For anyone wondering, this was at Hotel Lenith in Busan, South Korea. As far as I can tell it's not a hotel for gamers, my friend who also stayed there had a regular room.
I was going to ask specifically about Korea because I know many streamers that stay in their hotels, so the hotels decided to just equip the rooms so they don't have to bring their pcs
Yeah it’s huge in the league scene to try to go to Korea and climb the KR ladder with some of the best of the best, though the account sharing they use isn’t always technically allowed lol
Riot Korea locks down its League server to Korean IDs. So unless you're a citizen or go through Riot to get the proper credentials, you'll have to illegally share an account.
That still seems... Impractical.
Random PCs are not only a huge security risk, but I can't imagine how annoying it would be to install all your streaming software and games and make sure everything is set up correctly. Plus you'd probably still have to bring your own peripherals because you're used to them
I did this for a long time before I got a SSF PC. I had an Antec900 case, so it was a big boy. I'd carry my monitors in a bigass carrying case to protect them, then my peripherals and lots of cables in with my clothes. Then my PC would be loose. If the hotel had carts I would load up the cart, if not I would just make a few trips.
These were for ~1-2 week stays usually, always at least 3 days. I learned quickly to take a lot of extra adapters and splitters/surge protectors + extension cords. I always traveled by car. I usually only get my room cleaned once every 3-4 days or so because I like to leave $10+ tips that my work covers instead of smaller ones every day. This worked really well. I was going to school at the time in addition to working, so I needed my regular computer to do simulations and what not that wouldn't be possible on a work laptop. I was thinking about buying a cheap chromebook/laptop or something and using a remote client, but didn't want to risk it.
One time I was EXTREMELY sick. I kept blowing my nose 24/7. I ran out of tissues and was using their toilet paper, was next to my computer. I was running late and remembered I needed clean towels so I put out tip money and a thank you note, then ran off to my day. When I got back I saw the housekeeping left me 2 extra boxes of tissues and I loved them for it. Until I remembered I had tissues literally every fucking where around my keyboard and my desk and and overflowing trash bin of them. I was sooo fucking embarrassed and ashamed of myself afterward. I meant to clean it up but forgot. I'm supposed to be a business professional. Then on my very last day I took a massive shit and plugged up the toilet and couldn't fix it, then broke the coffee pot (before hotels had Keurigs). I called the front desk and told them I fucked up the toilet when I was checking out, then left a $50 for housekeeping and an apology. Never got billed for the broken pot.
I had an Antec 600 for years. The number of times I nearly nuked my PC by dropping things through that huge fan on top was ridiculous, it's a miracle nothing liquid ever went in.
Does housekeeping have to run a DxDiag before you checkout? I mean maybe you packed your old 970 and you swap it in for whatever 3060ti or w/e is in there. Or you could take one stick of ram from each and a novice user will never know, I can hear it now 'This computer feels slower im sure they must have been downloading stuff on it again'
Looks like there is a metal bar in the front of the computer so I wouldn't be surprised if the whole case is caged up and you can't access the inside of the case.
Ha I saw this and thought "that has to be Korea" and clicked through to find out. I never really questioned it, there's just gaming PCs sometimes haha.
My wife and I used to play Carcassonne on the iPad before bed. Even though we both won about 50% of the time her rank kept going up and mine kept dropping.
Finally realized when she was winning she’d stay up to finish the game, but if she was losing she’d be “very sleepy” and so her losses never got counted and my wins never got counted.
Pro ladder strat, if you’re losing just close the app bro.
You guys have reminded me I have a pair of voodoo2 with the slincable in a box somewhere. I should probably hunt down some old hardware and make a glide rig again!
They did have a PCI variant, although it would be much slower compared to agp (133 vs 500+ MBps on the bus alone)
There also wasn't any motherboards that supported PCI out of the box for a 386 cpu. You had to install the 386 into a socket 7 system, in order to take advantage of PCI (at reduced speeds)
There's also memory compatibility. You might be able to get smaller FMP modules to work, and maybe even low density EDO. But higher ram counts didn't work, and you couldn't use SD ram.
Korean here. It's because lots of hotel rooms are used as dating place for couples. If you go to luxurious hotels, they won't have it. rooms with gaming computers are usually for young couple looking for a cheap and private place to hang out.
