~Fakku Girls Club v4~

[color=#ff69b4]Blink~~~~~~

Tsaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaariiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~

[color=#ff69b4]How are you?

Alright, if not still a little salty. "^^

[color=#ff69b4]Why is that?

For one, the card shop I've gone to for years and years has closed down, and I'm very sad, most of my fond memories of my card gaming career are from there. It was the central location for all my friends, too. Even though there are shops close to them, they're very far away from me and my best friend, and they're also known to have terrible player bases.

And I participated in a tournament at one of those shops. I lost matches due to sheer luck, even though I dominated my opponent every game. Weiss Schwarz, unfortunately, favors the lucky, as opposed to the skilled.
I guess "better lucky than good" is a true statement... =/

[color=#ff69b4]I'm sorry to hear that, Blink. I would hate if someone where I got to meet all my friends just stop being there one day.

I hope you have better luck in your next game. =\

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[color=#ff69b4]Welcome back, Looky.

Yeah, to quote one of my friends: "The best players in California came from here (this shop)..." I felt a little bashful. He included me in that comment, when I'm actually a relatively new player, and, as you may have noticed, sometimes unlucky, which is an important factor sometimes.

At other places, people are very arrogant and closed-minded, relying on other people's opinions on the internet for their deckbuilding and playing. Everyone in that shop, even if it was a game you weren't familiar with (like an M:tG player getting into Weiss Schwarz, WS into Vanguard, etc.), people were willing to help you, and people were willing to learn.

And despite that, our group was relentless to each other and outsiders whenever we held tournaments. Our people usually crush our opponents, and the top tables consisted of my friends.
Still, we were humble. We just build decks the way we wanted, and it turned out for the better.
Other places, many people just netdeck and believe that it's the only way to build a deck just because it won some tournament in Japan. They won't accept advice if they lose, and just blame it on bad luck, and get very salty, as opposed to other factors that it could be, and when they win, they get much too excited over it. It's a game meant to be fun, win or lose, and that's how my friends and I treat it.

In fact, that shop produced some pro players. A handful of guys there are regular Grand Prix grinders for M:tG, something I'm trying to get into. And most of the WS players (me included), managed to win regional tournaments and attend Nationals (where we unfortunately all scrubbed out, and some of us had to face cheaters that were not caught).

Not sure what I walked into, but I recall having experienced the loss of a local card shop I spent many hours a day at, back in my youth and TCG playing days.....

Sorry, I'm just trying to vent, since I'm a little mad that I lost to some unsavory people today, in games that were clearly in my favor.

Btw, hi Looky~

[color=#ff69b4]Sounds like a pretty nice shop. Really sad to hear it's gone man.
Never had anywhere here like that. :\

If he was right about us being the best players in CA, then how the mighty have fallen... I just hope we can spread that shop's legacy elsewhere. I'll never find a place I liked more than there. It's the only place where I actually liked most of the people there. Everywhere else, it's the opposite. I dislike most people in other shops, and just a handful of people seem actually enjoyable to talk with.

[color=#ff69b4]I'm sure you and your friends will find a new one you guys like at some point. Just try to always remember all the good times you had there. That about the only thing you can do now.

All of the other shops we go to (there are three alternatives to our now-dead original) are "full of squares", as that same friend calls 'em, lol. Two of the communities are unaccommodating to outsiders, and all three of them have that mentality I mentioned earlier: "Some popular dude on the internet said this is the way it should work, so this is the only way it should work." Only a very small percentage of people other than us actually go along with their own ideas and actually are open to outside help.
Honestly, the best bet I can think of is one of us eventually open a shop of our own. That said, no one's collection is big enough to open an entire shop, even if we pooled our stuff together.

[color=#ff69b4]Yeah. Opening your owe would be the best thing to do, yes. Just you need the collection and the money for that.

Want more sleep...

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Hi Poke-chan~

Well, enough of my venting... Sorry about that.

How are ya, Tsamari, Looky, and Shane?