I owe you an explanation... - LAN Center First Look

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Linus gives a tour of how the future site of the Badminton Center will be able to transform into a space for LTT Whale LANs. Will anyone but him attend BOTH?
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:33 LAN storage area
2:09 Power plan
2:48 Projector walls
3:33 Arcade Machines (?)
3:58 Pro Shop + $$$ Hallway
4:50 The Badminton-only area
5:38 The Network...Closet...
7:52 Any hole is a toilet hole
8:23 the "gym"
9:20 Audio
11:03 High Tech Badminton
12:38 Black Lights are cool, right?
14:01 Speaker placements
15:17 Outro

[@ethanlieske9678]

Some men collect stamps, some collect cars, Linus collects buildings.

[@Skyfalcon12345]

Guys playing monopoly on hard mode.

[@AnarchonAustria]

or drops them?

[@FlyingCIRCU175]

@@Skyfalcon12345 Linus finna buy Canada by territory and make each one a data center...

[@OnuJuss]

BAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHA

[@rhyswilliams4893]

Linus is a filthy capitalist. And I love it

[@JordanIdk]

I don't think half the people are getting the concept of this. It's just a badminton centre 98% of the time. They have planned infrastructure to be able to convert to a LAN setup with a day's work for events. It's not going to be a badminton centre by day, and a LAN centre by night 24/7. The amount of work it would take to swap back every evening is insane. He wanted a badminton centre, he bought one. It happens to double as a nice place to host LAN events, that's it. It's a bit like having your wedding at a location that isn't a wedding chapel, they're doubling up as a wedding location, but it's not the primary business.

[@CaptainBlueTech]

Honestly It seems like it would be a great all around con/expo center as well so that might be a part of the plan with the LAN being the main use case for the design and specifications.

[@emperormaximusII]

They’ll host e-sports events as well possibly

[@bornob]

Now it's a write off.

[@trik68]

They can also use it for company events other than lan events. They brought up go carts and stuff like that. This will be much cheaper than renting a place out if u already own a building of this size within the company

[@sosukelele]

​@@emperormaximusIIyou mean beauty pageants that just so happen to have smash available whilst the judges contemplate?

[@Brian-L]

Linus graduating from tech tycoon to real estate tycoon. They grow up so fast.

[@Staren01]

I feel like this project started as a conversation with an accountant or investment advisor who told him he needed more hard assets.

[@Eragonnogare]

@@Staren01 Tbh I coudl totally see it

[@RowanHawkins]

So is he going to put in a mono-rail to become a railroad tycoon after moving up from sim city?

[@Mr.Lycalopex]

Hey Linus! Remember atmospheric discharges protection! You're going to have a lot of expensive electronic stuff inside a structure with metal ceiling. You'll need a lightning discharge analysis on the structure, and a surge protection system in the main and distribution power panels. All of the previous will also need an appropriate grounding and bonding.

[@KieranMahoney]

Also fibre to fibre on each table and server

[@Malicious2013]

I'd be surprised if Linus hasn't already drawn up a fully functioning Faraday cage around the building. 😂

[@anakso]

And a mote to keep out invaders from the neighbouring businesses

[@bmwhocking]

@aprilgeneric Canada, UK, France, Australia, NZ, Japan, have very similar &/or stricter regs.

[@AdriNox777]

Nah, Just a Livestrong bracelet.

[@mikewifak]

The Venn diagram for Badminton and LAN gaming has two little circles that only overlap at Linus’s body.

[@kevinolive]

I didn't realize badminton had gotten so popular.

[@YuProducciones]

that my big confusion.. who else other than Linus thinks combine gaming lan center and badminton its a great idea... xD

[@the_undead]

​@@YuProduccionesnot specifically badminton or lan gaming for that matter, but there's a lot of places like this where by day it's some innocuous business or whatever. And then at night it's something completely different like a rave party

[@Jordan-ru8yf]

@@YuProduccionesit’s not really intended to be the same people. Use the space for one group of customer by day and another by night. And Linus can have fun doing both which he enjoys

[@titheproven954]

At least he is not going to suffer from a saturated market.

[@liamcallahan]

I love how Dan goes to capture the reverb for future use. Once a sound-guy, always a sound-guy

[@Haskellerz]

Dan looks like a giant compared to linus lol

[@gondil07]

Seriously, if he does record it I hope he'll share the IR. I think it sounds good and could be fun to play with.

[@wobblysauce]

Even just the foot step.

[@StevenRayMorris]

came here for this comment.

[@Gellis12]

I loved his facepalm at the sponsor segue too

[@Cyberknigt77]

Oh yes. The power needs. I can still remember, a little LAN Party in Denmark (The Party 1996 in Aars, when we blew a main fuse. It was in the evening of the 26th of December, if i remebber corect. There was a little over 3000 people at The Party. The big problem, with replacing the fuse, is that the fuse was in the local transformer station, so we were slightly guilty of a tiny blackout in the area (think like 10.000-15.000 residences), until a new fuse could be transported from Germany and installed 4-6 hours later.

[@MichaelSanAngelo]

Does Denmark not have main breakers or fuses at the building's electrical panel? That's pretty epic to blow a fuse at a substation, ngl.

[@Cyberknigt77]

@@MichaelSanAngelo We have, but where and when is very important. 1. It was in the Chrismas days, so a lot of people was re-heating the leftovers in the oven. 2. Aars is a relative small town, and the biggest power hungry place, was the local exhibition centre. 3. The Parly, was the 2. largest Demoscene in Europe, and the power demand was insane, and requied power planning and monitoring during the event.

