If you are reading this, you must like Vs. System. If you like Vs. System, it would serve your interests to promote the game as much as you can so it can continue to fulfill Jeff Donais' vision of ten years and beyond.

How to promote the game? There are many things you can do, no matter how small of a contribution you make.

1. Keep talking Vs. System.

No matter what level of input you can give to the community, keep it up. From Alex Brown and his Best Articles In The World, all the way down to The Trolls Who Are Obsessed With Stu, every word that is typed or spoken adds more attention to our game and helps it to swell. I know I have ranted quite often about "staying positive", and of course it promotes the game much more effectively to build up rather than rip down, but even the haters give Vs. System more steam for the engine.

2. Keep buying Vs. System.

It does not matter where you buy cards, as long as you buy cards. Ebay stores and singles sellers will put the cash back into the machine if you want to wait and netdeck. Direct retailers and sealed boxes are more of a mainline pump. Either way, we do need to put our money where our mouths are if we want to continue to receive our nutrition from Vs. System. (Donating to VsRealms is a great way to furnish the location of our house party too!)

3. Keep craving Vs. System.

As an addictive personality, I fully realize that the momentum of Vs. System may come to a crashing halt when the buzz wears off. For now, markslack and Dalton and BigSpooky when he gets the time and gator7870 and me are using this game as our workday heroin. Keep the supply pure and flowing. Stay hooked.

Anyway, that's what's in my head today. Did I miss anything? Do you know any other ways to promote the game?

This is my workday savior.

I show cards in class. I take decks to show while at yugioh tournaments. I never shy away from admitting my addiction. People may laugh, but I enjoy, so it's all good. The best things I've done, are the same that other people have done. When I'm at a store and people are playing magic, I offer to teach them vs. Simple decks of spare commons can be built for any team. I use the cards as an example in statistics class. What's the probability of drawing a certain card by turn X?

The best thing anyone can do is enjoy the game. I see friendly games where people freak over small stuff and never let anyone go back on a mistake. That's the fastest way to chase someone away. Be a friend, let them go back as they learn the game. Teach them in a nice way, not a "I know everything and am king of the world" type of way.

Much of the moaning on the realms is one thing, but in person, no moaning. That drives people away.

Well my take is promoting is a lot in the hands of UDE. I gatehered a couple of friends of mine and got 5 of us to somewhat play casualy, buy packs and what not. But in our region, having 1 PCQ evry 2 months, and almost no existing Hobby leagues, 3 of them droped out. If they want to keep an active game, they have to start at the bottom. Get a good system so that the average joe gamer will be able to play casualy with a community. Heroclix had a good system of that though. Small level tournies where everywhere,

Stu sucks.

You are hereby promoted to Promoter, but don't do it IRL.

Gator is right, moaning and pissing and rules lawyering is the worst anti-promotion in the world. His post reminded me how truly ghastly the nastiness is when we combine our beautiful game with the ugliness of the Jerry Springer Generation. It gives me chills and makes me want to yank someone's testicles off to shut their mouth with. We are going to have to promote double-time to catch up with all the Yugi-boy Intimidators (some who came from Magic) and their hateful disgusting attitudes while they play Vs. System.

Play nice, it promotes the game like nothing else.

A good way to promote VS. system is to hook 'em while theyre curious. My cousin loves to watch Justice League Unlimited and used to play Magic, and wanted to start playing Magic again. When I told him that a game similar to Magic was around that had JLA characters, he instantly became hooked, and I knew I had a job well done.

Vs Rox my Sox!

Stu makes me sad panda!

Unicorns, Trolls, and Pandas

Plot twist

Cost: 5

Unicorns, Trolls, and Pandas can only be played if you have used a character's activated ability to cause direct endurance loss, caused breakthrough while attacking a character, and controlled at least one defender this turn.

Search your deck for any three cards and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck.

UDE already has a program involved where any sucker can become a TO and host the smaller level tournies...

Trust me, I know...

I'm one such sucker in my area in real life, and have spread that now to Online Tournament hosting as well.

If you want the small level events, buck up, take the test, and become a TO and host them. You may only get 3-4 people to start with at the tournament, but if you have a fairly decent locale (with yu-gi-oh, heroclix, and magic players in a pool) there's no excuse not to make the effort and begin hosting the tourneys yourself.

This may sound a bit blunt, but I try to keep things to the point, and one issue that I have is people complaining about the lack of tournaments, yet making no effort of running them themselves.

Sure, you may not be able to play in every tournament you run, but it will get people together to play VS, and when is that EVER a bad thing :)

for sure ;)

Thats not a bad advice. The only thing is that I woudn't consider myself aas being a qualified guy. I've been playing vs since the DGL set and don't have a full grasp on the rules yet. But could you point out where I could go to become one of those? It could be fun!

Now wait a minute. If the Stu Groupie Trolls are promoting the game by calling attention to him, who is the pimp and who is the trick?

(Hillbilly tricks are my favorite. They really know how to holler.)

I'll give you that, the hillbilly tricks are nice.
However I feel the Chaos Tricks are alittle more experienced. Maybe its the age difference or perhaps the fact that they need no pimp, they perfer the self-promotion.

DT

Damn I wish I could wiggle my ass in your face right now. It is irresistable.

:working it:

Well I could stop by the old folks home to see you some time. and maybe try to get you some extra pudding. and perhaps sneak you some salt in.

With Care

DT