What is it about facebook?

[E21A]

Depends on your definition of ‘walkon’

It could be a walkon day, a walkon player etc

I read walkon as a person with their own gear, and a walkon day as a non rental day.

However for airsoft it looks like the majority of players have their own gear and rentals are a smaller part of the market (though specific sites may vary) in Paintball it’s the other way around, the majority are one off or occasional rental players and those of us with our own gear at walkons or events are the minority of paintball

Walkon can also mean just casually turning up to play with no prior booking etc.  

This however is dependant if the site will really be open or any danger of having too many people.

For a site it’s a matter of making sure they have the necessary stock and staff for the numbers of people likely to turn up 

For airsoft stock they would need BBs and green gas etc, for Paintball though it’s the paintballs that are the main issue with storage.  Along with non gentle guns they also need to survive unknown storage conditions and lengths of time, which means low grade paintballs with tough shells and more regular players won’t like those, so for walkons a better grade will be needed 

Sites can leave it open or take bookings. Either way they are unlikely to turn people away unless they really have to

The definition of walk on is an event you don’t need to book. 

 

[LightningCh]

I play at Stormforce which takes no booking (unless you are renting but this is through an external company)
and it always gets roughly 200 players on  Sunday, and about 150 on a Saturday.

That is quite literally "walk on" but it's a 40 acre site and 200 people can still hide lol
Not enough marshals there though imo, just taking people in to help pay off the cost of setting up I guess.

Every other site I have played at needed prebooking (and some want deposits) for their "walk on" days.

"walk on" is probably just the general term used to describe an event day by site owners without really caring what it means lol.

 

[Tommikka]

The definition of walk on is an event you don’t need to book. 

A definition of walkon is an event you don’t need to book

There are sites that want bookings for walkons

 

[E21A]

A definition of walkon is an event you don’t need to book

There are sites that want bookings for walkons

Then surely that wouldn’t be classed as a walk on? ? Doesn’t seem to make sense. 

 

[Tommikka]

Then surely that wouldn’t be classed as a walk on? ? Doesn’t seem to make sense. 

If a walkon is using one of the other definitions such as a player with their own gear (just walks on rather than turn up, collect gear....) then it does make some sense

 

[Aengus]

I wanted to try the kyln in Liverpool but I’ve no clue how to book. 

You don’t ?

 

[Wo1f]

You don’t ?

So what? I turn up and hope for the best? How much is it?

It shouldn’t be the buyer who has to dick around to book/order something

 

[Aengus]

So what? I turn up and hope for the best? How much is it?

It shouldn’t be the buyer who has to dick around to book/order something

You just turn up and pay your £35. It’s all on the website. You only need to book if you’re hiring. Went today and it was a good site (worth the 3 and a half hour drive lol).

 

[Sacarathe]

I turned it off in the settings more than a year ago. You can like my posts as much as you wish and I will never know (unless I happen to see the post).