[@BassRacerx]

If you blow a fuse in your house thats on you. If you blow a fuse at a power station causing a blackout that’s on the power company. I bet you were a legend for ages and blowing a transformer probably made the night even more memorable!

[@Cyberknigt77]

@@BassRacerx We somehow "forgot" to tell anyone in the City about is. Even McDonald 11km/6,8miles away, was also hit by this blackout. It was close to 10.000 homes, and the blackout lasted 4-6 hours. The slogan for the next event was "Batteries not included"

[@Gallaelwyd]

I'm more interested in the market uptake for a badminton centre so large at this point

[@tomd3310]

Agreed I was wondering the same thing

[@Vionyix]

It's Metro Vancouver, we got plenty of Asians here to fulfill these facilities. Source: sup

[@akyhne]

There are 38 million people in Canada. 2 million of them play badminton!

[@Imrozelle]

We need this honestly. The recreation center around the area are fully booked not even 10 minutes after the registration time opens up 72 hours before the scheduled badminton drop-in. Yes, drop-in, but if you actually just drop-in you'll be declined at the lobby because it's already full. Whether its the adult, senior or family badminton session. Its full. My friends and I have tried to plan playing badminton for the last 4 weeks with no luck.

[@jamievarni1530]

Well. Now I have fewer questions.

[@GHAAZIKHAN-wh7um]

Why need questions when u got them answers 🥳

[@BelligerentWoW]

My dude is diversifying his income streams like Amouranth when she bought gas stations & 7/11's.... except with badminton and an arcade... Since your at it, check out the business model of Barcade in the US and see if you could spin part of your LAN center into a permanent video game arcade like in the old days...

[@TylerFurrison]

​@@BelligerentWoWgood thing she did because she keeps getting banned from twitch

[@seigeengine]

@@BelligerentWoW I mean, the thing is, it's generally a terrible idea to diversify by getting more things you need to be on top of, even if you're significantly hands off. Most businesses aren't particularly profitable, and you'd likely be better off just investing in a stock index fund or something of that nature, and not having to worry about it too much.

[@anacama1999]

Why badminton?

[@maxshanly]

I can't tell if the LAN Center/Badmington Court is really big or if Linus is just really small.

[@ronanwaring3408]

*Yes*

[@KaRaTeLoRd11PS3]

*Yes*

[@Tyranzor64]

Yes

[@Gigageorge]

Yes

[@bricolmane]

Yes

[@uatlagh]

14:25 Dan facepalming at that sponsor segue is hilarious

[@StregKoden]

Yeah, was seen the same thing. did a replay like 5 times. so funny. :)

[@Wizkid288]

A solution for keeping the reverb when playing badminton while still sound treating the room as well as integrating a PA system would be to look at the special audio solutions from DB Technologies. Meyer sound also has something similar. I was at NAMM this year and their demo of their special audio engine was very cool. They had rented a small room in the convention center so naturally it was sound isolated via the airwalls. But what they had done is placed a couple microphones around the room and pumped those through their engine to give the room a more natural reverb. This made us feel as if we were in a more relaxed setting. Once they turned that off the room and noise floor fell silent. It was too quiet with it off that you wouldn’t want to even make a noise. You guys could use this to still sound treat the building but then via their technology, you could still have a natural sounding space and even change the way the room sounds. Thus keeping the whacking sound of the birdy when playing badminton but then having an entirely different sound for the room when having a lan party. Plus you also check off the PA requirement.

[@marcusmiller5811]

Considering how bad the echo is in that building, they did a fantastic job with the audio in this video.

[@ryanhakalmazian]

Yeah i didn’t even notice the sound it was so good

[@ryanhakalmazian]

Yeah i didn’t even notice the sound it was so good

[@IlhamMaulana-gw1qv]

​@@ryanhakalmazianthe echo is so bad in that building even your comment echoed 😂

[@m1stertim]

everyone is wearing lav mics; environment doesn't matter much when the mic is literally taped to your body

[@Pseudoswede]

@@m1stertimlavaliers are also typically omnidirectional. Dynamic processing is always your friend, unless you don’t know what you’re doing. Then, it’s your worst enemy.

[@maquiavelmg]

Dan is my spirit animal, excited, embarrassed, happy to be there, worried about the deadlines and, most importantly of all, putting the bags on the toilet bow (supposedly it was never used)

[@njoshua3265]

10:10 So happy at a sprayed ceiling.

[@Illumiae]

Dan is my favourite of the ltt crew

[@AutoPlay4]

You guys will need to film every moment of this new building getting ready, Would really love to watch what you do.

[@Frapsity]

I loved the construction/moving vlog series they did.

[@priyanshugoel3030]

I guess not ,he would have plugged it for floatplane otherwise.

[@jarjarpfeil]

CC is for the electro boom video

[@mch_mr_j]

With some of the people coming to a LAN party, I'm not sure UV lights would be the best.

[@liamalexander1797]

I was honestly thinking the same thing

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

Sus stain competition

[@James-jd6nv]

They would glow in the dark

[@Inn0IWNL]

Platypus under UV lights:

[@JWSpradlin]

I came here to say this too. How many keyboards will be lit up like the 4th of July. (I'm American)

[@filpoamati]

At this point Linus will have spent more money than the items he's dropped

[@benediktkramer4013]

Fact

[@Xenoray1]

untill he drops his whole busniss!

