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The usual introduction formalities - Dies Irae - 01-12-2017
Hi All,
I'm new to this incarnation of the Uranium forums, though I've been around the Uranium community for a really long time and I only recently rediscovered that Nintendo was less than thorough in squashing the project.
As one of the Patreon backers, it's heartening to know that they didn't manage to kill it outright.
I've been an on-again-off-again casual fan of the Pokemon franchise since Gen 1, but I spend most of my attention on tabletop games and RPGs nowadays (since I actually run a game store IRL). I have a more than passing interest in anime, in particular the mecha genre, and what little is left of my digital time slowly working through my computer RPG backlog.
RE: The usual introduction formalities - Iron - 01-12-2017
I almost followed a career path as a fantasy game store owner. Do you enjoy it? Everything I've read says that it's one of the hardest things to do.
RE: The usual introduction formalities - Dies Irae - 01-12-2017
(01-12-2017, 04:56 PM)Iron Wrote: I almost followed a career path as a fantasy game store owner. Do you enjoy it? Everything I've read says that it's one of the hardest things to do.
Running a game store is like having game night at your place every night! (Except you don't get to have any fun, but still have to clean up afterwards)
It's really just like any other business owner. Invest in stock for the shelves, sell said inventory for profit so you can turn around and do it again while paying yourself, your staff, the rent, the facilities company etc. Just that said stock happens to be games. I will openly admit to playing a lot less games now that I've crossed over to the other side of the till, but enjoyment comes with the sense of satisfaction of a job well done when you see a room full of smiling faces.
So yeah, it's hard, but only in the same way running a small business is hard.
