While this is coming a bit late, we do want to take a moment to respond to concerns that might arise in the wake of recent shootings, primarily those at schools.
It is not uncommon for us to receive questions about violence and school shootings in connection with our sport. Could a school shooter learn how to do what he wants from playing with us? Do we encourage a violent perspective? These questions are valid and welcome; we love to have the chance to discuss this topic! Continue reading
Strategy and tactics are often used interchangeably, which is actually an error. Although they are related, they do refer to different things.
Strategy is the approach taken overall in a battle. Strategies include rushing, turtling and camping, multi-prong attacks, etc. A strategy is the general approach to a conflict and while it may dictate what individuals on the battlefield will do it doesn’t, as a rule, tell them how to do it.
Tactics, on the other hand, are the specific actions you take on the field as an individual or as a small group to achieve the goals of the overall strategy. Will you use a pin and flank maneuver or two separate attacks? What pieces of cover will you choose to hide behind? How do you use that cover and, if necessary, leave it? What roles will the people on your team fill? When five opponents come barreling down the trail how will you ambush them? These are all tactical considerations and are generally solved on the fly, usually with the training or skills that the individuals involved have learned.
So in general, strategies are how you win the battle and tactics are how you solve the problems that you run into while executing the strategy. Which is more important? Well, both, really. I’m fond of saying, “a bad strategy executed perfectly will usually beat a perfect strategy executed badly.” In general a good strategy will help you win but tactics will keep you alive on the path to victory. They both rely on each other quite a bit.
In general, almost every laser tag party or event ends up with almost the same structure. Obviously we customize this for each customer, for each circumstance, and for each location, but in general we’d like to give you an overview of what you can expect from us when you hire us for your event. As you’ll see, the goal is to make everything as easy and effortless for you as possible. After you hire us it’s our job to make the event run smoothly, not yours. You can sit back and relax, play, take pictures, whatever. Continue reading
We wanted to give you a quick overview of how to play laser tag so you could see, before you arrive, how simple it really is. So here’s how to use the gaming guns we use on the field. (Alternately, are you looking for what your laser tag party will look like?) Continue reading
These seem like different questions about laser tag safety but they’ve actually got the same answer: No! Our gaming guns don’t use physical projectiles of any sort: no pellets, no paint, nothing. They only shoot light beams at each other. It’s the same light, in fact, that comes out of your TV remote. It’s completely safe for your eyes and isn’t an actual laser, which would be dangerous. Continue reading
There are some key differences between tactical laser tag and paintball/airsoft and confusion over the differences is common, so let us take a moment to cover the most common ones. Continue reading
