Tommikka

There is a provision in the law that allows you to buy an airsoft gun for garden shooting. That would be an IF rather than a RIF, which means you can have a realistic size, shape and method of operating but in a bright colour It would have been hard to justify the colour for garden shooting

And true sniping is nothing to do with the trigger - it’s the fieldcraft that makes a sniper

A thing with all of these types of examples are you know that you are looking for someone in that picture, and you get to have a good detailed scan. Some may actually think they have seen him straight away and later see the real person. There’s rarely scale or context - for example this one is ‘bloke has a look for a moment’ as opposed to ‘hidden observation post’.

I used to often wear a particular pair of desert DPM trousers, and they could be accompanied by a woodland DPM shirt, woodland DPM wife beater or random T shirt etc I was told many times that I’m going to be easily spotted with desert legs due to bad camouflage - I’m just wearing them because they are comfortable Then on occasion I’d be told that I was right with my mixed camouflage as my legs would disappear in dry grass, or on dusty soil and my torso disappeared against background tree lines - No, still just comfortable in my favourite desert trousers and pasty white arms. I was ‘camouflaged’ by slow movement, using barriers, grass, trees up ahead to obstruct views and letting other people run around attracting attention.

He was cheating - and deliberately continuing to cheat once told to wear his armband properly. If he had any sniper ability he would have been able to wear a visible armband on his arm and minimise it’s sight to the opposition - by angle of view etc Any player who wants to wear their colour in a particular way (for example on the back of their goggle strap ‘to avoid friendly fire from behind’ is welcome to wear an extra one

Note that the link to the goggles include the small print that they are it for use in ‘Tactical games / war / military / ASG’ Taiwan gun only state that they have shot them for testing. FMA have featured a number of times for sub standard goggles, and are responsible for a rip off of the Dye i4 There are various videos around of people testing at close range and breaking the lens. PBM magazine recently put together a fairer ‘real life’ scenario with both 0.5” and 0.68” paintballs and the lens survived for a while, on getting closer and repeated firing the lens broke. They will be conducting a new test with a side by side comparison of FMAs vs genuine protection @kasaran did literally go into this with eyes open to see if they survive. Some will survive some shots, but eyes need to be protected with confidence - minimum impact testing should be conducted during design and certified properly. These standards exceed real life situations so that subsequent hits don’t degrade to risky levels etc FMA F1 unboxing FMA F1 testing FMA F2 unboxing With regard to lens colours etc, there are valid reasons for different conditions and also a matter of looking pretty Clear is the good all rounder Amber helps in low light giving contrast Dark filters in bright light Mirrored and posey finish’s look pretty, give a level of filtering, and for those like me who are international male models - a fancy lens prevents your eyes being visible and turn the photo into a product shot rather than a picture of the person A brand new fancy lens is a stupid idea for a photographer who uses their viewfinder.

Don’t spoil the internet with facts However Chevs reference to Thalidomide as context to family experience remains valid in relation to bringing medicines etc to public release

A simple way of comparting a pouch is a sheet of Perspex. Warm with a heat gun or hair drier and make alternating folds on the edge of a table etc

It is dependant on each site and whether they all BYO or site supplied only (Once you’ve seen the cost of specialist postage required for pyro, you’ll find that you either need to live near to a retailer or use a serious amount - and deal with storage, otherwise buying on site is generally best) In airsoft you can usually have reusable pyro, such as metal blank firing grenades - but they cost more to buy up front, you need to find them and will be restricted on how you throw them I have to declare that I have a sponsorship relationship with Enola Gaye, they have supported our events since either number 2 or 3. They develop pyro that is expressly designed for airsoft and paintball, plus they are in other ‘industries’, they fully own their products all the way from design, manufacture in their own factory etc and were also involved in development of EU pyro standards Their pyro is available at many sites

The paintball element means a different cleanup - for airsoft indoors you can sweep up BBs. In the right indoors environment you can hose down and sweep up paintballs. We've run games indoors & in urban environments. For Ironsight we once opted for using sawdust because we were generating some hotspots for heavy shooutouts. It involved testing the sawdust with the surface to ensure that it didn't create other hazards such as dry or wet slipping and as a fire risk with pyro. There are a number of unusual venues about with organisers running regular or occasional games, airsoft can get away with more due to the cleanup of BBs (mostly) being about sweeping up.

