I had such a great time tagging at two of the Pinstack locations in the area, first playing the Pinstack in Allen, TX and later in the day visiting Pinstack Las Colinas in Irving, TX.
When I arrived at the Allen location at a quiet moment I was lucky to get to play a 1v1 with Edan.
We put on our CyberBlast packs and got ready for a game.
This arena has an interesting build that feels like it drives gameplay up to the second level. It’s a tight maze, attractively themed and making a good use of a smaller footprint by using a he facility’s height as an advantage.
However, it is not at all an open field and with the zig-zag build there are definitely a few places where you can paint yourself into a literal corner.
Nonetheless, it was enjoyable (and familiar looking as I had played a different Pinstack location a few years ago and I’m pretty sure it was the same build). However, I am going to skip ahead to the experience I had at the Irving location, which turned out to be the best game of laser tag I played all day!
When I arrived at Pinstack Las Colinas I met the manager, Tristan, who was kind enough to set me up with a game right away. He led me to the briefing area where I met Abel, who was a VERY confident staff member, more than happy to challenge me to a 1v1.
However, Abel gave me a warning first. He said “just so you know I have NEVER lost at a game of laser tag ever.”
I hope I held back the smile that was forming just a bit because these are the exact words that let me know it is perfectly fine to unleash my REAL game…you know I can’t resist that particular challenge! ;)
Now, the build of this two-story arena appears to be quite similar to the one I played earlier in the day, however the experience was completely different.
Abel gave me an excellent challenge, but this time the game was largely centered around a downstairs base.
We were dogfighting for the base tooth and nail and it was the most fun game experience I had played so far this day! Abel is an excellent competitor and the experience is different when you are more evenly matched. I could never have had this kind of gameplay in a public match, but against a staff member who had already thrown down the gauntlet it was on! :)
You can tell from the tag ratio that we were pretty evenly matched, which also made this more fun to play. The main difference in score comes down to the fact that I was able to accomplish three base deactivations while he only took it once.
The real challenge to this game was not in getting the base, but rather keeping my worthy opponent from doing the same thing. I truly commend him for giving me some excellent competition. This was truly the best game challenge I have had all day!
I left Pinstack feeling energized and with adrenaline pumping. Thank you for such an excellent experience!
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