Gwen
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she is doing crochet
This kind of stuff….
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what version of windows are you running?
show a screen shot of your cmd prompt after you run ipconfig.
show a screen shot of you windows firewall turned off.
show a screen shot of your router again.
show a screen shot of your data.ini
show a screen shot of your client.ini
no all of your devices will have the same ipchicken ip. that is what port forwarding is for. It says that when traffic comes to the "ipchicken" address on this port forward the data to this local ip (192.168….) -
Server down
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If you installed eclipse thinking you are going to play a game than you do not understand what eclipse is.
Eclipse is an engine that allows you to make your own game. You cant just install eclipse and expect to join a game. There are a few games that have been created with eclipse, but you have to download the client for those games and you should be able to just join.
If you are trying to make your own game post more detail about what you have done so far, and any error messages and someone should be able to help you. -
im calling the cops!
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i moved it for you pete
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This topic has been moved to [News](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php?board=75.0).
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He's talking about the view of you in the speedo!
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Kreator is the rest of your body proportionate? You dont want to look like a V
Do you plan on getting bigger… there's a point where you become too large. -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFLGRidfFo4&feature=related
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yeah i scrolled past the last screen too fast, and missed that it did have it.
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everyone is just as fanatical about thier beliefs or non beliefs as everyone else.
just mind your own damn buisness and stop cramming it down everyone elses throat. If I want to learn about a specific belief I will go seek it out. -
are you sure you have port 7001 in your server.ini
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Gunnery Sgt. Rarity told me I wasnt prepared for operations, but Flutter Ace is now a go…. yay!
Special Ops Flutter Ace awaiting orders!
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Fluttershy reporting for duty!
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Thats because everyone knows that pie sucks!
If it was cake day then this thread would have surpassed the last one to post topic -
I should ban this person…. but this is pretty funny!
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anyone ever play the sands of time?
Karataka was freaking awesome… all tho half the time i went running right into them, or bowed just as they kicked me in the face!
god anna the tmnt game was freaking hard!!!!!! and ninja gaiden you were god if you could beat that!
old games actually required skill unlike games of today! -
rushy that pic makes me sic.
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But if you keep offending you will probably get a higher warning.
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You cant really ask which is easier… it depends on what you are good at.
For me programming is easier. I do not have any artistic ability, and have trouble drawing a stick man, so pixel art, and even mapping is very hard for me. I like building things and programming comes more natrually to me. -
As Kusy basically said…. Even if someone goes out to kill Kony, his next in command will take over, and who knows... he will proably be even worse. Im so glad that Osama got killed. There is finally peace in the middle east!
If more people would focus on the issues in thier own countries that would be a better start.
Im tired of helping africa. All those for just a penny a day you can feed this child commercial. Well you know what... there are thousands of kids in my country that are just as hungry and need help. Take care of them first! Where's the viral video for them?! -
Internet Cafes are going the way of the dinosour too. Unless you live in Korea, and have nonstop star craft tournies, you wont make much with an internet cafe unfortunately. We used have a bunch of those around here too, but now i only know of one, and I dont think anyone really goes in there except for maybe the owner's friends.
You have to have some other gimmick other than "Arcade", "Internet", "Lan games", boring generic food. Unless its different for some small town business where there isnt much existing technology, or anything to do ata all… the times for this type of buisness is long gone unfortunately. -
Having grown up in the tail end of the glory days of arcades I can tell you that an Arcade is no longer viable. Console gaming has killed the arcade.
First off, as its been said an arcade game is very expensive. Unless you can find one in at a liquidator be prepared to pay a high price. Not only were they expensive before, but many arcade games are now falling into the collectors realm. I have a Street Fighter II arcade cabinet, and had to go to an arcade store to buy parts. They had a bunch of games in the back warehouse, and i was all excited. I thought maybe i could buy a new game. Even a cabinet that was totally beat up, and was an ancient game that I've never heard of was minimum $800.
Now lets look at existing arcades. There aren't any pure arcades left anymore. Any place that has an arcade has other things that drive people in, and the arcade games are the last feature to be promoted. They are really more of a time waster while waiting to do something else. The only real places with arcade games are Chucky Cheese, miniature golf, bowling alleys,and pizza places. Bowling alleys only have the arcade to keep the kids happy while their parents have league night. There is a bowling alley by my house that is a lounge/bowling alley and it has a few arcade games, and some pool tables, but no one ever goes in that area really. I know you said that you are planning on having a dance floor and other stuff, but those should be your focus.. not the arcade section.
Next we have the games that are in most arcade places. 98% of the games have been switched over to ticket based games, where you cash in your ticket for a toy. Go into any Chucky Cheese and you'll see what I am talking about. You will probably find 3 or 4 true arcade games, and the rest are the games of luck to get a measly ticket, and chances are the actual arcade game will not have anyone playing it.
Now lets talk about the price of the games at these places. Unless the arcade game that this place has is an old game the price to play it will be expensive. Most of the fancy arcade games ive come across are at least 75 cents to play. Only the old games are a quarter. Then as you walk around these places you'll notice that 2 of the 4 arcade games are broken. The establishments dont fix them because they dont make money off of those machines. Only the games that bring in money will get fixed.
You can build your own arcade cabinet, and use an emulator called MAME. You can use a coin door, and everything… but if you use this in an arcade that collects money you are breaking the law. Unless you actually own the PCB of the game you are emulating it is 100% illegal! Even if you own the PCB you are in the same gray area with the backing up the console games you own and playing them on your console. There are only like 5 arcade games that are public domain which you can legaly have. I have over 300GB of arcade roms, cabinet plans, and other stuff for building a cabinet so if you have any questions i can direct you in the right place. Those multi game cabinets that you were talking about are glorified mame cabinets, and If i remember correctly from when i was in the arcade emulation sceen are purchased from the black market, and are not necessarily legal.
Your best bet is to run a business of the other stuff you were talking about... but even those are really risky. We used to have a lounge near my house when i was in HS, that we would go to, but it only stayed in business for a few months. Really a lounge experience will only work well if there is alcohol. You might be able to pull off a lounge for kids, but Im sure there will be kids that will try to sneak in alcohol, and you would be held liable if anything happened. You mention that you will serve food. Are you a good cook? Offering just hotdogs, or your burgers that you make for Tuesday night dinner wont cut it. Unless you are a good cook, and can offer something special, people wont go to your place to eat. And since the arcade truly should be a second thought they definitely wont go there for the arcade. The dancing would be a good idea for a little bit… but unless you have a high percentage of single people I don’t think the dancing will last long. Most people go dancing to meet other people. Sure you have those couples that like to dance, but most of the time its just a place to hook up.
TLDR;
Focus on other aspects to bring people in, and have an arcade as a secondary option to keep people there. If they have something to do while waiting for their food, or space to clear out they might stick around and drop a few dollars into the arcade game.
AC Milan? FC Barcelona?
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i hope the fans all kill eachother.