![]() they were made to work on the idea of each gun having a screen displaying lives and ammo, maximum 9 lives and 50 shots. some loosely resembling guns from sci-fi movies or video games but in reality just feeling cheap and uncomfortable. They were all different and appeared homemade. Not only did several of them break during the 2 hours of game time, but even when working they were worthy only of the bin. The guns/sensors were by far the biggest problem. After about 1h15mins of our 2h game slot he ran out of ideas and just went around resetting people who had been eliminated as we begrudgingly walked around him aimlessly shooting at each other with no structure. He would even end games in the middle of the two last players battling because he had no clue what was happening. He would half explain some rules for the games we played which turned out to be badly thought out or very basic which usually just boiled down to eliminate the other team again and again. The young guy we had as a Marshal wasn't rude but was useless and had zero charisma or excitement about him. It was unnecessary for the game play and although nobody hurt themselves I could easily see how an accident could happen. Feeling for the walls to try and find your way out of rooms or through some of the more maze like sections. but for some reason at times the Marshal would turn off nearly all the lights leaving some areas in literal pitch black darkness. the zones started with quite low lighting, but still enough to see and in some cases spot lights etc would give away enemy positions and movement which meant some extra thought was required when sneaking around. ![]() Some fields including the use of multiple levels. They were a good size certainly for 12 players and included a good mix of corridors, vehicles(wooden) barricades, houses for room clearing, ramps, stairways, balconies and gangways. The playing zones were perhaps the only positive of the day. Friend/foe identification was largely based on trying to remember which colour t-shirt your friends were wearing. Sadly one colour was solid khaki green and the other was a camouflage combination of khaki green and brown which meant that in the low light levels it was very difficult to tell the two apart. The helmets were small extremely uncomfortable hard plastic fake military looking helmets and were one of two colours to differentiate between the two teams. This consisted of a helmet and a laser gun which also had attached two sensors wired up to the helmet for hit detection + one more sensor on the gun itself. We were shown through to one of the playing zones and given our equipment. (we had paid 50% deposit before hand requiring the other 50% to be paid on arrival). Initial impressions of the location upon arriving were good however this was damaged by the staff attempted to charge us an extra £60 until we complained and they quickly gave in to the correct price. Several players ex-marshals from paintball sites and some competitive paintball players. IT IS A VIOLATION PUNISHABLE UNDER LAW FOR ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE TO PRESENT ANY WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF AGE WHICH IS FALSE, FRAUDULENT OR NOT ACTUALLY HIS/HER OWN FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.Laser tag organised as part of a Stag weekend, group of 12.
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