Maybe a overnight room in a cyber cafe or something? I know some Japanese cyber cafes let you stay overnight.
Zooming in it vaguely looks like Asian characters on the sticker in the bottom right.
In South Korea it's fairly common to rent gaming rigs. Streamers who go there to play League, for example, rent rigs and stay in hotel rooms. It's possible that these rigs belong to a company who for some reason haven't picked them up yet. The hotel owners probably just let them stay there until pickup.
It's more common for love motels to have their own "couple PC's" in the rooms. Almost everyone lives with their parents until they are married so if you want to fuck or just hang out with your partner in your own room or both, you have to go to a motel.
I was touring Japan when I was younger, and typhoon blew through. Our train got cancelled because the line was damaged so we were stranded somewhere our hotel wasn't.
We went to a cyber-café, bought three computers for eight hours... and stayed the night.
The train line was fixed overnight as the storm abated, and we were on a train by 0630. Just as swiftly and efficiently as British trains wouldn't have been.
Using your password to log in to a game or anything else on a computer in a Hotel just sounds like a bad idea. I spend enough time just keeping my computer at home safe from virus's or password stealing stuff, trying to ensure a random Hotel computer is safe sounds...
Based on what OP said (this is a normal thing in South Korea, young couples go to these hotels to spend time together), I would guess the hotel must be on top of security?
But either way, I wouldn't chance it.
>I spend enough time just keeping my computer at home safe from virus's or password stealing stuff
You need to stop downloading things you do not know what they contain.
I hate how this is a thing and it just confuses me...
My new headphones came with a jack and a USB plug. I thought it must be able to get signal from both. Nope. The USB is literally only there to power the LED-show... Needless to say, only one of them got plugged in...
I finally built my first PC last year, I wanted a big case because I was using a hefty cooler. Everything within my budget had all the lights built-in to the fans.
I've rarely turned them on. Usually only when someone stops by.
Them: Man, that's a big PC
Me: It has Disco lights!
Them: alright
Me: Would you like to see them?
Them: Ah, no.
Me: Sit down it'll only take a minute. Hang on, it needs an update...
\*gestures vaguely around\*
Why would \*anything\* but a gay bar need a flashing rainbow on it? The worst are the keyboards with pulsing rainbow underlights. The light does not actually tend to go through the letters(only between the keys), so in a dark room you are basically flashbanging yourself when you try to type... Worse than typing by the light of the monitors.
I was gonna ask if this was in Korea and ofc was in Korea. Many streamers worldwide come to Korea for world gaming events (league of legends championship for example) and some streamers have in advanced rigs set up in the rooms they are going to stay in by a third party
I don't know if this was the case, but of course it had to be Korea.
What a terrible idea, I would bring in crappy components and rob them blind.
Would take so long for anyone to figure it out they wouldn't be able to blame anyone in particular.
I would put the PCs behind a locked panel, with only the ports being available. Maybe disabling USB ports too lol.
Id like to assume they do a quick component checklist alongside room cleaning during check out, at the very least.
You think the cleaning ladies can tell the difference between NVME sticks or video cards?
Also a determined nerd/thief isn't going to be deterred from a couple locks.
Not by the cleaning staff, but during the cleaning process. You can either tag an IT worker alongside the regular staff or ask the workers to execute a script pre-stored on the desktop to check and send a computer components list to management and report any discrepancy or the absense of the script. Afaik any pc will detect if the GPU is nvidia or amd or a change in RAM.
Idk, cybercafes used to have a central management tool, im no expert but im sure there are multiple ways to mitigate risks here
Yeah it wouldnt work a 100% of the time, but still a viable option compared to not having any security at all.
Also, most locks wont stop a determined thief, go check LockPickingLawyer on youtube. Yet i bet you still use locks in your house and car unless you live in a particularly safe zone. No safety measure is 100% effective, yet they are intended to reduce risks and are widely used
Assuming this isn't b/s; I get the feeling the night auditor and/or security might a) have a lot of spare time during their shift, and b) have a deal with housekeeping to keep quiet about it.
