Time for a good 'ol night game
Jun/23/06 11:42
We have been educating
a new generation of players in the last year. They
have gotten quite good, so I'm always looking for
ways to challenge them. They've already played at the
major fields, they've played at Tagcon, they've played in the snow...
Night game!
So I set up a game for Friday night, from 8:30pm til late, to be at our 5411 field. This field is rural/residential, about 3.6 acres, with mown grass, woods, plus some major obstacles like a house and pole barn. Because the ground is flat and well manicured, we can move without as much fear of tripping. See photos in the Game Photos category.
We had 9 people attend, myself included. Not bad for a pick-up game on 1 day notice. Most people were there by 8:45, so we started some simple elimination games, to get people familiar with the field before it got dark. We played using these settings:
Medium fire rate
Burst mode of 3 shots max per trigger pull
40 shots per clip
4 clips
20 hit point
Super fast hit acceptance rate
This meant that you couldn't simply spray bullets with the ammo limit, and you would die real quick if more than one person was hitting you.
As it started getting dark, we ran one more game with a stipulation: The winning player (most hit points left) at the end of the game gets to play a special role in a later game. Diane won the game!
By then, it had turned dark. Sun had gone down. No moon. No streetlights. Only a couple of stars in the sky. Time for fun! You can no longer see anyone. You heard a rustle in the bushes. You fire. Red hit lights turn on! You found him! You start emptying your clip into him seeing him light up. But, the whole while, your own muzzle flash lets everyone know exactly where you are, and you quickly come under heavy fire, and dive for the bushes. Then, everything is quiet.
After a couple of night games, people had adjusted well. Time for a Predator game. Diane, having won the perviously mentioned game, got to be the Predator. Speaker taped off, muzzle flash covered up. She goes up against the other 8 players. She gets to hide, they have to start in the regular starting place. She does 5 damage per shot, full auto, unlimited ammo. They are just regular grunts. The game was spectacular, and very short. The Predator ripped through the uncoordinated opposition.
We continued to play regular night games for the rest of the evening, ending at 12:20am.
A night well spent.
So I set up a game for Friday night, from 8:30pm til late, to be at our 5411 field. This field is rural/residential, about 3.6 acres, with mown grass, woods, plus some major obstacles like a house and pole barn. Because the ground is flat and well manicured, we can move without as much fear of tripping. See photos in the Game Photos category.
We had 9 people attend, myself included. Not bad for a pick-up game on 1 day notice. Most people were there by 8:45, so we started some simple elimination games, to get people familiar with the field before it got dark. We played using these settings:
Medium fire rate
Burst mode of 3 shots max per trigger pull
40 shots per clip
4 clips
20 hit point
Super fast hit acceptance rate
This meant that you couldn't simply spray bullets with the ammo limit, and you would die real quick if more than one person was hitting you.
As it started getting dark, we ran one more game with a stipulation: The winning player (most hit points left) at the end of the game gets to play a special role in a later game. Diane won the game!
By then, it had turned dark. Sun had gone down. No moon. No streetlights. Only a couple of stars in the sky. Time for fun! You can no longer see anyone. You heard a rustle in the bushes. You fire. Red hit lights turn on! You found him! You start emptying your clip into him seeing him light up. But, the whole while, your own muzzle flash lets everyone know exactly where you are, and you quickly come under heavy fire, and dive for the bushes. Then, everything is quiet.
After a couple of night games, people had adjusted well. Time for a Predator game. Diane, having won the perviously mentioned game, got to be the Predator. Speaker taped off, muzzle flash covered up. She goes up against the other 8 players. She gets to hide, they have to start in the regular starting place. She does 5 damage per shot, full auto, unlimited ammo. They are just regular grunts. The game was spectacular, and very short. The Predator ripped through the uncoordinated opposition.
We continued to play regular night games for the rest of the evening, ending at 12:20am.
A night well spent.