Friday, July 4, 2025

Armageddon 2025 - Day 1

Armageddon Day 1 got started bright and early at Revolution Laser Tag in Clinton Township, MI, the site which was hosting us for the first three systems of the tournament. I am delighted to be back playing with Team Plausible Deniability!


Before we even stepped foot into the arena, it was great to see so many laser tag friends  returning for this year’s tournament. 





My thanks to the Brit for bringing me such a cool souvenir that he created. This will get a place of honor on the podcast backdrop wall!



A few people brought some other cool goodies as well.


Logan got his namesake cookies.



And as our captain, Wil, passed out our team shirts, he found a special surprise wrapped inside his.




Ok, can we get serious now?



Probably not! But it’s time to play anyway. We listened to RNT give the briefing on Q-Zar.



Are we ready team?




We won our first two games against the Void and Team Ricky, but lost against OF and Here Comes the D. Still, not a bad start to the day.


During the lunch break we prepared for Laserforce and did some strategizing in the arena.



Checking out all the corners for best placement for our resupply.



Let’s do this!




We won the first two games, once again against the Void and Team Ricky, but hit a snag on the third game with the ammo pack going down, necessitating a replay of that game at the end.


Fourth game up…


I survived the longest on my team, but we got defeated by HCTD.


Time for the replay. This one mattered…but, sigh. We played incredibly hard, but didn’t pull it off. As Lisa Lisa says (almost)…Hit the “beam” now…che sera, che sera!


Dinner break with a couple of the OG Plausibles, then back for Battle Company tactical tag.



Marc Mueller came out with his mobile set-up to run our tactical games.



And we did our thing in tactical.



However, two games in they decided a format change was in order so we switched to six minute games with a seven life elimination format. Reactions?



We won two and lost two to the same teams once again. So, we’re in a reasonable place to finish out Day 1.


At the end of the first day I am tired, but in the good way that it hits during tournaments and really feeling happy about getting to play Armageddon with this team.



Thank you, Revolution!





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Tag Before Tag

Anyone who knows me knows I don’t go to any tournament without playing more laser tag, either before, during or after the competition (and sometimes all three!), and when my side ventures happen during Armageddon it has come to be known as Tivigeddon. So this is the story of “before”.

Armageddon may not have Tron this year, but Tivigeddon does! Scuba, Ski Patrol and I all met up at C.J. Barrymore’s in Clinton Township, MI the night before Armageddon so we could play a little bit of tag BEFORE the tag weekend.



We were directed to an upstairs arena and found a cool entrance decked out with some of the Tron archways, which brings a sense of the arena to the forefront to draw players in. Always smart to make your arena visible!




I was intrigued by this tunnel viewing section, which turned out to be an excellent idea and a great spot for spectators.





We noticed the packs were displayed in a visible vesting area.



A group of seven players were ahead of us in line so we all went in together. The game marshal told us we’d play teams, five on five. Immediately the guys in that group shouted “we’re a team” leaving the two women of their group to join us. I winked at one and said “don’t worry, we’ve got this.”



We went into a nice, single level arena and were led over to the red recharge station.




The eight minute game started and we took those guys by surprise! Scuba and I took turns running over and commanding the base. The other team was dumbfounded and, as I promised those women joining us, we did the thing.



This was actually really fun (don’t tell Sakura I said that, lol)! I had a great time playing Lasertron with my friends and we finished up with a visit to their concession area where I had an excellent soft pretzel. It was nice to get some time to chill and relax prior to the tournament. I enjoyed our visit to C.J. Barrymore’s.



We headed over to the hotel where plenty of Armageddon players were already gathered enjoying beverages, but none so cool as this one that Dave selected.




So that’s the story of our tag before the tag. Good luck to everyone at this year’s Armageddon!



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Kicking Off Armageddon with the Captains

Today is Day 1 of Armageddon AND it’s the three year anniversary episode of the podcast, so we’re having fun on Laser Unfocused Tag Talk in game show style with the team captains and…a rubber chicken!



ON SPOTIFY:

https://open.spotify.com/show/0xzXT3aqGa2edIlXpcaJBS


ON APPLE PODCASTS:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laser-unfocused-tag-talk-with-tivia/id1632442213


ON YOUTUBE:

https://youtu.be/4D-PsSst89k?si=fI_2KoLJpZGHWoEV


Comments or Questions? 

Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com 

Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com

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and https://lasertagmuseum.com

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Celebrating 3 Years of Podcasting

In my office we have cake for any reason or no reason at all, but today we had it to celebrate the three year anniversary of the Laser Unfocused Tag Talk podcast! 



You can find all the past episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube or chronicled here…

https://www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com/latest-podcast-episodes



This is also the third appearance of the rubber chicken in the office. If you are wondering why, check out this week’s podcast episode dropping on Friday!



Comments or Questions? 

Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com 

Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com

and https://tiviachick.wixsite.com/photonforever

and https://lasertagmuseum.com