Team Combat Hobart — Attraction in Ross Township

The good the bad the ugly

Good: Let’s start with the weapon system and vest. The holographic site was fairly accurate I was able to shoot my friend shoulder sensor from at least 25 feet away with no problem. The rifle itself was a 30 round clip with a reload lever Located directly on the left side of the rifle when pulling this back it takes approximately four seconds for your gun to reload.This is to simulate removing your old clip and loading a new clip. Also located on your gun is a button when pressing it it displays your health you start out with 20 health points (1 bullet= 1 health). Once your health is depleted the weapon itself will deactivate forcing you to go back to your response in order to reactivate you’ll know you’re dead because you’re here flatline sound.

The arena space is great for both beginners and advanced players. For beginners it allows you to get a feel moving from cover and different potential routes. For advance players there are towers which provide overwatch positions and the multiple routes allow for flanking. A well trained team can dig in and hold down an entire side during certain mission-based games.

Which brings me to the mission-based games you have a Bomb dufusal, propaganda, VIP escort, and your standard team death match. The variety makes for a new experience each time you play even with the same play space.

The Bad: My wife had planned a party for me and made reservations for 20 spots this required five dollars per person for the spot we were under the understanding that this was just to hold so we had $100 hold that we thought we would get back come to find out it was actually $100 deposit which led some embarrassment now having to ask 5 buck from each player to gain back our money. Which to save face we ate the loss. The simple fact that this was never properly communicated to my wife is kind of sad and had it been properly explained it could’ve saved us some embarrassment. So if you’re going to make reservations with these guys just know in advance that whatever money you’re putting up to cover the spot you will not see that money back it goes towards your total, you’ll either have to get it from each player or you’ll have to collect the money from the players in advance.

The ugly: Now they discuss the battle techs. Before I begin I want to first commend them because they’re all pretty young and probably not as well informed and they did a pretty good job for what it was worth. That being said they didn’t do all that great a job explaining the rules or even how the equipment worked I found myself asking multiple questions and having to relay it back to the team just so we all had an understanding. I also believe BattleTech‘s involvement in the game should Be optional or limited upon the parties discretion. Battle TechsOr pointing out players positions at one point and during the propaganda game they were actually blocking the player who was pushing the button with their bodies to prevent him from being shot. To me they need to just ref the game and not be involved. For children it might be fine but for adults I’d rather they ensure no cheating and answer questions. Multiple times during the propaganda match the opposite teams BattleTech cheated, this deluded the experience he would block players and another battle tech switched the control back to the opposing team when no one from the opposing team was even at the button. I can’t stress it enough battle tech participation in matches should be optional or limited to referring and ensuring no one is cheating. It should be the players preference to have them involved or not outside of their standard job.

This could have easily been a five star review but given two major issues I had with staff I can’t do that at this time. That being said I still had a lot of fun and we will be returning but hopefully they’ll be major...

The short version: Arenas was good. Guns are okay but not great. The reffing is very bad and they do not enforce rules and they dont seem to care and cheat. See the detailed version below.

We were excited to try a new tactical laser place, but left disappointed. Firstly, the arena is probably the best thing. It's a good enough size and the layout is like a small town with lots of buildings to go into so there can be some nice fire fights. The guns themselves are okay but not great. The briefing video shows a gun with an adjustable stock which would be nice to accommodate various body sizes. Instead it had a foldable stock which was fine but not great. The bad stuff...the semi-auto feature of the guns is garbage. It will fire one round ever couple of seconds and does no more damage than the full auto. It is difficult to hear when the gun is reloaded due to the gun itself being too quiet and the obnoxiously loud music. When you shoot someone it delays successive hits and they dont always register. So it can take awhile you kill someone...which brings us to the vests. They work fine, but when people are crouching behind a barrel or window they can shoot you and you cant shoot them...so people just hide their vests and shoot at you which makes the attacking teams have a severe disadvantage. The absolute worst thing was the reffing and rules. Refs did not enforce rules and barely seemed to care. Blind firing, sprinting, dead talking, hiding sensors so they cant be shot...ALL of those were very prominent and the refs did nothing. One of the refs showed the attacking team where to find a code during one of the matches...seriously? In summary this is not a great place for adults. For children it is probably fine. There are plenty of loud noises and flashy lights. For adults though you should seek another place. CMP in frankfort is...

I reserved a party for my 12 year old and nine of his friends (boys and girls) at 3pm. When it was time for the kids to go inside the battlefied I noticed Team Combat was also going to send in 10 grown intoxicated men with my kids. I confronted the manager and explained to him that I didnt feel comfortable with my kids going in a dark area to play with a bunch of drunk and belligerent men. I also expressed to the manager that one of the guys came up to my son's friend who's 13 but very short in stature and placed his hand on his shoulder. I didnt see it happen but the kids told me. The manager's response when I told him these men shouldn't be allowed to play because of their behavior was he thought these men were going to be a problem too but they seem okay. The manager also said Team Combat has NO RULE stating that these men cannot play Intoxicated. Wow! So if I was an irresponsible parent and allowed my kids to go in and play with these men and something happened then what? Well, that may be their rule but when it comes to my son and his friends, my rule and obligation as a parent is to protect these children and make sure they are safe. I felt like the establishment should have made a better decision but they didnt even care. They told us that my kids could play with them because they would have staff inside the battlefield watching or we would have to wait an hour to play. This was my sons 12th birthday party and I had to make my son and his friends wait an hour to play because of Team Combat's poor decision making. Parents, if you are thinking about reserving a party for your kid please make sure you understand your child and his/her friends may be sharing the battlefield with a bunch of intoxicated men because there is NO RULE against that at...