Deaths in Internet cafés
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2017-05-06
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1,160 words · ~5 min read
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looking up any Western media coverage on Taiwanese internet cafes brings up stuff
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like stabbings deaths and other horrendous conditions we decided to come
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to Taiwan and check it out ourselves to see if those things are actually kind of
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true or if the internet cafes are nicer and cleaner and more entertaining let's
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check it out
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cooler Masters masterc case maker 5 features the free form modular system
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allowing you to customize adjust and upgrade on your own make it yours at the
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link in the video description down below welcome to leuan cyber cafe housing 200
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computers equipped with 160 NVIDIA GTX
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960s 40 GTX 970s 200 Intel 4E i7 2600s
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and 200 kits of 8 GB of RAM it is the
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biggest internet cafe in all of Taipei and it is the only one in all of Taiwan
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that has NVIDIA certification which is only one of three in the entire world
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let's go check it
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out membership is cheap as hell about 30
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cents in us and then for actual game time if you spend 15 bucks you get about
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22 hours after after that naturally the more you spend the more bonus hours you
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get competitive online games Foster an
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electrifying atmosphere of frustration intensity and surprisingly often
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Victory the fourth floor is covered head to toe in NVIDIA branding and there's
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two 5v5 competitive rooms which can be used for many different tournaments and
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booked for different teams to host scrimish or practices or whatever they
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would like leua has been opened 24 hours a day for 15 years but isn't too old to
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innovate they're constantly trying new things to see what works for their customers like mechanical keyboards and
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3440 X 1440p ultrawide monitors and you
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need never fear for going hungry they've position themselves as a restaurant as
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well and you can call for food at basically any time by just clicking
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something simple on your desktop after you die in League of Legends cuz you're
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a noob and the food is actually surprisingly good and they have a lot of
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it their menu is huge so you'll probably be able to be satisfied with at least
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something on it and you never have to leave the comfort of your leather chair
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I love it here the food the environment the games it's it's all great it makes
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me want to grab four friends form a competitive team and try really hard
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probably get wrecked because the caliber of players here is very high um but it
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would be fun anyways this place is great but it's really high energy what if you
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just want to be laid back enter Q time
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at about $3 for a membership and about a dollar an hour after that hanging out at
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Q time is pretty freaking cheap but that also includes stuff like tea various
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other Beverages and unlimited ice cream if that's more your game if you're not
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really into the tea stuff moving on that
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price also includes a room somewhere to hang out with if you have two
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like-minded friends so at least three of you you can get this room my favorite
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one jumping inside there's an upstairs bunk where you have to climb a ladder
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which is just fantastically fun a downstairs bunk where you can hang out a
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big nice TV and a little bit subpar
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computer it's got a 760 Intel processor
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GTS 460 and 4 gigs of RAM not ton to
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phone home about but you might be able to play Warcraft 3 or something in here
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you have a smaller room you could be in here by yourself or maybe with your partner or something you've got a
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computer computer a TV and a couch to hang out on to keep your company while
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you're relaxing they have near endless amounts of manga and novels and comic
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books movies and you can even borrow an Xbox One or PlayStation 4 all for free
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and then if you need some extra stuff you can pay a little bit more and use
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something like their laundry machine or even their showers I like it here and
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while it might not be my first choice compared to the more gaming inspired
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cyber cafe I understand the appeal it's relaxing and com able someone's
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literally asleep right now you can do that the age range of people that come
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here is more like 18 to 85 instead of the cyber cafe which was like 15 to 35
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it's quite different let's talk to one of them to see what he thinks
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when you pair the strengths of these two cyber cafes together you get something
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pretty cool you have two different options to create a home away from home
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somewhere to game somewhere to relax you don't have to be at home to do those
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things you don't have to have the stuff that these places have in order to do
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them that's pretty cool both internet cafes or cyber cafes or whatever you
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want to call them were uniquely attractive entertainment options for
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ridiculously low prices I see why people go and considering the amount of people
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that go to these things I'm not surprised that there happen to be some
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deaths yes it's a horrible thing but a lot of people die watching TV
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too Ting is the mobile carrier that is focused on customer service and customer
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satisfaction first don't speak to a robot get pushed directly through to a
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person potentially like the guy over there with the muscle car motorbike or
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whatever that loud thing is and pay only for what you use the average Ting bill
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is only $24 a month per device if you're stuck in a contract and switch
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to Tang they'll even cover 25% of your cancellation fee up to 75 bucks so head
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