[Judas]

Here me out..

i'm kinda interested in the discussion about this..

Would you... Considering on the ease and cost.. perhaps maybe it's free as long as you don't abuse it..... Log in and Play perhaps Xbox360/Sony PS3/Wii AT a bar?

Let me be a little more detailed if your kinda wonder wtf?

Lets take the xbox360 ... and the situation..

A standard bar... any bar.... with a highspeed connection available for XboxLIVE support.... a 52" HDTV that is pretty damn good quality.... (perhaps larger)... Set off in a neato little corner..... with a 5.1 surround sound system setup and hooked up to it Via Fiber.. So basically the best Xbox360 Experience you can get aside from going larger yet....

Perhaps you, may or may not have a xbox360.... but lets say you have an unlimited number of games at your disposal... perhaps even bringing your own and through cautious measures, only the bar tender allowing direct access to the system itself..... and only granting the Xbox360 Controller to the user.. OR allowing someone to bring in thier OWN.... And you know some other friends that have or don't have an xbox360.... perhaps not even a highspeed connection... but want to sit around and have a bit of fun.... perhaps even entertain the people around...

Would you Play? Often? Not so often? At all?

Would you make it a regular occurance.. do you think other would also be interested?

WOULD it be Viable? Do you think if ONE bar/pub HAD this setup and easily useable.... perhaps for completely FREE as long as you have your drinks or whatnot there..... And another one or several others didn't HAVE the same thing... but aside from that.. the identical other services and whatnot.... would you be more inclined to go to the one with such a setup?

I'm also asking in terms of making perhaps the barscene a little more attactive for another group..

And that we all know that it's becoming quite the thing to sit around at home and play the games with a few people or online....

[Judas]

Btw


i forgot to mention that quite a number of bars that i'm familare with have Slot Machines... TVs setup for sports or just general cable... a number of games including card and board.... or other such games, even some arcade machines are still kicking around...... Each area isn't completely walled off... (except the slot machines where i live.. because it's the rules).....

So technically adding such a system wouldn't REALLY change all that much in terms of killing social activities..... it basically brings such bars that already excist into this generation of such fun....

Just a question..

What's the difference between a bunch of guys/gals sitting around WATCHING a football game and the same group sitting around PLAYING a football game? (And while at it, perhaps online with others, OR in a competitive state as it can be arranged, against other bars/pubs either in the same town/cities or around the world? )...

think about it

[BlueMak]

What country and type of bar?
There are very different types of bars.


In general I wouldn't, reason is I would be there cause of a woman or for some strange reason strong desire to drink alcohol, so I would rather spend my time talking to her or otherwise interacting with her, or heavy drinking, than playing a video game.
But, that is just me.

Though I have no strong desire for one, I can see how a Wii might work in this enviroment, though I don't think I would play with it more than once, due to the surroundings.

[Judas]

OK....perhaps i'm voicing this to much to large of a crowd....

I can see your point, there are a number of bars/pubs that perhaps have absalutely ZERO kind of gaming enviroment.. simply danceing (if that)/music/drinking and that's about it.... nothing else...

I know ALOT of people are simply at a place to chat.. that's it...
I know just as many people are thier to get drunk.... that's it..
i know alot of people are checking out the opposite gender... that's it....
Some Play only pool all day....
some do who know what.. of any or none of the combination above...

But in a bar that already had billards/pool... or other arcade/slot machines/TVs and whatnot.... Card games and the such..... And would like to draw in a larger crowd.... Would you think it would be a wise solution to go with..

I mean back in the day when wireless controllers and distance and many other factors were a royal pain in the ass to implement at a public place.. i can see it not be a wire investment.... BUT today... with the ease of having the wireless controllers...... and connecting it without screwing around.. and whatnot... would it NOT be reasonable to had such a system... .and do you think it would be more likely for more people to arrive at such a location?

[jp306]

I think it would just depend on the bar and how it was implemented. I think if you held tournaments and such like Madden,soccer,fighting games and sports in general it could be popular.

[Judas]

That would all come in time..

ATM, they even have NHL fantasy hockey things going.....

Some are going to not like the idea.. i'm aware of that.. but there are bound to be a populas that will like it.....

Can you think of anyone that would LOVE to have an xbox360 they could play... even if it was at a fairly confortable bar/pub .. public place.... and being allowed to purchase thier own game and bring it and play it....? I know ALOT of people.... but currently don't have the options available....

I know several people that get together, buy a few cases of beer.. and sit around playing madden all night....

[Da_Jewish_Fonzy]

lol no

seriously i go to the bar to get my drink on and pick up broads not play video games

[Necrosis]

I don't really see too many chicks hangin' out in a place that does gamin'. I could see maybe some Wii games but that is about it. I hate bar's myself because I can't stand the atmosphere never mind being over charged for drinks. If you game you're better doing it off with people that are interested.

[Judas]

I think i'm not quite sure i'm getting my point across..


Lets say, for example, that there is ZERO other places that are public. Essentially this building is everything, the main community center.

It's uses range from people getting together to watch sports.... to meetings.. to playing pool and games.....

I guess alot of people hear bar/pub and emediately think "Looking for a hotty...." ?

And who cares about gender at this point, that's not the question nor does it play in as a factor as i know several women that will sit down and play games....

the question remains.... While placing your own opinion is fine and dandy.... but the question is... do you think it would bring in people... specifically those NOT typically part of the scene that are at those kind of places.....?

And from the few posts so far... it appears that no one so far, ever goes to a bar/pub/public place for anything short of looking for a hot date?

I'm SURE there are other people out there that may see this from another point of view perhaps? Or is my definition and what i've so far seen at a bar that i'm familare.. so completely Different?

