WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:07.359 I've talked a lot about Smash Champs, the badminton and LAN esports gaming 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:12.880 facility that's been under construction for over a year. And I've given you guys 00:00:09.920 --> 00:00:17.039 some glimpses of the progress. But now that we're about to have our grand 00:00:14.639 --> 00:00:22.480 opening tournament, maybe it's time to finally let you, citizens of the 00:00:19.279 --> 00:00:24.560 internet, see what awaits inside. But 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:28.880 what is it? When will our first public gaming event be? And why is our sponsor 00:00:26.720 --> 00:00:32.719 Narwhal trying to open the door? Come on, little fella. I'll show you around 00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:37.440 with some help from my very favoriteest person in the entire world. Hi. Hi. 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:42.879 Ivonne has given so many hours to my dream project that I wouldn't dare to 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:46.480 give this tour without her. Also, she knows a lot more about it than I do in a 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:50.320 lot of cases. Welcome to the pro shop. Truthfully, I wasn't expecting this to 00:00:48.239 --> 00:00:55.520 be as big of a deal for the business as it was. Um, most centers just they have 00:00:53.360 --> 00:00:58.960 a few wares for sale. People walk past them. It's usually a little tiny spot, 00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:02.640 too. Whereas, we have this pretty big expansive spot here, but it's uh I feel 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:06.720 like it's helped the brand overall. It feels like a premium space. Having the 00:01:04.720 --> 00:01:09.680 big space makes it feel really welcoming and easy to shop, which I think has 00:01:08.479 --> 00:01:13.040 helped our sales. >> But the reason it's big is not because 00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:15.760 we intended to do that. It was because we had no idea what else to do with this 00:01:14.960 --> 00:01:19.600 space. >> Originally, when we started Smash, it 00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:23.759 was only supposed to be one unit. So, this whole space here was supposed to be 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:26.720 check-in, concession, um, >> pro shop. >> Pro shop all together 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:33.520 >> and bathrooms. >> Yep. And bathrooms. Yeah, I forgot about that, too. >> And now it's just pro shop and check in. 00:01:31.520 --> 00:01:37.439 >> We offer shoe rentals and racket rentals. Or if like most people, you 00:01:35.759 --> 00:01:41.280 prefer to play with your own sweaty racket, we also offer reringing 00:01:39.360 --> 00:01:45.200 services. Um, a lot of people don't actually realize that the strings on 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:49.119 your racket are meant to be replaced. >> How often are you supposed to replace 00:01:46.479 --> 00:01:54.720 the strings? Well, that really depends. There's two things that wear them out. 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:56.159 Time and also use. So, if I'm playing a 00:01:54.720 --> 00:01:59.840 few times a week with one racket, I might replace my strings after a month. 00:01:58.240 --> 00:02:03.840 Or if they're just sitting on there over time, I'd say after about 3 to 6 months, 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:07.680 they've got to go. Or the other big one is if you make mistakes like I do and 00:02:06.240 --> 00:02:11.120 you mish hit, you can break your strings, especially when they're tighter. 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:13.840 >> How often do you blame your strings for poor games? >> I wouldn't. I would. 00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:19.440 >> You would never. >> No, that is not true. 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:23.520 What I would of course one thing we haven't really shown much of yet is the 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:28.080 technology behind our center. Every one of our members gets one of these 00:02:25.920 --> 00:02:32.920 wristbands and every time they come in they simply scan to check in for their 00:02:29.920 --> 00:02:32.920 session 00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:41.519 and after a slight delay 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:44.400 >> hey they're checked in. Also, of course, 00:02:41.519 --> 00:02:48.959 we're using ubiquity NVRs and security cameras so that we can keep a close eye 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:52.720 on what all is going on both inside the center and outside the center. We have 00:02:51.200 --> 00:02:57.760 three different colors of wristbands so that our staff can quickly verify that 00:02:54.959 --> 00:03:01.040 you're supposed to be where you are. And we have integration between club 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:05.920 automation, the software that we use to manage our members and ubiquity. So that 00:03:03.760 --> 00:03:10.000 with door access control on every single door in the facility, we can