As I said last week, Ylvi challenged Brandt Hall to a game of Capture the Flag. The two hall council presidents (Justin Marschall and I) got together during the week to set the rules for the game and get things ready. We decided that we would use the whole campus as our battle ground, but encourage play uphill between Brandt and Ylvi. We also revealed to each other on a map, the location of our jails and flags. Separated by the pathway between the Olin building and the Library, both teams met for battle at 2pm on Saturday.
The Ylvi players walked to the pathway, shocked by the number of Brandt players. We were outnumbered by more than 2 to 1. While we were just 12, they were about 38! But, remembering that Ylvi was home to the most athletic of first-year students, we took courage and believed that we could make it. After all, the Persians overwhelmingly outnumbered the Spartans in the battle of Thermopylae, but we all know what happened...
As the game started, Brandt players started flooding our half. They brought the game to our half and at first it seemed like we would be unable to suppress the opposition before our flag was captured. But before long, we started decimating their team, rapidly imprisoning the Brandt players. Very soon, we had close to 20 Brandt players in our prison and not even one of our players in theirs. Then, it happened...
One of the Brandt players seized our flag. He was chased out of sight and we all assumed that he got tagged and things were safe again. So, we continued with game as usual. So far, we were doing pretty well. We now had about 28 Brant players in our prison, still with none of our players in their prison. At this point, we figured we probably had more players than Brandt had, so we were planning on rounding everyone up to go and storm the Brandt area and capture their flag, considering there were too few Brandt players to stop us. Just as we were getting our acts together, the Brandt Hall President walked toward us, holding our flag. This was indeed devastating.
Apparently, what had happened was the guy who seized our flag earlier circumvented the field of play, leaving the Luther campus and going downtown. After close to 20 minutes, he finally appeared at the Brandt side of the field with the flag. This was how Brandt beat us - by cheating! We had agreed that we couldn't take the flag outside the field of play. But like I said earlier, the game was similar to the Sparta-Persia battle. We ended up decimating the Brandt team, even though they finally won the battle.
That's basically what my weekend has been all about - trying to capture the Brandt flag. And even though I failed at it, I am happy we organized one more successful program. It was a really fun game [actually my first time playing Capture the Flag]. So, as the 2008/2009 Ylvisaker Hall Council met for the last time a couple hours ago, it was with a deep sense of fulfillment that we ended. We have organized numerous programs for our hall and even freshmen at large during the course of our freshman year. We have led, built connections, and supported honorable causes. In my opinion, that in and of itself completes the freshman experience....well, apart from the finals next week.
[I apologize for sounding so cheesy]
Have a happy week...
The Ylvi players walked to the pathway, shocked by the number of Brandt players. We were outnumbered by more than 2 to 1. While we were just 12, they were about 38! But, remembering that Ylvi was home to the most athletic of first-year students, we took courage and believed that we could make it. After all, the Persians overwhelmingly outnumbered the Spartans in the battle of Thermopylae, but we all know what happened...
As the game started, Brandt players started flooding our half. They brought the game to our half and at first it seemed like we would be unable to suppress the opposition before our flag was captured. But before long, we started decimating their team, rapidly imprisoning the Brandt players. Very soon, we had close to 20 Brandt players in our prison and not even one of our players in theirs. Then, it happened...
One of the Brandt players seized our flag. He was chased out of sight and we all assumed that he got tagged and things were safe again. So, we continued with game as usual. So far, we were doing pretty well. We now had about 28 Brant players in our prison, still with none of our players in their prison. At this point, we figured we probably had more players than Brandt had, so we were planning on rounding everyone up to go and storm the Brandt area and capture their flag, considering there were too few Brandt players to stop us. Just as we were getting our acts together, the Brandt Hall President walked toward us, holding our flag. This was indeed devastating.
Apparently, what had happened was the guy who seized our flag earlier circumvented the field of play, leaving the Luther campus and going downtown. After close to 20 minutes, he finally appeared at the Brandt side of the field with the flag. This was how Brandt beat us - by cheating! We had agreed that we couldn't take the flag outside the field of play. But like I said earlier, the game was similar to the Sparta-Persia battle. We ended up decimating the Brandt team, even though they finally won the battle.
That's basically what my weekend has been all about - trying to capture the Brandt flag. And even though I failed at it, I am happy we organized one more successful program. It was a really fun game [actually my first time playing Capture the Flag]. So, as the 2008/2009 Ylvisaker Hall Council met for the last time a couple hours ago, it was with a deep sense of fulfillment that we ended. We have organized numerous programs for our hall and even freshmen at large during the course of our freshman year. We have led, built connections, and supported honorable causes. In my opinion, that in and of itself completes the freshman experience....well, apart from the finals next week.
[I apologize for sounding so cheesy]
Have a happy week...
