Dalerj94

AEGs/solenoid HPA guns aren't totally waterproof, but merely water resistant at most, same with the average Nuprol cases people use. You can't drown any electronically powered RIF that has the battery plugged in with in the amount of water that commercial sprinklers will let off and expect it to work thereafter, it'd be the equivalent of if you dropped it into a deep puddle and left it submerged with the battery plugged in and then pulled it out after 10mins expecting it to be fine with no shorts in the system. It's not like a rainy skirmish day when sprinklers go off pouring out hundreds of litres a minute where you just wipe down your RIF at the end of the day - and doesn't talk about things like radios, PTTs etc as not everyone can afford milspec gear from JCI as an example. I personally run mechanical as my primary is powered by a P* Kythera, and my MAX case is rated upto 1m submersion mind you - it was more overarching than that as your average joes run mostly Chinese gear that won't stand upto it. But I digress, to put it simply, insulting people's levels of kit doesn't actually justify any argument. Stupid as some may be, irresponsibility is an entirely different thing, you're essentially just saying any players anywhere ever are liable to accidentally damage your equipment and behave like fools which if so is an airsoft thing as a whole - you can't stigmatise it to one particular event as if to say the airsofters like me and my team and the guys we run with who play there don't actually play elsewhere and don't believe in the honour of the game. You get fuckwits everywhere, you can't blame AI for that and expect it not to come off as bias against them. And at no point have the rules stated you can't bring a DMR, just lower the power to that of ARs/SMGs/pistols as it's mostly close quarters engagements with the amount of people at the event, which is fair enough as nobody wants to get blasted by a heavier weight bb at that power that close - same reason MED is in place at outdoor sites. Rules state that in both places. Bolties and DMRs also ran at the last event in April fine, a few of my teammates run Mancraft powered DMRs and bolties, just reduce the power and you're fine. Our lads never got picked on or moaned at once by anyone. They were spot checking players on chrono at the last citadel quite stringently (Airsoft Plantation in Billericay does the same, never once had an issue there myself with players shooting hot, it's a game of honour), and although I never saw or experienced it I did hear via grapevine that a handful of players who were shooting over between both teams got sent home early on day 1 (again, this can and does happen anywhere). FB is real time updates in the social media age so not sure why it's an issue exactly; I mean, the website lags behind and should be updated sooner, we'll agree on that of course, but in reality it does seem a bit like picking hairs just to have something to pick on. Again, if players abuse that system, they'll do it anywhere, it's not event specific- there's always the caveat that prevention methods may need to be stepped up and up and up, but based on the last event in particular they were on top of it and the only people who I've seen moan anywhere online were the greens who lost because they didn't like getting pushed back to their spawn, and despite literally getting dropped off by event organisers at the tan CP en-masse, still got pushed back again. I personally had a bit of a what's going on moment on finding and disarming a bomb that had been planted in a building we had already disarmed the prior day, where AI gave them another chance to rack up some more point. Not to mention the extra mortar strikes both days they got. Play better and don't blame the site is my retort. As I said above, I've had no negative engagements on a whole at any events run by them - shit happens, it's airsoft, can and does happen everywhere all of the time because of the human element within airsoft both on organiser and player levels - so can only go off of my own experience and that of the immediate people around me who have shared that experience with me directly. I'm looking forward to the event, it looks to be good, and based on my previous experience will be a lot of fun. Airsoft is what us as players make of it, sites and organisers are just catalysts to making it happen.

RE: Pyro - 40 Mikes weren't allowed from the get-go, and they've literally just posted on FB saying no moscarts whatsoever. If someone lets off a bang and the sprinklers go off (which is why pyro is banned), you're talking fortunes in damage and 400 royally pissed off players, I highly doubt anyone is malicious enough to destroy their own kit as well as everyone else's for the sake of a £3 cardboard whoosh stick. RE: DMRs, it's 400 players in a shopping centre indoors, so it's essentially CQB. Why would you bring a DMR to a CQB site - you wouldn't turn up to ZMart and expect to be allowed to run 450fps 0.4s, and then get the hump when they tell you no. Moot point really. RE: chokepoints, as said before basically all service access walkways are in play, so I'd like to think there will be ways to get around if you're struggling - just don't go stand in the big crowds in the centre atrium and expect to get up the escalators.

