The 'How Did Your Airsoft Day Go? Thread

[Smiling-Dutchman]

On 29/04/2024 at 11:06, Skullchewer said:

Well, yesterday at Red Alert was our 4th, and final, Battlesim in the Vukodlak war story line. 

The past three years Vukodlak forces have been victorious. 

 

Having played for Vukodlak in previous years, this year I decided to marshal which, as with many battlesims, meant playing as a civilian/quest giver. 

I spiced it up by playing as a pirate. 

I was giving out quests to find my lost parrot.

There were 3 inflatable parrots hidden about the site, but I had drawn an eye patch on one, and in my quest spiel I mentioned that Polly only had one eye. 

If they brought back the parrot with the eye patch they got a reward.

I also had a bottle of grog, which got hidden, and there was a reward if they brought me "alcohol".

 

The main objective of the day was to find all the items needed to arm a rocket, and then launch it. 

The rocket is something I've been building recently, but kept off of social media so it would be a surprise for the players on the day. 

There were two nose cones, one for each team, a round one and a pointy one (pointy is scary).

 

Other civilians had other quests.

The drug dealers were selling bags of stuff, for in game currency.  This could be handed in to the sheriffs for a reward, or bartered with other npcs.

There was the Hobo wandering the site with his wheelbarrow full of junk, but underneath the junk was a laptop that contained the launch codes. 

Driving around in his pickup was the arms dealer. He would sell you weapons that you could plant on any unarmed civilians you may have shot, and thereby avoid a war crime. 😉 

The Camels wanted water, mostly...

Some civilians were mercs, that would fight for a team for short time, if paid well. 

 

At the end of the day Vukodlak were victorious AGAIN, despite some excellent play from the Calladian forces. 

 

It was a bloody marvellous day, that ended with both teams wearing massive grins and swapping stories over a beer. 

 

So roll on 2025, for a whole new story for our next battlesim!

 

Unfortunately a lot of people had already gone home before we took the last photo after debrief.

I second that it was a great day.

Vukodlak didn't have the greatest start, but we definitely took back initiative after "lunch".

 

Was my first time being squadleader in a while, which meant I was in contact with both HQ/command and my squad. And neither would ever shut up, many times I had to ask for radio silence on the squad channel and a message repeat on the HQ channel 😂

 

And I didn't get fragged at all during the day, so I think my squadleading went well, although my squad was a bit annoyed at sometimes being given more quiet orders.

"HQ, this is Charlie lead, we've been holding this position for 20 minutes with no sign of the enemy, requesting new orders"

"Copy that Charlie lead, hold position for now!"

"Understood, Charlie holding position" [grumble grumble]

 

Still had great fun tho, I might try to find more milsim events in my area to join. As much as I like the more 'arcade' skirm days, milsim are good fun as well.

Edited April 30 by Smiling-Dutchman

[DanBow]

12 minutes ago, Lozart said:

 

Seriously worth trying a Nuprol one first. They're cheaper for a start!

 

There's one on its way. 👍

[Skullchewer]

2 hours ago, Smiling-Dutchman said:

 

I might try to find more milsim events in my area to join. As much as I like the more 'arcade' skirm days, milsim are good fun as well.

Milsims are too serious for my taste. 

Too many walts and weekend warriors preening over their authenticity and immersion, while playing toy soldiers in the woods.

I play for fun, not to have orders barked at me by a guy who suddenly got a small amount of power. 

[Smiling-Dutchman]

35 minutes ago, Skullchewer said:

Milsims are too serious for my taste. 

Too many walts and weekend warriors preening over their authenticity and immersion, while playing toy soldiers in the woods.

I play for fun, not to have orders barked at me by a guy who suddenly got a small amount of power. 

But to be that guy in power tho 😇

 

I get your point, I'll probably just give it a go sometime and then make up my mind 🤷🏼

[Cannonfodder]

4 hours ago, Skullchewer said:

Milsims are too serious for my taste. 

