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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 01:22
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Hi guys,
We're having our opening this weekend. The shop is built and tested.
At the moment we have 16PCs, with another 8 going in shortly.
Games we've got installed at the moment:
WoW
UT2004
BF2, BFV, BF1942
Warcraft3 & Frozen throne (DotA etc.)
and a few others
Also:
Internet Explorer
Office
Mirc
MSN
etc.
Hours:
Friday from 6pm
Saturday from 10am
Sunday from 10am
Membership is $10, and its $3 an hour to play.
Revesby Internet & LAN
32A Marco Ave
Revesby
(above Revesby Coffee)
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Australia
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 02:20
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Nice original name!!
nah, seriously, congrats dude.
Good luck
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 03:20
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The name was decided to be quite bland so that we'd get the internet users as well as the hard-core gamers.
Also the name is fully extensible. With the logo (that I have no way of posting, and hate image shack type things) it will be easy to start a store in any other location. Franchise.
Its been a long, hard slog but finally we'll be able to accomodate the local gamers.
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
August 2003
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 03:26
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You don't have your own webpage yet??
But well done, must be good to see all the work pay off!
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 03:34
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We bought the domain internetandlan.com but havn't put a webpage up yet as we have been BUSY BUILDING THE STORE.
We've already got a few prize packs ready from AMD and ATI, hopefully more will be coming in the next couple of weeks.
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
August 2003
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 04:09
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best of luck with your business endeavour!
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Toymods Social Secretary
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 04:38
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Pete - lets talk EVENT!!! 
Well at least a few 'modders heading in to shoot each other and not get bruises this time (im scarred from the last skirmish!!)
Friday september 2nd all good with you??
..... good show old chap!
p.s. email the logo to karl at edist dot com dot au please.
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 04:49
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| THE WITZL wrote on Wed, 17 August 2005 14:38 |
Pete - lets talk EVENT!!!
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There will be "lock-ins" available. Scheduling is required and pre-paying is also required (so WE turn up). Also people attending must be members (of the cafe) for security purposes.
September 2 is do-able. Lock-in time of maybe 9 or 10pm until the wee hours of the morning. Food and drinks are provided with prepaid lock-ins.
.. email sent.
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Toymods Social Secretary
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 05:21
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well yeah i would have guess the standard pre-payment dealio. I'll start a thread and see what interest there is.... myself im now thinking september 2nd might be too soon, will check the diary 
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 05:27
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Come and checkout the premises first, then work out an event.
Theres no hurry, and its not like we're booked out
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Sutho/Hills NSW
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 05:31
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good stuff pete, is this near revesby station?
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 05:36
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| SupraPete wrote on Wed, 17 August 2005 11:22 |
Games we've got installed at the moment:
WoW
UT2004
BF2, BFV, BF1942
Warcraft3 & Frozen throne (DotA etc.)
and a few others
Membership is $10, and its $3 an hour to play.
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What about CS?
nice and cheap though!
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 05:41
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| EvilJack wrote on Wed, 17 August 2005 15:31 |
good stuff pete, is this near revesby station?
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Yep you can see it from the train and its VERY close to the station (couple of doors down from the mitre-10).
CS we're considering. If theres enough demand for CS then we'll put it in. At the moment BF2 is very popular.
And yeah $3 per hour is quite reasonable.
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 05:45
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Last time I was in a LAN shop it seemed that everyone was playing either CD:S or Dota...
Good luck though!
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 06:07
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We've got Dota
Did that shop have BF2 available?
CS isn't ruled out, we're still looking into it, but steam is a nightmare.
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 06:15
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Yeah I think BF2 was available but there were only a few people that played it... The one I went to had a high asian patronage though and most of them seemd to love warcraft3 and CS
haha and yeah, it seems that what the shop attendants were most occupied with was logging people back into the steam account 
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 06:24
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What hardware are you running on the machines?
Phatt internet connection?
