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<blockquote data-quote="Najo" data-source="post: 3479791" data-attributes="member: 9959"><p>I understand how many game stores are lacking in professionalism and are more clubhouses for their regulars. But not all of them are that, our store is one of the most professional game stores I have seen yet (though our website is no where near how I want it, but eventually it will be). Very few stores hold the standards to themselves that we do. Still, game stores are a good place where gamers can meet face to face and new people can be recruited into the hobby. Without these game stores our hobby will eventually die, plain and simple. D&D would be the last of the hobbies affected, warhammer would go first, then magic, then D&D. Because once your only interactation is over the internet (to play and buy) then the face to face element is gone. When that happens, your DMs loss interest as the pay off (player reactions, social interaction, dramatic flair, player props and mood elements like music, lightning etc) for them is not the same. Pretty soon players are getting the hack and slay play fix through games like neverwinter and WOW. Gaming as we know it would be gone. Support a game store that is clean, organized, and has places for people to play. Our hobby needs them, they are the heart of the community as much as websites like this one. They are worth the couple bucks you don't save per book, at least the good ones are. Ultimately its your choice, but your investing in the next generation of D&D players by buying from places like ours. Last I checked, most D&D groups were not bringing in new and younger players, they play with their friends. Stores like ours actively recruit new and young players.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Najo, post: 3479791, member: 9959"] I understand how many game stores are lacking in professionalism and are more clubhouses for their regulars. But not all of them are that, our store is one of the most professional game stores I have seen yet (though our website is no where near how I want it, but eventually it will be). Very few stores hold the standards to themselves that we do. Still, game stores are a good place where gamers can meet face to face and new people can be recruited into the hobby. Without these game stores our hobby will eventually die, plain and simple. D&D would be the last of the hobbies affected, warhammer would go first, then magic, then D&D. Because once your only interactation is over the internet (to play and buy) then the face to face element is gone. When that happens, your DMs loss interest as the pay off (player reactions, social interaction, dramatic flair, player props and mood elements like music, lightning etc) for them is not the same. Pretty soon players are getting the hack and slay play fix through games like neverwinter and WOW. Gaming as we know it would be gone. Support a game store that is clean, organized, and has places for people to play. Our hobby needs them, they are the heart of the community as much as websites like this one. They are worth the couple bucks you don't save per book, at least the good ones are. Ultimately its your choice, but your investing in the next generation of D&D players by buying from places like ours. Last I checked, most D&D groups were not bringing in new and younger players, they play with their friends. Stores like ours actively recruit new and young players. [/QUOTE]
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