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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 6120286" data-attributes="member: 42040">Ok. Quick history about gaming at my FLGS. The owner is a personal friend of mine from high school. I have run many games there - Pathfinder Society, Boardgame Demos, D&amp;D Lair Assault, D&amp;D Encounters, etc. I have had to take some time off due to work commitments to find that the tabletop gaming culture there has disintegrated into no gaming at all from a heyday of 3-4 tables of D&amp;D Encounters every week (about a year ago).Of course there are many factors, but the owner is focused on one factor. There is a middle aged couple that started attending. They are older, considered &quot;uncool&quot; by most of the players. They are not that quick with the rules, and they do not have a good deal of Charisma. The other players have tried to &quot;hate&quot; them out of Encounters by killing off their characters, but they keep coming back. To try to get back the &quot;cool&quot; players (who also spend more money in his store) the owner is thinking about banning the uncool players (who he thinks are bad for business). I'm in the middle of the debate between both groups (the owner and the cool players). Talking to the cool players, they refer to the other factors and say that even if the uncool players are banned, they doubt they will return. So in the meantime, the uncool players come every week and wait for a game that will never happen.I'm in my mid 30s and can't believe this high school stuff. I would have hoped that gamers would be less judgmental than this.My kneejerk reaction is that banning people for no good reason other than some people don't like them is bad for business and the hobby in general.So I'm drafting an email to the FLGS owner - and he has asked for my opinion. I don't know 100% if it's the right way to go or not, but I would appreciate feedback on the situation overall.Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 6120286, member: 42040"] Ok. Quick history about gaming at my FLGS. The owner is a personal friend of mine from high school. I have run many games there - Pathfinder Society, Boardgame Demos, D&D Lair Assault, D&D Encounters, etc. I have had to take some time off due to work commitments to find that the tabletop gaming culture there has disintegrated into no gaming at all from a heyday of 3-4 tables of D&D Encounters every week (about a year ago). Of course there are many factors, but the owner is focused on one factor. There is a middle aged couple that started attending. They are older, considered "uncool" by most of the players. They are not that quick with the rules, and they do not have a good deal of Charisma. The other players have tried to "hate" them out of Encounters by killing off their characters, but they keep coming back. To try to get back the "cool" players (who also spend more money in his store) the owner is thinking about banning the uncool players (who he thinks are bad for business). I'm in the middle of the debate between both groups (the owner and the cool players). Talking to the cool players, they refer to the other factors and say that even if the uncool players are banned, they doubt they will return. So in the meantime, the uncool players come every week and wait for a game that will never happen. I'm in my mid 30s and can't believe this high school stuff. I would have hoped that gamers would be less judgmental than this. My kneejerk reaction is that banning people for no good reason other than some people don't like them is bad for business and the hobby in general. So I'm drafting an email to the FLGS owner - and he has asked for my opinion. I don't know 100% if it's the right way to go or not, but I would appreciate feedback on the situation overall. Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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