The Bountiful Lazer Tag Club is a group of people that get together to play and host free outdoor lazer tag games in Bountiful, UT.
It doesn't cost anything to join and play. We usually have some extra lazer tag guns you can borrow, if you promise to take good care of them. So please come join us for a game if you are interested. It's a great family activity that is fun for children, teenagers, and adults, and there is also a great playground where we play for younger kids.
We try to get together once every 2-3 weeks from Spring to Fall.
Our next game is: Friday July 11, 2008, 6:30 - 9:00 PM.
We play at North Canyon Park at 3900 S. Bountiful Blvd, in Bountiful,Utah.
If you would like to be emailed about upcoming game dates, please email troyadair at utah-inter dot net.
We play with Lazer Tag Team Ops (LTTO) taggers,and also plan to
use"backwards compatible" LTX taggers when they come out in August
2008. Information on LTTO & LTX taggers can be found at:
http://www.ggaub.com/ltag/equipment.html
LTTO taggers are no longer in stores, but are readily available on ebay. If you would like to purchase your own taggers, you could either (a) purchase LTX taggers come when they come out in August, or (b) buy LTTO taggers on ebay.
Here is a video showing the LTX tagger due out in August:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRVpCLqcWY8
And here is a sample website where they can be preordered:
http://www.target.com/Lazer-Tag-Multiplayer-Battle-System/dp/B0013U5JSE
"Lazer" Tag guns/taggers don't actually use lasers. They use infra red light signals, just like a TV remote--although it is much more focused so that (a) the signal will travel farther, and that (b) you will need to aim to successfuly tag an opponent. So the taggers themselves are completely safe to players, bystanders, and the environment. Lazer sights are not allowed in our club. Red dot sights, which merely project a red dot of light onto a lens, are allowed.
LTTO taggers are also purposely made to look clearly like toy guns, rather than real guns, so that bystanders and law enforcement won't confuse them with real guns. Club members are not allowed to paint their taggers/guns to look more realistic, and they must leave their tagger tips fluorescent orange.
Lazer Tag is also a non-contact sport. Physical contact between players is against the rules. However, players are running around in a park, often through forrested areas. On the upside, this means they are getting some good physical activity/excercise. On the down side, this means accidents and injuries can happen if players are not careful. Players, and parents of minor players, are responsible for their own safety. By playing, or allowing your children to play, you are agreeing to be responsible for your own safety and that of your minor children. Also note that players are not allowed to go in the parking lot or streets while playing.
Here is a booklet of rules & instructions for the LTTO games
& taggers (the Deluxe & IRT-2x Drones) we are currently using
in our club: LazerTagInstructionBook.pdf.
We usually go over pages 1-9 before games start, so all players are
familiar with (a) the rules, (b) tagger operation, and (c) how to
"join," and be "debriefed" in a hosted game. So, if it is your first
time playing, please come on time to learn how to use the taggers.
Pages 10 and later have more information for people who would like to
select & host the games.
LTTO Sounds
LTTO taggers communicate a lot of important game info via both (a)
their LCD screens, and (b) through sounds. Since during a game, you
need to use your eyes to keep track of opponents and team mates, and
watch where you are going, it is very helpful to learn the tagger
sounds, so you know when you are being tagged, when you've got a
confirmed tag on another player, etc. You can either learn the sounds
while playing, or learn the sounds in advance at:
http://www.ggaub.com/ltag/index.html.
Two key sounds to learn are the sound of being tagged, and landing a confirmed tag on another player. Note that some people find it difficult to distinguish between the sound of (a) being tagged by others, and (b) landing a confirmed tag on another player. If the sounds sound similar to you, one thing that can help you tell the difference is when you hear them. Obviously, if you are not shooting, and you hear the sound of being tagged, it means you have been tagged. Also note that the sound of being tagged has "priority" over all other sounds, whereas the sound of having a confirmed tag on someone else, has a lower priority, than the sound of firing for example. So if you hold the trigger down to launch 10 tags, and you get 10 confirmed hits on another player, you will not hear the sounds to indicate you tagged others until after the shooting sound is complete. But if you are getting tagged while shooting at others, the sound of being tagged by others will interrupt, and have priority over, the shooting sound. (Note that the taggers can land a tag on players farther away than they can get a tag confirmation signal from. So, not getting the hit confirmed sound doesn't mean you are not successfully tagging an opponent. The taggers have a range of about 240 feet, but can only confirm a tag landed on another player for about half of that range. You and your team will get credit for all the tags you landed at the end of the game.)
You can click on one of the pictures below to see a video, if you would like.
April 2008
Lazer Tag. The video got overexposed, unfortunately.
