Tackle

It is rather disappointing as it did seem to be getting better, albeit always with a bit of vagueness about rules and boundaries.  Since the sad demise of Tower Airsoft, which was a cracking little site, it was the only site that opened on Saturdays within what I regard as a reasonable travelling time.  Rehearsals and recording sessions tend to eat into my available Sundays, so being able to play on a Saturday was quite useful.  I am just about to head off for the penultimate rehearsal before our 25th Birthday gig and the lad is going back to university today, which is why we went there yesterday.

Lol, I'd prob press the wrong button & livestream that shit🤣

I second this, and use both of them. 
 
First game we ever played the lad got three ticks.  I once had 14!  The one on the back of my bollox was not funny.  Forget the embarrassment and get someone to check you over.  Use your phone camera if on your own.  FFS delete the vid straight away....   

This morning, the lad and I set off for a journey across southern parts of London to spend the day at Tactical Warfare Airsoft, a site where we have had a few good days over the last few months.

As usual, there were a fair number of rental players present and, before the morning safety briefing, the lad twice removed magazines from rentals' guns in the safezone.

After the usual safety brief, which included the usual talk about eyepro, no magazines in guns in the safezone and no dry firing in the safezone, we set out into the game zone for the first game; turning around to talk to the lad, I was shocked to find that the marshal who was with us was not wearing eyepro in the playing area; I immediately pointed this out to him and that there were players with loaded weapons and that some were shooting. He argued that it was not a problem but, after some persuading, put them on.

As we assembled for the first game briefing (60+ players with loaded guns), I noticed that the same marshal was standing 2m away from, and looking at, a rental player who had removed his eyepro and was making no attempt to get him to put it back on.

Both of these incidents were reported to the head marshal, who stated that he would "have a word" with him.

The first game was a fairly straightforward capture the flag using the village and part of the wood; this turned into a stalemate with some very dodgy hit taking.  

This was followed by a fallback game; as the defenders we had one life in each of Badger Base, Jungle Base and the Pit.  This was mostly a good game, except for repeated concerns that an HPA user on the other team was running a hot gun; experienced players were reporting that hits were hurting far more than they should.  When the lad challenged him on it, asking what weight he was using, he claimed to be using 0.20g BBs.  The lad then mentioned it to the head marshal, who responded that it had passed chrono.  Another player suggested that it be spot checked, but this was rejected.  There was also massive confusion about the boundaries for each stage; at the Pit, several of our players were hit by opponents who were out of bounds, as no information had been given to them as to where they could and could not go.

When it came time to turn the game around, we found that more than half of our team had disappeared, either going back to the safezone or leaving.  Despite this, we made a gallant attempt.  While attacking Badger Base, I asked a marshal if a couple of enemy players were out of bounds; his reply was that they probably weren't as that was where they were firing from, which made no sense.  We then asked how far we could flank round to attack them and were told we could go wherever we wanted; I checked whether this included flanking around behind the Pit and was told that we could not do that, so I asked again where we could flank round them.  The marshal replied that we could go anywhere that we wanted, so I again sought clarification on what this meant with regard to sneaking up on them by flanking around behind the pit.  The response was again that we could not do that.  Apparently, anywhere that we wanted was not anywhere that we wanted. Utter disorganisation!

Lunch followed, during which the lad again had to remove a magazine from a rental's gun; unlike every other site we play at, TWA does not check that players returning to the safe zone have removed mags and cleared their weapons.  On several occasions, triggers were pulled in the safezone, with no response from the marshals.  After one player had twice fired long bursts (no BBs fired) with an SMG, I raised this with the site owner, who went over and told him not to do it again.

We discussed leaving but decided to give it another try after lunch.  After the sides had been rebalanced and afternoon arrivals integrated into the teams, we set off for the next game.  This was a game in which we, as the attackers, had to fight our way into the village, collect six barrels and get them back to our start point; we had infinite regens on our start point and the defenders had two lives.

After a stiff fight and some hilariously bad hit taking, we fought our way into the village, whereupon the 0.20g HPA guy inflicted some serious damage on a couple of players, drawing blood; he also hit my webbing, the impact leaving me in no doubt that he was not using 0.20g BBs.

Once this game finished, we decide to leave; we will not be returning to Tactical Warfare Airsoft.  Unfortunately, it has reverted to being the shit show that it previously was, with the added bonus of little or no apparent concern for players' safety or even marshals' own safety.