[@johnjoy322]

HAHA HA you make me sick

[@bansheebacklash3730]

I know you're shitposting but I'm genuinely curious if someone has kept track of the value of all the stuff Linus has dropped on camera over the years lmao.

[@greywizard2557]

Oh, I don't know. That would be a tall order.

[@4RILDIGITAL]

Being able to flip between a LAN center and Badminton area is clever. The technical challenges you're facing are mind-blowing, especially the networking aspect. Looking forward to seeing the transformation.

[@darrianweathington1923]

I like how Dan opened the door like someones hungover uncle who's about to grab a cocktail... 🤣

[@MB-kl9fn]

Hi Linus, am very interested in the badminton center you are building. I am involved with Badminton Canada and would love to talk to you at some point about the facility and can also discuss the layout to make sure that its competition ready unlike most of the warehouse clubs that try and fit as many courts in as possible! If you want to get in touch, please let me know how best to get in touch. Congrats on an amazing space.

[@trapical]

They have a business email address in their KZbin profile

[@LinusTechTips]

Hey, mind reaching out to our business email, as the other reply mentions? You can find it in our KZbin channel page. Thanks!

[@ethanmonat]

@MB-kl9fn If you were a fan of Linus content before, did you ever think your Linus and Badminton worlds would collide like this?

[@enigma3474]

check out Orange County Badminton club for some inspo/ ideas. @@LinusTechTips

[@MB-kl9fn]

@@ethanmonat he mentioned that he played a little, but not to the extent of building a bespoke facility :) They came for badminton but stayed for the LAN Party :)

[@stewiex]

"we're doing bunk beds"! Dan is the best thing to happen to LTT since sliced bread.

[@jolson3x]

@@TheTastefulThickness Step Brothers

[@3nertia]

Dan is the ONLY good thing about LTT anymore ...

[@ricarfus2212]

​@@3nertia????? !?

[@danielkelsosmith]

@@ricarfus2212Re. Tard Disrespectfully

[@joostvisser8537]

@@3nertia if you dislike LTT so much, why are you still here?

[@nicbachleitner6227]

My dad stills does audio visual integration and I did it with him for 8 years, we are based in langley/surrey if you ever want help with specing out dante or paging or other audio visual pieces

[@ameerkassim5825]

The subtitles are from the electroboom upgrade video lol

[@Theredmengroup]

For the PA please have a screen to display the announcement. Would be great for ensuring the message gets through. Also might be useful for people with hearing issues.

[@AlecanderWatson]

This is a great accessibility feature that would be amazing to see.

[@kungfuhskull]

@@AlecanderWatson and it's also helpful if an announcement needs to be done in a loud moment - less people are confused what was said, they just can read the announcement

[@dilyo624]

Agreed! Great Idea!

[@joshuamckown3145]

Not to mention most people gaming will be wearing headphones

[@NeonCoding]

That would be so sick with the projectors, you'd have to account for the delay tho - find something with an automated switcher, have it display a holding screen, then it can either be manually typed out or ai auto-caption

[@lukasgiese2331]

I would recommend to get in touch with a local (or not, a big , out of town one might be an option too) stage tech/touring production company. They basically deliver on your problem (big multiuse , sports space needing a quick turnaround to a totally different setup) daily on tours or in local venues. Maybe not for hardware, but you could really get great insight on effective soft skills of managing and planning such turnarounds, effective storing schemes and labeling etc. Also please please make a video on Dans work on the PA Setup. Dante is fascinating.

[@profwaldone]

Not just that, this would be an amazing space for smaller cons and events. I'm thinking like model train clubs or geeky watch parties and school photography/film excurtions.

[@MCasterAnd]

I can't wait for the video where Jake bitches about Dante on Ubiquiti. Those two do not mix well.

[@zoopercoolguy]

@@profwaldone I've been to table top RPG cons that were in smaller venues, so this would be great for those, too. The other side would be awesome for miniature wargaming. Some of the naval wargames I've seen really benefit from large amounts of floor space.

[@Gepstra]

​@@MCasterAndCan you elaborate because that sounds hilarious indeed.

[@mdukasa]

Yes please, a video on Dante would be great

[@SecretAsianMan2222]

Just a thought, but for that narrow (now less so) network room, since it's so tall, couldn't you like make it double decker? Like build a mini second floor in there with a ladder? UPS downstairs, then a metal grate floring, and the rack above? There's for sure a way to do it to code if the upper level is sitting on steel structure attached to the floor. You could have a similar setup with a terminal "downstairs" and the UPS in the back by the far wall, then removable ladder to the "upstairs" where the rack lives. It would be tricky for videos, but assuming you only have one of building your "Crazy Split-level Server Room" and never need to again, I'm sure you could manage. It could be a really cool video and actually a decent idea for industral space network rooms so they can take up less space. Just think of the thumbnail Linus: you hanging from a ladder with a server over your shoulder, and it or both you and it, are falling? Classic.

[@AndrewWilde]

Former AV installer/current house tech for lower mainland theatre: Dante is great but at scale you’ll want to use Dante Domain Manager with VLANs or you’ll have a multicast storm. I’m sure someone at LMG has already realized there’s free Dante training from Audinate. 70v has been tried and true so you better believe I’ll come see how this full Dante powered system turns out!!

[@pepedlux]

Thank you, came here to say this. Dante sharing a network with non-Dante gets really nasty really fast.

