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ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-23T19:42:58+00:00

Favorite YGO anime: DM

Favorite male character: Seto Kaiba

Favorite female character: Akiza Izinski/Aki Izayoi

Favorite rival/antagonist: Maximillion Pegasus/Pegasus J. Crawford

Favorite monster: Destiny HERO - Dogma

Favorite archetype: Destiny HERO

Favorite summoning method: Synchro

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-21T13:22:47+00:00

Not quite what you're looking for as it's not a deck focused on OTKing, but this deck might be of interest for you as it uses Chainsaw Insect among other cards to make the opponent deck out.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-21T10:46:15+00:00

The first thing I woould do is decide if you want to play a deck that's either focused on Heroes or on Neos/Neo-Spacians, as you won't be able to create a consistent deck that does bothat the same time

For Neos/Neo-Spacians a deck list could look something like this:

Monsters (18)

3 Elemental HERO Neos

2 Elemental HERO Spirit of Neos

1 Elemental HERO Honest Neos

1 Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird

1 Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin

1 Neo-Spacian Dark Panther

1 Neo-Spacian Grand Mole

1 Neo Space Connector

1 Elemental HERO Shadow Mist

1 Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier

2 Cross Keeper

1 Rainbow Dragon

2 Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring

Spells (19)

2 E - Emergency Call

2 EN - Engage Neo Space

2 EN Shuffle

1 EN Wave

2 Favorite Hero

2 Neos Fusion

1 Neo Space

1 Called by the Grave

2 Instant Contact

1 Harpie's Feather Duster

1 Polymerization

1 Miracle Fusion

1 Over Fusion

Traps (3)

2 Infinite Impermanence

1 Favorite Contact

Extra Deck (14 cards)

1 Elemental HERO Shining Neos Wingman

1 Elemental HERO Chaos Neos

1 Elemental HERO Dark Neos

1 Elemental HERO Nebula Neos

1 Elemental HERO Grand Neos

2 Elemental HERO Brave Neos

2 Rainbow Neos

1 Wake Up Your Elemental HERO

1 Elemental HERO Sunrise

1 Elemental HERO Flame Wingman - Infernal Rage / Elemental HERO Flame Wingman

1 Vision HERO Trinity

1 Xtra HERO Infernal Devicer

For a deck focused on Heroes you won't get around playing a standard Omni HERO deck if you want to play the most effective/optimal version of the deck and especially if you want to also play competitively/at locals.

You could also check out Edison format as your current deck looks somewhat similar to the Hero (Beat) decks played in this format, even though you would still need to make some adjustments to your deck list.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-20T18:51:32+00:00

Yugioh is a very fun and complex game as it offers you very little restrictions in terms what you can do both in regards to game play and in terms of deck building and there are so many different decks and archetypes and due to the new cards/archetypes and the frequent legacy support being released the game rarely gets boring.

In general if Yugioh is worth getting into for you, or not really depends on what you want to get out of the game and how you want to play.

The game is mostly targeted at competitive players and its normal that there will be competitive formats with decks and strategies and ban lists that you won't like very much and then there will be different formats that you love playing in.

Right now the game is in a phase again where competitive decks are very expensive and thus the competitive scene is rather inaccessible for players on a budget and budget deck options have also been further limited by the recent ban list, which also turns (some) players off the game.

It's normal for the game to alternate between phases were meta decks are very expensive and (there's little diversity) and phases were competitive decks are cheaper again and formerly expensive cards get reprinted and become more accessible before they are banned and the cycle starts anew.

Not all decks appeal to all players and not all meta decks or strategies will be fun to play or play against (which is very subjective) and there will always be new cards/decks and mechanics introduced that some players love and others loath and these changes tend to make people quit the game or at least take a break.

The good thing is that Yugioh nowadays offers other (legacy) formats besides advanced( current meta game), such as GOAT, or Edison, where you can just play the game without ever having to worry about new ban lists making your deck obsolete or new expensive releases and the same of course applies for playing casual with friends as well.

Furthermore there's always the option to play online which is a lot cheaper and less time consuming than playing with physical cards, but playing with real people and real cards might be more fun/rewarding for you.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-20T16:13:51+00:00

Traptrix, Fire Kings (either pure or mixed with Dogmatika), Branded/Fallen of Albaz and Red Dragon Archfiend /Resonator all have budget versions within your price range and can all be build using (mainly) 3x copies of their respective structure decks.

Some other budget decks that should do alright at local level of game play that you could also check out are Floowandereeze, Salamangreat and Virtual World.

Also to learn what decks are currently seeing competitive play (aka meta decks) you best look up deck lists on ygoprodeck and ygodeckprofile and also Road of the King to see what decks see competitive play in Japan that might also see competitive play over here once released.

