Long-time lurker, first-time poster here. I’ve been getting back into the local TCG scene (mostly Pokémon and a bit of One Piece), and I wanted to bring up something that has been seriously frustrating me lately. Why do our local game stores insist on hosting their biggest tournaments on the...

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