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Jesus. I'm very very disappointed with the Flex 8. Although it's far better than the others, the fact rounds penetrate regardless for how reduced the impact is isn't great. I'm going to run some tests on my masks next week, but this has changed my thinking on any rubber/flex based masks that seemingly allow rounds through.

Find your nearest paintball shop and pop along to try them on. Masks are like boots, you need the right size for your face and that's often only gauged by giving things a go. Small masks like the Sly, Dyei4 etc are designed not to add bulk to the face and thus risk not covering all of it on most people, never mind Desperate Dan. Others like the JT Proflex can be a bit too big really. It all depends on what works and makes your face feel safe and comfortable. Personally I like the vforce profiler and you might like the vforce shield. It came with a removable pivoting neck guard thing (see http://www.50calpaintballshop.com/shop/view_product.html?prod=872) that is more protection for your chin than neck really. Most masks designed for paintball (and sold in the US) should have vents than prevent bb entry though given the safety standards and I'm not aware of any mainstream ones that let them through. Chinese tat via eBay however, I can't speak for.

You're doing right exploring this with the authorities themselves... As above, I think we should be very very careful assuming in any way that forum logic will apply to the police or legal systems... I advise you get something in writing from the police, courts or probation services (have you contacted the National Offender Management Service) confirming it is ok, otherwise tell your friend not to have possession of one unless it is at most, a rental from a legit site within the boundary of said site. Hope you get what you need.

Would sites hosting feminist inspired theme days help increase women in the sport-and thus broaden the understanding of it? The new £5 notes with women on are being hoarded by misogynists, and women are empowered to mag-up and bring the pew-pew to keep equality moving?

I agree. Don't draw attention to Airsoft. I very much doubt any re-opening of a discussion on Airsoft with policy makers would lead to an improvement for us - quite the opposite.

Mine likes the fact that I find shooting people with plastic an enjoyable de-stress, as it helps keeps me closer to the sane end of things, and not resorting to the arson of my work place. She says I wouldn't thrive in a prison setting.

I like it. If I were to go into full art critic mode, I'd say that I approve of its styling, seemingly inspired by the works of H F Motor Company, and their sublime Mark III Capri.

One of the founders of the Everyday Sexism project said that "by allowing the more minor incidents to slide we are normalising the same attitudes and ideas at the root of the more serious offences." Thoughts?

I think there is some distance between a community having a discussion over a listed price (to which of course the seller can contribute), and the destruction of an ad. Some ad's have indeed been torn apart by other members, but in my opinion, rightly so. But testament to the forum/mods, the ad listing remains active, and the seller is able to discuss and defend their item and pricing, and keep trying to flog their stuff. And this forum is not saturated with trolls trying to bring down ad's for the sake of it - were that the case, I may support a more rigorous policing of the discourse. In essence, this is a forum retaining it's forum-ness throughout its functionality. This isn't a feature of a 'deficient' forum in my opinion, but is actually a unique and welcome selling point.

Welcome chap. I'm in Stoke but hail from Wolves. Which sites are you looking at?

I've used an old bottle of Oasis for years now. I think the wider opening make it easier to form a decent funnel to my hi-caps. I might lose a few bb's every now and then but it serves me very well overall.

I personally wear a load of pin badges. I think in the age of velcro based individuality where a truly unique patch is rare - it's nice to be different - if you're going for the fun angle that is.

This is now fully booked, but I understand there will be a reserve list going up tonight if people want to sign on to it.

One of the things a recent post (and many others) on these forums contained was a community response and commenting on possibly overpriced goods that was to me - extremely helpful, and amusing. I have played the sport for near 10 years now, but am supremely ignorant when it comes to most things to do with RIF's. And with the continually expanding/shifting and difficult to swiftly research manufacturer landscape, I find it very hard to keep up, even if I do get a toe grip on some relevant knowledge. For example, yesterday I became aware companies called SHS/Lonex/Prometheus produce good quality stuff apparently. If the forum just closed down potentially overpriced items, or stifled discussion, I perhaps wouldn't be able to leech off other members knowledge and expertise quite as much as I can now, and I'd simply never gleam some of the things that might one day, be useful. Seeing members highlight something as possibly overpriced, especially with links to where it can be purchased like-for-like (domestically) cheaper&new is brilliant, IMO. But beyond that, a forum that allows the community to discuss and heap on the explanation as to why something is overpriced is a forum feature I would like to keep.

