NYP Tactical Team Sports - Paintball, Airsoft, Lasertag.

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January 13 2009

Together with Nanyang Polytechnic's first Night Open House last friday, the school organized a “Laser Quest In The Dark” shooting game for adventurous students. The purpose of the Night Open House was to allow parents to explore the campus and understand what their children are studying after knocking off from work. Omy reporter, Desmond, was present at the Polytechnic to soak in the atmosphere of the game.

Game briefing Huang Hui Mei, 18, a year one student of Molecular Biotechnology, said: "Many students will visit a few polytechnics a day, so by organising an Open House at night, they need not worry about being late to the (Nanyang Polytechnic's) Open House. They can also come with their parents, who would have knocked off from work by then. Coming to the Open House with their parents is like having a family gathering."

“Laser Quest In The Dark” is a night shooting game, and therefore suits the theme of having a Night Open House. Wargh! Tactical Team Sports Spokesperson Andy said: "This game stresses the importance of communication and teamwork between the students." The shooting game, which lasts for 10-15 minutes was very popular among the students. It attracted 160 participants in just 2 hours. The participants are divided into two groups, each group wearing red and blue light sticks on their wrists respectively to allow recognition between themselves. Once they are ready, the participants set out with their laser-equipped guns. The sensor on their guns will flash if it is shot at and the gun will indicate the loss of a life. Each player has 3 lives before he or she "dies".

Wang De Shun, 17, from Sembawang Secondary School came to the Open House with 5 friends, also participated in the game. "This is a new and fun experience. It would be more challenging we were to play in a darker space", he said. The reporter also spotted students from Greenview Secondary School participating in the game. They were eager to play a second round even after being drenched in the rain. Md. Mehkdar, 16, said: "This is very exciting. It's as if we are playing Counter-Strike. We realised the importance of planning and teamwork in this game."

Translation by Ryan Lry

Dear friends,
Welcome to the NYP Tactical Team Sports club's blog. Currently, we are not an official CCA in NYP, but are gathering like minded individuals to get this club going. ;)

You might have seen the publicity poster. So what is Tactical Team Sports all about? Paintball, airsoft and lasertag? Well, our focus will be on laser tag as it is convenient and can be played anywhere. Paintball and airsoft will be played to complement our activities. Ultimately, we concentrate on specific learning objectives, such as leadership, teamwork, bravery, quick thinking, strategy planning, team communication and physical fitness. Think of it as live-action Counter-Strike.

The paintball, airsoft and laser tag games we will be organising are called scenario games. One example of scenario paintball is woodsball. As the name suggests, players play paintball in the woods: No middle boundary and lots of space for flanking maneuoveres! Along with airsoft and lasertag skirmish games, various historical events can be re-enacted, such as the D-Day invasion of Normandy, or even the US invasion of Iraq, hence the term scenario. Fantasy scenarios are possible too! Any fans of the Predator movies?

While we will be playing on a recreational basis, there will always be opportunities for competition. For example, the Singapore Paintball Novice Series and Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit are existing tournaments for the competitive version of paintball, called speedball.

How will we organise affordable yet regular games? Fret not! We have the full support of a local wargaming community, Wargh!, and they share in our passion to help Tactical Team Sports grow! In fact, they hosted a mass laser tag game in the NYP campus during the Open House 2009!

Who can join? Anyone! The requirements are simple:

1. Be a current student at NYP.

2. Maintain a passion for the sport.

3. Sportsmanship!

If you're up to the challenge, what are you waiting for? Sign up now! Drop us an email at nyp.tts@gmail.com if you would like to join or find out more. Tell us more about yourself and include details such as Name, course, school year, age and contact number :)

Pics from the Night Open House 2008 games..

Overwhelming response!

Best dressed award..

Stay tuned ..