I paid a visit to Shadowland in Chantilly, VA having
previously played at the Shadowland facilities in Frederick, Columbia and
Gaithersburg, MD.
I was ready to enjoy some Darklight...and so was a huge
crowd of other players who had come out to play this night. I feel kind of
crabby to complain, but I was surprised that they didn't have more help there
on a Saturday night. I waited for a ridiculous amount of time while one
frazzled attendant entered the individual code names for this group manually.
I'm sure he was not deliberately ignoring me (and he did apologize a couple of
times), but after playing as many places as I have I guess my expectation was
higher and I was surprised to see that this was how a big group was handled.
Sigh...but at least this place has a scoreboard (if you read a few posts back
this was the thing I felt was missing from Frederick). After the attendant came
back to take care of me I asked to purchase a couple of the t-shirts that they
had on display for sale. They had none. Sigh again... By this time I was tired,
hungry and starting to feel a bit like the guy on the shirts that I could not
buy.
However, in the lobby while waiting to enter the game I
overheard a gentleman commenting about my Photon shirt and telling his friend
he used to play when he was young. Always cool to meet a Photon player. I
introduced myself and told him I was in town for Phocon. Nice encounter while
waiting (and perusing the other goodies on display).
And then it was time to go into the arena and play some
Darklight. I hoped this would turn things around further.
Yeah, things are always good again when I get to play a
competitive game. I held a solid hold on the top score for the first half of
the game, but ultimately I ended up dropping to fifth out of 34 players. Sigh
again...but this time I was cool with it. Still a respectable placement and a
really good game. So alls well that ends well in love and laser tag. :)
And a note about my previous stop...
Prior to Shadowland I also made a stop by Ultrazone in Falls Church. They were out of t-shirts too. But I had a great time playing there. :)
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