A long time has passed...

Ok, I am not sure If i am the person who should announce this. But i havre witnessed how this academy grows. When i joined it had some 300 members. but now if u take a closer look u will find that we now have 1001 registrated users. I find it awesome. I know that a LOT of them are not active here. but compared to all other academys, DAD is now one of the largest and most active ones. if not the most. Therefore i think we all must say great thx to DAD, and TWDOR who created this place, and kept it active. I have grown here, and this is the place i became the player i am now. I am sure that this place has helped a lot of players to get stronger, has offered a lot of friends, and most inportant has provided u with a lot of fun i still remember how i joined this academy(1st one i joined) and got slifer.... i was like WTF. But now i understand how less i knew about the game overall, and how fast that changed, by help of wonderful people here. I owe the a great depth. Therefore i would u like u all to share some stories with us. To share what u have experianced here, what has stayed in yoour memory, which person has helped u, inspired u. who are your best friends here and etc.

Its sentimental memory time
(If u guys will share something nice with us , then so will we - Admins)

Well i never thought about joining an academy,until i searched for some yugioh renders at google and randomly found This site xD! i allready stoped playing yugioh i was thinking about never playing yugioh again...but this academy helped me to start with playing the awesome game again xD Well the guy who was fu cking nice to me it was twdor,he helped me much and he was nice to me!
And Yes i love this academy,honestly it is my life xD lol xDxD i am everyday for like 7-8 hours online here,i just love this place! i dun even know why,because there are so many other academies but this one is the only one i like.I am happy about it that i became Ob Blue and GFX Desiger That fast! i am still new here,but i allready love This place!I know one day ill get mod too, and just like i will deserve admin (: (: and one day ill be one of the best duelists (:
thx to all staff and members for keeping this up! u guys deserved to get popular and if theres anything i can help with,well id love to do it (: thx! and now brb i am playing wrestling ps3 -_- xD jk.!!...

--Burhan Mysterio--

When i first joined DAD i started to use zombies in tests and etc..Didn't even know the basic combos,and well i learned here how to use my decks,idk how i just learned xDD.
When i first joined i was for ra,i knew i wasnt for ra even the tester said so,so i asked him to be slifer...Then got tested and came here where i am,anyway i am pretty sure that improving has never a limit,i mean even if u think u know to use your cards well with the time passing and getting some ecxperienced u become better,also when u duel with good duelists(there are tons of them in dad)u lern faster xD.
I kinda made the first steps to the long way of leraning how to duel in DAD,i am talking for real dueling not just with 60 cards in deck lmao...
Kiryu learned me something,even maybe he doesnt know this xD
Niptaker trusted to me when i didnt even trust to my self,i mean in some duels i didnt think i would win,he just told me u will..and so i did xDD
Also Duelist,he is a nice guy and helped me with every question i made to him.
Also i have to say thanks to tarantila,well he learned me the basic combos with zombies and helped me with decks.
BLackBuRn always was ready for a duel when i wanted to test decks,and he always supported me.
And i need to thank Itachi the criminal,an awesome duelist and a big yugioh mind,i mean he has created a lot of strategies and unique decks,and so he shared a deck with me,thing that i appresicate a lot,meh is a nice guy and good dude too xD
Well i think that's it xD
A lot of friends and memories from DAD and dad members

Well here was my expieriance.


I joined, I was tested [I used BW]. I can say i was a n00b. I was a troublemaker and in 1 day i got 2 warnings for spamming . Then I entered a slifer tournament [VERY LUCKY I ENTERED L8] And somehow i won 2-0 every duel in it. I won 1600 credits and my dorm leader job.

Since then I have been lookd up to by alot of ppl, i believe slifers appreciate me. I am liked, i am popular and some ppl come to me for dueling advise.


Without my dorm leader job I wouldnt have stayed here. I love being a dorm leader and slifers having a tiny role model [Even tho i am 13 ^^]


But now my ambition is becoming a normal mod or even admin ^_^.


Anyway I owe alot to DAD Academy, DAD himself and some members [Yea mostly ppl like kiryu ^^]

But i really love being here i wont leave for a long time to come.

