Day 03 GX month: “Rule the School”
Today I don’t have a journal entry for my OC in the academy.
Instead I’m going to go around my own head-canons of how DA works, based on what I would believe is actually happening, some tidbits I remember from the show, and the games where we had actual exams, like Duel Academy.
Basically, this is me taking the idea of Pro Card gaming way too seriously and what I imagine happens in Pro gamer school for card games
Also, shouldn’t it be Duel Monster Academy? That logo looks like it has an M with the fusion of D and A, but it’s always called just Duel Academy. Something I find funny actually.
Anyway, let begin with this late class session, for those who like me, are late as always XD
Basic Class/Knowledge: It’s very likely that you have some basic classes as part of your schedule as a student. However I just see them covering Chemistry, P.E. and Math. Not sure what else they would have, but I would assume it doesn’t have a much priority. Except P.E and Math. P.E. cause exercise si important I guess, and Math cause the game does involve numbers. Which don’t make sense half the time in my opinion
Quick Thinking: Probably most of dueling links question minus the ones about the characters are in there. But they are on minor levels and are part of memorization skills for cards that become staples. Speaking of which
Dueling lingo: Or Keyword for Card Games in general. I think It would be required to understand the game better. Staple, aggro and tutor are a few words that come to mind as something you might not know about the game.
Deck Building. Because of course. But seriously, is a necessity for a good player to know how build a decent deck, even if it’s a meme.
Art and Design: This is for those who are going specifically into card creation business, like Chumley. But this is only the art though,
Card Balancing and Statistics: This is the other part, which by looking into the actual state of the game, is something none of the developers actually looked into.
This is for the classes. As to what some exams or other activities related to dueling? Well...
For the Exams and requirement for Graduation is what we already know.
First part of the Exam is written, which would entail the following:
Multiple option questions regarding rules of the game and effects of certain cards.
A paragraph about a card, and in which kind of deck it would fit.
Order of activation in a Chain Link.
Which description of the effect correspond to certain card name, etc
Second Part, I can only assume there would be close cubicle and you have to pass puzzles games, which need you to finish the opponent in one turn.
Just like in Duel Links and other games, you have the knowledge of what’s on the field as well as both deck and hand of both players. I would assume they would leave 5 puzzle programmed in the computer before letting you off, and has a timer for each.
It would look something like this but in a small room
Third Par of the Exams are, well. The Duel. I think that they keep a score on how well you do in official games and outside school hours duels, as well as how well you do in classes, which pair you up with the people of your same level. Unless they tamper with the programming, or something.
As for Graduation, well, we have the Graduation Duels. The third years must earn 100 points through dueling.
You can duel as many times as you want, but points won’t be count if dueling the same person again.
1 point for winning against any first year.
2 points for winning against a second year.
3 points for winning against a third year.
After you met the 100 score points, you can still earn more points for an exclusive replica of a deck from a famous duelist
In GX case during season 4, it was Yugi Muto’s deck, but i would assume that it changes depending on who is trending.
The would get a final exam like how I described it before, but the duels for the final exams are exhibitions, in which agents and sponsors are invited to find the next generation talent.
I don’t believe there would be a college after this, cause Zane and Chumley, who careers are Pro Duelist and Card Creator are already working and making profit, though one ended better than the other.
That would be all for me. Need to get better at time management. Thanks for reading :D
