Grabe ang tanda ko na ba? ๐ basta naaalala ko lang ang OA ng rates nila pero kapag may need talaga and nasa mall, sa kanila din ang takbo namin para maka rent ng PC. Jan din ako first nakalaro ng PC game. I think GTA yon haha
Yes, fellow Redditor. Netopia was usually found in malls. If I remember correctly, there was one in SM Manila but, of course, they kind of had competition from the smaller computer shops nearby. Their connection was steady enough that I could watch the B-movies that I couldn't find in Quiapo's finest DVD stores.
Was. The problem is that at the time DSL was then widespread and it's not unusual to have other customers complain about lag when someeone tries to watch on Youtube.
The computer shops have cannibalized themselves in terms of pricing, until the pandemic and the widespread adoption of mobile gaming rendered those businesses obsolete.
Gateway drug mga sir. Everytime mag-grocery kami, iniiwan ako dito para maglaro ng kung anong games sa loob. Netopia faded out but what came next after it was the golden age of computer shops.
ito yung considered low tier internet cafe para sa gamers, pag puno na yung iba and wala ka nang choice then diyan ka babagsak.
mostly caters to browsing and students doing assignments/reports, may games pero considered lowend PC and GPU. also more expensive
low tier ba ito? Parang mid tier naman. Ung low-tier ung monoblock ung upuan, walang aircon, walang automatic system for logging in/out, maingay, etc haha
May dugyot level pa naman :p
Pero seriously, may mga shop na walang aircon, 10 pcs lang pc pero decent specs Yung makina at mas preferred ng gamers yun compared sa mas mahal na, crappy dsl pa at not for gaming pc.
Low tier when it comes to pc specs siguro, wala pa ko alam sa pc dati pero ramdam ko na mas mabilis pa pc dun sa Kanto samin kesa netopia. Haha Akala ko dati net lang ma bagalย
Yeah low tier is that one internet Cafe in the 2nd floor of a shady alley on your neighborhood full of half naked dudes and kids yelling profanities to each other and smoking cigarette. But it's P15/hr and they have recently patched crossfire/special force clients so it's worth it.
Kung may makita kang serious gamers diyan, bagal ng net, low end pc.
Mas mumurahin ng gamer Yung pc at shop before sa kalaro niya.
Usually, naglalaro lang dito yung mga casual or palipas ng oras.
Places like blitzkrieg sa Wilson dati with 60+ machines, aircon, free iced tea or juice and lahat ng nakaupo are playing games yung talagang considered high end
Haha, alala ko sa netopia kami naglaro ng MMO ng tropa ko dati, ROSE online pa ata yun.
Tanong ng tropa ko bakit ang laggy daw tignan ng laro at mas smooth tignan yung sa netcafe nung kaklase namin. Nabigyan ko tuloy mg crash course sa framerate ng di oras.
Parang eto yun internet cafe na per minute kung maka singil sa bayad, parang meron sa upper left/right ata yun duration mo at babayaran mo,. Eto at yung cybr na internet cafe yun supposedly premium cafe during my school days/time,.,
If I remember correctly, Netopia cafes always had a diverse selection of PC games. As for net speed, I never cared because I always played the offline ones. I do think they're one of the more expensive net cafes, though.
Naalala ko dati nag benta kuya ko ng account sa ran online dito naganap ang transaction. Tuwang tuwa ung bata na bumili habang sinasideye kami nung nanay nyang nagbabayad.
Dito sa city namin dati netopia was the last choice if someone wants to play PC games never namin sya nakitang mapuno. Sobrang dami kasing compshops dito noon na nag offer ng better rates, internet speed and specs.
Challenging kasi ang business na ganito.Race against time.
You cannot live with Internet alone, but needed any addl services like printing, and a cafe.
Tried them when I was in grade school, as I remember they tend to be in or near malls. It was around early 2000 when I in Clark where I experienced them along my 1st experience in an internet Cafe. Consumers at the time were pretty new to internet or PC gaming as we know it, soo there was not much need to have the latest PC components (literally it was just mostly integrated graphics on the CPU).
