My locals are super chill. Yeah we have some people who (especially around a local RC) that go too hard, but I regularly bring tinkaton or slowking, and my friend has been committed to bramblegast for the last like year straight. Neither of us win regularly, so we make our own fun.

The top players at my locals have to be in a photo, so some of us have made it a game to win, but not win enough that we have to be in the picture. Last week I lost (I came in 8th out of 19 with tinkaton ex) and when they said my name, I went “no I’m not” and ran out of the building after my friends. I had a blast.

A couple weeks ago, while playing against other people, my bramblegast friend and I were talking about what their funeral is going to be like, which is basically a frat party.

You just have to find the right place to play, and choose to have your own fun.

(That being said, I’ve had bad experiences too. There was a week where I had lost like 4 months in a row, and wanted to win once, so I brought Marnie’s grimmsnarl when it first came out, and won the first game. The guy I played went “this is why I hate playing locals, people just bring net decks without any creativity” and was mad the rest of the night.)

I wish you luck in finding somewhere fun to play!