Smiling-Dutchman

Is this new? I don't feel like I've added many reactions today. 
Have I been put on a naughty step without knowing it? 
Or is it just Pith's awful joke breaking the code 😉

Sigh. 
Fine!
I'm come try Skirmish Wycombe again. 
But I refuse to enjoy myself!

Seems we're segueing to "how to fix airsoft", so my unwritten rule is: be the person that you want to play against.
 
You're sure you weren't hit, and you're sure you made the hit, and the other player says "You going to take that?"
 
What to do?  Argue it out?  You're not going to alter what they're equally sure happened. Even if they are actually delusional, even if they're deliberately cheating, and regardless of what reality really was, right at that point, the best thing you can do is to say "Good shot, nice one!", put your hand up, and walk away.
 
Because arguing the toss guarantees two sulky faces, over nothing, because there's no prize for "winning". When you've got the power to gift happiness, why not wield it?

I own two shirts and some neckwear that used to belong to a guy out of The Mamas & Papas.
 
All the sleeves are brown.
 
And the tie is grey.
 
 

Actually this brings up a good unspoken rule:
Don't get your hotdog out.

Boy did I read that wrong...
 
OT: from talking with friends, Viper has some good stuff with the buckle up system for exchanging pouches/setups on the go! That's the brand I'll be going for anyway, when money starts becoming a thing again.
 

Been to some fields where friendly fire doesn't count, or where friendly fire means the person shooting has to go respawn.
And a site where friendly fire means both people involved have to respawn so the one person can apologize to the other, so it all depends on which site you go to, but it'll always be explained during the game day briefing (or just ask a marshal if you're unsure).
 
I've never played at a field where ricochets count, but it's always mentioned that if you're unsure if it was a direct hit or ricochet, just take it.

Spawn camping is annoying and generally frowned upon in my opinion, but most sites I play at have spawns thus far away from each other it's difficult to get to the enemy spawn (except one site I played at that had a massive field with 5 spawnpoints where it occasionally happened, but usually telling the attacker that he's at a spawn is enough for them to try his luck somewhere else.

Bought a new scope today (no photo as of yet) for on my long gun (just an AEG, but like, long).
Managed to use it right away and got some decent distance hits with it.

I certainly hope not 🤣

I feel this thread is in need of a timely BUMP.

Agreed, was fun!
I really enjoyed the attack/defend bit with the ferret! (my throat is a bit sore from shouting...)
And the using the cards you find for more time to go into the fort and doing the shooting course in there for the actual points was really good, makes it a bit more fun (and 'light', which I guess was the idea)
 
And thanks for making me a member of the team,
And apologies for making the team worse (it will happen, it is inevitable)

WHAT A DAY!

Red Alert's second Battlesim "LITE".
Like a Battlesim day without camo/ammo/loadout restrictions.
Military vehicles on the field, set objectives etc.

At the start of the day I got a surprise when I was handed a marshall radio and told I was the on the field commander for Red team (Each team has a commander who stays at HQ and a second in command on the field).
But... but, I'm in full ghillie with a bolt action! OH WELL!

It was HUMID! So much so that before lunch I had already shed my ghillie and was roaming far more than I usually do in sniper mode, as I needed to relay objective updates, assign reinforcements etc.

There were intel cards available for capture, dotted around, and at objective capture points  intel boxes with bundles of cards.
Intel cards had a face value of 1 or 2 seconds.
You could return the cards to HQ at any time, and once you had a minimum of 20 seconds acrued you could then don a Purple High Vis, which took you out of normal play, and head into the Kill House.
In the Kill House you used your accrued time to run the course of Attack Sense targets, getting a point for each succesful target taken out, using a stock G&G M4 issued by the Kill House Marshall.
Your points gained added to your teams victory points.

It was an EXCELLENT day all round. I didn't hear any complaints about hit taking, the atmosphere and team work were exceptional.
A highlight was escorting the Feret armoured car (Google it) to collect intel boxes, with a gun emplacement atop the Feret. MAYHEM!

Final scores for the day:
Yellow team: 96 points
My lovely, attractive, obedient, talented Red team: 274 points
Quite a victory.

