In addition to a new Laserforce site in Hawaii that just opened up in December, there are several more on the immediate horizon opening in Canada and Missouri. As soon as I have more information [little things like... specific locations, websites etc], I’ll get those posted up. It’s just really great to see that even amidst a relatively down economy, Laserforce is still out there making sales and opening up new sites.
More details as soon as I get them. 
Tournament Dates: Monday July 12 to Thursday July 15
Practice Day: Sunday July 11 6PM to Midnight
Cost: $100 per player
Game: SM5
Location: Chula Vista, California
Laserforce 2010 National SM5 Tournament cc payment.pdf
So. Who’s game?
So it finished a few days ago and I’m just now updating this.
My excuse is I spent a couple of days in Vegas with my wife afterward.
Pretty good excuse I think
This was definitely the most competitive tournament in the US ever, with the surprise of the tournament (for me at least) was the improvement that Chula Vista showed between last WCT and this one. Last tourney, they were unable to manage a single point and were thoroughly demolished in all their games. This tournament, it was evident that they took the lessons learned last year and practiced hard to ensure that things went better.
Hats off to both St George teams though, who were practicing multiple days a week in the months leading up to WCT2 to ensure that they were as prepared as possible. It paid off, with their teams taking 1st and 2nd.
And respect to the hybrid team, who showed definite improvement as the weekend went on as far as playing together.
Next stop – US Nationals.
I’m not quite sure where the time has gone, but the next US tournament is now upon us.
Keep watching the forums and Twitter (user name: Laserforce) for updates as everything progresses.
Good luck to everyone who’s making the trip.
Happy holidays to everyone in the Laserforce community.
Hi, its Lirodon, the person who designed and implemented a lot of the new LaserforceHQ (design and coding mainly). Just to note, the site has been upgraded to WordPress 2.9. If you experience any bugs, please don’t hesitate to inform us.
Or whatever holiday it is you celebrate.
Work on importing material into the new LFHQ has come to a grinding halt over the last couple of weeks due to me having a ridiculous amount of school work at the moment. Going back to school for my Masters = good. The amount of work that comes with it = annoying.
As far as things that matter in the Laserforce world:
1) WCT 2 is fast approaching (is it really less than a month away? Yes it is.) For something that was just supposed to be a small-ish west coast tournament, we’ve now got 6 teams confirmed with players from 5 different sites attending. This may not seem like much in the grand scheme of things – but trust me when I say this is a big deal in the Laserforce world. What’s been really awesome and amazing to see is how Gen6 has revitalized competition in the US and how many of the sites are leaping to embrace it. Good times.
2) Planning is in the works for 2010 US Nationals – I should have dates after WCT 2. Not so much yet on the 2010 AU/NZ nationals. Someone may want to get on that. You know – someone who actually lives in that hemisphere i.e. not me.
Especially when it keeps failing.
Well, at least it was up until about 15 minutes again – the main template I was using evidently had some external referencing that was screwing up the update process.
So the forums are upgraded and soon to have a new look, which I’m sure will have some additional customization done on it relatively soon in order to mesh it better with the rest of the site.
Slowly but slowly.
*EDIT* Ok. I lied. The skin stayed the same. For now.
Have a good holiday, be safe, etc.
Yes. Yes there is.
Liro has been hard at work (because we all know I’m useless when it comes to code stuff) at getting the G6 version of LaserforceHQ integrated with the forums. As far as that goes, it’s actually a throwback to G4 where we had the same sort of integration, but that version was built completely differently.
It’s definitely getting there though. Which is freaking awesome.
Twitter: Laserforce