[@jeremiahtribble4364]

Fellow A/V guy here. Thanks for saying what we all were thinking! I've done a large building wide BGM setup with QSC, and even with the latest greatest network stack, running a hyperconverged network proved to be challenging.

[@smaterhomes]

i promise you they haven't, and this will be hacked together and then a video will be made about fixing it which is also a hack job then another video will be made about making it les than okay and that will be the end lol

[@Derbauer]

I don't know what you said but it feels important 💥

[@ivansamokhin2750]

Hey fellow av engineers :) running Dante on general purpose networks is inherently a bad idea indeed - I hope they get an audio engineer to sort this out for them, or they are going to be in world of trouble 😊😊

[@trymetal95]

i doubt anyone from LTT will see this but worth a shot, as nucking futs as this this looks y'all might need a stronger projector than the LS12000 for the projector wall idea, if i'm not mistaken it's around 2700 lumens which isn't really enough for that usecase. I work a lot with projectors for concerts, conferences and other such stuff and ideally we'd use 16k or 21k projectors for any projection over about 4 meters in width. I can give a good tip, the old guard of bulb projectors are quickly going out of fashion, you might be able to snag up something like the Barco HDX for a reasonable price, 4k resolution and 19k lumen. Brand new they'd be something like 20k dollars, right now they go for 8k or less. You can also set up remote control over ethernet or even internet which is pretty neat. There are probably others out there but i know this one because it's one of many types of projector i work with and they're relegated to more and more niche roles. Anyways looks sick guys, wish i had a youtuber near me who could set up something like this

[@kamisama414]

They have a business email address in their KZbin profile.

[@DMSparky]

lol I was going to say.

[@clou09]

you can also overlap multiple small projectors. I've seen it done in big malls. If they already have multiple units of it or have got a deal then that's their option.

[@DSCKottawa]

They could use a Christie laser

[@MegaLokopo]

They will have sufficient lighting control, a 1080p projector would be plenty fine for a game like smash even on a wall that big. I have done it before several times, outside would be tough, but inside is perfectly fine.

[@charleshellyar4188]

why does this have the cc from the elctro boom video

[@branscombe_]

i’ve been following you since 2008 on KZbin, back in the NCIX days… I’m very proud of you young Linus

[@KJFMZ]

These guys know their audience so well. 2.5 minutes in and they are talking about the exact power connector and specifications. Yes.

[@mattgayda2840]

The problem is that won't deliver enough power, the typical gaming computer has an 800W+ power supply plus monitors and accessories. He's got it set up for 10 stations in at least 7-8 locations and 8 stations in 5 locations. Thats 8k watts (66.6666A) on 10 and 6400W (53A) on 8 stations. You can't just simply plug in a bunch of power hungry gaming PCs to a 50A receptacle and cross your fingers.

[@Snaffer01]

​@@mattgayda284050A on 240V is plenty my man. 12.000W

[@Takethis42340]

@@mattgayda2840 a Lan party pc is more like 400W power supply. Where talking 4060 with a ryzen 5 cpu level PC top, that is barely 250W peak load including MB, storage and RAM. A 1440p high refresh display peak power consumption is 60W. An entire system will use less than 500W in a worst case scenario.

[@DeCSSData]

@@mattgayda2840 So he said it is 50A @240V. Thats about 12kWatts - more than you got out of your numbers. So whats the point? Besides that the systems would be perhaps more about 400 to 500 Watts and not constant 800+

[@mattgayda2840]

@@DeCSSData that's not how this works, Canada is 120V standard receptacle not 240V and that's only a 3 prong receptacle. That's one hot, one neural, one ground. You can't get 240V from that unless everyone has 240V equipment, the second you plug in a 120V monitor or tower it's fried. Ask an electrician, or better yet spend about an hour educating yourself. A building this large is going to be 3 phase power anyway with its own transformer outside, they screwed up.. just like all the other videos regarding sketchy wiring.

[@nyx3745]

This is a guy who used to film tech reviews on a roadside bench sometimes while working a full time job. Now we will see a day when he hosts some of the biggest tech and gaming events on the planet. Just so much respect for this man.

[@n00dl3s]

Biggest events in moderately rural Canada

[@I_WILL_SUB_BACK_IF_YOU_SUB]

​@@n00dl3speople fly from all over the us for this event

[@eds464]

@@n00dl3s I wouldn't call surrey/langley rural canada. Unless this new location goes deep into langley farm area ( which I doubt) he's still within city centre.

[@TimtheWhit]

It's in Port Kells. @@eds464

[@lvl5monk297]

Linus has really come along way in a lot of ways since early LMG. He's so comfortable in front of the camera and has like 4 buildings. Bro an inspiration for sure

[@KzeeTay]

CC is messed up guys

[@AzzaDutt]

Dan, I'd love the IR if you actually do sample the reverb... I can already picture the drum sounds

[@maximravinet9950]

"I'm building a sportshall but, please don't skip, we'll also host LANs every few months" 😂 Linus is really a marketing genius

[@codenate02]

The big-brain play of buying the Badminton Center as a "separate enterprise" but also using it for Wan parties so he can turn it into content and sponsors can help him tech it out and justify the expense 😂

[@TheOtherOtherAccount]

And he ends up with a solid business, diversifying from his existing businesses. The man really is business savvy. Good I hope he treats his employees well.

[@RandomTheories]

well, house is mostly finished i guess so...MORE content :D

[@PrograError]

@@TheOtherOtherAccount well, judging by the complaints of the Vancouver real estate on WAN, seems to be a good investment... tho I wonder is this going to be considered an LTT Group enterprise or just Linus's retirement fund inc.

