The 'How Did Your Airsoft Day Go? Thread

[Rogerborg]

Pretty good day today with Ex-Workmate Eddie at Biohazard.  Quick respawns, intense action, good hit taking, lots of pistol play and MP5K Master Race point-blank larks.

 

They even started (almost) on time and kept the lunch and breaks short, we got a fair amount of actual play in.

 

As usual though, the briefs were rushed through and full of "obviously" and "you all know", aimed at the regulars who do all know.

 

If you think people don't need briefed, why are you doing a briefing?

[Skara]

Just got back from a tournament.

Haven't had more than 15 hours of sleep combined last week, so I was ultra exhausted, nonetheless it was a really fun event and I think we got a nice first place (results are expected today, will confirm/deny later).

 

Oh, it never stopped raining, I was soaked until like 30 minutes ago.

 

EDIT: results are out, we ended up being 4th out of 12 teams, between us and the first place there are less than 200 points of difference, which is next to nothing, between us and the 5th place there are about 1500 points, which is almost two complete objectives.

Edited September 21, 2021 by Skara

[Panama]

Played at Combat Airsoft Games in Norfolk yesterday with my two sons and two of their friends.

 

Really good setup and the marshalls were very friendly, efficient, and attentive in game

 

The safety briefing didn't take too long although may have seemed a little too brief if it was your first time?

 

Good mix of game types and scenarios with moonshone and helo's involved.

 

Interesting that there seemed to be a big group there for just the morning session and when they left at lunch time there didn't seem to be any more issues with people not taking their hits which was starting to get quite heated in the morning.

 

Overall a great day out and the weather held.

[Rogerborg]

1 hour ago, Panama said:

Interesting that there seemed to be a big group there for just the morning session and when they left at lunch time there didn't seem to be any more issues with people not taking their hits

 

Mmm, I have a concern about some teams or squads who are more into the brotherhood-of-bros, dress-up, socialising or LARPing aspects, rather than just playing airsoft.

And it's great when the folk who aren't really there to play airsoft pack up and push off in the afternoon, I find the games tend to get more fun.

 

Of course, not all teams.  If you're reading this, I'm almost certainly not referring to you.

[Panama]

43 minutes ago, Rogerborg said:

 

Mmm, I have a concern about some teams or squads who are more into the brotherhood-of-bros, dress-up, socialising or LARPing aspects, rather than just playing airsoft.

And it's great when the folk who aren't really there to play airsoft pack up and push off off in the afternoon, I find the games tend to get more fun.

 

Of course, not all teams.  If you're reading this, I'm almost certainly not referring to you.

The atmosphere completely changed in the afternoon, much more relaxed and everyone just seemed to be enjoying it more.

Edited September 20, 2021 by Panama

[Lozart]

1 minute ago, Panama said:

The atmosphere completely changed in the afternoon, much more relaxed and everyone just seemed to be enjoying it more.

 

It happens more often than I'd like but it's part of the game unfortunately.

[Badgerlicious]

What an amazing day at Worthing! New gun is wonderful, hops .36s out to 50m even while lacking in power a bit, so there's room for improvement. Even my goggle fan running out of power and a morning of not being able to see much (I got it sorted at lunch, and a new love for revision anti-fog wipes) couldn't put much of a damper on the amazing rolling defence game of the afternoon. Some excellent defense and enemy callouts from yellow, and some great coordinated pushes from blue. My new camo hood and loadout was proven to work. Almost got stepped on a few times, and there were many claims of a sniper (It's a <1j aeg) while I held the flank with a few others for a good 10 minutes. Took about 6 of them to weed me out 🤣 

 

All in all a wonderful day, one of those where you realise how much you love this sport. 

Edited September 26, 2021 by Badgerlicious

[Skara]

Today was a very short (rainy) day.

Played three games then a lightning struck a hill literally 300m from us, we decided to fuck off right after

Nonetheless those three games were super fun

[Rogerborg]

1 hour ago, Skara said:

Played three games then a lightning struck a hill literally 300m from us, we decided to fuck off right after

 

God trying to smite a P90 owner, but He was probably drunk.