not only 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:14.000 say, "Okay, hey, premium members, you're allowed in these areas, you're allowed 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:17.120 24/7 access, but we can actually change that. So for instance, when we're 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:21.360 running a land gaming event on the one side, badminton people are temporarily 00:03:19.760 --> 00:03:24.720 not going to have access to it." This is Jaquin 00:03:23.040 --> 00:03:28.000 >> coming back out here for a second. Are is this pricing right? That's $15 and 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:34.080 that's $72. >> $80. >> There has been massive inflation in the 00:03:31.920 --> 00:03:40.720 price of badminton shuttlecocks over the last five realistically about 10 years. 00:03:37.200 --> 00:03:41.760 And at $80 for a tube with just 12 00:03:40.720 --> 00:03:48.239 shuttles inside. >> 12. >> It's about $6 per shuttle. And at a high 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:53.280 level, it is pretty typical for a group of doubles players to go through one and 00:03:50.720 --> 00:03:58.000 a half to two and a half of these per 21 point game. A traditional shuttlecock is 00:03:55.280 --> 00:04:03.760 made out of cork with a leather or a synthetic leather cover and then 00:04:00.640 --> 00:04:04.799 precision cut and fitted goose feather. 00:04:03.760 --> 00:04:09.120 >> Real goose feather. >> Tradition is nice, but most modern 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:12.480 shuttles, especially anything below the absolute top of the line, is going to be 00:04:10.720 --> 00:04:18.560 made with duck feather. >> The advantages of these materials are 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:21.600 that they fly just like a leather baseball is going to fly a little 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:27.280 different from a not leather baseball or football. They fly 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:29.840 as an elite player would expect them to. It >> is there not high-end synthetic 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:35.840 materials. >> They're coming. >> Ah, >> but in the meantime, the best we have 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:41.759 for synthetic materials is at the high end. Still a cork cap, 00:04:38.880 --> 00:04:45.040 >> but with a just nylon skirt. I mean, when you look at them, you can really 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:49.680 appreciate the craftsmanship of it. So, somebody weaves all of these threads in 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:54.240 here and applies glue >> and fits all the feathers and then puts 00:04:51.840 --> 00:04:58.720 it on a tester to make sure that it runs at the right speed. 00:04:55.120 --> 00:05:00.000 >> This string isn't tied like by hand. 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:03.440 >> David, do you recognize this claw machine? >> Is that the one we had at LTX? 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:07.840 >> Yeah. >> Boom. 00:05:05.919 --> 00:05:11.520 >> Let's go. 10% off any one purchase up to $100. 00:05:10.320 --> 00:05:16.479 >> That's pretty good. I'll be holding on to that. All right, let's head out to the courts. 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:21.039 Of course, we can't get there without passing through what I like to call the 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:25.680 world's most expensive hallway. I actually forget the details of why this 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:30.160 was so difficult to do. Do you remember? >> Yes, I do. So, there's an upper floor 00:05:27.840 --> 00:05:33.759 here. And all of that upper floor was supported by beams that went through 00:05:31.919 --> 00:05:37.600 here. And of course, the beam went right through this spot right here. So, in 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:42.000 order to move that beam, we had to put in supporting beams and like strengthen 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:45.039 one on that side or something like that. So anyway, it cost a butt ton of money 00:05:43.840 --> 00:05:49.199 to do all of that because they had to core all the concrete as well to do it. 00:05:47.039 --> 00:05:55.120 >> But the alternative was to have this hallway go like out into the court area 00:05:52.400 --> 00:05:58.639 and then back because from a business standpoint, this hallway is probably 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:03.280 going to pay for itself in the long term because exit through the gift shop. Uh 00:06:01.280 --> 00:06:06.800 oh, this is our Q&A board. Um, there's actually some questions that need 00:06:04.880 --> 00:06:11.840 answering. Mr. Lionus, what does this say? I'll let 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:16.960 you guys leave a comment with what you think this says. And once we've got that 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:19.919 sorted out, we'll get a reply for them. 00:06:16.960 --> 00:06:23.680 Our empty concession area. We learned after the fact that if we want to do so 00:06:21.840 --> 00:06:29.039 much as microwave a hot pocket and hand it to you or wrap a Costco muffin in 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:34.960 plastic wrap and make that available, we need not one but two sinks. But that's a 00:06:32.080 --> 00:06:38.400 project for another time once we have some more money we feel like spending on 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:43.680 it. Oh jeez. Not actually a problem because 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:48.639 our sponsor Narwhal is at the ready. Check this out. 