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rpfinley:

As a former fraternity member who lived in a room with 4 tvs all on satellite and a big bar I know the advantages and disadvantages of being the place to be.  In all seriousness I'd make a nice looking sign that said something like, "Games are free but Beer donations are welcome"

DrewKaree:


--- Quote from: Ceifeirot on May 24, 2004, 02:57:18 pm ---...As for drunks.. maybe I'll just make a sign saying it's only open at certain hours :P

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ROFLMAO @ the naivete....so a drunk who thinks it's ok to knock on your door at 2 in the morning will look at your sign and magically come to his senses!  That's just friggen precious!


--- Quote from: kahlid74 on May 24, 2004, 02:42:20 pm ---They always point out I am an ass :).
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See the above.....My guess is that drunk dood will be quick to jump on the "helpful tip" your friends give you!  How nice of them to tell you you're an ass....but if you truly were one, wouldn't you instinctively know it?  BTW, did you go to the Midwest Classic show?

Witchboard:

If you were really wanting to charge.. couldn't you just setup MAME to register like 50 credits per quarter or something?  Not sure if this has already been mentioned.  I really didn't read all the way through the thread.  The only problem is if they change the game, the credits wouldn't roll over... or could they?  8)

Pasqualz:

It's been 12 years since I was in college and thinking back to what dorm life was like, you're going to run into an inevitable problem.

1 -  You want to have something that will differentiate you from all of the other kids in the dorm, so a Mame cabinet is just the ticket.
2 - You don't want to offer the games for free because you will never have time to study with the line of kids going out your door.
3 - You don't want to make people pay (no matter what amount) because you will be seen as the "different kid on the third floor who has a really cool MAME cabinet, but is a big ---tallywhacker--- for making us pay to play!"
4 - You will probably need to put some money into maintaining the cabinet, since it will get alot of use compared to having it in your room at home.
Here's the equation:
 (item 1) / (item3) x (item 4) - (item 2)^2 = DON'T BRING THE CABINET TO COLLEGE!

You'l regret it as soon as you come back to your dorm room and find a cigarette burn, or spilled liquid (insert your favorite drink or body fluid here) on the control panel. You will totally freak out the day you come back to your room and find that the PC doesn't boot up anymore!!! You'll be suspicious of everyone, thinking that someone broke it and won't admit it, then you'll have to wheel the cabinet out of the dorm with your head hung low and all the kids laughing at you from their dorm room windows!!

Yes, I'm a pessimist tonight!

Apollo:

What about starting some kind of club with a subscription. People pay say $10 or $20 a term/year to play, this will cover you for the inevitable repairs. At the same time you have the machine on a timer which is installed in your locked cab. So the machine is available to play from say 9am to midnight and if you want to let people play later you unlock the game and bypass the timer? To avoid problems with people hogging the game you could limit the membership to say 30 people and have a 1 or 2 hour time limit. If someone wants to join and the membership is full members could trade their memberships for cash or beer or whatever.
I dunno just my 2c worth.


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