It was sort of a last minute decision for me to enter the
Tri-Tag Weekend laser tag tournament. Although there were events for Tron and
tactical competition I decided that I would only choose to participate in the
Quest portion of the weekend which was to run from 11:00 PM on Saturday night
through about 3 AM on Sunday morning and then I would head back home. Eight
hours of driving each way was still totally worth it to have the experience
playing against some actual Quest players! However, my team had a slightly
different make-up. I played with a free agent team (that I affectionately refer
to as the "Free Agents" of SHIELD) with Logan (a Storm player),
Andrew (a Tron player), me (a Zone player) and JJ who actually is a Quest
player from Hawaii. He does have 18 years of experience, so it was good to have
a Quest veteran with us.
There was a great deal that I learned from this
experience and I am glad that I opted to go. However, we were a far cry from
being top performers here. I think the fact that most of our team had our
primary experience with other systems was a big part of it. As I related after
the fact, it was like if you took state titleholders from MAOT, DYW, an interview queen or even the
Dairy Princess program and put them into a glitz Pro-Am competition and then
wonder why the results were different. Different strengths, yet so much to gain
from the process of doing. My small personal victories were that I was
generally the highest placing of the non-Quest players on my team (which is a
little like saying I was the second to last person off the Titanic), and in
certain rounds I was pleasantly surprised by some of the company I kept on the
scoreboard, but I can honestly say the learning experience came mostly from
just accepting my place here and trying to pick up tips from the experienced
Quest players. I was sort of heartened to see that the only other woman in this
arm of the tournament ended up being the overall winner (as well as being on
the top team). And I appreciated the effort that went into pulling this event
off. Although it ended up going a little longer than expected (we were there
until 4AM) I want to thank Dice for putting it all together and commend him on
a fun and worthwhile event. And a shout out to my teammates...
Had a great time making a weekend journey to Virginia.
The Tri-Tag Tournament was definitely worth the trip!
Comments or questions?
Contact:
tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
Blog:
tiviachickloveslasertag.blogspot.com
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