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While I know absolutely nothing about Yu-Gi-Oh, I have played Magic competitively, on and off, for the last 8 years and I think I see some parallels.
The 'discard deck' that you railed against appears to be very straight-forward and use a path to victory other than damage. In the early days of Magic (relatively speaking, it is only 10 years old), you would see a lot of posts on the internet with people complaining about decks that either just did direct damage to the player (cheesy) and decks that removed the opponent's deck from the game (thereby causing their opponent to lose).
If these decks are the strongest and you're playing in a tournament then you have to accept it. Either play the best deck, build a deck that can beat them or don't complain. If the rules have more than one way to win, it isn't necessarily a cheap victory just because you won in a different way than most people do.
If you don't enjoy playing against these decks, then play casually. There's nobody forcing you to play in the tournament. When I shell out my $5-$40 (or whatever the entrance fee happen to be), I'm going to do everything I can to win (within the rules).
Tournament Magic has matured as a game to the point where there is more than one accepted "honorable" win condition and if you want to show up with a "cheesy" deck, then feel free to try your luck. I expect that, should Yu-Gi-Oh somehow stick around for several years, the feelings you express will disappear as more people understand the game for what it is.
My point got garbled up in there somewhere, but basically what I am trying to express is that tournaments exist for the purpose of competition. If you just want to play 'warrior decks' then play casually. In a tournament, anything is fair game. If it's possible within the rules then it isn't 'cheesy'.
I guess that's all I've got for now.
ps. I'm not exactly a child psych major, but isn't telling one kid that you're more proud of your other kid not exactly the best thing to do?
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