Pay for the seat, not the hype.
Every station is the same build, so the price only changes with the hour and the room. No membership, no deposit, no queue tickets.
Open play
Any free station on the main floor, 10:00 to 17:00.
- 360 Hz monitor, wired peripherals
- Your own account, profile wiped after
- Peak hours after 17:00 are $6.00
Night package
Locked station from 22:00 until 08:00, ten hours straight.
- Same seat all night, no rotation
- Breakfast roll and coffee at 06:00
- Friday and Saturday $28
VIP room
Five seats behind a door that closes. Minimum two hours.
- Own voice channel and sound system
- Whiteboard, fridge, coach chair
- Five seats included, extra seat $3
Tournament hire
The whole floor for your cup: twelve stations plus the stream room.
- Admin, referee and stream operator
- Scoreboard and bracket on the big screen
- Half day (six hours) $210
One build. Twelve seats. No lottery.
Every station on the main floor is identical, down to the mouse feet. Nobody gets the slow machine, so a lost round is on you and not on the room.
| Monitor | 24.5″ 1080p, 360 Hz, 0.5 ms |
| Processor | 8 cores, 5.6 GHz boost |
| Graphics | 16 GB class, 2024 generation |
| Memory and disk | 32 GB DDR5, 2 TB NVMe |
| Peripherals | Wired mouse, linear keyboard, 50 mm headset |
| Chair | Mesh back, 4D arms, replaced every 18 months |
| Network | 1 Gbit symmetric, 4 ms to the regional hub |
Pick your room.
Four spaces under one roof. All of them bookable from the form below.
Main floor
Two rows of six, aisle between them, scoreboard overhead.VIP room
Soundproof door, own voice channel, coach chair and whiteboard.Stream room
Two seats, key light, capture box and a clean audio feed.Console lounge
Four sofas, two screens, pad games for the wait between matches.The bracket is live on the floor.
Eight house teams, single elimination, twenty-minute halves. The board below runs the same feed we put on the big screen: it updates by itself while the cup is on.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Open ladder
Walk-in, five rounds, pairs redrawn every round.
Duo night
Two players, one station each, best of three.
Halcyon Cup
Eight teams, single elimination, streamed from the arena.
Rookie hour
Coach on the floor, slow rounds, questions welcome.
Five minutes on the grid.
The same warm-up we run on the lobby screen before a cup: a grid runner that speeds up with every token you pick up. It costs nothing and it wakes your hands up faster than a scroll feed.
- 1Arrow keys or W A S D. On a phone, swipe across the grid.
- 2Each token is ten points and the runner gets quicker: the step drops from 150 ms towards 80 ms.
- 3Hit a wall or your own tail and the run resets. Beat 200 points and the front desk knocks a dollar off your hour.
House record
Set by Selma on the lobby screen in March. The board resets every quarter.Warm-up ladder
Top three of the month play the opening exhibition at the Halcyon Cup.What the floor says.
“Booked the night package before an exam week and ended up playing the whole ten hours. Same seat, nobody moved me, coffee showed up at six.”
“We rent the VIP room every second Thursday. The door actually closes, the voice channel is ours, and the coach chair is not a joke — it has a view of all five screens.”
“First cup I entered anywhere. The bracket was on the wall, the referee explained every rule twice, and nobody laughed when we lost 2–0.”
47 Halcyon Street.
Ground floor of the old print works, second door past the bike racks. Ring the bell after midnight and the desk will let you in.
Opening hours
| Monday – Thursday | 10:00 – 02:00 |
| Friday | 10:00 – 06:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 – 06:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00 – 02:00 |
- ADR47 Halcyon Street, Northgate DistrictTram 4 and 11, stop “Print Works”
- TEL+1 (555) 062-1190Front desk, 10:00 until close
- MAILdesk@nullpointarena.exampleTournament hire and team bookings
- PARKYard parking for 14 carsFree for guests, gate code at the desk
Take a seat before it goes.
Weekday evenings and the VIP room fill up two or three days ahead. Everything else you can usually walk in for.
- 1Pick a room, a date and how long you want the station for.
- 2We hold the seat for 20 minutes past your start time, then release it.
- 3Pay at the desk by card. Cancel any time before the start, no fee.
Walk-ins
If the form has nothing left, the desk often does. Call +1 (555) 062-1190.Groups of six or more
Write to desk@nullpointarena.example and we hold a block of stations together.Before you come.
Anything else, call the desk at +1 (555) 062-1190 or ask on the way in.
Do I need my own account or gear?
Bring your logins, we supply the rest. Profiles are wiped when the session ends, so nothing of yours stays on the machine. You may plug in your own mouse, keyboard or headset at any station.
How far ahead should I book?
Weekday afternoons are usually free for walk-ins. Evenings after 18:00, the VIP room and all of Saturday fill two to three days ahead. Tournament hire needs about two weeks so we can staff the referee and the stream.
Is there an age limit?
Under 16 until 20:00 with a guardian signature at the desk, which we keep on file. After 22:00 the floor is 18 and over. Rookie hour on Sunday is built for first-timers of any age.
Can we hold our own tournament here?
Yes. Tournament hire is $340 for the day and includes an admin, a referee and a stream operator, plus the bracket and scoreboard on the arena screen. Write to desk@nullpointarena.example with your date and team count.