Tiviachick Loves Laser Tag

Saturday, June 21, 2025

The Light Shines: 5K on The Longest Day

Tag 4 A Cause began as a virtual 5K laser tag challenge and I still pledge to do 5K inside the arena every time. So on The Longest Day of June 20th (the summer solstice, which is the longest day of the year) I completed my 5K challenge inside the laser tag arena at The Fun Warehouse as we continue to raise awareness for the Alzheimer’s Association, alongside Stealth Elf and Alex Boxes who kept me moving for the challenge!

I normally ballpark that it takes about ten games (obviously depending on a lot of factors including system, format and game length) to complete 5K or 3.11 miles while laser tagging. I did not rely on the equipment step counter, but instead I track my progress on my own Fitbit for consistency between systems. I came out of the first game at .48 miles and jokingly said “well, I only have to do THAT six more times”…and amazingly by working in three games of Escalation (and even a couple games of Photon Emulation because “The Light Shines”) this actually happened and I met my 5K goal in only seven games total. This is how I pledge to earn my medal.

This is one of the very few times I have left the arena while it was still light out, which is sort of the point of anchoring the challenge around The Longest Day. This is when lots of people focus their personal fundraising efforts to support the Alzheimer’s Association. In my case, this day happens to be sandwiched between two fundraiser events.

My thanks once again to everyone who came out last weekend to Tag 4 A Cause at The Fun Warehouse where we exceeded our initial goal.

Can we do it again on the other side of the country next weekend?

I invite my west coast friends to join me as we continue to Tag 4 A Cause in support of the Alzheimer’s Association at Ultrazone Portland.

I will be increasing the fundraising goal in hopes that we can make an even bigger impact on each end of The Longest Day to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association. As always, wherever you are in the world, you can continue to be part of Tag 4 A Cause through the end of this month and laser tag 5K in your own arena. Find all the info at https://www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com/tag-4-alzheimers-association.

Thanks to all those helping to make a difference. This is one case where the Photon laser tag expression becomes literal, as indeed “The Light Shines!”

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Friday, June 20, 2025

The Tag Story of Ski Patrol

This week on Laser Unfocused Tag Talk we visit with Canadian laser tag player and enthusiast Dave Merriott (aka Ski Patrol) about his laser tag experiences over the years!

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ON APPLE PODCASTS:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laser-unfocused-tag-talk-with-tivia/id1632442213

ON YOUTUBE:

https://youtu.be/qs4ZwxL36d0?si=rCWpD6A5YE47ioKg

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Sunday, June 15, 2025

Members Make it Happen During Tag 4 A Cause for the Alzheimer’s Association

Tag 4 A Cause at The Fun Warehouse in Syracuse, NY, which was hosted in support of the Alzheimer’s Association, was a huge success and we EXCEEDED our fundraising goal! Thank you to The Fun Warehouse staff and members for making this possible!

It was members night, so our laser tag community came out in force (pun intended!) to support the cause. We even had members from as far away as Buffalo and Canada in attendance!

Beanz had programmed the packs to light up in purple and teal to represent the Alzheimer’s Association colors for the special games of the night.

Check out the highlights!

Of course we had a high score trophy contest, but this time with TWO winners. Congratulations to DogeBuster and Fenrir!

And we added something new…Tivia’s Trivia. :) Any excuse to get a hold of the microphone, right?

We had multiple trivia winners take home swag bags of laser tag goodies.

One of the trivia questions was to identify which laser tag system our Laser Tag Day poster model Kassidy was wearing in the poster image photographed right inside this very arena. Hint…it isn’t what you think, but the answer was in plain sight on the poster!

And sometimes you just need to throw in a rubber chicken for good measure!

It was wonderful to have representatives from the Alzheimer’s Association Central New York chapter in attendance with a table to provide information.

And the cause definitely resonated. Three different individuals commented to me about how Alzheimer’s had impacted their family directly and why that made them want to donate to the cause.

We had pizza sales and a portion of the laser tag sales donated to the Alzheimer’s Association as well…we do love our pizza on members night!

Everyone who donated received a laser tag medal as a thank you gift.

It was awesome to incorporate this into our members night and be able to raise some awareness as public players came out for the all you can play games. It was promoted all throughout the facility.

And there were fun challenges to get the community involved even before the event too!

So, with great appreciation, we thank The Fun Warehouse staff, members and everyone who helped us Tag 4 A Cause for The Longest Day in support of the Alzheimer’s Association!

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