Yes, people have It needs to be done with great care, there’s insurance which is considerable for a one off event, and remains high even for an established organiser who is covered for their ‘standard’ site - they just need to get their insurer happy with the specific risks of an unusual venue which is likely to be a higher premium. Is the venue suitable? It seems like a good idea to have a game in disused shops, offices etc - but they cause immediate stalemates when you have one door to a room and corridors etc - you need to be able to have access to the network of internal service doors (eg shopping centre) or to be allowed to knock holes through. There’s glass, hard floors, stairs etc risking damage to people and property Is the organiser suitable? Everyone thinks they know better about how to run a game once they have played a couple. When you first played and defended a building or fort did you notice how ‘badly’ the defences are designed? Every game has to be playable for both attacker and defender - it’s not good enough to take turns defending & attacking to ‘balance’ out - an impregnable fortress is a crap victory and a crap loss. A defendable / attackable fort is a good game on both sides. I played the only paintball game in the Reading Mall, it was due to have an event by a different organiser but some locals who had a couple of mini private games there thought they could do it. It was a total disaster which began as soon as they realised how much it cost vs how much income they would have on suitable limited paint - and their entire team wanted to play rather than run the game. (The other organiser would have run it as limited “paint’ - with powder balls, and had the reputation and experience to run that kind of game plus have customers willing to pay the right price) These guys quickly announced unlimited paint, and also unlimited players - just to make the game viable They couldn’t organise, had hours of delays and had to stop for hours again after approx half an hour to go shopping for sawdust because every floor was soaking in clear gelatine - hard floors were like ice, carpeting was like boggy fields I was among the last team to help clearing up, there was still clear paint flowing down the walls onto the floor behind us, and airsofters for months afterwards were still reporting wet floors Paintball never returned to the Mall, due to the ‘cleverness’ of a couple of guys, which resulted in the dissolution of their team, the loss of friendships and disappearing money

As a paintballer, if you ask me, airsoft doesn’t hurt at all. I’ve been marshalling and players have apologized to me and I’ve not noticed that they had shot me. There is one occasion where I was knealt down just inside a large doorway taking photos, and I let out a Yelp when a player ran in and shot the back of my head. Then after the surprise I noticed it didn’t hurt. I’m well hard though*, and pain is relative. * unless you shoot one of my fingers**, then I’ll scream like a baby ** unless you shoot a specific finger tip nowadays, as I’ve got a nerve condition. Even lightly brushing it can sometimes put me in major agony @madkevin: Pain is relative, and for children maturity can vary. The 11 old may be perfectly fine. I first took my nephew playing at 11 when he was ‘underage’ Guidance in paintball used to recommend it from the age of 13, it was revised to 12 but that is on the theory that a 13 year olds birthday group can cover 12 year old schoolmates. Without knowing the children I would guess the 8 year old is too young for normal airsoft and paintball. Airsoft is generally in mixed groups of various ages and abilities. Routine business is generally the local crowd. Typical paintball sites are aimed at rental groups and will separate recreational rentals from the more experienced ‘walkons’ with a walkon day generally being once a month and rental groups on most weekends. A decent sized group can normally play exclusively on there own. Sites these days diversify and there’s a variety of activities. Good ideas are laser tag or pump action springer .50” calibre low impact paintball which is suitable for younger ages. .50” may sound like a kids game (and it’s great for them) but it’s good fun and ideal for parents & kids to play together I describe the pain in paintball as similar to a slap, it’s a sudden pain and then it’s gone. For airsoft and paintball, if you’ve got into the game then adrenaline protects you, if you’re cold and miserable then it’s going to hurt. To mitigate wear loose clothing, then it absorbs impact, under 18s must wear full face protection, for over 18s in airsoft it’s your choice as to whether you have full face or minimal eye protection. As a paint baller I always recommend full face

They will have granted licences for production, and may have an arrangement with Arktis for sale outside of Ireland. There are many factors in the camouflage patterns where rights have been retained. For example Crye own the rights to multicam, the UK has licenced for the design of MTP and the MoD (probably DE&S) own the rights and licence it out for contract and commercial production. Others have produced their own multicam style variants, or just ignore licencing. Russia (alledgedly) have pirated multicam for their variant. It may appear foolish where there are laws affecting sensible use of a camouflage pattern/uniform in airsoft etc, but it can be a tiny factor in some security elements. A ‘ban’ is no alternative to proper security measures - such as US security failures which allowed nastys in Afghan to go straight through gates by dressing up in copied uniform from the local market

