In the first story, the idea of a dude being that openly and loudly racist is taking you aback because it's not real.

The first one was a very entertaining work of fiction.

I call BS on the store owner calling kids monkeys. I simply don’t buy it.

The first story seemed outlandish with the blatant racism. But I’m from the sticks in the Midwest so I don’t really know. But the one time I witnessed two people being racist to each other was in Baltimore, so maybe that adds up lol

First story is too unreal, OP could've just picked a few basic lands shown them to the officer and said "see? They are identical, no way to tell them appart" and anyone with a brain would've understood that Mark was either trying to rob the store or wouldn't have any proof that those were his cards and therefore he couldn't get any because they might as well be someone else's. This is either extremely biased or simply a false story

First one sounds bogus as hell

5:28 (Paraphrased) Don't write in your nightmare to tell me to drink tea. I don't need to be mothered or told what to do. But I will.

Trying to give the benefit of the doubt on the first entry but it feels like rage-bait

The first one is b.s.

I give everyone the benefit of the doubt but that first story is hard to believe especially the police taking all those cards without giving them some sort of receipt.

Anyone else rolling there eyes at the first story that clearly never happened

"my highly neuro-divergent brain" This person is insufferable

I don't believe the first story, I live in a rural area of the US and have never seen or heard of those sort of things happening. Not the overt racial remarks or what the cop said. But the person said it occurred in a "blue" city, so maybe this sort of stuff happens there.

Press X to doubt on that first story.

First story is definitely fake OR just being told from someone with an extremely biased, far left viewpoint

Press X to doubt on the first story being true.

Holy shit you got around to reading it!!!!! Thanks North and yes when you read out my story I stopped what i was doing at the time.

The first story that everyone appears to be on the same page about - especially with the “drink a sip of tea” every few sentences was the equivalent of “take a shot” every time what you are reading is complete bollox

Whether the first story is embellished or pure BS, im not sure. I think the real lesson is to not leave valuable stuff in your car. As for the location, my guess is IL, MN or MI.

Racism is really easy to find in the U.S. if you're obsessed with finding it everywhere. Especially when you move the goalposts on what counts as "racism."

I had a binder of MTG cards in a shop, people stole cards out of my binder instead of buying them, I just took my binder home and took it as a loss. I had no idea I could accuse the store of stealing them! I write assume the police would just think I was making it up because I couldn't prove I ever owned them

I call BS on the magic card story.

46:50 I can't wait until they re-release The Pygmies in Warhammer The Old World

Love the pre-video intro. I feel like that will amp people up for a good rant.

I usually listen at work so when I hear my stories I stop and wait to get home 😅

Mark was the Trump impersonator from that other phony hobby nightmare.

In the second story I bet he did write something but it got deleted in the rewriting process

9:14 If I was a gambling man I would say she speaks of New York .

This ”other hobby store” incident does not exist. I am 100% sure that some non white kid just behaved badly, got booted and claimed that it was about race.

Non competitive tournaments exist. So do leagues. They're usually not advertised though. Hordes in fantasy are hard to manage unless you plan for them. High elves though always fight first and are pretty good at fighting hordes with spears. I guess you had to be there. ☺️

First story is fan fic

Totally agree about tornaments, had some tourney players at my local store and no one liked playing them as majority of us brought balanced lists and theirs were extreme lists which weren't any fun to play against. Only rank and flank tourney I've been to was an oath mark one which was though smaller much more fluff based.

That first story was unbearable. Total LARP

I feel like the first story is a bit of a lie

North, keep up the great work!

Catching up on nearly 2wks worth of videos after taking time off from the hobby due to exhaustion & stress. Going to share this one on my Facebook page to make up! 👍

The discord link isn’t working for me. Is it expired or is it an issue on my end?

When Jensen Part 3?!

the fact the woman gave the cops ANY CARDS is basically admitting fault. why otherwise would you accept the situation?? giving the cops any cards is admitting they are evidence...

