The 'How Did Your Airsoft Day Go? Thread

[Tackle]

15 minutes ago, Mr. No_Face said:

Of all my years of paintballing and airsoft I have never taken a shot that made me hit the deck like a bitch until yesterday. Shot in the soft part of the throat and adam's apple at almost point blank range. The easiest decision ever at home when I ordered some neck protection. 

Had that happen to me, not nice, a choker, quite literally, only hit that was worse than that was one got past the nosepiece of some shite goggles, hit the little round ball shape bit in the corner of the eye nearest to the nose, quite literally put me on my knees for 5 minutes, needless to say those goggles were banished in to a 🔥, lest anyone else picked them up and suffered the same fate 😭

[Guest Mr. No_Face]

1 hour ago, Tackle said:

Had that happen to me, not nice, a choker, quite literally, only hit that was worse than that was one got past the nosepiece of some shite goggles, hit the little round ball shape bit in the corner of the eye nearest to the nose, quite literally put me on my knees for 5 minutes, needless to say those goggles were banished in to a 🔥, lest anyone else picked them up and suffered the same fate 😭

 

Yeah I was downed for about five minutes from that throat shot but I cringed just reading about that "corner of the eye" hit part..... Jesus.  

[Rogerborg]

Pretty fairly awesome today.  My DMR was struggling and had move curves on it than Christina Hendricks, then locked up half way through the morning. But I quickly figured out the culprit, the idiotic Specna Arms quick-remove (why?  whyyyy?) pistol grip base, which had popped out on one side and canted the motor.   Replacement grip belatedly ordered now.  Easily sorted, then a quick reseat of the barrel in the hop unit took care of the curve and then it was laser beam accurate out to 2,000 airsoft metres.

 

I get that DMRs and snipers are very site dependent, but today was the happy hunting grounds for us, as the other team was rental-heavy and so focused on their objectives that they rarely realised that they were being flanked and picked off.  When you can place yourself right, that extra 10m really does make a huge difference, if only by allowing you to be where they don't expect you.  For once, my DMR got more use than the MP5K, although some castle storming was done as well.

 

This was despite the day being badly run, with all the usual airsoft foibles: one clueless marshal on chrono, late starts, long delays, a mumbled "You all know the score" briefing, rentals gone wild, test shots in the first game and never again, and on and on.  I can see why other people would have had a rotten day, but...

 

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[Monkman]

Pretty Meh! day today..was good this morning and had fun using the MTW setup as DMR on 0.4's and testing out the new Scopecam 2.  Switched over to the WE AK74UN for the afternoon game, but things went downhill...gamemode was attack and defend on the whole field..but was not fun fighting on a 30Degree bank and people were tired/grumpy and being twats...a lot of full auto into people going on.  Decided to call it quits with about an hour to go as wasn't fun at all....Which is the first time ever that I've walked off a field.  Complained to the marshals, but having only 2hrs sleep the night before, may have dampened my mood for the day...and but mid afternoon I just got fed up with the snail pace gameplay and people being twats...I think about a dozen peeps also had the same idea and quit.

 

Oh the AK74 ran great and the Ra-Tech heavy recoil kit kicks ass...was a lot of fun playing with it before things went south on the playing field. (Having to pick your shots with only a 30rnd mag is nerve racking...buy satisfying as well)

 

[Spartan09]

7 hours ago, alxndrhll said:

 

2nd was for the second day of the 'Shift Your Rifts' event at Redcon-2, first games at a brand new sites often kinda suck for me. You have some decent engagements but I generally find I have no idea what's going on or where I'm supposed to be going. Unless a site is run like absolute garbage or I just get an sense that it really isn't for me I'll tend to try a site 2-3 times before I'd say it's actively bad, getting a feel for the lay of the land can really sway how enjoyable a site is for me. So yeah, a lot of aimless wandering. Ended up with a nasty muscle strain in my thigh in the morning from the very heroic act of... standing up from crouching a bit too quickly, boy do I love getting old. Back to warming up ahead of game days for me from now on. Took the rest of the morning off to have some painkillers and wander around to keep things as limber as possible, popped on a compression sleeve and played the afternoon keeping to a smaller section of the site. Corrections to kit worked out nicely.

 

 

what team were you on at the RIFT weekender?   i was there both days on red team and camped over. 
hope you recovered from the thigh strain though.
 

