The M.Z.U.K.C @ MEGAZONE-UK.COM -- ( News update ) -- 25-03-2006
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An interesting month since the last news update, Acocks Green holds there first & final large zone event, Chelmsford zone closes its doors, Acocks Green switches there system to Quasar Elite & The Megazone Regionals 2006 entry form is released.

Acocks Green Holds There First & Final Large Zone Event:
On the Saturday 11th March 2006, Acocks Green held their first & last large late night event, in which fifteen to twenty people attended. A good number of games were played through out the evening, which were a mixture of fun games, team games & solo games, with a special game called 'Dark' to finish. The hardware was showing its age, but seemed to perform reasonably well apart from one or two, and thanks to the staff, batteries, guns & other spare parts were ready on a table in the pack room, if any were needed. At the beginning of the night, Ant the member of staff behind the organising of the event, gave out three awards between two players for highest game results for certain categories on the members statistics board, since Acocks would not be Zone site much longer. The two players who received awards, were Slayer & R@IDER. Slayer received two awards for Highest Score & Most Games Played, while R@IDER received a single award for having the longest Highest Average Accuracy. At the end of the evening, Nightfire was also rewarded with a golden phaser, for making the overall highest scores of the evening. The evening seemed to run well, and everyone was in high spirits by the end of the night, including the staff. Thanks again to Ant for organising, and overseeing the night in his spare time.

Chelmsford Closes its Doors for the Last Time:
Chelmsford a System T site, located just above London on the East coast, closed its doors on Tuesday 14th March for the final time. It's not known why the site closed, but it has closed. The site was known by some players to be a creepy arena, possible haunted, but not forgetting Scarecrow's first & local Zone site. Another one bites the dust.

Megazone Acocks Green Switch's to Quasar Elite:
Rumours of Acocks Green's plans to switch from Megazone laser tag hardware, to Quasar Elite hardware was floating around as early as late February 2006, but the M.Z.U.K.C could not report on it until it became official. Acocks the last of the version 4 / Z sites in the midlands, and originally an LQX site until 1999, is now the second zone arena to either close or change laser tag manufacturers this month. It was said that Acocks Green was at one point thinking of upgrading to Megazone's System T Infusion, but was then approached by Quasar Elite, and Quasar Elite was chosen. So we say bye bye to Megazone Acocks Green, and hello to Quasar Elite Birmingham.

The Megazone Regionals 2006 Entry form is Released:
The long time talked about UK Regionals 2006 finally seems to be kicking off. That's right, the 2006 regionals organiser Paul Cha@os, has released the entry form, which makes it possible for an official site team or a non site team to enter. An official site team can enter from Derby, Leicester, Northampton & Wellingborough, which will make interesting team competition. If your interested in making a non official site team, then download the entry form here. There will probably be more information on the regionals in the coming weeks, and hopefully a few teams will be announced by then also.

Until next month, keep zone tagging.

The M.Z.U.K.C Administrator