I always thought internet cafe's with <$5hr prices couldn't be profitable unless they were either a front for a drug operation, run on dodgy outdated hardware and pirated software or sold obscure imported drinks that cost $0.001US/pc to import from Thailand. 
I assume you aren't taking either of the first two options so I can imagine a sign on top of your fridge... "Rod Bull Gives You Wangs!"
JK Pete... will have to check out your store sometime.
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Toymods Social Secretary
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 06:31
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hahaha - thats awesome!
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 06:43
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| Toobs wrote on Wed, 17 August 2005 16:24 |
What hardware are you running on the machines?
Phatt internet connection?
I always thought internet cafe's with <$5hr prices couldn't be profitable unless they were either a front for a drug operation, run on dodgy outdated hardware and pirated software or sold obscure imported drinks that cost $0.001US/pc to import from Thailand.
I assume you aren't taking either of the first two options so I can imagine a sign on top of your fridge... "Rod Bull Gives You Wangs!"
JK Pete... will have to check out your store sometime.
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Yeh i have never understood it aswell,not acusing you of being dodgy but $3X16 is $48 an hour if its packed,how do you do it? and yeh just asking from a business perspective not being a smartarse..
cheers
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 06:45
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hahaha Rod bull!
We are keeping everything extreemly low cost. ie - getting Ron in to build the tables, we put the PCs together ourselves (and now have a retail licence btw - anyone want parts?).
PC Specs (run BF2 VERY well):
Ath XP 2800+
Radeon 9600XT 256MB video cards
512MB mem
80gig HDDs
17" monitors
The current internet connection is 1.5/256 and we'll see how that goes, mainly it will be used for internet browsing and WoW games (ie. not CS/BF2 as they take too much bandwidth).
The biggest reason why the rate is <$5 is because we don't have shop frontage - its upstairs and the rent is subsequently cheaper.
Most of the work to get it up and going has been done by us on a minimal budget.
Toobs, if it makes you feel better, I could charge YOU $5 per hour to play.
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 06:50
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| riceburna73 wrote on Wed, 17 August 2005 16:43 |
Yeh i have never understood it aswell,not acusing you of being dodgy but $3X16 is $48 an hour if its packed,how do you do it? and yeh just asking from a business perspective not being a smartarse..
cheers
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I've done a business degree (havn't used it till now btw). One of the biggest things I learnt is to keep variable costs as low as possible.
Our current business model covers weekly costs pretty quickly, and one off costs are completely tax deductable. So in affect, we're negative gearing the shop.
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
April 2003
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 16:39
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Hey good to hear of people giving it a go.
*Good luck with the business!*
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 16:51
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| SupraPete wrote on Wed, 17 August 2005 16:50 |
I've done a business degree (havn't used it till now btw). One of the biggest things I learnt is to keep variable costs as low as possible.
Our current business model covers weekly costs pretty quickly, and one off costs are completely tax deductable. So in affect, we're negative gearing the shop.
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nice work
hope it turns out well!!!
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 22:34
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| SupraPete wrote on Wed, 17 August 2005 15:41 |
| EvilJack wrote on Wed, 17 August 2005 15:31 |
good stuff pete, is this near revesby station?
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Yep you can see it from the train and its VERY close to the station (couple of doors down from the mitre-10).
CS we're considering. If theres enough demand for CS then we'll put it in. At the moment BF2 is very popular.
And yeah $3 per hour is quite reasonable.
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CONSIDERING CS??
I know it's died down a bit since but it's CS! It single handedly built the LAN Gaming industry! You can play stuff like WoW better online in my opinion but there's just something about CS @ LAN that makes it special. Getting NFSU2 mightn't be such a bad idea either
This frag day sounds pretty interesting
Anyway as someone who spent a lot of his free highschool life @ LANs (at least at earlier years) get counter-strike!
Oh, and congrats on the new accquisition and hope it all goes well!
