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LAN Gaming shop
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Mon, 13 September 2004 12:45
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Trying to think of some names for a (possible) new LAN Gaming shop (NOT an internet Cafe, no internet at all, just 30-40 computers connected up playing games).
If you've got your own idea, let us know
[Updated on: Thu, 16 September 2004 03:27]
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Toymods Social Secretary
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Mon, 13 September 2004 12:48
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Nerd Killers
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Baulko Hillo
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April 2004
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Mon, 13 September 2004 12:54
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| SupraPete wrote on Mon, 13 September 2004 22:48 |
Nerd Killers
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I think you've got your answer right there buddy.... 
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Location:
Melbourne - NthSubs
Registered:
January 2004
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Mon, 13 September 2004 13:10
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wat about the lan we dont speak of and dare not enter 
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Mon, 13 September 2004 13:15
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| rthy wrote on Mon, 13 September 2004 23:10 |
wat about the lan we dont speak of and dare not enter
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Your girlfriend?
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Location:
Melbourne - NthSubs
Registered:
January 2004
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Location:
Melbourne - NthSubs
Registered:
January 2004
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Mon, 13 September 2004 13:28
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havent u seen that movie "The Village"
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Location:
VIC, Sth Frankston.
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July 2003
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Mon, 13 September 2004 23:27
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LAN-OR-DIE.
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Location:
c'town, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Mon, 13 September 2004 23:41
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"frags"
"the spawn area"
"the gibbed"
ummm...
i feel young nerds (me being one my whole life) would be most drawn to a name that kind of portrays a "secret underground establishment". this type of name would tap into their fantasy style mindset. Make them enthusiastic about going to your shop as they would be embraced by this underground community which i feel most nerds yearn for.
ill just throw a few things out in the wind
"its not gaming its a mission"
"gaming is life"
"live for the LAN re-spawn for the LAN"
hope this helps..
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Toymods Social Secretary
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Tue, 14 September 2004 00:37
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Nerd Killers rules!
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Tue, 14 September 2004 00:44
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Losers And Nerds. (LAN)
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Tue, 14 September 2004 00:57
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These are great guys!
Love "LAN or DIE"
And Rob, your dead right about the "secret underground establishment" thats definately what we're trying to create. Away from the prying eyes of the public, where Nerds can be Nerds.
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Tue, 14 September 2004 00:59
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Frag-Or-Die
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Tue, 14 September 2004 01:15
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Lan of the token ring. Fellowship of the frag.
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Tue, 14 September 2004 01:57
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One token ring to rule them all ...
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Tue, 14 September 2004 06:29
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What about LAN Combat
Simple but effective.
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Tue, 14 September 2004 06:47
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Be carefully to think about your names properly. Some of the ones you have may end up sounding like a place for little kiddies to go and play their little kiddie games. The ones I think sound a bit childish are LAN Attack, Nerd Killers and Kill Zone. Although if done right, Kill Zone could be rather cool.
Rather that "It's not Gaming, it's a Mission", how about "It's not a Game, it's a Mission", but that is less a name and more a catch phrase.
Just off the top of my head:
Downtime
Live Fire
Duel
I'll think of some more later.
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Tue, 14 September 2004 09:41
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What about just Combat
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
July 2002
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Tue, 14 September 2004 10:27
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| SupraPete wrote on Tue, 14 September 2004 17:41 |
What about just Combat
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Too vague.
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Location:
Melbourne
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November 2003
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Wed, 15 September 2004 01:11
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Need something for the sign out the front so that people (nerds) can see it and go "ooh, I wanna go there".
Cyber War or Cyber Warriors is good too.
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Wed, 15 September 2004 01:27
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What about:
Urban Combat
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June 2003
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Wed, 15 September 2004 01:42
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how about
"The Third Eye"
and you could have the little yellow smiley face as your logo with a bullet hole between the eyes.
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VIC, Sth Frankston.
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July 2003
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Wed, 15 September 2004 01:49
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Call it TRON or Wargames 
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c'town, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Wed, 15 September 2004 02:40
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"gibb city"
"crosshairs"
"127.0.0.1"
"teh LAN"
"burnt retina gaming"
"respawn"
"the mega super happy fun LAN"
LAN as different acronym - "Last Audible Noise"
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Australia
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Wed, 15 September 2004 02:58
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| rob_RA40 wrote on Wed, 15 September 2004 10:40 |
"127.0.0.1"
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Buauahah
"192.168.0.1"
"SuperLAN"
"LAN-O-RAMA"
"LANTHOLOGY"
"LANDROMAT"
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
July 2004
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Wed, 15 September 2004 03:00
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| Toobs wrote on Tue, 14 September 2004 10:14 |
Losers And Nerds. (LAN)
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VIC, Sth Frankston.
Registered:
July 2003
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Wed, 15 September 2004 07:38
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what about something like "Frag zone" or something with frag in it.. then u can have a crosshair over something etc for logo
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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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Location:
Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Thu, 16 September 2004 03:23
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what about the title of this thread but with names removed? i.e. LAN Gaming Shop
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Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Thu, 16 September 2004 03:34
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Topic changed max.