Maybe what i'm refering to above is named something completely different.... anyone have perhaps another name that fits the discription considering that this question is going around the world... and hey, i'm dealing with what i've seen in a bar that is 100miles from the nearest high populated area...

Actually to think about it a bit more, I thought i was trying to be "stereotypical".... but are most of the bars exactly LIKE what i've seen on tv or what... where they are either "redneck" broken down drab boring dead bars or Loud music/dancing/drinking only bars?.... no middle or different ground?

[Necrosis]

Bars are all over the place man...I think you are pushing this too far into being bey too hypothetical making it all points moot & too redundant/irrelevant.

[Judas]

no i'm just confused....

[Da_Jewish_Fonzy]

Originally Posted by Necrosis

I don't really see too many chicks hangin' out in a place that does gamin'. I could see maybe some Wii games but that is about it. I hate bar's myself because I can't stand the atmosphere never mind being over charged for drinks. If you game you're better doing it off with people that are interested.

Yeah, possibly a Wii could work. I don't think many non gamers would be able to pick up a PS3 or 360 controller and have a good time, but the Wii on the other hand is more accessible.

[niceguyrichy]

Originally Posted by Da_Jewish_Hornet

Yeah, possibly a Wii could work. I don't think many non gamers would be able to pick up a PS3 or 360 controller and have a good time, but the Wii on the other hand is more accessible.

I'm yet to encounter anyone, of any age , who doesn't have fun with the Wii
great wee machine

[Da_Jewish_Fonzy]

Originally Posted by niceguyrichy

I'm yet to encounter anyone, of any age , who doesn't have fun with the Wii
great wee machine

I've also noticed, since its release, whenever I go into EB games theres a plethora of teenage girls and parents alike browsing the Wii section. Rather than it being full of fat bespectacled 20 somethings with pony tails and marvel comics t shirts.

[mainman]

that might work if the bar your talking about is aimed at a younger audience, so i say yes.

[kris23]

hell, even my non gaming oriented sister likes browsing the wii section, even though she nor i own one.... lol

[BlueMak]

A bar remains a bar. People go there to drink and to meet people.
I don't know if your idea would work or not. Don't know if you would gain from it or not. More people playing video games means IMO less people buying alcohol.

I can't speak for others, and I am sorry if you don't like this, but when I go to a bar with a woman or to meet a woman, video games is not my idea of fun there. I might as well stay at home with zero the cost.


If it is not a bar, and it is a community centre, then sure it could work, but again I don't know if you would make money out of it or not. If it is free, and several people go and play the game(s), other people tend to avoid going near them. Perhaps a dedicated room would work better.

[Judas]

The bar here isn't i guess what most people would expect... they come here to drink.. yes.. but it ranges in ages from 19 to well 90+.. depending on a number of things....

But also includes some kids as young as well... newly born up to about 11pm.....

ATM, a kiosk that is a little larger and more refined is the idea at hand...


btw.... if i'm making sero sense.... forgive me.. i'm a wee bit on the "had a bit to drink side"

[OmegaRED]

I can't picture many guys going to a bar and playing games. They go there looking for women or to get drunk not to look stupid trying to play a game. Maybe sports games would be popular but you'd only need NHL plugged in. I think bars don't like their customers being entertained (and not buying beers) so this wouldn't be a good way to make cash.

[Judas]

Guess it works quite differently out here then....

But i kinda wonder about the whole "playing games being stupid" and watching nhl not being stupid?

[Falstaff]

I think no matter where you feel comfortable, and willing to keep an open mind, and willing to loosen up your asshole long enough to allow others to enjoy themselves is okay with me.
Go to a bar in Japan, China, Phillipines, Thailand, Malaysia, Brazil, Mexico, Slovakia, Russia, where ever, people do what they want and nobody gets hurt, so wtf I say.
This is probably an uptight American poll or somebody that just wants everyone to loosen up a little.
I go to a pub down the road where my Liz and I used to just sit and read and relax. Yeah it had a bar, but it wasnt a meat market.
No stone cold G MF's standing up for their people or drunken red necks fighting over their queens of their double wide trailers or riding a mechanical bull.
No...where I live nobody gives a flying rats fanny what you do as long as you dont break the unwritten law of propriety.
We are a community here, so we dont have the meat market mentality.
You wanna play a game at the Golden Boar, The Worlington, The Maiden head etc. thats just fine.
Drunken blokes dont scare me either. As a young man we escorted lots of them into the street by the seat of their pants. If you want to have some crisps, have a Strongbow and watch someone play any video game or just watch football thats alright by us, we dont give a sh*t.
Drinking and fighting are best done in the street anyway.
I think as we integrate more games and liesure into our lives we will take them to the bars and pubs.
Dancing clubs and meat markets probably woudnt tolerate or bankroll ideas like that anyway.

[BlueMak]

If you have already made up your mind and believe (or even know) it is going to work, then why ask for our opinion here?

[Judas]

I asked the question in reference to the current situation at the current establishment.. in the hopes in that people were aware of such establishments.... but apparently the BAR/PUBs that people are more familare with are completely different....

i wasn't just tossing out the current opinions, i'm trying to give the best picture of the situation.... and people are making judgements on thier own experience or ideas about thier own bars/pubs....

so either A: i stated the question and gave not enough information pertaining to the poll... or B: People are still focused on what they see at thier own..

This also proves the fact that quite possibly that outside of our provinces and not into the small town rural areas.... no one really knows what these places are like at all..... and that outside of the country... it's a completely different picture all around.... and that our definition of bar/pubs are completely different whereever you go.


So i'm sorry for not being able to provide the information needed to make an educated dicision on the poll...