{"id":25147,"date":"2012-07-27T07:30:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T07:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=25147"},"modified":"2012-07-27T07:30:39","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T07:30:39","slug":"sbdc-tops-laser-tag-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/sbdc-tops-laser-tag-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"SBDC tops Laser Tag tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" alt=\"Members of SBDC pose for a photo before the start of their game in the Pacific Islands Club's laser tag tournament last Saturday. (Contributed Photo)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/imgupload\/issx9999ns120712.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0 Saipan&#8217;s Best Dance Crew ruled the 2012 Laser Tag Tournament, besting nine other teams in last weekend&#8217;s competition at the Pacific Islands Club in San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>SBDC, which was composed of Keoni Ichihara and Dwayne and Bam Castro, went undefeated in the double-elimination tournament, clinching the championship after beating Rambo&#8217;s Commandoes in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>It was Rambo&#8217;s Commandoes second bridesmaid finish as last year they fell to two-time winner and Wild Dogs&#8217;Jesse Peredo, Derek Gersonde, and Matt Iguel. Rambo&#8217;s Commandoes were composed of Eric, Will, and Lady Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>The eventual 2012 champion was grouped in Pool A and advanced to the second round after beating Y.O.L.O. Next up for SBDC was the Oleai Shooters and the former won anew to march into the semifinals against Pool B&#8217;s Rambo&#8217;s Commandoes, which also swept their first two games (against the New Direction Bellebers and The Losers) to move a win away from a return trip to the finals.<\/p>\n<p>In the semifinals of the winners bracket, SBDC continued its streak to gain the first finals berth, while Rambo&#8217;s Commandoes dropped to the losers bracket. Then Rambo&#8217;s Commandoes forced a rematch with SBDC after eliminating eventual third placers The Losers in knockout match.<\/p>\n<p>Other teams that joined last week&#8217;s laser tag tournament were Taga Team, The Pyoung Shins, Finance Team, and The Killers.<\/p>\n<p>Laser tag, according to Wikipedia, is a recreational activity where players attempt to score points by tagging targets, typically with a hand-held infrared-emitting targeting device. In the PIC tournament, two teams with three members apiece dueled in a three-minute play with the team to first capture the flag of the opposing squad and bring it back to home base declared the winner. A player that pulls out the flag of the opposing team, but gets laser tag once is thrown out of the park. A player&#8217;s infrared-emitting gun is automatically turned off once the opposing player hits it. Players can avoid being laser tag by hiding on various bunkers scattered at the park.<strong><em> (Saipan Tribune)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Saipan&#8217;s Best Dance Crew ruled the 2012 Laser Tag Tournament, besting nine other teams&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[159,409,135],"class_list":["post-25147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-pacific-islands-club","tag-pic","tag-san-antonio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}