The facility is an indoor Rock Climbing Gym, and looks awesome. I have not been there personally, but the pictures on their website shed an excellent "nerfy" light on the place. It is ripe with rock walls and boulders that act as great bunkers. Patrick, the guy who is organizing this and works there, said that they have hosted Nerf style birthday parties there in the past, and it works very well. Here is the link to the Bridges Rock Climbing website.
The main idea of this is to organize a monthly event at the Gym on Saturdays. There would be brackets, competitions, and team play. This would of course be if we got enough participants, which is why I am bringing this here.
If you are interested, it would also be greatly appreciated that you email Justin. His email is listed on their website, at the bottom of the homepage. Email him to express your interest in the events, because he is compiling an emailing list on which the details will be hammered out.
So to get this started, I am going to set up a poll for dates in April that work for people. I will list all Saturdays in April. I will recommend the one that gets the most votes to Patrick and see if that aligns with his schedule and that of others that have already confirmed their interest. Please vote on your preferred Saturday. It is by no means a 100% commitment to do so. We want to host one in April to test the site and gain awareness.
Details from Patrick
I've been thinking of this for a little while and this is what I came up with. For an indoor game to be finalized I need $300 for up to 30 people for 3-4 hours of Nerf action, that's only $10 per person. Games will most likely be made up of 6 teams of 5 players, 2 teams will face off in TDM or CTF game each round will be about 25 min. Teams will rotate and a competition bracket can be made. I can set up games like this once a month for now but it can grow if the demand is high enough. I have many activities to enjoy during time you are not out on the floor: video games (mostly Street Fighter), ping pong, slacklines, rock climbing walls and I can set up a variety of Nerf blaster skill games for prizes.
Bridges purchased a bunch of Nerf gear for our After Hours Parties, Birthday Party Events and Corporate Team Building Events. This is what the gym has for gameplay:
24ct. - Nerf Firestirke Blasters
24ct. - Safety Glasses
24ct. - Velcro Vests (in production, commissioned work from local business, adjustable and good for adults) Why velcro vests?......
1000+ct. - Nerf Dart Tag Style darts (won't work in all blasters but the best option for kids birthdays and non-Nerf legue events)
(Patrick told me that modded blasters are encouraged, so bring them!. You certainly do not have use a blaster that fires a Dart Tage Style Dart. I am definitely going to ban homemade ar guns, and anything that is just too powerful for an indoor war. This are fast paced close range games, not designed for singled titans, cobras, and SM 1.5k's.)
I also have made a number of foam walls ranging in sizes, some as big as 3'x8'x1', and many other items with make for good cover. The best part is all the area above the gym floor that can be utilized, climb your way up to a perfect losing area! We have fog machines for added effect, and if we purchase glow in the dark darts we can play a Black Light game. We have 7ct. 48" black lights that fill our corridor with glowing black light. Glowing darts look like lasers! I'm getting ahead of myself, just excited to see what develops I have high hopes!
So that is about it.
TL;DR:
Indoor monthly wars at Bridges Rock Gym. Email Patrick (his email is on the site) with the subject "NERF WAR" to get your name added to the mailing list. Bring your modded blasters if they are not airguns or if they don't shoot crazy hard. Please vote for your preferred date in April above.
Thanks all.
Edited by HOTH, 18 March 2013 - 11:03 AM.
