Gaming Cafe - Anyone Else? - GoFuckYourself.com

MarkTiarra · 06-02-2004, 07:03 PM

Anyone here got one of these near there house or involved in one in any way?

http://www.lumyr.com/zubar/exec_sum/

We did a bunch of research to start one (as the page babbles on about) and I was just wondering if anyo other webmasters got bit by the same bug?

YentaGirl · 06-02-2004, 07:05 PM

I haven't seen one and I live in Florida. But then again I live in a place where counting is a problem top some people...

mastamind · 06-02-2004, 07:07 PM

I havent seen any around either might be somethin to get into

crockett · 06-02-2004, 07:14 PM

I looked into doing starting one up.. I know a few guys that have them in calli but it's rough biz to be in. Not a ton of profit unless you do other things with it.

4Pics · 06-02-2004, 08:20 PM

they make good money $1-2 an hour and ya have like 50 machines running plus you get a $10 signup fee and you can sell cokes/candy etc.

Pornwolf · 06-02-2004, 08:30 PM

Pretty good business. I know of one in Manhattan that sits on $30k a month in commercial space. The pipe they use for the network is a 100mbs cogent pipe @ $3k. It has about 50 cpu's in it and leases out the basement as rental office space (cubicle rental, conference area and mail service) They bought all Alienware computers and everything else is expensive so they have to be turning a nice profit to still be around 3 years later. They charge $6 an hour and is only half full most times but of course during the prime time (after school) it seems to run at 90% capacity til close.

http://www.web2zone.com is their site if you want to see it.

GTS Mark · 06-02-2004, 08:32 PM

I was looking into starting one here in my hometown. Then as soon as I was about to start aggressively moving on the project a gaming cafe opened. LOL!

Oh well there might be room for competition. We will see

DH

Roger · 06-02-2004, 08:39 PM

There aren't any in Montreal. I thought about it but I'm not so sure it'll work.

Jeff aka NIGHTfall · 06-02-2004, 08:43 PM

use to goto one right here in my home town called "The Matrix" very good place. they had a afterschool program for kids and all.. they shut down like 6months ago...

Rictor · 06-02-2004, 09:03 PM

I've been to one here in Indy...it was a cool place but not my cup of tea...I'm not really into network gaming.

I think to really make a nice profit at it, you would have to make a place that's a hip hangout at night and an educational center during the day. Invest in business training software and get local companies to send their employees to you to get certified in different programs and such.

Teach classes to old people on how to use the Internet. Teach classes on how to use Ebay.

tbabe · 06-02-2004, 09:09 PM

one opened up here yesterday, just down the street. I'll probably check it out soon.

MarkTiarra · 06-03-2004, 12:20 AM

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Originally posted by Pornwolf
Pretty good business. I know of one in Manhattan that sits on $30k a month in commercial space. The pipe they use for the network is a 100mbs cogent pipe @ $3k. It has about 50 cpu's in it and leases out the basement as rental office space (cubicle rental, conference area and mail service) They bought all Alienware computers and everything else is expensive so they have to be turning a nice profit to still be around 3 years later. They charge $6 an hour and is only half full most times but of course during the prime time (after school) it seems to run at 90% capacity til close.

http://www.web2zone.com is their site if you want to see it.

They are one of the sites we did analysis on. It's a cool place. =]

bhutocracy · 06-03-2004, 01:05 AM

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Originally posted by Rictor
I've been to one here in Indy...it was a cool place but not my cup of tea...I'm not really into network gaming.

I think to really make a nice profit at it, you would have to make a place that's a hip hangout at night and an educational center during the day. Invest in business training software and get local companies to send their employees to you to get certified in different programs and such.

Teach classes to old people on how to use the Internet. Teach classes on how to use Ebay.

