Urban Warfare

Reading the article in the Sunday Times yesterday about Street Wars, a water gun assassin game that will be hitting Singapore in May totally made me smile. With nostalgia.

Would you believe that DD and I did something similar, years ago?

The game was Weng's brainchild. Its name was Urban Warfare and the venue? Suntec City on a Saturday afternoon. Each of us carried a water gun of our choosing, filled with coloured water. Our task was simple -- to kill as many of the other players as possible. The one with the most kills won. Everytime you got shot you had to wait out 30 seconds before you could move again, to prevent you from shooting your assassin right back. And to make sure that no one just hid in one spot for the entire game, we were given tasks to complete at different locations. All that also led to a big shootout in the end!

I was dubbed the babyfaced killer because harmless looking ol' me was really not bad at the game. I was pretty good at sneaking up on people and shooting them "dead", with a smile of course. Helped that I was light on my feet and fast, back then! I never got into any trouble though I did receive plenty of disapproving looks. Some others were not so lucky. I think one of our friends Joe managed to hit a passerby and had to buy him a new T-shirt.

It was crazy fun. While I am happy where I am these days, this is one of those times when I miss the carefree days of youth.

But no, I'm not going to be pay $50 to join this new game! It's just fun to reminicse.