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Producing fun lasertag picnic parties

Sflasertag is a non-profit event producer, hosting themed lasertag picnic parties in the San Francisco Bay Area.  We play capture-the-flag games, using the latest high-end outdoor lasertag equipment that we rent from Specopsliveplay in Oakdale CA.  We provide commercial-grade two-way radio headsets for each player to encourage teamwork and help make the game more exciting.  We also arrange for food and a festive party atmosphere for our picnic events. 

Playing in the beautiful outdoors

Our parties take place area parks and open space preserves, lasting most of the day.  We usually play capture-the-flag games, playing in a 5-10 acre area.  Each game is around 12-20 minutes, with no more than 24 players playing at any given time.  We usually have between 30-60 participants attending our events, and usually another dozen or so specators.  

Treasuring and preserving our environment 

Our parks and preserves are our treasures, and we are determined to only play in areas where we can do so safely without impacting the park environment or dimishing the enjoyment of other park guests.  We only produce these events with the approval of the park rangers, their respective park and recs department, and local law enforcement. 

Lasertag is an intense adventure activity, and we take many precautions to make sure that our events are both safe and sustainable.  Half of the enjoyment of our events is enjoying the natural splender and beauty that our parks and preserves provide. 

Bringing people together

Most players at our events have little or no lasertag experience.  Lasertag is a sport that’s easy to learn and fun to play for everyone.  Our games are all about teamwork and strategy.

We form teams of 5-10 players each and usually keep the same teams throughout the day.  This helps build unity and teamwork among players.  Our games are usually quite fun to watch as well as participate in.  Between games, players can watch other teams play and even listen to their radiocom traffic in the picnic area. 

Places to play lasertag near San Francisco

On occasion we’ll go play lasertag at one of the few indoor lasertag centers.  If you're looking to play lasertag and you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, I recommend any of the following locations:

• Laserquest in Mountain View- most convenient to San Francisco, Laserquest games are typcially elegent in their simplicity.  There are no teams.  You basically shoot anything with lights.  They have a large two-level maze, and their system requires very sharp aim to score a hit.  It's fun for both experienced players and first time players.
  
• Zapszone (Lasertron) in Stockton- This is a new two-level lasertag arena that has the latest Lasertron V11.5 lasertag equipment- one of the most industructable and accurate i've played on. They play team games, and Lasertron's gameplay is usually fast and furious.  
• Laserforce in Sacramento - One of my person favorite systems to play on, Laserforce V6 uses a reverse-IR system which gives players lots of feedback and game interaction.  They have a large 2 level arena that's run by players who love the game, and it shows.
• Specopsliveplay has a nice outdoor field in Oakdale CA, and they'll travel to you if you want.  No matter how nice the indoor arena is, sometimes you can't beat playing lasertag outdoor, especially if the weather's nice.  Specopsliveplay uses Battlefieldsports V2 SATR for outdoor lasertag, offering radio-based hit confirmation and real-time scoring.  This is serious lasertag equipment for serious players.
   

Upcoming SFLasertag Events:

• We have 4 upcoming outdoor lasertag picnic parties planned for this spring. 
• Exact locations and online registration will be available shortly once locations are booked
• If you want an invitiation to these events, signup for our mailing list

Make Love and War3- Saturday March 20th, 12p-5p

This will be a lasertag picnic party for the peace loving Poly community, taking place in a beautiful redwood preserve near Harbin Hotsprings.  We'll play lasertag and have a picnic during the day, and soak in hot springs after.

PrideWars- Saturday April 3rd, 2010 12p-5p

This gay pride lasertag party will take place in or near San Francisco, and will have some of San Francisco's most fabulous pride organziations participating!

.ComWars2- Sunday April 18th, 2010 1pm-6:30pm

Battle for control of Silicon Valley will once again be determined by this awesome day long event, taking place in Memorial Park Loma Mar, CA; about a 40 minute drive west of Palo Alto in the Santa Cruz mountains.  We have a beautiful 12 acre redwood grove we'll be running 20 minute games in.  There will be optional night-op games for people wanting to camp the night.  Registration will be up soon.

LaserCon- Saturday May 1st 12p-5p

This Scifi themed lasertag party will pit Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, and Babylon5 fans against each other in a day long battle.  We have several East-bay pending locations for this exciting event.  Stay tuned.