[@methany8788]

Well, in all fairness, all the tech stuff that goes into it does make for interesting content (imo). Win-win ;)

[@sacumblousi]

I really thought he was doing a sponsor segue at 8:45 and was left confused when it wasn't one...

[@Aimtjie]

I thought the same thing, it was perfect

[@HA05GER]

The door opening I guess to the stairs?

[@Shacleau]

the laugh tho he knew what he was doing.

[@toocreaking]

"Just like" is a trigger for everyone here : ^)

[@blablabla1000able]

*segway

[@arqrenderz6210]

I would watch a full video explaining the inception of this idea, and the economics of it!

[@zacharyschneider]

This building is gonna be crazy! Wish I was closer to visit it once you open!

[@overthinkingisbad]

"hobbies? yeah i got a couple" "oh what are they?" "one is making accountants cry"

[@verticalfracture5683]

That first blacklight moment will be a real faith in humanity test with the keyboards lol.

[@Dan-Simms]

Every keyboard will be lit the f up... simply from sweat, fingerprints and skin, so they will all look gross no matter what.

[@Gatorade69]

What are all those splotches all over your pants ?

[@Dragoninja833]

@@Gatorade69 ITS MAYONAISE! I SWEAR!

[@garystinten9339]

The entire Lan party lights up like a Pollock painting

[@RolandKontson]

Curtains would also help with sound. There are all sorts, you can move them out of the way. Could be different rows of materials or density (see through) on a curtain etc.

[@sargentscythe]

Exciting to see something related to what I work on! Cyberdata just released their SIP Paging 25/70 Amplifier, which would make setting up all those speakers a ton cheaper! (you can replace most of them with analog speakers, since they'll likely be transmitting the same messages.)

[@calvinwaters459]

“When I casually dropped…. a bombshell” I really thought he was gonna say 4090 😂

[@YouTubetail]

😂

[@RalphExists]

criminally underrated comment lmao

[@TheOmegaRiddler]

Linus dropping a 4090 was the biggest day of your life. For us, it was just a tuesday.

[@GlitchTech]

For the PA system/ sound system, look into a QSC core with a touchscreen for control. It uses Dante. You can make announcements schedule events or sound clips. Tie it in to your fire alarm system to mute everything in the event a fire alarm is activated. Zone control separate audio inputs and outputs. It also has gpio and relay control. So you can control projectors and powered screens.

[@alexandre-jacquesst-jacque4196]

We looked into QSC and we opted for Dynacord instead since the MXE5 is a more budget option that had all the features we were looking for, including touch controls, IOS/Android apps with a dashboard designer software (SONICue), and other various things like GPIO.

[@scottp45]

@@alexandre-jacquesst-jacque4196 have you guys considered drops in locations on the walls or in the corners for POE PTZ cameras for broadcast use during LAN events, say if a tournament is occurring at the LAN event and wants to use them in their Twitch broadcast?

[@alexandre-jacquesst-jacque4196]

@@scottp45 We haven't planned the data ports by taking POE PTZ cameras into account, but we do have a lot of data ports on the wall at 1' and 9' that could be use for such thing. We are also going to have 7 4K LUMIX cameras along the wall that could be use for streaming.

[@Joel-Monterra]

@@alexandre-jacquesst-jacque4196 Did you also took a line array into account? It makes sense to use a lot of point source speakers in the small rooms, but Linus talked about understanding voice in the big hall, which is definitely much more suited for a line array system. A matrix system isn't the jack of all trades - it would be, if the centre would only have normal-sized rooms.

[@nateg452]

This sounds awesome.

[@MarriedWithBackpacks]

the subtitles are wrong in this video

[@jamesphillips2285]

1:07 Nice: the panel supports Lock Out/Tag Out. At home we just have red tape on the no no switch.

[@alexander0the0gray]

Did I just see a proposed 300 person LAN center with a ~30 spot parking lot that is shared with other tenants…?

[@alexander0the0gray]

Linus is going to have all those other businesses HATE him 😂

[@pascal6871]

@@alexander0the0gray the lan is going to be mostly in the evenings and on weekends. Also free badminton, gym and hangout access for employees could go a long way to make a deal.

[@DLJaspah]

Yeah, they're definitely underestimating the parking logistics. lol.

[@alexander0the0gray]

@@DLJaspah It seems too small even for just the badminton operations day to day.

[@martingoodson1651]

@@DLJaspah New exciting business opportunity for Linus : Shuttle buses!

[@MrMolchester]

Turns on blacklight during LAN - even the non-RGB keyboards light up

[@JamesHalfHorse]

oh yeah they will.

[@JamesTK]

As long as they don't accidentally order UVC lights...

[@MockingTruth]

You reeeeally want to do that? Just think another second

[@JamesHalfHorse]

@@JamesTK These are peoples home computers um.. DNA splatters... show up under blacklight. As someone who repairs other peoples computer shine uv on a lot of them especially laptops and you will put in a recurring order on gloves and hospital grade sanitary wipes pretty quick and use them from then on.

[@meinder2]

large curtains between the lanes would also be a really good solution, they can be pulled aside. maybe 5 meters high.

[@WangleLine]

The english captions are messed up btw

[@its.thered]

I love Linus' passion about this stuff, it's like everyone else is chill and then he's ADHD mode

[@satakrionkryptomortis]

linus does not do ADHD. linus does at least AD4K

[@druid2538]

Because he owns it. The others can like what they do but they are still employees.

