there's about 10 chains here like "pc201" and "gameport" and we used to host at other people's facilities. 9 out of 10 close in the first 6 months.
but now we have our own 100 seat location with dual t1 connections, a cisco catalyst 9000 120 port switch, 15 2.0 p4 servers and 12 xp 2200+ rentals.
our house counterstrike team is #4 in the world (they just got pushed out at cpl cause of resheduling and them being 9 minutes late) and we host private parties every weekend.
it's kind of established. the balance is the key. you make it too structured and people get turned off. you make it too loose where peeps have to make their own pickup games and they get bored.
on saturday though
we have a good time. our normal tourneys 5v5 CS, 5v5 q3 ra3, 5v5 3wave, q3 insta-gib, and 8v8 bf42 tournaments will also be joined by 8v8 dc, 8v8 star wars galactic battlegrounds, and a pickup game of secret weapons of ww2.
so if anyone in california wants to come and play (for tube sox not cash) please see the gratuitous advertising in my sig. our door prizes are donated by nvidia, ati, alienware, compex, rugged LAn rigs, cooler master, bawls, directron and newegg. our music is provided by Dj Chris ewan (trance... yuk) and the pizza is free.
come see our house CS team #4 in the world as they play 5 vs 25 in an exhibition game and see the via technologies team put a hurt on the nvidia nforcers in bf1942.
good luck piper, you're gonna need it.