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<blockquote data-quote="storyguide3" data-source="post: 1059699" data-attributes="member: 8555">More Bizarre FLGS TalesMy FLGS sells a wide range of geeky items, from amime/manga to RPGs, CCGs and various cold cast figures and bobble-head Osbournes, so I don't expect them all to be experts. Add to that the fact that the guy who know the most about RPG stuff has another job and only works the FLGS part time. However, some conversations I've had there are just sad. Witness:Me: &quot;When will you be getting Product X?&quot; (I can't remember what it was, but is was from S&amp;SS.)Clerk: &quot;Let me check.&quot; Begins leafing through Wizards catalog.Me; No, its not from WotC, its from Swaord &amp; Sorcery Studios.&quot;Clerk: Blank look. Continues leafing through Wizards catalog.Me: &quot;You won't find it in there. It's not by them.&quot; Gives up in frustration.I actually went through this three more times with this guy. No matter how often I asked about this product, and told him it was not by WotC, he insisted on looking thorug the frelling Wizards catalog for it. Luckily this guy isn't there any more.More recently, the following exchange:Me: &quot;How's the 3.5 selling?&quot;Clerk: &quot;3.5 sucks.&quot;Me: &quot;OooooKay. Why do you say that?&quot;Clerk: &quot;It's just a money grab by WotC and Hasbro.&quot;Me: (Feeling like I am trapped on Usenet) &quot;Right. Can I see my reserve box?&quot;Moments later in the same conversation:Me: &quot;Have you heard about what White Wolf announced at GenCon. Their winding up the WoD and starting over.&quot;Clerk: &quot;That's Wizards too.&quot;Me: &quot;What?!?&quot;Clerk: &quot;Wizards owns White Wolf.&quot;Me: &quot;No, they do not.&quot;Clerk; (Begins looking thorugh Previews for proof of his theory. Finds none.) &quot;I know that Wizards bought White Woklf a few years ago.&quot;Me: &quot;Do you actually know anything about this industry?&quot;Sadly, this guy has worked there off and on for years and is a gamer, mostly White Wolf from what I can tell. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="storyguide3, post: 1059699, member: 8555"] [b]More Bizarre FLGS Tales[/b] My FLGS sells a wide range of geeky items, from amime/manga to RPGs, CCGs and various cold cast figures and bobble-head Osbournes, so I don't expect them all to be experts. Add to that the fact that the guy who know the most about RPG stuff has another job and only works the FLGS part time. However, some conversations I've had there are just sad. Witness: Me: "When will you be getting Product X?" (I can't remember what it was, but is was from S&SS.) Clerk: "Let me check." Begins leafing through Wizards catalog. Me; No, its not from WotC, its from Swaord & Sorcery Studios." Clerk: Blank look. Continues leafing through Wizards catalog. Me: "You won't find it in there. It's not by them." Gives up in frustration. I actually went through this three more times with this guy. No matter how often I asked about this product, and told him it was not by WotC, he insisted on looking thorug the frelling Wizards catalog for it. Luckily this guy isn't there any more. More recently, the following exchange: Me: "How's the 3.5 selling?" Clerk: "3.5 sucks." Me: "OooooKay. Why do you say that?" Clerk: "It's just a money grab by WotC and Hasbro." Me: (Feeling like I am trapped on Usenet) "Right. Can I see my reserve box?" Moments later in the same conversation: Me: "Have you heard about what White Wolf announced at GenCon. Their winding up the WoD and starting over." Clerk: "That's Wizards too." Me: "What?!?" Clerk: "Wizards owns White Wolf." Me: "No, they do not." Clerk; (Begins looking thorugh Previews for proof of his theory. Finds none.) "I know that Wizards bought White Woklf a few years ago." Me: "Do you actually know [B]anything[/B] about this industry?" Sadly, this guy has worked there off and on for years and is a gamer, mostly White Wolf from what I can tell. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]

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