CTF! WTF?

What's he Grinning about? Victory?

Last night SAB held a capture the flag event.  Sounds fun, right?  Well, it was...but I kinda forgot what CTF involved when not using Battle Rifles like in Halo or a TAR-21s like in Call of Duty.

POV of what you missed last night. Minus the beach, ocean, and nail polish.

The game was organized very well by SAB, as usual.  Well, there were a few problems, but I'll get to that in a minute.  About 16 people showed up to run around in the cold on the soccer fields and play CTF, half of these guys were soccer PLAYERS who are 10x more athletic than the average college student. After the first game we realized that a team made up of soccer players wearing cleats was WAYYYY too unfair so teams kept being rearranged.  After the first game I realized just how out of shape I am...ahhhh, reality.  The soccer field was, for the most past, dark as hell with only the lights from the library and the radioactive glow of glowsticks to help me see.  Playing at night was a fun twist which definitely added to the game.

When advertising an even, the most important thing is to tell people the right information, right?  Well, I have to admit I was a little confused last night thanks to all of the different times I was told CTF started.  The March 2011 calender say the event started at 9:30 at Chambers Lawn.On that same calender, the "Highlight Reel!" says that CTF started at 9 p.m. on the soccer fields.  Finally, a salmon-colored flier went up that said to meet in the Bobcat at 9:30 and that we would play on the soccer fields.  Ya, a little confusing if you ask me.  I can only assume this happened due to poor communication and luckily the salmon flier was the right one.

Did this have anything to do with why only 16 people played? I can't really say.  Maybe people didn't want to run around in the cold or maybe people don't want to play an intense running game late at night.  The cool things about kickball and dodge ball is that you don't have to be tremendously athletic to be good.  With CTF, if you aren't fast then you're shit outta luck.  While CTF is a cool idea, it's not the player friendly eternal sport.  Like golf, you don't need to be in great shape but you do have to have some kind of coordination and skill.  This is why I think the turnout was so poor...but what do I know?  I'm just "that guy" from Pitt-Greensburg.

Final thoughts: Fun event and well organized (minus the inconsistent times and meeting locations), but it isn't a game for everyone...especially that guy who was chain-smoking right before the first game started. Hahaha, he didn't last long.