Cheers,
Thu
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Location:
Sydney
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September 2004
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Wed, 17 August 2005 22:41
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| SupraPete wrote on Wed, 17 August 2005 16:07 |
We've got Dota
Did that shop have BF2 available?
CS isn't ruled out, we're still looking into it, but steam is a nightmare.
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May I ask what's screwed about steam? I noticed for a while a lot of PC Rooms had 1.5. Alot longer than it took to upgrade from any other versions. If you want any ideas checkout Burwood Cyber Cafe on Burwood Rd, past Westfield closer to Parramatta Rd end. It was the most popular PC room in the area by far. It was really shit getting there after school till about 6pm. There were 30+ computers and only a few places to sit inside for people waiting. Otherwise you'd have to stand up or wait outside or go somewhere. There was always at least 10 people waiting and even during the night it was pretty busy. I'd definitely suggest having a competition (Burwood had a CS one) and make teams of 4 that pay $20 for team entry. 1st 2nd and 3rd should get a prize. Burwood Cyber Cafe has a retail license as well and I'm guessing they could get parts cheap because to minimise costs that's what they used for prizes.
Anyway, just a suggestion. Good luck!
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Toymods Social Secretary
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 01:50
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but it's CS! It single handedly built the LAN Gaming industry!
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You are such teh n00b.
I remember playing GTA, Doom 2, Quake, C&C, MECHWARRIOR, TA... and sooo many other classics back in the day. Nothing beats the old days of LAN gaming (when it was RARE to have a LAN card)....
Pete - i vote you have a few "old school games" nights  Bust out the oldies!! ..... of course this is more than likely not a viable idea seeing that the licences cost $$, but i can dream!!
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 01:51
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yeah quake was pretty big back in its day
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Location:
c'town, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 01:56
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duke3d over serial 4 evah
Congrats Pete, im suprised you managed to put B.Business(Computing and info management) to good use. Im not sure i have yet.
Your rates sound great, whats the parking situation like?
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Sutho/Hills NSW
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 03:13
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but it's CS! It single handedly built the LAN Gaming industry!
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i fail to see this too
rob: sif park the place practicly sits on the train station
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Location:
c'town, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 03:19
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unless im allowed to sleep there im not catching the night ride (spew bus) home at 4am if we have a lock in.
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 04:11
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SPEW BUS! 
Hey looks good. I'd check it out if I wasn't 874.29kms away.
Well done mate. Are you allowed to sell your computer parts from the shop? That might be an idea. Kids come in, play their games, and when they realise that your computers are teh 1337, buy your parts for their own systems. Just a thought.
If you need any help with the website, I'm a professional web developer/designer.
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Location:
Liverpool
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 04:12
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Will you have Space Invaders and Pac Man for us oldies?
What about a Pinball Machine?
Cheers, Greg.
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 06:28
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any discounts for toymods members ?
pm me
got a few ideas runnigna roudn ym head
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 07:00
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easy to see from the station, saw it on the way through today and theres plenty of parking round there
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Toymods Social Secretary
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 07:49
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any discounts for toymods members ?
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HAHAHA!!! but $3/h is already so cheap?
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 08:04
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| rob_RA40 wrote on Thu, 18 August 2005 11:56 |
Your rates sound great, whats the parking situation like?
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Theres parking out the front, at night or on weekends its pretty easy to find a spot.
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Location:
Sydney
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May 2003
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 09:38
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i knwo the rates are cheap yet it could be some form of spnsership deal that can benefit both aprticualrly if parts are available cheap enough to justify a rebuild / update fo teh toymods server
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 13:47
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| 4DaDrift wrote on Thu, 18 August 2005 19:38 |
i knwo the rates are cheap yet it could be some form of spnsership deal that can benefit both aprticualrly if parts are available cheap enough to justify a rebuild / update fo teh toymods server
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YES! ...Please?
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 14:15
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| 4DaDrift wrote on Thu, 18 August 2005 19:38 |
i knwo the rates are cheap yet it could be some form of spnsership deal that can benefit both aprticualrly if parts are available cheap enough to justify a rebuild / update fo teh toymods server
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I offered to find parts for it last time and nothing happened. I'm happy to help upgrade the toymods server.