No - just a player mate who's had nothing but good experience, and based on the current sales of tickets (I'm keeping an eye because I want to know if there is any disparity in numbers between tans and greens, did the same for the last Citadel event in Apr) I'm not the only one as over 340 players are booked on. I had 0 issues with cheating at the last event, and the entire team as a whole, the players that we run alongside and a recurring portion of the YT airsofters have never had issues with their games either both on winning and losing sides, so we'll have to agree to disagree there - simplest way for people to find out is to turn up for themselves, they wouldn't have been running the scale of events they do for as long as they have if they were as notoriously bad as you're making out. Additionally I post team related content almost exlusively, this was a sheer community post to get some people fired up for the event in case they were unaware. If you're going to check my activity history, at least be transparent and not enforce a bias. No - the last one was at The Citadel in Dover, they hosted events there every year for years but The Citadel has now been sold off to be turned into a data centre. And yeah - most service passageways, empty shops, and 3 of the 5 floors are in play. As you said anywhere the public and store staff could go when it was open is playable, with exception to 1 shop (couldn't tell you why they've done that) and some select areas I've no idea what they are specifically that I'd imagine would pose a risk for insurance purposes. But per AI on their FB page near enough the entire thing is in play, so should be plenty enough space and some wicked areas for engagements, I'm really looking forward to it. There's a bias of losing teams leaving shitty reviews every year - and yet the tickets for the losing team at April's event sold out first - the thing is, some games aren't for everyone naturally, I'm not a fan of woodlands as an example; I prefer urban and CQB. As I say, I myself and loads of others around me have had nothing but positive experiences both on winning and losing sides across multiple years of events they've run. Not every organiser gets its right every time - and example of this as of my recent experience is with Legion @ Longmoor. Years of great games, but recently all of their games have been handled appallingly (including the game we did a couple months back). Shit happens, it's airsoft. But it's always been a good calibre of players on average in my experience; you can go to your local every weekend and have new faces turn up that are cheating bastards, a bit green to the hobby and get a bit lost in the face of it, etc. Again, shit happens, it's just the way airsoft is. But overall I can't fault them, it beats your average skirmish every time imo and to me I want to have enjoyable experiences and memories; weekend socials with the team seal the deal, but the airsoft itself I find it to be of a good enough standard to be enjoyed by all as long as you're not just a moaner looking to pick faults - it's only ever going to be what you make of it I guess is what I'm trying to say.

Whole place bar 1 shop & some H&S restricted areas in play, the last one in April was an absolute winner, our team has religiously gone to every one for years now and for good reason 👍

Snapshot trailer: https://m.facebook.com/Ai500-148728415210679/videos/ai500-2022-is-here/405529788231650/ With the event just under a month away at The Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre in Rochdale, UK, this is set to be one of the craziest AI events yet. All 3 floors and most areas (bar 1 shop and some H&S restricted areas) will be in play over 2 days of absolute chaos between 1st & 2nd October. As one player to another; you don't want to miss out on this one, tickets are almost gone, so if you can make it then get yourselves booked on - this is a one off event that's set to be the best airsoft event in 2022, without a shadow of a doubt!! https://www.ai-mag.com/buy-tickets/ *Check the AI500 Facebook page for further details here: https://m.facebook.com/pages/category/Interest/Ai500-148728415210679/

Good crack of a day - keeping it moving through the heat and having a good slog at it at AP. If you like it don't forget to like it, and share it if you want others to have a watch! Cheers all!

Team Sasquatch visits AP for one last shoot out with our sponsor Gordon before he moves away to Scotland. Thanks to Gordon as our team sponsor via Battlezone Airsoft (www.battlezoneairsoft.com - he'll still be operating the business online, so don't worry all you perusers of airsoft out there 😉) for providing years of quality input, resource & support for the team. Was a cracking day of airsoft yesterday, hope you enjoy the vid; don't forget to like & share if you like it and want to share it! Thanks all!

Had a good crack at Driverwood this Saturday just gone - hope you enjoy the content all, thanks to Driverwood for having us and thanks as always to our sponsor Battlezone Airsoft. Give it a like and share if you like it and want to share it; thanks all!

Following above Day 2 of the event from perspective of CT17 Charlie division is up now - thanks again to all for watching and giving it some love!

Day one part 2 - day 2 to follow, as above give it a bit of love; thanks all!

Did post this in the 2021 thread - but needs bumping in here too given my oversight (sorry admin). Team Sasquatch, CT17 Charlie division, footage from day 1 at AI500 Zero Hour - part 2 and footage from day 2 incoming. Give it a like & comment (and share if you please 😉) for us, cheers all, happy airsofting! 👍

Team Sasquatch, Charlie Division CT17 footage from day 1 - part 2 from day 1, and parts for day 2, incoming 👍