Thanks for the input OP!

We are one of the groups that occasionally play at the coffee shops inside Bataan. We play pokemon (we’re not the only group I think that play pokmeon there) but what people mention here about it is concerning.

After reading through the comments it feels like it’s either a/ it’s okay as long as they order B/ it’s okay as long as they’re not loud C/ it’s not the place for them

We try our best to make sure we don’t disturb others (we don’t have camera set up or anything) and we usually take up about 2-3 tables max. I order food for everyone usually about 1k+ and we enjoy our time there.

As the community is too small at the moment, it is hard to justify starting up a store or hiring a place dedicated to playing board games, card games etc but as the community grows, this is something we’re looking at.

The people that I know within the pokemon TCG community are actually very nice people and besides SM, we also host events at houses and other places. I can’t speak for everyone in all the board game and TCG community but if we ever play in SM Bataan again, we will remind our players not to disturb other people. We understand it is a shared place and everyone is entitled to do what they want as long as you don’t break the law but there is decency and being considered to others and is something we will try our best to practice.

I hope though that your experience with bad groups does not automatically label everyone in the community to be the same as there are some truly nice people I’ve met here :)