I have improved alot as a duelist and as a person so being here has been gr8 ^_^

WEll since some of a you shared something its time for another Admin to share his story and connection with DAD Academy.

I joined SDA ( is gone now I believe lead by MTL in the old days of 1.15 ) in which i found a guy named Dark_Armed_Dragon we dueled just once i believe and in those times i used BW's. And SDA became inactive and was looking for a new place to hang out and learn more. I joined DA but in a matter of days it became clear to me that wasnt the place so i travelled arround the internet in search for a different academy in which i would be at ease.

I came across DAD Academy, and decided to give it a go and registered and got tested by Kiryu111 ( ofc who else .. lmao ) and he decided to make me a Ra yellow fellow .. lol my most beloved Dorm. In their i quickly became the dorm leader by defeating Arcana Force in the final round of it ( had incredible luck since i just managed to stop his otk ) and had a nice time being their leader. Then i started dueling with DAD and Kiryu111 to become better since i wanted a re-test and become Obelisk, but then all of a sudden i had the invitation to become a moderator and who in his right mind would turn that offer down.

So i became a mod, and apparently i did my mod job quite well since later on I got an invitation to become a full grown Admin here at DAD academy.

In meaning of dueling, kiryu111 and DAD thx for all the duels in which i became as I am now since i was a total noob when i joined ( i knew no rulings and made a deck which made no sence on paper but it did supprised kiryu to make me Ra lol ) and Kiryu even gave me homework on rulings .... lol all thx to that i became better and better until i reached the level I'm at atm.

Also thx DAD and TWDOR for this place

When I first joined, I remember I was a total noob, but I managed to have an epic duel with kiryu111 on my test. Won first game, then kiryu came back 50-8000 to beat me hands down, and on the last duel, I went down in style without even touching him xD. I still got Ra tho. On my 2nd test, Scooh was a bad charm for me, I got bad hands and lost 2-0. But then I met Tara, who made me an Obelisk, a place where I wish to remain until I retreat from YGO. Also, DAD and Kiryu111 introduced me to the Delta Knights, a place where the 2nd test nailed me a place in the most prestigious team in KCVDS, and I'm happy I'm with them in both their academy and their team. We will stay together, me and the admins at DAD, and I wish I wouldn't call them that way, since they are friend for all the guys at DAD.

~~~Supreme_King~~~

Maaan. this is gonna be long.

My time to share. So I joined DAD a some 10 months ago. I took my test and get slifer..... No comment.. i was like wtf. Then i realized that i really am slifer. i kept asking everyone for a duel, and dueled a LOT a LOT. It seemed that i progressed fast. Along with that much duels, i became great friends with DAD,Evil Jaden, Dr. Jackal, Stardust Dragon(he reccomended me for testers position later on), JD, and a lot of other people. Then i woke up one day, and realized that i have been advanced to Ra, and srsly i didnt like Ra, so i decided to get to obby fast, and belive it or not, i did it in 6-7 hrs(dueled a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot). And gained enought DAD credits to advance to obby

Life seemed great then... Then Obelisk dorm lost its leader.... I belive that it was time when Stardust became tester. So they made a poll and someone nominated me. After few days i became obelisk leader. That was pretty awesome. Though about a week later(i didnt even had time to host a tourney) Stardust nominated me for testers job, staff made a poll and i got my Job ^^ Dum Dum Dum... that was time when (how u guys like to say) slifer sender was born. i guess i can say that i became decent tester. And did my job ok. It was great time. And i enjoyed it. I made a lot of friends in this period, but also a lot of people started to dislike me, because of my pretty harsh ranking. But when i became tester, i wasnt well known, and wasnt as far as expericanced that i am now(if i may say so). And i decided that obelisks has to be elite, and if u are elite u shouldnt have problems defeating me atleast once in match and show great skillz. I guess u all agree that it turned out not to be so easy...

After some more time had passed(i think about a month) I got admins position. Kinda in a funny way, but o well. Let that to be remained as secret So now i Got Madlike powas xD Despite becoming admin i continued to test ppl.(as u all can see) I felt weird beeing admin, becausre a lot of staff here was before me, but i got selected Yay. Since them i feel burning eyes in back of my head.... JK. And u all can see the rest of story, i am still here

Something more about few people.

Scooh.

He has went innactive for time beeing, but he may return. he is one of my best friends in real life. And he is the reason i joined this site. ( someone from lobby invited him) And yes, that means we both where lobby noooooobz And he told me about it, an so we both joined(a lot of ppl thought that we are the same person at the beggining).

TDP

Since i tested him, he has became one of my greates friends, he has helped me a lot, and i am really thankful to him. He is one of the Persons i can truset alway, and ask for help, and i know that he will help me if possible.
And i can say that i kinda admire him in some ways... (no faggy)

DAD

What can i say about that little freakhead..... He has done a great job in this site, and we all are thankful to him. But dont let him to be cocky about it, and it never hurts to STFU him from time to time(he loves it)


I guess thats more or less all for time beeing, a lot of time has passed, a lot of things has happened....

Lol I really hope Scooh does come back kiryu.. He was my one and only tester here and he is an awesome guy. And where is my mention there?! Anyway youre story is pretty inspirational. Slifer, obelisk, leader obelisk, tester, admin. Thats cool ^_^

That is the way all people should get admin here. BTW, u forgot Ra

