A story of my recent travels
Just went to visit a game store in small town colorado. Entered and the place was huge but without any stock, just a handful of tables and about 6 guys working on putting up a shelf. I waved and said hi and told them I was sorry for interrupting. None of them responded. I awkwardly walked to the front to peruse the merchandise. They had about ten items. I apologized again saying that I was sorry if they were working on opening. One of the guys told me that they’d been open since February. Awkwardness intensifies. I explained that I was from out of town. One of the more engaged men asked me if there were any shops I like where I was from. I picked one. His coworker slinked over and said “I fucking hate that place, it’s nothing but families and hipster trash. They don’t focus on any one game like Magic, it’s bullshit”. He basically summed up what I like about the place. Then the friendlier guy asked what I played. I told him Pathfinder. Another guy who was listening proceeded to tell me the history and basic gameplay of pathfinder. At this point I was becoming really annoyed about being condescended to by a bunch of unfriendly men. I told him I knew all that stuff, as I’ve played off and on for several years. He scoffed and said “Yeah right, whatever. I be you don’t even know it’s a D20 system.” I left right after feeling extremely miffed.