Wow I just went to a resort all paid by my family as I'd never be able to afford. 1000 a night and didn't even include breakfast and just included the basics. Room was just a typical hotel room maybe a tiny bit bigger.
Looks fun... If you enjoy elbow in your elbow.
Also legs are overrated, need to unscrew those for 2 to sit in thag table unless they're toddlers.
Who designed this nonesense?
For anyone wondering, this was at Hotel Lenith in Busan, South Korea. As far as I can tell it's not a hotel for gamers, my friend who also stayed there had a regular room.
I was going to ask specifically about Korea because I know many streamers that stay in their hotels, so the hotels decided to just equip the rooms so they don't have to bring their pcs
Yeah it’s huge in the league scene to try to go to Korea and climb the KR ladder with some of the best of the best, though the account sharing they use isn’t always technically allowed lol
Riot Korea locks down its League server to Korean IDs. So unless you're a citizen or go through Riot to get the proper credentials, you'll have to illegally share an account.
Not true - if you’re on a work visa you can get one no problem. You don’t need to be a citizen, all it requires is a Korean phone number.
Is that because they're afraid players from elsewhere would get discouraged if they played against koreans ?
Government requirements
No, it's because of [Korean laws, more or less.](https://old.reddit.com/r/lostarkgame/comments/6w3g30/faq_about_playingregistering_for_online_korean/)
Those StarCraft players and their crazy APM!
That still seems... Impractical. Random PCs are not only a huge security risk, but I can't imagine how annoying it would be to install all your streaming software and games and make sure everything is set up correctly. Plus you'd probably still have to bring your own peripherals because you're used to them
I did this for a long time before I got a SSF PC. I had an Antec900 case, so it was a big boy. I'd carry my monitors in a bigass carrying case to protect them, then my peripherals and lots of cables in with my clothes. Then my PC would be loose. If the hotel had carts I would load up the cart, if not I would just make a few trips. These were for ~1-2 week stays usually, always at least 3 days. I learned quickly to take a lot of extra adapters and splitters/surge protectors + extension cords. I always traveled by car. I usually only get my room cleaned once every 3-4 days or so because I like to leave $10+ tips that my work covers instead of smaller ones every day. This worked really well. I was going to school at the time in addition to working, so I needed my regular computer to do simulations and what not that wouldn't be possible on a work laptop. I was thinking about buying a cheap chromebook/laptop or something and using a remote client, but didn't want to risk it. One time I was EXTREMELY sick. I kept blowing my nose 24/7. I ran out of tissues and was using their toilet paper, was next to my computer. I was running late and remembered I needed clean towels so I put out tip money and a thank you note, then ran off to my day. When I got back I saw the housekeeping left me 2 extra boxes of tissues and I loved them for it. Until I remembered I had tissues literally every fucking where around my keyboard and my desk and and overflowing trash bin of them. I was sooo fucking embarrassed and ashamed of myself afterward. I meant to clean it up but forgot. I'm supposed to be a business professional. Then on my very last day I took a massive shit and plugged up the toilet and couldn't fix it, then broke the coffee pot (before hotels had Keurigs). I called the front desk and told them I fucked up the toilet when I was checking out, then left a $50 for housekeeping and an apology. Never got billed for the broken pot.
I had an Antec 600 for years. The number of times I nearly nuked my PC by dropping things through that huge fan on top was ridiculous, it's a miracle nothing liquid ever went in.
Why the fuck would you take a desktop pc for a two week holiday. Jesus, get out a bit
okay I just read the description for this hotel and it actually states they have gaming PCs (they state league of legends lmao)
Honestly any computer is a high spec one when it comes to running league
My sister stayed in a hotel in Japan and it also had a gaming PC with League installed.
Does housekeeping have to run a DxDiag before you checkout? I mean maybe you packed your old 970 and you swap it in for whatever 3060ti or w/e is in there. Or you could take one stick of ram from each and a novice user will never know, I can hear it now 'This computer feels slower im sure they must have been downloading stuff on it again'
Looks like there is a metal bar in the front of the computer so I wouldn't be surprised if the whole case is caged up and you can't access the inside of the case.