If I rent safety goggles from a site that are defective, or get hurt because a Marshall was a pillock and the site is deemed liable, that's where insurance may come into it for the individual, not just the site - as I understand it.

Word of warning - always wash the surplus Hermione stuff that's third hand through ebay.

Frontier Airosoft's next game (12th July 2015) is an apocalypse themed full day game, with the Miners guild taking on the Federation in the wastelands of Staffordshire. Just £25 walk on, £40 rental. The story (property of FA I'm sure) and booking details follow: What came before… No one remembers when The Event happened. Some people say a hundred years, others say more… A few people even say it’s always been like this, that the world that was before is only a dream that someone made up to give people hope… Hope that things can be different. Nobody knows why it happened, either. The Event, that is. A great war, a border dispute, competing for resources… The why doesn’t matter, though; it’s the what. And everyone agrees on the what; they let slip the dogs of war. The most powerful weapons in the world were unleashed, and the Earth was reduced to dust and ashes. Vast temples of the world that was, splintered and despoiled, still stab upwards from the ground like broken teeth; grim reminders of that which The Event took away. The people hid. They found bunkers and crawled into the womb of the Earth. There they lived, cramped and squalid. People forgot the sky, and dreamed of clouds. Time passed… When they finally emerged into the light, some people were nearly blinded. They found what little fertile land they could in the wastes that remained, and they clung there together. They built shelters and began, slowly, to reinhabit the surface… We are their descendants. Nearly two hundred years passed for the people sheltered in the bunkers. Children are born, grow up, grow old, die; generations move along. As the people began to emerge and reclaim the charred land, they found that the ravaged and toxic land was overrun with bizarre, overgrown vegetation and hideous mutant creatures. They began to spread out, establishing small townships and attempting to rebuild some form of society. As they did this, they discovered that there were others out in the world too. The descendants of survivors that remained outside the bunkers, now reduced to nothing more than primitive tribes as society and technology crumbled around them. It’s now been thirty years since the first of the bunkers opened, and an order of sorts has slowly begun to return. Trade routes have been opened between settlements, and Governments and political structures have started to appear; life has begun to find a way. However, much like the old west, the land is vastly unexplored and perilous. Mutant creatures still abound, and bandit groups are rife in this bleak landscape, and due to these threats, everyone is armed. The law is only firmly held in places where the Government has begun to take hold, so people take the law into their own hands. A new monetary system, the Credit, has stabilized in the last fifteen years, and is now fully established across what was America. Self-elected ‘President’, Martin Fallum, descendant of a former US Marine Commander commissioned to one of the better-stocked bunkers, has a large private army at his disposal. He has started to use troops under his command to unite many of the settlements under the ‘Federation of Fallum’. Depending on your political bent, the 'Feds' can either be described as a Government or a Dictatorship. During the time the settlers lived underground, the world was raked with meteor showers, and the meteorites left behind were scattered randomly across the Earth. Within these meteorites, they discovered a new fuel source named Centite. It is currently the most valuable resource in the world, and is the basis for the Credits now used as currency. Prospectors scour the wastelands for meteorites, hoping to find the mother load that will make them rich and powerful. Many die, killed by bandits, dehydration, the hostile environment, mutant attack… even by each other. Still, each day more arrive, leaving the townships and settlements behind to seek out their fortunes. Present Day Frontier Township Frontier Town is the last fortified outpost on the boarder of the area that has been reclaimed by civilization over the past fifteen years. Originally nothing more than a handful of scavengers and miners camping together for protection, it has grown steadily and now boasts a Centite refinery , medical facility , armoury , bar and a democratically elected Mayor and police force. During the last 2 years the township has been under pressure to join the Federation of Fallum (a self-elected President and his private army, that is currently trying to take control of the wastelands and establish order. ). The Federation is