The 'How Did Your Airsoft Day Go? Thread

[Nick G]

Not a day , but a few of us have done a couple of sessions at an indoor airsoft place that's close by. It's all target based with electronic targets that can be set in various modes. 4 of us went up there last evening with some of the GBBRs and just did some speed games and some general target shooting , absolute bloody hoot ! 

 

[Mr. No_Face]

A shitload of Christmas noobs showed up, teams were massive and I could already foresee that it was gonna be one of those days....

• way too many players failing to call hits and ignoring grenades that landed right next to them on both teams. In fact, It got so bad that I had to keep overshooting people until they got pissed off and forced to call their hits. Which eventually led to a complaint to the marshals of overshooting.
  
• players and marshals almost getting into a bust up lol. These guys were ready to throw hands.
  
• super muddy in some game zones, so much so; that your boot could get stuck in place.
  
• Set a new personal best in weapon malfunctions. First time ever experiencing so many malfunctions from my VFC MP7 in one single game. Everything from finicky fire selector, to gears jamming and magazine followers getting stuck on 2 of my mags.
  

But still a fun day nonetheless. As usual met cool new folks and made cool new friends. Teammate allowed me to run his modded Glock for a game since my MP7 decided to fuck me over.  It felt like I was getting more kills running a pistol in woodland since I was forced to flank and get up close and personal. 

 

[RostokMcSpoons]

Teammate allowed me to run his modded Glock for a game since my MP7 decided to fuck me over.  It felt like I was getting more kills running a pistol in woodland since I was forced to flank and get up close and personal. 

I bet you really enjoyed that   some of my pistol shooting moments have been the most memorable

 

[Cannonfodder]

I hope the players and Marshalls wanting to get physical were suitably dealt with. There's no excuse for threatening physical violence on site

 

[Mr. No_Face]

I hope the players and Marshalls wanting to get physical were suitably dealt with. There's no excuse for threatening physical violence on site

The player was banned not sure if it was permanent, since he was the subject of numerous incidents involving, repeatedly removing eyepro. But nothing physical happened as the lads were on point and separated them as soon as they lunged for each other. Things get a little heated sometimes wouldn't want to see anything happen to either of these fellas over something so minor.

I bet you really enjoyed that   some of my pistol shooting moments have been the most memorable

hell yeah, especially since I have kinda lost the urge for AEGs now. Things have changed ever since I ran that GHK AKS-74U 3 sessions ago.  

 

[Cannonfodder]

Not sure if I'm getting the wrong end of the stick but it sounds like the marshal was equally up for a fight. If so then I'd hope they were given the boot too

 

[Mr. No_Face]

Not sure if I'm getting the wrong end of the stick but it sounds like the marshal was equally up for a fight. If so then I'd hope they were given the boot too

Well he was. But the guy lunged at him first and his reaction was to protect himself. He didn't take a step back but instead made a lunge too. I'm not gonna judge the marshal for responding that way because, coming from a military, police background myself I probably would have brought the guy to ground as soon as he came into arms reach and held him there until he cooled off. My brother who was also in attendance is a security guard and twice my size would have probably did the same thing although more swiftly. 

 

[Cannonfodder]

That makes more sense. If it was self defence then fair enough

 

[Tackle]

Yep, sometimes the impending threat of violence can only be controlled with measured opposing force, or at the very least, the threat of it. 

Sounds drastic I know but consider that a marshal on an average testosterone fuelled gameday may only know a small percentage of the players, the rest are an unknown element, some with possible anger issues or a propensity for lashing out, even consider that on your average Sunday morning, in amongst the clientele may be some that twelve hours before were off their faces on drink or drugs, all of which could still affect their behaviour the next day. 

No one's condoning a violent or threatening response, but sometimes its almost inevitable unfortunately. 

 

[Skara]

And that is why being forced to play in clubs is a massive plus

We get to know each other relatively well and we can spot dickheads right away (and handle them properly before they cause any sort of damage).

 

[Jacob Wright]

Packed my kit for the first skirmish of the year tomorrow! Am I tempting fate by only taking the recoil and no spares? ?

Decided to pack light so I’ve got the rifle, plate carrier and a rucksack. No pistol as I reckon it’ll be too cold. 

 

[Shamal]

Yeah take a backup.

Enjoy your game tomorrow dude. Don't know where you are or but hope the weather holds. Its pissing down here in the south.

Regards 

 

[Jacob Wright]

Cheers!

I’m in the East, temperature should be above freezing and little chance of rain apparently, so we shall see!

 

[Cannonfodder]

s pissing down here in the south.

Regards 

To quote Sir Ranulph Fiennes "there's no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing" 

 

[Ebeneezer Goode]

Same here, all packed tonight for first game of 22. Running light; M4, couple of hicaps, no secondary or rig/armour/tat etc.

Forecast looks reasonable, 5C, lightish winds, no precip. Happy days.

 

[Tackle]

Packed my kit for the first skirmish of the year tomorrow! Am I tempting fate by only taking the recoil and no spares? ?

Decided to pack light so I’ve got the rifle, plate carrier and a rucksack. No pistol as I reckon it’ll be too cold. 

So your taking a pc but no backup, that's arse about face mate, if you've got one you always take a spare gat, nothing spoils a gameday than no gun lol. 

Decent clothing to cope with whatever the weather throws at you is the next essential.

As for load carrying equipment, invest in a manbag/grab bag, ideally small one with 3 mag pouches on exterior & room inside for a nalgene bottle (h2o or weak squash), & sugary snack of your choice, you'll find that kinda setup so liberating, I've got a ton of rigs, but Tbh most of the gucciness is totally unnecessary (the gear queers just choked on their tea & biccies?). 

 

[Jacob Wright]

To be fair to myself, in the 10 years I’ve played I’ve only once needed a spare gun.. and that was my own fault for taking one which I knew had a habit of not working!

Believe me, I’ve got more than enough kit including a grab bag like the one you’ve mentioned which lives in my car. 
 

I’m optimistic that nothing will go wrong with the rifle, and if it does then I’ve only myself to blame ? they’ll have rentals anyway!

 

[RostokMcSpoons]

room inside for a nalgene bottle (h2o or weak squash)

A weak lemon drink?
 

 

[Mr. No_Face]

Another wet muddy and aggressive session. Wasn't too bothered about the rain and mud since I'm used to playing in those conditions. But the second half of the day was brutal.... Started pissing it down and I was forced to bail out on the full day. Still a cool short day of airsoft.

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The photo was from a defend the objective game where 3 of us created a hilarious 3 - way trap for the enemy team. We had the objective hidden up a ladder on high platform along with one of the lads right next to it. Another lad hidden under in the darkness behind the ladder and me in the adjacent building  holding a door the shut, shooting. We were racking up kills like crazy and frustrating the enemy team to no end. Was funny hearing them whine about "who's killing us? Where's that coming from"  .

Was going great until an enemy player managed to flank our defences and peak through the left window, popping me right in the back of the neck at point blank.

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What a mess. 

 

[Mr. No_Face]

Another image from Saturday's game. Staying frosty whilst hardscoping with an MP7.?

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