Alright so a lot of these previous reviews are kind of jaded. Here's why Net Fragz gets 5 stars and why every gamer (console or pc) should check this place out, for the TL;DR version skip to the bottom.
1) Location: You are next door to pizza hut and across the street (less than 5 minutes) from jack in the box and Denny's. There is also a Starbucks next to Netfragz so when you're getting sleepy you can wake up and continue your onslaught of pwning scrubs.
2) This place is pretty cheap compared to a lot of places. You can get $3 an hour, 10 dollars for 4 hours, $20 for 10 hours, or their best deal: 24 hours for $24. If you compare this to Click n' Connect, it's much better (not to mention the place is a lot nicer looking).
3) When you go to a LAN center you don't just pay for the computer time, you pay for the environment, the atmosphere. Pro gamers and casual gamers alike come here. They interact, they swear, they RAGE, but that is what makes this place so great. With that having been said, I recommend no kids under 13 unless the sun is up because at night that's when all the regulars and people who get more into the game come hang out.
A comment on the fact that yes there are smokers who are outside. This is usually because the games they play require a small waiting period to load the game (usually within 10 minutes tops), and so they wanna catch a quick cig and chat it up with friends before going back in. This has always been the case at any LAN center I have ever been at. Even though I don't smoke, it's kind of nice to be able to just walk outside and talk to people. It's really a good way to make new friends and game with people other than the ones you are used to.
4) The selection of food here is pretty good. It's basically just snacks (candy, chips, sodas, but they also offer ramen bowls). Again, the location is convenient for food (especially late nights when most other places are closed).
5) The staff here is AWESOME! The guy who owns the place is a really nice guy and he truly goes out of his way for his customers. There was a time when the internet servers were acting kind of screwy and the internet just shut off. The owner had gone home like 2 hours before (at 11pm) and was back in the store at like 1:45 am, until 2pm or so fixing the issues, so his customers could do the things they want to. The usual workers are also really nice: they will talk to you and be friendly and if you happen to play the same games they do they usually have some tips.
6) The place is just comfortable. The lights are dimmed, the chairs are comfortable enough to pass out in (seriously, if you can't make the full 24 hour run, just knock out for a couple hours and get back to it) and they recline, and the music is really good for either chilling out or just enjoying the good times with the friends. Lots of trance, club, techno, and mixes between rock or hip hop and trance. Some of my favorite music I listen to on a daily basis is from having heard it here.
7) The computers here are TOP QUALITY and look totally bad ass. There is an occasional keyboard or mouse that gives me a problem (like someone spilled soda on it and they're sticky when you click or tap) but they offer to switch out products for ones connected to another computer or they can just get you spares they occasionally have behind the counter.
8) Open 24 hours a day, 365. I don't celebrate holidays much, so when everything else is closed and my friends and I want to hang out, we always go here. Sometimes it can be packed especially Friday and Saturday nights, so there may be a wait for comps (usually for consoles), but it is well worth it. Grab a cup of coffee and some bread sticks next door and talk to the people out front. You won't regret it.
Here are the only bad parts about this place I can think of:
1) There are occasional scumbags who stop by this place super late at night (people who are either on crack or meth or whatever their choice of death is), but the people who manage the place don't take any shit. If people cause problems their ass is out of the store.
2) The bathroom is kind of gross. Aside from the fact that the I wouldn't sit on the toilet and the dudes there don't know how to flush the toilet, it's not too bad. At least it doesn't smell like the one at Click n' Connect.
So what do you get when you go to Netfragz? An awesome environment with players who have a passion for gaming, good location for food and hanging out, a great staff and owner who treats customers very well, tasty snacks for 1 dollar or less, competitive prices on computer time, top quality computers, comfortable setting, and great internet.
There is a reason this place has stayed open for business and many other LAN centers have slowly crumbled to little more than a bathroom. This place is the definition of awesome.
5/5 and I will continue to return. read more