Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:30 am
Location: Park grounds
Environment: Grass, large bushes, sparse trees
Time: Mid-afternoon
Weather Conditions: Warm to Hot, slight breeze, moderate humidity
Game Type: Team Duels - One Hit Eliminates
Game Time: In Progress
Team Descriptions:
Your Team - you plus 2 friends
Opposing Team:3 other friends
General Armament: all players are using mid-to-high class air pressure soakers or small CPS-soakers (nothing larger than a CPS1500)
The Scenario:
You hooked up with a handful of friends for some water fight action on a nice summer's day. Everyone had agreed to playing a team-based one-hit-eliminates type game. Games were played fairly quickly as there are only 3 players per team.
As there was only one area in the park which had a water fountain, this area was declared as a soak-free zone. Any 'hits' taken by a player within 20' of the water fountain would not count as an elimination. Since the fountain didn't fill very quickly, all agreed being shot at while filling would be too cheap.
You and your friends had already played a number of games. The current score was 2 wins for your team and 2 wins for your opponents. As it was getting later and some had to leave soon, it was decided that this final game of the day would decide which team could possess the bragging rights (though things were obviously pretty even between).
During this last game, you had managed to take down one of the opposing players fairly early on. However, since then, you had been running and gunning as best as you could and find yourself hiding behind some bushes roughly 60' away from the fountain, checking your water supply and repressurizing your blaster. Seeing a slight pause in the action for yourself, you note you only have a partially filled pressure chamber left and are in desparate need of a refill. However, as you consider your options, you hear the shouting of your allies and opponents from somewhere on the otherside of the bush. One if not both of your allies had just been eliminated while you weren't sure whether any of your opponents had been. The bush you hid behind offered full protection, but no visibility through it to verify what had just occurred.
If you only faced one opponent, things wouldn't be too bad, but if two remains, you'd definitely need first to refill and then try to figure out how to deal with the situation.
The bush would allow you to stand and still not be seen, though your opponents do have an idea of your general location. The bush also offers about 4' of coverage on either side of your position. There is 60' of open grass between your current position and the fountain (~40' until the safe zone). In front of you, there is an additional 50' of open grass until the park's fence border. There is also the occasional mid-sized tree around, but the tree trunks would offer little cover and the trees are not easily climbable.
So, what do YOU do to increase your chances of being victorious?
Addenum: there are no right or wrong answers (well, apart from saying "I give up", I suppose.
). The point here is to get different people's thoughts on how they'd go about dealing with the given scenario.
Environment: Grass, large bushes, sparse trees
Time: Mid-afternoon
Weather Conditions: Warm to Hot, slight breeze, moderate humidity
Game Type: Team Duels - One Hit Eliminates
Game Time: In Progress
Team Descriptions:
Your Team - you plus 2 friends
Opposing Team:3 other friends
General Armament: all players are using mid-to-high class air pressure soakers or small CPS-soakers (nothing larger than a CPS1500)
The Scenario:
You hooked up with a handful of friends for some water fight action on a nice summer's day. Everyone had agreed to playing a team-based one-hit-eliminates type game. Games were played fairly quickly as there are only 3 players per team.
As there was only one area in the park which had a water fountain, this area was declared as a soak-free zone. Any 'hits' taken by a player within 20' of the water fountain would not count as an elimination. Since the fountain didn't fill very quickly, all agreed being shot at while filling would be too cheap.
You and your friends had already played a number of games. The current score was 2 wins for your team and 2 wins for your opponents. As it was getting later and some had to leave soon, it was decided that this final game of the day would decide which team could possess the bragging rights (though things were obviously pretty even between).
During this last game, you had managed to take down one of the opposing players fairly early on. However, since then, you had been running and gunning as best as you could and find yourself hiding behind some bushes roughly 60' away from the fountain, checking your water supply and repressurizing your blaster. Seeing a slight pause in the action for yourself, you note you only have a partially filled pressure chamber left and are in desparate need of a refill. However, as you consider your options, you hear the shouting of your allies and opponents from somewhere on the otherside of the bush. One if not both of your allies had just been eliminated while you weren't sure whether any of your opponents had been. The bush you hid behind offered full protection, but no visibility through it to verify what had just occurred.
If you only faced one opponent, things wouldn't be too bad, but if two remains, you'd definitely need first to refill and then try to figure out how to deal with the situation.
The bush would allow you to stand and still not be seen, though your opponents do have an idea of your general location. The bush also offers about 4' of coverage on either side of your position. There is 60' of open grass between your current position and the fountain (~40' until the safe zone). In front of you, there is an additional 50' of open grass until the park's fence border. There is also the occasional mid-sized tree around, but the tree trunks would offer little cover and the trees are not easily climbable.
So, what do YOU do to increase your chances of being victorious?
Addenum: there are no right or wrong answers (well, apart from saying "I give up", I suppose.
). The point here is to get different people's thoughts on how they'd go about dealing with the given scenario.