Colin Allen

Indeed; it does not apply to airsoft toys.

It isn't just you.

I have been here a lot longer than that; my previous account was hacked. I don't really see why people feel the need to mention being vegetarian or vegan or whatever all the time.

First, catch your Macaroni.

Me, but only because I do not eat meat.

Photos from Splatoon.

Ah, ok: I left at 15:00.

You won the spinner game very handily. What was the game after the missile game? I had to leave after it so missed whatever came next.

Well done for getting out there with a broken leg; that is true dedication.

Today, I went to Splatoon in Essex, a site I have been to a few times before and always had an enjoyable day. About 90-100 players were present, a mixture of old (I chatted with a 72 year old chap who was playing for the first time and was there with this grandson) and young, experienced and newcomers to the hobby. The first game was a fallback; we were defending and the attackers had to clear each of four areas in turn, not being able to attack the next section until they had cleared the current one. There was a 30 second time penalty for every enemy player still alive after the attacking team called the area clear. Defenders had one life in each area, while the attackers had infinite lives, respawning on a marshal who was just behind their rearmost player. We put up a great fight in each area, with the attackers finally taking the last area, by someone reaching the grey helicopter, with about 90 seconds of the game remaining. After a short break to refill mags, the game was reversed; we stormed through the enemy, setting a new site record for completing the objective, even allowing for a 30 second time penalty when we overlooked a still living defender. Following this, we played a game across the whole site, which involved controlling the three spinners that are situated across it; control of a spinner was shown by turning it so that your side's colour was facing upward. Both sides had infinite regens on their start points. This was a really fun game, with small groups of players roving over the site, popping up in unexpected places and many small and large firefights breaking out and then fading out. I was mostly in the lower section of the field, where the yellow team claimed the spinner in the last seconds with a brilliant run from a lone player. At the end they also controlled the spinner in the container field, while we held the central one. After another short break to refill mags, we played a search and recovery game. 15 small missiles were spread across the entire site; the teams had to recover as many as they could and store them in their helicopter (there are two helicopters on site, one at each end of the container field). A player could only carry one missile at a time and the regen rules were as in the previous game. This was enjoyable mayhem, with small groups roving the site looking for missiles, trying to get them back to their helicopter, trying to ambush enemy players transporting missiles, and attempting to raid the other team's helicopter. When the game ended, we had 9 missiles and the enemy had 6. It was a good, fun day of airsoft with some great play from both sides and interesting games. Weapons used: Hurricane/G&P SR47 DBoys AKMS ASG XP18 Commander CO2 (a massive upgrade on the Cybergun M1911)

Yeah, but it includes what he claims is a "leather Ww2 BAR sling", but is almost certainly a modern reproduction from Soldier of Fortune.

Possibly the worst airsoft pistol ever! I really want an L9A1, but the WE Hi Power is a steaming heap of poo.

If you are seriously considering using them, please have a long, hard think about WHY you want to use them. When you have done that, if you still want to use them, join the army. I have spent quite a bit of time messing around with serious pyro; no airsoft players should be allowed anywhere near a MK9.

Reported as well; I hope that the face of the utter cunt who set that up has a close encounter with a sledgehammer.

Like new but broken. ?

Well spotted!

This sounds like a really interesting site; unfortunately, it is probably just a bit too far :(.

This morning, I braved the journey into deepest Essex and the wonderful little site that is Dragon's Lair. Having paid and got my wristband, I was having a chat with the owner when he told me that the site would soon be closing as the landowner wants to open an adventure park and, as part of that, needs the land that the site occupies. Sadness was overwhelming; Dragon's Lair is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, sites in the UK, having been there, either as an airsoft site or as a paintball site, for 38 years. However, the good news is that they have secured a much larger location, for which they have great plans, including an Afghan village and vastly improved catering. Anyway, on to a description of the day. Around 100 players were present, being a good mixture of experienced and relatively new players, covering a wide range of ages. We started with a fallback game; as attackers, we had infinite regens on our rearmost player, while the defenders had one life at each of the ditch, the fort, the bridges (the stream could only be crossed by the bridges) and the village. We pushed them out of their first position quite rapidly, the SLR causing its share of casualties. Taking the fort and crossing the stream seemed to take forever but, once across, we wrapped up the village rather rapidly, despite not noticing a live bush wookie, which added five minutes to our time. The game was then turned around; taking up a lone position on our left flank, the SLR and I held off the enemy there for a long time before I was eventually hit, whereupon I fell back to the area of the fort and took up a similar position by the boundary ditch, again holding the enemy off for ages. My sojourn by the bridges was cut short by a magnificent shot which hit the only exposed paper of me (my left elbow). Falling back to the village, I again took up position on the left flank, taking out several opponents before they ran out of time to complete the mission. After this, as the labyrinth is being dismantled next weekend, we played a game entirely inside it. Each team started with 10 players attacking into the labyrinth, with the objective being to hold the centre of the structure for longer than the other team. Once players were hit, they moved out of the labyrinth and tagged in another friendly player. As this was not a game that any self-respecting SLR would wish to be involved with (as well as it being totally unsuitable for CQB), I swapped to the rather more practical QBZ 97 for the rest of the day. This game was really good fun and utter mayhem; we won! The final games of the day were based around attacking the fort and the labyrinth; at the end of the game, if either team controlled the labyrinth and the raised walkway in the fort, they were the winners. Within the fort, neither side could go past the centreline. Before this game, five of us were asked to move to the other team in order to balance the sides. It soon became obvious why we had won the earlier games; the team were a bit sluggish and hesitant. In the first running of the game, we lost both objectives, despite trying to push the team forward; when the game was turned around so that we were now attacking from the other side, it ended in a hard fought draw. It was a good, fun day of old fashioned airsoft. While the Lair is not somewhere I play very often, I feel quite sad that it is closing as it has been a fixture of our airsofting life for years. Still, on to a bigger and better version. Weapons used: Ares L1A1 (SLR) Real Sword QBZ 97 Cybergun M1911 Tactical CO2 (or whatever it is called)

I have been out to the forts and to the wrecked U Boat; I stayed overnight on Grain Tower a few years ago as well. I sometimes go down there for work.

Seems a lot for an upgraded CYMA https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/rif-s/electric-powered/tuned-and-upgraded-metal-and-wood-ma-045a-ak_i56558

I was thinking of getting one of those smokers that beekeepers use.

Is Kent Combat still going? I might wander over there tomorrow. Platoon Stores is good; I always drop in when I have to go to Chatham.

Different motor.

Yeah, that would be the problem. You have the positive and negative reversed. So, if you put smoke back in it, will it start working again?

If you did have a mosfet, you probably do not anymore.