UK LAN Games Centre Opens

Dark Drakan · 08-12-2007, 06:11 PM

The UK's biggest games centre opened its doors in Birmingham on Friday, known as The Omega Sektor. Featuring more than 400 top-spec PCs and next-gen consoles for LAN and System Link gaming at its best. The centre has 2 floors and is a cross between a posh nightclub and a huge internet cafe which covers more than 22,000 sq ft, and has more than 100 games playable on a range of PCs and next generation consoles. Also has three dedicated publisher areas with titles from big name companies like THQ, Square Enix and Activision as well as a family-friendly zone that aims to encourage children and adults to play together. Its the 25th of its kind across the world and touted as the biggest.

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IGN: UK LAN Gaming Hits the Next Level

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Omega Sektor

projectego · 08-12-2007, 06:36 PM

Wow. That sounds awesome! It's about time Birmingham had something half-decent and worth visiting in it!

I'll definitely be checking it out next time I'm going through B'ham. Shame they couldn't build it in Rugeley though...

Dark Drakan · 08-12-2007, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by projectego

Wow. That sounds awesome! It's about time Birmingham had something half-decent and worth visiting in it!

I'll definitely be checking it out next time I'm going through B'ham. Shame they couldn't build it in Rugeley though...

They have the Bull Ring which attracts people from all over Europe to there, so i wouldnt say they had nothing. Rugeley wouldnt get anything like that as we are an old town and that centre could probably fit most of town in there

Im thinking about trying to get a big group of friends and go there for a day out or something and enter some competitions or something and go to bar there

Zingo · 08-12-2007, 11:29 PM

This is so cool. I wish we had something like that were i live!
But i got Dreamhack here, 7000 people lan-event for 5 days isnt all bad.

But really, i wonder how much cash they have put into this... hmm?

Dark Drakan · 08-12-2007, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Zingo

This is so cool. I wish we had something like that were i live!
But i got Dreamhack here, 7000 people lan-event for 5 days isnt all bad.

But really, i wonder how much cash they have put into this... hmm?

Id say a couple of Million £ easily, the computers alone would have cost a small fortune, as well as the electricity needed to run the place on top of building production costs.

Zingo · 08-12-2007, 11:36 PM

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Id say a couple of Million £ easily, the computers alone would have cost a small fortune, as well as the electricity needed to run the place on top of building production costs.

Yes, but they probably got some good deals for the vast amount of hardware they were buying. In sweden you pay a special tax for everything you buy, it is added to the price- but companys dont pay it. So maybe you got that tax in the UK also, and therefore they dont have to pay as much as a regular customer

Dark Drakan · 08-12-2007, 11:38 PM

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Yes, but they probably got some good deals for the vast amount of hardware they were buying. In sweden you pay a special tax for everything you buy, it is added to the price- but companys dont pay it. So maybe you got that tax in the UK also, and therefore they dont have to pay as much as a regular customer

Everything is taxed here, 17.5% i believe VAT is. Oh without a doubt they got a good deal, 400 top of the range PC's and over 100+ games in 2 floor complex with bars and such inside. Its going to be hugely popular, ive been hearing about it on radio at work and already been a couple of thousand people there.

Zingo · 08-12-2007, 11:42 PM

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...already been a couple of thousand people there.

Whoa. They are going to make some fat dough...

Something like this is what i'd like to do when i finished my education

But probably in a smaller scale.
(Only... maybe... 3 more... years!)

Dark Drakan · 08-12-2007, 11:46 PM

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Whoa. They are going to make some fat dough...

Something like this is what i'd like to do when i finished my education

But probably in a smaller scale.
(Only... maybe... 3 more... years!)

What a kickass job it would be to work there... never thought of that before. They have course for beginners who havent ever played games, imagine your job was teaching people to play online games... thats awesome

Zingo · 08-12-2007, 11:47 PM

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What a kickass job it would be to work there... never thought of that before. They have course for beginners who havent ever played games, imagine your job was teaching people to play online games... thats awesome

"No! No! Dont run away after a kill, Teabag! Teabag!"

Dark Drakan · 08-12-2007, 11:52 PM

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"No! No! Dont run away after a kill, Teabag! Teabag!"

so thats the first lesson in the art of gaming then these days?

My how times have changed...

Zingo · 08-12-2007, 11:59 PM

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so thats the first lesson in the art of gaming then these days?
My how times have changed...

Actually, the first thing should be the history, setup and use of WASD-buttons

And that ctrl and duck is the same, just as shift and sprint. And Lol is a real word.

Dark Drakan · 08-13-2007, 12:00 AM

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Actually, the first thing should be the history, setup and use of WASD-buttons

And that ctrl and duck is the same, just as shift and sprint. And Lol is a real word.

That sounds more like it

Though the killing and 'teabag' is always a classic

Zingo · 08-13-2007, 12:03 AM

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That sounds more like it

Though the killing and 'teabag' is always a classic

Well, the nooblets need to learn the basics before teabagging right? 'Cos teabagging is a fine and precise art. The elegant way of humiliation.

And how is the mothers, pre-school kids and other barbarians going to know what you mean when you scream; "Strafe! CC! OOM! Lol! Cv! bbq! Nerf!"

DrZoid · 08-13-2007, 04:52 AM

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It's about time Birmingham had something half-decent and worth visiting in it!

umm.. massive topshop in the bullring! lol

aand deff got check this place out.

and convince some friends to come with me..
They're not nearly nerdy enough.. I need some actual gamer friends lol.

EDIT* - just found this BBC news vid on the Omega Sektor.
Gotta love the Brummie accent at the end.