yuuup, this is my entire life as a night shift worker. Nothing's ever happening at 5am when i get off work, then i gotta sleep in the afternoon and evening. I don't get to go to *anything.*
@@kevincrackscards I kinda don't. Some of my coworkers run a commander pod, but I don't really enjoy commander so I don't usually show up... Basically I just chat with them about magic news at work, and play Arena when I get the itch. If nothing else I'm working on a proxy cube, so once that's done maybe I'll have incentive to get people to play with me at times and in formats I enjoy
@@hollowtruncatedicosahedron I see, thanks for the insight! Proxy cube is a great idea. At least you get to talk with your coworkers about MtG. Totally get the feelings around Commander.
Good stuff. 😝🤓 It's funny you mentioned about stores opening late. Every LGS I've ever seen doesn't open till like 1PM. Some of them later. But usually that's cuz they had a tournament that ran all night.
Appreciate the comment!! Ya that's interesting mentioned stores opening only at 1 pm. That does make sense to save more money. Lots of stores in my area open mostly at 11 am, but no one really shows up except weird midday Commander people like me lol
Sorry to say, game stores probably aren't going to start up many events, or open their store, when 84% of the population can't show up. It's probably hard enough getting a critical mass of attendance during the hours that the 84% can make it. Beyond that, I don't have the numbers, but I suspect that the median amount of disposable income is higher for daytime workers than night workers.
Thanks for the comment! Very interesting insight. Totally understand why events are scheduled the way they are (customer availability, demand, supply, etc). Game stores don't need to change their current methods, but we as consumers should take more agency in our hands with scheduling and voicing out our needs (i.e., evening shift workers). I don't expect any stores to shift their methods just from this video, but if I gave more inspiration for others to get games in when they thought they couldn't, then I'm happy with that!
yuuup, this is my entire life as a night shift worker. Nothing's ever happening at 5am when i get off work, then i gotta sleep in the afternoon and evening. I don't get to go to *anything.*
Thanks for the comment! Glad someone else had similar issues too.
If I can ask, how do you continue to enjoy physical tabletop games/TCGs, if at all?
@@kevincrackscards I kinda don't. Some of my coworkers run a commander pod, but I don't really enjoy commander so I don't usually show up... Basically I just chat with them about magic news at work, and play Arena when I get the itch.
If nothing else I'm working on a proxy cube, so once that's done maybe I'll have incentive to get people to play with me at times and in formats I enjoy
@@hollowtruncatedicosahedron I see, thanks for the insight!
Proxy cube is a great idea. At least you get to talk with your coworkers about MtG. Totally get the feelings around Commander.
Good stuff. 😝🤓 It's funny you mentioned about stores opening late. Every LGS I've ever seen doesn't open till like 1PM. Some of them later. But usually that's cuz they had a tournament that ran all night.
Appreciate the comment!! Ya that's interesting mentioned stores opening only at 1 pm. That does make sense to save more money. Lots of stores in my area open mostly at 11 am, but no one really shows up except weird midday Commander people like me lol
Sorry to say, game stores probably aren't going to start up many events, or open their store, when 84% of the population can't show up. It's probably hard enough getting a critical mass of attendance during the hours that the 84% can make it. Beyond that, I don't have the numbers, but I suspect that the median amount of disposable income is higher for daytime workers than night workers.
Thanks for the comment! Very interesting insight.
Totally understand why events are scheduled the way they are (customer availability, demand, supply, etc). Game stores don't need to change their current methods, but we as consumers should take more agency in our hands with scheduling and voicing out our needs (i.e., evening shift workers). I don't expect any stores to shift their methods just from this video, but if I gave more inspiration for others to get games in when they thought they couldn't, then I'm happy with that!