[@leonro]

These videos are scripted, and he's by far the most experienced host on the team. I don't doubt that he's really excited and passionate about this, but a good amount of his on-camera reactions and dialogue can be acted or at least exaggerated for the sake of entertainment.

[@p_serdiuk]

He actually has unmedicated AD8K 240 fps so it makes total sense

[@leonro]

@UnjustifiedRecs It's not immediately obvious to a lot of people, man. The comment seemed to imply that Linus is just acting differently from everyone else due to ADHD. He might actually have ADHD (idk if it's true), but he is usually playing a character on youtube in order to make the video flow better.

[@ConnorBlackwood]

I'm sure Dan is aware, but as an AV integrator I would strongly recommend VLanning out the entire audio system from the rest of the network environment or else the Dante broadcast traffic is going to absolutely murder your speeds, unless you feel like dealing with a ton of IGMP snooping, which I'm sure you don't.

[@janjuliusvannieuwenhuyze9853]

Linus pls don't go broke i need someone to review hardware that i can't afford

[@remoaebischer3585]

To prevent the echo there are some special hanging "clouds" you can use.

[@Slipatoek1]

We are just financing his LABS by watching this and I'm all up for it

[@Ikxi]

This isn't part of Labs though lul Still fun to see

[@Renuclous]

@@Ikxi LAn gaming center and Badminton Sometimes

[@teunw6699]

@@RenuclousLan And Badminton Space

[@oshiolga3672]

Dan is the Swiss army knife of ltt 😂

[@ericheick7044]

Any hole is a toilet hole

[@Jimmy_Jones]

I hope he is one of the highest paid. He does so much.

[@PrograError]

@@Jimmy_Jones I'm guessing he got extra for the WAN night production... plus technically he's on the clock...

[@Jimmy_Jones]

@PrograError He comes into the office later than others on WAN days apparently.

[@ExBlaze]

What excites me more is the high-tech badminton stuff, show us more!

[@mikecosentino1478]

It's cool that you used the electrical plans to show us around. I design very similar shoeboxes and as soon as you showed the lift gates I yelled "hey that's my job!". I think you guys are going to need a bigger service!

[@GoatingVirtual]

14:26 That facepalm screams sponsor energy :^)

[@hippokrampus2838]

I think this presents a nice opportunity to organically display the problem with too much echo/reverb in a building. Sure, most of us likely know what the problems are but to have a video actually show how bad it can be and progress through the process of correcting it would be neat. Whole room water cooling but WhaleHaus sound dampening instead!

[@ayoubthegreat]

Yes! Reverb dampening in the ceiling

[@dfalk1206]

The closed captions appear to be from the electro boom video FYI.

[@szaszm_]

The subtitles are wrong, please fix them. Until then, people should just use the auto-generated ones.

[@wilderfourbees9941]

3:55 should have said “lay of the lan”

[@BobTech123]

Or lay of the Dan!

[@SierraLimaOscar]

Good call on the Dante format for audio. I did a couple of Stadiums in my day with CobraNet and they were super finicky about the master clock and the switch over between master and backup was not a seamless (or reliable) as advertised. I know it is old tech, but that is why you can get some really good deals - which you pay for elsewhere... I am sure you know this, but have the Dante on its own vlan - while I have nothing but good things to say about it, I am still very careful that nothing messes with PTP (it can be a little fragile, so a solid dedicated network is what it likes). Looking forward to see the whole thing finished! Do the video transport/routing/switching with NDI. Seriously nothing in the video space comes close to it.

[@leonsutliffe9572]

Absolutely should have it's own Vlan, while technically it can work as standard network traffic, if it's considered a core infrastructure, I wouldn't want it to go down if you start running into issues. Plus if there's a plan to use a stage, some desks and stage boxes do odd things to have gain control that could mess with other traffic

[@leadwolf32]

Honestly, if it were me, this would be setup entirely separate from the normal network. Have separate cables, switches, extra jacks to plug into, everything besides the WAN link. Keep the core things like PA, Point of Sale, event equipment, entirely separate. That way if things go wrong, say a network crash, they can still get on and be like, "sorry, my bad guys" and keep people informed of updates

[@JasperSchwinghammer]

Problem is that LTT being LTT they will use unifi again. Which is not a too good idea for AV stuff x.x

[@ianskinner1619]

sometimes it just takes one person with a vison to change a community , In Prince George decades a go, an Aussie family built, what was one of the premiere gymnastics facilities in Canada, 2 Olympians were coaching there. The positive effect on the community was almost instantaneous.. Be it ski racers training in the off season, or ids becoming competitive gymnasts that one time would never had had the opportunity, a single person, with a vison, can make a community explode.. This feels like a growth point for the the sporting and computing/gaming worlds in Vancouver, I suggest that the next facility you look at would be a game dev school, bring in people to teach proper game design... bring in some of those thousands of professionals GenX ers fired from places like Bioware and bungie.

[@DJRhinofart]

I can honestly say, wow. Good job, and locations like this are really making me re-think my choice of living in the Okanagan. Having access to a place like that would be amazing. I loved Badminton as a Kid, my co-workers, ex-co-workers, friends and I have atleast quarterly LAN Parties. Your idea of the Black-Light RAVE nights would be awesome. Tie in some pro-DJ gear into the sound-system..... Heck, I'd quit my I.T. job to work there. LOL

[@oddjobkia]

Love these infrastructure vlogs... Along with a public address system add in a screens to display information, helps the hard of hearing and allows the information to be digested in multiple forms

[@AndrewFrink]

or even those of us addicted to our earbuds.