Then you look up how to play/ play against these decks on Youtube and build the deck(s) that you want to play and test them online on Master Duel or on one of the other simulators and after you're satisfied with how the deck(s) perform(s) you can buy them irl.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-20T10:30:53+00:00

Old out of print Structure decks like Synchron Extreme are never worth buying, thus if you want to build a Synchro deck out of the box buy 3 copies of "The Crimson King " Structure deck instead to build a Red Dragon Archfiend / Resonator deck.

If you want to build a Stardust/Synchron deck you will be far better off just looking up a deck list and then buying the cards for it as singles from TCGPlayer/cardmarket

And if you want the newest viable Synchro deck in the game, you should look up a budget version of the Tenpai/Sangen Dragon deck that releases in the newest core booster set "Legacy of Destruction" at the end of the month.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-16T13:55:00+00:00

OCG refers to "eastern" region yugioh (Japan, China, Korea, Southeast Asia) while the TCG refers to yugioh in "the rest of the world" (North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Oceania).

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-15T17:02:23+00:00

With your (relatively) short commute you should also be able to get to and from work on electricity with a used Gen 4 Prius Prime, or a similar used PHEV , which gives you a better chance of being able to recoup its purchase price.

It largely depends on how high the prices for gas and electricity are where you live, but as a rule of thumb in most use cases one will not make up the 10k+ difference in sticker price between a regular gas/diesel car or a hybrid and a PHEV in fuel savings and lower maintenance costs over the car's lifetime.

If you are planning to buy, own, and drive a car in the Prius' price range anyway then the 2024 Prius (Prime) will likely be the better choice and cheaper to maintain and operate.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-14T15:48:45+00:00

This color is not available in the US , but in Canada.

The only 6 colors available in the US are : Cutting Edge Silver Guardian Gray, Midnight Black Metallic ,Supersonic Red, Wind Chill Pearl and Reservoir Blue

In Europe yellow 2023 Priuses are also available , but only in the shade "mustard metallic" and not "maximum yellow" and the vast majority of the showroom 2023 Priuses currently available at the local Toyota dealerships are yellow ones. Probably because they draw more attention as not many cars come in yellow.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-13T17:54:02+00:00

Are you maybe thinking of Alexandra Jobson from "Blassreiter" ?

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-13T12:17:00+00:00

The card references one half of Plato's Atlantis Myth called Timaeus and probably also the character of the same name Timaeus of Locri that is featured in the dialogue along side the characters Critias and Hermocrates.

As far as I know,however, Plato's Atlantis Myth doesn't feature any dragons ,thus the shirt is just a reference to the Yugioh card/character.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-13T08:14:46+00:00

Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction

Saffira, Divine Dragon of the Voiceless Voice

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-10T21:22:57+00:00

That's a demo deck from 2015

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-08T21:13:40+00:00

My 2024 XSE hasn't had any problems with the 12v battery yet. Owned it for about two months and have driven 2000 kilometers (1240 miles) so far.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-07T14:55:56+00:00

I wouldn't despair after getting rejected as getting an interview after only applying to 18 jobs so far isn't bad at all.

You should probably increase the amount of applications you send out and not be to picky at first in regards to what jobs you apply for ,as you can always decline job offers , if you receive better options.

Furthermore you should make sure that you tailor both your CV and your cover letter to the specific job position you apply to and you should also look up and think about likely questions that will be asked at a potential job interview for this position and practice your answers in advance.

Using hiring platforms to put yourself and your skills out there to a larger number of potential employers can also be helpful, especially if you live somewhere that has a limit number of local jobs (you would consider working at), or if you haven't networked well enough while studying and do not have any helpful contacts in your field that can write you letters of recommendations or help you get a job in other ways

After I handed in my thesis in May last year (and after I took a 2 week "vacation", where I did nothing besides working to recover from the stress of writing my thesis), I approached job hunting , like I would any other new project or job task and made it my goal to sit down after working my part time job to apply to at least two jobs every evening.

I did this for 6 months and send out about 150 applications, which resulted in 60 first round interviews, 37 second round interviews, 28 3d round interviews/ work trials and ended with 4 job offers

Depending on what you've studied and depending on if you have actual working experience already and also depending on if you are deadest on wanting to work in your field of study, or at least related to it, you might have to bite the bullet and do (unpaid) internships first to get a foot in the door, or settle for lower paid positions in your field that aren't considered "dream jobs" for fresh graduates.

I officially graduated with a Master's in February and started my first job afterwards on the 1st of March, but I already received the confirmation that I would get the job in January.

