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[Black Wrath]

We're being sold out.

I feel like we're going to turn into some gay emoband-esque entity.

Sell-outs suck.

[sistermol]

what time is it going to be on I'll be able to see it at any time because i got the flu and I'm home all day

[Shivon]

How could we actually sell out? Seriously? Its NERF...

[SuperMatt5000]

Tomorrow the interview will take place at their news station. Also, I guess they want to do more activities with our nerf game on Monday. I guess this will be a pretty detailed report. I'll keep you all posted, and once we're broadcasted I plan on taping it and uploading it onto the site. I'll keep everyone posted

As for our game of assassins, this game has been a smash hit. We have all sorts of people; from the girl’s varsity basketball players to the classic rocker pothead kids. It has actually been breaking down social barriers, been are reaching out of the cliques. We began with 175 people, and as of right now have 45 remaining. Our game started with eight teams of 20 and two with 25 players. Once only 50 people were remaining we broke down the teams and the game entered free-for-all mode. For reasons of speed, we have decided to have mandatory checkpoints each weekend (i.e. every assassin must report to a zone and check in with an officer or be killed unless conditions prohibit the assassin). This game is extremely fun and I recommend it for anyone.

[Pineapple]

Dys70pia, on Feb 21 2006, 06:28 PM, said:

I read something in the paper a few days ago about police worrying about Nerf. The problem isn't the guns themselves (I think it was the police Chief that said "If I was that age I'm sure this would be great fun") but the fact that they're running around neighbourhoods with them. The guns don't look real... to most people. They're worried some old lady is gonna freak out and call the cops because some children are shooting each other.

I'm probably pretty close in age to that police chief, and can say that running around with my kids (and the neighborhood kids) with plastic toy guns is a whole lot of fun, and healthy to boot.

My concern lies in the attitude and mannerisms which those in the interview will be conducting themselves. If the focus is to bring some light to the hobby of Nerfing and the subsequent campus craze that appears to be "Assassins", to alleviate any fears or worries about 'terrorists in training' or other dribble, then more power to you.

If your focus is to make some kind of name for yourselves, then I'd recommend re-checking your motives for accepting the interview. From what your website indicates, it is very successful (even one of the college deans got Nerfed ), and that indicates that the game is a morale booster for the college campus; so I'm just playing devil's advocate and giving out possible scenarios...I'm going to assume you'll have your best communicators, dressed as students (no one in cammies or Delta Force outfits), prepared and able to handle themselves in front of a camera.

I'm wondering if the Student Activities Coordinator is aware of the "game", and possible benefits/ ramifications of allowing the game to go on, impact to class times, etc. Perhaps even having faculty (if any are in the game) to attest to the increase in morale/ positive effects of the assassin game played on campus.

I'd really be cautious about talking about modifications of Nerf blasters, other than basic "backyard" talk. There could be a precedent for trouble if some youngster sees your modified weapons and darts, tries something out, and puts out an eye or something with a pencil (you don't know how much that Penny Arcade comic strip pissed me off to no end.)

Enjoy the interview, let 'er rip, and do your campus and it's Assassin game proud. Don't tell anyone about us. I'd be sad to see Nerfing clumped up with the same stigma that paintball and AirSoft suffers today.

sistermol, on Feb 22 2006, 01:41 PM, said:

who would want to shoot nails first of all and second how do you shot nails out of a nerf gun.

You don't read much threads, do you? There were at least three threads leading to a Penny Arcade comic strip...one even posted the strip on this forum. I won't even link it...you can find it. The strip shows pencils being shot, but anyone with a twisted imagination would probably be desperate to try nails, flaming candles, who knows what else.

Crappy Nerfer, on Feb 21 2006, 08:46 PM, said:

Sweet. This will be one step further to making Nerf a more commericialised sport. I will watch the Interview, as others will too.

I hope to God Almighty that you're kidding.

When that happens, I'll have to move toward catapaults or trebuchets or some medival weaponry for my kids. God forbid.


Good luck with the interview, dudes. Do the hobby good. I watch FOX National news so hopefully it'll go more than just local (for your area).


EDIT: some facts fixed.


-Piney-

Edited by Pineapple, 23 February 2006 - 01:36 AM.

[Crappy Nerfer]

Pineapple, on Feb 23 2006, 01:32 AM, said:

The strip shows pencils being shot, but anyone with a twisted imagination would probably be desperate to try nails, flaming candles, who knows what else.

-Piney-

You think that is twisted? Me and my brother got wood cylinders (from home depot) almost 1/2" wide in diameter put some e-tape around it to make it even more air tight and for a snug fit in 1/2" CPVC. If used in my my CPVC modded Titan (with stock internals to boot) it will go striaght through two cardbaord boxes, that means it penetrated 4 layers of cardboard.

Now we are working on putting a sharp nail at the tip of it.

And to clear it up; I do not shoot these at anyone or anything besides cardboard boxes, styrofoam and things like that.

[The Infinite Shindig]

As usual, my comments will just echo what Piney said. Don't fuck anything up for the rest of us. The NJ crew has yet to be kicked out of any park we've been to, and I don't want to start now.

Is this game on a high school or college campus? If it's a college campus, where should I be filling out my transfer application to?

[Shivon]

The game is a highschool game, we plan to leave it here and pass the leadership down to lowerclassmen when we leave, but it is inevitable that it will begin wherever we end up.

[Death]

The Infinite Shindig, on Feb 23 2006, 06:49 AM, said:

As usual, my comments will just echo what Piney said. Don't fuck anything up for the rest of us. The NJ crew has yet to be kicked out of any park we've been to, and I don't want to start now.

My favorite was the time someone called the cops on us and said that, "Kids are running around in the park with Harpoon Guns and Bazookas!"

[Pineapple]

Death, on Feb 23 2006, 04:43 AM, said:

The Infinite Shindig, on Feb 23 2006, 06:49 AM, said:

As usual, my comments will just echo what Piney said.  Don't fuck anything up for the rest of us.  The NJ crew has yet to be kicked out of any park we've been to, and I don't want to start now.

My favorite was the time someone called the cops on us and said that, "Kids are running around in the park with Harpoon Guns and Bazookas!"

Somehow, some way, whenever someone calls a CrossBow a "harpoon" gun, it makes me fall off my chair. God forbid if they saw a modded Big Bad Bow.

I stand corrected; you Assassin guys are high schoolers. Even more cool.

Hope the interviews went well.


-Piney-

[techtargetmaster]

Please, what time will this be on? fox news is on alot today and I would like to know which one to watch.