Since the beginning of the betting, I am a sterling 12-0 vs the kids in Yu-Gi-Oh battles. Before each battle, I present the bet to them and give them the option to accept or decline. I sweeten the pot a little each day I win. So after four days, instead of "four-cards vs call me dad for a day", the bet is now such that if they win, they get to draw eight cards from the new card pile. If they lose, they have to call me "Dad" for 24 hours.
Every time I present this bet to Sarah, she grabs her giant stuffed dog that she got for her birthday that she calls "Puppy". Puppy whispers in her ear her advice on whether Sarah should take the bet. So far, the answer has been "yes" every time. Sarah is really getting annoyed at losing, though. Of the three kids, she is probably the sorest loser (and that's saying something). Ironically, she is also the best player, the most cautious. She had me down to 250 life points last night (we both start at 8000), but I won in the end. Closest match yet.
Cody is the only one with the claim to fame (and he repeats it every day) of beating me once, back when all I had was a starter deck. His play is improving very rapidly. He even corrected me on a ruling tonight, very politely, and he played strategically without any advice. He just couldn't draw any cards to help himself, so I stomped him. Nice game, son.
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She might be a sore looser, but I think she likes calling you Dad. Actually they all still blush quite a bit. heh. I think the highlight of their day is dueling at night with their "dad".
I luv ya baby!
Posted by: Felicity on August 6, 2003 09:33 PM