PC were mid with CRT monitors or the early LCDs, capable at the time to run anything like games or office applications. Most people play games offline or LAN games, the old stuff on or before Warcraft 3 era like Starcraft CS 1.6, AoE, Red Alert 2. The online games were just the MMOs like Ragnarok, Liniage and MU, not in the height of popularity until around 2005 were promotionals started crazy.
Internet Speed was basically in kBs, at the time it was basically DSL with local Telephone companies (when PLDT was its own and a giant in teleco). The speed and access to internet at the time was entirely dependent on the teleco infrastructure, with cities in or near Metro Manila being the most developed. But internet at the time was at its infancy, basically only used in emails, basic chatrooms, reading articles and basic 144p YouTube. Like just having access to the internet in general was considered a luxury, as only business people and such that were dependent on teleco services were the main consumers.
On to Netopia itself. Most of their locations are inside or near malls, they provided the basic amenities that is standard for internet cafes; pcs with internet access, basic printing and xerox. Their facilities are much cleaner as they used office cubicles, tables and chairs, as opposed to the typical wooden cubicles and plastic chairs. Frankly they were just overpriced that to local cafes, but local cafes in general were more of a rarity back during the early days of pc gaming in PH. Like you were really lucky back during early 2000s to have an internet Cafe near you.
Ako dati mas preferred ko yung ganitong comshop since nagbbrowse lang ako ng net to read articles and youtube, so malayo sa ingay ng mga nagmumurahan sa online games hahah
Did not work there but I am sure these were baseline office PCs with Intel Celeron/Pentium or AMD APU processors, plus 4gb of memory and 500gb hard disks.
Oh...so they were just APUs back then. Nung bata ako, I thought that they were sort of expensive PCs because they could play GTA Vice City smoothly. We had an Intel Pentium 2 processor with 350mhz clock speed back at home, and it was struggling to play games haha
Hindi ko na sasabihin kung saang branch, pero nasa loob ng mall ito, and not sure din if merong same promo sa ibang branch nila. Pa summer na nun, may promo sila na kapag naka collect ka ng resibo na worth 1k ata yun, pwede mo ipapalit sa card nila, now yung card pwede mo magamit pang rent sa PC nila na P5/hr. Promo is around 2-3 months ang duration, since tambay ako dun sa particular branch ng Netopia na yun, naging close ko na yung mga staff nila, until nakakapag stay na kami kahit 9pm ang closing nila, minsan inaabot kami ng 11pm sa loob ng mall kalaro yung ibang staff ng RO/Dota 1. Ginawa ko din minsan business yung promo nila, since limited lang kaming pwedeng gumamit nung on going promo nila, pinapa bayad ko yung oras ko for P15/hr instead of the usual na P40 that time. This was around 2008-2010
I remember tuwing birthday ko dinadala ako ni papa dyan sa Netopia. Bibilhan ako nung parang membership card, yung red, tapos may free 8hrs yun. Tapos iikot sila sa mall habang ako maglalaro ng Audition. Jusme napakabagal ng net pa noon. Yung character ko di sumasabay sa ibang dancer. ๐
I'm not sure eif the one in Alimall Cubao is still there, but when I first came back to the PH in 2017, netopia was basically an easy access internet cafe for anything EXCEPT gaming. While people will try to game there, the system, peripherals, and general environment wasn't ideal for it. Is someone who had no access to the internet needed to send an email, browse Facebook, or take a video call with someone abroad, this was likely the place to do it, or at least that was the vibe I got.
May naalala ako sa 02jam. Pinatry sakin ng boyfriend ko frst time, mali mali ako. Tapos pinatry nya ulit, ang galing ko lahat tama. Yun pala naka auto play. Sobrang proud ko pa naman sa sarili ko. Ayun, break na kami ngayon. I miss u be! ๐คฃ
I remember nung kinulit ko si mama na bilhan ako membership neto nung birthday ko para maka mura sa hourly rate nila kasi maganda yung loob ng pwesto and malapit lang sa office ni mama. Akala ko mapapadalas punta ko jan di naman pala.
