When Are Other Sites Opening?

[AlphaBear]

My local site Finmere,  It’s both a paintball and airsoft site and we get guidance from the UKPSF. We’ve been given the green light for games to resume 10th April. 

 

[Cannonfodder]

I'm sure I heard Finmere closed years ago,it must be old age getting to me. I visited donkey's years ago and really enjoyed it

Back on topic, tech brigade in Hertfordshire should be reopening 18th of April, so long as nothing changes 

 

[AlphaBear]

Oh God Finmere been around for donkeys and still going strong. ?

 

[rj1986]

My local site Finmere,  It’s both a paintball and airsoft site and we get guidance from the UKPSF. We’ve been given the green light for games to resume 10th April. 

I might join you. Always looking for more sites around bucks.

Also, more to the point, apart from the pew's, what are the fundamental differences between airsoft and paintball. It's like sainsbury's compared to tesco to 99% f the general population

 

[Tommikka]

Also, more to the point, apart from the pew's, what are the fundamental differences between airsoft and paintball. It's like sainsbury's compared to tesco to 99% f the general population

That’s something I’ve been wondering about on some recent threads, such as “x paintball site is opening for airsoft, will they know how to run an airsoft game?”

The guns are different, but it’s still shooting each other with balls.

BBs don’t leave a splat, but that doesn’t mean a paintballer won’t claim they didn’t notice the hit

Except for competitive tournaments we don’t have a Marshall watching each player for hits

Basic safety is generally the same - protect the eyes, just different goggle/glasses standards.

Chrono needs to be done, different weight BBs should be taken into account, but if a paintball site allows different calibers or shaped projectiles then they need to take into account differences.

Game ‘rules’ use different language, but are similar

BBs don’t have to be stored at an ambient temperature and stock rotated (literally if paintballs are kept for any time)

Many airsofters like dressing up - and so so many paintballers

RIFs exist in paintball as well

Airsofters don’t fancy getting splats on their outfits - but aren’t all afraid of getting muddy.

There are also paintball divas afraid of getting dirty 

I’m wondering that the ‘difference’ is the typical player the site is used to.

Not paintballer vs airsofter, but perhaps rental vs regular?

The core business of paintball sites is the one off/occasional rental, with some sites (eg not Delta Force) running a monthly walk-on for the ‘regular’ own gunners.

Airsoft sites that I’ve seen are typically running via regular own gunners, with some rentals ???

I see ‘typical’ airsoft as somewhere between walk-on and scenario paintball, and airsoft events like scenario paintball events 

Could it be that people are referring to a rental paintall site opening for airsoft and needing to understand the interests of own gunners/regulars compared to one off rentals rather than a paintballer vs an airsofter ?

The most popular format and rule set that I’ve produced isn’t popular because of the paintball, I’ve always had numerous requests to run sessions with no guns.  It’s Battle Royale under our Survival

Paintball format, played by both paintballers and airsofters.  The top weapons are the rubber frying pan and the tennis ball gun.

 

[rj1986]

To me, the mental gymnastics required to say that paintball is ok to operate from X, but airsoft has to reopen on Y would be the same as saying you can play rugby union from this date, but rugby league from another date.

CQB is a different story just due to common sense.

 

[Cannonfodder]

ck on topic, tech brigade in Hertfordshire should be reopening 18th of April, so long as nothing changes 

Scratch that. It's just been announced on faceache that TB won't be reopening at all

 

[djben9]

ive had a few emails to say various sites will re-open, under strict guidance etc, around April.

Concern i have, you can only meet so many people, yet grassroots football returns, i have 18+ teams to sort out and parents will be the issue here with some just thinking its fine to mingle....happened last time!, just dont care about rules!

 

[Tommikka]

ive had a few emails to say various sites will re-open, under strict guidance etc, around April.

Concern i have, you can only meet so many people, yet grassroots football returns, i have 18+ teams to sort out and parents will be the issue here with some just thinking its fine to mingle....happened last time!, just dont care about rules!

Marked zones with boundary trip wires, mines  & pyro might separate them 

 

[Jaylordofwaargh]

Marked zones with boundary trip wires, mines  & pyro might separate them 

Might, but parents like this are tougher to deal with than 'that guy' in the pub on a Friday night. 

I suggest dropping the marked zones and just throw a bfg every time they get close to each other.

 

[Paladin]

Special Ops Milton Keynes is taking bookings for 3rd & 4th of April, then fortnightly thereafter

RIFT Airsoft are also preparing to take bookings for the 3rd & 4th of April