Zeke gets tanked...Author: jawapro
Date: Sat 12/09/2009 11:43 AM
As some of you may have been lucky enough to know - I own a pair of remote control tanks. They shoot infra-red at each other, and record hits. Each tank has a certain amount of ‘life’ and when it’s gone, it makes an exploding noise and stops moving.
The real kicker of the game (which would be fun anyway) is that the controls ‘shock’ the person whose tank is hit with an electric jolt (similar to an electric fence).
If you’re game - you can up your tank to ‘high’ which means you get an extra strong jolt, but you also do 2 pieces of damage each time you hit the enemy.
Now - as the most common reaction when you get shocked is to throw the thing that shocked you away, the controllers have a wrist strap to prevent them being continually dropped on the floor. Great idea - until you meet Zeke.
Last night we went to Tim’s for a movie night. I really needed to relax after a hectic week at work - I’ve worked close to an extra day above my standard hours this week! Anyway - I brought along my tanks because I don’t think I’ve shown them to this particular group of friends before.
In the photo above, neither person was using the wrist strap, but after they started dropping the controllers, I asked them to put the strap on.
We shared the controllers around, and when it came back to Zeke’s turn again, he must have forgotten how powerful the zap is. When he was shocked he threw the controller away with insane force.
His throw was so powerful that part of the control remained strapped to his wrist, and the rest of it went sailing through the air - directly into his face.
Not only did it destroy a controller, but Zeke clobbered himself in the face pretty well.
I think it's safe to say that Tom won that particular match-up.
Now I have to try some soldering and glue to see if I can repair my controllers for my next victim.
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