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Ranks & Points

Duel Academia has two ranking systems. One of them is based on forum experience and those are the forum ranks. The other one is based on your skill as a duelist and we call them dorm ranks. Forum activity (posts) will increase your forum rank, while points you collect from YGO stuff will increase your dorm rank generally. The virtual money we simply call coins and you use them mostly to obtain stuff in the academia.

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Forum Ranks

Every registered member of our forum gets a forum rank. It's based upon your activity and roles on the forum. imageThere are two types of members, regular ones and staff. All regulars have one rank color, while staff has other colors depending on their staff roles. User without any posts is called Visitor. From 1 to 100 posts you are New Member. 100-1000 Member. 1000-5000 Veteran Member. 5000-10000 Grand Member. The highest rank based upon posts is Legend and it's reserved for members that have 10000+ posts. Some ranks also have Levels. For example when you are a Member (100-1000 posts), from 100-200 posts you are LV1, 200-400 LV2, 400-600 LV3, 600-800 LV4 and 800-1000 LV5. Levels are displayed as small bars at the bottom line of the rank image as you can see in the picture shown.

Staff has 4 different roles. Administrator is the highest role, has access to everything and manages specific portion of the site. Moderator has moderation access throughout the site, moderates assigned categories and does other major duties. Teacher is a moderator of TCG/OCG category. This role does not only moderate the category, but engages actively into teaching duelists more YGO through writing articles, deck fixing, hosting workshops, exams, specific deck and card discussions etc. Assistant, like Teacher has limited moderation powers, if needed. Each assistant gets one or more specific tasks to do and focuses only on them. If you are staff member, your regular forum rank based upon posts gets replaced with staff rank.

Dorm Ranks

Dorm ranks represent duelist's skill. In total there are 5 of them. Newly registered member has no dorm rank attached. Being ranked by skill is optional, you don't have to participate in the competitions if you just want to chill in the forum. However, if you choose to compete, you better start collecting Points to rank up and seek for the highest dorm, because that's what cool people do, they want to be the best. Points are composed of Duel Points (practical - dueling) and YGO Points (theoretical - YGO knowledge). For the 1st three ranks, it does not matter how you collect the points. You can go for DP, YP or simply collect both on the go. Some duelists are good on the field while others are better in deck constructor, discussing strategies, cards, analyzing statistics, knowing the rulings etc. Use the way that suits you better.

