How often do you play?

[gavinkempsell]

More tea Vicar?

Just sending more souls heaven wards one BB at a time.

 

[Dan Robinson]

Every two weeks usually,  sometimes more.  In the run up to the boy emigrating we were sometimes doing two a week.  Expensive but good father-son bonding.

I maintain that, once the equipment is bought, Airsoft is one if the best value for money days out..... £30+BBs per person, and i get a 7 to 9 mile run, lunch and, when the boy was here,  a fun day without fear of disobedience.

Once I've emigrated next year I will only get a few chances a year probably,  so im packing what I can in.

 

[Impulse]

Every two weeks usually,  sometimes more.  In the run up to the boy emigrating we were sometimes doing two a week.  Expensive but good father-son bonding.

I maintain that, once the equipment is bought, Airsoft is one if the best value for money days out..... £30+BBs per person, and i get a 7 to 9 mile run, lunch and, when the boy was here,  a fun day without fear of disobedience.

Once I've emigrated next year I will only get a few chances a year probably,  so im packing what I can in.

Completely agree on that. Once you have all of the kit, the maintenance costs aren't that bad. 

Hell, even set up costs aren't that bad. Have you seen how much runners will spend on trainers, or hikers will spend on boots and backpacks and sometimes camping gear?

 

[Dan Robinson]

Hell, even set up costs aren't that bad

Exactly.... a double Eagle for £160, a couple of mags and a battery brings you to £200, and all you really need then is eye pro and a decent set of walking boots.

Anything more is cosplay larping, tacticool and completely unnecessary.   Bloody good fun though ?

How much does a use able fishing or golfing hobby cost to get started?

 

[gavinkempsell]

You mean I didn't need to buy the kit I have?

 

[Dan Robinson]

You mean I didn't need to buy the kit I have?

Well..... no ....   because then I'd feel silly with my  Osprey body armour complete with brassards and neck collar. ???

 

[gavinkempsell]

But...

 

[leadly]

I probably manage a game once every 5 or 6 weeks. I can sometimes get a few more games in if I use a some holidays when I'm rostered to work a weekend.

I'll try get a midweek CQB in every now and then if I can't make a weekend woodland game.

I should probably thin my gun collection down a bit, because the amount of guns I have Vs how often I play is quite silly!

 

[Nick G]

I should probably thin my gun collection down a bit,

Wash your mouth out ! ?

 

[Tommikka]

I should probably thin my gun collection down a bit, because the amount of guns I have Vs how often I play is quite silly!

Don’t be stupid

How about roughly 25 guns when playing once a year, rising to over 30 while not playing and moving to twice per year ?  

Perhaps I might get to 3 next year, or dare I try and align my social life to fit 5????

 

[Speedbird_666]

I've only played twice this year - I've been selling off some of my Airsoft stuff to thin things out to the essentials.

I've been airgun shooting loads instead: about 6 times a month. I've become slightly obsessed with 25m Benchrest.

 

[Cannonfodder]

or hikers will spend on boots and backpacks and sometimes camping gear?

And alot of that stuff is over priced low quality crap which starts to fail after a few uses

 

[Skara]

So how often do you all play?

Every Sunday, but then again I live in a different country with different costs

 

[Wavey_Gravey]

Every Sunday, but then again I live in a different country with different costs

What are the costs like for a days Airsoft or weekender in Italy if you don’t mind me asking?

 

[Skara]

What are the costs like for a days Airsoft or weekender in Italy if you don’t mind me asking?

Zero, we pay a yearly insurance and club subscription fee (ours is €70) and that's it.

For tournaments we usually pay around €20/person for the short ones and about 30/35 for the 8h+ ones.

 

[Wavey_Gravey]

That is very reasonable, I’m guessing that fee is for one site only or does it cover a few?

Your tournaments are cheaper than our walk on days! ?

 

[GeorgePlaysAirsoft]

Interesting thread. I try to get get a "milsim"/24h(+) game once a month between october-may, with some skirmishes sprinkled in between. Sometimes we'll travel to a particularly cool site and get an airbnb the night before. And I tend to take summer off just because of holidays and that sort of stuff. And real life gets in the way too. I managed to get ill 3 times in a row between october and december last year so had to pass up on some games.

For me getting to a 24h game is £200 taking into account ticket, fuel and food. It's about 20hours of play (say 4hrs sleep) and about 8 hours of driving total. The sites near me are around an hour away so i think I get good value-for-money-for-time. But I do notice it leaving my bank account of course. I would like to get to skirmishes more. If the difference is either going by myself or not going at all, I'll go by myself. But if I do go by myself its half "i have the itch" and half "i have a new bit of kit i want to try out but don't want to take it for a first spin at a 24h game".  The thread about "fireteams" sums it up really. When your "normal" is playing with your friends in a somewhat organised squad, with a squad and command radio net (even if comms can be iffy!) then my expectations for a skirmish aren't lower as such, they're just different. 

I would like to do more skirmishes next year though. Mostly because I am moving so I want to check out some sites i've not been to whilst I have the chance. And when I do move I'll be closer to my airsoft friends so easier to do skirmishes with them. (when it comes to the 24h games we are equally far away, just in different directions). I'll also have quite a few really cool sites all within about an hours drive so that'll be nice too. I also hope to have some "life changes" which will probably impact my ability to go away for entire weekends but whatever i think it'll be worth it.

 

[Skara]

That is very reasonable, I’m guessing that fee is for one site only or does it cover a few?

Your tournaments are cheaper than our walk on days! ?

We have our own private field, so does every club.

As long as you're under the same federation, there is no extra fee.

 

[Madhouse]

Not as often as I'd like. But you know, life.

With two kids playing for three football teams and two athletics clubs between them a weekend game is a rarity (one so far!) so I play CQB on a Thursday night at Z-mart whenever I can fit it in somewhere between being 'dad's taxi' and my other hobbies - mountain biking being the main thing I do on thursday nights when I can.

Will probably play more airsoft as the weather gets more crap.

 

[Spartan09]

i usually play once a month, occasionally twice a month, but occasionally need to take a break due to other commitments, especially since i became an uncle last year. 

 

Well..... no ....   because then I'd feel silly with my  Osprey body armour complete with brassards and neck collar. ???

nothing wrong with the Osprey..  i have mine as my main rig (though i have removed the brassards and collar)

looking for a more lightweight option to use with the M249 as in the gunner role, i wont need to carry as much kit

 

How about roughly 25 guns when playing once a year, rising to over 30 while not playing and moving to twice per year?

36 at last count, at least 7 of which have never left the house, and 3 more have never been fired "in anger"