Opening a Gaming cafe

typex · 05-07-2009, 10:04 AM

Anyone think it would be worth opening up a net cafe ( South side Brisbane )

I have been thinking about opening one for quite awhile now... what are your thoughts on this do you think it would be worth it?

What are some pros and cons?

and of course it will be a gaming cafe .....

Please no spam

matthewcd · 05-07-2009, 10:10 AM

sounds good, dont live in bris but sounds like an alright idea

moOp · 05-07-2009, 10:26 AM

Well, Cons are that you have to get it off the ground, if you don't have enough money it could end up being a big waste. If you're looking to make a nice profit you have to really take off. Are there any other LAN cafes near where you want to set up? Could be big if there isn't.

Pro's are if you can get it off the ground it's an awesome place to work, and if you can keep it running for a while looks great on a CV. I'm sure other people can think up some more pros and cons.

typex · 05-07-2009, 10:33 AM

yeah, i have done a bit of research , and have found software etc .. I have the money to get it up and running its just a location ... its the only hard thing to choose the location

NickBVK · 05-07-2009, 10:35 AM

If there aren't many around then it should do alright so best bet is obviously to find a location where there are few to no cafes.

That said, if there are some cafes in the area and you still wanna open there, just go into those cafes and make sure you better everything about them.

CRUiZER · 05-07-2009, 10:54 AM

gl typexx im sure a man of your knowledge etc could make a great owner of a lan cafe good luck with the money

im sure you can do it gl with it typexxX

moOp · 05-07-2009, 10:57 AM

You'd probably want to do a location that's close to places for people to go and eat. And make sure you can set it up in a spot with good ventilation. I have the smell of a cafe that used to be Canberra in the back of my mind. :P

Pbx_Jnr · 05-07-2009, 11:05 AM

springwood'ish would be awesome

totalfrenzy · 05-07-2009, 11:31 AM

I also thought about doing this.
Some people have mentioned that if there are no cafe's around then its good for you, but it also may mean that the area cannot support a cafe AND if it did, you would have to generate you're own customers. Whereas if you have it near another cafe, and if urs is better, you are likely to steal the customers with ease and be paying everything off with ease.

Im not sure if you can cause you are in Brisbane, but the software Midcity (In Melb) uses is fucking the best ever. Basically it leaves you free to use the computer, basically anything (except USB's) and if you have you're card in the computer it wont turn off till you run out of credit on the card. Then it restarts and im guessing on startup, it just boots off a system restore point or something so its all clean again for the next person, without the restrictions other software has.

gl with it mate

f0oster · 05-07-2009, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by typex

Anyone think it would be worth opening up a net cafe ( South side Brisbane )

I have been thinking about opening one for quite awhile now... what are your thoughts on this do you think it would be worth it?

What are some pros and cons?

and of course it will be a gaming cafe .....

Please no spam

Depends if you have money to throw away. You'll probably lose more than you make to be honest.

typex · 05-07-2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by totalfrenzy

Im not sure if you can cause you are in Brisbane, but the software Midcity (In Melb) uses is fucking the best ever. Basically it leaves you free to use the computer, basically anything (except USB's) and if you have you're card in the computer it wont turn off till you run out of credit on the card. Then it restarts and im guessing on startup, it just boots off a system restore point or something so its all clean again for the next person, without the restrictions other software has.

gl with it mate

That is actually a really good idea

Pbx_Jnr · 05-07-2009, 12:07 PM

it's what Elysium and The Bunker currently do typex. They give you free reign of the system, and then just re-image them on reboot. They also have various images tailored to competitions and regular net cafe use.

mr.troll · 05-07-2009, 12:10 PM

bomb south brisbane till there is nothing left build your lan cafe then business will be booming

Jaimee31 · 05-07-2009, 12:20 PM

i live in south side, and i would love to see one within 4meters of my house

Ordinary · 05-07-2009, 12:27 PM

Sounds really cool and I hope it works out well.
Not sure about how lucrative an endeavour it would be to be honest.

I guess maintenance would be an issue with any lan cafes that have greasy gamers using their facilities. Gotta make sure you have an iron grip on both the software and hardware situation so nothing stuffs up.

Market the place out like a whore lol. Net, Yellowpages, fucken...street posts. Adverts everywhere.

esjay · 05-07-2009, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by matthewcd

sounds good, dont live in bris but sounds like an alright idea

yeah mate! Sounds like a great idea, you should also buy lan computers for this place! great idea though

sooc · 05-07-2009, 12:43 PM

i would think you make heaps of profit, here on the coast around Australia fair(shopping centre) there are 3 gaming cafes and at least on the weekend they are all full. most people stay there for like 4 hours which is $10 and there are 70 comps at xzone

hixxy · 05-07-2009, 01:12 PM

south brisbane... really?

there are so many in the city/valley area. Then theres smaller ones around stones corner area.

