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Idea on opening an esports gaming cafe?

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/idea-on-opening-an-esports-gaming-cafe.198798/

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perspex Original post #1
Oct 3, 2016 at 10:24 AM
Hey guys, young college graduate and gaming lover here...

I want to open a gaming cafe in kolkata that focuses a lot of esports and i’ll be hosting smaller but more frequent tournaments throughout the year and maybe a big one every year. There are only 2 other high end gaming cafes that run in the city and only one of them hosts tournaments occasionally. Esports is growing in india and with ESL also here now, i thought maybe this can work. I want to start with 10 pcs with enough power to run games like Doom(2016) in Medium-High settings. I just had a few questions...

Would it be viable?
What ISP should i be looking at? and What speeds?
Is kolkata a bad choice to start something like this? Ofcourse bangalore/mumbai is better but there's much more and fierce competition there.

Any help/suggestions/ideas would be highly appreciated.
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amit.tiger12 #2
Oct 3, 2016 at 11:05 AM
^what is esport gaming?
Is it different than normal gaming cafe???
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perspex #3
Oct 3, 2016 at 11:27 AM
^what is esport gaming?
Is it different than normal gaming cafe???

It'll be the same as a normal gaming cafe where people can come and play on hourly basis. But yes, the difference is i'll be more into competitions and host like a tournament every quarter and maybe a big one a year. I also thought about maybe having a foldable projector screen where i can show live games of big esports tournaments like ESL, the international etc. It'll be a way to promote competitive gaming in my city.
SaiyanGoku
Oct 3, 2016 at 11:45 AM
Try contacting nVidia maybe:

GeForce iCafe
Nanducob
Mar 17, 2017 at 3:54 AM
Ping should be <8ms.