Too many walts and weekend warriors preening over their authenticity and immersion, while playing toy soldiers in the woods.

I play for fun, not to have orders barked at me by a guy who suddenly got a small amount of power. 

Agreed. At least on a regular skirmish I can ignore the gobby idiot if their idea is clearly bollocks. Also I get the impression many milsims are pay to win or are more like larping to a set story line. 

[Skullchewer]

1 hour ago, Cannonfodder said:

Agreed. At least on a regular skirmish I can ignore the gobby idiot if their idea is clearly bollocks. Also I get the impression many milsims are pay to win or are more like larping to a set story line. 

Friend of mine went to a milsim and his CO refused to talk to him because his kit wasn't completely right. 

Get to fuck. 

[LMKipper]

I went to a 'battlesim' or whatever at Imperium on Sunday. I enjoyed the more mission based stuff as well as slightly tighter rules but I was equally happy that was about where it ended. 

 

There was a guy attempting to take charge but his ideas were a bit too 'over the top and walk very slowly towards the enemy' for my liking.

[Skullchewer]

1 minute ago, LMKipper said:

I went to a 'battlesim' or whatever at Imperium on Sunday. I enjoyed the more mission based stuff as well as slightly tighter rules but I was equally happy that was about where it ended. 

 

There was a guy attempting to take charge but his ideas were a bit too 'over the top and walk very slowly towards the enemy' for my liking.

It's getting the balance right.

It needs to be more tactical and strategic, while balanced for both teams, without being a bore fest. 

And there's always going to be those that take it too seriously. We had a couple last Sunday, but I think they got shut down by the fact that everyone else was having fun with it. 

 

[GeorgePlaysAirsoft]

18 hours ago, Smiling-Dutchman said:

But to be that guy in power tho 😇

 

I get your point, I'll probably just give it a go sometime and then make up my mind 🤷🏼

This is the best idea. Never miss an opportunity to have fun because someone on the internet said something negative. Worst case you spent some time and money on learning what you like and dislike about what airsoft has to offer. Best case you meet some nice people who want to get out of airsoft the same sorts of things you do, you get home and immediately start looking to see what the next event you can do is. If you can find a local site doing a 24h(+) game* then it can't hurt to check that out even if just for the sake of your sleeping kit. But broadly I recommend going to games which are put on my organisers who focus on hosting these types of games. Logistically speaking a game at an urban venue is a gentler introduction than one in the woods, but then again don't let that hold you back either. 

 

*I don't think the term "milsim" is a good one but that's something for another time.

Edited May 1 by GeorgePlaysAirsoft

[Spartan09]

i finally managed to make it to RIFTs newest site this weekend, The Battery.

as i knew it was going to be a CQB site, i decided my primary weapons for the day were going to be my new KWA Beretta M93r, my KWA GBB Skorpion and my John Wick hicappa and TM Lycoris Recoil pistols as my backups (alternating between primary and secondary throughout the day) but i took a couple of long guns such as my Tippmann in case they were needed, but ended up sticking with the short guns all day.

i had purchased a bunch of mags for the m93 through RIFTs own shop, White Sphere Tactical, and arranged to pick them up on site... so once signed in it was off to collect the mags, bring kit into the indoor safezone.  standard fare for chrono, but due to the CQB, ammo weight was limited to .28g.  

first game was team balancer and found that blue team was overly powerful, so as a lone wolf i got swapped onto red team with a handful of other players to balance the teams a little more.

game modes through the day were all 30 min games with quick breaks in between for reloading, which wasnt an issue due to the relatively small size of the site.  game modes included capturing ammo cans to HQ, moving a gas cylinder "bomb" to three capture points and capturing flag points around the site.  TBH, not knowing the site, i was more focussed on just getting kills for the first half of the day,  but i did help out with the objectives later in the day once i got more familiar with the site and my new guns.

