From:	Felix Hoefert <FHoefert@********.DE>
Subject:	Re: Stupid stores
Date:	Fri, 1 May 1998 05:55:12 +0200

Jon Palmer wrote:
>
> >>>Also, I looking for other people to play SRTCG with. I live in Durham, NC
> >>>and the three stores that sell CCG's are Magic happy and don't want
anything
> >>>to do with SR.<<
> >
> >You know, this makes my blood boil. Why aren't more stores intelligent
> >enough to carry the good CCGs and encourage play in the store? If you
> >show people a cool game, they'll buy it/play it. That's my philosophy
> >anyway. Some stores are so intent on selling Magic that they ignore all
> >else and cheat themselves out of customers (and their customers out of
> >new games).
>
> Unfortunately, players are usually JUST as idiotic. Only because people in
> our area knew our group thru Magic have we been able to spread other games.
> I tried showing the 40 or so Magic players up here L5R & Shadowrun... not
> ONE of them gave me an answer other than "I don't have money for another
> game" or "I don't have time for another game." By the end, I just
felt
> like screaming "You f---ing losers, you're playing MAGIC!!!! If you only
> have money for one game try a game with some consistent judging and
> honorable players and a rules system that makes f---ing sense some
> time!!!!" But I didn't. :-) Maybe I should have.
>

Yeah. Speaking of stupid players: "What? You´ve been playing this same
game for 1 hour? I don´t want to even start playing a game that lasts
that long!" ---Felix