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And that brings us out to the courts. On the surface, there's not 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:36.080 really much to it. Like any other sports facility, you want a nice open space, a 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:40.080 flat, unobstructed floor. But the devil's in the details. 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:42.479 >> You walk past one of the first details. >> Yes, I do. 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:45.759 >> So, right when you come into the Babon Court, you'll notice that all of these 00:07:43.919 --> 00:07:48.880 benches are perfect height for changing your shoes. And all of the benches 00:07:47.520 --> 00:07:52.240 behind the courts are the perfect height to actually properly sit and observe 00:07:50.960 --> 00:07:57.440 >> and store your bag underneath. >> Yeah. The other nice thing about the observation benches is we've put USB 00:07:55.440 --> 00:08:02.319 charging and regular power outlets next to all of them on both the badminton 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:05.680 only side and the badminton/gaming side of the facility 00:08:03.440 --> 00:08:08.479 >> on half of them because on this side there isn't. But on this side there is. 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:11.759 So originally we were actually going to have all the benches only on one side 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:15.840 because we were thinking in the future we might put bleachers or something like that on this side if we're hosting 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:20.560 national tournaments or provincial tournaments. >> Well, I don't think I was ever hoping to have enough bleachers for like a 00:08:18.960 --> 00:08:24.240 national level tournament, but yeah, maybe provincial level. One option if we 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:29.199 did want to host a highle tournament that requires a lot of seating is to 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:33.680 actually close off some of the courts and then only use the center courts and 00:08:31.280 --> 00:08:37.919 put like stadium style seating here. But I'd be really worried about the impact 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:44.159 that that would have on uh both the vinyl top as well as the subfloor. So 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:46.560 this is a multi-layer sport floor that 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:50.720 starts with um the concrete underneath. Then you have a vapor barrier. Then you 00:08:48.560 --> 00:08:52.880 have these rubber squishy. >> They call them pucks. 00:08:51.680 --> 00:08:57.200 >> Yeah, they call them pucks. They don't really look like pucks. >> Yeah, they have like little teeth and 00:08:55.279 --> 00:09:00.240 then a flat surface on top. And they just sit on top of the floor to give it 00:08:58.800 --> 00:09:03.839 a little bit of extra bounce. >> Then you've got a layer of plywood. Then 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:06.640 another layer of plywood running the other way so that you've never got 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:11.920 anywhere where the seams perfectly overlap. Then you've got a cushion layer 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:16.880 and then finally a wear layer on top that gives you the grip that you need to 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:22.640 move around confidently on the cord. There was a whole fiasco where our first 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:23.920 sport floors were manufacturing defect, 00:09:22.640 --> 00:09:29.040 you know, whatever. I want to give credit to Caliber Flooring Systems. They 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:33.600 stood by their product. They replaced it. They got everything installed for us 00:09:31.040 --> 00:09:37.040 and they did what very few contractors do and even though it did cost them 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:40.240 quite a bit in replacing everything, they got us sorted out. So, definitely 00:09:38.800 --> 00:09:43.760 shout out them. We switched over to Victor, not necessarily because we 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:47.760 thought the quality was better than Calibers's, you know, not defective 00:09:45.760 --> 00:09:52.480 product that we initially approved, but rather it was just because they're BWF 00:09:49.920 --> 00:09:54.880 certified and the timeline was the biggest issue. 