 

7 hours ago, alxndrhll said:

off to Com's Site 3 the weekend after that with the same group of friends from down South that I went to Redcon with.

comms site 3 is a great site, and chould be pretty enjoyable for you. havent been there for a couple of months now though, and i know the original safezone area has been taken by HS2 (booo!!) and they are getting a new safezone area made up. 
as for the game zone, they have made a number of improvements to structures etc during the quiet times over lockdowns

5 hours ago, Mr. No_Face said:

Of all my years of paintballing and airsoft I have never taken a shot that made me hit the deck like a bitch until yesterday. Shot in the soft part of the throat and adam's apple at almost point blank range. The easiest decision ever at home when I ordered some neck protection. 

 

ouch...
that sucks.   and definately a wise move on the throat protection

[alxndrhll]

26 minutes ago, Spartan09 said:

what team were you on at the RIFT weekender?   i was there both days on red team and camped over. 
hope you recovered from the thigh strain though.

 

If memory serves I was on the red team, I spent most/all of the afternoon in the 'tank graveyard' area. Of the bits I saw that was probably my favourite part of the site. Truthfully I probably shouldn't have played this weekend, but I imagine I'll be fine by the time I'm playing next, appreciate you saying so.

 

28 minutes ago, Spartan09 said:

comms site 3 is a great site, and chould be pretty enjoyable for you. havent been there for a couple of months now though, and i know the original safezone area has been taken by HS2 (booo!!) and they are getting a new safezone area made up. 

as for the game zone, they have made a number of improvements to structures etc during the quiet times over lockdowns

 

'Conventional' woodland sites are probably my favourites over all, especially if there are a few structures so I'm very much looking forward to it. The folks from that group of friends which have attended before say it's their favourite of the RIFT sites so fingers crossed it holds up to the praise... granted it's all subjective at the end of the day!

[Spartan09]

52 minutes ago, alxndrhll said:

 

If memory serves I was on the red team, I spent most/all of the afternoon in the 'tank graveyard' area. Of the bits I saw that was probably my favourite part of the site. Truthfully I probably shouldn't have played this weekend, but I imagine I'll be fine by the time I'm playing next, appreciate you saying so.

nice.  i was also on red team both days.  the tank graveyard and echo base (the base inside the big mounds beside the range) are two of my favourites too.

in case you aren't aware, there are pics on their website from the weekender at www.riftairsoft.com .  some of the pics have got mixed up, so check out the albums for both days and play "spot yourself in among the bushes" XD

found some pics of me...



hopefully playing this weekend hasn't aggravated your injury too much

 

59 minutes ago, alxndrhll said:

'Conventional' woodland sites are probably my favourites over all, especially if there are a few structures so I'm very much looking forward to it. The folks from that group of friends which have attended before say it's their favourite of the RIFT sites so fingers crossed it holds up to the praise... granted it's all subjective at the end of the day!

there are quite a few structures to explore, and some brick trenches to use for cover. 
"pumphouse" is my favourite area of comms 3, but i will let you have fun exploring the whole site 😃

 

[Badgerlicious]

12 hours ago, Mr. No_Face said:

Of all my years of paintballing and airsoft I have never taken a shot that made me hit the deck like a bitch until yesterday. Shot in the soft part of the throat and adam's apple at almost point blank range. The easiest decision ever at home when I ordered some neck protection. 

 

Oof. Do you have anything around your neck? I've always worn a shemagh or scrim scarf around my neck for this reason. 

[Guest Mr. No_Face]

5 hours ago, Badgerlicious said:

Oof. Do you have anything around your neck? I've always worn a shemagh or scrim scarf around my neck for this reason. 

 

Nope. For the most part I 've gotten by without being shot there. This is my typical loadout I run with absolutely no neck protection.

 

 

Sometimes I'll throw on a shooters headset or even regular ones to protect my ears and that's about the sum of it. But after Saturday's reality check I'll be making neck protection a staple, you can bet on that. Won't be going through that level of pain and discomfort again.

 

[noctu]

More of a quote than a summary:

 

"If I give it a bit of a shake, it'll go to semi."

[PopRocket123]

2 hours ago, noctu said:

More of a quote than a summary:

 

"If I give it a bit of a shake, it'll go to semi."

Me too. Don't know what that has to do with airsoft though...

[PopRocket123]

My first Careful Now! I feel so vindicated!

[PopRocket123]

17 minutes ago, PopRocket123 said:

My first Careful Now! I feel so vindicated!

