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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Wed, 15 September 2004 07:58
 
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Doesn't help me, I'm in Melbourne. 
What kinda games will you be focusing on?
Some more:
Operation LANWAR
Jack-in
and I still like Local Area Warfare
I think your best bet to get geeks into your store is to make the shopfront look cool and inviting. There is this place, Darkzone in Box Hill (Victoria) and the whole building is done to look like some futuristic bunker, looks real good.
If you could do something like that, it could help. But I dunno how much you wanna spend on the frontage.
I went to this really cool functions room once with work. You walk into what seems like an abandoned building and looks right out of the Matrix. You go through the big old wooden door and walk down a corridor with old polished floorboards and dusty old incomplete plastering job on the walls. You then go up the staircase that looks very old and worn, and I worried a little that the staircase may collapse.
Once at the top, you're presented with an old door with one of those old iron locks and handles on it. The door barely sits in the doorframe and you only have to turn the handle about 5 degrees for it to swing open. You then walk out across a tiled floor, but not to seem out of place, it is cracked and some tiles are missing. To your right is an old window looking out across the street from the second floor and ahead is a massive mural on the wall. Left of that is the main function area. In the main area, the plaster on the support beams is smashed up, and there is no ceiling so you can see the air conditioning pipes, as well as a mass of wires going to lights. The interesting thing for me though was the mass of LAN cables that all gathered together along one wall and headed behind the bar. Now the back of the bar was only a piece of chipboard on it's side, and with no ceiling, I could see right over it to this massive network hub.
I followed these cables and walked around to the back of the bar. Back there, were about 15 computers all running the Matrix screen saver. There was also a row of servers and the network hub with little red lights all over it. It seems that during the day this place is an ISP, but during the night the receptionist becomes a bar lady, the chief network administrator becomes their Sushi Chef, and the whole place converts into a exclusive function room. To finish it off the 2 windows that overlooked the street opened up into little outside drinking/smoking areas, and there was a unisex bathroom. All that was missing was a pair of big leather lounge chairs. Obviously whoever came with this idea had seen the matrix like, a BAJILLION too many times, but it was still freekin' cool none the less.
So yeah, that’s an idea. 
Oh, and if you want any graphic design done for membership cards, logos, letter heads, scoresheets or whatever, I'm just gonna plug myself here, as I'm a graphic designer. So yeah, PM me if ya like.
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SupraPete | Mon, 13 September 2004 12:45 |
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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THE WITZL | Mon, 13 September 2004 12:47 |
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SupraPete | Mon, 13 September 2004 12:47 |
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SupraPete | Mon, 13 September 2004 12:48 |
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AE86slut | Mon, 13 September 2004 12:54 |
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rthy | Mon, 13 September 2004 13:10 |
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SupraPete | Mon, 13 September 2004 13:15 |
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rthy | Mon, 13 September 2004 13:22 |
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rthy | Mon, 13 September 2004 13:28 |
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ViPeR_NiPPleX | Mon, 13 September 2004 23:27 |
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rob_RA40 | Mon, 13 September 2004 23:41 |
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THE WITZL | Tue, 14 September 2004 00:37 |
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Toobs | Tue, 14 September 2004 00:44 |
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MR 1JZ | Wed, 15 September 2004 03:00 |
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SupraPete | Tue, 14 September 2004 00:57 |
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SupraPete | Tue, 14 September 2004 00:59 |
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Toobs | Tue, 14 September 2004 01:15 |
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SupraPete | Tue, 14 September 2004 01:57 |
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SupraPete | Tue, 14 September 2004 06:29 |
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Shraka | Tue, 14 September 2004 06:47 |
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SupraPete | Tue, 14 September 2004 09:41 |
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justcallmefrank | Tue, 14 September 2004 10:27 |
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Jag7799 | Tue, 14 September 2004 09:46 |
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Shraka | Tue, 14 September 2004 11:17 |
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SupraPete | Wed, 15 September 2004 01:11 |
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SupraPete | Wed, 15 September 2004 01:27 |
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joorsh | Wed, 15 September 2004 01:42 |
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ViPeR_NiPPleX | Wed, 15 September 2004 01:49 |
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rob_RA40 | Wed, 15 September 2004 02:40 |
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CrUZsida | Wed, 15 September 2004 02:58 |
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Toobs | Thu, 16 September 2004 12:50 |
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ViPeR_NiPPleX | Wed, 15 September 2004 04:41 |
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SupraPete | Wed, 15 September 2004 07:09 |
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Jag7799 | Wed, 15 September 2004 07:38 |
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Shraka | Wed, 15 September 2004 07:58 |
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maxdamage75 | Thu, 16 September 2004 03:23 |
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SupraPete | Thu, 16 September 2004 03:34 |
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Shraka | Thu, 16 September 2004 04:02 |
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crayz legz | Thu, 16 September 2004 09:28 |
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SupraPete | Thu, 16 September 2004 10:30 |
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crayz legz | Thu, 16 September 2004 11:19 |
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Shraka | Thu, 16 September 2004 12:53 |
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dwango | Thu, 16 September 2004 13:27 |
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Jag7799 | Thu, 16 September 2004 16:31 |
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SupraPete | Fri, 17 September 2004 03:44 |
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joyride | Fri, 17 September 2004 05:09 |
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Jag7799 | Fri, 17 September 2004 23:51 |
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jaikat | Fri, 17 September 2004 10:29 |
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joyride | Sat, 18 September 2004 01:56 |
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SupraPete | Sat, 18 September 2004 01:59 |
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joyride | Sat, 18 September 2004 06:22 |
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crayz legz | Sat, 18 September 2004 02:25 |
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SupraPete | Sat, 18 September 2004 08:19 |
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crayz legz | Sat, 18 September 2004 08:37 |
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Alchemist | Sat, 18 September 2004 09:52 |
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joyride | Sat, 18 September 2004 22:41 |
