Thursday, October 27, 2005

Laser Tag

I played this game in the so called 'zone' in San Diego - Sports Arena Blvd. It is this elaborate game where people are divided into groups and are allowed to compete in sets of three. Each time a team gets to wear these exotic vests with blinking lights in one of blue, red and yellow. Each player is also given a laser gun. You are supposed to take a shot at the opponent, who can't be wearing the same colored lights as yourself. You get 200 points if you shoot somebody and lose 50 if somebody shoots you. Your laser gun temporarily gets incapacitated when somebody shoots you, so you can't do much in that time apart from hiding. But a nice trick is to follow the person who shot you and take a shot at him :) You also get bonus points for shooting at the "bases" of other colors. There are also aliens, who fetch you like 500 points if they get shot in their eyes. My highest score today was 4900 or so. I attacked two bases with my laser gun and shot 25 times or so, while being shot at 15 times. It somehow adds up. Several games like this follow, and in each game you'll wear a different color. In the end, of course, the team with the greatest number of points wins. Nice time pass, kind of intensive in that I was also sweating while running around inside.

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