Welcome to the academy! Here is a quick run down of what there is you can do for you as a starting member at the academy.
1. You can get a test. The test will determine what dorm you are in which represents your rank (this is not permanent as you can retest).
2. You can read lessons and do homework which can potentially give understanding to the game and practice. Homework will reward you the forum money "Crystal Shards", or CS for short. There are other methods of getting CS but that is the most consistent way.
3. With CS you can buy dorm retests, fancy name decorations and changes, decks and/or gfx people have posted to do in their shops.
4. you can always participate in tournaments. I will always try to keep at least one standard tournament signup or the actual tournament is going. Also I try to keep novelty tournaments going, however they tend to be less popular.
5. Talk to people in the academy chatbox or topics. The chatbox is on the main page and in the bottom right corner of the screen on all pages within the academy. You can talk to all these people who have a similar interest in Yu-Gi-Oh!
I thank you for joining and hope you enjoy your stay.