Asomodai Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Site Name: Red 1 Chislehurst Contact details: 01727 846069 Website Address: http://www.red1airsoft.co.uk/events/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/red1airsoftwoodland/ Site Address: Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, Bromley This is one of the few sites I have visited more then once. It is based on the London/Kent border and is easily reached by public transport from central London. Reviews are usually fairly good with this site. It is a small woodland site with CQB elements with Short to Medium range engagement distances. The site is almost perfectly flat with few inclines. Good: Commutable distance to London: The site is a bus trip away from North Greenwich. Whilst this positive is not about the actual site, the fact that it is a commutable distance from London for the transport challenged airsofters like myself is a great selling point Small but well formed: The site does the best it can with the space available. There are TWO CQB villages and each have plenty of buildings and variation. There is a well thought out trench system which is always fun to use. (Since this review they have added a nice bridge section that is now a large part of the games. Some other bits and pieces have been spruced up too). Marshaling: It is pretty well enforced, I think being close to London means that you can get some immature players, but the Marshals do clamp down on any obvious shenanigans. Marshals are friendly and approachable. Numbers: Whilst the site is fairly small, it doesn't seem massively overcrowded even when fully booked. As I said earlier they do very well with the space they have. Average: Clientele: Had very different experiences of the other players on the two days I had visited. One day was excellent but the next was full of people complaining and being quite aggressive. Safe zone: Whilst safe zone is under tarpaulin, there is usually a good amount of space to setup and is dry. (Since this review they have added extra tarp sections to the safe zone) Bad: Food: Standard takeaway pizza affair. Not the cheapest, but I imagine it is provided close to cost price. First come first served basis, so if you are a veggie and you go for food last you might be out of luck. Shop: Small and inconsistently stocked. More for emergency supplies then anything. CQB game mode: One of the game modes involves being solely in the village and following a linear path. This is the only time where the site shows its space limitations. The marshals insist on the attacking team assaulting buildings in a certain order. This game mode is tight, painful, frustrating and slow. I understand CQB can be like this, but it is not that fun at all. My advice would be to widen the attack vector or split the teams up and have separate CQB games in both villages at the same time. No Smoke: Due to its close proximity to football pitches, generally you are not allowed to use smoke if games are on. Conclusion: Airsofting in London is difficult, sites find it hard to stay afloat considering how expensive it is. This is one of the easiest sites to get to for people living in the city so it deserves our support, encouragement and money. The positives outweigh the negatives, its a good site and good people. You WILL have a good time. Overall It is the best site within the M25 as of writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterG Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Keep up the good reviews. I'm on the other side of London, but may go round the m25 for a good site. Reforger and Xsite are the closest to me, funnily enough I've never been. Cheers G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asomodai Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, MisterG said: Keep up the good reviews. I'm on the other side of London, but may go round the m25 for a good site. Reforger and Xsite are the closest to me, funnily enough I've never been. Cheers G No problem. I just decided to type up everything today. I have a few more to do. Reforger is definitely on my list now that the people who used to run Wasteland moved there. It is a real shame Wasteland is gone, was a brilliant site despite it's obvious shortcomings. I think the next site we'll be going to is Airsoft Plantation on the 1st of July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clumpyedge Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 32 minutes ago, MisterG said: Keep up the good reviews. I'm on the other side of London, but may go round the m25 for a good site. Reforger and Xsite are the closest to me, funnily enough I've never been. Cheers G 28 minutes ago, Asomodai said: No problem. I just decided to type up everything today. I have a few more to do. Reforger is definitely on my list now that the people who used to run Wasteland moved there. It is a real shame Wasteland is gone, was a brilliant site despite it's obvious shortcomings. I think the next site we'll be going to is Airsoft Plantation on the 1st of July. Reforger is well worth a visit, I've played there a few times and have never had a bad game there. Not been since new management have taken over though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderPunk Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Last week at Red 1 was pretty dire tbh, we spent more time in the safe zone and waiting for people to get out then playing, and tempers we're really frayed towards the end so it ended rather abruptly a half hour early. I've had much better days there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asomodai Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 Just now, CiderPunk said: Last week at Red 1 was pretty dire tbh, we spent more time in the safe zone and waiting for people to get out then playing, and tempers we're really frayed towards the end so it ended rather abruptly a half hour early. I've had much better days there! I think that is both the beauty and downfall of reviews. With Airsoft things rarely seem to be the same week in week out. I think the mettle of a site is gauged from consistently good reviews over time. I can well imagine there being bad days here as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E21A Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 The more site reviews I read, the more grateful I am that I live 15 mins from Dogtag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albiscuit Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 On 6/18/2018 at 1:00 PM, Asomodai said: Negatives: First come first served basis, so if you are a veggie and you go for food last you might be out of luck. Conclusion: Overall It is the best site within the M25 as of writing. Bold claims, and GRRR!! being a veggy this annoys me lol. its not that difficult to sort out food on a site!! Some sites do SOOO well, others are just terrible at it! they expect you to be there all day but dont provide food or give you crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asomodai Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Albiscuit said: Bold claims, and GRRR!! being a veggy this annoys me lol. its not that difficult to sort out food on a site!! Some sites do SOOO well, others are just terrible at it! they expect you to be there all day but dont provide food or give you crap! I only mention Veggie, because whilst I am a meat eater, I don't eat pork. Which means unless they provide burgers I either have to sit out or go for the veggie option. Both times I went to Chislehurst I managed to get the last couple of slices of Margarita. You might be able to talk to the site owners to see if they can reserve you a slice beforehand. I am sure they would accommodate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albiscuit Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 If I were to go I may just order a whole bloody pizza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asomodai Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 Red 1 have just announced that a new area and 4 new buildings are about to added to the site. So hopefully I will provide an updated review in the near future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albiscuit Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Fancy playing here in the summer!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeturner2001 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 On 18/06/2018 at 15:36, CiderPunk said: Last week at Red 1 was pretty dire tbh, we spent more time in the safe zone and waiting for people to get out then playing, and tempers we're really frayed towards the end so it ended rather abruptly a half hour early. I've had much better days there! It’s hetting quite packed now it’s the summer, in the colder months there’s less people and it definitely makes the game days better. On 09/07/2018 at 10:41, Asomodai said: Red 1 have just announced that a new area and 4 new buildings are about to added to the site. So hopefully I will provide an updated review in the near future! Yeah expect to see some cool things! 34 minutes ago, Albiscuit said: Fancy playing here in the summer!! Will look out for you👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asomodai Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 Just got back from here ably accompanied by @CiderPunk. Seems that they have added a fun bridge section which has become central to many game modes. They have imaginary water running underneath it. Or rather lava so you are forced to cross the bridge. The rumoured land expansion has not happened. Not sure why. After going to lots of other sites since this review, I cant help but say that Chislehurst is smaller then I remembered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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