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So I'm in Perth for two days while I'm off work.
There's not much to do, I've got a few hours to kill before meeting my friends, all my errands are done.
I come across a place called MCinternet while strolling through the city, they've got a huge StarCraft poster hanging next to the front door. Interested, I step in and find my self in a Korean-run PC Bang in the heart of Perth's business district.
I haven't played videogames for a month, so the itch comes through and I purchase a three-hour pass.
As I log on to their StarCraft account, I find myself in the Gold league on an account called "Cheese".
Even though my hands feel clumsy and I have a hard time remembering build orders, my EU skillz are sufficient to 3-reaper rush a terran and roll over a toss who will without doubt soon be joining the sad Zealot club T_T
The next game, I get asked about my peculiar account name?
"Cheese?"
"Pc cafe username, no worries  "
"from?"
"ger, but playing from pc bang in aus"
"lol ich auch, ich sitz in sidney" ["lol me too, but I'm in sidney"]
So there I am, fate or the all mighty MMR having me directed to a guy who's in the same exact same situation as me. My mind was blown-what are the odds?
After he stomped my poorly executed marine/tank push, we chatted for quite some time, exchanging stories, travel advice and talking about the realities of backpacking.
This is certainly not top of the blog ladder material, but I think it's a starcraft-related story worth telling.
Talk to your opponents sometime guys, it can lead to interesting things
 
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Cool story, I love when things happen like that.
Coincidentally one of my really good friends was born in Perth and now lives in Germany. :p
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WOW nice story man :D. But a pc bang in perth, now thats strange... dont think we have one in melbourne :S
but yeah, coincidences are awesome xD
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There isn't much to do in perth sight seeing wise but the food and coffee here is pretty good (though the food is fairly expensive relative to other places in Australia (good food))
On September 26 2011 20:53 zeOllie wrote:
WOW nice story man :D. But a pc bang in perth, now thats strange... dont think we have one in melbourne :S
but yeah, coincidences are awesome xD
You don't have internet cafes in melbourne? I find that impossible to believe. There are plenty of internet cafes in Perth that usually do both basic computer use and gaming use.
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There is MC in Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland as well.
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lol... what are the chances of that?
Freaky...
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Nice. Didn't know they have Korean-style PC Bangs in other countries.
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On September 26 2011 21:47 Garnet wrote:
Nice. Didn't know they have Korean-style PC Bangs in other countries.
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they have internet cafes everywhere
i can't believe someone actually thought melbourne didn't have any
anyway, cool coincidence
you should visit sydney/melbourne sometime, perth is.. subpar (from what i hear anyway, never been)
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i had something similar happen to me exept the dude was bm'ing me in afrikaans. I guess he didnt think other south africans played cool nonetheless
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But which internet cafe in Melbourne have a good SC following? I go to Russell street sometimes but it's not the same  just legions of WoW and MMORPG fags..
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On September 26 2011 21:58 youngminii wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2011 21:47 Garnet wrote:
Nice. Didn't know they have Korean-style PC Bangs in other countries. ? they have internet cafes everywherei can't believe someone actually thought melbourne didn't have any anyway, cool coincidence you should visit sydney/melbourne sometime, perth is.. subpar (from what i hear anyway, never been)
Ive got a nice job in WA, so 'll stay a few months. After that I'm definitely going to Sidney/Melbourne though, can't miss that
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Perth internet cafes used to be quite a big thing about 8-9 yrs ago but not so now.
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On September 27 2011 00:27 Azzur wrote:
Perth internet cafes used to be quite a big thing about 8-9 yrs ago but not so now.
They're on every corner though, advertising Starcraft and facebook in english and Korean
Also just as I arrived a few aussie guys left, quoting Artosis and QQing about infestors. Expose yourselves!
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oh man I wish I'd seen this earlier so I could have told you it was backpackers night at the Deen tonight! Could have got well drunk for cheap
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