an experience for new players the game is. And with pendulums, you can take one look at a card and know you have no idea what it does and no amount of reading the card will change that. That is really, really bad for attracting people to the game. And I think the effect was just amplified for lapsed players. If you know the rules to yugioh but still cant figure out what a card does after reading it, you're going to feel like the game just got away from what it was.

Not trying to be all yugioh boomer, I've been playing master duel and find the game enjoyable even if I can't play random normal monsters in defense mode and pass turn anymore. It's a different game, but still fun. I just think them introducing pendulums into the game was a big mistake for player retention and for bringing in new players. It's a really, really weird card type.

[bighonkies]

My wedding gift to you is watching the ads all the way through. It ain't much, but it's honest work

[thehippieboy]

I always hated how Pendulums don't go to the GY when destroyed, especially when they were first announced. There are so many ways to disrupt GYs but Pendulums felt immune in an unfair way

[ska]

It’s gonna be fun trying to read those paragraphs in duel links when pendulums come out soon under that bs short timer.