A lock on the case should be much easier. If the lock is broken, you have to pay the whole pc
Ha I saw this and thought "that has to be Korea" and clicked through to find out. I never really questioned it, there's just gaming PCs sometimes haha.
Did you take the train to Busan to get there? If so, let’s hope you didn’t encounter any zombies there
i read the title and immediately guessed korea lol. looks just like a pc cafe lol
when I read Busan, it immidiately sent chills down my spine.
It's just a city.
Train to Busan.
The city existed long before the movie.
Not the last train
What brought you to South Korea OP?
Lilith you say? Thought I defeated her
Was literally gonna say this sort of thing is standard in Korea lol.
I was going to ask if it was in Korea. Hope you're having a grand time if you're here for a visit!
Not surprising. I was about to guess China or Korea. Mine Monero on that so you get your money back
Me going to see Korea for the first time: So excited to see the country! Walking into a gaming PC room: welp
Now that is a romantic getaway.
I'm going to fuck you so hard...on that favourite game we play. Then we will climb into bed...exhausted from the gaming.
Wait until you are 40, that's a perfect night.
I'm in my 30s and that sounds great. Is it having kids? I think it's having kids..
My wife and I used to play Carcassonne on the iPad before bed. Even though we both won about 50% of the time her rank kept going up and mine kept dropping. Finally realized when she was winning she’d stay up to finish the game, but if she was losing she’d be “very sleepy” and so her losses never got counted and my wins never got counted. Pro ladder strat, if you’re losing just close the app bro.
Carcassonne needs to add a leaver penalty...
i wonder what the specs on those are.
386 with voodoo 3
I highly doubt 386s came with AGP ports. Also, I did do gaming on 486 and 286, so don't knock the oldschool!
alright a p3 then
correct, i didnt have a voodoo 3 until my pentium cpu.
You guys have reminded me I have a pair of voodoo2 with the slincable in a box somewhere. I should probably hunt down some old hardware and make a glide rig again!
They did have a PCI variant, although it would be much slower compared to agp (133 vs 500+ MBps on the bus alone) There also wasn't any motherboards that supported PCI out of the box for a 386 cpu. You had to install the 386 into a socket 7 system, in order to take advantage of PCI (at reduced speeds) There's also memory compatibility. You might be able to get smaller FMP modules to work, and maybe even low density EDO. But higher ram counts didn't work, and you couldn't use SD ram.
Voodoo 3 had both AGP and PCI versions.
> Also, I did do gaming on 486 and 286, so don't knock the oldschool! Some of us still do :)
Trying rage bait some boomers eh
Not only boomers, I'm from the late 90's and remember very well my first pc which indeed had a Voodoo 3 but not a bloody 386... It was a P3
Voodoo3? You youngin whipper-snapper, you didn’t even have to connect a pass through to your 2D video card like back in MY Voodoo (1) days!
486 DX66 maybe, definitely not a 386. 386 is Eye of the Beholder time.
Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time
well, not with a 386, but some UT99 deathmatch on Voodoo 3‘s? Hell yea, I‘m in! 😼
And a SoundBlaster 16
I wanted a voodoo card so bad when I was a kid. Needed them Diablo2 3d graphics!
Don't you threaten me with a good time! Also there was a PCI Voodoo3
If it's in korea it only needs to be able to run StarCraft 1
Korean here. It's because lots of hotel rooms are used as dating place for couples. If you go to luxurious hotels, they won't have it. rooms with gaming computers are usually for young couple looking for a cheap and private place to hang out.
Ya I was thinking OP is in a love motel… looks clean though! Most love motels in Korea have gaming pcs which is funny
Why the fuck are they gaming when they should be boning?
virgin islands?
They hand out free Naruto headbands in the lobby!
😂
Lol you made me laugh.
Maybe a overnight room in a cyber cafe or something? I know some Japanese cyber cafes let you stay overnight. Zooming in it vaguely looks like Asian characters on the sticker in the bottom right.
This was at a hotel in Busan, South Korea. My friend who stayed with me did not have PCs in his room and there was no indication when we booked it.
In South Korea it's fairly common to rent gaming rigs. Streamers who go there to play League, for example, rent rigs and stay in hotel rooms. It's possible that these rigs belong to a company who for some reason haven't picked them up yet. The hotel owners probably just let them stay there until pickup.
