In retrospect I will most likely blacklist that tournament location for me tho. Nothing about the games, but there has been a constant. A third of the people attending were from my region, so a lot of familiar faces. Never got an issue with those. The problem is with the local regulars.
Blame the neurodivergency, but I got absurdly good hearing for random conversations all around me in the same room. So between games people of course do not just talk about Warhammer, but also regular everyday stuff. Usually that such matters are pretty mundane and I try to tune it out as I got little interest other people's business but...
I have never heard so many far-right talking-points and dog-whistles dropped casually in a public space like that.
It's like the negative stereotypes regarding wargaming players never died over there - and to make it worse this was not the first time. Last time I was there months ago I experienced just the very same thing, but considered it an anomaly of some weirdo having signed up to the event. But nope, this just seems to be NORMAL over there.
Fuck that eastern backwater - I'd rather take a month with no RTTs at all than to taint my existence with the presence of such people.
Maybe this does not happen here because in our region the events are not organized by stores but rather local clubs? If someone would try to spout such bullshit here they'd be told to shove it pretty fast - there is no economic incentive here to keep the person as a paying customer.


















