XBOX Live Gaming Centre

dan_y

On South William street, right next to the Hideout - for all you gaming needs. It's got nearly 50 consoles all connected via system link and a VIP section where four consoles are hooked together through four plasma screen TV's that you and yours can play from two most comfortable leather couches.

It opens tommorow at the discounted (one time only) rate of 2 euro an hour and will be operating from next week as Ireland(and indeed Europe)'s first and only XBOX Live Gaming Centre.

Seriously, I suggest Anyone who is into XBOX gaming get themselves down to this place to try it out. It is absolutely bitchin'.

*Tripper*

I was in there yesterday, it was free on the first day. Its class if you get a load of mates in to. All games there are 65.99 which is funking deadly and they have loads og accessories. Costs about 7euro an hour and then 1.25 every 15mins after that. I'd recommend it

dan_y

It's 5 euro an hour off peak (before 6 on weekdays) 6.50 on peak (after 6) and the 7.50 on peak weekends (after 6 Friday, Saturday and Sunday). And you can rent out the 4 plasma screen VIP section for 40 euro an hour (10 each). It's got to be about the sweetest deal ever...

Winning Hand

Is this advertising or a recommendation from a customer?

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

whay would I want to pay ~€7 an hour to play Xbox, when I can do it at home for free. And if I want to play with a bunch of mates, we can hook up on LIVE! or just setup a LAN........ I don't see the point of this place at all.

god's toy

I'd say this is just advertising at it's best... but hey if your into that sort of thing, go nuts!

Smellyirishman

I thought it was just €5, €7 is too much. I hope they do well and it survives, but I doubt I will be making many trips. €65 for games is good enough though.

*Tripper*

Same as play give or take a euro ot two

mcgovern

*Tripper* wrote:

Same as play give or take a euro ot two

Or €7 if you have sense and order in £ rather than €

monument

“Centre is a revolutionary concept in multiplayer gaming. A super fast broadband enabled console environment with the best Audio Visual equipment”.

It's a gaming cafe with just Xboxes... and an Xbox shop.

*cough*, *cough*

xanthor

*Tripper* wrote:

All games there are 65.99 which is funking deadly.

Woohoo! Time to go to Game and demand a Pricematch.

GrumPy

monument wrote:

“Centre is a revolutionary concept in multiplayer gaming. A super fast broadband enabled console environment with the best Audio Visual equipment”.

It's a gaming cafe with just Xboxes... and an Xbox shop.

*cough*, *cough*

PS2 man takes a stab.....

The wording is indeed quite over the top, but it IS the only xbox LAN café in europe afaik, so there trying to jazz it up. Walked by it on sunday, not open though, looks alright. I suppose it's a good way for non-xboxers to experience online gaming for the first time. Especially if there considering purchasing a machine for themselves.

monument

Irish GrumPy wrote:

PS2 man takes a stab.....

Repli

Would anyone be interested in a Ghost Recon AW tournament in this place? Too many problems with ppl not showing up when playing from home.. I'll help to organise if anyone's interested..

Hyzepher

You may want to check out www.worldgamerlive.com for that

Hyzepher

evad_lhorg

xanthor wrote:

Woohoo! Time to go to Game and demand a Pricematch.

or you could just buy the game in there :rolleyes:

Timans

More fun xanthor's way. :Di say power to the peope and VIVA LA REVOLUTION!

:D:D:D:D:D

Gummy Panda

evad_lhorg wrote:

or you could just buy the game in there :rolleyes:

But what about his GAME card points?

xanthor

evad_lhorg wrote:

or you could just buy the game in there :rolleyes:

...yeah but pestering the staff in Game is just too much fun.

Gummy Panda wrote:

But what about his GAME card points?

I usually trade them for magic beans.

rainbow kirby

/me strokes €30 on reward card that's part-funding Dragon Quest 8 this weekend

*Tripper*

evad_lhorg wrote:

or you could just buy the game in there :rolleyes:

Just to save you the hassel :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Gummy Panda

name_less wrote:

seems this xbox centre is getting Street Fighter Online before it comes out in stores - which means anyone who plays it in their arcade will be the first people to play it in the world ... doesnt seem like this should be happening in ireland.,..

Street Fighter Online?

Thats being released on the marketplace.

Timans

I thnk that's what he means.

danbhala

doesnt heading all the way into town to play an xbox live arcade game seem pointless? what are they tryna prove with that being there?

evad_lhorg

when is this place open and what exactly is it?

GrumPy

evad_lhorg wrote:

when is this place open and what exactly is it?

It is open, it's on south william street, and its like an internet café, but with xboxs. So It's basically a LAN you pay to play.

name_less

danbhala wrote:

doesnt heading all the way into town to play an xbox live arcade game seem pointless? what are they tryna prove with that being there?

it's not just for live arcade games. it's an arcade for All xbox and xbox 360 games. and they're the only shop in dublin who offer try before you buy. you play it in the arcade for an hour and if you decide you want it, they knock the price of the arcade off the price of the game. it's also slightly more social than sitting at home at 2am desperately waiting for xbox live to find a connection. think of the halo tournaments...

