>In spite having an PC myself, it was enjoyable to gather together
Exactly why I went to one as well. It was nice to hang out together, play games, and in my area we were the only ones who ever showed up. It was just a walk up the road from school. We typically had the place to ourselves besides the one person working downstairs. It also was nice that their computers were better than mine at home. Things did get weird during the last year I went due to everyone just wanting to jack off to porn and hentai instead of anything else.