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  2. Rogerborg

    Finally, the Imperial Guard get the recognition that we've always deserved!

     

    Warhammer 40,000 - ASTRA MILITARUM Imperial Guard Lego Moc Minifigure Set

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    2. Lozart

      Lozart

      @Rogerborg seen these? https://www.brothers-brick.com/tag/warhammer/

    3. Cr0-Magnon

      Cr0-Magnon

      LARP'er and an AFOL! You sure you're married?

    4. Rogerborg

      Rogerborg

      Long suffering, but she knew what she was getting into.

  3. Rogerborg
    Sadly there's no way to comment on the actual begging page at https://gogetfunding.com/airsoft-aeg/ Although you can message the grifter from there, if you register with the site. To wish him luck, no doubt.
  4. Rogerborg
    Why? He's suffered no particular ills. There's nothing noble about living beyond your means, or grifting.
  5. Rogerborg
    "Here's a picture with all the shit that isn't included and which I'm going to have to strip off before posting it, but first I'll take all the pictures because relevance". TMDS - Tokyo Marui Derangement Syndrome. [*]
  6. Rogerborg

    Played in woodland yesterday, had an OK time, but it mostly reminded me of why I prefer CQB.

     

    Once you've lain in one flooded mossy ditch, you've laid in them all.

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    2. Rogerborg

      Rogerborg

      That's a fair point, I enjoyed sneaky when I was sniping, but this site has a weird rule about playing twice before you're trusted with a 485fps / 2.2J (double weird) sniper.  Not that they're enforcing it in practice, I suspect.

       

      When you're out with a random AEG and all of the games are variants of "rush an objective" on a busy site, it's pretty much the start of Saving Private Ryan over and over again.

    3. Impulse

      Impulse

      Yeah, when I'm out with an AEG, I still play like a sniper (sometimes even with the ghillie on too), because I don't like rushing objectives when you know at least three enemy players will be sitting in a bush ready to light you up. People are often amazed when I use less than 1000 BBs in a day while out with an AEG, but that's just my play style and it's what I enjoy.

       

      I think woodland is great if you have people with you, because you can do squad tactics and really dominate the game, however without coordination (which, let's be honest, skirmish airsofters aren't going to coordinate), woodland is... I don't want to say it's bad, but I think I'd prefer CQB if I wanted to play a faster, more rush-like style. Attacking objectives in woodland requires a lot of repeated aggression, or some sort of sneaky super-flank where one guy takes out half the enemy team (which feels amazing in fairness).

    4. Albiscuit

      Albiscuit

      I treat woodland a lot like cqb though. I find coming from a cqb background you have a few skills woodland players do not have, it was always evident when a woodland squad rocked up at the mall for instance. 

       

      I still rush, push forward and play a sneaky style in woodland much like I did at cqb. It doesnt always work granted, but players can be surprised by a lone guy rushing forward when they were not expecting it. 

  7. Rogerborg
    2 many uther projekts m8
  8. Rogerborg
    Well, tbf, m8, they're an easy fix, but tbh, m8, I just don't have the time. New rubber bands?
  9. Rogerborg
    Spends £1,136 (plus the rest). "The gun has never been used in game but a few shots have been fired down a range". At a £686 loss, I'd wonder how much each of those BBs cost to shoot. I guess it is a bargain if you want all of those exact parts and are prepared to make them actually work together. Honestly, these adverts just make me sad. Comes with 7 mags and 3 batteries, but has never been used for its intended purpose. Somebody save it!
  10. Rogerborg
    Fun day with my nephew, if somewhat technically gruelling. One AEG was misfeeding and DOA, one packed in during the day, so he ended up with the venerable CYMA M4 (still going strong) and pistol and I was down to a pump action shotgun. He also lost a pistol mag and dropped another and broke the feed lips, but stuff happens. Hopefully a bit less of a gear grinder next weekend.
  11. Rogerborg

    Expensive day's airsofting at Biohazard today with my nephew: he lost one Glockazine, and dropped another and cracked the feed lips.  Ah well, fun was had and nothing lasts forever except WuFlu restrictions.

