Card game tournament suspended because attendees stink

When I say "stink" I don't mean that they are bad at the game, I mean they literally smell bad.

It's odd to think that this is a real story but it genuinely is.

I played Magic the Gathering many years ago but I don't know anything about Yu-Gi-Oh although I have heard the name a few times over the years.

The people that participate in this sort of things aren't exactly the most admired sector of society but for the group to be foul-smelling certainly doesn't add much allure to the thing either.

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There was a story that went semi-viral recently about how a young woman quit a tournament midway through because her opponent smelled so bad that she couldn't stand it and was starting to feel ill because of it. I'm not saying that this might have been a tactic on the part of the players, but what a disgusting advantage this would be if it was done intentionally.

A trading card store in Oregon recently had to suspend a tournament for a week after receiving bad reviews of their establishment based on the stink of people that were attending.

Attention @Yu-Gi-Oh, we regret to inform you that there will be a one week suspension on our local events. We have had issues with people mistreating the restrooms and multiple bad reviews because of poor hygiene.

That's a very polite way of saying that the "B.O. was overpowering and we are not going to let you stinkin-ass mofos back in until you shower."

There are few stinks worse than B.O. and when people end up that way or I catch a whiff of them from some distance I just wonder how a person can be wandering around like that and be ok with it.

Konami, the company that is behind Yu-Gi-Oh, issued a statement that is kind of a shame that it needs to even be said.

"Duelists who neglect self-care to the point that they are negatively impacting the tournament may be asked to correct the issue to continue in the event."

What they mean is, if you stink, you will be told you have to wash up or you will be eliminated from the tournament.

It's a sad sad world we live in where people smell awful from doing a "sport" that involves sitting in a chair in an air-conditioned room.

Some players disagree with this being a casual game and I don't know if they were trolling or what, but a Change.org petition to make the card game an Olympic sport managed to get 17,500 signatures. When this notion was dismissed by the Olympic committee, some "leaders" of the motion stated its exclusion was and "absolute injustice."

I can't help but chuckle at that a bit but hell, if we are going to have Raygun doing break-dancing, why not have a collectible card game?

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It could be fun. I'm not knocking it and would definitely try it out if the opportunity arose for me. However, just like in anything else I don't think that it takes a tremendous amount of compassion to realize that if you smell like trash it might be time for a shower.

Congratulations, i guess, to the organizers of this event for being not-dumb. The fact that this is even in the news is what is dumb here though.