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:57.760 >> Yeah, they were able to kind of move heaven and earth in order to get them to 00:09:56.240 --> 00:10:03.680 us really fast, which was important cuz we were already supposed to be open. Um, 00:10:00.800 --> 00:10:07.440 water fountain, tilled filtered water. It actually doesn't cost that much. So, 00:10:05.680 --> 00:10:11.760 if you're ever in a sports facility that doesn't have it, um, you know, write 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:14.399 them a a polite little note and say you'd love to have something like this 00:10:12.959 --> 00:10:19.519 installed because man, is it ever a differencemaker and it saves so many 00:10:16.959 --> 00:10:23.920 plastic bottles. These were a fun one. The intention behind them was twofold. 00:10:21.680 --> 00:10:28.320 One was safety in the event that anybody comes kind of like running off a cord 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:31.360 or, you know, trips and face plants into a wall. I wanted a little bit of 00:10:29.760 --> 00:10:35.440 cushioning. Can't hurt. >> I don't think it was going to be likely though. If you look at how much space we 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:40.000 have behind the courts, >> I mean, you never know. Some of the lessons and stuff, they'll have the kids 00:10:38.160 --> 00:10:44.480 doing laps around the facility and you could easily go flying into a corner. 00:10:42.160 --> 00:10:49.519 But the bigger concern was actually more selfish. I get really sweaty when I 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:52.720 play. And two of the walls in our facility that are going to have benches 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:58.000 along them are concrete, meaning that if I were to be all wet and lean against 00:10:54.800 --> 00:10:59.760 them, I'd be so cold and uncomfortable. 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:04.079 So, I wanted a wall cushion behind the benches. Uh for me what mattered more 00:11:02.079 --> 00:11:09.440 was the acoustic treatments that's inside here. Uh so there was a lot of 00:11:06.560 --> 00:11:13.920 reverb or echo in the place and these helped cut that down a ton in addition 00:11:11.839 --> 00:11:18.640 to the spray that we put in the ceiling. >> The HVAC guys looked at me like I was 00:11:15.839 --> 00:11:22.720 from the moon when I explained that I wanted to be able to heat and cool the 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:28.320 facility without causing any air currents. 00:11:24.880 --> 00:11:29.760 They were like okay well 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:36.000 that's not how that works. And I was like, "Okay, but hear me out, okay? What 00:11:32.800 --> 00:11:37.440 if we had some kind of extremely lowflow 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:41.760 system?" And they came back to me and they were like, "Duck socks." 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:46.160 >> Duct socks are perforated fabric so that the air that's coming down can be 00:11:43.760 --> 00:11:49.839 diffused out very slowly without causing any current that's going around. And one 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:54.399 of the big benefits is especially when you're cooling, if you have a a big 00:11:52.160 --> 00:11:58.079 blower that's up at the top of the unit, then it's blowing that cold air out, 00:11:56.320 --> 00:12:03.040 which is heavier than the warm air in the facility, and it will fall. And when 00:12:00.959 --> 00:12:07.279 something goes down, something else must come up, which will create a circular 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:10.560 air flow. By bringing the cold air all the way down to court level, we can 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:12.639 prevent that. And well, that was the theory. And in practice, it has actually 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:19.440 worked out. >> It's worked out great. >> Like really well. You'll see a lot of sweaty bmon players come and just stand 00:12:16.880 --> 00:12:24.720 here because you can feel the air. >> It's pretty nice. And a big part of 00:12:22.079 --> 00:12:28.399 keeping the air flow so low was having a ton of them. So, you can actually see 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:32.480 that they're positioned in between every court. And then over on the other side, 00:12:30.880 --> 00:12:35.519 they're either between the courts or they're above the doors. That seems like 00:12:34.079 --> 00:12:38.639 a good opportunity to talk about the wall color. >> Uh, wait, wait. You just walked by the 00:12:37.839 --> 00:12:43.279 power. >> You can't go anywhere in this place without there being something 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:47.440 interesting. In between every court, we've preerrun two Cat 6A network 00:12:45.760 --> 00:12:53.839 connections that are home run to our server room upstairs, as well as a total 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:55.680 of four 120 volt outlets. We don't know 00:12:53.839 --> 00:13:01.519 exactly what we'll do with these, but what I kind of have in mind in the 00:12:57.839 --> 00:13:05.920 future is that each courtside could have 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:08.800 like a TV and you know, God willing, 00:13:05.920 --> 00:13:12.079 Jensen willing, we could have some kind of machine vision system that will 00:13:10.560 --> 00:13:18.959 automatically scorekeep or something