interferance

[Huxley]

Now that I’d put down to poor site management and NOT the player .

Course, no issues with any of the players they're a good bunch.

I just couldn't believe that they just chose to let it run, they have been running for a few years so should know better.

Last year it was epic, but the guy who was the main one running it has since left due to other commitments.

I'll just head to another site, if not to give this one a break.

Hopefully with all those that left last Sunday, it'll give them a kick up the Arris.

 

[Druid799]

Last year it was epic, but the guy who was the main one running it has since left due to other commitments.

Nails and heads my friend most definitely nails and heads ! 

One person can make such a difference to a site for the positive OR the negative .

two examples , my old home site was amazing then the guy who ran the safezone/bookings/day to day stuff tragically past away and the site went down hill on a shit skid mark ! Late starting , taking ages to book everyone in , big gaps in between games just generally poor organization and even now a good 10yrs after he passed there still like a shower of shit .

then another site I went too had a couple of gamedays that were totally one sided due to team balance , so we arrived next gameday and as we’re walking In to the safezone and a newly promoted member of staff is standing by the door going “red team , blue team” as everyone is walking in , ask him what’s going on to be told “it’s your team allocation” obviously we objected to this to be told by him “I’m running the site today so it’s my rules !” We kicked off a bit but he wasn’t shifting on it SO we picked up our bags turned around and started to walk out he goes “where you going ?” To which I said “we’re leaving your not dictating to us like that , Sparta has a game on today so we’re off !” And left for the car park to then have the site owner come running up after us all apologetic (I’m sure all he could see was £160 walking out the door!) saying sorry and the guy had over stepped the mark (no shit !) . Now none of this would have happened if we’d been asked to go on this team or that team when we arrived wouldn’t have been a problem at all just a classic example of poor customer skills . He was very good at organizing actual games (was very inventive in fact) just zero people management skill . 

Makes ALL the difference .

 

[Adolf Hamster]

Its bad when it gets to voting with your wallet, but ultimately its the only power we have.

 

[Luke85]

Agree, just some politeness and people management skills and Im sure the vast majority of players would not mind a bit switching teams to help balance things up. And as some of you have said, as much fun as it is playing alongside friends, you can have just as much fun (if not more ?) hunting down your mates mid game and recognising their cries of "OWWW SHIT FUCK BOLLOCKS" when you shoot them in the arse...… yeah I have no issue playing against my mates. 

 

[Adolf Hamster]

Agree, just some politeness and people management skills and Im sure the vast majority of players would not mind a bit switching teams to help balance things up. And as some of you have said, as much fun as it is playing alongside friends, you can have just as much fun (if not more ?) hunting down your mates mid game and recognising their cries of "OWWW SHIT FUCK BOLLOCKS" when you shoot them in the arse...… yeah I have no issue playing against my mates. 

problem is when you know your mates are better at the game than you

 

[Luke85]

Haha yeah there is that

 

[Northman]

Interferance should be in the form adjusting the teams to ensure one side is not stacked with regulars which is generally when the bloodbath happens.  I've found regulars at a site don't really have an issue with this as ultimately it lends itself to promoting the sport, after all if you have a load of newbies in tracksuits with hire guns getting slammed by veteran players then they won't be back in a hurry. 

I'm not a fan of moving players or 'killing them off' just so that the game can flow.  Holding your position against waves of attackers is just one of the moments that makes airsoft what it is and I've yet to play at a site where bottle-necks are completely unbeatable, as generally what it takes is a regular who knows the site to advise his team of other options, or failing that sh*t loads of pyro!

 

[Adolf Hamster]

I'm not a fan of moving players or 'killing them off' just so that the game can flow.  Holding your position against waves of attackers is just one of the moments that makes airsoft what it is and I've yet to play at a site where bottle-necks are completely unbeatable, as generally what it takes is a regular who knows the site to advise his team of other options, or failing that sh*t loads of pyro!

agreed, no fightable position is completely foolproof, there's always an angle where you can get someone, even if it means a bit of teamwork.

the position that inspired the starting of this thread for example is easily taken out the moment you realise that nettles wont stop bb's if you use enough of them and what cover there is isn't that useful. plus there are easy ways to sneak past without being spotted even if most of the play area is quite well covered.

of course it's a lot more useful when the angles you cant see from are covered by team mates in other positions, but then that's called putting up a good defensive line and is kind of the point of the game.

 

[Rogerborg]

It's completely anathema to the competitive sporting aspect of this realistic military simulation.

[Changes battery in toy plastic gun, winds hi-cap]