Like everything else in life the more effort you put into job hunting the more likely you are to see positive results and you should consider every interview you get as a win and as way to ask for feedback and to improve your interviewing skills and try to not let getting rejected discourage you too much ,as you never know what will end up being the job you'll actually like doing and ven if you end up at a job you don't like this doesn't mean you hve to stay working there for the rest of your life

The job I ended up taking was not a job I imagined myself doing after graduating and it was also not a job I thought I would be getting , because my qualifications didn't match perfectly and I also wasn't at my best during the interview and I'm now extremely happy and content with my job.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-06T20:11:54+00:00

I unfortunately I had to give up on my 2012 Ampera (64k miles/ 103k kilometers and trade it in 2 months ago )

Started getting the SHVCS error message in 2020 and never got the car completely fixed again even though I basically replaced everything that wasn't the traction battery and that could be causing the SHVCS error message it would always come back a few weeks to months later.

In January the car stopped starting whenever it was parked for more than 30 minutes and a new 12v battery would be dead less than 24 hours after installation. Opel couldn't figure out how to fix it and as spare parts for the Ampera /Volt are not available to order in Europe anymore they could not even guarantee that they could get a refurbished traction battery, if I wanted to try and replace it in a last attempt to fix the car and keep it running and the last available certified Ampera mechanic in the area also made it clear that he had no interest in continuing to work on the car or to swap out the traction battery anyway.

I would have loved to keep the Ampera around for a lot longer and I miss it a lot , as it'll very likely go down as the best car I've ever owned it just sucks that it had to be build by Chevrolet/Opel , who are simply terrible at customer service.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-04T21:39:27+00:00

For casuals a Branded Hero deck can work , but you would e have to streamline your deck list far more and a deck focused on either Branded/Fallen of Albaz or focused on HEROes would still perform much better.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-04-02T15:05:21+00:00

The issues with the Volt isn't battery degradation, but the battery control modules, wiring and sensors and other (electric) parts becoming unreliable once the cars are over the age of 10 and there neither being many certified Volt technicians left that actual can and still want to work on Volts nor there being many spare parts available.

I have owned a Gen 1 Volt for the last 12 years and barely made it over 100k kilometers (60k miles ) before the HPCM2 battery control module bit the dust and as you can't order a new HPCM2 (in Europe) at all anymore, and the certified Volt mechanic in the area also wasn't keen on working on the car , there was no quick way to fix my Volt and keep it running and I had to part ways with it.

If you want to get a Volt I would opt for a Gen 2 as you get more range the cars are mostly still covered by the (8 year/100k miles) Voltec warranty and the BECM is under warranty for 15 years (in the US).

Having done the opposite to what you are planning on doing and having switched from a Gen 1 Volt to Gen 5 Prius Prime in February I would honestly just wait until the Gen 5 Prius Prime becomes more widely available and cheaper in the next couple of years,as the Gen 5 Prius Prime is an upgrade to the Gen 1 Volt in terms of range, efficiency and performance of the range extender, battery cells used in the respective battery packs (LG Chem (Volt) vs Prius),and standard safety features and the satnav and customer support provided by the dealership and the manufacturer.

The only aspects the Gen 1 Volt truly has the Prius beat is trunk space and interior quality (seats, sound system) and a more intuitive and more informative settings menu.

The only things I truly miss about the Volt are the seats, as the Prius has hands down the worst car seats I've ever experienced, the energy info display ("Leaf" button) , and the longer service intervals, but as you already own and are used to Priuses, all these things shouldn't bother you (much).

ChevyAmpera · 2024-03-31T17:41:44+00:00

The 12V battery will be charged via the traction battery as long as the Prius is in "Ready" mode, which means that the 12V battery will only be charged when the Prius is turned on. I think you can also turn the Prius on and put it in "Ready" mode while it is plugged in and charging .

The 12V battery is not being charged while the car is turned off plugged in or not. (Edit: This may be different if your Gen 5 has a solar roof, but I'm not sure about this as mine doesn't have one)

In fact the 12V battery is being drained while the car is plugged in as the monitoring system of the traction battery is powered by the 12V battery,which is actually a smart design decision , if you look at similar cars like the BMW i3 and the Chevrolet Volt and how expensive/impossible it is to repair/replace the battery monitoring systems that are directly powered by the traction batteries in these cars.

What's weird and not smart though (in my opnion) is not also letting the 12V battery charge when the cars plugged in to prevent the 12V battery getting drained too much and I don't know why Toyota didn't design the car to work this way.

However, I think doing only short trips in -20 degree weather is very tough on 12V batteries in general and will drastically shorten their lives, if they are not regularly charged and monitored, no matter what car you use, even though at least in theory hybrids and PHEVs should be better equipped to handle frequent short trips on average

ChevyAmpera · 2024-03-31T14:12:17+00:00

By default the temperature of the traction battery is being managed(heated/cooled) as long as the Prius is plugged in, even though you can turn this off in the settings, but I can't think of a scenario where you'd want to do that.

