This post is appropriately titled because my visit to
Michael's Fun World in Davenport, Iowa was my first time playing Laser Storm in
an actual Storm arena. Up until now I have only ever played Storm when it the
system was brought in and set up for 'geddon tournaments using Logan's packs inside
of whatever the arena of the day happened to be. That means that I can count on
one hand the number of times I've actually gotten to play this system, so it
was really cool to play in an arena that was intended for it.
The first thing that stuck out to me were the vests. When
I walked into the briefing room and saw these packs I was dumbfounded because
they looked like some kind of Storm/Q-Zar hybrid unlike any that I had seen
before, either in person or online.
I wondered if they were customized because they looked so
unusual. I'm sure the guys at this center were surprised by how fascinated I
was by their packs.
What it seems to be was that these were probably from the
time when Storm packs were sold on fannypack-like belts as apparently some
centers did come up with their own vests to attach the packs. It looks like
that might have been the case here.
We headed into the arena which was constructed with large
plastic tubing.
The bases hung from the ceiling in cone structures so you
would have to shoot up into them to deactivate. There were two recharge
stations on each side of the arena that sort of resembled gas station pumps.
I played against some of the employees and a few public
players who jumped into the game while I was busy taking pictures. Because I've
only played at 'geddons I have no concept of how typical these scores are, but
I do know that I won the top score and I was flattered when one of the
employees on my team commented after the round that "yeah, she carried
us." So here is how my first game of public Laser Storm played out.
Actually, if anything this makes me think I need an
explanation of the scoring...but since I play this so rarely I guess I'll just
hold onto my questions until Snowmageddon. :)
If I lived near this center I do believe I would play
Storm all the time...especially at these prices!
I had a great time at Michael's and give a shout out to
the staff members who I got to talk tag with while I was there.
Comments or Questions?
Contact: tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
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