~~~Supreme_King~~~

Actually, DAD is the academy No.1 now for me, and for every one else .. firs time i joined here there was like 300 member, Kiryu111 was an obelisk and on my second day here Kiryu111 became an admin ~_~ ..
i dont post here alot , ahhh but well. DAD Academy is the best and no one can say its not .. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

That's a big paragraph. You forgot this one .
@Kiryu111
Dr. Jackal
He was the only one who could match me in a duel. Even though we went back in forth winning and losing the duels were still fun. This was back in the old days of 1.15 when I used trap holes a lot and Barbaros. Now I surpassed him and many others ever since I made a deal with the devil. The devil was 'Rescue Cat'.

Yeah... xDD
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My story...
I was an advance lobby noob. I was just a plain noob using Dark Magician deck. It was great! I always had lucky wins and took down the lobby noobs that think they are the best. It was a 60 card deck and I was lucky with it. I was sitting there in the lobby and noticed this advertisement pop-up. Dark_Armed_Dragon: Join DAD Academy! [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] I clicked and dragged it and pasted it in my browser. Something crazy looking popped up. Of course what was running through my mind was "Ooh, this is going to be just like Duel Academy on GX".

I quickly signed-up and asked DAD on KC how do I get in Obelisk. He told me to join a certain hamachi. (Lol, this is waaaay back when Alexis Rhodes was the banner for GFX and GFX had a main banner.) I joined the hamachi and he told me I needed to test. He hosted in the Advance Lobby of 1.14 (It was the Trad lobby for 1.14) I joined I tested and I THOUGHT I did good until I saw a crazy looking creature. It was DAD. I was like," Woah! When did they create that."

Kept killing me with the 2 DAD'd deck and his funny Dark Bribes. I didn't know what Dark Bribe was either. So I got obviously Slifer. I asked DAD how do you create a deck like yours. He gave me a few tips and I created my own deck with it. His at first didn't have Prometheus. I did.... I had Giant Germs and Kuriboh too (He was saving my butt!!!!!!) Mystic Tomato's and all types of stuff. I started beating people and I started feeling good. I tested with DAD again and we used the same deck but with different builds. This time he comes out with Vengeful Shinobi and Skull Lair.(Went to 1.15) This was DAD's bad luck days and which made me happy because I made Ra!! !