one thing i really need to look into is how to mount tracer units on the skorpion and M93, as these would DEFINATELY have helped in the indoor sections.

i did have a bit of an oopsie moment (which i managed to turn to a win)...  at one point a blue player was hiding behind some corrugated steel barricades at the bottom end of one of the yards, so i decided to charge the location, laying down fire with the m93 to keep the enemys head down as i crossed the open spaces.  as i moved, the m93 gassed out (i think i reloaded the mag, but forgot to gas it..  oops..)  so i quickly took the m93 in my left hand and drew my JW hicappa as i reached the barricade...   where i hit a patch of mud, slipped over, fell into the barricade and as i slid past the edge of the barricade, managed to snap 2 shots off at the blue player, taking him out...    after getting helped up, quickly checking my gear and fist bumping the blue player, i decided to call myself out to go and check my injuries and thoroughly inspect the guns and fortunately found the barrels were clear, so i was soon back out.

and i was running a gopro on my helmet for the first time, so i might have caught my little fall on tape...   in the process of downloading the footage as i type this message, so i should know in a few minutes....


EDIT
i did indeed capture the incident on tape...
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/u1nsfc6n375ex1rm5ynb2/oopsie.mp4?rlkey=2rwbhjnlc7tm7ecp69fuvh75f&st=1sdak9fk&dl=0

Edited May 1 by Spartan09
add video evidence link....

[Skullchewer]

Excellent! Glad you got the footage of that, and blue player was the kind of opfor you want when things go tits up. 

Your gopro mount angle is perfect too. 

[Tactical Pith Helmet]

14 hours ago, GeorgePlaysAirsoft said:

This is the best idea. Never miss an opportunity to have fun because someone on the internet said something negative. Worst case you spent some time and money on learning what you like and dislike about what airsoft has to offer. Best case you meet some nice people who want to get out of airsoft the same sorts of things you do, you get home and immediately start looking to see what the next event you can do is. If you can find a local site doing a 24h(+) game* then it can't hurt to check that out even if just for the sake of your sleeping kit. But broadly I recommend going to games which are put on my organisers who focus on hosting these types of games. Logistically speaking a game at an urban venue is a gentler introduction than one in the woods, but then again don't let that hold you back either. 

 

*I don't think the term "milsim" is a good one but that's something for another time.

I tend to stick to Gunman filmsim or milsim type events BUT... I know who's going, and they're a chill lot.  Any amateur RSM  attempts are squished and the culprits either learn to behave or tend to drift away.  

 

They're great fun with the right people.

[Cannonfodder]

20 hours ago, GeorgePlaysAirsoft said:

This is the best idea. Never miss an opportunity to have fun because someone on the internet said something negative

While I agree with the logic behind this, I don't get to play as often as I'd like due to other things taking priority so I'd rather spend my limited time and money going to games I know I'll enjoy rather than paying to spend a weekend wet, miserable and bored

 

Filmsim sounds like a good balance between the two

[elsietommye]

Great!

[DanBow]

44 minutes ago, elsietommye said:

Great!

 

Great is good, I'm sure that we are all glad you enjoyed it but would you care to elaborate? Lol

[Skullchewer]

2 hours ago, elsietommye said:

Great!

 

Bender is the only great bot.

 

[DanBow]

On 30/04/2024 at 12:23, Lozart said:

 

Seriously worth trying a Nuprol one first. They're cheaper for a start!

 

Bloody good shout mate. Only put about 40 shots through it as a quick test but fed without fault. Ta.

[Lozart]

3 hours ago, DanBow said:

 

Bloody good shout mate. Only put about 40 shots through it as a quick test but fed without fault. Ta.

 

It's one of the few good things with their name on! I have several of the pmag style and the stanags.

[Colin Allen]

13 hours ago, Lozart said:

 

It's one of the few good things with their name on! I have several of the pmag style and the stanags.

I have both and they do seem to feed well in everything, particularly the stanags.

