[QUOTE=darth-veger;50606265]And yet these concepts rarely work in western market. Mainly because most of us can afford expensive gaming computers while over at Taiwan it might be a cheaper solution to just visit a cyber cafe which nearly has the latest gaming PC's anyway[/QUOTE]
me and a friend got a great idea in theory of renting a place, and for a monthly fee you would get access to consoles (mostly retro) we put there, and you could put consoles there yourself (for others to use too), you'd get in by a swipe card, and could chill out there after work (as many of us don't really have any time/friends when having a job), with a small kiosk with candy bars n shit, and there would be camera surveillance, open 24 hours, could just hop in for a rocket league match with your buddies on your way to work etc
too bad the rent is like $1000+ a month here for a decently sized one, so that dream got crushed quickly :cry:
$1k a month isn't bad, some places in California that's a studio apartment.
If you wanted to expand your idea, maybe make it into partly a cafe or coffee shop.
[QUOTE=Ithon;50609223]$1k a month isn't bad, some places in California that's a studio apartment.
If you wanted to expand your idea, maybe make it into partly a cafe or coffee shop.[/QUOTE]
but it would never pay for the costs, $1k is only the space, no electricity/internet etc
and this is a city with 120k people in it, the living costs here are absurd.
members would have to pay a huge sum of money to make it go around, and then it wouldn't work.
i'm thinking of a fee of like $5 or less a month, a humble thing
As a Taiwanese I go to these cafes from time to time
they're great
[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;50606787]Cyber cafes don't exist in the west because most everyone has their own computer and internet.[/QUOTE]
These things were pretty common back then here, they are the reason as to why Internet is so cheap where I live (Romania). It all started out with huge LAN networks.
Also Romanians pirate a ton of shit seeing as we get ripped off pretty badly with these digital prices.
That second one looks so relaxing, I love all the wood everywhere and how they have these small spaces that feel like little holes in the wall just for you. I think I could spend eternity relaxing in there.
[QUOTE=darth-veger;50606357]I wonder how many people actually had that thought or dream when they were kids (or now even) to start a gaming/computer cafe. I sure had one for a long time and my father even pushed the idea further by asking around empty venues. The idea of having some kind of bar where you can go with friends to play PC/Xbox/Playstation games for a few hours seems like a awesome idea[/QUOTE]
There was a bar here in Melbourne that had a bunch of arcade machines, all the gaming consoles etc.
Eventually the hype died down and only a few nerds here and there went, they eventually closed down
It'd have to be a real premium service which would be exhausting to run
[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;50606787]Cyber cafes don't exist in the west because most everyone has their own computer and internet
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It's the same reason arcades died too: because everyone has their own home console.[/QUOTE]
Wasn't it also because of vandalism? I really don't feel like the equipment in a place like this would last very long in the US unless you charged a fuckton to get in.
[QUOTE=mickers;50606304]Would love some of these in the uk, the equipment would be damaged pretty fast though. They are mad for letting people order food to the computers.[/QUOTE]
back in ~2000 there was definitely a few internet cafés on hoxton street, hackney. this was before the advent of broadband so understandably not everyone had access to good internet. nowadays they've pretty much died out though.
[QUOTE=Tudd;50608235]They forgot the part where they go to a typical bottom-barrel cafe where people do die though.[/QUOTE]
Very clickbaity, they mentioned deaths in like two sentences during the whole video.
I think it's rather just chance. A place where people spend days to an end there's bound to be deaths. It's just that it's unusual and macabre as they would be mistaken for sleeping.
Also such a competitive high-energy environment could definitely get a rise out of someone with violence issues.
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;50608624]aren't these like cheap hotels where you can sleep in?[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;MtdupS0gRt0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtdupS0gRt0[/video]
Pretty depressive
Cyber cafes in the Middle East are chill as fuck. They have dedicated restaurants that - in my experience - serve really delicious food, for cheap. Shawarma, rice dishes, soup etc etc
Because of the big caste divide (Arabs being on top, Southeast Asia being at the bottom) there's a tonne of guys there ready to take your order at a moments notice. There are smoking areas, shisha (hookah) areas, fresh fruit juices and smoothies.
Spent a fair amount of time hanging out in them as a teen, it's such a fun thing to do with a solid group of friends. It turns into your regular hangout place.
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Our cyber cafes have nothing on the Taiwanese one though. Also found it really funny / cringeworthy how loud he was during the video. Just sorta belting out his lines for the video and getting a bunch of stares.