Months later I was trying to get my test for Obelisk and no one had the time to test me. So I asked someone for some deck ideas. This guy named Jim Crocodile Cook gave me a Horus Lockdown deck but I didn't like it. It looked like there was too many dead draws. (Don't judge a book by its cover.) Finally made Obelisk. Happy as can be I dueled DAD again this time with the Horus Lockdown deck. I owned him. (Still his bad luck phase.) Eventually I became tester and I gave everyone slifer including Jaden which said he knows how to defeat me with my Horus Lockdown (My test deck.) With me no one barely got obelisk. It was Ra and Slifer. I joined this team called Demolition X. This was my first team ever. It was fun for a while! We had good members, activity, and everything else. My computer had to restart (What I mean by that is delete all the data and restart the WHOLE thing.) I lost DAD Academy and Demolition X. I went to google and I eventually find DAD but I totally lost Demolition X. How hard I tried I couldn't get it. So, instead I just continued on with my dueling life.

(Okay since this is already too long i guess I will skip to the more interesting days.)
From my name being KingKiller, Ultiblue, King of Pop, Renji Bankai, Yami Marik, Maximillion Pegasus, to Jack Atlas.

When I was Jack Atlas I was truly king of 1.15... I had this awesome stun deck that many people tried to copy. (It was made by L but since we had a little fight I had to make it my own way.)

This guy named RafaeL invited me to this team. I joined it because they said they were looking for me. I said, "I guess Lethal Edge will replace Demolition X"

I signed up and you know I recognized just a few people. Like Novastar for example. I looked at RafaeL's sent me another message and it went like this. " [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ......team link,there you will found all hams you need,our and war link........wellcome back,speed king.......xD"

All I was thinking in my mind was," did he say welcome back? Was I here before?" venturing on inside Lethal Edge I then find out from RafaeL that this... was no ordinary team...It was Demolition X! I was so excited! Matter of fact I went inactive due to my excitement. Telling my brother the history of Demolition X and how they found me again.

I came back. We were going to war with FE. LE vs FE commenced and I think I was the second or third one in the list. It was my turn next and I go and utterly defeated 3 or 4 people. Including my half deck creator. L... (this is when the fight happened.) I lost next round (Lucky all 3 duels.) 1-2.

That was my best time in LE. Then Kiryu111 joined and The_Dutch_Prince following. (Whichever was first I forgot.) Then things started getting more and more interesting. Later on I found out (Obviously.) he was a Get Backers fan! Just like me! I was like wow!! Him and Scooh with Ban Midou and Ginji Amino. So, I was thinking, "These guys are my best friends and they like Get Backers. Also, there is soooo many Jack Atlas' so I am going to change my name." At this moment ~TheCrazySurgeon~ came out. I guess all of you should know what happened there after.
_______________This is the story of how Dr. Jackal became Dr. Jackal________________
______________________Special Friend shout outs____________________________

-Dark Armed Dragon-
Pssh, he gave me the DAD deck and we kept going back and forth with winning and losing to each other. We (in mind at least.) were buddies for life xP!
Now we barely talk to each other anymore. I really miss those times when we were like the words.. This and That! if you know what I mean. (I am no homo so if you got that out of this then wow...)
~Thanks DAD for the awesome times.

-Kiryu111-
Your little Trap Holes and Barbaros. Fun times... Fun times... For the idea of Dr. Jackal.
Now we don't talk much anymore... I am furious...
~Thanks Kiryu111 for the great and challenging times.

-Evil Jaden-
This is the man right here. Him and his Monarchs!! Dude you are a fun and good friend yo. We barely talk (because he went inactive and now he is back!)
~Safe! xPPPP

-Bertha-
Well, this is my deck creator and now he is my deck helper!
~Thanks yo! they were all successful ;D!

-SpiTFire96-
The man in black himself xDD! Friendly.. very friendly ! Coolio and I can just go on and on and on. !
~^_^ Spitz!!

-Lethal Edge-
Pure ownage team that wrecked a few other teams. I mean it... WRECKED!
~LE FTW!!!

Lol, I guess thats enough even though I had a few more... I guess I will just say there names.

