Capture the Flag! Capture the Flag is a massive, adrenaline-pumping, urban game played on the streets of downtown Toronto. Two teams hide flags in their territory and attempt to capture the enemy flag using subways, streetcars, bicycles, longboards or their own two feet. Join us as we dash through the Financial District (the only 'hood in T.O that doesn't really have residences), evade the enemy, hide behind Toronto's skyscrapers, travel through the PATH and score a point.
CAPTURE THE FLAG 2007
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12th
Meet @ KING & BAY at 9:00 PM (SW corner) $free + all ages! rain or shine For more info, e-mail love @ newmindspace.com facebook listing
Map The map is available online or as a printable, legal size pdf.
Participant Guide Capture the Flag is an incredible, rare evening. The rules have changed! Please read this guide completely to make sure the game is fun, safe and fair.
Disclaimer: Like other activities, Capture the Flag carries with it the risk of personal injury. By choosing to participate, players acknowledge the associated dangers and release Newmindspace from all liability.
What to Bring All participants are strongly encouraged to bring a cellphone and a flashlight. Players use phones to plan strategies. Also, the area is very dimly lit, and you will be glad you brought a flashlight or a head lamp. Additionally, if you are on wheels, please light up your bike!
Rules of Capture the Flag Teams are divided in half at the meeting point. Each team will receive their captain's phone number and exchange numbers with teammates. Rules will be explained and the game will begin.
Planning time: There will be a 10-minute planning time when the game begins, during which each team will hide their flag. After 10 minutes, players may advance to enemy territory.
Hiding flags: Flags must be placed on the very corner of two streets with at least three points of approach. This means no dead ends or edges of the map. There may be no obstructions near the flag, such as street furniture or garbage.
Defending flags: Only five people may defend a flag at any time, and must stay at least 45 meters (150 feet) away at all times. This "bubble" will be marked in chalk.
No "corking" streets: Teams using human walls near their flags will be penalized by having their flag bubble widened.
Getting tagged: If you are on enemy territory and you are tagged, you must return to your side of the border before you can advance again. The border street is neutral, but the sidewalk on either side is not. One-hand tag only, no holding, grabbing or touching in any other way: please respect your fellow players' physical boundaries.
Modes of transport: Players may capture the flag using any form of transportation except for private, motorized vehicles. Please light up bicycles with a headlight and tail light for traffic safety.
Capturing the flag: A flag is considered captured once it enters your territory and a referee is notified above ground. Once the ref is notified, calls will be made to inform all players of the score and the flag will be returned immediately. The game will not pause when a flag is captured.
Jaywalking: Jaywalking is dangerous and illegal. Players have, in the past, gotten tickets for jaywalking by the police. Please do not run across major streets.
Cheating: There will be volunteer referees making sure the rules are followed; however, this is a free game! Please keep it fun and fair.
The Video
Special thanks to Red Apple Entertainment for filming this :)
Help Wanted
We need two kinds of help with this game: we need volunteers, and we need donations. If you want to volunteer, please e-mail us. There will be a planning meeting on Friday before the event at our loft.
We will once again be using glowing necklaces for safety (and because glowing things are fun!) These are fairly expensive, so please consider donating.
Wireless Internet
As an added bonus, the entire Capture the Flag 2007 map is a WiFi hotspot. Through the generosity of Toronto Hydro Telecom, we have been donated some usernames and passwords for OneZone to use during Capture the Flag! Thanks guys!
Project Background
Kevin Bracken and Lori Cherilyn Kufner are the duo Newmindspace, which hosts free pillow fights, subway parties, capture the flag, bubble battles and more in New York and Toronto. Capture the Flag is an urban game played on city streets.
In the spirit of turning the city into a giant playground, Newmindspace has taken this favourite childhood game, placed it in an urban setting and multiplied the number of participants.
Since internet-promoted, cellphone-based, urban Capture the Flag was invented, Newmindspace's guide Metromorphosis has been used to play the game in New York, Toronto, Chicago, London, Montréal, Los Angeles, Denver, Minneapolis, Des Moines, and many other cities around the world.
for more info, e-mail love
@ newmindspace.com
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dingo from Peoria Illinois
Posted: 07:52 pm [GMT] on April 18 2008
is it possible for you guys to do CTF in Peoria???