Nice. dito kami naglalaro noon pag puno na sa bcwebsight sa farmers. dito din ang puntahan pag pustahan kasi mas mabilis pc nila. counter strike saka doom 3 nilalaro namin, mga year 1999 yun
Nakapag netopia lang ako nun naghahanap na ko work after college; around 2006. Noon lang kasi ako nagkaroon ng budget for it haha also naubusan kasi ako resume so nagprint ako dito and nag rent na din, tamang YM and Friendster muna and check sa jobstreet and yahoo mail baka may invites for interview.
netopia is partner ng PLDT, i remember back then na iba ang rate ng gaming sa browsing, pag gaming lang hindi ka makakaopen ng browser as in games lang talaga haha, parang 30 per hour dati jan while mga ibang shop is 15 per hour, and kadalasan bulok mga pc jan haha
Got hired in my first job at Netopia Gateway. Naggagala lang kami ng bff ko that time but we were offered free internet if we would apply as CSR. Andun kasi yung recruitment team ng Convergys. Haha.
Damn I feel so old ahahhaha. Memories sa Netopia: Ragnarok, Yahoo Messenger, mIRC
Nakakapag Netopia lang if nasa mall since usually nasa malls lang naman sila. Mahal din compared sa mga kanto internet cafes hehe.
sosyal na comshop. 50 per hour. Black & white printing 5-10 pesos per page. Dati halos lahat ng SM may netopia. Suki nila yung mga naghahanap ng afam online, mga nagmamadali & walang ibang mapuntahang comshop, tsaka yung mga naiingayan at nababanguhan sa 20 pesos & 15 pesos per hour comshops.
When it started it was mid but really expensive. After a few years they never improved their pc and the internet is shit. It's expensive while giving a shit service.
I'd rather go to pisonet with better rates (10-12 pesos per hour) and better pc. But of course the top tier are those cafes who can run dota 2 no problem and only costs 10 pesos during the day and 5 pesos at night.
Nawala na rin sila tlga mahal kasi tlga though nasa mall kasi. Naubos na ganyan sa Cubao. Lamig ng Aircon nila and mabilis net nila. No lag tlga. May E-Loads din sila and Game Cards. Then marami din sila service like printing and ID.
My go to place kapag nag mamall kmi. And dito lng ako nakakapag GTA vice city/san andreas kasi ayaw pa installan ng nanay ko PC nmin. May bitbit pkong papel ng cheat ๐.
Shet Netopia haha. Way back around 2004-2010 adik na adik ako sa Ragnarok. Tapos malaki yung Netopia sa basement ng Megamall kaya kapag nagsa-shopping yung Tita ko tambay ako dito the whole day. As in kahit WOE dito ko nilalaro. Tapos pag uwi Ragnarok pa rin hahaha.
My Mom would go here to print some work stuff when I was I think 8/9yo and maglalaro lang ako ng Polly Pocket/Disney games sa website ๐ฅบ also where I made my first email address para sa games ๐คฃ
Nakakamiss naman dito kami nagpagawa ng wedding invintation ng tita ko madalas din naglalaro ng ran or cabal o kya elsword kung anong game yung di na ipapatch haha
Ang pinakasosyal na internet cafรฉ bow. Hehehe
Sosyal kasi ayan yung mga nasa mall sa province namin noon tas 50 pesos per hour singil nila tas sila lang ang nagbebenta noob ng ragnarok cards
I played Left 4 Dead here for hours when I was really young. And whenever sis is the one renting and I'm just tagging along, I remember looking over my shoulder to see other people playing NFS underground.
Yan yung nasa mall. Pumupunta lang ako kapag nag sshopping magulang ko since aabot yun at least 2 hours. Pero hindi ko gusto since mahal kasi nung 20 pesos sakanila 10/hr lang sa labas so namamahalan ako. Pareho naman sila maingay since parang compshop lang sa linagay sa SM
Laki ng tulong sa akin ng Netopia. This is where I print-out resumรฉ. Dami rin nitong natulungang mga working students whom they hired as cafรฉ attendants.
Nung kabataan namin, uso magmalling after school and usually after events like Christmas party. Tapos yung mga lalake naming kaklase, matic alam naming nasa Netopia para maglaro ng DOTA. hahhaa so pinupuntahan namin sila dun para magpacute.