Ballin1521
The_Dutch_Prince
Staxx
RafaeL...
TheWingedDragonofRa
Tyranno Hassleberry
death-coder
Stardust Dragon
Dusan94
svstar34
shinigami1776

^ lol at this guy jackal or w.e cuz he beat me too (though it wasn't all him, right kiryu ^^)

anyway i joined here
did not even need a test for obby cuz i am awesome (or so im told)
and SHOCKINGLY kiryu is the one that gave me obby
i came here for a war dad vs da
which was VERY STUPID (only one dad has lost) and
if i remember i beat 5 and kiryu beat 2
the rest 6 beat well none and we lost in shocking fashion lol
and then i got in trouble here thus the warning bar
i forgot why though
oh ye, i had differences with dutchy
and then i went inactive
and then i came back lol for the mean time anyway
so yee comments? xD

hmm here I go:
First time i joined DAD was by accident , i read in ham players putting an amount of stars , so i wondered and asked whats that? if i remmember right kiryu was the one who Show me the link , then i signed up for BCST 1 , wait a min forgot about my test , it was kinda kwik , cuz i pwned DAD 2/0 , he called me Lucky and he said OBELISK! ^^, so returning to BCST 1 i signed up but was too late , i remmember that TWDOR told me that it will be a hard mission for me , and it was so i didnt reach the finals!
and then when the BCST 2 started , i won it defeating kiryu in the final , that duel i will never forget , After i played TWDOR for the KOG title , then i won and become the 2nd and the current King of Games.

as some on of u said ; special thanks to :

DAD :u khnow what this personne WAS meanning to me , he WAS like my bro , every time talk and talk in ham with non-stop , i WAS disscussing everything with him ,he WAS realy the most personne that i personnaly respected.

Kiryu111: this Duelist WAS my exemple ,he WAS my favourite Player that i avoided many times that he WAS better than me in dueling (and the only one) , i Love dueling him , specialy for tourneys because we usualy meet , and until naw he win one duel , i win the next one , and it continue like that , i think naw its my turn to pwn him ^^.

Ballin: He was the first personne that i meet here , he was making every times Live tourneys in ham , that i was winning always <.< , he always loved to moderat things , so it is not hard to beleive that he is the best MOD around.

TWDOR : I personnaly like this guy , for me he had to be the best admin for this year , cuz he always calm down peoples , help them when they are in need , and he dont attck anyone without any good reason , what a guy!!! , LOVE U TWDOR AND I STELL.

and last i think its atlas good boy and good friend , he is the one that i talk to him those days almost my time , and he is improving a day after another , so this guy will be one of the best players soon.

anyway if i forgot to mention some one that i had to , then i Apologize.

And yeh DAD academy is my home , the best academy in my eyes , and i hope this situation continue for eva.

Well when i joined i was the noobest person ever i guess i got tested by kiryu and i used sychic that time lol i liked his deck 2 much so i started trying to make a deck like it and i suceed then i i dueled toooo much and when i thought i am gd enough i entered tourney or the elite this was the most thng that made me active at dad and when i won the tourney every1 kept on telling your the best slifer in DaD so i tried to improve then i started going through the graphics which ruined my dueling skillz
i guess thats all
btw nice topic kiryu!

Spoiler:

Lol, first duel was Kiryu111 Secon and third duel was me. Oh I remember it like yesterday. I wouldn't blame you if you really hate Brain Control.

Well let's see.I'm here from pretty long time really.
First of all there was some guy named DAD who was in the kcvds lobbies, 1.15 and maybe 1.14 back then and he made some academy, back then I was in EX.
So me, ecooky and Ace joined this and got some dorms, I was Ra cuz my tester was acting gay, anyway I and Ecooky began dueling the staff members and if I remember we won pretty much most of the duels, ecooky got obelisk but he left DAD and I left for pretty long time as well(I could get Obelisk but I didn't want since as I said red is cooler.)Then I returned and I no longer wanted to be Ra but Slifer cuz red is way cooler for me.Due to this I PMed DAD and told him to make me slifer and so was it.After this I joined some tourney to decided who will be Slifer red leader and I won it so I got that job.I joined some tourneys and I usually got problems with someone for some stupid reasons.Then then hm I hosted some tourneys for Slifers usually having problems with inactive people. Back then kiryu111 was Slifer and he was winner of my first tourney if I remember right.After that TWDOR told me if I agree to be made a mod and I agreed.I wanted to remain SLifer Leader or at least I wanted my name to remain red but DAD wouldn't alow that.SoI hosted one final tourney for new Slifer Red Leader and spitfire won it.After that I didn't really do much as a mod but I did some things I was told to do D:.Honestly I can say I was not a good mod here.However since I was a staff member I got to be leader of a team (Deathcrush).We did some wars and stuff and that's it.Then I forfeited my leadership to JD.I no longer wanted to be a mod and I was brought back to Slifer Red(the best dorm ever).
I think that sums up my story well.I wouldn't believe someone would waste his time reading this but w/e, have fun.