like that. But that's a tomorrow 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:23.279 problem. It's just that if we wanted to try to do this after the fact, it was 00:13:20.959 --> 00:13:28.160 going to be impossible. cost a fortune if it was possible at all. Which brings 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:31.360 us finally then to wall color. Um 00:13:28.160 --> 00:13:33.040 Jaquan, who you guys met earlier, made 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:36.639 10 trips to the paint store. >> Oh yeah. And then in addition to that, I 00:13:34.800 --> 00:13:41.680 think we made another four or five trips to the paint store. >> We tried every stock color. We had them 00:13:39.680 --> 00:13:44.800 mixing custom colors. We >> we were here literally at midnight with 00:13:43.839 --> 00:13:50.160 all these patches. >> Midnight, please. >> Okay, whatever. even in the morning 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:53.760 holding birds in front of each color patch trying to figure out is is this 00:13:51.920 --> 00:13:57.199 the best color >> and we were trying to strike a balance 00:13:55.360 --> 00:14:02.079 between, you know, being able to see the birdie really well, but not it being an 00:13:59.040 --> 00:14:04.720 eyesore in here. Oh, this is cool. In 00:14:02.079 --> 00:14:08.240 between all the courts, um, some cases above the doors, some cases not above 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:13.279 doors, is more power and more networking. And again, uh, praise be to 00:14:11.040 --> 00:14:17.199 Jensen Huang. We are hoping at some point to have cameras back here that 00:14:15.199 --> 00:14:20.399 will allow us to do the aforementioned automated scorekeeping or whatever the 00:14:18.800 --> 00:14:24.000 case may be. In the meantime, we've partnered with Playite. They've got 00:14:22.079 --> 00:14:28.160 these RFID scanners that you can put courtside. We've actually got one that 00:14:25.760 --> 00:14:32.560 we're triing right now, but the idea would be to equip every court with them 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:36.000 and then players can install their app, scan the RFID, and then they can say, 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:40.639 "Hey, can I download the video of my session?" So, we're working with ZCAM to 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:43.839 send over some of their cameras. And we're gonna get those installed 00:14:41.680 --> 00:14:46.560 hopefully before the tournament coming up. Hopefully, 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:51.839 >> all of this might happen sooner than you'd think, though. This is a little project that's being worked on by just 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:55.839 one guy and runs off of his laptop that he uses for training. So, who knows what 00:14:54.160 --> 00:15:00.720 the future holds. All the really cool stuff for you guys, though, is probably 00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:04.000 on this side. spaced for tables of 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:06.320 gamers to go all the way down this 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:11.920 entire unit are these California standard power connectors that are 250 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:19.040 volt 50 amp allowing each of these to do about 14,000 watts. So pretty much an 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:21.760 entire row of computers alongside Cat 6A 00:15:19.040 --> 00:15:26.160 networking which would be at 10 gig and fiber optic networking that we could run 00:15:23.680 --> 00:15:31.760 at I believe what we are set up for up there is 25 gig. That would be for each 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:37.839 one of our rows of computers for our Whaleand gaming events which we finally 00:15:35.920 --> 00:15:41.680 got our temporary use permit from the city for. And I am so excited to maybe 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:46.880 not announce. I guess we'll have announced it by the time this comes out. But the first one's September 28th. 00:15:45.199 --> 00:15:51.519 >> I don't remember the exact date. I just know that I still need the fire department to get in here to approve the 00:15:49.839 --> 00:15:54.399 increased occupancy. So, that's what I'm working on. >> Oh. 00:15:53.199 --> 00:15:58.000 >> But it should be done in time. They just called me today. >> Okay. >> Yeah. 00:15:56.480 --> 00:16:02.000 >> Getting this done was extremely difficult, and I have to take a 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:07.519 significant amount of the blame for that. See, the city doesn't love it when 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:11.920 business owners announce what they're going to be using their building for 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:15.440 without getting a permit for it. Anyway, I think I ruffled some feathers the 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:19.519 wrong way. We ultimately got it sorted out after a long and painstaking 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:24.000 process. I want to shout out Chase, Ivonne, Sean, Colton, 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:28.880 >> uh Jim, and Jaquin helped a lot. Yeah, Ivan of all people, he actually came to 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:33.600 the the city council reading with us to be like a like a non employee and and 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:37.120 talk on behalf of the what gaming means to him and and community. 