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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2677902" data-attributes="member: 14159">I hope the ENWorld Store goes well, because I like ENWorld, but I won't be shopping there (but I won't be shopping at RPGNow or Drivethru RPG either).I also believe that the FLGS is the real heart of the Industry, and I go out of my way to support mine.  There is an excellent gaming store in my city, where I make probably 95% of my gaming purchases.I already hate shopping online, and generally only buy from an online source if there is absolutely no way to get it locally.  I like an actual, physical store where I can examine the merchandise firsthand, browse, see something I might not have known about, talk to a knowledgeable sales clerk, maybe meet another gamer and have a nice conversation.  There isn't a single online store that is anything other than a pale, sad imitation of these things.  I also hate buying .pdf files for gaming, for two reasons.  First, pdf's are poor for actually using at a game, since it's inconvenient as all heck to take a laptop to a game (it's awkward with a DM screen there, then you have to find a plug since no battery will last the 4 to 6 hours of a session), and printing a .pdf is a nightmare since printer ink is so expensive that it's much more expensive to buy a .pdf and print it than to just buy the hardcopy (especially since often the .pdf costs the same).  If it's only available as a paid .pdf, well I guess I won't be reading it.  Second, I'm generally opposed to paid downloads, just don't like them and don't feel comfortable with the concept, I like to spend my money to get an actual physical book or at least a physical media, instead of a file, call it my one place I've got the Old Grognard thing going on.  If my FLGS had a CD-ROM on the shelf for $20 or $30 with a group of very popular and successful .pdf's that were not available in hardcopy, I'd consider it (still don't like using .pdf's for actual gaming, but they'd be okay as references).</blockquote>

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