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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 4249865" data-attributes="member: 5868">Sorry, but I'd prefer that gaming stores win my business by offering real and valuable services, rather than trying to guilt me into keeping them in business through an emotional appeal of "please keep us in business!"  Welcome to capitalism: compete or die.  It improves the breed.I'm sure it's just the places I've lived, but I've never once* seen a local gaming store make an active attempt to recruit, advertise, or reach out to the community via value-added services, etc.  I know places do ... but I couldn't even tell you where the nearest gaming store in this area is, so any around here aren't succeeding.*Edit: To be precise, I mean this for RPGs.  I've been to two gaming stores, one in Killeen TX and one in Atlanta GA, that I though did an excellent job of supporting their core gaming market, which was wargamers and GW games specifically.  They had tournaments, intro sessions, painting seminars, good gaming tables with terrain available, etc.Frankly, I don't blame gaming store owners for not supporting the RPG market, as I think it's a niche area that is hard to support and there is better return on investment in other gaming segments.  But anytime someone comes here and preaches "Support your FLGS!" my answer is: it's a two way street.  The FLGS should support me.  Until then, I vote with my dollars.</blockquote>