POLL: LAN gaming "cafe." What's a reasonable fee?

[Mr N8]

$1 / hour, and serve starbucks coffees. Then you can make a fortune on drinks, and the LAN will just be the draw.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: Malladine
IMO there's no substitute for actually hearing your enemys' cries of dismay!

And have you noticed that people tend to be less irritating when their opponent is in the same room?

At the LAN gaming place here I've seen people get up out of their chairs and begin beating the sh!t out of someone because they got pissed at them. I'd say the strangest act of violence I've seen here is a guy ripping the mouse from a computer and chucking it at a guys head.

 

[Malladine]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon

Originally posted by: Malladine
IMO there's no substitute for actually hearing your enemys' cries of dismay!

And have you noticed that people tend to be less irritating when their opponent is in the same room?

At the LAN gaming place here I've seen people get up out of their chairs and begin beating the sh!t out of someone because they got pissed at them. I'd say the strangest act of violence I've seen here is a guy ripping the mouse from a computer and chucking it at a guys head.

I believe it. Just like sports games have security, so shall LAN cafes

 

[brtspears2]

2 bux tops. Drink and snack is where you make it all. Make sign that says cheaters and asshats will be shot.

 

[PCMarine]

Years back during the Quake / C&C / Starcraft era (before cable/dsl and fast comps), me and my friends would go to a local lan place (only one in the area). They charged $8 an hour...talk about rape!

However now, the lan place wasn't profitable, so the owner converted it to a paintball shop.

 

[Malladine]

Originally posted by: PCMarine
Years back during the Quake / C&C / Starcraft era (before cable/dsl and fast comps), me and my friends would go to a local lan place (only one in the area). They charged $8 an hour...talk about rape!

However now, the lan place wasn't profitable, so the owner converted it to a paintball shop.

Was there drink/food available there? Sounds like he was just trying to make profit from $8/hr LAN.

Originally posted by: brtspears2
2 bux tops. Drink and snack is where you make it all. Make sign that says cheaters and asshats will be shot.

Sounds good man

 

[isekii]

yea you must be smoking crack if you think anyhone is gonna pay 5 + beans an hour.

There are places that are around me that charge $2.00 They used to charge $3.00 but dropped their price.

 

[Atlantean]

The one near where I live has 184 computers hooked up. They aren't the best ever, but they have cs, and battlefield 1942 (bunch of others but those are the only 2 I really play... and cs not so much). They only charge $1 per hour. Its so damn cheap they could charge more but they don't for some reason. Oh well I am not complaining, but $5 an hour is way too much if you ask me. Maybe $2-$3 per hour max would be acceptable... or charge a certain fee for the first hour and then if you stay longer than an hour it is less for every hour after that (ie $4 for the first hour and $2 for every hour after that) Oh and I live in Canada so thats only like 74 cents an hour in American money.

 

[everman]

There's one around here with about 20 - 30 rigs and I think they're 3/hr for members, 5 for non members. I guess there's a membership fee but I don't know what it is, only been there a couple times to check it out.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
Make sign that says cheaters and asshats will be shot.

Gold!!

 

[slag]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Start out charging $5/hr.

After 1 year if your business is still alive, raise your prices to around $8/yr.

8 bucks a year? Wow, thats not bad at all