Tommikka

The jury of 12 dates back to Henry 2 So the basis of the phrase may even be as far back as the 1200s, though documented later Those original juries acted differently, gathering the facts in Henry’s time as opposed to listening and evaluating as per today

I have marshalled to a degree. I wouldn’t fancy being a site marshal - dealing with the weekends players who might be regulars, might be a one off etc A good marshal can make a game, when it’s a marshal running a rental game it works well to have one on each side who knows how to motivate different types of players in different types of games, putting in a bit of competitiveness up against their opposing marshal I do like to run an experience, and to run an event. Putting players through their paces. The core events that we have run were born in the era of events run by players for players. I went to other peoples events, aspiring to do the same, and ‘knowing’ what I/we could do better. The scary moment was the day before our first event once the site owner had relented to give us his site for the day and all the other teams supported us and booked in. We ran our first games in collaboration, and prefer to do that. True marshalling conducted by site staff, and ‘game management’ marshalling by us. A marshals role is to do 3 things 1) Keep everyone safe 2) Deal with an emergency 3) Ensure players have a good experience Checking for hits is somewhere in there 1) Has to happen all of the time 2) Has to happen when needed, ideally minimised by (1) 3) Should appear to be the active thing being done For our collaborative events site marshals ought to be focused on 1 & 2 and our game marshals doing 3 whilst having an eye on 1 & 2 We would direct missions, depending on event take part as characters, and make the game/rule decisions Site marshals giving a safety overwatch, calling out a hit that’s not been taken, look out for players not behaving Though a marshal shouldn’t be in the way, and shouldn’t be standing in hi vis staring at a ghillie sniper in a bush, they should be ready to walk straight into the line of fire to pull someone out of a game or in a worst case scenario getting their body physically in the way whilst setting the alarm to stop play. Even with just occasional marshalling / running it can take away actually playing - partially in a good way when having more fun watching people try and play the mission you came up with (and how they interpret it) but also at risk of taking away the fun of getting out and shooting people You could find that you thrive in marshalling, it gets you in the game, as close to the action as you like and you don’t have to keep walking out to respawn on elimination

Ensuring it’s clean before covering wouldn’t hurt, but if using a wrap tape such as CamoForm, cohesive bandage types of tape there is no need to do any special preparation as opposed to degreasing etc before using a stick on type of tape. The camo tape that @Cannonfodderlinked to is a self clinging cohesive tape - there’s nothing sticky involved CamoForm etc comes in an assortment of camouflage patterns, VetWrap comes in a wide range of plain colours, patterns, camouflage patterns etc

They were (based on the face level of reporting*) acting in a manner that members of this forum and responsible airsofters would not endorse. They were a bit naughty, brought attention to themselves and got caught. * the area does have some ‘green’, I’ll be more sympathetic if in their minds they went somewhere out of the way, had a few test/practice shots in a bush and ended up in trouble As opposed to heading up the street and shooting a bush With their ages their should have been some form of common sense, but it’s not as common as we may wish

I can confirm that those hanger hangers won’t bend

Grid wall is a great multi use method. We use it in many ways trading at Comicons and festivals, shows etc When outside we zip tie grid wall to the gazebo frame, and when inside use a combination of ‘raw’ grid wall and grid wall with fitted feet, some on the floor, some clamped to tables. At events Enola have had grid walls ziptied together in fours forming a ‘tunnel’ / display table There’s an abundance of fittings with hooks, shelves, baskets etc As were mobile we don’t use the wall hooks in a wall mount as @Lozarthas, but we do have some fitted to the van which we don’t use for the grid wall but do use for hanging other things. Ours came as a job lot from a shop clearance and we’ve added some extra fittings The wall fittings don’t necessarily have to support the weight, e.g. stand the grid wall on the floor and fit the hooks on the wall at the right heights. Another option I’ve seen is to use custom overhaning ‘hooks’ over a door/‘wall’ and hang the grid from that …… For my gear/equipment needs it’s a matter of storage / logistics boxes. Some is sorted by type of event, some by item. Eg I have a box full of pistols, a box of melee weapons for one of our event types, a box full of marshaling (hi-vis, whistles etc). But I may also just unload the car and end up with a box of ‘last event I went to’