Well that's cheapened it...

[alxndrhll]

22 hours ago, Spartan09 said:

in case you aren't aware, there are pics on their website from the weekender at www.riftairsoft.com .  some of the pics have got mixed up, so check out the albums for both days and play "spot yourself in among the bushes" XD

 

Ta for the heads up, looks like I managed to successfully camera dodge for the duration I was there. Photos from my first game back following restrictions lifting went up today from the Dagger Woods lot though. Can always rely on photos, to remind you how old you're getting... I'll be sticking to the helmet from now on I reckon, keep those greys under wraps 😅.

 

 

Edited September 6, 2021 by alxndrhll

[Davegolf]

Nice to see you rocking the AK, uh... oh M4 came out 🙈

[alxndrhll]

2 minutes ago, Davegolf said:

Nice to see you rocking the AK, uh... oh M4 came out 🙈

It was actually the other way round I’ll have you know! 👀😂 Started off the day using the Dye mask, couldn’t see shit courtesy of the rain so went back to the safe zone to swap out eye/face pro and figured I might as well swap out toys while I was there!

(This was also pre fitting the B-18 so the red dot was up front, looks cool as shit… but in practical terms didn’t get on with it at all 😂)

[Spartan09]

2 hours ago, alxndrhll said:

 

Ta for the heads up, looks like I managed to successfully camera dodge for the duration I was there. Photos from my first game back following restrictions lifting went up today from the Dagger Woods lot though. 

 

Any time.  Keep the website bookmarked, as they always have the marshals taking pics at every game, and the photos are almost always uploaded to the website by tuesday lunchtime after a game day.

 

And there have been a couple of games that i have managed to camera dodge too..  

 

2 hours ago, alxndrhll said:

 Can always rely on photos, to remind you how old you're getting... I'll be sticking to the helmet from now on I reckon, keep those greys under wraps 😅.

No comment..  lol

 

 

Looking at those pics, i notice the writing on your mags, and i think we may have bumped into each other at one point at respawn

[Cannonfodder]

13 hours ago, alxndrhll said:

Can always rely on photos, to remind you how old you're getting... I'll be sticking to the helmet from now on I reckon, keep those greys under wraps 😅.

I know what you mean. My beard is about 50% grey but every picture of me out on the field makes me look like should be collecting a pension. Maybe it's time to put together a Dad's Army loadout

[Tackle]

29 minutes ago, Cannonfodder said:

I know what you mean. My beard is about 50% grey but every picture of me out on the field makes me look like should be collecting a pension. Maybe it's time to put together a Dad's Army loadout

Baggsy I'm private Godfrey, we move at about the same speed lol.

[Lozart]

33 minutes ago, Tackle said:

Baggsy I'm private Godfrey, we move at about the same speed lol.

 

I'll be Jones!

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

Turned up on site at the usual time ready to Marshal for the day

Unusually low numbers meant that the opportunity to player marshal arose

Some of the usual protagonists were absent, which meant a good day with little to no issues. Managed to get a whole day playing with my new (to me) TM Ak74u . As I wasn’t expecting to play I took no pouches , or any usual playing gear. Had an awesome day

Then after packing up time I got paid too!!
Beat that 😂👍

[Jacob Wright]

Well, packed up a nice lightweight loadout with the intention of getting a game in today after a night of getting some sleep at work….

To then spend the whole night running around the M25 because everyone and their mothers/daughters/fish were breaking down 🙄

 

Whats the saying? Best laid plans … 😂

 

[Impulse]

Had another fantastic day at Worthing yesterday. The m21 still performs amazingly, and the camo and concealment fieldcraft is still working better than most full ghillie snipers. Had a great game where me and my friend (who actually introduced me to airsoft when we were 14 and still at school) decided to hold a flank away from our base and came under fire. Everyone else who came with us got shot and had to head back to respawn, so it was just us, a pair of snipers, against the world. No ghillies needed, just solid camo and concealment practices and teamwork. He held the front with his VSR, while I covered his flank with my m21 (as I had no MED so anyone who got too close to him I could generally hit out). The other two guys we were on comms with came up after a while and we held the flank for the whole game, with only one of us getting hit and it was to friendly fire since even our team didn't know we were there. Speaking of comms, we were all testing our new earmors, since 3 of us are heading to ai500 and ear protection inside is advised, and I love them. I can hear absolutely everything around me, while shielding me from loud bangs that would damage my hearing and the comms setup itself is lovely and super clear when it comes through. The PTT is super solid to clip onto my rig and then find with minimal movement when I'm lying prone. Totally worth the £90 or so.

