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<blockquote data-quote="GlassJaw" data-source="post: 2392218" data-attributes="member: 22103">Belen, you sound like you have a great FLGS but from my experience in dealing with LGS, I haven't seen any evidence that gaming stores support and grow the hobby.&nbsp; If I based my interest in the hobby on game stores alone, I would have been turned off long ago.Friends and family introducing the game to others is what keeps the hobby going.&nbsp; I highly doubt there have been many people who have walked into a LGS because they were curious about the hobby.&nbsp; I'm not saying it hasn't happened but my guess is that a far greater number have been introduced to the hobby by someone they know.I know it's wishful thinking but I would realy like to see some marketing data that details the sales and number of customers at LGS.I definitely disagree on this.&nbsp; Virtually all the people I've gamed with, both casual and serious, I've met via some kind of online source.&nbsp; I would agree that casual gamers don't post on EN World but they certainly make use of the internet to find other players.Again Belen, I think your view is slightly skewed by the fact that you've had very good experience with gaming stores in the past.&nbsp; I certainly haven't and I've heard more negative comments about people's LGS than positive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GlassJaw, post: 2392218, member: 22103"] Belen, you sound like you have a great FLGS but from my experience in dealing with LGS, I haven't seen any evidence that gaming stores support and grow the hobby. If I based my interest in the hobby on game stores alone, I would have been turned off long ago. Friends and family introducing the game to others is what keeps the hobby going. I highly doubt there have been many people who have walked into a LGS because they were curious about the hobby. I'm not saying it hasn't happened but my guess is that a far greater number have been introduced to the hobby by someone they know. I know it's wishful thinking but I would realy like to see some marketing data that details the sales and number of customers at LGS. I definitely disagree on this. Virtually all the people I've gamed with, both casual and serious, I've met via some kind of online source. I would agree that casual gamers don't post on EN World but they certainly make use of the internet to find other players. Again Belen, I think your view is slightly skewed by the fact that you've had very good experience with gaming stores in the past. I certainly haven't and I've heard more negative comments about people's LGS than positive. [/QUOTE]

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