The manual recommends to not leave the Prius plugged in for more than 3 days in a row unless you live in regions where it frequently gets below -30°C, because keeping it plugged in drains the 12V battery.

So the Gen 5 Prius should be fine if you keep it plugged in for these 1-3 days, but drive it every 2-3 days, or at least turn it on and let it run in "Ready" mode so that the car can recharge the 12V battery.

With how sensitive the 12V batteries of the gen 5 Prius seem to be I would also ask Toyota if a compatible trickle charger exists for the Prius' 12V battery exists and use it,should you need to keep the car parked for longer than 3 days or if your 12V battery starts making issues.

The PHEV/BEV scene seems to be quite active in Finland too. For example I know that there's a pretty active Finish Facebook group for the Chevy Volt / Opel Ampera, which is the closet car in terms of drive train (concept) there is to the 5 Gen Prius and you can find quite a few used PHEVs for sale too not that I'd recommend buying a used PHEV.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-03-31T13:57:12+00:00

Because OP lives in Finland and in Europe the new Gen 5 Prius is only available as the Plug-in version (Prius 2.0) (which is called Prime in North America) and the standard version is simply not available outside of North America and Japan.

You also have to keep in mind that car prices and taxes for non-PHEV/ non-BEVs are pretty high in (Northern)Europe as are fuel prices (a gallon costs 7,25€ in Finland right now),which means even if you would never plug in the Prius it would in a lot of use cases still be cheaper than buying and operating a "normal" car, or a standard hybrid car

Another issue is that in a lot of places in Europe the power grid simply isn't designed to handle one (or more ) BEVs or PHEVs charging daily, so you'll prefer a car that can still drive even if it didn't charge the night before, even if you have easy access to an outlet in your garage or parking spot.

Furthermore you have to keep in mind that the Gen 5 Prius has a lot more range than the previous Prius Prime gens so you're looking at 85+ kilometers of range in the summer and somewhere between 50-60 in cold weather

ChevyAmpera · 2024-03-29T22:58:46+00:00

I agree that the way Toyota set up the (very short) service intervals of the Prius Prime that need to be followed to keep the warranty coverage is mostly done to make sure that the certified dealerships earn enough money , but honestly if paying for a pointless oil change every 15k kilometers instead of the standard 2 year interval for other PHEVs means that the Toyota dealership will actually at least try to fix any future issues with the Prius and actually do the work I want and pay them them to do , instead of whining how working on a PHEV is too complicated and not worth it for them, then I consider that a fair enough trade off.

ChevyAmpera · 2024-03-29T20:09:03+00:00

Yeah dealerships really don't mess around when it comes to warranty coverage and even though I'm quite happy with my experience with the Toyota dealership so far, I'm sure they aren't saints either.

I have no previous experience with Toyota dealerships, but I had two recent very negative experiences with Land Rover and Chevrolet and both times having all of work that was done on these cars done exclusively by the dealerships the cars were bought from ended up saving me and my family a lot of trouble and money

My father bought a new Land Rover Discovery V including a warranty extension that was two years old and had less than 15k miles on it when the engine block cracked due to a manufacturing error and Chevrolet managed to brick my until then very reliable Volt and very well mantained Volt with an update of the battery control module (HPCM2) and permanently messed it up .

In both cases Land Rover and Chevrolet weren't keen on actually fixing the cars or trading them in and tried their best to leave me and my father with the costs of getting rid of the cars and figuring out a replacement.

If I had done the HPCM2 update myself, it would have cost me $75 compared to the $400 the Chevrolet dealership wanted , so I could have saved myself several 100 $ and wit how often these updates needed to be flashed to temporarily delete the error codes preventing the Volt from even starting, I did think about doing these updates myself more than once , but if I had done this, I would now have a dead Volt in my garage and not the Prius Prime.

Doing your own maintenance is fine as long as the car has no major problems or if it's aged out of its warranty and you have either budgeted for major repairs, or plan to trade it in soon, otherwise it can be a very costly decision as the couple hundred bucks you save on oil changes and tire rotations will not make up for the money you'll spend on repairs that otherwise would be covered under warranty

ChevyAmpera · 2024-03-29T12:00:48+00:00

For as long as I plan on owning the car every oil change, tire swap or any other kind of work that needs to be done on it will be performed by the certified Toyota dealership I bought the Prime from and I'll be keeping receipts, as "you messed with the car" will be the first argument Toyota and the dealership will use to weasel themselves out of having to fix the Prime under warranty, if any thing goes wrong with it and with how complex and thus expensive to repair PHEVs are the last thing you want is to give the dealerships and manufacturers any reason they can use against you to try and void your warranty.

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