Last Thursday, I got to go out with my Connections guys and our sister group, along with Mer and Dubbs, to go have an evening of laser tag. Laser tag is a sport/pastime where you go into a fog-filled arena and shoot at each other with laser guns. If your laser hits any of the five targets on the vests everyone wears, you get points. After fifteen minutes, the game ends, and you get results of how well you did.

Mer, Dubbs, and I went to Swenson’s before laser tag. It is a drive-in burger joint, and is really good. You do have to eat in your car, but that was okay.

We got to LaserQuest at 6:30, and the students trickled in. We eventually had ten students, me, Mer, Dubbs, and the girls’ Connections leader, Mrs. Clason, who is in her early sixties and had a hurt hand, but wanted to give the game a try. Mrs. Clason was only able to play one game because of her hand, but I think the kids loved the fact that she gave it a go.

We played four games in all – three individual free-for-all games, and one team-vs.-team game. I love laser tag, and had a great time. Mer beat me once (by one hit), so she was pleased. I finished 10th (out of 14), 10th (out of 13), 9th (out of 12), and 6th (out of 12). I love heading to high ground and picking people off, and was very gratified by the number of people yelling “Riordan!” The German exchange student in my group had never played before, but he finished 1st in three of the four games. The Norwegian in my group finished in the top three most games. The four games took about two hours to play (we alternated with another group for some of the evening). I was very pleased with the outing, and I hope to organize a CVCA faculty laser tag event soon.