All Assassins Creed fans: 
If you have not noticed jet. Ubisoft revelled cover for just announced AC3 which comes out in October 30th. From the cover, we can see that it will be placed in America at time of American Revolution which took place in 1775 to 1781. IGN.com suspects that it will happened between 1777 to 1778. There are several clues that suggest that. Like flag in the back and uniforms of the solders.
I must say, I am very excited for this new chapter of AC. I just love the way this new character looks. There are some strong Native American signs. However, I don’t know how will the gameplay be satisfying. In previous ACs we had lots of building to climb, high towers and so on. But at this point in the history American colonies were not so populated. There were some cities, however none of them were anything like Venice, Rome or Constantinople. But we’ll see. I thrust Ubisoft not to disappoint us.
Today there were also some screen shoots leaked. They do reveal quite some more stuff, but this are still just some speculations. It seems that we will be able to climb threes and hunt. So for that surrounding areas will get stronger position. But most importantly, we know now that our targets are British soldiers and influencing figures. And our friend will be George Washington.
Also on Monday,5th of March they shall revel trailer with much more clues.
What an awesome way to end the season! Although Mother Nature still managed to land the hottest day of the week on our game yet again, it's still better than other games we've had this summer. The extreme heat felt through the midwest certainly fatigued even our most seasoned players, but in the end, it's another successful run that I'm proud to have been a part of.
Cookout was one of the best we've had, in my honest opinion. Burgers, hot dogs, Gatorade, chips, cookies, we had all the bases covered. Great turnout too, with 21 people making it out, despite the heat. We usually see a slight drop in attendance on the last game as some folks are already back into the swing of things with school and such. Still had a great bunch of folks for the evening's activities.
Games went well, with the exception of one drawn-out "Veterans vs n00bs" game. 6 veterans on a team up against 13 of our newer players looked to be a fun game until everyone decided to hide instead of play the game. Our last game of the night fixed that problem though, as we unveiled a new rule for our Zombies game. With the LTXs and LTARs, if you leave the blaster on for too long without any activity (ie, shooting, reloading, taking hits), the blaster automatically turns itself off. We made a rule for the Humans that traditionally like to stake out a spot and hide the duration of the game that you can only reload/fire when there's actually an enemy present. While this is a nearly impossible rule to enforce, everyone took it to heart and played a great active game of Humans vs Zombies, lazer tag style! It came down to the final minutes as the remaining Humans were fighting for their lives against the rest of the zombie horde. Upon tagging them out in the last minute, we learned there was still one more human left. By our rules, the humans still won since one of them survived. It was still a great game though!
Across the board, things have been kinda quiet. Not just on my blog, but my "Big 3" (SG Nerf, NM&R, Urban Taggers) have been kinda slow recently. The reason? Probably just that there's not a whole lot of new Nerf stuff out there and it's a transitional time. Season is changing, kids are going back to school, and football nuts going to be living off of ESPN and Pepsi Max for awhile. What am I up to? Good question!
Things in my personal life will be getting busier too. My girlfriend (not married yet! Rumor control!) has been studying abroad in Austria for the past 6 weeks. Admittedly, I've had a lot more free time to spend on my hobbies to help distract me from the fact that she's been gone for so long. She returns Wednesday which is great for me, not so much for my blog. I'll also be getting a new job come September 1st, which will be taking a bit more of my time than my current job has. While it's great for my wallet, I will have considerably less free time to shoot videos, do tests, and other blog-tastic stuff. 
It seems like when I'm playing a laser tag game outdoors with friends or when I'm slinging foam darts around indoors, folks tend to make some odd decisions as far as their movement (or lack thereof) is concerned that is tactically disadvantageous. Since this blog is called "Tactical Tag", I figured it'd be a good time to address this common issue that novice players tend to make. This marks the start of a series of "Tactical Tips" I'll be making every other week for this blog.
Another point of observation is not to abuse your cover. You may have the BEST hiding spot in the world, but if you've been spotted, it's lost it's value. Sometimes we get too attached to good hiding spots and end up returning to them all too often. The best hiding places are the ones you can escape from so you can get to another hiding spot. If you don't have a good exit route, your spot is only really good for a few shots or so. Don't get attached to these locations, as your opponent will quickly catch on and have a leg up on you. Have a series of spots you can fall back to or an escape route that gives you good cover. 
The big picture here is to be observant. Moving with a plan, with purpose in general, is much better than just being a hide-a-saurus rex or being too stubborn to know when to abandon your coveted vantage point and find a new one. If you tailor your movements to what your enemy is doing instead of waiting for them to spring a trap they may never end up falling into, you'll be much more successful in your gameplay.
September has admittedly been a slow month for Tactical Tag, which reflects how busy I've been with other things. At the same time, I know there's a slight concern out there from folks who have seen NM&R's activity take a massive dip with Jerm's departure from the hobby as he ::gasp:: refocuses his time on more important things in life. While I'm not certain of NM&R's foreseeable future, as the other administrators there are discussing our options, Tactical Tag will always be here. That much I am certain of!
Second, I WILL be bringing back the Weekly Giveaway in some form. I still haven't decided how I'm going to run it, but I can tell you it will no longer be a random selection. It will also likely not be a weekly event anymore, but rather a monthly contest with a prize. I know a lot of readers had been wanting the giveaway to return in some respect, so I'm hoping to give back to the community that has been so good to me! No official ETA on that just yet.
And lastly, I'll be improving a few media things both here and on the YouTube channel thanks to a new camera I have on order and access to better video editing software. It's something I've wanted to improve to better serve the hobby as far as promoting Laser Tag and Nerf as well as continuing to document and follow projects and make some nice tutorials. I'm really looking forward to bettering the experience here for you, so stay tuned for all that!
