Nope, Little Rock metro area.

Quote from: flyingcircus;662435Wow you gotta be around Chicago some place right?

It's too bad he's not, Mt. Prospect has one of the coolest gaming stores around (I always visit it when I'm in the Chicago area).

Quote from: Bill;661964He was challenging you to a very heterosexual wrestling match.

I had  a guy on YouTube once comment to me on one of my videos. he said, "I really want to fight you." I am sure that he did in fact want to be in close physical contact with me. But 'fighting' was not his end game.

Why are people pussyfooting around here and not actually naming-names of those stores that are shit?

RPGPundit

Quote from: RPGPundit;662683Why are people pussyfooting around here and not actually naming-names of those stores that are shit?

RPGPundit

In my case, The Tin Soldier has been closed for about 15 years.  I miss their stock of games, but not the asshats who used to play there.

I dont remember the names of the stores I only enter once, usually.

Hell I don't mind naming. Game Goblins in Little Rock has been the cite of all of complaints. The owners seem like nice enough guys but the place is not very well run, plus you know the penis incident.

If your in the metro area Imagine Games in Sherwood is my prefered place to shop.

Quote from: Arkansan;662710plus you know the penis incident.

Oddly, "The Penis Incident" was what I was going to call my autobiography. Well, either that or "Abomination Through Dreadnaught" (there's an in-joke for FASERIP fans )

Quote from: Arkansan;661858Well it gives me hope that it may just be a local thing, hell maybe I am just there at the wrong time. You know thinking about it could also be that many of the gamers in my area are teens, brains not fully developed and what not.

At My Store, during MY shifts there is NO Cussing or Swearing. (Okay the store I work at - technically not 'mine'/I don't own it...but I'm kind of territorial about places I like or work at)

 The store is inside a mall that is family friendly.

I want it to STAY that way during my shifts.

MY manager from what I can tell is pretty much the same way during his shifts.

Maybe you should seek out the owner or real manager of that New store and explain to them that in the long run they make more money by keeping it friendly to ALL ages.

-Ed C.

I dont have any problem with a store not being "family friendly"

I dont have any problem with blacklights, or punk/goth/alternative music being played, or even, come to think about it, people cussing.

What I want from a game store is three things: selection, a substantial used games section, and to be able to take my purchases to the counter, pay, and leave the store without any of my time being wasted. I don't want to have a conversation with the guy behind the counter, I don't care how anyone else's day is going, and more than anything, I dont want to hear their opinion on anything I'm buying.

Give me that, and you can talk about schlongs all you want.


P.S. Oh, and I also prefer to not to have to smell anything either. Not a dealbreaker, but it will make me spend less time in a store.

P.P.S. frell "family friendly". Kid friendly I'm okay with. What is the absolute worste to me, even more than any catpissmen or  mouthbreathers, or the most annoying Mr. GC clone, are mothers. If a mother is in a store, be it a game store, or a comic shop, there is, in my experience, a 99.9% chance she's going to say something that pisses me off.

Quote from: TristramEvans;662735I don't want to have a conversation with the guy behind the counter, I don't care how anyone else's day is going, and more than anything, I dont want to hear their opinion on anything I'm buying.

Outside of gaming stores, the worst places I've come across with individuals who constantly talk and give unsolicited opinions/advice on anything and everything, are local watering holes with a long time regular clientele.  When I worked as a bartender, I constantly had to deal with numerous such talkative opinionated regulars.  (They get more and more annoying, with every drink they consume).

The second worst places for this sort of thing, seem to be the few remaining mom-and-pop used book stores, video stores, record stores, etc ... in town.  Typically they're run by hardcore aficionados types with very strong opinions on everything.  (This is the main reason why I do most of my shopping online these days for stuff like books, music, etc ...  Largely to avoid interacting with such annoying jabberjaws running such stores, and lower prices online).

Quote from: BedrockBrendan;662038Yeah, I don't like cats or the smells they produce, plus my wife is allergic, so no cats here either.

Well, I have 3 cats and I am a sexy devil, so no, cats ain't the problem

Also, the catpissmen seem to be more of an American phenomenon. In 28 years I don't think I've met more than half a dozen. When you go to a con, though, you will see plenty of nerdy people and more heavy - metal t-shirts than you can shake an stick at. But 99% of gamers around here are normal regarding hygiene and BO.

Quote from: RPGPundit;662683Why are people pussyfooting around here and not actually naming-names of those stores that are shit?

RPGPundit

The two worst ones in my area were The Round Table and the Knoxville Gaming Bureau, both went out of business.

Quote from: Imperator;662758Well, I have 3 cats and I am a sexy devil, so no, cats ain't the problem

I only have two cats, so am just demonically sexy.
(Note to self - Get More Cats!)

Quote from: Imperator;662758Also, the catpissmen seem to be more of an American phenomenon. In 28 years I don't think I've met more than half a dozen. When you go to a con, though, you will see plenty of nerdy people and more heavy - metal t-shirts than you can shake an stick at. But 99% of gamers around here are normal regarding hygiene and BO.

I would say that the catpissman identifier encompasses more than hygiene for me, it also includes behavior.

I just got back from running two games at Free RPG Day and there was one guy walking around talking to himself and repeating conversations from other people he hovered around. He'd also come up to people and hold either his finger or his fist near them with an idiot grin on his face in an annoying game of I'm Not Touching You. He was a catpissman in my estimation due to his behavior. There were rambunctious kids one table over loudly having a Yu-Gi-Oh tournament who acted more mature than this loon.

I dunno he sounds more metally challenged to me than your avarage cpm, the repetitive conversations and such dont seem anywhere near the sort of thing cpm's do also you didnt mention anything about him demonising a game system to all and sundry which seems off.