DICEVIP were invited to take an exclusive look at MC Internet before their grand opening next week. Although MC Internet's doors will be open to the public as of midday tomorrow, it will be used for testing purposes and therefor FREE to anyone who wants to come try it out for tomorrow only. If you'd like to come in on the weekend its only $2 and you can play for the entire day!
Our local counter-strike handyman davestr1zl was first on the scene.
The cafe itself resembles N2C somewhat from the floorplan it employs, however distinguishes itself by having 3 seperate "Private Booths" dedicated for gaming teams. When we spoke to the owner, Suka, he assured us teams or group bookings "will take priority in these rooms" over public use, as he understands the nature of competitive gaming. This, afterall, is his second cafe - the first being the premier Internet Cafe in New Zealand, MidCity, whom sponsor Parallax.
Two of the three private rooms have five PC's each, while the third has 10 PC's.
The common area is host to another 40 PC's partitioned in 8, 5 & 2 PC blocks.
For those wondering about CS competitions, there are a total of 8 rows with 5+ PC's, which means 4 games can be played at once. This doesn't even include tashe 2 "clan rooms" at the back which feature a 3-2 setup. The desk-space for each PC is equivalent to that of ZAM, and as shown in the pictures below can comfortably fit their keyboards and a QCK Heavy mousepad per PC.
The following are the PC Specs for the 60 computers:
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50 Main PC Specs
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10 Clan-Room PC Specs
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22" Samsung T220 (4:3 OK!) - best LCD ever :D
Intel C2D E7400 (2.8ghz)
4GB DDR RAM
9800GT
Windows XP
Logitech MX518 mouse
H1 Rantopad mousepad (suprisingly smooth!)
Anypro keyboard (multiple keys OK!)
Connected to 10mbit FibreOptic Internet |
These 2 private 'booths' feature even better computers with awesome high-end specs, so come in and check them out to seet just how well they perform!
What sets this cafe apart:
Private booths for teams
Very Powerful PC's
Asian community friendly [PC language/tools]
Open 24x7
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When we were discussing the role this cafe would play in the competative gaming environment, he let loose that they are indeed seeking to sponsor teams from Counter-Strike 1.6, Source, DOTA & possibly more.
MC Internet will also be host to free competitions in the above games come April that include cash prizes! That's right, play free, win prizes!
Remember:
- Come in tomorow (Friday, 13th March) for FREE lan, from midday till late!
- Come in on the weekend (Saturday & Sunday, 14/15th March) and pay only $2 to play ALL-DAY!
- For the first official week its opening (Monday - Friday, 16-20th March) all rates will be HALF-PRICE!
- Their very cheap usual lan rates can be found here!
For any and all other information, please check out the MC Internet site at http://www.mccgaming.com/
Here are some pictures of the LAN, but i can assure you they (aswell as the pictures on the MC Internet website in their Gallery - check them out too!) do not do it ANY justice, as you cannot get a feel for the place at all. So come in and check it out, It's awesome!
Davestrizl's setup, just enough room for Keyboard+QCK
Another view of the desk space
Side-by-side PC comparison
MC Internet's desktop - access most games & settings
Easy to plug in your gaming peripherals
Walk up the stairs to enter MC Internet
MC Internet is located on the Corner of Russell Street and Little Lonsdale Street.
Level 1, 276 Russell Street, Melbourne City
As shown in the above pictures, simply go to this door then up the flight of stairs to Level 1.
its all good and clean now and ready to go for tomorow!
and gosu thats just caus geo had cz on his account like a noob LOL (you can d/l the fix if your acct has cz easily, the computers are fully unlocked just like your pc at home would be)
lan prac sunday
really good cafe, i can see it being very successful
they were even kind enough to give us all 3 free hours each and a hand written apology for the inconvenience of the first hour or so LOL!
nicest staff ever