UKARA as a scheme is based on site membership. It depends on the site membership policy, but in effect once three games are recorded in the appropriate timeframe you become a member or your membership is forwarded to UKARA If they have the records of your previous games then that can be used to establish your membership

Peasant That’s a hunting horn, not a bugle

Stating the obvious as you already know this, but just reinforcing your statement ….. There’s no such thing as pedantic on a form once it arrives in court. It’s either stated on the form or it isn’t Side remark …. The first time we ran an Airsoft game as players were being herded back to the safe zone I was sat on a table at the entrance/exit waiting to head out and reset / lay out props for the next objective. The Airsoft marshals were calling out the instructions to make safe before entering the safe zone etc So players were doing the right thing, magazine out, fire off anything left in the chamber etc But then seeing me sat there as the first handful pass me holding up for inspection etc I particularly liked those who after discharging and clearing in front of an Airsoft marshall then paused to queue up to one by one give the paintball events organiser a clear confirmation that they have a safe RIF

Compare your form to the PDF in the first post of this thread For the questions on that form you would put: B RIF / parts = yes C RIF = no and RIf part = yes with your UKARA details inbetween Generally you would not need a defence for parts as it’s not a RIF, but the form could be used in the context of parts to modify an IF to RIF or for multiple imports of separate parts to ‘smuggle’ and manufacture a RIF

No worries …. FilmSim has it covered, just ensure that scenario has an actual scenario complete with some embedded NPC role play marshals and market your ‘immersive theatrical experience’ I’ve even just come up with a bare bones overview that could be marketed for anyone from the experienced to the one off amateur taster, with a low(er) budget homage to Bill Murray, I’m provisionally calling it “The man who knew even less” This will work best in those non standard urban environments, and even better we don’t need to wait for disused shopping centres. Make it a full immersive experience so that customers never really know who is an NPC, a player or just random public what could go wrong?

It is, and the last amendment for that section is 2009 It’s a 15 to 20 year old section, which has had the predicted legislation put into place (subject to consultation and review) If they were to pursue further controls as detailed they would still be subject to the legislative process (though the skirmisher defence isn’t core legislation and can be subject to the strike of a pen) there remains the matter of getting through the majorities required to raise legislation, including every MP that gets petitioned by their constituents - especially businesses/employers in their constituency. Tag on the preservation argument from sites and land owners about use of the forests of the UK generating a level of income to the owning farmer from the site and the associated rates & taxes going into the treasury It is of course a potential risk, but one that can be managed

That is an extract from a brief dated in 2004, which relates to what subsequently went into consultation and ended up with the VCRA legislation (covering the quoted film & theatrical uses and clear IF definition) and the additional statutory instrument which resulted in the Skirmisher defence https://www.greenparty.org.uk/files/reports/2004/Gun control.htm As others have posted airsoft (and other recreational gun like activities) aren’t really on the politicians radars. Scotlands politics is a very different beast with a long tradition in politicians targeting ‘guns’ Back in the day when paintball arrived in the UK the nearest legislation was for low powered air weapons, but paintball ran on CO2 (and still does for some) The difference between CO2 and air was ignored for the majority of the UK but not for Scotland. In England paintball (on legal & safe commercial sites) was ignored, but in Scotland paintball sites were regularly raided and prosecuted for firearms offences. Ultimately CO2 was added to the law on air weapons In recent years the ‘air weapon certificate’ was introduced, and though the specific legislation wording could be interpreted differently an ‘intent’ was shown that airsoft and paintball would not be air weapons under that legislation (Airsoft has also had explicit amendments to firearms legislation excluding compliant airsoft guns from being firearms / air weapons - paintball has no such exclusion but Home Office guidelines set paintball aside provided other projectiles are not used) Don’t be a dick, keep showing ourselves as ‘responsible voices’ on the forums etc and don’t act in a knee jerk manner in anticipation of a knee jerk action