  12. Rogerborg
    I don't think it should be, according to the plain wording of the current law. There is no chance that people (or extended households) are staying 2m apart at all times once "game on" is shouted. Well, that's where opinions can vary. Exactly the same applies to (ironically enough ) Biohazard up here, yet I'm playing tomorrow. I wouldn't blame anyone for not playing at the moment. But on the other hand, I'm not going to see your granny after playing, so please don't judge me either. We'll all have to just muddle through this as best we can.
  13. Rogerborg
    Don't be the guy that ruins it for all of us, man.
  14. Rogerborg
    Mmm, I was this >< close to making alternative arrangements for Sunday before we got the good word today. It must be an absolute mare for sites at the moment seeing the "THOU SHALT NOT!" pronouncements and then having to chase up Councils and such to go through "Perhaps thou shalt, but only if you answer me these question three ere the permission slip you see". As long as they can find some way of staying open, I'm going to be making an effort to support them through this winter.
  15. Rogerborg
    It doesn't really matter if it does or doesn't, since that no longer gives it any specific protection (in law, the de facto situation is clearly playing out differently). I mention "indoor sports" because the English regs uses the term "permitted indoor sports". But that only covers disabled sports now, so it's not relevant to airsoft at the moment. Outdoors, if it's not a "sport", then it loses the exemption for "outdoor sports" in England, but curiously not in Scotland which allows for all "organised activities which take place outdoors". To be clear, participation in all "gatherings" are criminalised, unless allowed, which is a pretty horrible state of affairs. It's in our interests to find en exemption, i.e to assert that airsoft is a sport, by the plain definition of the word. Sources: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/279/regulation/8 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/684/regulation/5 I take UKAPU's point, but I think they're being wildly optimistic about attendees at an airsoft event not mingling. We're all there in the same place at the same time to do the same activity with each other. In car parks, sign in and safe zones, we can stay in groups. But once it's game on, there is no mechanism to monitor or separate groups, as opposed to (for example) bowling lanes. Outdoors, you can maybe maintain 2m with enough shouting and punishment shots from marshals. Indoors, no chance. If everybody - sites, players, councils, environmental health, police - are happy to maintain the fiction that we're together but separate, then great, let's play. However, if push comes to shove, I would be astonished if a Magistrate or Sheriff gave it the time of day.
  16. Rogerborg
    Ouch, sorry to hear that. I've had two bikes sitting unused and uninsured all summer, with nowhere to go on them. I would have sold them, but I reckon the market will be super soft right now. Well, better news, the Scotch regs are out, and no new restrictions on sport. Now, I think that's because indoor sport is already banned, but nobody seems to have realised. And better news on that, Biohazard is on this Sunday, because the Council... don't realise that it shouldn't be. Looks like Z-Mart have got the go-ahead as well, despite the newest English regs clearly banning all indoor sports. Praise be for the wheels of bureaucracy grinding slowly.
  17. Rogerborg
    Alternatively, paying to get shot with hard plastic BBs surely qualifies as some sort of mental condition.
  18. Rogerborg
    That's good news but very surprising. The current regs are now a hugely amended convoluted mess: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/684/regulation/5 But it's not hard to parse out the relevant part: "During the emergency period, no person may participate in a gathering which consists of more than six people unless the gathering is an outdoor sports gathering or a permitted indoor sports gathering, and the person concerned is taking part in that gathering. a “permitted indoor sports gathering” is a gathering which is organised for the purposes of allowing persons who have a disability and who are not elite sportspersons to take part in any sport or other fitness related activity" Hmm, I see they've been talking to the council about it. That's going to be cold comfort if a Corona Karen grasses them up (likely), and a copper who's actually read the law (OK, less likely) shows up. The organisers could have a bad day.
  19. Rogerborg
    Mind you, I said that about camo. If I ever go flecktarn, please consider that as a Do Not Resuscitate notice. Urgh, still no news about whether Biohazard is on this Sunday or not. I've been F5-ing the regs today, but no updates: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi It's a bit hard to follow the law until they let us know what it actually is.
  20. Rogerborg
    Outdoors looks OK, for now, although I'd brace for some "circuit break" full lockdowns again. I've... urgh I've just ordered up some camo gear for woodland rambles. DPM 95, stick to the classics. Mrs Borg said she'd divorce me if I ever bought camo, but the joke's on her: now she's not allowed to take the huff and go and stay with her mother.
  21. Rogerborg
    I think that's pushing the interpretation of "a gathering" to breaking point. You could make an argument that (for example) each lane of a bowling green is a separate gathering, and indeed their sports body has made that argument. But the people in that lane can actually play without engaging with anybody elses at the venue, and while staying inside a delineated area. For airsoft it's hard to make that stick. Everyone is free to roam anywhere they want and they are all playing in the same game and engaging with each other. I can't see how you could reasonably argue that they're not part of the same gathering.
  22. Rogerborg
    Yup, that looks like all indoor sports banned except for disabled sports - it's very nice of the WuFlu to not infect disabled people. Well, bugger. I can't see any loopholes, it's a blanket ban. Still waiting on the Scotch version, but I reckon indoor sports were already re-criminalised on the 14th and nobody noticed. We're all bush-wookies now, chaps.
  23. Rogerborg
    England: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do "organised outdoor sport or licensed outdoor physical activity, and supervised sporting activity (indoors or outdoors) for under-18s. Organised indoor sport or exercise classes can take place in larger numbers, provided groups of more than 6 do not mix. " Your guess is as good as mine what mixing means in the context of airsoft, or any other team sport. Or if that's going to change since Johnson said indoor sports were a no-no. Scotland: no new word that I can see about sports. Latest advice (which contradicts the actual regulations) remains as: https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-what-you-can-and-cannot-do/pages/sport-culture-and-leisure/ "Organised outdoor contact sports such as rugby can re-start for people of all ages. For outdoor coaching sessions, there is a limit of 30 on the total number of people who can be coached at any one time. When in an indoor facility, those aged 12 and over should only participate in organised non-contact sport and should maintain physical distancing. All organised sports and activities must follow specific rules and guidance of relevant sport governing bodies, local authorities or businesses who in turn have fully applied related Scottish Government and sportscotland guidance." Outdoor's probably OK, Biohazard indoor has asked "environmental health" and await a reply, although I don't know that I'd trust any particular body given the number of others that could think otherwise.
  24. Rogerborg
    That looks absolutely awful. So, well done.
  25. Rogerborg
    That's advice, not regulations, and it's a week old. We'll have to see what the wording of the new regs are, and whether they're going to be enforced. Indoor adult sports had already been re-criminalised in Scotland last week, but nobody, including gov.scot, seems to realise that, or care. Johnson has said "Adult indoor team sports will no longer be allowed." in England, but with no specific mention of it again in Scotland, it's just possible that we might be able to squeeze another game in. Who knows at this point?
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