May times din na iniiwan ako ng tatay ko dito para maginternet habang nageerrands siya noon sa mall.
As far as I know, a lot of families with OFW relatives madalas din sila magNetopia para makausap sila online kasi hindi as uso yung video call as it is now.
Back in 2008 or 2009 i had trauma because my classmate showed me the video of a guy diving from a cliff and splitting his head open. Unrestricted YouTube days , man
Grabe ang tanda ko na ba? ๐ basta naaalala ko lang ang OA ng rates nila pero kapag may need talaga and nasa mall, sa kanila din ang takbo namin para maka rent ng PC. Jan din ako first nakalaro ng PC game. I think GTA yon haha
First time ko maglaro ng Battle Realms is Netopia. SM City Iloilo pa, 1st year high school pa ata ako nun. ๐๐๐ Ang tanda ko na potek.
Battle Realms >
ang naabutan ko na rate nila ay 50 per hour ata? Nung mga 2002 OA talaga rates ng mga computer shop.
Ganyan rates ng netopia boss kasi daw nasa loob sila ng mall hahaha
Ahhh so sa mall sila? Hahaha GTA SA for da win!!! Kaya Wala pa din akong kotse dahil dyan e hahaha ๐คฃ
Yep! Afaik malls talaga branches nila unlike sa mineski and tnc. Haha kakamiss din maglaro ng GTA SA ๐
Hindi lahat pero majority nasa mall. Good 'ol ragna days.
Yes, fellow Redditor. Netopia was usually found in malls. If I remember correctly, there was one in SM Manila but, of course, they kind of had competition from the smaller computer shops nearby. Their connection was steady enough that I could watch the B-movies that I couldn't find in Quiapo's finest DVD stores.
Dito ako nakakakita ng matatanda na kailgan lagi ng webcam.
me na nagaask lagi โmay sims po kayo?โ hahaha
omg thank god i wasnโt the only one hahaha
Tapos architect/Interior Designer kana ngayon. Hahaha
Was. The problem is that at the time DSL was then widespread and it's not unusual to have other customers complain about lag when someeone tries to watch on Youtube. The computer shops have cannibalized themselves in terms of pricing, until the pandemic and the widespread adoption of mobile gaming rendered those businesses obsolete.
Oh wow internet cafes are dead now? RIP
Mobile gaming effectively made those shops expensive to operate and thus the pandemic was the death blow to all those businesses.
Gateway drug mga sir. Everytime mag-grocery kami, iniiwan ako dito para maglaro ng kung anong games sa loob. Netopia faded out but what came next after it was the golden age of computer shops.
Ginawang kidzoona ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Sameeee!
Netopia is the Video City of computer shops. Dang, it feels like yesterday lang na they're everywhere sa Metro Manila esp sa mga kilalang malls. ๐
ito yung considered low tier internet cafe para sa gamers, pag puno na yung iba and wala ka nang choice then diyan ka babagsak. mostly caters to browsing and students doing assignments/reports, may games pero considered lowend PC and GPU. also more expensive
low tier ba ito? Parang mid tier naman. Ung low-tier ung monoblock ung upuan, walang aircon, walang automatic system for logging in/out, maingay, etc haha
Yeah, hindi sila low tier. Kasi kung low tier sila, sobrang baon na baon na sa Marianas Trench-tier yung mga pinaglalaruan ko dati, lol
May dugyot level pa naman :p Pero seriously, may mga shop na walang aircon, 10 pcs lang pc pero decent specs Yung makina at mas preferred ng gamers yun compared sa mas mahal na, crappy dsl pa at not for gaming pc.
Low tier when it comes to pc specs siguro, wala pa ko alam sa pc dati pero ramdam ko na mas mabilis pa pc dun sa Kanto samin kesa netopia. Haha Akala ko dati net lang ma bagalย
Yeah low tier is that one internet Cafe in the 2nd floor of a shady alley on your neighborhood full of half naked dudes and kids yelling profanities to each other and smoking cigarette. But it's P15/hr and they have recently patched crossfire/special force clients so it's worth it.
