BUD wrote:
I would say after looking at Coaches Pub’s info that they are among the bars cut off for non payment. There are several in MD that appear the same way with a distinct cut off date across all popular games. They do still show up in some sitefinder searches but not the important location search one. I then tried connecting remotely and Coaches was not listed on the app thus cementing the idea that they are dead. BT is leaving them in the sitefinder with a page hoping they will pay up.
How about Ron’s pub? They look to be in good working order.
Thanks, BUD, for looking into it. Your conclusion iswhat I was worried about; I will contact Coaches via FB and not ask any question about the status of the system that might provoke what happened when I poked SRO on the issue, but indicate that we will shortly be able to return to playing inside, in the hopes that might remind them that the system brought in regular customers before COVID became a factor. Maybe if eGames takes over it can find a way to get particularly long-time locations back. Assuming they are looking for new locations, it's so much easier to retain a current customer than talk a new one into getting it that it would be well worth their fully recognizing that the system didn't bring Coaches much value when so many of its customers were concerned with safety.
We've played at Ron's Pub a couple of times, and it's probably no further an Uber ride from our house than Coaches was; before the main problem was that it didn't serve food, but I see now that there's a decent hamburger place next door. There's a place called Texas T Tavern that's almost exactly the same distance from us where we've gone for Playback; as we can play from tablets from their patio while Jim's immunity from second dose is still building up, we've invited the rest of the Coaches team to join us there next Tuesday to see if it works. However, that's a longer drive for them than Ron's would be, so I'm not sure even if it's great that they'll want to make it our permanent spot. There's also another place we used to go to for live trivia called the Hot Dog Shop that's a little farther away but not much.
At one time, Houston had over 60 locations within the city limits. Now we're down to 3. If eGames is going to keep a system going, it's definitely going to have to put some real time and effort into it.
Brooke/AARDVK