[Spartan09]

On 01/05/2024 at 20:40, Skullchewer said:

Excellent! Glad you got the footage of that, and blue player was the kind of opfor you want when things go tits up. 

Your gopro mount angle is perfect too. 

im glad i got it on tape too..  definately a good chuckle...  plus no one believes me when i describe what happened XD

definately good sportsmanship from the blue player.

and thanks, i was worried as it was the first time i used the camera.  normally my helmet has a visor clipped into the night vision mount (and lower face shield attached underneath) so i was winging it TBH

[Rogerborg]

On 02/05/2024 at 06:09, Cannonfodder said:

Filmsim sounds like a good balance between the two

 

Agreed, and it can go heavy on the film and light on the sim. I really enjoyed a Narcos themed filmsim that I did a few years back.  You had a camo-and-ARs Federales side for Sergeant Serious, and a Hawaiian-shirts-and-AKs Cartel side for LARPing larks.  But it was a well run two-day event with defined objectives and a scoring system (for those who cared) that added a lot more depth than a regular skirmish. Well worth a try.

[GenuineGerman]

Went to Fireball Squadron yesterday unfortunately could only stay for the morning. 
 

I only have really positive things to say. 
 

Arrived early and was warmly welcomed by the members. The safe area is large with plenty of room to set up and they have a well stocked club house. Cash and card payments accepted which is always good and all paper work was done efficiently and easily. 
 

It’s a woodland site so with the rain it was quite boggy in places which was too be expected and the obvious comedy falls ensured. 
 

Game layout was good and really enjoyable, not the usual team on team, skirmish turns into a free for all. The Marshalls were great and let the game flow. 
 

The owners and members have clearly spent a lot of time and effort on the site, I loved the western village. Overall it’s a real credit and you can see the members are enthusiastic about Airsoft. 
 

For a morning of pewing I had a really good time, was made to feel welcome and was disappointed I had to leave early. 
 

Overall great site, honest players, good marshalling and would recommend anyone to visit. 

[Impulse]

I'm going to have to be critical today, or I'd feel like a fraud, so it's a bit of a spicy one today; I will always be impartial and call it like I see it, even if I'm friends with a lot of the staff at a site. I went to Worthing Airsoft today and the weather was fantastic; very little wind and it was about 14ish celcius, so almost optimal conditions for gas gun sniping. I said I would use my mk12 MWS, set up as a DMR, until I ran out of .4s and then I'd switch over to my m700. Took a while to get the power where I wanted it, but between 1.8 - 1.83J was where I got it, so right up near the limit and pretty consistent. I wanted to play all day today as it's been a while since I have for a variety of reasons, so I gassed and filled my mags and headed up for the safety brief. First point of criticism here as I got split up from my friend again. We like pairing up and linking in with another pair and usually try and be on the other side to the rest of the regular players to make sure there's a bit of balance, but then we got split up again and I'm getting really pissed off with it. The other, large group of regulars who tend to stick together basically never get split up; it's always the four of us who get split up instead.

 

The morning game was a mess. They put the spawns far too close to each other and then gave different messages to each team. Our team was told that a part of the site was off limits, because if we pushed into there from spawn we'd end up on top of the enemy spawn, but the enemy team was told no such thing so they pushed through that part of the site. Then our team started doing it as well and it was a messy spawn camp that my friend said went on for ages. They did eventually break out, but by this point we had largely done all the objectives. We had found the mad scientist, (a guy dressed in like a fancy dress hazmat suit), captured him, escorted him all the way around the site and brought him to the tower where he had to "heal" one of the marshalls. By the end, the blues had just given up on trying to push out and a lot went for an early lunch. The only two deaths I had were from people going out of bounds, one sneaking through the area that the yellows were told was out of bounds, and one guy was waaaaaaaaay out of bounds when I was on the other side of the site. The marshalling in the morning game was essentially non-existent and it never should've gone the way it did. Furthermore, one of the marshalls decided to have a go at me after I set up to defend the tower area after I got shot from out of bounds on the other side of the site. On my way to respawn I saw our team bringing the scientist to the tower, so when I respawned back in I took up a defensive position that I like. The marshall had a go at me, saying I'm always there and how ghillies ruin airsoft and how he's going to run games where no ghillies are allowed because I was ruining the game. First, I had only just got there as I spent the rest of the game to that point taking an overwatch position on the area around where the mad scientist was, then sneaking around the other side of the site and shooting blues in the back. Second I had actually done very little all morning because of how the blues were being spawncamped relentlessly, and not by ghillies as we were all out trying to find stuff to do and having an uneventful morning because we didn't want to spawn camp; especially with how overcast it was today it's very easy to remain concealed even wearing regular DPM. And thirdly, with how the site is set up, combined with how much it bushes up, there are large swathes of the site that are quite simply unplayable with a 30m MED, so I'm limited on where I can go as it is.

