The subject I would like to talk / say / discuss about is :
" Does the range or size of my blaster matters in a Nerf game ?"
For the record, I would like to use the term "Nerf war" but for the sake of projecting a positive image to the general public. I used "Nerf Game" instead of "war".
I try to not use aggressive sounding terms like "Kill" , "bullets"or "gun".
Instead, I for one replaced them will "tag", "darts" or "blaster".
I wholly agree what famed blog "Urban Taggers" says " Because Conflicts does not always have to hurt ". And that is what Nerf is all about - fast paced fun punctuated by short period of sheer excitement.
It is not about a Spitting Match or a Private-Parts comparing match.
While I personally am aware of increasing the range through modding. That is just a PART of Nerfing. It does not constitute a major part of the game. The major part of the game, I believe the game's scenario, how the organizer or the game master made it up.
Yes, I agree that making the game "KISS" = Keep It Simple, Stupid dictum.
Courtesy of The Rogue Warrior, Dickie Marcinko.
Team Tag match; the most simple and base of most Nerf game.
Team A versus Team B in a showdown, the winning team being the ones with the surviving players after grand showdown.
Everyone understand somewhere along the way, a wee bit of competitiveness creeps in and players would try to get some advantage by modding extras into the blasters. Like the range, one could plummet the opponent with minimal risk ( at least that was the idea / perception ).
Problem is - it is two way tagging street. The opponent could do the same too.
Eventually the whole game will degenerate into a turtling match where players do almost nothing to venture out and capture the ground they are fighting over with.
While a draw game is everyone's favourite ending. It is in a way absurd because that is like wasting everyone's time.
Why ? There is no winners or losers !
For Pete's sake, it is not like the Aztecs.
The losers gets gutted and chopped up in the name of some deity.
Or the winners get free booze and get laid by chicks !
