A couple of days ago emKid called me up and asked if I wanted to play some laser tag and naturally I’m all like “Hell Yeah!” He told me a new place recently opened up in Taipei called “Lazer Treks” (located on the 4th floor of the K-Mall Building which is next to the Mitsukoshi Building, across from Taipei Main Train Station, their phone number is (02)2388-6565). emKid told me is was going on Thursday and I should meet up with him. The last time I played laser tag was little over 10 years ago, when I went to this place near my high school everyday Wednesday for buy one get one free day. I was pretty good at it too, but after 10 years I knew I would be a little rusty.
When I showed up around 3pm he was already in a game so I got the tour of the place. It’s a pretty nice place with a bar/snack area, nice seats to lounge in between games. The packs you wear are pretty standard, they kind look like life jackets with sensor bars in the front and the back. Using my years of experience I knew exactly how to shoot and cover. I had the perfect strategy too. What you do is sidestep when you walk leading with your shoulder while your back is towards the wall. You use your forearm to cover one sensor while the other one is holding the gun near your cheek. The gun hand is also partially covering one sensor so your pretty much set. Some may call this cheating, but those are the people who lost to me.
While waiting for the first game to start up, Tetsuo showed up and joined us. We played 4 games in total and using my not-cheating superior strategy I was able to win 2 out of the 4 games. Afterwards we were all tired and sweaty, so next time I’ll be sure to bring a towel or at least an extra shirt. While it’s not cheap enough to go all the time (4 games is $599NT) it’s definitely something I’ll be doing a couple times a month. After the break comes the pictures, so click the link below.
This is the main counter of the place where you buy your games at.
A neon glowing sign on the wall (place is full of blacklights)
The bar/snack area is very useful after the game to grab a drink.
The Winner taking his victory position.
IMMA CHARGIN’ MA LAZA!!!
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March 17th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
wtf happened to your head …
March 17th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
oh i see these smiles are there just as a fucking tease
March 17th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
It was a feature I added yesterday, but turned out to be broken and was screwing up my site. I had to turn them off. Fixed your comment for you though.