 

Anyway, after the relative shitshow that was the morning, the afternoon games were a bit simpler and worked better. The spawns were put far away from each other, though the blue team spawn was very close to three of the five bases that had to be captured in the first five base domination game. Somehow we managed to capture the base that was just down the hill from their spawn, which the marshalls were surprised at and said we shouldn't have taken that, but they had 3 of the other bases, so they won the game. There were some great firefights and I managed to get some great long distance shots with the m700, as I swapped over at lunch time. The next game was an old school attack and defend on the tower area and we were attacking. I crawled on my belly behind a bunch of knee-high foliage to a spot I knew would have a good angle into the tower itself, covering both one of the main doors and also a crawl-space style half-door a bit further back. From there I got a LOT of hits and nobody had any idea I was there; I've missed using the m700 with how quiet it is! Anyway, the next game we swapped over... both sides and teams. Me and a friend got balanced onto blues, because at this point quite a few blues had gone home, so we had round #2 of attacking. I did exactly the same thing I did to the blue team to the yellow team and it worked just as well. It was a lovely, filthy little spot and I love attacking the tower area from that side because I can get to it undetected as long as I low crawl for about 80m though or behind some foliage.

 

So that was me for the day. Played all day for once, so that was nice, and very much enjoyed the afternoon. Didn't enjoy the morning game like I usually do and didn't enjoy getting moaned at by a marshall for literally no reason, but at least the afternoon was good fun. I think I'll be using the m700 for a while as I don't want to get .43s for the MWS yet because I recently upgraded my PC's video card and that wasn't cheap; I've still got a bag of .45s and then an unopened 1kg bag of .48s, so sniping is going to be the way I play for a while, especially since the warmer weather makes the m700 so much better. Hoping next game day is a bit better than today and hoping the weather holds up now that we are in May, but I think the site is really getting difficult now to play with an MED as it's bushing up a lot with how wet it has been and now how sunny it has been the past few weeks at least. I will keep using guns with an MED because I like the challenge, I like excuses to use my pistol more and I like the long distance shots, but it's going to get very challenging for the next few months.

[Colin Allen]

Having recovered from the band's 25th Birthday gig last weekend, I set off to Airsoft Plantation for a day of airsoft.

Around 140 players were present.

We started with a rarity for AP, a capture the flag game.  In the first iteration, the defenders (blue) were protecting a flag that they had positioned in the mortar pits, while we (red) had to get a hand onto it.  The defenders had two lives while we had infinite regens by moving 30m back.  This was a fast paced game with us working as a team to break down the defence, which we did very efficiently and effectively.  The SR47, despite being a little low on power, was reaching out and touching heads that appeared over the berms.

After we had achieved the objective, the game was turned around; again, our teamwork and communication paid off and we put up a coordinated defence, which the attackers struggled to break down, taking 50% longer to achieve the objective.