This announcement has 30,000 military placements for 18 year olds in 2025, but the ONS statistics have 1,577,000 16-17 year olds Under 2% would be able to fit into military national service, and the remaining over one and a half million would have 25 days of ‘community service’ What’s the military placement? 25 days as well? Doing a course ? Great - make people do something for a month to supposedly learn life skills and social values that the community and education hasn’t over almost two decades https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpddxy9r4mdo.amp https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/timeseries/jn5p/lms

Legally the importer is held liable for what is crossing inwards through a border. There may be no comeback on the retailer unless the buyer highlighted the requirement for UK legal specifications or the overseas retailer advertised the availability of UK specifications Many things could happen: The package sits for a while then processes through An import VAT charge is raised against the importer, plus handling charges A RIF declaration & Defence are requested The power is checked / identified Failure to pass the processes can result in destruction or return If very lucky it comes through If slightly lucky it is rejected but returned, and you get refunded - a restocking charge may occur

The photos were working for me and have now died …. But your imagination is spot on

@Spartan09 A nice write up that doesn’t lean to the overdramaric. I had been getting snippets on Saturday evening being read out from Facebook etc - he was of course reading the initial horror stories and taking every mixture of rumour. Well done for not being one of those who gears up RIFs etc on their way to/from comicons and in this venue wandering around the general public areas and especially for liaising with the event on a daily basis - Its all too common to have a level of police involvement and ‘education’ being distributed I was one of the traders up in the marquees on Friday, but was then off to Portsmouth Comicon for Saturday and Sunday. If you had been cosplayed up and I saw you then I would have been trying to get you to look through a binder of Stargate collector cards - perhaps I still did - you weren’t the guy who would have bought the whole collection if you had seen it 45 minutes earlier before the German woman bought 14 of them ?? Basingstoke is a ‘new’ comicon, in its second year. They had taken on board some lessons from last year, and as you say issues can probably be attributed heavily to the number / level of guests they have. It means the big money, the big queues and the big upsets if anything isn’t on plan (and if the public facing staff/volunteers aren’t sure what’s happening with schedule changes) Usually I would be the extra person on our stalls and get plenty of freedom to wander around - or in recent months helping out organisers. But this weekend due to the conflicting dates for Basingstoke & Portsmouth I was running one or the other of our trade stalls at each event -But I did have a personal slave to call upon sending him out for iced drinks orders …..

These gauges can be self replaced. Remember to ensure the air is drained as much as possible. This can be done by shooting etc, but can also be done (slowly) by attaching an ASA adaptor with a line that goes to nothing, eg attach an ASA, point the hose line in a safe direction, slowly screw down the ASA to open the valve and let the air drain Contact your preferred airsoft/paintball retailer even if they don’t list gauges - they may have them in, can get you one etc Secure the cylinder, find a tool that fits over the existing gauge and unscrew - slowly Some brute force may be required to break the seal (ideally it hasn’t been thread locked, just thread sealed Unscrew and check the threads as you remove the gauge - it may help to pull the last twists with the gauge facing downwards in case any dried sealant drops out (rather than into the cylinder) With a pick tool check and clean off the regulators threads. Check the threads on your new gauge - ideally they have been factory prepared with a dry thread sealant. If not then you will need something such as PTFE / Teflon tape Screw it in cleanly and firmly Refill, checking for leaks and that the gauge works Theres a demonstration here: https://youtu.be/KAW_PIrKw10?si=xHMeuvM7rqMV3Gmf

