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<blockquote data-quote="neogod22" data-source="post: 7359466" data-attributes="member: 6857879"><p>The more I think about it, the more disgusting it sounds. If a store wants to charge for a room that's fine, but charging people to play AL when it's supposed to be free is not Ok. Stores get perks for participating in the program and get perks for attendance. I remember in season 1 the coordinator would offer raffle tickets, and with the money he got from the tickets, he would buy prizes, my store would also donate prizes so it was a win-win because there were always like 4 or 5 prizes. Well we had to put a stop to that because WotC didn't like that. The store I go to is a premiere store, which means we get everything first. Like a week or two early. They didn't want to lose that status, so they stopped. I've seen that WotC makes ppl pay for downloading AL adventures now (which sucks), not at my store. They will make sure all the DMs have what they need, certs and everything. This is how every store should operate. They shouldn't look to D&D adventures league, or pathfinder society for a stream of income, if they are, they are in trouble as a store, because when you think about it, most players are only going to be players, so they will probably only buy a PHB. Even the DMs really don't have a lot of books to buy. In the 5 years this edition have been going there has been 3 other player supplements that's come out so far, and 5 campaigns. That means a player will buy a book once a year and a DM maybe twice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neogod22, post: 7359466, member: 6857879"] The more I think about it, the more disgusting it sounds. If a store wants to charge for a room that's fine, but charging people to play AL when it's supposed to be free is not Ok. Stores get perks for participating in the program and get perks for attendance. I remember in season 1 the coordinator would offer raffle tickets, and with the money he got from the tickets, he would buy prizes, my store would also donate prizes so it was a win-win because there were always like 4 or 5 prizes. Well we had to put a stop to that because WotC didn't like that. The store I go to is a premiere store, which means we get everything first. Like a week or two early. They didn't want to lose that status, so they stopped. I've seen that WotC makes ppl pay for downloading AL adventures now (which sucks), not at my store. They will make sure all the DMs have what they need, certs and everything. This is how every store should operate. They shouldn't look to D&D adventures league, or pathfinder society for a stream of income, if they are, they are in trouble as a store, because when you think about it, most players are only going to be players, so they will probably only buy a PHB. Even the DMs really don't have a lot of books to buy. In the 5 years this edition have been going there has been 3 other player supplements that's come out so far, and 5 campaigns. That means a player will buy a book once a year and a DM maybe twice. [/QUOTE]
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