I arrived and Elena greeted me, recognizing right away saying
“I bet you’re here to play laser tag.” Yes, indeed. It was just before their
closing time on a Sunday night, so she said staff member Jacob would play
against me (this was fine, I anticipated this when I called ahead). So we went
up the stairs to the laser tag arena and I got a surprise…Delta Strike! I’m not
sure why, but for some reason I thought this was a Zone arena. No prob, Delta
Strike offered a chance to mix things up a bit. I’ve really only played
standard games on this system in the past, so when Jacob asked what I wanted to
play I was pleased to learn about some formats I had not previously had an
opportunity to try.
We decided on a game called Agents. It’s a little like
Capture the Flag only without bases. If you are “holding the flag” your vest
turns red and you earn 50 points for every five seconds that you keep it (note –
that’s not 10 points per second, that’s a total for a full five second
increment). I can imagine this is interesting with a larger group, but honestly
this might have been the BEST way to play with only two players. It was really
a fantastic game and I genuinely had no idea how the scores would shake out.
Jacob kept the flag for a good stretch in the beginning
of the game (frankly I just couldn’t find him in the arena for quite awhile) so
I knew he had a good lead with points from that alone. Then once I found him
and took the flag things got a little more interesting. We went back and forth
with it a couple times, but I know I took more shots deactivating him while I
kept it in my control. This was a very stealth kind of game. He certainly knew
this arena better than me, but I know how to “read” where I think someone is
going to move, so it really did keep things moving and this was a much better
game than almost any other I’ve played in a similar situation. It was an
excellent game choice for having only two players, but I would also love to
experience this game with a larger group.
We took a few pics and then checked out the scoreboard.
Turns out I won the game, but props to Jacob because it
could have easily gone either way based on how long he kept the “flag” in the
early part of the game. Agents was a really fun game and a first for me on the
Delta Strike system.
I’d like to take a moment to talk about the arena itself
was a typical CW space theme.
I will add another pic next to
this center structure to my collection.
There were base areas in the corners that were not in use
for this game. There is also a window against the far left wall that you have
to watch for reflections. Other than that it was a typical maze. However, what
was less typical came later when I went to purchase some tag swag. They had
t-shirts, so of course I picked one up. But they also had the most unusual tag
swag I’ve come across yet…
SOCKS! And if you look closely at the red grips on the
bottom you can even see their logo incorporated. To be honest, I probably won’t
be wearing these out of the house, but I thought they were definitely unique enough
to bring a few pairs back. Nice job with thinking out of the box!
I left Northern Air feeling great. I got in a really fun
final game at the end of a long day and I had accomplished something pretty big
by getting to these final four states, ending with North Dakota. I say “final
four” even though I know this only brings me to 49, but playing Texas as number
50 will be a whole other adventure dependent on my getting to all the other
states first. So this completes a big part of my journey…and I celebrated with
sushi!
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