You may want to look at whether on not the location is decent... i know alot of people still prefer to go to the hot spots... ie. the sunny bank ones and the bunker and even the one out at calamvale.

P1nt0wn3d! · 05-07-2009, 01:22 PM

not sure how great the demand for it is where you are, but afaik there are only 2-3 24/7 LAN cafes in melbourne. Me and GiANT went to MC last night to use the internet to check bus timetables at like 2am, and the place was booked out, not 1 spare PC out of about 60.
There were 60 asians playing dota it was hilarious.

Pretty sure they would have made at least 2 grand profit just last night

horizo[n] · 05-07-2009, 01:31 PM

Keen to move to bris for a new job. >_>

tekzN · 05-07-2009, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ensemBLe_

Keen to move to bris for a new job. >_>

hahaha

FaKe · 06-07-2009, 02:21 PM

There is a place in albert street that use to be home to infernoLAN which has a massive surface area much larger then the bunker where everyone use to go but the owners sold up and moved overseas. Was one of the greatest lan places in Brisbane hosting cs 1.5 comps and bf lolz yeah its worth looking at

phaiL · 06-07-2009, 03:39 PM

Haha, fucking fun!
I'd come play bro, goodluck with it!
My opinon: I'd make it ;D

cyst · 06-07-2009, 04:30 PM

i remember infernolan
ahah
just make it near food, near transport
and near azn's
make sure u have wow.
have like 4 booths with 5 comps in each, then a stage with 10 comps with seats infront with big screens tv's infront of each comp.

sMAkt~ · 06-07-2009, 04:31 PM

Good luck typex, I'm thinking of possibly opening one once I get enough money together when I'm older.

But it will be HIGH maintenance.

Quote:

Originally Posted by phaiL

Haha, fucking fun!
I'd come play bro, goodluck with it!
My opinon: I'd make it ;D

You'd come cheat, or re-alias.

phaiL · 06-07-2009, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sMAkt~

Good luck typex, I'm thinking of possibly opening one once I get enough money together when I'm older.

But it will be HIGH maintenance.

You'd come cheat, or re-alias.

You'd come a grow a dick?
fucking wow, fuck off.

B3NDER · 06-07-2009, 07:24 PM

You're here asking 10year olds there opinion.

If you were/are serious you'd do some proper research of the area you're looking to to put your cafe

Cloudstrike · 06-07-2009, 07:55 PM

Net will cost you to much!

joshkent · 06-07-2009, 07:58 PM

make one a bit north of the city, to many in china town / city

DRJ · 07-07-2009, 12:08 AM

This isn't a game typex. If you sink this business you will go bankrupt.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

spore · 07-07-2009, 10:01 AM

would love a decent lan cafe south brisbane area. greenslopes/fairfield/annerley area kgo

typex · 07-07-2009, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by B3NDER

You're here asking 10year olds there opinion.

If you were/are serious you'd do some proper research of the area you're looking to to put your cafe

I have done research, alot

Quote:

Originally Posted by DRJ

This isn't a game typex. If you sink this business you will go bankrupt.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Dude i already own a business i no what im doing and i will not go bankrupt,

Coom · 07-07-2009, 06:47 PM

gl typex i wanna do this wen im abit older theres none for 25km around me

DRJ · 07-07-2009, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by typex

I have done research, alot

Dude i already own a business i no what im doing and i will not go bankrupt,

Nah, you will.

I'm never wrong.

wreckst4R · 07-07-2009, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phaiL

You'd come a grow a dick?
fucking wow, fuck off.

Shut the fuck up you worthless piece of shit. Anything you say is disregarded simply because of how retarded you are, and because you cheat.

semesa · 07-07-2009, 07:07 PM

typex, your business, whatever it is, will fail.

You will find that not many people will come to your shop/cafe if you ban them after they beat your team in cevo the previous night.

Gl with life shit idiot.

WallybR · 07-07-2009, 10:52 PM

I havnt looked at everyone's posts, but if you have the time, it would be good to find out the age levels living the the areas surrounding your chosen location. You could also make you're own survey, and go door to door asking ppl who answer if anyone in their house plays computer games etc and if they would visit a lan cafe if it was close.

Would take a very long time but im sure it would be very beneficial.

