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[March 13, 2013] 
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Saturday the Lincoln
High School National Honor Society brought some new kind of fun to
Lincoln: laser tag.
Laser tag is a high-tech,
action-filled game conducted inside a special inflatable building. The large gray square contains 16 rooms with strobe
lights, black lights and smoke as special effects.
Gamers wear specially designed
chest armor and carry laser guns. The guns shoot a laser,
aiming at a light on the chest armor of the opponent. If he or
she gets the hit, then the opponent is unable to fight back for a
short period of time. Players can take shelter in the corners
of rooms, kneel down and wait for their victims to come to them, or
they can chase each other through the rooms, at a walking pace only.
Each session lasts
approximately six minutes. Players are tracked by computer, and
when they come out, they can view their scores and compare notes on
who got whom.
The game system was brought to
Lincoln courtesy of the National Honor Society through funding from Verallia-St. Gobain and
with help from the Lincoln Park District as a social event
for junior high students. The game system itself was provided
by Mobile Laser Tag of Springfield.
The system is owned and
operated by George Backstein and his wife, Cindy. To learn more
about mobile laser tag, visit their website,
http://mobilelasertag.net/
Pictures by Nila Smith with contributions from
Mallory White, NHS president |