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:40.079 >> Credit to some people at the city, the people that were a little higher up and 00:16:38.560 --> 00:16:42.800 who were trying to increase the amount of things to do in the city really did 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:48.639 help us out as well. >> Yeah, the general manager, um the business relationship manager, and the 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:53.120 mayor were all instrumental in helping us get this over the line. So, I'm so 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:57.839 excited to see you guys there. And we're very happy to be here just because it's 00:16:55.440 --> 00:17:02.959 so hard to find a building that has both enough parking and a high enough ceiling 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:07.199 to accommodate a high level of badminton play. Like, let's say for example, I was 00:17:05.439 --> 00:17:12.720 playing an attacking shot towards my opponent over here. And in defense, they 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:17.280 wanted to Well, okay, I misit it, but one sec. Sorry, little buddy. And in 00:17:15.360 --> 00:17:21.120 defense, they were want to they wanted to hit it up really really high so that 00:17:19.280 --> 00:17:26.160 it was hard for me to retrieve it or I had to move all the way to the back. 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:29.760 This ceiling height allows us to do that. Another situation where this can 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:36.240 come up is if your opponent plays a really tight shot to the net. It allows 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:38.799 you to play it to the back without 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:43.039 hitting the net itself. If you have a low ceiling, the only way to get it to 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:47.520 the back is at an angle. But with a high ceiling, you can go up quite a lot 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:51.600 steeper. At the back is the place we don't really love showing people because 00:17:49.280 --> 00:17:56.240 it's kind of where our messes go to die. There's leftover stuff from the uh 00:17:54.160 --> 00:18:00.000 little test land that we did. There's our sign for taking pictures. Projector 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:06.080 screen. >> Where's the rest of the suffer lens? >> Ooh, I'm glad you asked. That's where 00:18:03.919 --> 00:18:09.520 this comes in. Here's our cable whips that are pre-cut and pre-bound to be 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:13.520 exactly the right length to go from our switches at the end of the table to each 00:18:11.600 --> 00:18:17.520 gaming station. Shout out Infinite Cables, by the way. Their cables truly 00:18:15.280 --> 00:18:22.720 are infinite. There's also some pretty fun archaeological items here. Got a 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:28.480 bunch of heat guns from back when we had like a tube bending station at LTX once 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:30.880 upon a time. Casual Orca plushies. I 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:33.600 found our original sample of what the flooring construction is. So, there's 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:40.400 the rubber pucks. Oh, >> it's not a ton, >> but you'll feel it 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:43.200 >> if you kind of jump on it. >> Oh, yeah. That's way more give than just 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:47.679 wood would be. >> Yeah. Or even just putting like a vinyl 00:18:45.520 --> 00:18:51.039 sport floor over concrete. Obviously, we're not just going to have everything 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:55.120 piled under the mezzanine forever. It was actually moved under there so that 00:18:53.039 --> 00:19:01.280 we could acoustically treat this space because some parts of it are going to be 00:18:57.600 --> 00:19:03.440 set up as like a crafting space. Uh, I 00:19:01.280 --> 00:19:08.000 don't know, like run an Etsy shop. What What is it that you do these days? 00:19:05.679 --> 00:19:10.880 >> Oh, man. Or either that or we're going to stream or do a craft channel or 00:19:09.679 --> 00:19:14.559 something like that. We're figuring it all out right now. But the rest of the 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:18.160 space here is going to be all storage. So, on this side is going to be all of 00:19:15.919 --> 00:19:21.760 LTX's stuff. So, you can see all of the chairs that they have set up. And 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:26.080 there's going to be hundreds of seats worth of tables, >> right? Along with all of the gear that 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:31.360 we have over there that we don't get rid of. And then on this side, we're going 