responsible for the limited safety now established in the civilised areas. Slavery , murder and theft are now crimes in these areas enforced by their troops. However this does not come without a price, the self-elected President Fallum will often order his men to take forced conscriptions from a towns population, commandeer machinery and enforce a tax on those under the Federations protection. The people of Frontier Town resisted the Federation, agreeing instead to ship back 90% of the Centite Ore they refined back to the Federation in monthly shipments, the shipments collected via one of the few remaining helicopters still operational in the new world (the wastelands close to the town are rich with deposits and Frontier Town is responsible for 17% of all Centite production in the new world ). By agreeing to this on-going contract and willing to take federal currency in return for refined ore, the deal has allowed Frontier town to remain independent, and enforce its own laws as well as trade the raw Centite ore at its own rates to the miners operating in the wastelands. The Federation of Fallum In the last 10 months the Federation as moved a small garrison into the uncharted wasteland near the town. These troops have established the base and are now pursuing their own mining operation. This has led to several pitched battles with the unaffiliated mining groups operating in the area. The Law of the wasteland is little more than a lose collection of commonly agreed etiquettes such as “never steal a person’s boots while they sleep” and “killing a man without clear provocation or profit is wrong”, but even these vague practices are often ignored. It is a wild place where the rule of force is imposed on anyone not sufficiently able to protect themselves. Federations authority holds no meaning to the miners and bandits operating in the area, as such the Federation troops are often ambushed and attacked by claim jumpers and bushwhackers. In order to try and push Frontier Town to accept full membership into the Federation. The President has ordered him men to aggressively pursue the mining operation this summer, hoping to monopolise the ore collection and force the town to accept them or lose the trade rights on the Centite harvested for refining. The Miners Guild The Miners realising the only independent refinery in the area may fall to the federation domination were quick to respond, and have united into the newly created “Miners Guild”. The Miner Guild now has over fifty groups of previously independent miners united under on banner, they work in groups and share resources to allow a larger harvest of Centite. It is the objective of the Guild to prove to Frontier Town that the Federation cannot monopolise the wasteland and that the quantity of Ore provided by them is of a higher value to an independent township than one under the control of the Federation. The Race is on… We are now in the last few weeks of mining season, the annual dust storm is due to cover the wasteland any day now and will last for several months. Along with the toxic dust will come the radioactive mutants known locally as “Rads” making mining impossible. The race is on to bring in the biggest harvest of Centite before the season ends, Both sides will stop at nothing to disable or interrupt the others operation, while constantly fighting to take control of the next mining vain. Who will prove victorious ?, what will be the fate of Frontier Town? And do you have what it takes to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland ? Find out in our annual Frontier Special Game – Frontier Apocalypse: the Fate of Frontier To book: http://www.frontierairsoft.co.uk/game-dates.htm

Maybe, but the chap needs to check either way.

Just on a serious note just incase, military surplus goggles do not automatically mean they'll be airsoft safe eye protection-whether they've been exposed to alien probes or not. Check their rating before using them.

I don't understand the logic behind their rules on projectile firing weapons...

Crossbows and longbows are still listed on eBay in abundance. It clearly is political, not safety orientated ruling.

I class them as kills but refer to them as hits (as opposed to eliminations or the like) and generally don't say anything when I get one, if I do, it's usually only when I'm telling my team so they know what's occurring. But of course, I'm from Wolverhampton - we don't say our h's, so I tell people "I've it im, e's gone." .

Each unto their own, but personally I play for sake of playing, not stats.

Memories.

Im no lawyer but understand that if a site lies to me and knowingly places me in danger (like telling me an area is as safe as can be, even though a day before they assessed a tree as mega-dangerous and about to fall), and I get hurt, insurance might come into it... Waivers don't excuse sites of all responsibilities-I don't think...?