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<blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 1396852" data-attributes="member: 6777"><p>I seem to be the only one.</p><p></p><p>My original point was actually the converse, i.e., I was questioning <em>the assumption that buying from online retailers was a bad thing</em>, which in turn was part of an assumption *others* seem to have that buying online = death of the FLGS = no new blood in the hobby. *That* was the statement that I disagreed with "big time," and if I did not make that clear, then my apologies.</p><p></p><p>I added to that a statement about my personal experience with FLGSs, i.e., that barring Games Plus, they never really had much impact on my finding people to play with or finding out about the hobby in the first place. I've tended to find much better service, support, and selection online.</p><p></p><p>The poll was thus created to give me some data to back up whether that claim (FLGSs are the primary way new blood gets into the hobby) had any validity, in as much as an informal poll on a Web site can accomplish this. The results may be useless, but they did manage to back up what I suspected. The FLGS seems to be a big part of *continuing* support. Given the ascendance of the 'Net, however, I don't think that it's the *only* means.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I understand the points that you're making, Najo. I don't know if I necessarily agree with all of them. I'm also not saying that we need to ignore hobby gamers and focus on non-gamers in expanding the hobby, as I know that is a much tougher battle. All I can say is, I've never had much interest in any of the hobby games that you've cited in your arguments. If I were a kid again, the fact that a FLGS was having a Warhammer or Magic tournament probably wouldn't get me into a store where I might by chance encounter RPGs.</p><p></p><p>Ergo, when you say that the primary service of the FLGS to RPGs is that they sell people on CCGs and wargames, and those people will probably want to play RPGs, too, I guess I'm not all that impressed. This is a strategy that probably would have skipped over me and a lot of my friends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buzz, post: 1396852, member: 6777"] I seem to be the only one. My original point was actually the converse, i.e., I was questioning [i]the assumption that buying from online retailers was a bad thing[/i], which in turn was part of an assumption *others* seem to have that buying online = death of the FLGS = no new blood in the hobby. *That* was the statement that I disagreed with "big time," and if I did not make that clear, then my apologies. I added to that a statement about my personal experience with FLGSs, i.e., that barring Games Plus, they never really had much impact on my finding people to play with or finding out about the hobby in the first place. I've tended to find much better service, support, and selection online. The poll was thus created to give me some data to back up whether that claim (FLGSs are the primary way new blood gets into the hobby) had any validity, in as much as an informal poll on a Web site can accomplish this. The results may be useless, but they did manage to back up what I suspected. The FLGS seems to be a big part of *continuing* support. Given the ascendance of the 'Net, however, I don't think that it's the *only* means. Anyway, I understand the points that you're making, Najo. I don't know if I necessarily agree with all of them. I'm also not saying that we need to ignore hobby gamers and focus on non-gamers in expanding the hobby, as I know that is a much tougher battle. All I can say is, I've never had much interest in any of the hobby games that you've cited in your arguments. If I were a kid again, the fact that a FLGS was having a Warhammer or Magic tournament probably wouldn't get me into a store where I might by chance encounter RPGs. Ergo, when you say that the primary service of the FLGS to RPGs is that they sell people on CCGs and wargames, and those people will probably want to play RPGs, too, I guess I'm not all that impressed. This is a strategy that probably would have skipped over me and a lot of my friends. [/QUOTE]
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