lasercon game details

LaserCon

Capture-the-flag w/ restrictive respawns

We will be playing 12 minute games of Capture-the-flag using heavy duty commercial lasertag equipment rented from specopsliveplay in Oakdale.  Two teams will combat each other at a time- red vs blue. 

Each player will be given 6 lives.  Each time they're shot they loose one of their lives and their gun won't fire for about a second.  When they've lost their last life, they've been killed and must return to the respawn area to be respawned, costing valuable time.

Dead players may only be respawned if their flag is at their base.  When a team's flag has been captured, dead players must wait at the respawn area for their flag to be returned.  Dead players are allowed to talk on their radios to help persuade their teamates to return their flag.

Game Objectives

Primary Objective- capture the enemy flag and return it to your base with your flag still there within the 12 min game time.  Doing this will win your team 2 victory points.
Secondary Objective- kill as many opponents as possible. If both teams fail in their primary objective to capture their opponent's flag, victory will be determined by the team with the most number of kills, and that team will win just 1 victory point.

Team Scoring

This is a competitive team event.  We will be playing with the same teams throughout the event.  At the end of the event, the team with the most victory points wins.  Capturing the enemy flag is worth twice as many game wins as winning by number of kills.  Results are posted on a scoreboard in the picnic area, and will be posted online. 

Game Rules

• Play in a safe and controlled manner. You are playing at your own risk.
• If you are killed while carrying the flag, you must drop the flag where you were killed.  Dead players can't carry flags
• Stay 5' away from you opponents. This may be violated only to take the flag.
• Do not physically prevent anyone from grabbing the flag. The first person to touch the flag has it. 
• Do not cover any sensor
• when you are killed, return directly to the respawn site

House Rules

• We are guests in this park. Take extra care to make sure we leave this park exactly as we found it.
• Do not touch anything green!  Do not walk over any plants, including ivy.  Do not disturb bushes or branches. Do not climb trees.
• Do not touch or attempt to make other touch poison oak.  There are several patches of poison oak in this grove.  They are easily avoidable and will be marked before gameplay. 
• There are other guests in this park that want to enjoy their stay. When you see a non lasertag player, be friendly and tell them we're playing a lasertag game. 
• Announce the position of non-players over the radio to alert other players
• Do not aim your gun at non-players.
• No doggie landmine deployment

Radio Etiquette 

• Use only your team's assigned radio channel. 
• Avoid transmitting for more then 5 seconds at a time
• Wait at least 5 seconds between radio transmissions.
• Avoid excessive cursing over the radio, as it is played through the speakers in the picnic area
• Keep your radio in secure in its holster or chest pack.  Don't use the beltclip, or your radio won't stay on when you run.  

Game Schedule

• Main competitive games will run every 12 minutes, with 12 minutes between games.
• Each team will play at least 4 games evenly spread throughout the afternoon.