After a return to the safe zone to mag up, we set off for a two stage game in which we were the defenders.  The blue team, who started at the border, had to get into the village, find a case containing a smoke grenade and then transport it to the DEA base, where they had to get it inside the plane and set the smoke grenade off.  They had infinite regens on a buddy 30m behind them, while we had two lives in the village and two anywhere the other side of the firebreak.  The fight in the village was epic; I started near the pond and, again, was part of a coordinated and communicative team that held the enemy up for a long time until we were eventually overrun.  Pulling back to the other side of the village, I engaged in another fight against the attackers before being hit again, whereupon I headed for the DEA base and concealed myself in a favourite bush from where I got a lot of hits, including a fabulous one on a chap who was just about to throw a grenade and promptly dropped it at his own feet, taking out a couple of his colleagues :).  However, after shooting one lad, I heard him telling those near him where I was as he walked back to find someone to regen on; I was then quite quickly taken out after a short firefight with a couple of attackers, although one of them also had to go back and regen.  I fell back to join my few remaining colleagues who, having been pushed back from the plane, were trying to prevent the enemy reaching it.  Despite rapidly diminishing numbers, we held them off for a considerable time until they managed to achieve their objective in a time of 52 minutes.

After lunch, the two stage game was reversed.  Working well as a team, we stormed into the village, taking out the defenders fairly rapidly despite them putting up a hard fight.  After locating the smoke grenade in its case, we launched what developed into a three pronged attack on the DEA base, with the strongest group, of which I was part, taking the case and its smoke grenade by the longest route via Swaziland.  Pushing rapidly towards the DEA base, whose defenders had already been whittled down by those who had taken more direct routes, a small group made a sprint for the plane and set off the smoke grenade inside it.  Our time was considerably shorter than that of the blue team.

After another return to the safe zone to mag up, we set off for another flag based game.  We started at the border and had to both defend a flag located in the casino and get a hand on another in the DEA base. The blue team, who started at Swaziland, had to defend the flag in the DEA base and get a hand on the one in the casino.  Each side had five medics, who were the only people who could regen casualties.  We decided to split the team into two groups; approximately two thirds of the team, including three medics, would set off for the DEA base, while the rest of us defended the casino.  A group of us positioned ourselves in the village so that the enemy could not move through it.  However, they never came anywhere near it so, eventually becoming aware of some fighting to our left rear, we moved towards that, intercepting some of the blue team as they attacked the casino.  Just as we fought them off, our attacking group penetrated the DEA base and a player got a hand on the flag.

It was a really good day of well organised and well played airsoft.  Despite losing every game, the blue team players played really well; however, we played as a team, which made the difference.

Weapons used:
Hurricane/G&P SR47
DBoys AKMS
ASG Commander XP18 (CO2)

 

Edited May 5 by Colin Allen

[Colin Allen]

54 minutes ago, Impulse said:

I'm going to have to be critical today, or I'd feel like a fraud, so it's a bit of a spicy one today; I will always be impartial and call it like I see it, even if I'm friends with a lot of the staff at a site. I went to Worthing Airsoft today and the weather was fantastic; very little wind and it was about 14ish celcius, so almost optimal conditions for gas gun sniping. I said I would use my mk12 MWS, set up as a DMR, until I ran out of .4s and then I'd switch over to my m700. Took a while to get the power where I wanted it, but between 1.8 - 1.83J was where I got it, so right up near the limit and pretty consistent. I wanted to play all day today as it's been a while since I have for a variety of reasons, so I gassed and filled my mags and headed up for the safety brief. First point of criticism here as I got split up from my friend again. We like pairing up and linking in with another pair and usually try and be on the other side to the rest of the regular players to make sure there's a bit of balance, but then we got split up again and I'm getting really pissed off with it. The other, large group of regulars who tend to stick together basically never get split up; it's always the four of us who get split up instead.