Shraka, we're definately going to theme it. Would be cool to do a big old warehouse, but the shop we're looking at at the moment it wouldn't be possible. We're looking at getting a very small single room (3 others in the building).
The theme we both like is the "Sky Blue camouflage"
![http://www.nexternal.com/armynavy/images/skycamo[1]8.jpg](http://www.nexternal.com/armynavy/images/skycamo[1]8.jpg)
Or the "Urban Camoflage"
![http://www.nexternal.com/armynavy/images/boonie9[1]18.gif](http://www.nexternal.com/armynavy/images/boonie9[1]18.gif)
We'd do up the room in camouflage - painting desks, monitors and keyboards, hangning netting up on the walls etc.
Would also be easy to have a uniform for working there. Jeans and a camou shirt.
Make it look like a military intelligence room.
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Location:
Sydney
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January 2004
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Thu, 16 September 2004 09:28
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hey when you open up the shop can i plz have a job? lol. what about LANTRIX for the name? an just out of taste i think the grey camo is better. and another idea could b using dog tags for the mebership card/dog tags...
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Thu, 16 September 2004 10:30
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Dog Tags are a great idea! no idea how we'd get them made though.
Will check out different camou colours when we need to chose. Name first.
crazy, you serious about a job? Where you live? Gimme a PM.
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Location:
Sydney
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January 2004
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Thu, 16 September 2004 11:19
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pm sent
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop names
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Thu, 16 September 2004 12:50
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| CrUZsida wrote on Wed, 15 September 2004 12:58 |
| rob_RA40 wrote on Wed, 15 September 2004 10:40 |
"127.0.0.1"
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Buauahah
"192.168.0.1"
"SuperLAN"
"LAN-O-RAMA"
"LANTHOLOGY"
"LANDROMAT"
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"The Gateway"
IP Address: 192.168.0.1
"Localhost"
IP Address: 127.0.0.1
"Subnet"
255.255.255.0
"su root"
"bash, grep, finger, ping"
"Domain SAS.trainingground.com"
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Thu, 16 September 2004 12:53
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Cheap dog tags:
Get some of those key ring tag things in black (you know, the little plastic ones that pop open) and put a little bit of white paper in there with their name and ID printed on it.
Give it to them on a bit of string and sell metal chains seperatly.
You could also have a premium membership that comes with proper metal dogtags.
Alternativly you could make up some kind of futuristic dogtags out of a laminated buisness card.
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
July 2004
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Thu, 16 September 2004 13:27
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o can i come n live in Sydney. uu's guys are gonna make some money.
I rekkon to get people other than the standard PC computer users it'd be an idea to include a ps2 and/or xbox lan section too.
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Brisbane
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Thu, 16 September 2004 16:31
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theres a place in brisbane called the bunker.. charge decent rates.. have all latest games.. about 70 comps and its full 24/7.. they rake it in
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Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Fri, 17 September 2004 03:44
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Yeah The Bunker is shit hot. If we can get it half as good as those guys we'll be happy.
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I supported Toymods
Location:
fairfield NSW
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Fri, 17 September 2004 05:09
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how about 'fire in the hole'? 
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Location:
local to everywhere
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Fri, 17 September 2004 10:29
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if your going for a army/spy theme here's a few suggestions
"Lantoon"
"Sporn of the Lan"
"Intel"
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Location:
Brisbane
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Fri, 17 September 2004 23:51
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| joyride wrote on Fri, 17 September 2004 15:09 |
how about 'fire in the hole'?
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thats awesome, i like that one
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I supported Toymods
Location:
fairfield NSW
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January 2003
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Sat, 18 September 2004 01:56
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suprapete, are you going to have a theme inside the shop? i've heard of some places (i think chatswood) that have their shops all decked out in camouflage gear and jungle-like atomsphere. maybe thats taking it a bit too far...
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Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Sat, 18 September 2004 01:59
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If you go back a page it describes how I want to theme it.
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Sydney
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January 2004
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Sat, 18 September 2004 02:25
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joyride-there isnt any themed net cafes in chatswood, unless u call themed being a dark room wif computers
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I supported Toymods
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fairfield NSW
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January 2003
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Sat, 18 September 2004 06:22
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| SupraPete wrote on Sat, 18 September 2004 11:59 |
If you go back a page it describes how I want to theme it.
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whoops my bad. 
i guess another good theme would be to make the place look futuristic like the space ship from Alien (the movie).
hmmm....something scary.
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Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Sat, 18 September 2004 08:19
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Yeah Alien theme would be cool too!
Wargames is a cool name too
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Location:
Sydney
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January 2004
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Sat, 18 September 2004 08:37
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what about "the front"? as in a battle field?
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Sat, 18 September 2004 09:52
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How about keeping it something non-descript, but interesting.
"Black Box"
"Black Books"
or add the 
"The Black Box"
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I supported Toymods
Location:
fairfield NSW
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: LAN Gaming shop
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Sat, 18 September 2004 22:41
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.... Area 51....
(i woke up just to post this  )
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