Thats a lot of hours in the day and those sort of employee's don't work for minimum wage. I did a lot of looking into it late last year, and if it weren't for "surer" things i wouldn't have postponed it, essentially you're right in that it has to be a hip hangout, but you have to look at making a lot of your cash selling syrup coke, candy and frozen food purchased from the local super market at 400% profit and warmed up in the microwave quik-e mart style.
I talked to town planning and they spoke about having to fork out for extra car spaces for the "parking need" business would generate out of my own pocket at like 8k ea.. at that point i kinda cooled down, invested in a few other things and am still looking at positions for one and ways to make money during the day without employee's wages severely cutting into the not-exactly-impressive profit.
I wanted a cool gaming cafe i could own and drop in at to casually fuck around.. but in a smaller town (30k) it's much more of an owner-operator type business..

talk the theking, his brother runs one successfully.

jojojo · 06-03-2004, 01:45 AM

There are several here in Vanouver - most of the successful ones are run by asain dudes and are kind ghettoish inside... open 24hrs per day adn $2 CDN per hour.

One place place counterstrike on their LAN all the time and there are no headsets and everyone cranks their speakers its fucking nuts sounds like a warzone down there.

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crockett in a van by the river Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 76,806	I looked into doing starting one up.. I know a few guys that have them in calli but it's rough biz to be in. Not a ton of profit unless you do other things with it. __________________ In November, you can vote for America's next president or its first dictator.

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Pornwolf Drunk and Unruly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood Posts: 22,712	Pretty good business. I know of one in Manhattan that sits on $30k a month in commercial space. The pipe they use for the network is a 100mbs cogent pipe @ $3k. It has about 50 cpu's in it and leases out the basement as rental office space (cubicle rental, conference area and mail service) They bought all Alienware computers and everything else is expensive so they have to be turning a nice profit to still be around 3 years later. They charge $6 an hour and is only half full most times but of course during the prime time (after school) it seems to run at 90% capacity til close. http://www.web2zone.com is their site if you want to see it. __________________ I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade... Webair, bitches. Last edited by Pornwolf; 06-02-2004 at 08:31 PM..

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Jeff aka NIGHTfall Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida Posts: 5,162	use to goto one right here in my home town called "The Matrix" very good place. they had a afterschool program for kids and all.. they shut down like 6months ago... __________________ Register Now For PimpinPays.com

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tbabe Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,494	one opened up here yesterday, just down the street. I'll probably check it out soon. __________________ Still one of the best programs on the net. According to their banner, you can get rich.

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YentaGirl Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 156	I haven't seen one and I live in Florida. But then again I live in a place where counting is a problem top some people...

06-02-2004, 07:07 PM	#3
mastamind Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 429	I havent seen any around either might be somethin to get into

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4Pics Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 7,952	they make good money $1-2 an hour and ya have like 50 machines running plus you get a $10 signup fee and you can sell cokes/candy etc.

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GTS Mark Vrume Mark Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 20,912	I was looking into starting one here in my hometown. Then as soon as I was about to start aggressively moving on the project a gaming cafe opened. LOL! Oh well there might be room for competition. We will see DH

06-02-2004, 08:39 PM	#8
Roger Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: MetroCity Posts: 3,181	There aren't any in Montreal. I thought about it but I'm not so sure it'll work.

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Rictor Old Timer Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 12,208	I've been to one here in Indy...it was a cool place but not my cup of tea...I'm not really into network gaming. I think to really make a nice profit at it, you would have to make a place that's a hip hangout at night and an educational center during the day. Invest in business training software and get local companies to send their employees to you to get certified in different programs and such. Teach classes to old people on how to use the Internet. Teach classes on how to use Ebay.

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jojojo Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 2,318	There are several here in Vanouver - most of the successful ones are run by asain dudes and are kind ghettoish inside... open 24hrs per day adn $2 CDN per hour. One place place counterstrike on their LAN all the time and there are no headsets and everyone cranks their speakers its fucking nuts sounds like a warzone down there. __________________ Learn SEO - make $$ residually - icq me 333485092