A big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who made a donation to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in memory of our friend, Katt “Harlequin” Savoca. A total of $2435 has been donated to this organization in her name. This is not only a wonderful gesture to honor Katt, but it also helps to support a very important resource for others who may be struggling. To quote directly from the letter that was provided by the Lifeline, which will be sent to her family, “These generous donation

Of course, I love to travel and report back about my laser tag adventures, whether it’s a tournament or a road trip or a Tag 4 A Cause night, but sometimes it’s nice to just appreciate a normal night of tag with at your home arena (or as normal as ever we get in Syracuse!) so this past weekend I didn’t plan to do anything all that out of the ordinary…except, well, we kind of did! What I mean is we had a normal SM5 night planned, but instead of playing that format all night we

The Laserforce players East Coast Tournament (ECT) took place this week at The Fun Warehouse in Syracuse, NY. This event was happening right on the heels of my return from taking several days off to travel for Armageddon. Life requires a certain amount of balance and I realize that I do have to balance my tag time with little things like, you know, my actual job (lol), so I did not step up to participate in this event, but I did keep an eye on the three days of competition vi

The tournament is over, but I’ve still got the desire to play a bit more laser tag before I start my road trip home. I was going to be passing right by Sandusky, OH and I remembered there was a Lazer Runner in that area, somehow connected to a larger entertainment complex. I had mistakenly assumed it might be part of the huge roller coaster park, but when I called, they referred me to the Thirsty Pony, part of Cedar Lanes Complex, so I decided to check it out. I was introduce

The final day of Armageddon started with a drive to one of my favorite arenas, Q-Zar Toledo in Sylvania, OH. We gathered together for our team photos prior to the start of the Zone competition. I knew exactly which table I wanted to adopt as our “home base”, but spent very little time at is as I was either playing or reffing for all but one game the entire time we were there. Our team was ready to tackle the final system of the tournament! First game out I was happy with my i

Day 3 of Armageddon was one that we were anticipating for a few reasons. I looked forward to playing Quest again at the only location in the country where the system is still being actively used at a laser tag business at Laser Zone Canton. The unique opportunity available at this site was probably a big consideration in planning this year’s Armageddon route. It was a pleasure for me to return to this arena, where I most recently played when they hosted me for Tag 4 A Cause i

I had played more Blast over the course of two days in Michigan than I have I quite some time, so I felt good about the first system of Armageddon Day 2. Upon our arrival at Zap Zone Brighton we took a bit of time to explore the bright (and BIG) arena space where we would play a two-second shot speed elimination format. We found our greatest success while sniping from across the arena from the green side, as there are two clearly delineated sections on the upper level where t

Armageddon 2022 was the first chance many of us have had to gather and to play a multi-system laser tag tournament since prior to the pandemic, so the return of this event was highly anticipated to be a fun time, which it was. However, the unexpected passing of our friend, Katt, two days before the start certainly shifted the mood and it instead became a celebration of her life. To that end, everyone played hard, but with more of a “we are all family” approach to the events,

With the loss of another friend in the laser tag community, we wish to bring our community together with a gesture of remembrance and to help support resources for those who are struggling. This week, while ECT is taking place at Katt’s home Laserforce site in Syracuse, please remember her (and our other friends who left us too soon) by considering a donation to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) and sign our condole