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¿Question #2239?
fubar awol: Did you become a gamer because of a Brick & Morter Game Store?

Woelf: No
HeroesCove: no
El Hidalgo: Yes...way before Internet!
imyourskribe: No, not really. Though I did buy all of my games at am FLGS at the beginning
MisterCranky: Candidate for tedium
pwilz: No, though it was because of a guy who worked for one.
Felimid: Nope. Because my late father introduced me to "Emperor of China" and my oldest brother introduced me to "War at Sea" and "Panzer Leader".
pooterbug: Nope
jessitron: No. Gamers come from other gamers, silly. bricks and mortar can't reproduce.
swmabie: No. I didn't become a gamer because of brick & mortar stores.
Redhawke: No, I became a gamer because of Risk 2210 AD.
MamaRat: No, it was because of our friends, but our first game store was enabling enough to cement the addiction.
RatDog: Yes
mbrna: no
Polgara: no
KD7SVH: Nope, friends.
Lori713: No
DKahnt: nope
thedude05: I became a gamer due to Dungeons & Dragons Red Boxed set.
Bosco312: Yes. Uncles Games in Washington State (USA).
Statistician: No, because of my family.
thoth93: Of a sort. I had a great gaming store in college that really let my hobby explode in multiple directions.
DHEK: No
vampywife: no, but i would be nice to have one around.
aleo09: no
PsyJam: Yes I did
manwich: No, I became a gamer because of a horrible accident involving power tools
tdyck: no, because of friends
MenuGarit: No, I became a gamer because of college (i.e. board games + easy access to opponents = gamers)
Beelzebub: Yes because when I started, the Internet was only Al Gore's dream.
paulgo: no
jeffwolfe: no
Cut & Space: no
bigbadsteve: nope
brainrob: No
zaiga: Yes
mkgray: No
janiera: No
Ebon Wendigo: No, as far as I can tell I was born this way. They really didn't have any "Game Stores" when I got into games.
KDSN: nope
LemonyFresh: No
Spaten: no, because I wanted to meet a pathetic bug and guess what, I did
kinetic: nope
Chris Page: No. D&D was sold at Toys r' Us back then.
bobthemundane: No.
aramis: No, because of a Psychologist.
Ludocrazy: no
puffinslayer: Actually, yeah. I think I did. There was a store in Providence, RI. Can't remember the name of it for the life of me.
kuhrusty: No. I became a gamer because when I was in third grade, I heard these super-cool fourth graders talking about fighting a giant crab inside a boiling lake. It sounded bad ASS. Those little bastards ruined my life.
jasta6: no, because of my brother
beakermyers: no
Excalabur: Mortar is good, I admit, but I've been a gamer since I was 6ish..
Agrajag: Yes, GameWorld (now defunct)
joe_games: No.
xlorp: Valley Plaza Hobbies and Games. North Hollywood, CA. (Long, long gone now)
CherryPie: No.
Karlsen: mortAr. No I was already a gamer long before I discovered Bricks and Mortar stores
Cerebus: No.
ConraDargo: no
skrutsch: No, it was because of Scott.
sourwyrm: yes
erli: NO
Great Dane: No
kgnunn: No, I learned from a friend -- the enabler!
Nomadik: yes
Lord_Prussian: Not entirely, but it was a huge contributing factor.
ssmooth: I became a gamer because I enjoyed playing games in my family.
familygaming: GAMES Magazine, GAMES 100, 2000
Belash: no
mandj2001: nope
Randy Cox: Hell no. The only game stores we've ever had around her just sell games. The myth that game store owners set up game nights and wonderful gaming conventions is not true. Stores sell wares that you go to because you're already interested in the product. I've never said to myself, "Self, go to Wal-Mart and stroll around until you find a hobby you might like to take up."
BaSL: a what?
bluebehir: No, but it was such a store that allowed me to play regularly
puffinge: When did this term Brick & Mortar come into popular use, I'm not liking it.
ValJor: No, I only got to the store after
scriptorum: Several.
2amp: no
djfilms: no
tragicpoet: Yes, Attactix in my hometown of Aurora, CO
chad56s: No. I became a gamer because of games.
snoozefest: no
djlg: Yes, because the only choices then were B&M and snail mail order.
skelebone: Sure not.
fizzix: No
Blackwind: yes
gnomehome: No
chaddyboy_2000: No.
CDRodeffer: No, because my parents took lots of time to play games with me and my siblings.
jimchris: No way.
jttm: Nope
Spielfreak: Yes. Strategy & Tactics on Mass. Ave. in Boston.
AlorielLelyn: Yep
CortexBomb: You mean originally? No, I became a gamer because of a friend who happened to have a D&D set. I did shop exclusively at B&Ms back in those days, but they were really the only option then too
Dave: Well, Pegasus Games in Madison, WI sure helped.
fubar awol: no