Laser Tag 2008

I played laser tag with a company (uvtag.com) in Layton last month.  It was great fun and worth all $10 to play for 2 hours.  So, I hired my own game for last night.  I recruited about 40 people to play (mostly focused on a family game with a few friends to fill in the gaps).  We met for pizza and carpooling then headed to Copperton Park to play.  It was FREEZING cold, but we would warm up running around shooting people.  After a 20 minute debriefing we played our first game.  Only 24 people ended up showing, because some people are just flakes (don't say you're going to come if you're not going to - especially if I already paid for you!  I have problems committing, so I don't.  If you commit, commit).

It was crazy cold the first game, but slowly warmed as we ran around.  It was dark and we had a lot of trees to hide behind.  I was on the Bravo team (who ended up winning in the end).  We had a slow start - a lot of death by friendly fire.  We worked on our skills and improved in team work and aim.  Ryan was our captain (after Josh started explaining how to use the radio and was throwing out all sorts of acronyms and rules I needed to know.  We all knew I would be useless, so I quietly passed on my captainship and radio to Ryan - he made an efficient commander).

We had several missions to accomplish with FOBs, MOBs, the LZ, King 6, Delta 51, Snipers, Medics, Alpha, Bravo, and other military stuff.  My favorite was the game with the soccer ball... a lot of running and yelling information.  Nathan (Dallin's friend) was a speedy little guy and scored several goals on us easily.  We really had to work for our goals and had Mark yelling "integrity" at my friends, Kevin kicking the ball away from Andy, people running around with no idea where the ball was or what they were doing, it was awesome!  I hope to play again, though I'll wait until the weather warms up.  Thanks everyone for a great evening!  I love being a Doyle.