Well here I am again at another birthday party my sons were invited to. I’m down with this one though. Why? IT’S LASER TAG! Have you ever done laser tag? Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.
My oldest has had his party here a few times and I have loved every minute of it. See, I am somewhat competitive. No, scratch somewhat; I am competitive. Don’t think we can still be friends if I lose Monopoly. Should I have an “off day” and lose Monopoly, you are no longer my friend. It’s the law of nature. Ok, that’s going a little overboard. You are not my friend at least during my internal, adult meltdown about losing.
My goal was to be #1 during all laser tag missions. Period. Sadly, with the alter ego name of Avenger; I would usually rank #14 out of #15. This score was just slightly higher than the adorable 2-year-old that went into laser tag with her vest touching the ground.
The Thunder Dome
I knew I had a problem when to rack up additional points, I began shooting the 18 month old my good friend was holding so he wouldn’t get trampled. From a distance my sister looked over (we were on the same team) and quickly put a stop to this.
“What is wrong with you? This is a baby. Your shooting a baby.”
“It’s all fair game S. If anyone walks into the chamber, they are vulnerable to my attack.”
From the lights that made everything white glow, I could see her roll her eyes and return back to her base obviously not following my logic.
‘We can’t be weak here.’ I said to myself.
After walking away from the baby, I returned back to a hiding place I had found on the upper level. After just a few minutes I felt my vest go dead. Someone had shot me. I turned around to find an adorable little 6-year-old with a gun smiling at me, clearly proud of what she had done. I forced a fake grin and turned back around, awaiting for my vest to turn on again. You couldn’t shoot people until it went live. After about 10 seconds it came back on but again went dead. I turned around to find the same little girl, still smiling at me. ‘Oh my God.’ I thought. I am the baby now.
“Ok sweetie, you got me. Run along and get more people,” I said trying to remain calm. She did not. She just stood there. I began to stare at her. We were going to have an old fashion shoot out. Slowly I lifted my gun to her flux capacitor, or whatever they called the thing on the vest and waited for my vest to turn on again. I had one eye closed while I aimed with the other. The vest went live and BAM her vest went dead. She frowned at me and quickly ran away. ‘Yeah, that’ll teach you to disrespect your elders,’ I thought.
Fast forward to this party and I’m pissed. It’s so busy I don’t get to play. I wore my tennis shoes, had a rubber band for my hair and was ready to kick ass. I just sit here sulking, writing this up.
So what about you? You ever play? Are you competitive when it comes to games? My next combat mission I want to try paint ball. I’ve never been but heard it’s fun.
Paint balling is a blast – but very painful – you end up covered in bruises ?
Well now I am second guessing my desire for paintball.
Go for it – loads of kiddies to take out in paintballing style ??
I will have to rethink my tactics though. There won’t be any 2 to 5-year-olds to get extra points on.
Teenagers are the best to take out – cocky little gits ??
I have a love/hate relationship with lazer tag. I love playing it! Its so much fun to run around and shoot people in a non-violent way. But I SUCK at it. I am horrible. I am always close to the bottom. The last time I played, I started sucking before even walking into the building. In the middle of winter, stepped in a puddle so my boot was soaked through to the sock, then my boot slipped off the icy curb and I went down, smashing my knee on the curb in front of my friends, the boy I was crushing on at the time, and his new gf….
Jesus! That must’ve been the universe telling you that you should go home in lieu of playing laser tag. This is why I always say if irony had a job, he would be a comedian. That would’ve never happened if he was not standing in front of you.
Gah the universe can be so mean some days huh?! lol I guess I have learned my lesson. I think you are right, it would have never happened if he wasn’t in front of me. My mind was on his gf “gah great…SHE’S here….” BAM eating sidewalk
I already hate her.
I’ve never done lazer tag but my son’s been to a few parties. He loved it. Paintball… years back I did this with a group from work. I wore a protective vest but I still got bruised in other places. It hurt so much! It was fun but I have no desire to ever do it again!
You simply have to try it. You will love it! Okay that is strike two; I am not doing paintball now.
Oh shit. I love laser tag. I’d get in there and play with all the kids
Well then, you are formally invited to laser tag in the Midwest next month! Please plan on 2 to 3 rounds of laser tag lasting approximately two hours.
I wish I lived in the Midwest. Damnit lol
Please move here immediately!
Competitive? Moi? Ask my daughters … they bear the scars 😀 I love that you took revenge on the 6 year old. She had it coming and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise 🙂
Yeah!!!!
I used to love laser tag (and paintball) … but sadly I’m out of shape and want to do “other” things.
Have YOU played paintball? A must if you like laser tag … it’s even more adrenaline surging! Don’t worry about being hurt about paintball … just wear your protective gear and LAYERS of clothing. I never got hurt. The worst thing that happened is that my heart almost jumped out of my body!!!!
Do they have indoor ones? I have a severe phobia of snakes and the last thing I need is to come across one in the woods.
Never seen a snake in all the times I been doing it. And no indoor ones I know about. It’s messy!
my family is competitive we are now banned from playing games, I think it all came to a head when we went paintballing. Now that hurts
Ok, you are the second Blogger to say it hurts. One Blogger said it didn’t. That would be about the time I’m hit in my right eye and end up looking like the Target dog.
I think it depends on things like what you are wearing and how sadistic your family members are
It varies from family member to family member! I would probably be at the top. 😉
LOL
Paintball is, for someone like me, superior to laser tag. This is because I can stalk my prey, snipe from trees, and there’s no black light to make the ever-present cat hair on my clothes glow white. Also? If I get cranky I can turn up the velocity on my gun and leave people with welts.
You are hilarious! Watch out kiddies! Hot mess will laser your ass.