I went from almost last place to 1st in a Korean shooting game
Since today is Christmas and I have the day off work, I went with my family to an interactive shooting game called "Laser Arena" (레이저 아레나) in Sangnam-dong, Changwon, our local city.
First, a brief explanation of the game.
Laser Arena is a shooting game where you wear a vest with lights on the front and back and fight with a laser gun.
If you get hit on one of the five lights on the front or three on the back, you get1 outand each time that happens,5 pointsare added to the opponent's score. Also, the rule was that
2 pointsare added for every hit you land on an opponent.
There are about eight types of games. One game lasts about 8 minutes (10 minutes on weekdays, 8 minutes on weekends and holidays), and up to 14 people can participate at once.
There are individual matches and team matches where you split into two teams, and it's content that everyone from elementary school students to adults can enjoy.
Perhaps because it was a holiday today, it was very crowded, and the wait time was a whopping hour.
There were many groups of high school and college students, but there were also surprisingly many families, so I felt that it was popular across a wide age range.
I also participated with my husband and sons.
The first game was an individual match, and it was a disaster...
I was bombarded by my own children, and the result was13th out of 14 people. I was almost in last place (lol).
Then the second game was a team match. I was surprised when I saw the team breakdown.
Our team was "two pairs of parents with elementary school children," and the opponents were a "college student team."
Honestly, I thought, "We're definitely going to lose this..."
Moreover, I really didn't care about the game anymore; I just strongly felt that I didn't want to get hit anymore.
So, I found a spot in the field where there was a long, narrow hole in the middle of a wall, and I decided to make that my base and focus on defense.
It was a strategy of barely moving and just attacking from that hole.
As a result, our parent-child team adopted a strategy ofchoosing a position and basically not moving, and it turned into a battle where we intercepted the opposing team as they came to attack us.
And then, to my surprise...
Our parent-child team won, andI was 1st in the team and overall!
I had scored 20 outs (20 kills) on the opponents.
It seems that staying in the safest place and continuing to attack without moving at all actually worked out for the best (lol).
The people around us who saw the results were buzzing, saying,
"Isn't 20 kills amazing? Who is that?"
I was a little embarrassed, but deep down I was quite happy.
Even though I was second to last until just a moment ago,
and even though I'm not good at games,
for some reason I ended up in first place, which surprised even me.
Even my children praised me, saying,
"Mom, you're amazing!"
and I was completely satisfied with just that.
I want to go again soon. (lol)
There might be games like this in Japan too, but I recommend it even for those who aren't good at games^^
It was 14,000 won (about 1,300 yen) per person for two games.
If you come to Korea, please try going with your family, as a couple, or with friends!
It has a sense of tension and is fun in an extraordinary way.