DAN.LAZYBOI · 08-07-2009, 10:17 PM

Sounds good just had like 800TB of downloads bcoz ppl fukn leech of u hard !

joshkent · 08-07-2009, 10:18 PM

MAKE ONE NORTHSIDEEE

jakearoth · 10-07-2009, 07:34 PM

i've seen a lot of cafe's fail purely because of location. unless you have a really good following with a regular crew of gamers (like DNA in WA), you are going to need to be near a tourist location, or in a densly populated area (such as in the heart of the city). This will allow you to nab the backpackers who will spend $4-5 per hour to sit and check their facebook. seriously need to do lots and lots of research on location or you will be throwing your money away

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typex Participating Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 346 Rep Power: 3	Opening a Gaming cafe Anyone think it would be worth opening up a net cafe ( South side Brisbane ) I have been thinking about opening one for quite awhile now... what are your thoughts on this do you think it would be worth it? What are some pros and cons? and of course it will be a gaming cafe ..... Please no spam

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moOp Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 168 Rep Power: 0	Well, Cons are that you have to get it off the ground, if you don't have enough money it could end up being a big waste. If you're looking to make a nice profit you have to really take off. Are there any other LAN cafes near where you want to set up? Could be big if there isn't. Pro's are if you can get it off the ground it's an awesome place to work, and if you can keep it running for a while looks great on a CV. I'm sure other people can think up some more pros and cons. __________________ If shyness occurs gently tap on the clown box. The child clown will learn quickly.

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NickBVK Pro Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: :noitacoL Posts: 6,850 Rep Power: 11	If there aren't many around then it should do alright so best bet is obviously to find a location where there are few to no cafes. That said, if there are some cafes in the area and you still wanna open there, just go into those cafes and make sure you better everything about them. __________________

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CRUiZER GotGames GFX Designer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: [$]HiRE`[$]ydNEy~ Age: 15 Posts: 2,144 Rep Power: 6	gl typexx im sure a man of your knowledge etc could make a great owner of a lan cafe good luck with the money im sure you can do it gl with it typexxX __________________ FRESHKICKSREPMEIREPBACK

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moOp Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 168 Rep Power: 0	You'd probably want to do a location that's close to places for people to go and eat. And make sure you can set it up in a spot with good ventilation. I have the smell of a cafe that used to be Canberra in the back of my mind. :P __________________ If shyness occurs gently tap on the clown box. The child clown will learn quickly.

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matthewcd Monster Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Coast Mate Posts: 2,130 Rep Power: 3	sounds good, dont live in bris but sounds like an alright idea

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typex Participating Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 346 Rep Power: 3	yeah, i have done a bit of research , and have found software etc .. I have the money to get it up and running its just a location ... its the only hard thing to choose the location

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Pbx_Jnr Honorary Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Brisbane, QLD Age: 27 Posts: 1,876 Rep Power: 0	springwood'ish would be awesome __________________ QGaming Admin - http://www.qgaming.org

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totalfrenzy Monster Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Melbourne Age: 18 Posts: 2,741 Rep Power: 4	I also thought about doing this. Some people have mentioned that if there are no cafe's around then its good for you, but it also may mean that the area cannot support a cafe AND if it did, you would have to generate you're own customers. Whereas if you have it near another cafe, and if urs is better, you are likely to steal the customers with ease and be paying everything off with ease. Im not sure if you can cause you are in Brisbane, but the software Midcity (In Melb) uses is fucking the best ever. Basically it leaves you free to use the computer, basically anything (except USB's) and if you have you're card in the computer it wont turn off till you run out of credit on the card. Then it restarts and im guessing on startup, it just boots off a system restore point or something so its all clean again for the next person, without the restrictions other software has. gl with it mate __________________ BestGN css.online.lan.au totalfrenzy - you? - ivo - bowza - azza www.egl.net.au

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Pbx_Jnr Honorary Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Brisbane, QLD Age: 27 Posts: 1,876 Rep Power: 0	it's what Elysium and The Bunker currently do typex. They give you free reign of the system, and then just re-image them on reboot. They also have various images tailored to competitions and regular net cafe use. __________________ QGaming Admin - http://www.qgaming.org

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mr.troll Participating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: ye old gaol Posts: 336 Rep Power: 2	bomb south brisbane till there is nothing left build your lan cafe then business will be booming

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Jaimee31 Monster Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Surfin with D.Green Age: 20 Posts: 4,310 Rep Power: 6	i live in south side, and i would love to see one within 4meters of my house __________________

