EPTI'm definitely not interested enough to drive 2,800 miles... lol. And crescentia is in China for a while anyway.
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LuckyFool
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I'm definitely not interested enough to drive 2,800 miles... lol. And crescentia is in China for a while anyway. | ||
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killanator
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On July 21 2009 21:23 Superiorwolf wrote: Ya I think Berkeley LAN alone we had like 14 or 15 people and that was with 1 day notices. For this there are quite a lot of people living here that play so I'm not even sure how many people would show up, but it really depends because filling an entire cafe seems expensive and inconvenient. If we get that many people I'd rather rent out some huge room, but then that would be hard as it'd be BYOC and we'd have to set up tables and network hubs, etc, and I really have no expertise in network hubs at all ;o Its not to hard is it? I mean its just a box that you plug ethernet into and splits it into multiple signals right? But ya I guess just having us all in a cafe would be easier. | ||
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deathgod6
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Superiorwolf
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Also, some interesting stuff on their forums: they actually give a list of all the LAN centers in the Bay Area (there's so few now) and all the ones have died. Two of their own stores have also closed. List of closed centers: http://forums.euphnet.com/community/showthread.php?t=4040 List of remaining Bay Area centers: http://forums.euphnet.com/community/showthread.php?t=7002 Very useful topics to help us in our search for the best spot. So far I think euphNET is looking pretty good in comparison to the rest of the competition ^^. Here's the threads which pertain to free hours: http://forums.euphnet.com/community/showthread.php?t=3615 http://forums.euphnet.com/community/showthread.php?t=7811 Also, anyone have an ideas about the restaurant? Has anyone been there? Also does anyone know how crowded euphNET is on different times/days? I'm hoping we won't have to make reservations | ||
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Aca
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epicdoom
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Exteray
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prefer saturday | ||
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phase
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Also, @ Suppy, there's another Berkeley LAN center that I dropped by recently. It's called Eudemonia and it's basically right next to campus on University between Oxford and Shattuck. It's kind of a mix between a Magic:The Gathering store, a Board Game Shop, and a PC Cafe. The place is fairly large and they have around 25 or so computers. Here's what I think is nice about this place compared to Euphnet: 1) Normal rates are pretty cheap: 20$ for 8 hours, or 6$ for 2 hours, with a summer all-day pass special (until 7/31) for 11$. I did ask what the procedure to coordinate LANs was, but I don't really remember what the guys there told me. I could ask about that again for you if you want. They also had things called lock-ins, which basically are overnight private-party events with food, but i think those are a bit more expensive like ~25$ or so, and we'd need a large party to commit to the idea. 2) Pretty convenient to get there by public transportation (provided you can get to a BART station). It's literally a block away from the Downtown Berkeley BART Station. 3) Lots, and lots of places for food nearby during the day (they all close early though) 4) For the older crowd, there are a couple bars/pubs like in a 3-4 block vicinity, but I am not sure of the details (I am underage and don't drink) - if anyone is interested, you could probably yelp a couple of those places. Okay, now for the downsides of the place: 1) It closes relatively early - either midnight or 1am depending on the day. We might be able to work something out with them if we have a large enough party or so (they seemed pretty chill last time i talked to them). 2) Parking in Berkeley, at least between 11am-9pm is such a bitch. Most places are metered, and there's a max time limit of 90 minutes at most of those places. If we do an overnight thing, this won't be a problem, because all of the stores on that side of Berkeley close by around 10, and so parking frees up by 9 usually. Metered parking places stop taking effect at 6pm (or all day sunday) and come into effect at 9am. 3) No special rate (or at least the last time I asked) for BYOC Edit: The place is 4 stars on Yelp, but I think it probably borders more on 4.5 stars, as a lot of the low reviews are moms and dads wanting to buy a board game, and finding that the back, which is the PC Cafe/MTG game room is against their religion or some lame shit like that | ||
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zoLo
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On July 22 2009 07:35 Superiorwolf wrote: Also, anyone have an ideas about the restaurant? Has anyone been there? Also does anyone know how crowded euphNET is on different times/days? I'm hoping we won't have to make reservations If you're planning on the weekends then it's hard to say. Some weekend nights, it's pretty packed, but some aren't. If you go in the afternoon, it should be pretty dead, but once 6 or 7 PM hits, that's when all the DotA, WoW, and L4D players come. Don't worry, every single computer has StarCraft installed. There are 3 rooms with PC's (1 room with xbox 360's) and they're usually empty since everyone likes to play in the lobby and side room. I might come, but it depends on my work schedule. | ||
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ahrara_
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anywhere in east bay with easy access from BART is good. preferably berkeley | ||
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