warhawk 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 The internet cafes in Japan are already at a level where you can even bed down for the night for a small fee. Some have showers and stuff. All of them have all you can drink drinks bars. And food. But they don't really cater to gamers who want a LAN party experience. You can hire a booth and play PS or whatever with a couple of friends, but as far as I know there are veeery few LAN setups for massive network games. Its a different demand alright, but something that if properly marketed, might work and make a lot of money. Link to post Share on other sites
base40 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 But the subject is Hakuba. Are we losing sight of that? Link to post Share on other sites
warhawk 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 You're right base40. This thread has been completely hijacked. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program. possibly. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Originally Posted By: tsondaboy Originally Posted By: brit-gob I have heard that online gaming is HUGE in Korea? there are people dying over there from exhaustion after playing 5-6 days on the row! Koreans are "weird" anyway. There are professional teams, living in a house together whose only aim is to win the next big tournament. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money to be won by these teams. Link to post Share on other sites
Alcantara 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Does the McDonald's have wireless near the station? Link to post Share on other sites
Domokun_72dpi 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Originally Posted By: base40 But the subject is Hakuba. Are we losing sight of that? The original discussion for this thread was fulfilled. I hijacked the thread & even apologised for it. now we are just extending possibilities of internet cafe's. All relevant.. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 I can't speak for Hakuba - never having been - but Niseko has lots of business that are there for the winter only... I know that there is signifigant logistics in transporting the hardware (computers, chairs blah blah) in for the winter and out again - but I would think that there would be a demand for something like this in some of the SOuthern Hemisphere Snow locations as well... We had a devil of a job access internet at Thredbo this year - the places we stayed were not in the wireless catchment area, depsite paying for scratchy access cards... You would not need to set up a year round business to make this viable. You could have 2 locations - one Southern one Northern and live the SNOW LOVERS dream of working a year round winter. All thoughts. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Yeah Domo, drive your internet trailer from place to place. Tow a portaloo behind that. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Originally Posted By: thurs Yeah Domo, drive your internet trailer from place to place. Tow a portaloo behind that. OK I'm outa here now... Time do do some Christmas shopping and get into the real world!!! Maybe you should too, Thursday - you got a gift for the missus yet? Link to post Share on other sites
Domokun_72dpi 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 heh heh. Domo's Porta-Nerd Cafe Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 pressie? portaloo sounds good. Link to post Share on other sites
Ewok 2 1 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Originally Posted By: Domokun_72dpi heh heh. Domo's Porta-Nerd Cafe can i get a part time job? will bake 2 kinds of cake, mrs domo's and soub's super-woman's recipe, wearing domokun t-shirt. waaaa Link to post Share on other sites
Wilwarner 0 Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Originally Posted By: warhawk nerds rock. Your still nerds ,gooks and gloaters though. Talk is cheap. Link to post Share on other sites
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