Here's something I get really tired of at the Store:
People that come in and want to me to answer or decide these kinds of questions for them :
"Who would win in a fight between Batman and Spiderman?"
"Who is tougher? Batman or Wolverine?"
"Could the Enterprise beat a Star Destroyer?"
"Dude, what game is better ? Dungeons & Dragons or Warhammer Fantasy?"
I am NOT the arbiter of their Geek Fights!!
Many times I've actually said in a nice voice - when I hear voices raised : "Guys!, No Geek fights or arguments Please!!" (During this past election I might have said as well : Politics is bad enough.)
A few of these times I have been able to push a product . As in: "See this? This is HEROCLIX (or VS. the card game) Both Marvel and DC heroes are covered with the same basic rules system. Find the two characters you are worried about and fight it out." (That would mean a purchase of course)
All of the Star Wars vs. STAR TREK (STARGATE SG-1, Farscape, FIREFLY, etc) debates?
Those are different universes with sometimes wildly divergent rules of how the rules of physics for FTL , weapons etc are handled.
Too bad I'm pretty ethical - I could make some loot charging $5.00 every time someone wanted me to settle a silly Geek sub-culture debate or argument.
I guess because I work at a Game store/Comics store 5 days a week many of these people assume I'm at least as good an authority as Stan Lee, Gary Gygax, George Lucas, Mike Grell, Jim Shooter, D.C. Fontana, Gale Anne Hurd, Sean Punch, or Gene Rodenberry.
I'm not.....I do know who all those names are tho....
- Ed C.