All of the foams do the same basic job of providing padding. Simple basic foam, uncut will happily compress to hold and protect your equipment. You can put pretty much anything in the case, in any position and unless it’s too thick preventing you from forcing shut and as long as you don’t put in too much equipment in too close then it will hold and protect. The items may slip around a bit bumping into each other depending on how close and how tight the fit is vs how hefty the items are. You can cut in to standard foam to make pockets to avoid your equipment sliding and to make shutting easier Standard foam can be cut with a knife with good or bad looking results being dependant on how carefully you cut - or use a laser cut A single piece/layer of foam can be more difficult to cut neatly into the right depths for various different items Pick and pluck is typically used in two pieces/layers - one layer as standard foam, and the other piece/layer as a precut grid with small points uncut. You plan your layout then ‘pick and pluck’ ripping out the squares that you want to place your equipment in. This results in a pixelated style, or you can cut some of the grid with a knife (or laser cut - but if you’re laser cutting then you’ve defeated the object of using pick & pluck) Shadow foam is a brand, which comes in multiple colours, eg standard grey on the top layer and a bright colour in the lower layer(s)*. Therefore when cut to fit your equipment an empty slot is obvious as you can see a coloured ‘shadow’ Shadow foam is inspired by the wall mounted shadow boards traditionally used in workshops, schools and prisons to make it obvious when a tool is missing * Note that I have referred to ‘pieces’ and ‘layers’. These are not technical terms, but just me referring to how many blocks of foam you put into the case. Normally you could think of it as a top and bottom for the lid and base. But the bottom / base could be two pieces of foam such as with pick & pluck - one whole block approx half the depth of the base of your case and a second on top that you cut/pluck apart to form the gaps that you insert your equipment in A single piece of ShadowFoam is made of a number of layers. When you cut the shape you then peel out a layer of foam. A thin piece of equipment can be accommodated with one layer peeled out a thicker piece of equipment needs more than one layer peeled out to give greater depth. Pick & pluck: https://youtu.be/dSC2vEVfSIQ?si=rHpqQ2eESKVJ0JE1 Shadow foam: https://youtu.be/GMBziTVpoWE?si=aIH3vxWDz8aV-A2a

I see a red door and I want to paint it black

Tour of duty of course

It does of course depend on the point. If the point is a brief routine view of general standards then it achieves the goal. Basic levels of cleanliness and safety go together, if you can’t sort that out with 24 hours notice then you’re the true problem. A targeted visit could be different, so the life tip of ‘don’t be a dick’ always helps. If you aren’t a dick and don’t do stupid things then they won’t have anything in particular to be looking closely for

As Colin has said - 99% chance of this being a no, and would get you into trouble. Contact the local society for their advice The norm is that it’s not allowed in halls Societies will have access to storage, but it will vary between Universities. I am aware that in the past Southampton University went through this for their members. Resident members in halls were not permitted to keep RIFs, members in shared houses could and ‘key’ members of the society stored other members RIFs - but that meant that they became responsible for them and had issues when particular members weren’t attended an event. The society had storage via the Student Union, but it was as caged areas in store rooms - and one cage would be shared between two societies. Your specific society will be able to tell you what their arrangements are For something to physically store them in, the best is a hard case & a lock or a padlock. A non gun case is more anonymous for general transporting. The circumstances of your transportation can also vary - your own car, a bus, walking down the street etc

Joule creep is the answer that just keeps on telling us that the ‘standard’ airsoft practice of chronographing with specific BBs is not fit for purpose. In an ideal world everyone chronographs using the BBs that they play with, against a chronograph that can report joules in line with the BB in use or at least in line with a chart / information for chrono staff to cross reference the appropriate velocity. Either that or set your ‘specific BB’ chrono limit that accounts for creep against actual BBs in play

I didn’t say that UKARA is the only valid airsoft defence - it’s the most common recognised defence, but other valid ones can and do exist. (You may note that I also said ‘UKARA etc’) JustCos certainly isn’t, and the ‘operators’ of JustCos also know that it isn’t.