[QUOTE=loopoo;50609858]Cyber cafes in the Middle East are chill as fuck. They have dedicated restaurants that - in my experience - serve really delicious food, for cheap. Shawarma, rice dishes, soup etc etc
Because of the big caste divide (Arabs being on top, Southeast Asia being at the bottom) there's a tonne of guys there ready to take your order at a moments notice. There are smoking areas, shisha (hookah) areas, fresh fruit juices and smoothies.
Spent a fair amount of time hanging out in them as a teen, it's such a fun thing to do with a solid group of friends. It turns into your regular hangout place.
[editline]28th June 2016[/editline]
Our cyber cafes have nothing on the Taiwanese one though. Also found it really funny / cringeworthy how loud he was during the video. Just sorta belting out his lines for the video and getting a bunch of stares.[/QUOTE]
In Vietnam there also was a cyber cafe which had like 3 packages. The cheapest was a very simple computer that was meant to be used for emails and such and costed like.. 30 or 40 cents per hour. Then you had the most expensive package which was 1.50$ per hour and it had the latest gaming PC's with wide monitors along with something mentioned in the video with this screen where you can order food, there even was a goddamn delivery menu for McDonalds or KFC.
I was on holiday so i didn't spent more then 1 hour in it but goddamn you could drop me off there in the morning i would play til closing time (it closes every day for 4 hours at 3 AM)
It wasn't for the fact they had gaming PC's but more so because people were also just talking and doing cardgames. I just observed from a distance but from my impression everyone was just friendly and had no awkwardness into walking up to strangers and ask if they can join in
There's something about the atmosphere you just can't beat in a busy, vibrant cybercafe. Going to one and just seeing everyone doing their own thing and running about and celebrating and shit, and ordering your drinks and food, pretty chill.
The cybercafe even gave you the option to bring your own PC down and set it up in a booth for a membership price. Cybercafes in Kuwait do hella well because internet packages are extortionate for really crappy speeds + monthly caps, so going to a cybercafe ensures you get faster than average speed and don't have to worry about caps.
[QUOTE=loopoo;50609930]There's something about the atmosphere you just can't beat in a busy, vibrant cybercafe. Going to one and just seeing everyone doing their own thing and running about and celebrating and shit, and ordering your drinks and food, pretty chill.
The cybercafe even gave you the option to bring your own PC down and set it up in a booth for a membership price.[B] Cybercafes in Kuwait do hella well because internet packages are extortionate for really crappy speeds + monthly caps, so going to a cybercafe ensures you get faster than average speed and don't have to worry about caps[/B].[/QUOTE]
In the end i think this is why we won't see this in western market. Such a shame but a few game fanatics who think the same like us would not be enough to be able to sustain a cyber cafe in the west.
[QUOTE=Talishmar;50609569]Very clickbaity, they mentioned deaths in like two sentences during the whole video.
I think it's rather just chance. A place where people spend days to an end there's bound to be deaths. It's just that it's unusual and macabre as they would be mistaken for sleeping.
Also such a competitive high-energy environment could definitely get a rise out of someone with violence issues.[/QUOTE]
Definition of clickbait.
I enjoy watching the video, but I ain't deluding myself in that I basically watched a commercial.
I remember my town having a cyber cafe with cs 1.5. It was pretty awesome.
Too bad it closed down because drug dealers ran their business there.
I want a nice computer and good internet for rent
[QUOTE=darth-veger;50609955]In the end i think this is why we won't see this in western market. Such a shame but a few game fanatics who think the same like us would not be enough to be able to sustain a cyber cafe in the west.[/QUOTE]
Really the only way it would survive in the west is if it was tied to a college campus or something similar. Imagine having this shit on your university grounds, it'd be great (distraction).
In Singapore we called them lan shops and they were great and everywhere and also ~2 SGD/hr usually, I really miss them. It was the default after school/weekend activity. Honestly the grungy ones were sort of the best, you could blast the speakers as loud as you want and it felt like some hellish cyberpunk haven. There was one place that had a 24hrs for 20 bucks deal that my friends and I decided to commit to once or twice, fuggin brutal.
The Q place seemed awesome, it's exactly what I've always thought was missing from western cities: somewhere you can just go and hang out with friends that isn't a bar or club. When me and my friends were living in shitty cramped student accommodation that place would have been a godsend.
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