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Wired Gaming Reopening
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29-10-2009 1:57pm#1Hi guys,
Wired Gaming will be reopening, in the same premises, on November 10th.
I lost the member's database and so don't have the email addresses to let everyone know. Thankfully the mods have given me permission to announce it here.
For more information check out http://www.wiredgaming.eu (wiredireland.com still works too
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Just so there's no confusion, this is a new business and, besides myself, the same people are not involved.
We are, of course, very excited about being back.
Thanks guys,
MarkTagged:7
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Sorry, just a correction there, as I don't want to annoy anyone.
A GalwayLAN was going to be held in Wired near the launch, but as the GalwayLAN admins were all busy at the time (in or moving to Dublin) it never actually happened.
Apologies on the location issue, we only signed the lease yesterday so I hadn't added it to the site yet. An About Us page will be going up today too.
We are located at 2 Dominic Street Upper. Wired is a game centre, where you top up your account with time (similar to a pay as you go mobile) and play away.
It's a bit more than that though, we are also a community of gamers. It was many of those people that helped (and are helping) to get the place reopened.
We don't have the fastest PCs, the spec is still pretty much the same as the previous Wired (Intel Core 2 Duo E6650, 3GB RAM, Geforce 8800 GTS etc) but we do pay a lot of attention to our software. For instance all profiles and saves are stored on your account (each member has a "MemberDrive"), so they follow you around.
The systems also wipe any and all changes when a member logs off, so that the next person will have the system in it's best condition (no changed settings or other people's profiles/saves etc.).0 -
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Just back from an evening of painting, it's coming along well.
@AmazingMan, it's a PC gaming centre where all of the systems are hooked up to a local network, allowing multiplayer games to be played. It's really all about the social side of things though, it's good craic.
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Oh, just something I forgot to mention on the system side.
The software is not locked down in any way, you have all the access that you'd have on your home pc under an administrator account. Installing maps, mods, etc is encouraged, and these can be stored on our server for easy access. You are free to change any settings, even in the Control Panel. Installing drivers for a device you want to use for example, is fine.
The software we use checks the current filesystem against an image on our server and then reverts/removes any changes back to the image, even drivers.
The Internet is also fully available, though obviously you are expected to show restraint.
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I COULD go there , but i think i would rather go to square eyes , and not have the place close down and me lose money
:pac::pac::pac::pac:
+ several 1s
But any local business in Galway at this time is good. No doubt I'll drop in there on the odd occasion. Good luck with the business Mark and the gang, ye were always sound whenever I went in, but the plastic headsets and Kebab House boxes on the desks, greasy keyboards, sticky mouses and slidey-floory chairs bothered the f*ck out of me.
Stop people from eating and playing (a la squareyes) and I'll be much more likely to go there 0 -
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TheCosmicFrog wrote: »....but the plastic headsets and Kebab House boxes on the desks, greasy keyboards, sticky mouses and slidey-floory chairs bothered the f*ck out of me.
So you don't want headsets, you want speakers on each pc? Or is it that the headsets were made of plastic? If so, what are your preferred headsets made of?
I will say that the "old" Wired wasn't always as clean as it should have been, especially when I wasn't around. I was too much of a friend to the staff and not enough of a boss. Rest assured that this time around we'll have a strict cleaning roster.TheCosmicFrog wrote: »Stop people from eating and playing (a la squareyes) and I'll be much more likely to go there
That's a good idea, I always hated the mess people left after eating. Messy feckers. I'll suggest that on the site and see what people think.0 -
PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »Hi Mark,
Will you provide any sort of mini lan party facility, say 10-16 people from an office coming in for a couple of hours on a thursday or friday evening, or is it members only?
Thanks,
Buckie
Hey Buckie,
Yeah we do group bookings, and at a reduced rate (for eight or more people it is a flat rate €3 per hour).
Membership is just €3 though, and with that you get two hours, so it'd probably be a good idea for your first session.
We also do what we can to fulfil any requests, such as having certain games, maps etc.
The regular rates are:
33 mins - €2
1 h 6 m - €4
2 h 12 m - €7
3 h 18 m - €10
4 h 24 m - €13
5 h 30 m - €16
7 h 42 m - €21
Each hour gets you 1 bonus point and 10 points can be exchanged for a free hour.0 -
Hi RabidDog,
Sorry for the confusion, what I meant was that those headsets always felt very finnicky and cheap. They cut into my ears. Speakers at each PC would be nice. It sets a bit of atmosphere when playing games like COD (guns blazing from 20+ PCs sounds impressive!).
Sounds good that you're considering a food-at-PC ban. I'm sure you know from personal experience how disgusting it is to use a mouse/keyboard/controller that is sticky or covered in grease.
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Please guys, don't turn this into a Squareyes vs Wired thread.
We both offer LAN gaming, but we do it in our own ways. There will always be people that prefer one or the other because of their personal preferences, and choice is always good.
Again you're right about the headphones, I made a mistake with one or two sets. No matter the quality there were always being broken, so I got fed up of pumping money into them. Saying that I do believe they are a necessity, speakers create a lot of noise solution.
We are ordering a new full set of headsets, and they will be comfortable. They also have mics, but the mic is on the cable (harder to break that way ).
Thanks again for all your support and comments guys. We take criticism too, we really do want things to be better this time.0 -
Your rates are stupid high, and i dont know your overheads so i guess i cant really call you on it but it would put me off going.
Stupid high? How so? Compared to what?
If you're saying in comparison to Squareyes, we will not get into a price war with them (that would be really bad for both businesses). Whatever they want to offer is their business (literally ). I will say though that their Ratesaver (5 hours for €15) is €3 per hour and our nearest is 5 hours 30 mins (for €16) which is €2.90 per hour.
You are basically paying €4 for one hour and €3 for every hour after that, at each top up. So it makes sense to top up by more than one hour at a time.
Remember though that all time stays on your account, down to the minute, for the next time you're in. You get 3 mins for every 30 in order to get into your game (the idea being that a game of CoD4 etc is usually 30 mins, so you have 3 mins in which to load it up, choose a server etc). Then you have 10% back on that again in the form of bonus points (1 free hour for every 10).0 -
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