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08-03-2005, 07:03 PM #51Web Hosting Master
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I've kind of got a gaming center in my own house.
It's the kid's downstairs computer/school room actually. It's 7m x 4.2m and will have 2 desks built in down both sides with 6 PCs networked. I had a friend come visit yesterday, and he suggested some regular LAN parties for BF2. I'll see what the Minister for War and Finance (the Mrs) says!
But in the next year or 2, I would seriously like to investigate setting up a small cybercafe/game center. That's also something I could really get my teeth into.• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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08-03-2005, 08:33 PM #52Web Hosting Master
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By the sounds of things WHT should start a game-center/internet cafe chain and have a bunch of users run them. I am suprised to hear how many are interested in starting one up.
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08-03-2005, 08:44 PM #53Web Hosting Master
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We've been looking into opening one here too.
We should franchise.
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08-03-2005, 08:56 PM #54Web Hosting Master
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Same here I've been thinking about it. I subscribed to the thread to watch it and finally decided to jump in.
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08-03-2005, 09:53 PM #55Retired Moderator
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Open on in Maryland! There are no gaming centers around me.
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08-03-2005, 10:09 PM #56Web Hosting Master
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I'm in Northern KY and scoping out prime locations. I believe it's all about the location. You have to be where the kids are.
Justin
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08-03-2005, 10:34 PM #57Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Lubby
By the sounds of things WHT should start a game-center/internet cafe chain and have a bunch of users run them. I am suprised to hear how many are interested in starting one up.• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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08-03-2005, 10:35 PM #58Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Aussie Bob
I'm not surprised. Let's face it, a LOT of webhosts are young (under 30) and have grown up on a steady diet of computers and video games. It's a natural fit for some of them to want to get into the game center business, and they can also run their hosting businesses from that location too, given the remote nature of the hosting business.
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08-03-2005, 10:53 PM #59Retired Moderator
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I too am interested in something like this, I thought about it awhile ago when a building pretty close to the local school went vacant (apparently they didn't notice a competing drug store was less than a mile down the road...). Anyway, in this rural western PA town there's not much for kids to do after school.
I think this idea would work well here, I've subscribed to the thread!
EDIT: To those that have a gaming center already, what type of internet connection do you have? Do you allow your customers to surf/play games on the internet?Last edited by CArmstrong; 08-03-2005 at 11:08 PM.
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08-03-2005, 11:09 PM #60Invented the Internet
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For anyone here that has done this...what do you serve for food/drinks? Currently, we buy up soda from Sam's Club by the case and offer snacks such as candy bars and Doritos. We do order a pizza or two on the weekends for our family...and end up giving away most of it to the kids. I'm thinking of starting to order up a few extra pizzas and selling them by the slice...but not sure if we'd end up with cold extras.
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Originally posted by AH-Tina
. . . I'm thinking of starting to order up a few extra pizzas and selling them by the slice...but not sure if we'd end up with cold extras.• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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Originally posted by AH-Tina
I'm thinking of starting to order up a few extra pizzas and selling them by the slice...but not sure if we'd end up with cold extras.
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08-03-2005, 11:17 PM #63Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by AH-Tina
For anyone here that has done this...what do you serve for food/drinks? Currently, we buy up soda from Sam's Club by the case and offer snacks such as candy bars and Doritos. We do order a pizza or two on the weekends for our family...and end up giving away most of it to the kids. I'm thinking of starting to order up a few extra pizzas and selling them by the slice...but not sure if we'd end up with cold extras.
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08-03-2005, 11:23 PM #64Invented the Internet
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I was thinking $2.50 for a slice of pizza and a can of soda...and maybe a 1/2 hour of time. I bet those would sell nicely. I'll research it this weekend and report back.
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Tina what is the place called in whitehall? Haha I was just up there.
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08-03-2005, 11:27 PM #66Invented the Internet
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Originally posted by P-nut
Tina, don't you have teenagers at home? How could pizza EVER go to waste?
Arghhhhhhhh...this is quickly becoming more effort than I originally anticipated.
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Originally posted by Mark L
Tina what is the place called in whitehall? Haha I was just up there.
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08-03-2005, 11:31 PM #68Invented the Internet
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Question for anyone actively using SmartLaunch - how hard would you say it is to initially configure? I'm looking at it and it seems pretty involved. I'm a bit terrified, actually. Anyone have any tips or words of encouragement???
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08-03-2005, 11:35 PM #69Web Hosting Master
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Tina nice website you have for it. Nice and simple!
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Originally posted by MStar
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I am awake from 11 AM to past 2AM anyway, noon to midnight isn't that hard
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Okay - I'll try to be there this Friday and Saturday. If any of you stop by, I'll be the one gimping around with a cane or rolling over kids in my wheelchair. Free time and cold pizza for any WHTer.
Constructive critisism welcomed...except for the obvious "get a bigger place!".
Aussie Bob - you should definitely talk her into letting you open up a gaming center. I think you'd do really well with it, given your personality. Plus, you can tell her she'd have so much extra free time because you'll take all the kids to work with you!
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Hey Tina how many staff do you have working for you? If you could of done something different if you re did it all what would you have done?
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Originally posted by Torith
Hey Tina how many staff do you have working for you? If you could of done something different if you re did it all what would you have done?
Order...I demand order!
I think I would have started out with a bigger place originally.
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