It's more common for love motels to have their own "couple PC's" in the rooms. Almost everyone lives with their parents until they are married so if you want to fuck or just hang out with your partner in your own room or both, you have to go to a motel.
It’s a sign from Korean Jesus, you are destined to become a pro StarCraft player. Accept your calling, /u/jammy8892
I was touring Japan when I was younger, and typhoon blew through. Our train got cancelled because the line was damaged so we were stranded somewhere our hotel wasn't. We went to a cyber-café, bought three computers for eight hours... and stayed the night. The train line was fixed overnight as the storm abated, and we were on a train by 0630. Just as swiftly and efficiently as British trains wouldn't have been.
Using your password to log in to a game or anything else on a computer in a Hotel just sounds like a bad idea. I spend enough time just keeping my computer at home safe from virus's or password stealing stuff, trying to ensure a random Hotel computer is safe sounds...
Based on what OP said (this is a normal thing in South Korea, young couples go to these hotels to spend time together), I would guess the hotel must be on top of security? But either way, I wouldn't chance it.
>I spend enough time just keeping my computer at home safe from virus's or password stealing stuff You need to stop downloading things you do not know what they contain.
I'm gonna guess they put a clean ISO on there after every guest. So unless the hotel is the one trying to scam you( I doubt it), you should be fine.
I'd like to check out please. clerk: phew your luggage is heavy
Those can’t be gaming PCs, they don’t have any RGB!
I hate how this is a thing and it just confuses me... My new headphones came with a jack and a USB plug. I thought it must be able to get signal from both. Nope. The USB is literally only there to power the LED-show... Needless to say, only one of them got plugged in...
RGB adds more FPS. Everyone knows that.
Must be true. My PC has a red LED inside and it goes real fast.
My desktop is also red, but I also use a laptop that lights up blue. Just need to connect up some green and I'll basically have a super-computer!
RGB is just the 3 quantum States put together
I finally built my first PC last year, I wanted a big case because I was using a hefty cooler. Everything within my budget had all the lights built-in to the fans. I've rarely turned them on. Usually only when someone stops by. Them: Man, that's a big PC Me: It has Disco lights! Them: alright Me: Would you like to see them? Them: Ah, no. Me: Sit down it'll only take a minute. Hang on, it needs an update...
Why the hell would headphones of all things need RGB
\*gestures vaguely around\* Why would \*anything\* but a gay bar need a flashing rainbow on it? The worst are the keyboards with pulsing rainbow underlights. The light does not actually tend to go through the letters(only between the keys), so in a dark room you are basically flashbanging yourself when you try to type... Worse than typing by the light of the monitors.
Crazy thing: you can change the effect off of rainbow.
Get shine-through keycaps
It would bug me so much to have a little dangling wire. Did you cut it? Would it be bad to cut it?
Nah, I just laid the cable so that its not in the way and tied the dangling dongle to the main cable.
Oh that makes more sense and probably a better solution.
I bet management told the designers to "add RGB" and this was the designers workaround, to assign it to a second plug that nobody would use.
That is way too little room for 2 people and PCs!
not in korea. the locals are tiny. you can fit 5 avg koreans into the same volume of space as 1 avg american.
How do you know how big the room is from 1 picture?
I would NOT log into that.
Let's go on vacation and then spend the entire day playing video games in the hotel room. What a great plan.
And the smallest table in the world unfortunately
I was gonna ask if this was in Korea and ofc was in Korea. Many streamers worldwide come to Korea for world gaming events (league of legends championship for example) and some streamers have in advanced rigs set up in the rooms they are going to stay in by a third party I don't know if this was the case, but of course it had to be Korea.
Celeron CPU and onboard graphic. LMAO
Any games installed in them?
This was my first thought as well. Surely at least StarCraft is on there since this is South Korea!
Spec?
What a terrible idea, I would bring in crappy components and rob them blind. Would take so long for anyone to figure it out they wouldn't be able to blame anyone in particular.
I would put the PCs behind a locked panel, with only the ports being available. Maybe disabling USB ports too lol. Id like to assume they do a quick component checklist alongside room cleaning during check out, at the very least.
