Greece Lightning

Greece is the word once again as the wasted potential of the “Golden Generation” lies forgotten. YGO Online International takes a look at a new Greece with better prospects for sustained success.

The last time Greece was covered by this website, the article was an admonishment of flash-in-the-pan duelists who buoyed the nation to 10th place in Season 4 before disappearing forever.

By Season 7, the nation was barely staying afloat in 13th and looked ready to be surpassed by the likes of Denmark, Israel and Switzerland. But Season 8 saw the beginnings of the current Greek success. While a rise to 12th was barely picked up upon, being the results of the fall of another one-season wonder, Macedonia, rather than any spectacular performance from Greece, the ranking was worth more praise than it garnered considering that rising stars Israel and Denmark were successfully fended off.

Season 9 greatly built upon this with the Greeks ending the season back to 10th place, equalling their best ever finish back in 2007. But here’s the kicker. Season 10 is showing Greece to be continuing to pull ahead of their rivals in 11th and 12th (Australia and Austria), currently leading them by some 24,000 points and gathering more points so far in this phase than 8th placed Spain and only a few thousand less than 9th place Canada.

A slump after the highs of Season 4 saw Greece competing for “best of the rest” status but the slow, concentrated build-up that has taken the nation to its current position is worth the wait and will likely last a lot longer than the more sudden rise and fall of the Golden Generation. This is one Greece sequel that will likely surpass the original.

~ by ygointernational on June 28, 2009.