I really love when laser tag is the vehicle for doing something good to make a positive difference in the community. That’s why I decided to make a road trip down to Bullseye Laser Tag in Woodbridge, NJ to participate in their charity laser tag tournament in support of the Hearts and Hands toy drive to benefit the local Department of Child Permanency and Protection.
For this tactical tournament, the only registration requested was for players to bring toys to donate to this charitable cause. I can definitely get behind that! Every year I am part of the coordination of a major toy drive in my own local area, so to see a similar effort married up with competitive laser tag was definitely something that made me want to get involved. I brought several toys to donate, but the one particular thing I always like to add to a toy drive is a home laser tag set. :)
It was amazing to see that this box was overflowing with toys by the time all the tournament players had added their donations!
Kudos to Bullseye Laser Tag for mobilizing their competitive player base to make a real difference! Additionally, all the tournament players were given a free T-shirt. I don’t have to tell you how much I love tag swag!
The field of players was divided into two teams, red and blue.
I was on the blue team roster with this awesome group!
First, we headed back to the armory to be assigned our iCOMBAT irSMG taggers.
Our captain then led us back to the base area where we prepared for eight different laser tag formats played over ten games. The high achieving winners in each format would earn a bonus spin of the prize wheel at the end.
We played a variety of games, starting with Team Deathmatch, and followed by a round of Domination. Our captain pointed out the locations of the five Domination tubes scattered across the arena.
Domination format is typically my strong suit in tactical laser tag. In this scenario, the objective was not only to hold the domination tube, but to be the player who captured the most tubes during the course of the game. I was part of a three-way tie for the most captures. :)
Next up was One in the Chamber Reaper, where one shot equals one deac and you must reload after each shot. This was the third win for the blue team. For Blackhawk Down we started as the Rangers in the field and lost the game to the red team, but made up for it on the flip side when we played the same format again, now as the Tangos. Following that, we swapped sides of the field for a game of Sniper followed by Borgs vs Humans (before reversing roles, making us the Humans vs Borgs). There is a painted “blacktop” street down the center of the arena and Borgs were required to only play from this designated area. Two-tag Elimination was next and then we ended with Crossfire, where the street now served as the dividing line between sides and we played for accuracy while only tagging from our side of the street.
When all said and done, our blue team took wins in the majority games with a 6 to 4 ratio. Both teams congratulated each other, and were in great spirits at the end. This tournament was lighthearted, a lot of fun and offered quite a bit of variety!
I also enjoyed my time getting to play laser tag with some really awesome people!
Owner Vic Pellegrini had prizes for all the participants, but made it a lot of fun with a unique take on a spinning prize wheel, done digitally on the front monitor.
Those of us who were top achievers in the individual game formats got a bonus spin of the wheel. I took home a Bullseye hat for my tag swag collection and also get the privilege of being Judge Dredd on my next visit! :)
Other prizes ranged from gift cards to cash to merchandise and slices of pizza. This was so much fun and everyone walked away a winner!
Congratulations to the big winner of the tournament, SweetYams, who scored a couple of four packs of game play and dinner for two at Applebee’s. Very nice!
This was an awesome event and such a cool and creative way to support the local toy drive. Thank you to Vic and his team for organizing this!
This tournament brought competitive players together for a wonderful evening of laser tag that serves a greater purpose and will make a huge difference to children in their local community this holiday season. I feel like it was really a privilege to get to play with such awesome laser tag players at Bullseye Laser Tag.
Kudos on a well run event that was absolutely worth making the winter drive down from New York. Can’t wait to do it again and I wish you lots of success with hosting more tournaments in the future!
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