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Ordinary Monster Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pants Posts: 4,990 Rep Power: 0	Sounds really cool and I hope it works out well. Not sure about how lucrative an endeavour it would be to be honest. I guess maintenance would be an issue with any lan cafes that have greasy gamers using their facilities. Gotta make sure you have an iron grip on both the software and hardware situation so nothing stuffs up. Market the place out like a whore lol. Net, Yellowpages, fucken...street posts. Adverts everywhere. __________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/PHILOSOMATIQA

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sooc Monster Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: gold coast Age: 17 Posts: 2,709 Rep Power: 6	i would think you make heaps of profit, here on the coast around Australia fair(shopping centre) there are 3 gaming cafes and at least on the weekend they are all full. most people stay there for like 4 hours which is $10 and there are 70 comps at xzone

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hixxy Honorary Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,207 Rep Power: 0	south brisbane... really? there are so many in the city/valley area. Then theres smaller ones around stones corner area. You may want to look at whether on not the location is decent... i know alot of people still prefer to go to the hot spots... ie. the sunny bank ones and the bunker and even the one out at calamvale.

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P1nt0wn3d! GotGames GFX Designer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: OUTSIDE LAN CUNT Age: 19 Posts: 856 Rep Power: 5	not sure how great the demand for it is where you are, but afaik there are only 2-3 24/7 LAN cafes in melbourne. Me and GiANT went to MC last night to use the internet to check bus timetables at like 2am, and the place was booked out, not 1 spare PC out of about 60. There were 60 asians playing dota it was hilarious. Pretty sure they would have made at least 2 grand profit just last night __________________ CLICK FOR PLASTIC INVITE! <<< NEW TRACK @ www.myspace.com/cashno www.myspace.com/raisethestakes

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horizo[n] Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,259 Rep Power: 0	Keen to move to bris for a new job. >_>

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FaKe Participating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brisbane,QLD Age: 17 Posts: 426 Rep Power: 0	There is a place in albert street that use to be home to infernoLAN which has a massive surface area much larger then the bunker where everyone use to go but the owners sold up and moved overseas. Was one of the greatest lan places in Brisbane hosting cs 1.5 comps and bf lolz yeah its worth looking at __________________ jAke fake KTM EXC300 Riding Fraser http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRcULsW5Oss

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phaiL Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 137 Rep Power: 0	Haha, fucking fun! I'd come play bro, goodluck with it! My opinon: I'd make it ;D

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cyst Participating Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 499 Rep Power: 2	i remember infernolan ahah just make it near food, near transport and near azn's make sure u have wow. have like 4 booths with 5 comps in each, then a stage with 10 comps with seats infront with big screens tv's infront of each comp.

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joshkent Pro Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Posts: 5,320 Rep Power: 11	make one a bit north of the city, to many in china town / city

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DRJ Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Flossin' Bossin' Age: 20 Posts: 6,598 Rep Power: 0	This isn't a game typex. If you sink this business you will go bankrupt. YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Coom Honorary Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sydney Age: 15 Posts: 1,680 Rep Power: 0	gl typex i wanna do this wen im abit older theres none for 25km around me __________________ www.tegsgamer.com.au/shop simply the best in gaming equipment for gamers by gamers.

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semesa Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 941 Rep Power: 0	typex, your business, whatever it is, will fail. You will find that not many people will come to your shop/cafe if you ban them after they beat your team in cevo the previous night. Gl with life shit idiot. __________________ Davi.: seemsa Davi.: SEMESA Davi.: SEMEN? Davi.: IM NOT DRNUJK Stealth` Zavoc on NOT being drunk

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WallybR Monster Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Melburn Age: 18 Posts: 2,211 Rep Power: 4	I havnt looked at everyone's posts, but if you have the time, it would be good to find out the age levels living the the areas surrounding your chosen location. You could also make you're own survey, and go door to door asking ppl who answer if anyone in their house plays computer games etc and if they would visit a lan cafe if it was close. Would take a very long time but im sure it would be very beneficial. __________________ Slightly Intimate A group of friends getting closer by the day hrznssL • WallyBR • Moose • Art • Jay Jay • gh0zt

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joshkent Pro Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Posts: 5,320 Rep Power: 11	MAKE ONE NORTHSIDEEE

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jakearoth Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 90 Rep Power: 0	i've seen a lot of cafe's fail purely because of location. unless you have a really good following with a regular crew of gamers (like DNA in WA), you are going to need to be near a tourist location, or in a densly populated area (such as in the heart of the city). This will allow you to nab the backpackers who will spend $4-5 per hour to sit and check their facebook. seriously need to do lots and lots of research on location or you will be throwing your money away