We pledge allegiance to capture the flag
by Christopher Grant 
{ Jul 4th 2006 at 5:35PM }
Our colleagues at AOL Games are running a festive feature to celebrate this 4th of July. Instead of the usual stuff about barbecues and fireworks, they took the flag route. No, not the red, white & blue ... just red and blue usually ... on two different flags. Yup, we're talking about every online gamers favorite pastime: Capture the Flag (that's CTF to most of us).With essays from the AOL Games staff, and contributions from Jay is Games' John Bardinelli and GamerDad Andrew Bub, it sure is a nice way to spend an uneventful 4th. That is, unless you're either busy: a) drinking your face off; b) playing Capture the Flag. If you aren't doing one of the above (poor sod), check it out and celebrate the red and blue!
Snip from Scott Steinberg's piece: "Allies may shoot us in the tush. Prepubescent teens, call our manhood into question. But bombing the base and swiping the goods isn't sport or fancy: It's everything, period. And, like an homage to the pleasures of flag-snagging excitement, let the plasma-scarred torsos of friend and foe alike serve as a testament of our devotion -- we love, I mean really love, Capture the Flag."
[Thanks, Dan]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bean @ Jul 4th 2006 6:18PM
Nice game but I prefer celebrate on the fresh air
The Dude @ Jul 5th 2006 1:48AM
I definitely played some hardcore weapons CTF on Unreal Tournament today and made my name specially colored red, white and blue. I also definitely got some caps, unusual as the people playing UT2k4 weapons CTF still are extraordinarly good. Crazy. Pwn n00bs, cap flags.