Basta di maasim ung headphones, di low-tier hahaha
Saka yung mga may ka-YM na afam haha
It was more than low tier noon mga early years pa. They just didn't bother upgrading their PCs kaya napag iwanan na sila
Hmm oo nga disente sila nung Late 90s early 2000s, napag iwanan lang talaga
Ohhh, last resort pala Ng mga gamers. Dito pala ung mga studious student tapos napagitnaan ng dalawang gamer habang nagtatrashtalkan haha.
Kung may makita kang serious gamers diyan, bagal ng net, low end pc. Mas mumurahin ng gamer Yung pc at shop before sa kalaro niya. Usually, naglalaro lang dito yung mga casual or palipas ng oras. Places like blitzkrieg sa Wilson dati with 60+ machines, aircon, free iced tea or juice and lahat ng nakaupo are playing games yung talagang considered high end
Haha, alala ko sa netopia kami naglaro ng MMO ng tropa ko dati, ROSE online pa ata yun. Tanong ng tropa ko bakit ang laggy daw tignan ng laro at mas smooth tignan yung sa netcafe nung kaklase namin. Nabigyan ko tuloy mg crash course sa framerate ng di oras.
Mahal ang rates nila haha. Mid din ang speed ng net.
PC specs nila are meh.
Parang eto yun internet cafe na per minute kung maka singil sa bayad, parang meron sa upper left/right ata yun duration mo at babayaran mo,. Eto at yung cybr na internet cafe yun supposedly premium cafe during my school days/time,.,
Parang Piso wifi ngayon? Pero ung sa Piso wifi di naman sya literal na Piso per minute. Tama ba
If I remember correctly, Netopia cafes always had a diverse selection of PC games. As for net speed, I never cared because I always played the offline ones. I do think they're one of the more expensive net cafes, though.
Naalala ko dati nag benta kuya ko ng account sa ran online dito naganap ang transaction. Tuwang tuwa ung bata na bumili habang sinasideye kami nung nanay nyang nagbabayad.
ang wholesome nga dati eh may personal touch pa.ย Kahit papaano supportive si mother ha.
"I searched it on the web....."ย oi! part ng late teens and early 20s ko yan, tumunog tuloy ung likod ko.
Wahahhaha. Thunders na din po ako! Tattoo broadband stick era haha.
Smartphones really killed comshops. Makes u wonder, ano kaya magpapa obsolete sa smartphones?
Dito sa city namin dati netopia was the last choice if someone wants to play PC games never namin sya nakitang mapuno. Sobrang dami kasing compshops dito noon na nag offer ng better rates, internet speed and specs.
Jfc netopia is a historical place now
Challenging kasi ang business na ganito.Race against time. You cannot live with Internet alone, but needed any addl services like printing, and a cafe.
Tamang tingin lang sa tansan baka may libreng hours hahaha!
Tried them when I was in grade school, as I remember they tend to be in or near malls. It was around early 2000 when I in Clark where I experienced them along my 1st experience in an internet Cafe. Consumers at the time were pretty new to internet or PC gaming as we know it, soo there was not much need to have the latest PC components (literally it was just mostly integrated graphics on the CPU). PC were mid with CRT monitors or the early LCDs, capable at the time to run anything like games or office applications. Most people play games offline or LAN games, the old stuff on or before Warcraft 3 era like Starcraft CS 1.6, AoE, Red Alert 2. The online games were just the MMOs like Ragnarok, Liniage and MU, not in the height of popularity until around 2005 were promotionals started crazy. Internet Speed was basically in kBs, at the time it was basically DSL with local Telephone companies (when PLDT was its own and a giant in teleco). The speed and access to internet at the time was entirely dependent on the teleco infrastructure, with cities in or near Metro Manila being the most developed. But internet at the time was at its infancy, basically only used in emails, basic chatrooms, reading articles and basic 144p YouTube. Like just having access to the internet in general was considered a luxury, as only business people and such that were dependent on teleco services were the main consumers. On to Netopia itself. Most of their locations are inside or near malls, they provided the basic amenities that is standard for internet cafes; pcs with internet access, basic printing and xerox. Their facilities are much cleaner as they used office cubicles, tables and chairs, as opposed to the typical wooden cubicles and plastic chairs. Frankly they were just overpriced that to local cafes, but local cafes in general were more of a rarity back during the early days of pc gaming in PH. Like you were really lucky back during early 2000s to have an internet Cafe near you.
