Both places have great ping for online CS, from my experiences occasionaly midcity will be more likely to lag due to the extreme large number of people there, but its usually minimal if at all.

Neither will have EAC installed, both will allow you to install it just like any ordinary pc though (zam might need the owner to do it though)

Both are airconditioned, with zam's generally being better (midcity is fine unless ur in one of the little, quieter rooms)

zams opening hours are like 11am-9/10pm (give/take a couple hours, it changed a few months ago and i forget), midcity is open 24 hours

neither place will have CSP installed, both allow it to be installed (again, zam may require the owner to do it to access cstrike folder etc)

likely to find 1.6 players - probably at neither tbh, not unless by huge luck in which case midcity is more likely but still very unlikely

zam will require you to own CS if u plan on playing online (which it sounds like u do, if u play strictly on LAN then its not required, zam will also set up a dedicated lan server for you), midcity sort of doesnt require it BUT they have a limited amount of free accounts and they will regularly log you out which is very annoying - therefore both places its safer to have ur own copy of CS

TL:DR - midcity better pcs, LCD monitors - ZAM worse pcs, CRT monitors. ZAM is quieter and ur likely to get better service, midcity is open 24/7. Both require you to own CS. U decide.

note: if ur planning on getting into competitive scene, midcity is probs better so u can get used to their setup as most/all comps will be held there.

nice writeup dave.

i dno, i suppose its still possible, tbh i havent been to either on a non-comp day in a while so i could be wrong!

and #3 he asked the questions i was just answering them ^_^

I stopped by ZAM the other day, nothing but WoW players.. Granted I was there at midday and thats generally before CS players wake up..

Went to MC on the same day and it was basically full and very noisy.. Both are fine for playing online cs.

Just by the sheer number of people that turn up to MC your more likely to be able to play someone on LAN

lol drag0n u think cs players wake up later than WoW players? the WoW players at midday are yet to sleep

WoW players don't wake up period

personally i would go to mcity, although it's a LOT more packed and you probably would prefer zam for online CS since it's quieter. you should probably get used to it since every lan comp is loud and since comps are held there it'd be more beneficial if you were to get used to the set up.

and what dave said

and btw the pings are bout the same so no issues there

WoW players have their times synced with blackrock.