Still alive!
Okay, so summer is over and the busy season for Golfland is ending or close to ending. Some of you might remember the event that recently passed earlier this year which was a “testing of the waters” in terms of events at MGL with the new GM Scott. What some of you might NOT know is after the event I had a chance to speak with Scott regarding MGL’s future (event and casual play wise).
To sum up everything we talked about, Scott was very interested in working closely with our community and we had a few ideas as to what changes might be beneficial. Now I must admit I haven’t been to MGL in a while so things might have changed since the last time I was there so keep that in mind as I post. One of the many changes we had in store was to continuing the half assed head-to-head project that MGL’s old manager promised to deliver. As we went over the details we both noticed the general layout of the golf arcade and realized this isn’t going to work with how the cabinets are currently placed. I tossed out the idea of starting the floor plan from scratch so that not only the fighting games but the other genres could benefit from a new layout. If your familiar with MGL’s golf arcade you might notice there is a wall right in the middle of the arcade separating both sides, this wall is used to power the cabs that are placed there. Currently there are racing games lined against this wall but I realized if we could place these racing games against the side walls(where the fighting games are) not only would it open up more walking space but we could use this wall to give MGL a proper “head-to-head area”. I’ll try and draw a diagram of what I’m talking about:
X representing fighting game cab
- representing wall
Player 1 side
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Player 2 side
I also addressed the horrible condition of the control panels and monitors so hopefully he will try to replace these old parts. As to when you can expect all this happen? Scott wanted to wait until the busy season for Golfland centers ended before even thinking of making these changes (which is about this time of year). I’ll be visiting Scott later this week to see if he is still interested in continuing this idea and also to plan the next event at MGL :tup: I’ve been really busy with work and other issues but I’ll try to keep everyone posted.