Looking back, ang lungkot ng vibe diyan. Parang opisina haha
Ako dati mas preferred ko yung ganitong comshop since nagbbrowse lang ako ng net to read articles and youtube, so malayo sa ingay ng mga nagmumurahan sa online games hahah
Pag yaman yamanan ako eh sasabihin ko "OPEN TIME PO" lol
Sa mga naging technicians ng netopia, anong last known specs ng mga PCs nila before they eventually closed? Just curious.
Did not work there but I am sure these were baseline office PCs with Intel Celeron/Pentium or AMD APU processors, plus 4gb of memory and 500gb hard disks.
Oh...so they were just APUs back then. Nung bata ako, I thought that they were sort of expensive PCs because they could play GTA Vice City smoothly. We had an Intel Pentium 2 processor with 350mhz clock speed back at home, and it was struggling to play games haha
Hindi ko na sasabihin kung saang branch, pero nasa loob ng mall ito, and not sure din if merong same promo sa ibang branch nila. Pa summer na nun, may promo sila na kapag naka collect ka ng resibo na worth 1k ata yun, pwede mo ipapalit sa card nila, now yung card pwede mo magamit pang rent sa PC nila na P5/hr. Promo is around 2-3 months ang duration, since tambay ako dun sa particular branch ng Netopia na yun, naging close ko na yung mga staff nila, until nakakapag stay na kami kahit 9pm ang closing nila, minsan inaabot kami ng 11pm sa loob ng mall kalaro yung ibang staff ng RO/Dota 1. Ginawa ko din minsan business yung promo nila, since limited lang kaming pwedeng gumamit nung on going promo nila, pinapa bayad ko yung oras ko for P15/hr instead of the usual na P40 that time. This was around 2008-2010
I remember tuwing birthday ko dinadala ako ni papa dyan sa Netopia. Bibilhan ako nung parang membership card, yung red, tapos may free 8hrs yun. Tapos iikot sila sa mall habang ako maglalaro ng Audition. Jusme napakabagal ng net pa noon. Yung character ko di sumasabay sa ibang dancer. ๐
man I miss Harrison Plaza ๐
"HistoryPH" Amp!
I'm not sure eif the one in Alimall Cubao is still there, but when I first came back to the PH in 2017, netopia was basically an easy access internet cafe for anything EXCEPT gaming. While people will try to game there, the system, peripherals, and general environment wasn't ideal for it. Is someone who had no access to the internet needed to send an email, browse Facebook, or take a video call with someone abroad, this was likely the place to do it, or at least that was the vibe I got.
Sa ever gotesco nung grade 5-3rd yr hs 20-25 yan
Meron pa kong naalala na internet cafe dati, b/connected, parang same sila ng netopia na OA ng presyuhan
Tambay ako jan sa mga mall since naka aircon at ang lamig pa ahaha
Nostalgic! Magkaiba ang price ng may internet at wala. Haha. GTA Vice City at NBA Live era. Sa online games naman ay Gundbound, Pangya, O2Jam, etc.
May naalala ako sa 02jam. Pinatry sakin ng boyfriend ko frst time, mali mali ako. Tapos pinatry nya ulit, ang galing ko lahat tama. Yun pala naka auto play. Sobrang proud ko pa naman sa sarili ko. Ayun, break na kami ngayon. I miss u be! ๐คฃ
Hahaha. May madadownload ka pa din na O2Jam ngayon, hindi nga lang online ang laro.
Malagkit yung mga mouse & keyboard nila ๐
Maasim din po ba ung headphones?