Kody from Nj
Posted: 06:39 am [GMT] on March 23 2008
please have one in NYC
janett from new york
Posted: 01:32 am [GMT] on March 22 2008
can we have one of these in NYC?!! it'd be totally awesome! or if you have, are you having another anytime soon?!
person from personville
Posted: 02:25 am [GMT] on February 23 2008
capture the flag is aweome
can't wait till 08 starts
zach from Aurora
Posted: 02:55 am [GMT] on October 18 2007
(expletive deleated)amazing night it was amazing cant wait to do it again
Big Stokes from T.O.
Posted: 01:27 am [GMT] on October 17 2007
Haven't had fun like that in a long time. Felt like a little kid again. Ran flat out from King to Richmond before getting tagged out by Pinks. Big up the Blue squad swarming up York Street. And much thanks to you organizers for thinking differently. Awesome time!
ONE.
alex from toronto
Posted: 10:47 pm [GMT] on October 16 2007
awesome night, can't wait for the next event!!!
kevin from Newmindspace
Posted: 11:50 pm [GMT] on October 15 2007
> But why is the video from last year posted here?
That video is so high quality and I suspect we will not get one that good out of this year's game. Oh well! Send photos to love at newmindspace dot com :)
tamz from whitby
Posted: 08:18 pm [GMT] on October 15 2007
i was a total rookie to this event, and it was easily one of the single funnest nights of my life. can't believe i've missed the years before. for me, one of the highlights (of many, many highlights) was seeing how fast bonds gets formed between complete strangers over something as simple as a game. too bad the world can't function like that! to everyone who made that night happen, my sincerest gratitude.
Chico from Toronto
Posted: 08:33 am [GMT] on October 15 2007
Most fun I've had in a long time!
But why is the video from last year posted here?
J-M from Toronto
Posted: 06:37 am [GMT] on October 15 2007
I had a total blast at the event. I want to once again apologize to the small girl I smashed playing Red Rover. Despite that, the whole night was amazing and I look forward to CTF2008!
vardo be from Junction
Posted: 02:11 am [GMT] on October 15 2007
why do i get a spam message=(
rob from toronto
Posted: 11:51 pm [GMT] on October 14 2007
so much fun! do it again!! :)
aaron from north york baby
Posted: 09:07 pm [GMT] on October 14 2007
That was so much f-ing i was soooo happy i went!!!!! my friends bailed before so i went alone but chasing down blue dude after blue girl was so satisfying.
GO PINK. even though we lost. whatevs.
And to the four or five other Pinksters who guarded the flag with me, kudos. To zellers dude in red sweater. to girl in navy blue shirt. tall clean shaven dudes across the street. multi-haired girl guarding west side.
i got soooooo many of you bluies. "I'm coming to get you"
Steve from Location unknown
Posted: 05:21 pm [GMT] on October 14 2007
The estimate going around is that 1600 people attended.
madato from toronto
Posted: 05:06 am [GMT] on October 14 2007
was awesome man. had great fun. thanks everyone, good game everyone, and hope to do it again next year (or sooner :D:D)
I hurt my elbow and knee and I'm still really really achy in most of the muscles in my body. But it was more than worth it.
btw how many people were there, any estimates?
Anonymous from Markham
Posted: 04:52 am [GMT] on October 14 2007
Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn straight! One of the best nights ever! GO BLUE =] AND GO ROBO LOLOL.
Here's looking forward to the next event o:
Enso from Location unknown
Posted: 03:18 am [GMT] on October 14 2007
Oh man, OH man! OH MAN. What a game! WHAT a freaking game! I knocked the wind out of myself and LAUGHED.
Mike from Location unknown
Posted: 03:05 am [GMT] on October 14 2007
It was awesome. I lost my shoe booking it into an underground parking lot, and I ran the rest of the way with my shoe off. My foot hurts, but none-the-less the event WAS AWESOME.
Thanks to everyone who hosted.
axel from barcelona-toronto
Posted: 02:51 am [GMT] on October 14 2007
it was just amazing. can't wait for the next one! but it was almost impossible to break the pink lines in king and university!
Hiding flags: Flags must be placed on the very corner of two streets with at least three points of approach. This means no dead ends or edges of the map. There may be no obstructions near the flag, such as street furniture or garbage. 
Wireless Internet 