Also, at the end of the day @Smiling-Dutchman was made a member of The Outcasts (Our small, select group of dickheadds that play BANG YOU'RE DEAD in the woods together regularly).

Photo not from today, but Dutch is in it, so 😋

Finally got a good photo of myself again.
Very simple loadout: 4 M4 mag pouches, one double mag pouch for my ODIN speedloader, dumppouch and a generic pouch to keep my wallet/keys/phone in.
Bought a new mouthmask as well, this one is more of a tube scarf with a bit of mesh on one side, so no straps around my head, was getting a bit full there (straps for goggles (with EXFOG and top strap for it), straps for mouthmask, straps for comms headset, almost had no more place to put any of it.)

You will have no money left for trade stands.
Your Dosh will be sucked from your pockets by the human vacuum cleaners before you hit the main arena.lol
So much gear and so little time 😂
 
Regards 

I’ll show you mine - if you show me yours first 😂

You're really going to spend money on the absurdly priced stuff there? No offence dude, but you're a bit dim.

So anyway, we can compare purchases!

My son and I tried Bravo Romeo for the first time a couple of weeks back. Had a cracking day. The site was  well run, the terrain varied, decent gameplay and really sensible respawn rules. I have to say that, with the exception of one turbo bellend who accused me of non-hit taking, when he was shooting with all the accuracy of Michael J Fox on a rollercoaster, the other players were friendly, honest and all there to have fun. No aggro at all, standfast Marty McFuck and his no-miss BBs. 
 
Went full tigerstripe for the first time, as I usually mix and match, but was pleasantly surprised how effective it was, especially in the ferns. First run out for the Platatac Peacekeeper 5 chest rig too and it was great. 
 

Rocking my Irish DPM, A.K.A Paddyflage, A.K.A Lepratarn

The marshalls have definitely improved, mostly because they now have some older ones walking around, not just a bunch of kids.
Wait time between rounds is still a bit much tho, not like Red Alert we they say 5 minutes, and then actually mean 5 minutes. (double what they say and you'll be in the ballpark.)

Had a good day at Skirmish Wycombe on Sunday, played together with a few forum members.

Won the first two games (point capture) quite easy as we had some fast runners (myself included) run forward, get the point and from there on it was just defend as good as possible, both games (switching sides for the 2nd) went similarly so it wasn't because one side had better ground or something.
Personal highlight: shooting people's feet when they thought they were safe behind a barrier. another highlight, sneaking into a building the other team was convinced was controlled by theirs, Shot a gun that was peaking through the doorway (guy wasn't wearing gloves, sorry not sorry😅) and got a "I'm team Red!!" shouted at me, which was answered with an "I'm not!"
 
After that a couple of attack and defend missions. I had some trouble getting most of my team to advance so ended up running forward myself hoping the rest would follow (some of them did...)
Got a nice blood blister on my left hand ringfinger thanks to a point blank shot when I went around a barrier (told him afterwards he's a [moderated] but good shot)
 
Last 2 missions were attack and defend again, but this time a different one, attacking a hill, always my favourite at this site).
Managed to sneak up one side with a few other players and slowly managed our way to the other side (but again had difficulty getting the rest of the team to advance).
Other team ended taking the hill in 4 seconds(!!) less than us, so that was annoying... 😅
 
Overall, good day, 10/10, would do again.

Now looking forward to Red Alerts Battlesim light on Sunday, need to find my radio pouch again...

Bloody HPA users.

Next Skirm July 16th
Next Battlesim light at Red Alert July 23rd (@skullchewer, you and the other Outcasts going? Need another meatshield squadmate?)
 
It's been a few weeks since I played, need to get back on the field again...

Next Skirm July 16th
Next Battlesim light at Red Alert July 23rd (@skullchewer, you and the other Outcasts going? Need another meatshield squadmate?)
 
It's been a few weeks since I played, need to get back on the field again...

Next Skirm July 16th
Next Battlesim light at Red Alert July 23rd (@skullchewer, you and the other Outcasts going? Need another meatshield squadmate?)
 
It's been a few weeks since I played, need to get back on the field again...