December 13, 2004 at 12:28PM Area 51 Opens
I’ve been keeping quiet about this for ages, but now I can talk about it.
Some of my friends are after opening a gaming café here in Cork. The quality of the existing ones isn’t that great and, seeing as we all go gaming pretty often, they decided to go and open up their own one.
And so arrived Area 51, which, though I’m admittedly biased, is the best gaming café in the city. It’s packed full of Alienware machines, with all the best games, and it looks like a veritable gamer’s wet dream. ![[smile]](/images/smilies/smile.gif){kind=small}
I spent my weekend helping Peter and Sam deck the place out and set up the machines. Two days of work with no sleep! It was exhausting, but well worth it.
If you’re in Cork, give it a try: it’s well worth it.
P.S. I have vouchers for free time, if anybody wants some. Mick, I’m talking to you, man!
1 On December 14, 2004 at 15:58, Revence Kalibwani wrote:
But, isn’t Area 51 a trademark of Alienware?
2 On December 14, 2004 at 22:44, Keith wrote:
Nope.
3 On December 16, 2004 at 15:42, Mick wrote:
It’s about bloody time someone opened up a DEDICATED gaming cafe. NetHouse was ok 2 years ago, but it doesnt cut it now. WWH peripherals make me cry.
So, what specs does these AlienWare machines have? And more importantly, what net connection does it have!
4 On December 18, 2004 at 4:43, Keith wrote:
Can’t remember the specs off the top of my head, but I’ve been playing HL2, Counterstrike: Source, UT2004, and a whole bunch of other stuff that really strains the hardware, and it’s all worked perfectly.
The connection is a 2MB line... kinda... It’s actually a wireless jobbie rather than SDSL or something like that, but it’s lag free, surprisingly enough.
5 On December 18, 2004 at 21:08, Mick wrote:
Popped in there tonight. Definately my new cafe of choice now. Lets hope they stay going.
Why do yanks make so much noise playing CS. Especially the women. Jesus!
I killed you betty LOL. SHUT UP WOMAN!
6 On December 26, 2004 at 12:29, Cian wrote:
WOW!
Went in on thursday 23rd and it is the best. I have been playing net games and LAN games in cork with years and it was good at first but the quality has been leveled in the last 2 years despite the obvious advancements in technology and games.
Well done to the owners, i just hope they’ll have enough room for us all!
7 On December 26, 2004 at 12:40, Anonymous Coward at 83.70.108.39 wrote:
Also, when are they reopening after christmas and what free vouchers?
8 On January 3, 2005 at 12:30, Keith wrote:
It just closed for Christmas day. And as far as free vouchers go, you’ll have to ask Dan, Topper, Sam, or one of the other lads, whichever ones are about.
9 On January 30, 2005 at 2:53, Chris wrote:
hi all aera 51 is the best cafe in cork the games are brill and the pll are nice 2. my fav game at the moment is cs and the alienware com is unreal if i had money i would buy 1 i dithced school so much to play cs not funny
10 On February 16, 2005 at 15:42, Colin wrote:
Hey all. Yeah area 51 is pretty ace and I always go in for the EUR5 for 4 hours deal when I’m in Cork. Great value and staggering speed. Anybody know if there’s a similar place in dublin? I need my fix of rome total war!!!
11 On March 16, 2005 at 10:04, Ger wrote:
It is a cracking place, went in a twelve o’clock last night and stayed till six this morning. Its got it all, great games, coffee, sweets. Great fun.
12 On April 10, 2005 at 17:11, Deliverance O' Shea wrote:
Lovely spot, Area 51. A surprising lack of intelligent life, though...
Just kidding! Sam, Topper and the rest are great guys. Very friendly. And they’re actually dedicated to gaming, while all other internet cafes in the city seem to be dedicated to profits. My only complaint is the shocking level of experience in Dead or Alive. They’re all terrible. ‘Specially Topper. Kelly is alright.
13 On April 15, 2005 at 18:36, Keith wrote:
Well, Dan hates Dead or Alive, mainly ‘cause it’s not a PC game so he thinks it’s below him. Topper’s just a crap gamer anyway: you wouldn’t believe how long it’s taking him to complete FarCry on normal.
Oh, and the lads to the Area 51 t-shirts today, which all look rather snazzy. And I heard there’s going to be a rather cool event happening within the next while...