So, three weeks ago (2/2) most of the saxes (and some obnoxious trumpets had to come too...) went down to the Federal Way area for a lazer-tag lock-in at Lazerquest. Most of us got there around 11pm, and they divided us up into two groups, blue and green. I was lucky enough to be in the first group, blue. We got to choose nicknames, but nothing offensive was allowed. They wouldn't even allow Jihad! Luckily, Gizmo they were fine with, and other people found ways around the censoring (FStick).
When we were finally called up, we went in this "briefing room" that was lit with the same lighting as in the arena. It was then that most of us discovered that wearing dark clothing didn't really matter, as lint seemed to show up well. Anyone who wore their trumpet jersey was lit up like a lightbulb though (Gavin). The arena was really nice, three double-floor fort like structures, with a maze on the ground as well as underneath the forts. The first round was a free-for-all, which was fun. People were running about shooting like mad, unfortunately no pictures, a camera wouldn't have worked in the arena anyways. Later on we moved on to team games, team survival games (only 15 lives, so you had to be careful), and "base attack" games (which sucked, in my opinion). For the team attacks, we divided into two groups of saxes and a group of trumpets. The trumpets lost to both sax groups (obviously).
Anyways, by the next morning, we were all lazer-tagged out (though going a few more rounds would've been fun), and we packed up our remaining food, took a few pictures, and went back to Seattle. Hopefully we do this again next year, if not sooner.
