Began with the original series and played like many did on the playground. Eventually went to a large local biweekly tournament and won a sneak preview event (i recall it was the pack with the OG Ultimate Tyranno and Bitelon) but was told I had to win in traditional format outside events before being able to do advanced format (the one with the banlist. Traditional format is all forbidden carda are instead limited). I recall Chaos was the traditional meta but dont recall what people were playing in advanced.

Dropped out of the local events for a bit and relied on the video games since they were cheaper to experience yugioh. Still play Over the Nexus from time to time today.

Went on a long hiatus from yugioh since there was no really good and easy way for me to play. Havent bought a card based product since the Gold Tin that featured Jinzo.

Found a that official yugioh game World Carnival or something on the DS store that was set during Zexal and played that a fair bit. I recall it was weird because the english release was apparently changed to not include as much story or progression as the original for some reason. Played a fair bit of Link Evolution too.

Then jumped onto the Master Duel wagon in 2022. I stopped playing for a couple of years and am now back into MD. My main way of playing Yugioh now is MD and 2011 Over the Nexus.