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So the other night a buddy was celebrating a birthday and he wanted all of us to go play laser tag. I was hesitant since I have gimpy feet and can't really run any more, but went along to give it a try. Turned out to be a lot of fun because one of the rules was "no running" so it worked out. I even had the top score one of the matches.

Anyway, each match is a continuous 20 minute team war. If you get shot you are not out, your gun just stops firing for 5 seconds while you take better cover or whatever. There were 7 couples, so we decided to split the teams girls vs. boys, teams green and blue, respectively. But there were also a bunch of little rugrats there, maybe 10 years old, and they wanted to play too so they became red team. The vests/guns keep score, each vest has a name, and after the match that's how they determined which team won with a big scoreboard. Pretty neat in general.

Anyway, our people were pretty much trying to play against each other.... boys and girls each wanted to beat each other, obviously... but then these red team rugrats were running around like little strategy spoilers. A few of us dudes would be staged at some obstacle waiting for a few women to walk into our crossfire, but then the red turds were coming up behind us, or sniping down at us from some high up position, or whatever. So basically, red vests became my primary targets, just to keep them away. It was extra fun because if you shoot 3 different enemy without getting shot yourself, your gun would go into rapid fire mode and you could just hold down the trigger and just walk around Terminator style on full auto with infinite ammo. I enjoyed that. It had me with the lowest accuracy score, but fuck that. I'm putting max rounds down range, here.

Anyway, at the end of the first match, our blue team won, I had the top score, and red team of kids was in last place, and I had inflicted half their total damage. When that was pointed out I said, "It isn't about winning or losing, it's about sending a message."

We had a dude in League of Legends who would often say that.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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I was tempted to start telling them, on the game floor, "Your parents just left. They said they don't love you any more." Just to get them out of there.

But I'm not quite that mean.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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