Kinetic^

name_less wrote:

it's not just for live arcade games. it's an arcade for All xbox and xbox 360 games. and they're the only shop in dublin who offer try before you buy. you play it in the arcade for an hour and if you decide you want it, they knock the price of the arcade off the price of the game. it's also slightly more social than sitting at home at 2am desperately waiting for xbox live to find a connection. think of the halo tournaments...

Man Halo is so last year, its GRAW's year.

GrumPy

Keyser Soze 5 wrote:

Man Halo is so last year, its GRAW's year.

Halo's still well better though :rolleyes:

Kenny_D

Thats a really good idea the way they knock the price off the game if you take it. Might get my games in there in future instead of getting them online. Seems like the prices arent too bad and it wont take ages for it to arrive. My oblivion was ordered on the 3rd of april and it hasnt turned up yet

OT: Keyser what is your signature about?? Boycott EA? 3rd last game you played was EA's madden nfl?

name_less

hey and I also found out they're doing free membership for the first couple hundred customers. I was in there yesterday and they're already up to 82(me!). and it's still 2 euro an hour...

projectmayhem

Keyser Soze 5 wrote:

Man Halo is so last year, its GRAW's year.

microsoft released a list of "who's playing what" (offline & online) in terms of hours played... and halo2 topped the list by a country mile, it was done just before graw's release but i'd doubt it'll knock halo2 off

GrumPy

projectmayhem wrote:

microsoft released a list of "who's playing what" (offline & online) in terms of hours played... and halo2 topped the list by a country mile, it was done just before graw's release but i'd doubt it'll knock halo2 off

god no it wont, your right, halo2 will be top of the list till halo3 ffs.

Tank Top Fever!

I must be the only person in the world who thinks Halo is ****e

Timans

Well, i ain't mad on it. I hate the weapons in it.

kensutz

I haven't played Halo2 on Live. Played it for all of 10mins offline

evad_lhorg

Tank Top Fever! wrote:

I must be the only person in the world who thinks Halo is ****e

you never gave it a chance. the latest updat was a bit poo though cause it ruined big team battle. but the assault and CTF games are the best parts and probably are in graw too but everyone always does bloody team slayer.

GrumPy

Graw good multiplayer game, but cant really compare it to halo, both too different. Halo, best console fps, halo2 best xbox live fps, but halo1 still better..significantly.

jamiemc

Hi guys,

I have been reading the thread for a while so I thought I'd say hi and let you know what we're all about.

We have a centre in the middle of town that is packed with Xbox and Xbox 360's, and we're good to go for LAN gaming. Just call in either by yourself any play online over Xbox Live or wait for a few more people to come in playing your game and switch to a LAN. It's good craic as I hope our customers so far will say.

Opening hours:
Mon-Thurs 10am - 12am
Fri & Sat 10am - 2am
Sun 12pm - 12am

Rates: €20 deposit required on the door.

10am - 6pm Mon-Sun €5 per hour
6pm - 12am Mon-Thurs €6.50 per hour
6pm - Close Fri-Sun €7.50 per hour

We're commencing signup for all our leagues and tournaments at the moment, and we're giving away free membership right now in-store. You need to be a member to enter tournaments or post on our leaderboards, and we're running a mix of game leagues to get things going, and will be bringing more on board regularly. We're also doing corporate events and staff events, as well as setting up company, clan and industries leagues.

51 South William Street, Dublin 2 (beside Viva)

Thanks for reading, and I hope the boards members who trialled us during our testing phase had fun.

Jamie McCormick
Community Manager
Xbox Live Gaming Centre
info@xboxlivegamingcentre.com

Call in, check us out at 51 South William St, Dublin 2 (beside Viva)

projectmayhem

can i get a job in there?

Ri_Nollaig

projectmayhem wrote:

can i get a job in there?

you need to be a xboxfanboy

projectmayhem

Ri_Nollaig wrote:

you need to be a xboxfanboy

i own a 360 though... and i stole an xbox hat from my job in xtravision before... does that count?

GrumPy

projectmayhem wrote:

i own a 360 though... and i stole an xbox hat from my job in xtravision before... does that count?

I prefer xbox oover other consoles, does that make me a fanboy?

projectmayhem

Irish GrumPy wrote:

I prefer xbox oover other consoles, does that make me a fanboy?

nah.. just makes you a fool

GrumPy

projectmayhem wrote:

nah.. just makes you a fool

Preference over one games system, to another isn't foolish, it's choice.

Dades

Does anyone know if you can create a private LAN game in the centre with say, 5 or 6 mates, or is there only one LAN game going on at a time?

CHEERS!

name_less

hey - the xbox centre is running a 'free half hour of gaming' promotion till 6 today. there's been a full 16 player halo lan going on upstairs for hours. and they've got master chief - the staff are strolling around town with him right now - check this out xboxlivegamingcentre.bebo.com

nicryan

there's not only 1 lan going on in there and it could be arranged to have a private lan for you and your mates.

and it wasn't staff who were running around town with the master chief - we're just mates of jamie who were giving him a hand and he was paying us in beer - but shane only found that out after he'd bought his beer...


Nic

jamiemc

Hey,

Well you just set up a system link game, and put in the settings of the game to make it private and then it's just you and your mates in. You can always join into another game if you want a bit of a different challenge.

Dades

Thank ye kindly for those answers.
I couldn't get the bassdrinkers organised last night but will be in soon...