Weapons used:

Me
CYMA G36C
King Arms PDW
ASG Commander XP18 (CO2)

The lad
G&G C7
G&G Modernised M4
ASG Commander XP18 (CO2)
Dynatex Grenade (x2)
 

You love it really 

Honestly I do despair of you lot 😂

There’s never been a Hi Capa built, that’s worth what those are worth 😉😂

Bloody hell. All I did was leave a laughing emoji reaction and post it here, I dread to think what would've happened if I actually commented 
Don't tease me with such lovely things 

Lol, talk about triggered,  he's closed it down and started another thread & the price has gone up £100 ffs🤣.
And another one has come on for even more, £850 this time,
the world's gone mad🤪

Maybe speedsoft has peaked & they're selling on asap while the market is high (as a kite)
 

I had a lovely date last night.
 
Tomorrow I'm going to have a fig.

It must be the season for piss taking prices for hi cappas. No mention of any internal "upgrades" so I guess the only changes are the fugly decorative bits
 

Maybe that's the whole point? "Yes love, of course I'll sell them", says he to his wife. Then he gets to keep them because "they're not selling love!" lol

It's still live, but the piss taking speedwanker (or "Seller" as commonly known) has closed the advert to further questions and removed any that have been asked so far. 
 
On another note, I wouldn't care if it lobbed 1000bbs a second, was made of solid platinum and came with a cheque for £500, no hi capa, especially not one that looks like it's been polished up with a headless smurf carcase is worth that!

No hi-capa is worth £700, no matter how much the seller has been silly enough to throw at it, especially as the original straight out of the box TM variants are superb on almost every level, anything added is usually just prettying them up, bit like a girl with her favourite dolly 😜

No hi-capa is worth £700, no matter how much the seller has been silly enough to throw at it, especially as the original straight out of the box TM variants are superb on almost every level, anything added is usually just prettying them up, bit like a girl with her favourite dolly 😜

Nah, that was an AAP-01
 
I basically said £700 for a pistol?
 
The reply was along the lines of "you're obviously not a speedsofter or you'd know"
 
I was typing my witty reply & the thread disappeared.

No hi-capa is worth £700, no matter how much the seller has been silly enough to throw at it, especially as the original straight out of the box TM variants are superb on almost every level, anything added is usually just prettying them up, bit like a girl with her favourite dolly 😜

I was going to add a £700 Highcapa to this thread but after a couple of sarky comments from me the seller has blocked me.
 
Is it worth £700? , please educate me if it is...

We had quite an intensive run of them, alongside the spammers, but seems to have been quieter recently, but everyone needs to remain on their guard & if you see, suspect, or God forbid, get turned over yourself then holler, we can only call ourselves a community if we work together. 

I've only ever bought from DCA once as it was a small part I couldn't find anywhere else and it all went smoothly. However I agree some of his prices are an absolute joke.
 
What really puts me off buying from him though is the way he acts like a spoiled child on social media 

Actually, why not invite him in here for a chat

Another very good point, OP's initial post reads like a young man who's vulnerable, & a mum who's understandably protective, hence most of our replies, but if he's managed to get to 34 without being hit by a bus or other heinous accidents, he's doing something right.
The point @Pseudotectonic about eyepro fogging etc is also very relevant,  most of us struggle if it happens, partially losing a sense, imagine it happening with no hearing too, maybe a good dye mask or one of those fencing style mesh masks are an option.
Yeah I know some don't like the mesh kit, but I've been using it for years without an issue, my eyes are fine, everything else is fooked but my eyes are ok 🤒

Whatever you do avoid the GSR replicas sold by airsoftworld. They're absolute crap and not worth 60 pence, let alone £60

Unfortunately Pat, your experiencing the phenomenon we affectionately know as "SODS LAW", in airsoft it means when it comes to facepro, all shots will hit where the protection ends, usually ears or Adams apple, a particular choker, alternatively you could go minimalist eyepro like I do, glasses or goggles, & you will be immediately blessed with hero status, never to be hit in the face again.............
Or at least until the game before a big job interview/wedding/family get together, at which points "SODS LAW" steps up & says "hey buddy, thought you'd got rid of me😈" , & you end up looking like you've got the worse case of teenage acne ever, even if you are 47🤣