Yea fenix i owe You alot, cause if it wasnt for u i wouldnt have my position as dorm leader, so thanks for all the help u gave me cause it really started me off here in DAD ^_^

Yeah you're welcome :>

Ok where to start for me...I know I'm late but meh...

Ok I started playing Yu-Gi-Oh when the first series came out. I remember the day i got my first yugi starter deck, thats when it began. Although the same day i got that deck is the same day that my grandma passed away My parents bought it for me so that i wouldnt be as sad. Anyways, from then on i started dueling Never really had a real competitive deck, just messing around with my friends. I never bought a booster box or anyting, just the packs every now and then. I was always a noob. I had a deck consisting of Dark Magician and Jinzo and other crap xD Then I played until the first series finished and i just stopped...Then December 2009 I found KCVDS. Now i was thrilled when i found this program and i got straight back to dueling. I was a noob, using a 60 card deck with dark paladin -.- lol. Anyways, for about 2 months i dueled with retarted decks like spellcaster and dragons and fiends, some stupid monarch variants. Then one day this kid i dueled said that GB isnt allowed in the academy he his in (i was like: o.O there are duel academies?) Then he linked me to DAD academy. I signed in and then got tested by kiryu111 xD I used what i thought was my best deck, zombies. And funny thing is he also used zombies xD He smoked me both games pretty fast and placed me in slifer, on February 28, 2010. And this is where it all began

Ever since that day i swore to myself to work hard on all my aspects of my game. I bugged people to duel for DAD credits constantly, and I'd always go after the big names like Najex for example (had fun dueling him ) Spitfire96 was my guide through the slifer dorm and he was a very nice guy. I dueled him alot and then he invited me to GT, where i got placed top rank (wasnt active) Then after something stupid happened with GT, Spitfire gained control of a new team called FT (FairyTail) and wanted me to join, so i left GT and joined FT. There i got a tester position at first and i was very active, made FT into a decent team, and got ranked up to Admin. Then i later left FT after about a month. Anyways back to DAD xD. In about 2 weeks i think i made Ra from stardusts dragon's test (back when he was a tester) and from Ra i trained alot and practiced like crazy, got tested by tarantila, made some stupid misplays, and remained in Ra. Then 2 weeks later, i get tested by tarantila again, and i get placed in Obelisk

Ok i know this is long but now my team history:
First i joined GT, invited by spitfire, then i joined FT also invited by spitfire. And my last and PERMANENT team, (unless i get kicked out) DLK . That was a team i wanted to join ever since i found out about it, and it became my ultimate goal. I couldnt have done it without the support of Kiryu, DAD, Tarantila, TDP, Sam Tisdale, Darkness Evil, Supreme King, Pilover. Dark Nova, and a couple others. Now 5-6 months ago i was a total noob and now i can proudly say that i have lived up to my own personal promise to be (what i consider) a decent duelist.

So yeah thats my story, i doubt anyone read it but meh xD

People to thank:

Kiryu111: Asked him to train me a while back and it payed off big time. He's a great person, and what i now consider a good friend of mine. Thanks for everything m8

Dark_Armed_Dragon: Yeah...we're assholes to eachother but meh xD all fun in games (i think o.O) Anyways thanks for making this great academy. Honestly now if it wasnt for this academy i wouldnt be half the duelist i am today. So thanks bro

TWDOR: Gave me mod position and although i dont know him too well he is a cool guy.

Spitfite: Guided me as a slifer, and we were teammates for a while. Thanks for all the support man!

