Behind the Counter #1

[Spriggan]

Article Reference: http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=1281&dep=15

Dragon's Keep use to be that way out here Jeffe, but once the got new management and move to a new store it's actually fun to goto.

[Fellfrosch]

Awesome article, I'm looking forward to this series. Why is it in Webcomics, though?

[Spriggan]

It's about comic book shops and game stores, though it would be appropriate since this is a "Comic" forum.  The only other place is everything else and RPGs and it would get lost in EE and RPG already has plenty of articles while this forum doesn't.  Think of it as trying to revive a forgotten area of the forum.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

because you don't have a competent editor!

but Jeffe, excellent article. Really good stuff. I was thinking to run you in place of the former fog of war.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

thanks, rereading it I see tons of editing mistakes but I thought it was pretty good myself. Oh and Gil... he's real. His real name is Bill and he was a mess.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

it's proofed now.

[Skar]

Um, not.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

yeah thanks

rub it in. :-/

[Skar]

Sorry.  No offense meant.  The spelling errors and such are still pretty rampant.  

Everybody needs editing.  I personally refuse to send anything out the door, at least professionally, until at least two other people have looked at it and we still all miss stuff.

To all site admins: If I had access to edit everything on the site I'd be happy to be one of the editors who look at things once it's up and fix the small errors that sneak past.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

btw the "Compleat" part of CS is right... but Strategist is wrong. Or should at least look like I just spelled it.

[Skar]

Incidentally.  It was a fun article to read.  I'm looking forward to hearing more about the rejuvination of a gaming store.

[Eagle Prince]

So Jeffe you are only getting minimum wage for this?  The way it sounds, you should have got overtime pay for the bathroom.  I hope you will be getting some kind of discount on games to make it worth it.

If I remember, you have new World of Darkness rules correct?  I believe you linked me to the pdf when it came out.  Do you have or read through the new Vampire?  I wanted an opinion on the Humanity/Morality rules.  More specifically, playing a vampire who likes being a monster rather than one fighting against it.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

yep 5.15 which is in my next article.

And I didnt get a bonus.

But I do get a huge discount.

Huge.

I have the new Vampire, but dont remember it well enough to give you a definate answer. I seem to remember that it did morality well and allowed some very monsterously alien Vampires.

[Fellfrosch]

The edit should be good now, on the front page and in the article.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

waist deep not waste deep.

Im judging by the midsection


The bathroom was extra horrible because of a 4 foot long and 2 foot high grease smudge on the wall about chest level. That was the place "Gill" would rub his head against getting into and out of his wheelchair. The grease smudge was essentially a dark coffee color and the result of 4 long years of not cleaning. That took careful scrubbing with a green pad and bleach.

Bleach is the key by the way when entering into a place like that. My motto has always been, if it doesnt smell like a pool, it isnt clean enough.

I bet you think the "smudge" was the worst part but it wasn't because I left out the other smudge of indeterminant matter on the wall next to the toilet that I'd rather not think about, ever.

Lots of bleach there too.

Lots of bleach.