State of the Se Tour Reviews

[Asomodai]

Hello all you fine lads and ladies. 

(If I may be so self indulgent to put this message here and call my humble site reviews "News".)

Last week was my 4th anniversary starting Airsoft. 6 months after that I started doing the site reviews. It's been a wild ride as much as one can be just writing walls of indecipherable text with questionable grammar. I have had some good times visiting so many different sites. I believe I have now visited 42 sites in the South East (Only one of which I haven't yet posted a review on as I would like to revisit). 

I have received many thanks for the reviews and plaudits on the forum as well as direct criticisms in the form of PM's and Emails from site regulars and owners. I have been told on multiple occasions how aware sites are about the reviews and are all quaking in their boots for when I make my visit . I have been invited to new sites multiple times for my feedback on how to improve the gaming experience. I was also approached by a large online Airsoft news site to write reviews for them on the regular (Sadly they never got back to me after I said I would love to write for them, but only on the proviso that I could still post them on AFUK and that I wouldn't let anyone edit or tone down my honest opinions). 

So you are probably wondering why I am making this post! 

It's time to bring the reviews to a close... Sort of. As fun as it is visiting lots of different sites, @Albiscuit and myself will start prioritising revisiting sites that we have loved to have some good game days under our belt. Whilst I am not in it for the fame, women or backhanders, I have seen the readership, views and feedback getting less and less prevalent over time. Due to that I am finding it harder to start typing out walls of texts until I get so bored I have to force myself to do it!

There are also frankly very few sites left to visit that you can say are actually in the South East. Compound that with the fact I don't drive, many of the ones left are relatively inaccessible to me without a lift. 

Basically, I am a scrub and I want to start going to a small number of sites more regularly, get good at layouts and get to know some regulars and maybe join a loose set of players in a "Team" or something equally cringe. I will also be taking some time out down in Devon and Cornwall for personal reasons starting from August ending in October. I may play a couple of times down there as well. But it's not set in stone... 

This doesn't mean there wont be anymore new reviews (Watch out for ZMart, Incursion tunnels and Tower Airsoft coming up) but I will be writing them sporadically, to the point I may just stop. 

I really appreciate all of the support you guys have given me, even though many of you don't live in the SE! Special thanks goes to my initial Battlebuddy who helped me get to places and @Albiscuitpicking up where he left off. Without you I would never of got to see so many of these places!

If there are any sites you haven't seen a review of and would like me or someone else to review at some point please comment. Below are a list of sites that are still yet to be visited. 

ZMart

Incursion Tunnels

South Coast CQB

Finmere Airsoft

Special OPs Airsoft

Apocalypse Paintball centre

RIFT Com 2/3

Skirmish Wycombe

Quex Airsoft

Mayhem South East Canterbury and Longfield

Wonky Donkey 

Badlands Airsoft

UCAP Portsmouth

Worthing Airsoft

Battle Sector X

DTW Airsoft

Raw War

Gunman Camp Alpha

Campaign Airsoft

Camouflage Airsoft

Cheers all! 

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[Jaylordofwaargh]

First of, thank you for your dedication to the chaos of 'am i going to enjoy this'. 

There were fits and spurts where i would read everything looking for a 'public transport' site find one, only to have the game date be unfeasible. Part of the reason i stopped checking out the reviews is the frustration of not being able to play as often as i would like to, or even having to cancel plans for various reasons. 

You should absolutely be taking backhander/free game days if they are on offer. 

I will have another look and see what has been added resently.

 

[Adolf Hamster]

even though it's unlikely i'll be visiting any of these sites any time soon (what with being the opposite end of the country and all) i have enjoyed your reviews.

it's good to have folk who can put out proper information, warts and all.

tbh, shifting to being more regular doesn't mean you're going to be lacking material, it might be good to have some context for sites over time, sort out which places can maintain a good average and which ones might have been luck of the draw.

 

[MiK]

Aaaaaaawwwwww

I have enjoyed reading these over the last year, many a review filled in time whilst waiting on a client.

Just a shame you’re not Midlands based

 

[Albiscuit]

There’s defo some on the list we will get too at some point, but my time is going to be limited the next few months as July n Aug are going to be busy with work trips

 

[Keldon]

I must say it has been a joy to read all of your reviews. I will be looking forward to.your more sporadic reviews because they are always so insiteful(spelt for the pun please don't bash my spelling). Again thank you all for the hard work you have put in and may your name still bring fear to site owners for evermore.

 

[SheriffHD]

honestly your reviews have been so well written and unbiased that it helped me pick sites to try and get to. 

Having also of an yes between the 1-2 hour drive mark makes it hard to chose which ones are work it and what ones aren't and I you have helped me enjoy some good days out based on your recommendation.