Supreme_King: Awesome kid, great duelist and GFXer. Hes just a really cool and fun guy to talk to xD and im glad that we are now teammates

Sam Tisdale: Ahh...Sammy ol' boy. Been dueling him for a while, i remember how he would always want to duel and i was like "meh cant right now" (they were excuses ) lol thanks for being there for me man.

Tarantila: Been dueling him since i was a slifer. Hes an amazing person, amazing duelist and also very glad we are now teammates

Dark Nova: Great person, this guy is just an awesome awesome person, great to talk to and he is very inspirational xD lol thanks man when i had some tough times

Meh i'll stop there...there are a few more but ill just list them:

Darkness Evil
Pilover
Mino
Yuseifudo33
Judgment Dragon
Stardust Dragon

So where do I begin? I joined DAD about four months ago. And I can honestly say in that amount of time I not only have become a stronger and smarter Duelist. I've also become a better person. I've made good friends and met a lot of nice people. I have to say that for the credit of me wanting to become stronger has to go to KingMP94. He was my first duel and my first test. He has tested me twice deemed me Slifer both times. I don't blame him. Looking back now I deserved to be in Slifer. I didn't know much about the card rulings. I was an old school duelist. But I have to credit King as my inspiration to become stronger. Thank you King for your advice, it's helped me alot.

Next I have to talk about a guy who became my first friend here at DAD and also my first opponent that I beat. Darkneji12. He's a great duelist me and him go back and forth, winning and losing. He's crazy but he's my best friend and I love him like the brother I never had.

DAD...what can we say about that crazy kid? He's fun to talk to, he's awesome, did I mention he's crazy? XD he's a good guy and a good friend and one hell of a duelist.

Ballin. oh yea...ballin...what can you say about him? He's a great duelist for one. he's a good guy, gives good advice. Hell he even created one hell of a deck for me. And I made some modifications of my own to it. and it's become one hell of a deck. thanks for everything ballin.

and next I have to talk about my newest friend...Lilyazz. She's funny, she's goofy and she's one hell of a duelist. She's prolly the only person I've ever seen go from Slifer to Ra to Obelisk in the same day! She's got some talent for this game and did I mention she's cute? hehe anyways Lily you're a great duelist and a good friend. Thanks for the fun times dear.

and finally I come to the one, the only, the King of Games himself.

Kiryu. Oh yes the Great Kiryu111. Hell I think Kiryu would even give Yugi a run for his money. To this day I've dueled Kiryu four times. And I stand at a record 0-4. He is brutal. He makes fun decks but he's brutal. He attacks with everything he has. He's the best duelist I've ever faced. Thanks for the fun games Kiryu.

Well I guess that's all I can say for now. Thank you DAD and all the members for the fun duels and the good times.

Whoah, this topic is still alive? nice to see that. I hope more and more players will post their stories in here about their history in DAD.

And thx for all kind wods i have heared here

Well, where should i begin?

I've been a part of Dark Armed Dragon Academy for a little over four months, and it has been a blast. I've met a few duelists here and there and most of them are pretty cool people. Before I had joined this academy, I was dueling in real life and a big-time collector. Due to the time I have been in this academy, I've gotten a lot better with deck building, rulings, and combos...there are a few guys I would like to give credit to

Judgment Dragon: Well, what can I say? He gave me my first test, and I got my @$$ handed to me XD (even though i didn't really have a deck ready, that's what i get for being hasty) and was put in slifer red dorm...since then, I've dueled him a couple more times for KC Live tourneys and i lost both times (although i came close in one of them) You're a good duelist and hope to duel you more down the road

Dark Armed Dragon: Let's see...what kind of trash can I say about him??? lol just kidding; When I first joined DAD Academy, I posted a Dragon deck that I had made with 60 cards (before I was finally able to slim it down to 40) and boy did he really read me the riot act XD if i remember correctly, he was like "60 cards...what the hell", "too many random cards" and "just use the Hopeless Dragons" I took that as motivation to upgrade my Dragon deck, which I made MY way with my own combos (some stemmed from Hopeless Dragons, but the rest was my style of play ) I've only dueled against him once and, unfortunately, we never got to finish due to my internet being a royal pain XD (when my internet cut off, we were at 4800 LP each) I can't say much of his dueling skills since I only dueled him once, but I can say from when we dueled that he seems kinda like a mirror image of me when it comes to thinking (planning carefully in case there are some road blocks within my opponent's f/d cards) big compliment you're a cool guy and i hope we get to duel more sometime down the road...

