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From: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Crossfire
Message-ID: <5767@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 31-May-85 15:27:18 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 31 15:27:18 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 3-Jun-85 00:13:52 EDT
Reply-To: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (Scott Turner)
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
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As far as I know, this is currently available only in LA, but I thought it
might be of general interest, hence the wider distribution.

I noticed an ad for CROSSFIRE in the LA Weekly, which reads in part:

   "Gee, where did all the fun go?" Lamented Jane, boread as a 2x4, and
   dearly missing the carefree days of her misspent youth.

   "To the mountains," Dick casually offered.  "Above Malibu."

   "Tell me more," Jane pleaded.

   After an eternity, Dick smiled, "Sure, it's a real kick, but," he
   cautioned her, "keep your body low, your senses high, and be ready to
   move.  Quick!"

   CROSSFIRE: An Outdoor Adventure Game.

CROSSFIRE, like PHOTON, is a variant of Capture the Flag.  Unlike PHOTON,
CROSSFIRE is played outdoors, in (as the ad mentions) the mountains above
Malibu.

Two teams of 8-14 players are gathered and released onto a field.  The rules
are much the same as Capture the Flag except that each player is equipped
with a CO2 powered paint gun.  According to a spokesman for CROSSFIRE, these
guns are accurate to 30-35 yards.  One team is red, the other blue.  Players
are also provided with elimination vests that they don once they have been
shot.  Players also get protective goggles.  Each player gets 2 CO2
cartridges and 2 paint tubes, which is apparently enough for ~ 20 shots.

Cost is $30/player (ugh!) and games are run Saturday and Sunday at 10 and 2.
Normally a whole team (or two teams) sign up at a time, however, they will
accept individual signups, though you have to wait for an opening to appear.
No address is given in the ad, but two phone numbers are available:
(818) 99-GAMES and (818) 763-1300.

I haven't played myself; the above information was gleaned from a telephone
conversation.

    Scott R. Turner
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