[@alexandre-jacquesst-jacque4196]

It wasn't in the video, but we're planning to have 8 TVs at various locations for exaclty this

[@wittywilla]

This is going to be an amazing video series - I can just tell. Please make more! I'd love to see the people putting in the network infrastructure do update videos on how they've overcome obstacles & such (possibly on floatplane?)

[@benwu7980]

Would sure be interesting to see how gonna deal with stuff like port security while having so many ethernet / fibre runs that are going to have alternating uses. I've not actually used their favored Ubiqity stuff, mostly learned on older cisco stuff which had a somewhat limited amount of configs could save regarding turning off or on each port, or what protocols to allow or block per port, etc.

[@juliojimenez9794]

My friend, Linus knew all the videos he wanted to make about the badmington center even before the idea of building a badmington center came to his mind.

[@alexandre-jacquesst-jacque4196]

@@benwu7980 To do a long storry short, we're looking at implementing PacketFence as a NAC which will allow us to automatically put our devices in the right VLAN. The default VLAN will most likely be the "Event" one which will allow a user to get to a captive portal and access Event specific resources, like the gaming servers and LANCache.

[@lost-prototype]

If I lived in BC, I'd so be reaching out to run dev user group events there. You do all the right things Linus.

[@TERROXMUSIC]

Are you gonna use omniwave type of speakers for the bigger halls for a better projection over the whole floor?

[@scottmichaud9454]

As someone in building design and engineering I love hearing about your design processes for your space! Especially if floor plans and renders are included!

[@DeCSSData]

I sign that

[@sp3lllz]

Dans job title really should be "dooer of things"

[@mikej1097]

I'd love to see the entire set of drawings but I'd like to point out the one thing I was able to see on the drawings. The POS stations need quadruplex receptacles for each station. A duplex means that if the POS setup isn't just a tablet (or otherwise monolithic) then both receptacles will be occupied (terminal & monitor). Add in a receipt printer and you already need a power strip. And any good design should not rely on a day 1 power strip. There are no lighting drawings shown but good lighting controls are KEY to smooth (and easy) operation of any sporting facility or event space. I would love to see the lighting drawings! Finally, I would ensure that you adequately prepare for LAN expansion - conduit, panel placement, distribution (proper amount of breaker spaces in your MDP for example) so that it isn't a nightmare when/if you decide to expand the LAN functionality.

[@ollerosendahl9136]

they could just go for an ipad and a wireless card reader for the POS system.

[@steverhysjenks]

When you were talking about fibre / copper runs @7:30 ish. Idea, do 2 copper drops so you have further redundancy but also can you can do link aggregration?

[@EProxyCZ]

My friends and I like to play badminton, but I hate counting the score. As an engineer, I always wondered how to do it. I haven't found any lightweight device to help with that. I found a smartwatch app, but the little touchscreen just sucks at sports. I think a button in the ground on the edge of the playing field would be best. And so that someone can't press it with their foot, I'd make a tiny hole for the button that would be big enough only for a badminton rocket. If you want an automatic counting system, you still need buttons available to correct system errors for each court, and as close as possible.

[@miniskulljob]

Ah, yes, this tech tips will be really useful to me when I build my own LAN center/badmington court.

[@aidanblystone2995]

My favorite part was Dan face palming when Linus did the segue.

[@ZesPak]

9:10 14:26 I love how Dan does a tired facerub every time Linus is plugging something :D

[@Vice4Life]

Now I have an additional question. Is badminton much more popular in BC than I estimated?

[@lpharmer3496]

it must be, I'm imagining its like how pickleball is in many parts of america: massive but also you don't reallly hear about it

[@couch9416]

Big asian culture (in vamcouver) that most certainly plays a part in it

[@bxinger]

The badminton courts in Vancouver/Richmond are always packed every evening.

[@byrd3242]

I kept asking this myself too but then I thought of the times I've played in backyards and what not and it is an extremely fun game with low barrier of entry. Honestly if it was more readily available around me (USA) I would probably be into it.

[@Ninja1up]

I love that Linus is finding a way to bring the things he loves to more people. As someone the same age I'll never have his level of success but I'm happy someone like him has found it.

[@JeremySchneider1]

I love that this is happening! I am a little curious about the heavy focus on only badminton. It seems like it wouldnt be too difficult to make it a little more multipurpose, like the ability to play indoor soccer, Ultimate frisbee, basketball, etc. Or at the very least similar net sports like tennis, pickleball, and volleyball.

[@pickeljuice9325]

it would be cool to see massive projection mapped stuff on those big empty white walls, could really help set a theme for the lan like a cyber city alleyway or a midevil town.

[@NithinJune]

4:29 I wasn’t aware that people call “cupboards under the stairs” Harry Potter closets 😭

[@theheroofourtime3578]

Good yokes

[@sethhu20]

Very common callout in close quarter combat FPS games, like rainbow six

[@Malicious2013]

My parents have one in their house and that's what we alwaye called it. 😂

[@NithinJune]

@@sethhu20 ive def heard that in siege lol but never irl

[@NithinJune]

@@Malicious2013 that’s so sad if you think about it 😭 like the poor boy was locked in the cupboard

[@TheXnyu]

lab not even done and a new big projekt starting, damn nice!

[@Jimmy_Jones]

I think this is his personal funds rather than LTT funds.