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Thu, 18 August 2005 18:44
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| THE WITZL wrote on Thu, 18 August 2005 11:50 |
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but it's CS! It single handedly built the LAN Gaming industry!
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You are such teh n00b.
I remember playing GTA, Doom 2, Quake, C&C, MECHWARRIOR, TA... and sooo many other classics back in the day. Nothing beats the old days of LAN gaming (when it was RARE to have a LAN card)....
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You are such teh misunderstanding. It is time you whip out those metal undies before you are pentrated 
You have proved my point with what you said. Playing GTA, Doom 2, Quake, C&C, Mechwarrior etc. when it was RARE to have a LAN card. At the time you are referring to how many LANs do you think operated as profitable businesses? LANs (PC rooms as they are more often called) were popping up when I just started high school and so I was in the prime of my gaming life. You saw a couple of people playing starcraft but what kept bringing people back was Counter-Strike. It was extremely popular from around BETA 0.6 to 1.3 and was still largely popular upto 1.5.
Maybe I could've rephrased what I was trying to say in a better way but Counter-Strike single-handedly made LANs mainstream and thus profitable -- and no other game comes anywhere near as close as CS in its prime in attracting the droves of customers back. From kids as young as 8 to middle-aged adults. If you ask anyone in the business they will tell you the same thing.
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Toymods Social Secretary
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Fri, 19 August 2005 03:13
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ah - well the original statement did not read as such
Thus my statement stands against your original statement
Anyhoo...
Pete et all - the toymods server has already been pretty well upgraded around a year or two ago, and realistically is running just fiiiine. Sam takes damn good care of the server as a kind of "special favour". Last upgrade we did look at everyone's offers but we somehow managed a damn good deal. When the time comes around again, we will definitely look at the help being offered again.
The only reason these forums are slow is due to the way FUD forums software operates - it has TWO SQL databases and when someone is editting a post it has to repopulate the second database - very retarded.
The new forums wont do this, and you will ALL notice a massive improvement in performance when they go live.
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Fri, 19 August 2005 03:32
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tissues please
im excited !!!!
serisouly any idea of a release date for this ?
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Fri, 19 August 2005 04:07
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The forums are slow?
back on topic. who is gonna come visit this weekend? Mention toymods and we'll work out a discount or something (depending if any toymodders turn up I suppose)
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Fri, 19 August 2005 06:56
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News just in!!
While I was at home sick today my business partner organised ...
COUNTER STRIKE
So when you come in and play make sure you thank him!
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Toymods Social Secretary
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Fri, 19 August 2005 13:54
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i'll see what i can swing this weekend Petey, but i dont think i have the time to be honest 
Tonight turned to p00, thanks to a certain Audi battery (thanks Dad).... tomorrow is quite busy, but i should be in Penania during the day so i might say hello
Sunday is broke cruise.
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
May 2003
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Toymods Social Secretary
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Fri, 19 August 2005 19:50
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yeah... that.... one of those places south of parramatta road which is all unchartered waters for this hills boy
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Sat, 20 August 2005 00:30
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Last night was great. We were nearly full the whole night. We're expecting tonight to be even bigger.
Opened the door this morning and there were 2 guys waiting! I like enthusiasm
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Toymods Social Secretary
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Sat, 20 August 2005 07:27
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id so come down tonight.... if i didnt only have an Audi as my mode of transport, and if i didnt have prior arrangements with my girlfriend
I will drop in Pete... one day....
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Location:
Kellyville, Sydney
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Sat, 20 August 2005 07:30
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is there a toymods day being organised? if so, im in.
chris
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Location:
sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Internet cafe OPENING
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Sun, 21 August 2005 07:13
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A weekend cruise dueing the day(sunday) would be good that way I could head down in a certain KE20 that I'm told Pete knows
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