Hello everyone!
Welcome to a new opus of "JJV Offs"!
“Invention is the result of creative thinking and hard work.”
When we create something, we often have an idea in mind that is sometimes a little vague. And then, we end up making it a reality and we realize that other people are behind our project.
Naturally curious and persevering, despite the “that will never work” and “board games suck, pfff” or even the “it’s going to close soon anyway, this shop is bad luck”; I believed it.
I did well to persevere, because it is clear that not only have board games in and around Vaison found their fans, but they have been doing so for 8 years now!
I was even offered to buy the store and its concept by modifying it to make it even more profitable... and I refused. Money can't buy everything, not even principles...
I created the store so that it would not be like some other stores in the same field: “elitist”. This is what annoys me a little sometimes, when I see certain colleagues who see beginners as a “waste of time” for them…
It’s such a shame, when beginner players come to take the step of looking for something to learn about games, to make them understand “that it’s not for them”. We have so many choices of games now that we are bound to find something that will interest even beginners.
Then there are people who come with requests for strange games... Like card games without cards, or even board games but without the board, etc... Or people who come from always the same ^^ to ask for a game and when I have it say to myself "ah well no, I wouldn't buy it from you anyway".
What do you want me to say to these kinds of people, I say “good to you” and wish them a good day. I don't plan on wasting time explaining things to people who are determined to only want a version of me that fixes them...
The version they have of me is their responsibility not mine. If they don't have a good one, it's probably because I put limits on their abuse or defended myself. If they don't like it, it doesn't bother me as long as I haven't done anything wrong to them. Everyone is free and alone with their conscience and mine is doing quite well. :)
And curiosity, so I don't lack that...^^ Always ready to discover new things about the world of games, but not only in life in general. My questions are sincere and do not come from bad intentions, I don't know how to do it.
But I also don't know how to let myself be walked on. Some will call it an oversized ego, I call it respect for oneself and where it needs to start in order to be able to give it back to others...
If you are curious about who I am, believe everyone who talks about me. Because whatever they say, they got the version of me they deserved since I'm just a mirror. ;)
Good day and good game! ;)
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