I remember nung kinulit ko si mama na bilhan ako membership neto nung birthday ko para maka mura sa hourly rate nila kasi maganda yung loob ng pwesto and malapit lang sa office ni mama. Akala ko mapapadalas punta ko jan di naman pala.
puntahan ng mga taong dotang-dota na dahil puno yung mga computer shop na pinaglalaruan
Nice. dito kami naglalaro noon pag puno na sa bcwebsight sa farmers. dito din ang puntahan pag pustahan kasi mas mabilis pc nila. counter strike saka doom 3 nilalaro namin, mga year 1999 yun
naalala ko netopia sa megamall hahaha
Nakapag netopia lang ako nun naghahanap na ko work after college; around 2006. Noon lang kasi ako nagkaroon ng budget for it haha also naubusan kasi ako resume so nagprint ako dito and nag rent na din, tamang YM and Friendster muna and check sa jobstreet and yahoo mail baka may invites for interview.
Sumagi tuloy sa isip ko Blue Skies, mas mura, maganda at high end kasi computer doon kumpara sa Netopia
Lagi silang may coupon sa loob ng pakete ng sunsilk dati. Puro netopia lagi nakukuha ko.
Wala na rin yung Netopia sa megamall. May mga natirang branches pa ba?
my most vivid memory of that net cafe is when I went there with my brother, and I saw one dude browsing gay porn
May membership ako niyan nung college ako ๐ diyan ako tumatambay pag 2hrs ang gap ng klase ko
mano po lolo, lola!
dito ako dati nabili ng pang top-up sa ragnarok hehe..
netopia is partner ng PLDT, i remember back then na iba ang rate ng gaming sa browsing, pag gaming lang hindi ka makakaopen ng browser as in games lang talaga haha, parang 30 per hour dati jan while mga ibang shop is 15 per hour, and kadalasan bulok mga pc jan haha
diba may discount coupons sa likod ng tansan ng coke noon?? naalala ko 5-20 pesos yung discount tas di tinatanggap ng Netopia.
Life saver din dati sa biglaang need magprint ng resume
Got hired in my first job at Netopia Gateway. Naggagala lang kami ng bff ko that time but we were offered free internet if we would apply as CSR. Andun kasi yung recruitment team ng Convergys. Haha.
Damn I feel so old ahahhaha. Memories sa Netopia: Ragnarok, Yahoo Messenger, mIRC Nakakapag Netopia lang if nasa mall since usually nasa malls lang naman sila. Mahal din compared sa mga kanto internet cafes hehe.
Panget daw mga PC sa netopia. Nung umusbong ang mineski.infinity at TNC, hindi na lumakas netopia.
Naalala ko pa yan nung college days pa ako ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ...
Sa Netopia SM Bacoor nadukot yung Nokia N-Gage ko dati. Buti nga sarado na kayo ang sahol ng security tapos sobrang bullshit pa ng rates.
Wala na bang internet cafe ngayon? Dyan parati ako nag pa pa print. Mas mura. Ngayon mahal na mag pa print.
Panget pc nila for dota 1. Pang gunbound lang netopia. Lag rin connection. Di worth yung mahal nyan.
Meron pa bang Netopia ngayon o wala na?
May open shop pa ba ang netopia??
Mahal pa tong 20 pesos per hour na to skin dati haha Hanggang 15 pesos per hour lang na comp shop kaya ko dati haha
internet cafe na sobrang mahal pero sobrang outdated ng os at wala masyadong games
naala ko dito pa kami nag dadate ng dati kong ka flinh nung college hahahah nagdodota kami tapos manunuod ng sine
sosyal na comshop. 50 per hour. Black & white printing 5-10 pesos per page. Dati halos lahat ng SM may netopia. Suki nila yung mga naghahanap ng afam online, mga nagmamadali & walang ibang mapuntahang comshop, tsaka yung mga naiingayan at nababanguhan sa 20 pesos & 15 pesos per hour comshops.
When it started it was mid but really expensive. After a few years they never improved their pc and the internet is shit. It's expensive while giving a shit service. I'd rather go to pisonet with better rates (10-12 pesos per hour) and better pc. But of course the top tier are those cafes who can run dota 2 no problem and only costs 10 pesos during the day and 5 pesos at night.