Svstar: When I first dueled him, he was an Obelisk Blue duelist, and i beat him...in june, i got my third test, which was with him, and i ascended from slifer red to ra yellow; i was happy that i made it to ra yellow and felt bad that i had to leave some of the friends in slifer red that i made behind XD but they were happy for me and their congratulatory statements made me feel much better thanx for the fun duels we had later on down the road svstar, and hope to duel you again someday

Ballin: Well, I have gone against him a few times in tournaments and I think i've only won once (I got lucky) He's a good duelist and he gives pretty good advice with deck builds and I really respect him as a duelist for that He promoted me to Ra Yellow's Dorm Leader when I was in Ra Yellow and then (i think it was him) made me a moderator, which is a big honor to me...You're a cool guy and hope to duel you more as time goes on and thanks for giving me the privilige of being a mod for this great academy

Enigma_7: OMG this one is funny; when i first joined DAD Academy with one of my friends, we had NO idea what the "Big Test" was for, and we dueled using the topic bit, which was classified as SPAM and that's how i got my first (and only one so far) warning. I've dueled him a little bit with decks that I was testing and I got my butt kicked lol...he's a good friend and duelist and I have a high amount of respect for him. You're fun to talk to Enigma, hope to duel you some more

KingMP: this is a little strange, but funny in my book...when i first said anything to KingMP, it was in his deck shop...one of the members (i think it was darkneji) requested a deck when he was in slifer red; KingMP said that freshmen (those who are not ranked) cannot request decks unless they get tested, and i posted saying "he did get tested so, unless there are 2 darkneji's, he is in slifer red" (i think i put the link to show him) and KingMP then said "oops, my bad XD" That was a good laugh and i talked to him later on that day about it and he was pretty cool about it. He is a good friend to talk to and a great duelist (got my second test from him and stayed in slifer red even though i beat him once) he is one of the few duelist/members that i respect the most...he also helped me with card rulings with those ruling questions that he posted every now and then...you are a fun guy to duel with and hope to duel you some more, whether it's for testing decks or whatever lol

and last but sure not least

Kiryu111: The King of Games of the academy ...what to say??? well, he's a very good friend to talk to and he is a very good duelist, first few times we dueled he LITERALLY tossed me around like a wet rag (used absolute zero the first duel and then crushed me the second time with a gigavise deck) He is very well respected by most (i don't know if all respect him) duelists and can be one of the most technical/brutal duelists depending on what deck he uses...aside from dueling with him, he has also helped me with deck building and helped me make some competitive decks that based on my style of play at that time (reckless play, but drawing cards to keep hand sufficient) you're a great duelist and a great friend to talk to; hope that you get everything situated so you and i can pick up where we left off (you kicking me around on the dueling field until i start whipping you and prove to you that i have gotten better XD)

well, that's all of the main guys i can think of to give credit to, so hope this isn't too long to where you guys fall asleep reading it

Umm how should I start this... My real name is Syned.
I began dueling in kcvds 3 years ago. Then after 1 year a dude named EJ opened the path to online academies. I was like "Hell ya baby this is it!!". Ofc I joined his academy and tried to get along with everyone. My dueling skills where pretty lame by that time but still my Dragon Deck wasn't 60 like Loto's xD. The first member from DAD that I had the pleasure to meet was the old DAD o.o . My first impression was: " Who would use such a name rofl ". I dueled with him so many times back then but still couldn't reach his level. Then he asked me to join his academy to improve myself saying that DAD is way more "PRO" than DA... why not I'm saying.
Kiryu wasn't so popular as you see him now. Thought is Kyo's reflection or something. We where in EJ's team and we had lot of fun together.
DAD gave me really good friends like Felix and DAD and for that I'll take my hat off to this awesome academy.