An ad is running on major radio in Dallas for Baby Dolls advertising their free video game rooms IF you bring your own Xbox controller? How big of a fucking douche do you have to be to bring your console controller to a SC so you can play games while beautiful naked women offer up their bodies for a test drive? Is this real?
For this generation, video games is a big part of what they do and what they enjoy. There are plenty of younger dancers who play these games. It's another way to connect. I won't be one of those people playing video games, but it is another aspect.
I like watching live sports on TV. Two of the SCs I go to get my business on occasion because they are a better option for watching sports than say a Hooters, Taco Mac, or other sports bar.
Sounds like Baby Dolls is just trying to get younger customers out of the VG clubs and into their place.
BTW, was checking out MFC last weekend. One model was playing a video game topless. For a certain tip, she'd play against you. She seemed to be winning a lot.
This would work to attract dancers boyfriends - to come to the club - and that wouldn't help business at all. It seems to be a bad idea.
I'm too old for video games! I like titties I can feel and cash that's green! I just found that I could play solitaire on my smart phone - so I guess I am a gamer!
Just about every business that isn't online-based -- from strip clubs to sports teams to movie theaters to department stores -- is trying to figure out how to get people 35-and-under out of their homes and off their devices to get their attention.
I say this knowing it might cause problems on this board, but I'm also betting there may be places and/or dancers who would prefer their clientele to be younger, and I'm guessing the non-bachelor party strip club average customer age has been steadily rising.
If they have a really good setup -- really big, clear screen, almost like a movie screen, really comfy chairs and really good sound, then maybe I can see it working. I play games, but everything is enhanced with naked women around. It reminds me of movie theaters and how they're now trying really hard to make sure their viewing experience is better than what you get at home.
This does speak, however, to what the real enemies of strip clubs are at the moment: Online porn and Tinder. Used to be that if you wanted to indulge your urges, you had to go seek out and either buy porn or visit a club. Now, it's right there in your hand if you want it to be. Plus, you can get whatever you want from online porn, basically. I think men's standards have risen, which means they're less willing to spend on 4's and 5's just to get *something*.
I do think this is a little misguided, but I also understand places trying just about anything at this point.
What a deal for the girls.... leave their ankle-monitored loser baby daddy home playing video games so they can come to work and watch PLs playing video games...
During my college days (mid-2000's) I played my fair share of video games. It would be common for me to invest 30-40 hours into playing a game from start to finish. Eventually I grew out of it because with each passing generation of new consoles, it seems that games are becoming more and more of a time waster where you literally spend hundreds (maybe thousands) of hours on just one game.
I don't have the time or the attention span to devote that much time into gaming. There are more productive things a person can do with their time than just sit on their ass playing video games while their health deteriorates from a lack of exercise and eating junk food.
Video games can be fun if enjoyed in moderation. I kind of miss the way the video game industry was when I was a child. Back then, you could just set aside an hour or two and actually play a game from start to finish, but also still find time to be active and play outside with friends.
Not sure if this would be good for dancers - there are dancers that complain about custies being more into the game on TV than them - seems it's bad for dancers to have other things competing for the PLs' attention
@Papi, that would be an advantage for us since we would be the ones getting a ton of attention from the dancers, provided we actually are at the club to see them and no other reason.
This was not a condemnation of video games in general, I grew up in the 80s during the glory days of the video arcade and first gen consoles. I am cool with games and their evolution. But tits, legs and ass trump everything. I think AnonymousJim nailed it, it's just a marketing strategy shift... but still SMH!
How is this any different from the games that are already present in a lot of strip clubs. How many clubs have you found a pool table in? What about dart boards?
Millenials interact with others while playing a game of Halo the same way baby boomers interact with each other during a game of billiards.
If anything it would be easier to interact with most young strippers over video games instead of a dart board. Which do you think most strippers would rather play: Grand Theft Auto or a game of 501 on the dart board.
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Sounds like Baby Dolls is just trying to get younger customers out of the VG clubs and into their place.
BTW, was checking out MFC last weekend. One model was playing a video game topless. For a certain tip, she'd play against you. She seemed to be winning a lot.
I'm too old for video games! I like titties I can feel and cash that's green! I just found that I could play solitaire on my smart phone - so I guess I am a gamer!
I say this knowing it might cause problems on this board, but I'm also betting there may be places and/or dancers who would prefer their clientele to be younger, and I'm guessing the non-bachelor party strip club average customer age has been steadily rising.
If they have a really good setup -- really big, clear screen, almost like a movie screen, really comfy chairs and really good sound, then maybe I can see it working. I play games, but everything is enhanced with naked women around. It reminds me of movie theaters and how they're now trying really hard to make sure their viewing experience is better than what you get at home.
This does speak, however, to what the real enemies of strip clubs are at the moment: Online porn and Tinder. Used to be that if you wanted to indulge your urges, you had to go seek out and either buy porn or visit a club. Now, it's right there in your hand if you want it to be. Plus, you can get whatever you want from online porn, basically. I think men's standards have risen, which means they're less willing to spend on 4's and 5's just to get *something*.
I do think this is a little misguided, but I also understand places trying just about anything at this point.
I don't have the time or the attention span to devote that much time into gaming. There are more productive things a person can do with their time than just sit on their ass playing video games while their health deteriorates from a lack of exercise and eating junk food.
Video games can be fun if enjoyed in moderation. I kind of miss the way the video game industry was when I was a child. Back then, you could just set aside an hour or two and actually play a game from start to finish, but also still find time to be active and play outside with friends.
Millenials interact with others while playing a game of Halo the same way baby boomers interact with each other during a game of billiards.
If anything it would be easier to interact with most young strippers over video games instead of a dart board. Which do you think most strippers would rather play: Grand Theft Auto or a game of 501 on the dart board.