I lost interest once all the GX stuff came around. I still have a ton of original Yu Gi Oh cards though, and keep Relinquished (one of my first blue cards) in my wallet for safe keeping... along with Surfing Pikachu and Japanese Gyrados.

I haven't played Yu-Gi-Oh in years, about four years in fact (I played a little during my freshmen year of high school since my school had a large Yu-Gi-Oh crowd), but like before there wasn't much diversity in the game, everyone was going nuts looking for Cyber Dragons and for a few other cards, and I was the odd one out since I just played a Dark Magician deck.

If you really want to, go for it, but if you don't want to play a game where everyone has the same 15 cards in their deck, then I suggest something like the World of Warcraft CCG or Magic (Magic seems to be the game that has the least amount of "staples", but it still has a few chase rares, you can easily get by without them)

Well if that's the case, I say go for it, Yu-Gi-Oh got really stale for me because it was pretty much the same thing over and over, but if things are diverse in your area then it seems like it could be fun. Also, if you've been keeping up with the cards, then you'd be in a much better position than I would be if I ever decided to pick the game up again. Just don't let the heart of the cards devour your brain or anything. :p

I stopped for 3 years or something like that after getting really good at it. I started again last year and got the hang of it, it was great fun and I wondered how I ever managed to stop. :P
But I've stopped again. It was fun, go for it if you want, I just wasnt bothered because its more expensive than ever and too many cards are, imo, useless and make it a waste of money. Its just the same decks everywhere, but if you havent seen the new Scrap archtype you should go look, its amazing.

I played Yugioh with my brother and our friends when i was in middle school. After we moved, and my bro quit playing (like Pokemon T__T) I quit as well. I still have a lot of my best cards and whatnot, so I could probably build a half-decent deck. In casual dueling, we just didn't use Dark Hole or Monster Reborn. But anyways, I would reccomend you do, if you have friends to play with casually. Playing competitively just seems like too much trouble, though.

Also, Chaos Emperor Dragon

Yeah, I saw it combined with gravekeepers at a tournament, the guy was beating pretty much everyone. I tried to make the deck but the main cards are pretty rare and expensive; I got one Scrap Dragon, two storms and some others I think but never got chimera/scrapyard. I never bothered trying to get the STBL ones though.

This is my first post here btw...anyway, I actually just recently lost "some" interest in the game due to not being able to duel anyone or afford to buy every card I wanted...

But I still find the game enjoyable & hope to get that TL Winged Dragon or Ra at some point in the future. I don't ever play by the tournament restricted or banned rules cause they tend to get a bit unreasonable with it, more so recently & I'm not in a tournament so why play by their rules. I say go for it too as it may not be the most open rule game but has alot of different strategies to counter that issue all too well, I have 4 Decks made & they all wield quite different strategies if I do say so myself. You have people to play against & are able to afford all the cards you are looking for so it should work out to be a very fun TCG for you would be the point I am trying to get across...

I can find a use for it though I would prefer if they would release Slifer sooner though but whatever, they did release the Marik Structure Deck so all makes much sense...I never really understood what Ra did when I watched the episodes where it was being used...

I do know for a fact though that Slifer will be released in a Issue of Shonen Jump sometime this Winter 2011/2012 considering that the other 2 have been released in the same month's issue 2 years in a row, 1 at a time...

As for the TL Ra card, it is alright, I want it more for it's incredible artwork though, unlike TL Obelisk...

I played Duel Monsters once, but then I lost all my friends to the Shadow Realm. So then I was like, "Screw this..." Never played a game since.

I lost intrets in yu-gi-oh years ago. I didnt find it all that fun. Of course I never had a starter deck with the rule book, card games arent really big in my area ( you can find the cards, but thats about it) and I always just end up battling myself. Yu-gi-oh wasnever fun in that way, plus some of the cards where just way to confusing. I still have the cards, but I dont really use them. If you got a good community to battle, and you still enjoy the game, go for it and knock your socks off.

Well, in the summer, surprisingly a lot of guys at the park (potheads I suppose I should add, i'm their friend, but I don't do drugs) and I found them in the summer playing yugioh at the picnic tables. At first I thought it was funny, but then I started playing along with it and made a deck up. But I haven't seen them doing that in a while. Kind of miss it, it was nice going back and playing yugioh like we're all 11 years old again.

Well at least you attempted to Duel against them, can't say that much for myself as I just do not have a finished deck to be a threat...

I think I know what your first sentence mean...?...

My Y! Messenger friend has a Six Samurai Deck, I however, have only 4 incomplete & inferior decks(1 of them is a Spell Counter Deck)...Someone on another forum I am friends with has a Frog Deck that is pretty good...

I really need to get into Yugioh enough to participate in a Tournament, I am withdrawing a bit from it due to not being able to get any of my Decks completed due to lack of sufficient funds...If I can do that, I will definitely consider participating in a Tournament, even if I am an adult & it is going to be mostly kids there which will make me feel very uncomfortable...