 

The morning game was a mess. They put the spawns far too close to each other and then gave different messages to each team. Our team was told that a part of the site was off limits, because if we pushed into there from spawn we'd end up on top of the enemy spawn, but the enemy team was told no such thing so they pushed through that part of the site. Then our team started doing it as well and it was a messy spawn camp that my friend said went on for ages. They did eventually break out, but by this point we had largely done all the objectives. We had found the mad scientist, (a guy dressed in like a fancy dress hazmat suit), captured him, escorted him all the way around the site and brought him to the tower where he had to "heal" one of the marshalls. By the end, the blues had just given up on trying to push out and a lot went for an early lunch. The only two deaths I had were from people going out of bounds, one sneaking through the area that the yellows were told was out of bounds, and one guy was waaaaaaaaay out of bounds when I was on the other side of the site. The marshalling in the morning game was essentially non-existent and it never should've gone the way it did. Furthermore, one of the marshalls decided to have a go at me after I set up to defend the tower area after I got shot from out of bounds on the other side of the site. On my way to respawn I saw our team bringing the scientist to the tower, so when I respawned back in I took up a defensive position that I like. The marshall had a go at me, saying I'm always there and how ghillies ruin airsoft and how he's going to run games where no ghillies are allowed because I was ruining the game. First, I had only just got there as I spent the rest of the game to that point taking an overwatch position on the area around where the mad scientist was, then sneaking around the other side of the site and shooting blues in the back. Second I had actually done very little all morning because of how the blues were being spawncamped relentlessly, and not by ghillies as we were all out trying to find stuff to do and having an uneventful morning because we didn't want to spawn camp; especially with how overcast it was today it's very easy to remain concealed even wearing regular DPM. And thirdly, with how the site is set up, combined with how much it bushes up, there are large swathes of the site that are quite simply unplayable with a 30m MED, so I'm limited on where I can go as it is.

 

Anyway, after the relative shitshow that was the morning, the afternoon games were a bit simpler and worked better. The spawns were put far away from each other, though the blue team spawn was very close to three of the five bases that had to be captured in the first five base domination game. Somehow we managed to capture the base that was just down the hill from their spawn, which the marshalls were surprised at and said we shouldn't have taken that, but they had 3 of the other bases, so they won the game. There were some great firefights and I managed to get some great long distance shots with the m700, as I swapped over at lunch time. The next game was an old school attack and defend on the tower area and we were attacking. I crawled on my belly behind a bunch of knee-high foliage to a spot I knew would have a good angle into the tower itself, covering both one of the main doors and also a crawl-space style half-door a bit further back. From there I got a LOT of hits and nobody had any idea I was there; I've missed using the m700 with how quiet it is! Anyway, the next game we swapped over... both sides and teams. Me and a friend got balanced onto blues, because at this point quite a few blues had gone home, so we had round #2 of attacking. I did exactly the same thing I did to the blue team to the yellow team and it worked just as well. It was a lovely, filthy little spot and I love attacking the tower area from that side because I can get to it undetected as long as I low crawl for about 80m though or behind some foliage.

 

So that was me for the day. Played all day for once, so that was nice, and very much enjoyed the afternoon. Didn't enjoy the morning game like I usually do and didn't enjoy getting moaned at by a marshall for literally no reason, but at least the afternoon was good fun. I think I'll be using the m700 for a while as I don't want to get .43s for the MWS yet because I recently upgraded my PC's video card and that wasn't cheap; I've still got a bag of .45s and then an unopened 1kg bag of .48s, so sniping is going to be the way I play for a while, especially since the warmer weather makes the m700 so much better. Hoping next game day is a bit better than today and hoping the weather holds up now that we are in May, but I think the site is really getting difficult now to play with an MED as it's bushing up a lot with how wet it has been and now how sunny it has been the past few weeks at least. I will keep using guns with an MED because I like the challenge, I like excuses to use my pistol more and I like the long distance shots, but it's going to get very challenging for the next few months.

It sounds like that chap should not be a marshal.  However much I might agree with him, he is there to do a job; berating a player for acting in a way that the site allows is completely out of order.