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From: freak@ihlpa.UUCP (c e malloy)
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Re: Crossfire
Message-ID: <288@ihlpa.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Jun-85 15:04:15 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  4 15:04:15 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 6-Jun-85 02:45:27 EDT
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> 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
>     ARPA:  (now) srt@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA  (soon) srt@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU
>     UUCP:  ...!{cepu,ihnp4,trwspp,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!srt
>     SPUDNET: ...eye%srt@russet.spud


They have the same thing in Wisconsin, only they call it Survival.  I also
have never played, but my brother has and enjoys it very much.

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	Clancy Malloy
	(ihnp4!ihlpa!freak)