@26:25 you absolute tease, good on you mate

IF the mark person ever tried to come back, I'd ban them for life. They are the idiot who left their binder in a car and then tried to get one over on the store. He knew full well there was NO WAY he could prove any of those cards were his. He was robbing the store using the cops to do it. This was honestly the first hobby nightmare i had a hard time believing. The complaints that are likeky filed against that cop and the potential lawsuits against the force these days make it hard for me to believe. Not that im right. I may be 100% wrong. Not calling anyone out or a liar. Yeah, im with northern on the tournament thing, does not sound fun to me but i know people who i now know why they love it do much. 😊

With regards to whether or not I have to stop painting when I'm listening to these nightmares? Nope, the stories help me get into a headspace where I am only thinking about the hobby, horse blinkers on. There is something about having such regular updates from the channel, that make the hobby feel and stay "alive" for me, almost like a radio station with mental health/wellbeing advice peppered in. It's been a good while since I had a decent understanding of 40k rules (8th/9th), so I'm not so encouraged to go to other 40k channels to listen in. At this point my brain interprets these battle reports like a handful of different boxes of puzzles, thrown into a cement mixer. No offence to those writing in that have plenty to say about their battles, I just appreciate when the story gets a fast forward when it gets too complex (for a hobbyist out of the rules loop).

Hmm. Sounds fake or exaggerated

@3:08 I keep painting.

48:00 every tourny should gets this.

Engagement

safe space, blue and purple hair, racism, politics all within a few minutes. 🙄Please don't let your channel attract more of these

*Option 1* For my fellow disbelievers of story #1, I provide you the points to prove your theory: (1) The amount of money that must be claimed to be stolen is in excess of $500, and that is WITH a written report. If you cannot itemize, the investigation ends there. Let alone a bunch of $10 cards. (2) Detective, does that mean plain clothes? Uniformed? Uniformed police have body cams and provable information about who is responding/investigating that this whole story could show receipts. (2b) ANY detective, would give you a business card with a contact number as you will need to contact them with more info etc. (3) Your store has cameras. #1 ask, if there is ever an investigation should be talk to owner/manager on duty and request footage. And there would then be footage of them in your store at your counter, "seizing" the evidence. Which they also don't just do without documentation as that is an easy way for it to be lost, mislabeled, etc. (4) You are the manager and you left you belongings in another location including any sort of documenting you may want such as cell phone etc?!?!? (5) "redlining", "university", "neuro divergent", etc as well as saying the police inferred a slur undermines the 'just the facts' telling as you are adding context that slants what should be a straightforward observation. (6) I, personally, have had cards stolen and resold. Even found the store. $5,000.00 USD worth (2x Legacy MTG decks). And the store owner could not verify what I was claiming as there is little documentation they were keeping at that time on sellers. They did verify for genuine cards. After my claims they did start an ID policy on all sales over $500 so that it could be investigated. But even with me rattling off exact numbers of which cards, it is just a claim. (7) If there is such a simple policy as "I give you cards, you give me cash", and you accept YGO, you might have quite a few counterfeits. Selling an entire binder should have been a chore unless the store's policies are loose. (8) The blatant repeat mentioning of the overt racism needs a town name. The idea store owners, and police are just telling the public in earshot about "those types of people" seems far fetched, especially for the exact prejudiced people to be so calm about an officer doing g in in front of a WHOLE store of witnesses. *Option 2* STORE Owner could have already received contact and agreed to a forfeit of the "received stolen merchandise". (1) If the binder was easily described and uniquely identified by the cameras, there is already one part. (2) The seller could know and operate with the owner of the binder*. He could sell and the other one would be nearby, in the store etc. Then with the video cameras it can be proven the binder was received. (3) The police saying "these types" could have been an allusion to a repeat offender of this "my property was stolen and I can prove it" job. That exact officer could basically be politely letting you know through a vague language that this is a known scam that they cannot prove just yet. (4) If your store receives the right amount, the amount not able to be sued over, just enough to file a claim, it may be easier to just lose the money/product. And, that person was never seen again... how odd?!? (5) Did not call the boss to verify the police were seizing product, also without much fuss or resistance?!?! Seems like that isn't the whole story. Which again says, get a badge number. It must be provided upon request from the officer. The departments have enough scandals to worry about. (9) If you just let someone take product as evidence without argument, objection, assertion of "illegal search and seizure", etc etc, that counts as compliance. If the total product value is enough, and you have those cameras, the lawyers would love a phone call. -Sorry North, that one stuck in my craw after the great interactions I have had with some officers in my town who truly do try to help but also don't do dumb stuff.

Lets be honest, Mark prob just wanted free cards.

omfg those cops stole their shit? thats INSANE id suggest you know your rights. tell them to get a warrant, and do not admit that you bought any stolen ones deny deny deny. what a load of shit

I'm willing to bet mark's cards were never stolen. He cooked up an idea that he thought was fool proof while hand picking each card he wanted. I support law enforcement and I know most won't know anything about those cards but that detective was an arrogant/idiotic prick. I'm glad I not part of the magic group

People not considering the stories might be true but instantly call them fake. Truly have such a warped view on humanity its comical.