# Let's say you wanted to open up a bar **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 19, 2010, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722 "2010-08-19T06:56:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/1 "2010-08-19T06:56:48Z")
and you wanted to give it a nerdy name that would appeal mainly to video gamers, what name would you use? So far the best 2 I can come up with are “The Secret Level” and “The Warp Zone”. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/2 "2010-08-19T07:14:38Z")
How about “Your Mom’s Basement”? ---
**Author:** ![Baboonanza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Baboonanza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baboonanza)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/3 "2010-08-19T08:25:30Z")
Why would you want to appeal to Video Gamers? Wouldn’t you make more money appealling to people who like to go out all the time and hot chicks? And personally as someone who plays a lot of videogames, I would rather not go to bars populated by other videogamers. Anyway, I think a good name would be ‘AFK’ (Away From Keyboard). Clever but subtle. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/4 "2010-08-19T09:48:28Z")
Moved Cafe Society → The Game Room. Because video gamers don’t hang out in bars, they hang out in message board forums about video (and other) games. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/5 "2010-08-19T10:05:27Z")
I dunno. Gaming cafes are still pretty popular. You might be able to do it. AFK is great, but it needs to be lowercase. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/6 "2010-08-19T11:22:40Z")
Freeman’s Crow Bar ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/7 "2010-08-19T11:52:55Z")
the [cantina](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX3sI0q5iMI)? no! no! wait…Jabba’s palace with slave princess Leia’s waitresses in metal bikini’s…maybe chained to the bar ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/8 "2010-08-19T12:39:31Z")
**Let’s say you wanted to open up a bar** “You wanted to open a bar” ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/9 "2010-08-19T13:25:31Z")
jabbu jabbu’s ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/10 "2010-08-19T13:27:58Z")
I’d go for the a wider geek demographic and call it “The Bar at the End of the Universe.” ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/11 "2010-08-19T13:49:05Z")
> [@Baboonanza](#): > > Why would you want to appeal to Video Gamers? Wouldn’t you make more money appealling to people who like to go out all the time and hot chicks? And personally as someone who plays a lot of videogames, I would rather not go to bars populated by other videogamers. What about hot chicks who like to go out all the time as well as play video games? It’s not like the two are mutually exclusive. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/12 "2010-08-19T13:58:38Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > > [@Baboonanza](#): > > > > Why would you want to appeal to Video Gamers? Wouldn’t you make more money appealling to people who like to go out all the time and hot chicks? And personally as someone who plays a lot of videogames, I would rather not go to bars populated by other videogamers. > > What about hot chicks who like to go out all the time as well as play video games? It’s not like the two are mutually exclusive. Yes, but she’s only one woman. She’s outnumbered. A bar aimed at gamers should be called **For Lease - Call 555-5555**. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/13 "2010-08-19T14:18:50Z")
> [@willthekittensurvive](#): > > the [cantina](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX3sI0q5iMI)? This isn’t the name you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/14 "2010-08-19T15:58:45Z")
Now if it were an S&M club it would of course be called The Choke Point. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/15 "2010-08-19T16:02:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > > [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > > > What about hot chicks who like to go out all the time as well as play video games? It’s not like the two are mutually exclusive. > > Yes, but she’s only one woman. She’s outnumbered. > > A bar aimed at gamers should be called **For Lease - Call 555-5555**. Not really, no gamer has ever been known to have actually talked to a girl let alone ask one out. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/16 "2010-08-19T16:17:30Z")
“A maze of twisty little passages” ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/17 "2010-08-19T16:47:10Z")
10 Forward Crates and Barrels Another Castle The Warp Whistle ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/18 "2010-08-19T16:50:39Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > 10 Forward > Crates and Barrels > Another Castle > The Warp Whistle [Crate And Barrel](http://www.crateandbarrel.com/) might object. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/19 "2010-08-19T17:29:56Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > I’d go for the a wider geek demographic and call it “The Bar at the End of the Universe.” [In Portland, OR](http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/24/282980/restaurant/Southeast/Pub-at-the-End-of-the-Universe-Portland) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722/20 "2010-08-19T18:12:05Z")
I’d go after the Browncoat demographic and open The Signal. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-you-wanted-to-open-up-a-bar/550722.md?page=2)