Re: Yet another NYC raid
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The club scene is pretty dead in NY because the constant raids prevent larger, better places from taking hold for casual players. I constantly get invites to new clubs, but haven't played in one for years -- since the nice one with flat screens in the 20s got busted just a month or two after opening. As a recreational player, I want a friendly, reliable, safe place to play with multiple games and lots of players -- the old PlayStation was my favorite. Given the current enforcement climate, and the constant "outing" of new clubs, I don't foresee that happening. The appeal of going to a new club with two tables and a bunch of regulars, including a fair sprinkling of the usual slimebags, is not appealing.
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I feel very similar.
Although after playing sporadically in NYC clubs for 4-5 years, I can still always find a game. It's really not that hard and I'm far from being deeply connected with that scene. I seriously doubt clubs are going anywhere.
Seems like every few years it gets wide open, then tightens up, then opens up yet again with big rooms operating blatantly.
From what I understand it's been this way for a long time now.
Right now there's a thriving smaller stakes home game community going on and I find it to be pretty satisfactory. Seek and you shall find.
No offense, but I'm not gonna respond to PM's for this because I don't host any games myself.
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