First, I’m happy to say that after being phoneless for a year, I have purchased a new cell phone. I’m not hopeless enough to actually put the number on this webpage, but I am hopeless enough to use this webpage to say that if you know me and want the number, email me and I’ll give it to you. Then you can call me and we can be phone buddies! BFF!! :-))))) LOL!!11oneoneone

Earlier today I read this article about Streetwars, this large format watergun tag game in NYC. I thought it would be a good idea in Chicago, so I posted on Craiglist saying as much. Then look what happened. I promise that none but the first post is by me.

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Posted: 8-18-05, 10:23 am (this post was by me)

This seems awesome– do we have something like this here?

Posted: 8-18-05, 12:20 pm

This would be SOO much fun. I would be 100% in, but some concerns I would have would be the huge scope of a city-wide game. some guys wouldn’t have transportation. some guys would be in the ghetto where a drive by squirting could be retaliated with gunfire. etc. etc. If someone wanted to organize a zoned game where applicants lived/worked within certain blocks (for example south of peterson, east of western north of north ave, then have one for the loop, then one for the south side. or divide them into neighborhoods and you pick which one you’d like to enter) This would all take a hell of an effort by the organizers and I definitely would like to know allthis stuff before I signed up.

Posted: 8-18-05, 12:27 pm

Oh yah! I’m in. I’ll help organize, too.

Posted: 8-18-05, 12:39 pm

i organized a game like this in HS. it was great and got so much attention that the principal asked me to stop it (it was literally distracting teachers during class time). since it was not allowed to be played on school grounds, i said he had no right to stop it. eventually the buzz died down and nobody won. that left the organizer with a bunch of money to spend on spring break. i wonder if anybody will bring it up at the reunion…

have fun, but don’t hurt anybody.

Posted: 8-18-05, 12:55 pm

You guys must have lived under a rock or just weren’t cool enough to have a chance to play this in the past 15 years. It’s been around for YEARS. It’s already up and running and quite well-organized. If you guys actually LEFT YOUR HOUSE instead of trolling these and other boards, maybe you could have actually already played this game.

Have a nice day!!

Posted: 8-18-05 1:15 pm

Are any of you street war supporters the ones who squirted me with the supersoaker from your car (while I was standing on the corner of Addison and Leavitt) when it was 1000 degrees a couple of weeks ago? It felt good, thanks. But next time, don’t aim for my eye. GOSH

Posted: 8-18-05, 1:35 pm

Finally, a benifit to being under-employed!

I’m in. Contact me when you get it going.

Posted: 8-18-05, 1:40 pm (3 hours after my original post)

Here it is people! What you’ve all been waiting for….

If you’re interested in participating, please email us with the following:

1. Where you live/work by region (i.e. Northside, Loop, WS, SS, etc.)
2. Whether you want to be a mark (“victim”) or an assassin
3. A reasonable amount of money you’d pay to participate
4. Any comments/ideas/suggestions
5. Your age
Why are we asking for so much info? Well we need to know how many ppl want to participate, what the entry fee and total prize will be, and whether to split games by region according to interest/availability/access. Once we have all this info, we’ll compile the rules, fees, prizes, etc. and let you all know.

Posted: 8-18-05, 4:24 pm

We are Currently working with the Vancouver Shadow Government to begin setting up a massive city wide competition. This is not a task that will be easily accomplished in a short period of time. We are hoping to turn this into a massive publicized event. Therefore, we need individuals to come forward and offer their aid. We need individuals to help set up a website, someone to design fliers, and roughly 20 individuals who will act as Shadow Government Agents. Becoming a Shadow agent will not bar you from the tournament. We will have an agent tournament coinciding with the general tournament. the winners of both tournaments will then face off in a three day duel. Anybody who is interest in becoming an agent or in aiding in organizing the event, please send an e-mail to ChicagoShadowGovernment@gmail.com —- anyone interested in being updated on the date of the event and/or would like to aid in spreafing the word please send an e-mail to the same e-mail address entitled “player”. We have set up and played similar games at the University of Illinois in Champaign. We promise this event will be landmark and professional.

Agent 82

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Of course I sent them an email mentioning that I’m the guy who started the whole thing. How sweet is that, though? Three hours from suggestion to reality. And I cut out about 50 posts of people just saying “sounds like fun, I’m in.” This is what the internet is for– highspeed, superproductive social networking. Post a good idea in a visible place, and practically within minutes, you’ll have up to thousands of people rushing to the cause. That’s freaking sweet. Cindy Sheehan sweet!

Stay tuned to mikeschramm.com for updates on Streetwars: Chicago! Coming soon!