Last night, Ron and I took all of the available LinkWorthers out to celebrate another record sales month. (Actually, we headed out around 3pm because our terrible ISP failed us yet again…but that’s an entirely different story.) We made the not-so-long trek across the street to Main Event for an evening of drinks, games, and general camaraderie.
It was tons of fun and we really enjoyed our time out of the office hanging out together. It’s nice to get away from links, SEO, & everything else for awhile; especially when the reason is rewarding our employees for their great performance and production. And since we have so many new faces around here, it was the first time we’ve had a chance to get know each other on a more personal level.
Main Event is great because there’s so much to do. Not everyone here drinks (shocking, I know) so it’s nice to have outings that don’t revolve solely around boozing it up. Some of us were bowling while others hung out in the lounge or played air hockey or pool or video games. We pretty much did it all and had a blast.
After we’d been there for a few hours, the competitive spirit in us boiled over into a game of laser-tag. There were six of us that wanted to play but Ron and I decided that the two of us would take on the other four. What better way to reward your team than by letting them shoot you, right? Sadly, it didn’t work out that way for them. Ron and I dealt out an ass-whipping of the highest order. It was a slaughter at the very least. I’m sure this post will fuel denials and angry comments from the recipients of the blood-bath, so I’m prepared.
I present to you: Exhibit A. The scorecard.
Blue Team (Ron & Matt) - 18,390 points
Red Team (Matt B., Jeffro, Vanessa, Christine) - 9,930 points
Ummm…that’s a massacre, folks.
I’m already hearing that we won because we had more targets to shoot at and other lame excuses but the bottom line is this: we dominated. I received a call from the Pentagon this morning…something about maximizing my abilities in the Special Forces blah, blah, blah. Ron sent me an instant message earlier informing me that he has to leave early today to attend a meeting with the CIA…although he couldn’t tell me what it was about. Word travels fast, I guess.
Anyway, I don’t want to beat a dead horse with this. I’m actually tired of “beatings” and “death” because we inflicted so much of both last night. I’m over it…
Thanks to all of the LinkWorthers for doing such a great job! We’ll have a rematch once we hit our next milestone. We love you guys!
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Uh, new excuse alert! I was wearing heels and running through a dark room, with very dirty and slick carpet, trying to shoot at blue lights and not red. I have an appt with my eye doctor. I’m color-blind. Yea, that’s it. Color-blind. Sorry team….red and blue all looks the same..
Take it from a guy who mastered his tactics from long hours spent playing Halo, when you have teams with one team out numbering the other, the smaller team will get more points due to having more targets to shoot at! Twice the targets twice the score!
HAAAAA! “We had more targets to shoot” pfffft! To that I’ll say, “You guys had double the guns, yet we scored double the points!”
Great time, definitely.
If those stupid guns went non-stop, without making you recharge, I would have scored 50k points by myself.
Halo is just a video game, Baker. These were real lasers we were dealing with.
oh…hang on..
…got another call coming in from the 202 area code….gotta go…..
Let’s kick it up a notch for next time… How about a few sessions of Paint Ball wars out in the woods next time? Oh wait, there’s no bar in the woods… never mind!
“202 area code” HA!
Oh wait, I’ve got one coming in from area code 254.
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