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:35.679 to have uh pallet racking uh because of all of So, I think Chase told me he 00:19:33.520 --> 00:19:39.360 wanted 10 pallets for LTX stuff. And then Smash Champs needs 30 right now 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:44.160 because of the container of birds that are coming. >> The supply chain for badminton equipment 00:19:42.080 --> 00:19:48.720 has not been the most amazing from our experience so far. It's very start and 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:52.160 stop. So, we need to take on a lot more inventory than we originally anticipated 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:55.919 because we can't just draw in small amounts from a local distributor. Uh, 00:19:54.160 --> 00:20:00.160 one of the things that won't be here in the future, although they're doing such 00:19:58.080 --> 00:20:04.559 a great job that you might actually want to keep them around, is our army of 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:09.919 narwhals that are showing off their dual camera with 10 tops of NPU processing 00:20:07.679 --> 00:20:14.400 setup that allows them to respond to obstacles that are in front of them much 00:20:11.760 --> 00:20:18.080 more agiley and more quickly than previous solutions. Very cool, right? 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:21.280 >> That one just went around the cup. That was impressive. >> I know, right? >> Will it clean up all of my sawdust over 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:28.559 there? >> Yes. Yes, it will. Welcome to the members lounge. In theory, this is for 00:20:25.840 --> 00:20:35.200 our premium members to hang around after their matches. I don't know, maybe watch 00:20:31.360 --> 00:20:36.799 some badminton games on the 98 in TV. In 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:41.919 practice, what it is is a place for Lionus to put all of the cool toys that 00:20:40.080 --> 00:20:45.280 he doesn't have room for in his house, like an air hockey table. 00:20:43.679 --> 00:20:48.400 >> This is the most musical sounding air hockey table I've ever heard. But I know 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:52.400 >> when it bounces off it, it's like a freaking windchime or something. 00:20:50.320 --> 00:20:56.960 >> It's so cool. We've also got a pool table. And then because people weren't 00:20:54.960 --> 00:21:02.280 really using it in the LMG staff lounge, I moved the Super Checkex game over 00:20:58.640 --> 00:21:02.280 here. And 00:21:03.280 --> 00:21:10.559 we had some software configuration issues with the uh DIY arcade cabinet. 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:15.039 So, we moved the buy one over here. This was another Lionus has always wanted one 00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:20.720 and doesn't have room for it at home thing. >> I think you have room. I think just 00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:26.640 doesn't want it in the house. I I lost already. 00:21:23.760 --> 00:21:30.480 Again, it's not because I'm good at it that I want one. It's because I need 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:33.520 practice that I want one. >> We even have this ice resurfacer for the 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:36.640 super checks. >> Uh, okay. I don't think that actually 00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:41.039 works, does it? >> Uh, not it's made out of cardboard, 00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:46.480 >> but not all Flo. >> We'll go look at the gym in a minute. Sorry, David. First, I figure you guys 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:52.400 might want to check out the server room complete with ubiquity RGB. 00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:54.000 Let's go. Legitimately useful because it 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:58.159 can tell you the status like what that port is set to. Uh what else do we have 00:21:56.000 --> 00:22:02.400 in here? Well, we got our battery backup uh courtesy of Eaton as well as just a 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:05.919 kind of run-of-the-mill desktop computer that's running that PlaySite stuff that 00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:10.400 we're still in the testing phases of. We don't know if we're going to settle on that, but that's what we're using for 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:15.600 now. We've also got our NVRs that are handling all of the security and the 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:20.240 oodles and oodles of fiber as well as ample cooling for both the courtside 00:22:17.760 --> 00:22:24.559 land events as well as any future machine vision processing that we wanted 00:22:22.080 --> 00:22:28.320 to bring on premises corner office for our general manager. Oh, hey Jimmy. He's 00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:34.159 in here. >> Uh we're doing a tour. >> Okay. >> Yeah, we decided the tour you did was 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:37.679 actually it was really good. You could see it on flow plane. This is not the 00:22:36.320 --> 00:22:42.480 first tour of Smash Champs we've done. It's just the first to be sponsored by Narwhal. Wait a second, Jim. Do you have 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:45.440 your own fridge in your office? >> Yeah. No, it was the one downstairs I 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:48.960 brought and then we didn't eat downstairs, so I brought up here, right? It's just energy drinks, you know. It's 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:53.760 good. >> What? Why did you Is that alcohol? >> Energy drinks. 