Hello and welcome back to Creator Spotlight - A series of short interview-style articles giving some attention to our community's many great content creators, both big and small, and giving them the opportunity to tell you all about themselves, and providing a little insight into some of their favourite decks. I'm Brexx, and I'll be your host for these interviews!
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Today I had the opportunity to have a chat with Farfa (Formerly known as GlasgowYGO), not to be confused with Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss. Farfa has been a mainstay in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Youtube and Streaming communities for many years, putting out a large variety of content, and often being involved in official events as part of commentary teams.
Brexx: Can you introduce yourself for anyone who might not be familiar, and what do you do?
Farfa: I'm Farfa, formerly known as GlasgowYGO. a Yu-Gi-Oh! content creator from Scotland that's been around the scene for ten years. I stream full time on twitch and (try to) upload to youtube every other day. My focus is on entertaining, casual-competitive content.
Brexx: When did you start playing Yu-Gi-Oh! and why?
I played the game on release with the first structure decks. For an entire summer I would go around to my friend David's house daily and we would just duel the whole time with these giant stacks of unsleeved piles that had like a hundred cards, four copies of monster reborn and seven trap holes. Trap hole was super powerful, why wouldn't I play seven? Once that summer passed, the game died out around where I lived so we moved onto the next cool to play millennial nerd fad (Pokemon Gold/Silver, Grand Theft Auto and World of Warcraft).
Brexx: When did you start playing competitively, what decks have you piloted, and what have you achieved competitively?
Farfa: I restarted the game in 2013 after seeing a pile of cards behind my best friend Sam's monitor that had been there rotting for over a decade. We took out the cards, split the deck in half and played some The Masked Beast mirror matches (if your pile didn't have the ritual spell, that's a skill issue). I wonder what's going on with Yu-Gi-Oh! today, is it still around? He bought a Six Samurai structure deck, and I bought Agents. We played a little bit, went to a local, improved our decks and eleven years later, here I am making a career of this whole silly thing.
Brexx: What's your favourite deck and why?
Farfa: Burning Abyss easily. I enjoy how much it can grind, play through disruption because of all the graveyard effects and play all kinds of different builds and styles of play.
Brexx: Are there any historical versions for your favourite deck you'd like to talk about?
Farfa: My first favourite format of all time is actually 2014 format, pre duelist alliance. I enjoyed all parts of it, especially with the release of Soul Charge. My deck of choice was infernity and I bubbled my first ever major event (nationals) playing two soul charge because "you don't want to draw multiples". It was the first combo deck I ever discovered and why Yu-Gi-Oh! is the most fun game in my opinion (when you don't lose the dice roll).
Brexx: Do you have a sample decklist for how you would optimally build your favourite deck currently?
Writer's note: This decklist was constructed for Farfa's master Duel streams, and as such Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal is not limited to 1 copy.
Farfa: This is weirdly recent and was the last thing I messed around with once Speedroid Terrortop came back to three.
Brexx: For those who aren't aware, could you provide a brief description as to how the deck you pilot plays, and any tips or tricks on playing the deck?
Farfa: The idea is to make I:P Masquerena and Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal turn one, set some backrow and then finish the duel by whittling your opponent down to no resources. Number 49: Fortune Tune helps you Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder going second and of course Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal is your grind game power with the ability to float into purple dante (Dante, Pilgrim of the Burning Abyss) by crashing once you've depleted her materials.
Transaction Rollback is cool because when you discard it or send it with Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal you can copy your other trap cards, doubling up on the value those traps provide while also cheating the requirements of Fire Lake of the Burning Abyss by sending it with Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal or Cagna, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss to pop three cards.
Brexx: Can you talk a little about your career as a Yugituber? What has your journey been like?
Farfa: I steadily grew doing all the same things everyone else did for years like pack openings, profiles, occasional discussion videos but I think once I went full time around 2018 streaming and producing highlights, it was a very different kind of approach to content creation. It helped me gain popularity and really make this a full time career with some of the natural, funny moments that would happen out of the blue.
I've collaborated with some big names like MoistCritikal, I've worked alongside Konami and went to worlds as an influencer and I regularly crossover with other creators like MBT, Josh, Dzeeff & Nyhmnim to produce great group content, too.
Brexx: Is there anyone you would like to give a shoutout to?
Farfa: Shoutouts to my irl friend Jordan who always loans me cards I need, helps me improve and keep me up to date with the metagame alongside Vlad who also is my primary editor for all of my videos.
Brexx: Lastly, is there anything you'd like to say to any fans or aspiring Yugitubers reading this?
Farfa: Content creation is a pretty oversaturated market these days so staying relevant and enjoyed is a constant battle with innovation and creativity. I think my biggest inspiration has always been watching other creators from other spaces and applying some of those ideas into Yu-Gi-Oh! I've always notoriously referenced my most successful series, Table 500, as something that I actually got the idea from an Overwatch series.
Shout outs to all the fans who still keep up to date with me, check out my content, and especially when you watch my streams.
A huge thanks again to Nadhir for engaging with us in this article - It's great to see content creators succeed to this level, and we really appreciate him taking the time out of his busy schedule to talk to us. You can find Farfa's YouTube channel here.
