War games, BJ style

This past weekend went to Majoy in Babaoshan (八宝山) to play war games Beijing style! This is sort of a bad pun, as Babaoshan is the city's most famous cemetery, when you say "I'm going to Babaoshan" 我要去八宝山 you're saying "I'm gonna die".

Anyway, war games here means laser tag. This is because paint balling is illegal within the city. But this is not your father's laser tag, it's super high tech digital laser tag! In addition to the sensor vest & helmet, everything is tracked by the central computer including number of bullets, hit stats, kill stats, health points, shield points, etc. Each player carries a PDA where they can check their hit points, ammo, shields and first aid kits. And get this, whenever you make a kill, the dead guy's ammo & first aid kits gets added to yours! It's like being in a live computer game!

We played some games inside the Majoy building (small) and also outside in the public park. I bet it was quite a site seeing uniformed & armed people running around like mad in the park alongside moms with baby strollers & grandpas taking their morning walk.

All in all was good fun but not as fun as paintball, the fear of pain makes a BIG difference.

Cost: 150 RMB for half a day