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Friday, October 15, 2004

Wolf's Game Shop

Once upon a time, there was a shop called Community Links, which was located on the 3rd floor of Amcorp Mall, Petaling Jaya (PJ). You could call it a charity shop, because essentially what it sold was all sorts of no-longer-wanted stuff which was donated from the PJ Community. However, it did sell one other type of item, Magic: The Gathering Trading Card Game supplies.

The shop was taken care of by a guy called Jeremy. He soon decided to quit the shop so as to open a new shop which specialised in Magic and other trading card games. This game shop would be called Connie's Game Corner, which opened on the 2nd floor. It was named after the lady Jeremy and Barry (Jeremy's then business partner) hired to take care of the shop.

However, due to J & Bs desire to concentrate on their other business (i.e. computer services), the shop was then sold to Point and Loco (two members of the hip-hop group Poetic Ammo), and renamed Pendelhaven. As a result, the shop began to draw in more customers, and it also attracted the attention of one Wolf, axeman of punk group Spunky Funggy. Wolf began to run regular RPG sessions which helped to compliment the trading card games of the shop.

The shop was bought over by Wolf in April 2003, and renamed Wolf's Game Shop. It was also relocated to a bigger lot in a mall in line with Wolf's dreams of turning it into a game shop with a much wider focus. By doing so, the shop also attracted more customers from all corners of life.

Today, Wolf's Game Shop is a supplier and host to Trading Card Gaming, Tabletop Wargaming, Boardgaming, Role-Playing, Painting, as well as stocking all sorts of gaming supplies. Its customers range from high school students to professionals. Ironically, the shop has evolved to become that which its predecessor's name suggests: a community.

In it, we've laughed, cried, partied, done good deeds, done not-so-good deeds. We've had our ups and downs, our highs and lows. To most of the regulars, its part of our lives. The community has affected our lives, whether for better or for worse. The experience is priceless, and the time spent there memorable.

I would just like to propose a toast to Wolf's Game Shop, and a salute to Wolf for his efforts in turning it into what it is today.

May the legacy live on...

4 comments:

mudster said...

Hear ye! Hear ye!

triona said...

dude...i answer that toast! i totally agree with you! wolfs shop has changed our lives in many ways! it certainly changed mine!

Unknown said...

Wolf's Game Shop rocks! *toasts*

playtoy said...

*playtoy raises his glass of champagne*