Operation Toasty Weasel

I thought since the ten year anniversary of countdown to destruction (The end of the AG of old) is upon us, & Jedisutton and Hannesjones have re-emerged. I thought I'd do a little radio for six today, but feel free to enjoy it with us.

Operation toasty weasel was the codename for playing Laser Storm. Birchwood mall used to have a nice laser arena. With the right kind of senses you can sit in an aisle at Old Navy and smell the smoke and hear Primus being played.

It got its name from Mortal Kombat though I'm not sure who actually coined the phrase. In MK, when somebody really got their ass kicked a face would jump out and say "toasty." One of the players did this the first time out and the name stuck.

On Monday's, you could get in all day for $25. This meant blasting people was an all day affair, but limited to school days. School took a back seat on some such occasions, and there were LASERS. The funny part was when members of the facilty (and we know who they are) ditched school to come along. We stopped only for food.

Some memorable moments:

• The civil war - The Red team lost all cohesion and began infighting. I was backed into a corner not only fighting the wretched Green Team, but the red team turncoats as well.
• The idiot - There was this one kid on my team that was bragging about how good he was and so after he buzzed in, I buzzed in right after him and shot him in the head.
• I crossed the line - I snuck over the center barrier and shot AG Tom. AG Tom got angry and chased me around the arena. I never admitted to it publically and I never will.
• Robocop - My battery in my pack got really low on power and my sensors and headset quit working. My gun however was still alive and I walked through the arena shooting everybody without ever dying.

Since Laser Storm closed, the AG tried briefly migrating to paintball to service our gun warfare needs, but paintball is seasonal you see and can't be done year round.

I found this place which definately showed promise for being the next site of operation toasty weasel. The only thing I noticed that was strange was the website advertised a Dance Dance Revolution tourney. How stupid. The new arena features multiple levels, no center barrier, several styles of gameplay, more targets, more user options, and so forth compared to the days of old.

In any case I thought those of us that remember would like to have read this one.