Canadian Yu-Gi-Oh player furious as Japanese tournament bans him because \u201cforeigners cause trouble\u201d X\/Squiddytastic\/KonamiA Canadian Yu-Gi-Oh player says he was \u201cdiscriminated\u201d against after trying to attend a tournament in Japan. Yu-Gi-Oh remains one of the most popular trading card games in the world, so YouTuber \u2018Squiddy\u2019 figured he\u2019d have no problem participating in a Japanese event \u2013 only to be told otherwise. In a post spreading throughout X, the player claimed that he was told by event staff that he couldn\u2019t play because he couldn\u2019t speak the language, even after buying cards and spending an hour to get there by train. Photos documenting his struggles show a staff member using Google translate on a phone. A screenshot of the translated text reads: \u201cOnly Japanese people are allowed in. Foreigners will cause trouble to other customers and staff.\u201d According to Squiddy, following this, he went to another store and began to inquire about tournaments. After the staff chatted to themselves, they claimed they don\u2019t host competitions, despite there being a whole floor with tables and people playing Yu-Gi-Oh. \u201cNow imagine if a Japanese player came to America and went to locals, we tell them, \u2018No you can\u2019t play because you don\u2019t speak English.\u2019 That sh*t would not fly,\u201d he frustratedly remarked. \u201cIt\u2019s straight-up discrimination.\u201d The player did, however, add that there were nice players in the community and that he was able to play some casual games with them, but the fact he wasn\u2019t allowed in tournaments sparked a heated discussion online. then i go to a second store and ask about tournaments on google translate, they chat among themselves before telling me they don’t have yugioh tournaments. despite having an entire floor selling yugioh cards and tables with people literally playing yugioh \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffb (2\/3) pic.twitter.com\/lxjXFGtB4j \u2014 Squiddy (@Squiddytastic) June 8, 2024 \u201cThank Johnny Somali and all the nuisance YouTubers,\u201d one said, referring to the controversial Kick streamer. \u201cThe yen is extremely cheap right now, so foreigners are flocking to Japan trashing places, harassing locals and causing problems. Perception of foreigners are at an all-time low right now.\u201d Johnny Somali certainly caused a lot of trouble during his trip to Japan, where he ended up being criminally charged for streaming loudly in a restaurant. His drama even resulted in Cabinet Secretary Matsuno urging streamers to refrain from \u201cinvading privacy and causing nuisance.\u201d \u201cTo be fair, it makes sense. It just makes things far more complicated if you need to be translating everything to your opponent. If you could read and speak Japanese, you might have been able to get a pass in this case,\u201d another chimed in. Others shared their own tournament experiences and how they were allowed to compete without any issues. \u201cI\u2019ve participated in several local tournaments in Tokyo, I have a Japanese Konami ID, never had any issues. And I\u2019m as foreigner-looking as I can be,\u201d wrote TokyoRobb. This isn\u2019t the only weird incident to happen at a Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh tournament and go viral on X. Earlier in 2024, a female player made waves after quitting because her opponents smelled bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Canadian Yu-Gi-Oh player furious as Japanese tournament bans him because \u201cforeigners cause trouble\u201d X\/Squiddytastic\/KonamiA Canadian Yu-Gi-Oh player says he was \u201cdiscriminated\u201d against after trying to attend a tournament in Japan. Yu-Gi-Oh remains one of the most popular trading card games in the world, so YouTuber \u2018Squiddy\u2019 figured he\u2019d have no problem participating in a Japanese […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}