--- In LazerTagTeamOps@yahoogroups.com, Greg Gaub <mailing.lists@...> wrote:
>
> notkhe wrote:
>
> >Hey, I just tested that Deluxe and it has the problems you described. It
usually takes 4 or 5 tags less at a distance of about 50m (165 ft). Is that
really the same with the commercially sold rumble packs? It's seems like such a
big unfair advantage. Were you able to completely remove those problems using
the solution you mentioned above?
> >Because right now I guess I'll remove the mod from the Deluxe again. I really
like the range of LTTO and that's more important to me than rumble.
> >
> >
> Yes, it is like that with the Thunder Pack accessory. This is why we cut
> the brown "fire" wire, either in the Deluxe or in the TP itself, so that
> a player that is firing constantly is not shielded by the motor's
> electrical noise. This is also why when we play a lot of SURV games
> (hosted by a TMB). The SURV games set tag-taking speed to slow, which is
> about 2.5 seconds between tags, thus allowing a ThunderPack to stop
> spinning in the mean time. That way, everyone is even, with or without
> the Thunder Pack. When I play any other game with my Thunder Pack on my
> deluxe, I always come out on top. As such, I remove it whenever it's a
> game that we keep the score from.
>
> -Greg
>

Ah, too bad.

@Brian: How did you do it in the LTX? I mean they got rumble, too, and don't
suffer from those problems, right?