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:58.400 >> Oh, man. Okay, we'll talk about it later. Which brings us to our final 00:22:55.440 --> 00:23:05.039 stop, the gym. It was designed in collaboration with Mr. Luke Lafrenier of 00:23:01.760 --> 00:23:07.840 Floatplane and his goal was to have it, 00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:14.640 you know, to address the cardio people >> of whom he is not one, but also make 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:16.559 sure that we had at least two options, 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:20.159 even if one of them is just free weights for pretty much every movement that you 00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:24.080 would want to do for badminton. >> Cool. >> There were a few things that Luke wanted 00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:30.640 that we didn't manage to put in. Like he wanted a grass strip. Um, and I think 00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:32.480 that was the main one. But in general, 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:36.159 we did pretty much everything he asked. And when Badminton Insight came out 00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:39.760 here, they rated it a 9 out of 10. >> This is pretty sweet. As long as it's 00:23:38.320 --> 00:23:45.120 like doesn't get too busy, it's like, I would love to work out here. >> Well, that's why we don't allow anyone 00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:50.240 who's not a premium member to work out. Although, there is one exception. 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:54.880 Even though we have enough parking according to the city bylaws and zoning 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:58.320 for the amount of space that we have for recreational use, 00:23:57.039 --> 00:24:02.960 we don't. >> But we knew that. So, we worked out a 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:05.600 deal with our neighbors. They don't need most of their parking. They have like 00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:12.080 half a dozen people working in their units and they're these size. So, there's like another 45 parking stalls 00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:15.840 that are not being used, especially in the evening when they're not even an 00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:22.799 office. So, we made a deal. We said, "Hey, I offer free gym membership for 00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:24.240 you and your crew. I receive access to 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:27.919 your parking stalls without you guys calling a tow truck." >> That's pretty great. I'm grateful to our 00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:33.840 sponsor, >> Narwhal. One of which I think I'm going to have to be taking home for uh 00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:37.760 cleaning up kitty litter. See, we've got our kitty litter robot thing in the 00:24:35.760 --> 00:24:43.520 bathroom that is closest to our pool, and wet feet and kitty litter is a 00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:44.960 pretty bad time. And my kids at best I 00:24:43.520 --> 00:24:48.480 can convince them to vacuum that room like once a week. If I had a little 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:52.559 robot to do it, that would actually be a perfect application for something like a 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:56.000 narwhal. Their Narwhal Flow has carpet focus technology that automatically 00:24:54.159 --> 00:25:00.080 lowers the brush cover on carpet, creating a high pressure air flow zone 00:24:58.080 --> 00:25:04.240 with 22,000 pascals of pressure for deeper carpet 00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:08.799 cleaning and has a dualaction edge brush that adapts near corners for deeper 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:13.039 reach. while the dynamic zero targeting side brushes actively release trapped 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:16.480 hair and direct it to the air intake for easy cleanup. You can check out the 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:19.919 Narwhal Flow at the link in the video description. Thanks again to Narwhal for 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:24.640 sponsoring this video. If you guys like tours like this, why don't you check out 00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:30.720 the first video we did on this space where it was a completely empty concrete 00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:34.960 box. And man, 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:34.960 I mean, yeah, it's pretty amazing the