[@AluminumHaste]

It's been in the works for a few years now

[@tacosyk]

@Khad-zw4yz It is a hobby, but also isn't useless. It's probably something employees can use if they want, but like they said in th video will be a LAN centre/badminton place for tournaments and whatnot. I guess you can say it's a passion project which there's nothin wrong about.

[@nicozika]

Enjoyed the house build videos. Really looking forward to this new series with the badminton center

[@Nostalgia_Realm]

This sounds like so much work. I'm glad I don't need to do any of that :D

[@nolanhodge7162]

Thank you for everything linus! No matter how I am feeling you always seem to turn my day around. Your energetic and positive personality truly is contagious. You got me through covid and seeing you grow is just awesome!

[@lax0o7]

Commas are important..😂

[@nolanhodge7162]

@@lax0o7 😭 lmao

[@nathanklassen698]

Can't wait to see an Amazon sized warehouse for LAN. Imagine not being able to see the end to the computers.

[@ZeLoShady]

This is not even close to the size of an Amazon warehouse lol. Those things are closer to a million square feet or more depending on the region. Absolutely massive buildings that stretch insanely far.

[@OGWanderingNomad]

300 copper drops and several fibers. Bless up. Currently PM/PCing a Low voltage project that has 1700 network drops, 650 speaker drops and both MM and SM fiber between Network closets. Only 2 main closets. Badminton seems like a great part time gig

[@brandon0109]

I see some cool potential, maybe indoor drone races, pickleball, etc

[@SianaGearz]

I can think of another type of event that needs the SAME exact infrastructure as a LAN party: a demoparty. There used to be some in North America, but they're exceedingly rare there now. They take place in Europe several times a year, attracting up to about 1000 people. Computer artists - graphics, programming, music, having competitions among each other. The complete size of demoscene is a mere several thousand people, it has emerged as art spin-off of software cracking and piracy scene in the 80s, but has completely divorced itself from it by now. Word of note: demoparty lasts friday evening till sunday evening or monday noon, and demosceners prefer sleeping on the floor in their sleeping bags. The storage room where you store the LAN desks should do nicely as a sleeping area.

[@miikalehtimaki1136]

Well actually biggest of them are combined LAN and demoparty, such as Assembly Summer that's being arranged here in Helsinki. It's actually a nice concept, I ended up becoming a graphics programmer thanks to seeing weird cool stuff on the screen when I was 15 and obviously mostly interested about the LAN aspects of the party.

[@NanoNutrino]

I want in, how do I get in the loop?

[@Nitidus]

I still remember scene releases that had demos alongside their cracks/keygens/custom installers. That would have been like ten years ago at max. Of course back then there was already an established demo art scene that didn't do cracking anymore, but it's not like they forgot their roots. Nowadays, though, I am afraid you're right. In the age of repackers you hardly get to see any untouched scene releases at all anymore. And since there are pretty much no more serious crackers left, and those that are don't have anything to do with the old demo scene anymore. You can barely even call them crackers since there is no more competition whatsoever, a lot is done through automation and serious stuff like Denuvo gets tackled by not even a handful of people per decade, most of whom seem to have significant personality disorders. Currently there is no one at all anymore doing it if I'm informed correctly. It wasn't great to see the tradition from the Old Guard to what we have now, but thankfully tradition was carried on long enough for me to experience it, even though I was just sent into kindergarten in the actual 90s where the demo scene peaked.

[@TheHerstad7]

Missed oppurtunity to bring in the firepole

[@PrograError]

HSH... no need more paperwork when they got the guy for it... or two...

[@garystinten9339]

Get Mark Rober to help.. he made a rope that could lower people using pneumatic vacuum

[@snip3d]

Keemotion / Synergy sports has automated tracking technology for volleyball - could be used for score keeping potentially.

[@Hnkka]

You could get giant curtains for the walls or atleast for some of them to be good echo cancelation. We did that at lan that i was helping to organize and it was alot better than giant hall without them. Easier than panels and alot cheaper

[@numus19]

For the LAN center you should also put IR lights up to help with Quest 3 and other Inside Out tracking VR headsets.

[@Atlessa]

Don't those have their own IR lights?

[@joizz5932]

@@Atlessathe controllers have it lights for tracking but if ir lights were installed everywhere the cameras in the Quest could track without the need for the lights to be on (Ir lights aren’t visible to the naked eye)

[@nathancreates]

Other IR camera systems for depth sensing like on the iPhone, Kinects, and Realsense cameras rely on active illumination where the camera generates a special light pattern which wouldn't work properly if there was too much ambient IR illumination

[@Atlessa]

@@nathancreates Oh good point, I'm pretty sure the first gen Oculus Rift does the same. (at least there's a funny 'purple' LED pattern all over it when filmed with my friend's phone camera. Preeeetty sure those are IR.)

[@dan_loeb]

​@@Atlessa thats more about letting the external cameras track the rift headset's position, the quest series uses inside out tracking, where the cameras are on the device. ir illumination is needed for the tracking to work in minimal light environments.

[@georgen9838]

Gotta say: Get Dan his BICSI cert already, with the scope of infra buildouts you all are doing it's gotta be getting close to essential at this point

[@Viralbutnotyet]

I couldn't do it often unless the travel was covered 😅, but id totally pack up and come Lan it up. Sounds amazing.

[@huichaowang6172]

where is this going to be? Looks super exciting!

[@JulienAzelart]

“as much as i love the sound of.. i actually hate that sound” 😂 sounds like something i’d say hahaha