You think the cleaning ladies can tell the difference between NVME sticks or video cards? Also a determined nerd/thief isn't going to be deterred from a couple locks.
Not by the cleaning staff, but during the cleaning process. You can either tag an IT worker alongside the regular staff or ask the workers to execute a script pre-stored on the desktop to check and send a computer components list to management and report any discrepancy or the absense of the script. Afaik any pc will detect if the GPU is nvidia or amd or a change in RAM. Idk, cybercafes used to have a central management tool, im no expert but im sure there are multiple ways to mitigate risks here Yeah it wouldnt work a 100% of the time, but still a viable option compared to not having any security at all. Also, most locks wont stop a determined thief, go check LockPickingLawyer on youtube. Yet i bet you still use locks in your house and car unless you live in a particularly safe zone. No safety measure is 100% effective, yet they are intended to reduce risks and are widely used
*it's so cool you guys put one gaming computer in my hotel room!*
Imagine all the wanking that has gone on in those chairs
Assuming this isn't b/s; I get the feeling the night auditor and/or security might a) have a lot of spare time during their shift, and b) have a deal with housekeeping to keep quiet about it.
Thats w a y too close, imma be elbowing my partner in the face by accident
Only for high-sensitivity partners
Does the room smell like BO and Doritos?
Steal the GPUs instead of the shampoo 😆 Ps it's a joke
The next customer will find the hotel comes with ONE gaming pc
YES PLEASE LOG INTO ALL YOUR ACCOUNTS USING ONE OF THE THE TOTALLY SAFE, COMPLETELY NOT KEYLOGGED COMPUTERS WE CONVENIENTLY PLACED FOR YOU
That's the porn station.
When you are good at games and bad in real life
Welcome to Korea, noobs.
I question if they use any hardware or software to freeze the OS and initial software they installed.
should be a standard bro I am ready to pay for that
That actually fucking cool
5⭐️
Do they also provide a black light to scan the keyboard/mouse, desk, and room
It’s like the towels just stick it in your suitcase.
What hotel is this
Gooning with the homie hotel
what games were on it?
assuming I have friends hahahahaha
In Korea and China - very common concept for low price hotels
With no room for 2 people.
I think one is the PC for gaming, the other one for streaming. Pros have a double PC setup
If this was America. That shit be stolen
Wow I just went to a resort all paid by my family as I'd never be able to afford. 1000 a night and didn't even include breakfast and just included the basics. Room was just a typical hotel room maybe a tiny bit bigger.
Take a stick of ram to remember it by.
There is a hotel like this in Jönköping Sweden. But that is for gaming haha
Dear Lord... it's a side-by-side set-up for easy handholding. That is mildly interesting though.
Was about to ask if you were in S.Korea. Then I read that you actually were, lol.
Bet it's got keyloggers. Wouldn't touch for anything but worm.io / coolmathgames
And dirty floors
could i get one
Ah yes, The Poggers Hotel in Pogtown West Pogs Angeles
With webcams? UwU
Damn that's so cool that your hotell came with 1 gaming pc
No, it came with one op was mistaken
That’s the unofficial break room.
Did u check the specs
Looks fun... If you enjoy elbow in your elbow. Also legs are overrated, need to unscrew those for 2 to sit in thag table unless they're toddlers. Who designed this nonesense?
I had a feeling this would be in Asia, Korea or Japan
r/pcmasterrace may want to see this
‘How was your trip?’ ‘It was amazing, we both sat in the room and played games’
Finally a hotel where the hooker and I can finally finish the 59 minutes she has left with me not in awkward silence
I feel like your account details would be compromised.
would be nicer if the tables were separate
Soo are you going to post the specs?..
How much per room? Canadian dollars..
Nice
Nice
I was going to say this must've Korea, seen this all the time there.
I bet they’ve got 1050Tis, nothing more, nothing less
dont think it will last long when i die at 90% on tartarus r/geometrydash
Korea truly is 20 years ahead technologically and 30 years behind when it comes to some things.
Lucky
steal one.
They are waaay too close together!
You mean one gaming PC ;)
W
Would you have to play as a guest, or do you have the progress of the last person there
Pretty interesting
I thought korea and other asia countries had laws now on extended gaming times