As this is my first post on this forum, I thought I might introduce myself. My name is Aron and I am 14. I am a pretty avid airsofter, and I own three respectable guns and I have so much gear its flooding my bedroom!
Overview
Awa Herts is located in Sawbridgeworth, and it can be a little tricky to find the entrance. The first time I went my dad drove straight past it! Awa Herts accept player 12 and up, and offer rentals which I found to be very good. If you are renting you MUST book well in advance because spaced will up quite quickly. The staff and marshals there are always friendly, and they offer fast paced and action packed gameplay.
The safezone
Set amongst the trees is a very nice base camp, safezone or whatever you want to call it. Facilites include battery charging facilities, portaloos (YEY!) and a small shop where you can buy all the neccecities such as Pyro and BB's. There is usually a shop on site who sells guns and gear. The day starts at 9:30 and ends at 4:30.
Gameplay
Once you are all kitted out and ready, there will be a briefing and gameplay will commence. Two games are usually played at a time beofre you return to the safezone, with a 5 minute break inbetween the two games. There is a variety of gameplay such as the basic attack/defend, CTF and a personal favorite of mine, downed pilot. The FPS limit on all guns is 328FPS +10% which comes to a maximum of 350FPS allowed. This means that high FPS sniper rifles can not be used. This is a shame, but seeing as both teams start fairly close togeher there is not much use for sniper rifles.
There are two main playing areas in the woods. There is "the village" where most attack and defend games take place, and "the bridge" where there is a "who ever controlls the bridge at the end of the game wins" You get alot more personal with "the bridge" and a whole lot of Pyro and carnage goes on!
There are sometimes paintballers playing on the adjacent field and only once have we had a clash with them. It was quite funny really, both sides started shooting at eachother not knowing what was going on! Other than that there were no more problems during the say, apart from my shotgun which someone broke in half =(
My Conclusion
Overall I would give this site a 8/10. If it wasn't for the site being an hours drive away from me, I would give it a 9. Also a bit more veriety of games would be nice, maybe more of a Milsim kind of game. This my main site and I will continue to play at it for years to come
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