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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete
I'm fortunate enough to have found a good group that's stable enough to play almost every week. I think our record was 12 games in a row before someone got sick or had to cancel for some other reason.
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I am so SO jealous.
I've had loads of PnP books over the years and unsuccessfully tried running campaigns in a few settings. Most notably the Forgotten Realms and Shadowrun, always messy. Pro-tip always start the games sober.
I'm also a fan of miniature table top gaming and have a bunch of Warhammer40k minis. As a result I'm one of the few people who quite liked the proposed shifts within 4th edition DnD though I've never actually checked out the manuals.
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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete
An unfortunate aspect of geek culture that has yet to disappear despite the fact that geek culture has become more accepted into the mainstream pop culture. Comic book shops are really the last vestige in the physical realm where nerds reign supreme and have the authority, therefore you take a group of people who maybe have been abused because of their hobbies and interests their entire lives, you may have a bit of a complex. I honestly believe that the attitudes exhibited at most comic shops are the main reason why comic sales continue to dwindle and new readers prefer superheroes in film, TV, video games, or some other media.
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While I agree with this I don't think it's the only reason for comic book shop clerks to be a little apprehensive towards customers. A person who's got a backpack and who doesn't want help is a risk. I've seen myself hand over a backpack to plenty of clerks so I could browse their store without hassles and they could relax a bit and not worry about me stashing stuff. There's also the fact that most comic book / game shops make virtually no profit. One dude slipping a handful of reference manuals and game modules into their backpack can easily tank their entire month if not quarter.
No that doesn't justify treating any non-regular person like a thief, but it's not just 'they're not 'real' geeks lets look down on them'. Though that reminds me of a comment Brian Fargo has been repeating recently in regards to the state of videogames - It used to be games were made by the nerds and geeks as a way to escape social pressures, now the same jocks and a-holes that picked on the nerds and geeks are the same executives who work for the publishing companies that run the industry. Kickstarter is changing that for video games and putting the power and control back into the hands of the geeks and nerds. But with gaming / comic book shops the control was never lost, it's just lorded over by the beardiest of grognards.