ah come on travis everyone loves a drunk :)

Check your PMs. :P

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-Tonks

No longer a free agent

Hello
Just wondering if a 13 year old would be able to play this tourney? He would be my son he and I play lots of zone lasertag in Madison area. He is a decent player but competition is not something he is used to at his age. I did play with a few Armageddon players a year ago at a zone tourney so have some idea of it. Just wondering if it may or may not be appropriate for his age.
Thanks

I was asked to comment on this topic, although we won't be attending this year.

Armageddon has been a lot of fun. Alex played his first year at age 10 on the pick-up team (back then there was always a random team of one and twos who didn't get on teams otherwise). He was an OK laser tag player back then. He's a bit better now.\

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Pros

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-I can't imagine a better bonding experience with my son than competitive play where we're both competing. We both enjoy laser tag and playing together (which we have done many years since) is rewarding. Growing up, there weren't a lot of things that my father and I actually 'did' together. It makes a huge difference that Alex and I can play at a high level together at something.

-Your son will rapidly see laser tag in a different light and (if he has the right attitude) become a much better player much faster.

-Most of the members of our group are very protective in their own weird ways. I didn't have a problem letting Alex stay up later than I could handle, even at 10. I knew people would be taking care of him and they did. When a player lost his cool at Alex, there were several other players who were ready to rip this loser's limbs off.

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Cons

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-This is a real tournament with hard core players. Nobody's going to take it easy on your son and especially if he's only played one system, he will be punished in the other ones. People with big egos and limited playing experience get frustrated quickly.

-There are some, um, adult themes at this tournament. If language, drinking, sexual innuendo, some outright perversion and other adult things will bother either you or your son, it's not a good choice. Because of a lot of things, my son was/is very mature and handles these things well. But, I could see problems for others. For a lot of players, this is a tournament and a big party.

Hey General.... will be good to have you along this year if you can make it!

Hey General, will you be joining Armageddon as well???

Your best bet is to read the FAQ and everything else on the website, dig around some of the posts so far. If you still have any questions, post them on here. Ricky is a busy man and a lot of questions can be answered by others. I imagine Nathan can also help given his involvement in organising things as well, but if there is a quesiton we're stuck on I'm sure we can force ricky to respond.

Mike

What's up, General!

1. This is the place to ask! Teams are forming now and people are watching this topic closely. One trend/strategy in Armageddon is forming teams that work well together and have coverage over multiple systems. You and The Kid are clearly desirable as Zone players. Having one or both of you on a team would increase a team's likelihood of sweeping Zone -but- other system performance is also important to. If you and/or your son have exposure to any other system(s) (especially tournament exposure) it will help you get picked up quicker as you will be bringing more to the table... Definitely mention those sorts of things.

2. Talk to Ricky about this.

3. Some people will be flying into NYC and then catching rides with friends down to Bensalem to save on cost I think.

4. http://web.a20xx.com:6080/portal_v4/Rosters/tabid/86/Default.aspx
Nothing yet! Although I know many people who have either paid in full or put in a deposit already.

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-Jabber

I'm not sure about Zone Nats -- isn't it an all-week even during the week?
I'll seriously consider it though.

PM "Dark Angel" - that is Ricky.

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-Jabber