 

Also managed to test and set the hop and zero the scope for my spring VSR after setting it to 1.1J last week, since I was getting annoyed at the 2.3J setup. It was firing past 60m easily, and I could hit the 60m target literally 10/10 times, so I'm incredibly pleased. 1.1J means no MED, and reaching out to that distance with that accuracy is exactly what I wanted.

 

All in all, the day was a complete success and it was a great Sunday!

Edited September 13, 2021 by Impulse

[DoooomRider]

Played at a new site yesterday. It started off not so great, my h8r decided it doesn't want to keep the CO2 in anymore and prefers to spew it all out of the valve immediately leaving me without a sidearm (not the end of the world but sad as it was it's second time out and I've just sorted a holster for it), we started with a bizarre escort mission where one of your team couldn't die but had to sit in a wheelbarrow and be taken up a road, teams were really unbalanced with us having lots of rentals and the other side a lot of guys with snipers/dmrs and ghillie suits ended walking to safezone with my mate's brand new g3 that decided to just stop working. Came back out to defend and the guy in the barrow for their side decided to full auto me in the face under 10m with an ARP9, I have to admit I was starting to think an early home and spend the afternoon relaxing with a beer at this point. He also had to have his riot shield taken off of him as it made it near impossible to take out the guy pushing the barrow. they eventually won and there was a lot of grumbling from our side about sportsmanship and the fact that they were wiping the floor with us.

 

next game went a little better ARP9 guy was off sulking (his gun broke and he wasn't allowed his riot shield). Again teams were unbalanced but as they were defending on limited lives we were slowly cracking through them so it felt a little better and not just like being a target on a range. Lunch came and went and ARP9guy got called a few choice words (not by me) when he declared that "I don't aim,  I just spray people" I didn't see him after that point he appeared to pack up and leave as he wasn't at his table after the next game.

 

Afternoon games were both pushback and teams had been mixed up leading to better balance, both games were intense and highly fun to play. we started on the attack and clear communication and tactics pushed us through their defence with our snipers able to one counter-snipe but two provide cover so that we could push up and get in their faces, my squad led a huge flank on the final objective meaning the defenders had to fight on four fronts and quickly folded. Second game we managed to hold them off for a decent amount of time picking off the ones that got into range and calling targets for our boys with longer range, they slowly picked us off one by one but you could tell we were tiring them out, as the attacks got slower and the amount of full auto going up, second objective we setup around the castle with sparse defenders inside the castle, they had done a lot of flanking on the first objective so we expected attacks from multiple angles and that's what we ended up with they never got behind us but they hit us from 3 sides but they struggled to gain ground and eventually their attacks petered out with a lack of smoke and suppression they seemed to give up the assault as I assume they were also running low on ammo leading to the marshals to call it early we went back and packed away the atmosphere was better in the afternoon and with people bantering more.

 

My new Specna Arms 416 performed beautifully with a lot more range and accuracy than I expected from an out of the box gun and overall my squad had a lot of fun despite being covered in bramble cuts, we're getting our gear together and improving my shopping list now consists of more mags, fixing my pistol and a scope so I can see my targets a little better

[Monkman]

Played last sunday @ ACE AIRSOFT in West Midlands... Was a good day, ruined slightly by a few peeps not taking their hits.  Marshals to their credit once made aware of the situation dealt with the persons. (Few peeps said they're were never coming back?  Least give the Marshals time to deal with them first eh?)  After lunch things got a little salty as Red's dominated the Blues.  I volunteered to switch sides, but still stayed on Red.  Due to some of the, lets say slow reactions to hit taking, I switched things up a little and opted to take out the Drum mag and use Full Auto. (After lowering pressure and re-chrono with marshals, seeing as I was running it @ DMR levels in the morning.  I like to play mainly single shot, but I think it warranted Full auto today.)

 

Anyway...I took out my new Scopecam2 4k camera and got some nice footage I think, later part of the vid I get some nice killstreaks.  Strykerles takes a bad hit in the eye and causes concern and I call "mandown" so marshals can make sure he was ok!  He was..

 

It's my 2nd ever vid posted on YT so still learning....

 

 

 

Edited September 16, 2021 by Monkman