Yubel Ultimate and Cyber End ranks are quite different to obtain. Those require not only one type of Points, but they have the minimum requirement for both types. If you were good in practice, or theory only, for Yubel Ultimate rank you need to put a bit of effort in both areas. To make sure you will do both, we made special requirement to win a dueling event plus to make one pro decklist. Cyber End is no different, except that you need to master both areas to get there. By collecting 3000 PTS, winning 3 dueling events and making 3 pro decklists at least, you have proven your supremacy and we are certain that you can do even more, so that's just enough to represent the highest rank of the academia. Listed below you have all the details for requirements as well as available options for each dorm rank. At your profile, you will have the Rank-Up Tracker on the right that will track down your progress for ranking up to the next level. Basically, you don't have to memorize all these requirements, just pay a visit to the Rank-Up Tracker on your profile and see exactly what you need to do. If you have met all the conditions, then the tracker will inform you that the Rank-Up is available. Now you need 50 Coins to purchase the Rank-Up Item at Academia Store in order to level up. If you didn't notice already, we like to think that some forum sections are actually dormitories and that topics there are dorm rooms that we own depending on our dorm rank. See what the cards games do to you...
    • Slifer RedRookie Level Duelists.
    • Rank-Up Requirements
    •  30 Total PTS
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    • Available Options
    •  Signature
    •  Extra Signature Space
    •  Topic Keywords
    •  Member Tags
    •  Article Posting Enabled
    •  Rename Item Free
    • Ra YellowIntermediate Level Duelists
    • Rank-Up Requirements
    •  200 Total PTS
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    •  Signature
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    • Obelisk BlueAdvanced Level Duelists
    • Rank-Up Requirements
    •  500 Total PTS
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    •  Signature
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    • Yubel UltimateMaster Level Duelists
    • Rank-Up Requirements
    •  1500 Total PTS
    •  500 DP Min
    •  500 YP Min
    •  1 Dueling Event Win
    •  1 Pro Decklist
    • Available Options
    •  Signature
    •  Extra Signature Space
    •  Topic Keywords
    •  Member Tags
    •  Article Posting Enabled
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    • Cyber EndLevel: Grandmaster
    • Rank-Up Requirements
    •  3000 Total PTS
    •  1000 DP Min
    •  1000 YP Min
    •  3 Dueling Event Wins
    •  3 Pro Decklists
    • Available Options
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Type of Activity Duel Points Coins
  Single/Match Win
Battle Arena (Single Duel) 0 2
Battle Arena (Match Duel) 5 5
Shadow Arena (Match Duel) 5 Wagger
  Event Placement: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, (4th)
Tournament (8 ppl) 100, 50, 25 100, 50, 25
Tournament (16 ppl) 250, 100, 50 250, 100, 50
Tournament (32 ppl) 500, 300, 250, 200 500, 300, 250, 200
Tournament (64+ ppl) 1000, 700, 500, 300 1000, 700, 500, 300
Battle City 500, 300, 250, 200 500, 300, 250, 200
Dueling Special Events (32+) 500, 300, 250, 200 500, 300, 250, 200
(DP/Coins = League PTS * Coefficient Below) League Placement: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
League (1 Month) 5, 2.5, 1.25, 1, 0.5 5, 2.5, 1.25, 1, 0.5

Duel Points

Practical part of Points. You collect them by dueling other duelists in academia via Battle or Shadow Arenas, Tournaments and other Dueling Events such as Battle City or League etc. On the left is a table with list of all activities that are counted as dueling events, given with points and coins that you can earn by winning or placing high. If you love dueling, then these points are waiting for you, go and crush your rivals!

YGO Points

Theoretical part of Points. You collect them at TCG/OCG Category in the forum. Being active in that category by posting, creating topics, getting your posts liked, getting best answer for your replies will get your YGO Points. The detailed list is on the right, 2nd table. Simple posts get you small amount of YP, topics however are worth more while getting a like is highly appreciated. In Card Questions and Pimp my Deck sections, like and best answer are the highest prizes you can get for your reply. The most valuable reply gets best answer wrap, while other valuable inputs need to be liked to honor them as well. Other than activity, YP is earned by winning non-dueling events and completing some tasks in TCG/OCG Category. Details are shown in the 1st table on the right.

Type of Activity YGO Points Coins
  Event Win / Task Completion
Pro Decklist 200 200
Non-dueling Special Events 200 200
DA Exam 200 200
Theory Tasks 50 50
DA Quiz 20 20
  Workshop Grade: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (failed)
TCG & OCG Workshop 200, 100, 50, 25, 10 200, 100, 50, 25, 10

Section in TCG/OCG Category Post Topic Like Best Answer
  YGO Points earned per Post/Topic/Like/Best Answer
The Classroom (coming soon)        
Articles Library 1 50 0 0
Deck Discussion 0 15 0 0
Pro Decklists (Deck Application) 1 20 0 0
Pimp my Deck 1 2 2 20
Single Card Discussion 0 5 0 0
Card Questions 1 2 2 20
YGO News & General Discussion 0 2 0 0
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Coins

Virtual currency of the academia. As you saw in the tables above, by earning DP and YP, you earn Coins most of the time too. There are also few other ways to earn Coins as well, but we don't want to ruin your fun and tell you how. Figure that out while browsing our forum. Coins do not represent dueling skill or knowledge about YGO. Those are spent in the Academia Store by purchasing items for yourself. Not only that, with Coins you can also trade with other members for offers in your custom duelist shops. Sometimes, participation in events is also paid with Coins fee. It's always good to have some saved just in case. Collect the Coins to become the richest man of the academia!