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I work at Laser Quest, I have added the rules about lying down,and etc. On every HHU, or laser, in the LCD it will tell you your rank and current score most of the times when tagged. The unit that sends and receive pack information is called HSDLU, or High Speed Data Link Unit.

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Unusual game types

I've also written a section on unusual game types, i.e. those that are not programmed as default into most systems. They can be seen at User:SeventyThree/LQ-unusual. I'm not sure if they should go in the article or not.SeventyThree 21:10, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

According to Google, Laser Quest is still available as Laser Quest in America. And when I used to play, the wireless connection to the central computer was all through the game, so it could tell you your position and who you hit during the (unsigned comment by 57.66.51.165, at 14:38, 7 October 2005. SeventyThree 16:56, 10 October 2005 (UTC))

• I have no experience of LQ in america. Feel free to edit the article if you think it needs adding to.
• The wireless connection to the central computer where I play is intermittent, so the scores are only updated if you wander past the 'airlock'. As such, they are quite unreliable.SeventyThree 16:56, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Suggested Merge

I suggested that this page be merged with Laser Tag. They're both very similar (if the same) game. - Icecradle 20:10, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Like I stated on the Lasertag talk page, LaserQuest is just one type of Laser Tag. They should stay as separate articles. ParticleMan 23:30, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

This article features a lot of information, that is specifically relevant to LaserQuest, but not applicable to all other tag systems. As it is I think that some of the stuff in the main Lasertag article is ambiguous. I think that all the tag systems should have a separate article, like this one, and that anything in the Lasertag article that definately only applies to one tag system should be moved to the article for that system. Big Mac 02:39, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I am removeing the merge to laser tag, laserquest is a type of laser tag yes but it is unique in many ways --Kylehamilton 11:48, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

I think merging this article is an incredibly bad idea. It is unfortunately easy with such things as the number of LQ locations Versent operates in North America for one to think at first LQ is the alpha and omega of laser tag, but this is far from the case. Shawn K. Quinn 06:26, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Category change

This category should be 'Laser Quest' not 'LaserQuest'. The actual copyrighted term for this particular brand of laser tag uses a space between the two words. Xipheas.

Trademarked, not copyrighted, and that trademark may be just the way the name is trademarked in North America, as I think some UK sites use the no-space version. Shawn K. Quinn 06:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah sorry.. trademark :) And in the UK it's supposed to have a space, but some people don't realise. But that's like spelling Laser with a 'z'. Incorrect :) Xiph.

A Few Changes

Some of the information such as game parameters and strategies do not apply to the center I attend in Massachusetts. I've made edits to reflect this:

-Added 15 minutes as a recommended game time for a normal game in addition to 20. (June 22, 2006)

-We use a 5 second down time, so I noted that as well. (June 22, 2006)

-The cancelling, as far as some of the employees of my center are concerned, is fiction. There is a small chance that it works with some centers, so I merely am attaching a note, rather than deleting it entirely. (June 22, 2006)

--Shot cancellation does exit, although its effect on the game is frequently exaggerated by players more familiar with other system where it is easier to tag a player for various reasons (often the narrow spread of the infrared beam compared to other systems).

-Changed a small amount of terminology. (June 22, 2006)

-Split LaserQuest into two words, since that is the official company name, where necessary. (June 22, 2006)

-The intro to the "problems" section refers to "two of three" problems. This does not make a great deal of sense, so I changed it to "two or three." (June 22, 2006)

-I have also edited this discussion piece by adding the date(s) I made these edits. (June 22, 2006)

-Correction, I was a bit off. Hit cancellation does actually work. Fixed my mistake. (June 23, 2006)

-Bakodo

what does nac mean??? can someone explain this to me??? please???!!!

Well, Anonymous person, NAC stands for North American Challenge, which is a competition where every North American LQ center sends a team to compete. -Bakodo

hey sorry about that, that was my gf, something about you not explaining that in the article. whatever 04:08, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

More Updates

Hey, I'm just an LQ Widow, not a NAC player, so I didn't make any significant changes to facts. I tried to clean up the style and writing a bit. I did have some trouble doing that with the game styles page; I'll have one of the former NAC blokes I know (probably the one I'm married to) go over it and make any needed changes there. I'm still leaving the note up, as I haven't been able to go over everything, and as I'm still relatively new to Misplaced Pages. Sanji DarkAsSin 20:13, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Sup Questors

check out Commercial Laser Tag Systems. whatever 04:08, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Spokane

Deleted description of certain aspects of the Spokane maze. Unless we're going to describe all the other locations, it seemed pointless to include. 69.85.184.93 04:39, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

original research/unverified claims

I can understand the concern over original research; what is the proper way to document the common knowledge of many current and former LQ players as a source? A lot of the stuff in articles like this will be original research because so few books or permanent Web sites are written about LQ and laser tag. Shawn K. Quinn 06:30, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Fustration over recent edits

From what I have seen over the past few weeks there have been several attempts by myself and other people who play laser quest to improve this article with pertinent information and links. However, our efforts are getting fustrated (and subsequently creating fustration) by people who not only appear to know nothing about the game, but are unwilling to do a bit of "leg work" to look at the links that are provided. Please do not lecture me about wikipedia rules on author ownership or such. This seems like weasel words and sheer laziness on the part of the people who are trolling about constantly undoing the edits. What can be done to make those of you who seem to take pride in reverting without really investingating something to stop doing so? Does this artice require mediation? I want to see this article at its best, but this does not mean undoing and challanging the minorest of revisions to it, does it? Because franklly the behaviour of those who have been doind these reverts seems absurd. Rocdahut (talk) 08:21, 29 December 2007 (UTC)