Lazer tag madness

So I went to zone3 last night, which is this laser tag place where you run around in the dark and shoot each other with lasers. A brilliant concept if I may say so. Now, I go to this place all the time, I have a little chip that I insert into the pack that you wear that signs me in to their system so I get personalized stats and whatnot. Everything worked out fine for the first two matches, I came first in the free-for-all match, and third in the team match - plus my team won, but then in the third match I picked up a different pack and it wouldn't sign in. I tried to explain this to the person there but they didn't know what I was talking about, so I went in anyway, figuring the third game wouldn't go so well for me and it's best not to be on my stats. As soon as the game begins I realise that my gun has no laser sight so I can't see where I'm shooting. Though this could be good for not letting people know where you are, it sucks if you want to be a sniper or just hit someone who's hiding behind a wall. So I eventually decided to go and ask for a replacement gun, which they've happily given me before, only this time the owner wasn't there. When I asked for 'a gun with a laser please' the person put their hand on the sensor and fired the weapon which produced a shooting sound and proceded to tell me that the gun worked fine. I said 'no, it doesn't have a laser sight so I can't see where I'm aiming' and then they asked me why it mattered, saying it shouldn't be a problem, obviously that person doesn't actually play the game. Then we had so much trouble finding a gun who's RJ45 connector wasn't attached with blu-tac (u-tac for non-Aussies) and the person told me 'you know you'll get a different score, right?' - No you don't get a different score, the score registers to the pack, not the gun. Gosh!
So eventually I got back in the game and when all was said and done I got 7th out of 8. Go figure.

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