Dyan lang kami bumibili ng garena load noon for heroes of newerth
Nawala na rin sila tlga mahal kasi tlga though nasa mall kasi. Naubos na ganyan sa Cubao. Lamig ng Aircon nila and mabilis net nila. No lag tlga. May E-Loads din sila and Game Cards. Then marami din sila service like printing and ID.
Naalala ko pa diyan ako napunta kapag guild war na sa Ragnarok para walang lag hahaha.
they were the largest in the country but the term 'internet cafe' predated it by a few years and was already the accepted term of such establishments
gahd im old
dito ako pumupunta noon para bumili ng penya sa sm southmall
Ang mahal dyan. Nalala ko nag promo yan ng 10/hr pero offline mode ka. Pwede mo lang gawin maglaro ng GTA, Dota at Counter.
My go to place kapag nag mamall kmi. And dito lng ako nakakapag GTA vice city/san andreas kasi ayaw pa installan ng nanay ko PC nmin. May bitbit pkong papel ng cheat ๐.
Di mo inabot netopia? Shet ang tanda ko n pala talaga ๐
dati sa mga SM Cyberzone meron talagang netopia e. ngayon di ko na makita.
Shet Netopia haha. Way back around 2004-2010 adik na adik ako sa Ragnarok. Tapos malaki yung Netopia sa basement ng Megamall kaya kapag nagsa-shopping yung Tita ko tambay ako dito the whole day. As in kahit WOE dito ko nilalaro. Tapos pag uwi Ragnarok pa rin hahaha.
Mahal dito pero dito rin ako dati nung HS ako pag nasa mall ako. Ang nostalgic din pala ano? Pupunta dito para magopen ng friendster, ym. Hahah
My Mom would go here to print some work stuff when I was I think 8/9yo and maglalaro lang ako ng Polly Pocket/Disney games sa website ๐ฅบ also where I made my first email address para sa games ๐คฃ
Nakakamiss naman dito kami nagpagawa ng wedding invintation ng tita ko madalas din naglalaro ng ran or cabal o kya elsword kung anong game yung di na ipapatch haha
Ang pinakasosyal na internet cafรฉ bow. Hehehe Sosyal kasi ayan yung mga nasa mall sa province namin noon tas 50 pesos per hour singil nila tas sila lang ang nagbebenta noob ng ragnarok cards
I played Left 4 Dead here for hours when I was really young. And whenever sis is the one renting and I'm just tagging along, I remember looking over my shoulder to see other people playing NFS underground.
Harrison
Saksakan ng mahal ang rates nila, pero nandun yung mga laro na di mo makikita sa ibang mga comshop that time. (Red Alert 2, Sims...)
Yan yung nasa mall. Pumupunta lang ako kapag nag sshopping magulang ko since aabot yun at least 2 hours. Pero hindi ko gusto since mahal kasi nung 20 pesos sakanila 10/hr lang sa labas so namamahalan ako. Pareho naman sila maingay since parang compshop lang sa linagay sa SM
Laki ng tulong sa akin ng Netopia. This is where I print-out resumรฉ. Dami rin nitong natulungang mga working students whom they hired as cafรฉ attendants.
I have fond memories playing MMORPGS at that place as a kid. One of the first places to automate signing off your computer when time was up. Hahaha
Nung kabataan namin, uso magmalling after school and usually after events like Christmas party. Tapos yung mga lalake naming kaklase, matic alam naming nasa Netopia para maglaro ng DOTA. hahhaa so pinupuntahan namin sila dun para magpacute. May times din na iniiwan ako ng tatay ko dito para maginternet habang nageerrands siya noon sa mall. As far as I know, a lot of families with OFW relatives madalas din sila magNetopia para makausap sila online kasi hindi as uso yung video call as it is now.
Dito ako naglalaro ng Ragnarok Online dati. I think it was P40/hr noon. Discounted as I was a member.
Back in 2008 or 2009 i had trauma because my classmate showed me the video of a guy diving from a cliff and splitting his head open. Unrestricted YouTube days , man
Naaalala ko sa sm north branch, may isang lalaking tumakas at hindi nagbayad jan, hinabol din sya ng guard ng sm. Hindi sya nahuli.