Advice On Starting a LAN Center.

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:00 am

Hey,

Well, my boss is interested in starting a LAN center here in Idaho and I was wondering if anyone here had any recommendations?

We are looking at using PC's and the XBox for the center. Specifically, I would like some advice on rates and any other ideas you may have to help us get things going.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:08 am

ohh, man who is it that runs the ShadowLAN Place here on the DBB? id ask him

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:17 pm

AceCombat wrote:ohh, man who is it that runs the ShadowLAN Place here on the DBB? id ask him

ThunderBunny runs ShadowLAN it is in the dallas area.
http://www.shadowlan.com/

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:22 pm

Here's one in New Orleans:

http://www.dibbz.net/

TechPro · Post by **TechPro** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:20 pm

Where abouts in Idaho? ... if you don't mind me asking.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:16 pm

I wonder how TB is doing with his center? LAN centers are notorius for running in the red...

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:18 pm

Last I heard from TB, everything seemed to be going okay.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:35 pm

Testiculese wrote:I wonder how TB is doing with his center? LAN centers are notorius for running in the red...

All the ones that opened in my city went belly up.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:54 pm

the problem with a lot of lan centres?

they need to have the curtians closed to count down on the glare of the CRT's. so the look like porn shops from the outside, so no-one wants to send their kids in to them.

pick an LCD that works well in daylight.

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:24 pm

fliptw wrote:the problem with a lot of lan centres?

they need to have the curtians closed to count down on the glare of the CRT's. so the look like porn shops from the outside, so no-one wants to send their kids in to them.

pick an LCD that works well in daylight.

Not if your centre is big enough.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:33 pm

have some kind of deli food for people to eat while playing. I would say buffalo wings but i made that mistake once during a lan party. ooo! but fried chicked would be good. Buy a deep fryer and cheap hot dogs! In fact the food could be cheap to make and free to eat! People would play longer. Get fat, but play longer!

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:07 am

fliptw wrote:the problem with a lot of lan centres?

they need to have the curtians closed to count down on the glare of the CRT's. so the look like porn shops from the outside, so no-one wants to send their kids in to them.

pick an LCD that works well in daylight.

So design a lobby/food-place in between where the light is and the actual gaming hall.