6 August 2005

A disturbance in the Force - Barracks shut down after two break-ins

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Walking past The Barracks (reviewed by Che a couple of years ago here) in Dickson I noticed that they are closed.

Inspection of their chalk-board on Cape Street reveals that following break-ins on successive weeks (stealing either just RAM or whole computers one would imagine) they have closed indefinitely while they have a think.

For those who haven’t had the pleasure, the barracks is a large darkened room full of computers in which, for a fee, one can spend hours obliterating all the others in the room who dare to oppose you in a variety of deliciously violent games. Energy drinks and chocolate are sold and pizza gets delivered from down the road.

It spawned a number of copycat “LAN Cafes” so it’s not like young nerdlings won’t have anywhere to go. But it’s sad to see crime taking down a small business.

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One could say it spawned copycats, one could say it was picked up by other young entreprenuers who thought customer service and maintenance would be an excellent addition to such a business.

Versus on Northbourne brings the p0wn.

That is really sad, I used to game alot down there before I got my broadband.

Sympathies for all rax staff/regs 🙁

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