We have a vigorous process for all drugs and medicines —— which as mentioned above includes learning from thalidomide etc, even after full testing all the way through licencing people do still get side effects, and bad reactions. In the case of Covid vaccines if people cast their minds back a short while the flavour of discussion once progress was announced was “why do we have to wait for all this licencing red tape” Testing and trials have been done, but not as much and as long as would be usually enforced. An extreme level of work and collaboration (plus of course state hacking by the usual suspects) on a new virus A ‘reasonable’ balance has been made, but with our drugs and medicine legislation that ‘reasonable’ is not normally enough. Hence the extra indemnity. No conspiracy, just getting some protection out as quickly as possible in the middle of a global pandemic

Fixed link: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1374/made

It is just a matter of convincing the seller that you have a valid use (as they are the ones risking a fine under the VCRA) Or convincing customs if you are importing Note that being a film student is not a good enough Defence under the VCRA. Student films do not need the viewer to cross their perception of reality, student films are there to demonstrate the student has taken in and applied the techniques of film production

Film production is a valid defence to buy airsoft RIFs

Airsoft includes dressing up, as long as you are not making false claims then nobody really cares. (Many ex soldiers are of the opposite opinion - airsofters are a good source of eBay income) You are not a Walt unless you are impersonating and making false claims: https://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/Walter_Mitty However, there are self appointed Walt hunters who pursue those that they consider to be walts and regularly go after the wrong people because the Walt hunters only have their beliefs: https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/whoops.214715/ A genuine WW2 Belgian SAS veteran pursed by Walt hunters because they didn’t like his medal arrangement or the mix of beret colour and badge

That’s a bit different to a standard dead mans walk With one raising their hand there is a deliberate deception. If they walked as a group and one raise their hand when challenged then it is pointing to deception rather than non aggression. As described I would probably call it as cheating It’s closer to shielding behind a dead player which is on the verge of cheating

..... Back in the day we would say that ankle bands meant something very different

I already see this to a degree of rule bending / cheating: Players who put their armband on the back of goggle straps - I’ll happily give them an extra one if they really just want to be identified from the back as well Attempting to not show the arm with an armband is fair enough Even better is to band both arms, (though in the long term that doubles the cost of one of the site overheads, especially when using tape) or to specify arms such as red left, blue right I like faction clothing styles, but it’s difficult to ensure people comply. At one Falkands based event we defined the upper half of your body as ‘faction wear’. Brits were DPM, so one guy decided to be Argentinian with a DPM assault vest, he wouldn’t change sides or accept loan gear, so we had to point him out in the morning brief: ”Argentinians - please don’t shoot this guy in the vest, Brits please do”

http://episodenothing.blogspot.com/2016/09/one-of-our-dragons-is-missing-how.html?m=1 A left over prop from a Disney film, used by a SciFi film, which ends up bought up by Disney

He isn’t bullet proof while asking someone what side they are on Absolutely I see these as two rules: Surrender: A request for the opposition to accept elimination. They can take it or shoot back, when calling surrender you should be ready to enforce it (and you might be bluffing due to running out of ammunition, so sometimes you get lucky & sometimes you don’t Tag: You are close enough to touch, and in doing so you achieve the elimination. There is no choice for the eliminated player (You could also be out of ammunition, but you successfully tagged) I’m less keen on a generic ‘bang’ rule, to me it sits between surrender and tag and I prefer the option of surrender at a short distance or tag close up

That was cheating

Dead mans walk depends on some circumstances of games. When I write game rules the dead mans walk is permitted unless I explicitly state otherwise. Cheating to supplement dead mans walk is clearly cheating. (Eg hand up through an area, then hand down later on and shooting when behind enemy lines etc) Eliminated players do raise their hands for a short while, and then drop them You should then raise your hand again if you come across the opposition There is no need to light up dead players, if they are casually walking with hands down then a couple of shots or brief burst is easy. When people know they are going to be shot again every time they soon lift their hand. Airsoft is a game where you go in expecting to be shot at, and there is no way to see that someone has been shot unless they have their hand up, are waving a rag or have a disposable arm band system etc The game layout and scale are factors as to whether I would allow or rule against dead mans walking. In a small game I may disallow it, in a large game I would tend to allow it The observers of a possible dead man walking should think about why that opposition player is walking towards or around them. Eliminated players should be avoiding concentrated areas & gun fights. Unless they have just been shot in this gun fight. See a few of the opposition or hear shooting then lift your hand up Are they walking towards spawn or the safe zone? Are they walking into your territory which is an objective of the opposition? When someone complains that they have been tricked by dead mans walk at one of my events it shows a number of things: They didn’t read my full rule set & scenario theme They didn’t read my short summary key rules They didn’t listen to the game & safety brief They had a sad on because they weren’t paying attention and got tricked