[PopRocket123]

7 minutes ago, Rogerborg said:

 

God trying to smite a P90 owner, but He was probably drunk.

He was probably using the new nuprol heavenly smiter 5000 after someone "upgraded" it. 

[Tactical Pith Helmet]

Great  day at Tuddenham with the lowly G&G M4.  It's Skirmish at the end of the month so the usual simple games with nothing too complicated.  Marshalling was to the usual high standard, weather was bloody muggy, and due to a series of things going wrong, I ended up going on my own.  I was surprised at how much enjoyable not parenting and playing was, since I originally got into airsoft to spend time with the lad.

 

Some well spirited gameplay, especially in the afternoon, and a great load of fun around the village area with the buildings.  Had some decent scraps around the containers and managed to keep a group hunting for me by the simple expedient of lying down where they expected me to be ducking around the tyres etc.  Stalked a player in the shower block area as he did the same to me and we both hit each other simultaneously, which gave us a good laugh.   Got hit in the back a fair few times as the opposing team could actually flank properly.  Nice to see a girl leading the team as player marshal, btter still to see her getting players to push up and exploit the ground well.  More power to her I say.

 

A few moans from some re: hit taking but I saw nothing but good sportsmanship all day.  

 

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed myself despite the huge disappointment of missing out on the Namsoft weekend.

[Spartan09]

3 hours ago, Rogerborg said:

 

God trying to smite a P90 owner, but He was probably drunk.

hey...   nothing wrong with a p90

in fact...  *Note to self*  Pack P90 for the AI500 next weekend

 

2 hours ago, Tactical Pith Helmet said:

Great  day at Tuddenham

i have heard great things about this site...  definately on my list of "sites i want to play at"

alas, may not be till the new year now, as finances are getting a bit tight, so i am going to cut back on airsoft for a bit.

Edited September 27, 2021 by Spartan09

[Fatboy40]

2nd time at Camouflage Airsoft in Alton, the head marshal there runs things very well (a player himself). The forest and ground cover there is perfect, just the right amount.

 

Also I encountered my first airsoft player cliché, the player who's literally indestructible, getting hit by hundreds of BB's whilst sprinting in the open and not taking a single hit, who then leaves at lunch time. For those who were there we shall call them "Mr Pink" 😉

[Stratton Oakmont]

Took my mws and a back up.

MWS ran perfectly, I didn’t even have to use my AK. I gotta say it was a good day.

Edited September 30, 2021 by Stratton Oakmont

[Jacob Wright]

11 minutes ago, Stratton Oakmont said:

Took my mws and a back up.

MWS ran perfectly, I didn’t even have to use my AK. I gotta say it was a good day.

In the true words of Ice Cube the warrior poet himself. 

[Stratton Oakmont]

Haha, I didn’t even go this weekend. Just posted that for my own entertainment to see who got it

[Rogerborg]

52 minutes ago, Stratton Oakmont said:

Haha, I didn’t even go this weekend. Just posted that for my own entertainment to see who got it

 

Only because I've just had a nostalgia replay through GTA: San Andreas.

 

(Urge to cap some Ballas with a TEC-9 intensifies)

[gasman]

On 07/09/2021 at 09:31, 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

I am collecting mine Tears

[Jacob Wright]

Had an absolutely spot on day with the lads down at Combat Airsoft in Thetford. 
 

Rain held out until we were nearly finished, no gun issues apart for one of the guys getting a dead battery, and got to use a fair whack of the site. 
 

One isolated incident where someone popped into the bunker with three of us and shouted ‘surrender’ and then moaned when I shot him but other than that no gameplay issues to speak of. 
 

Can’t recommend the site enough if you’re within distance, not had a bad day there ever!

[Impulse]

Just got home from ai500 and had a cracking weekend! Definitely some hiccups and hurdles that will need to be smoothed out going forward.

 

The good:

• Finally getting to play alongside the staff from Worthing for the first time in about 13 years, since skirmish weekends they are busy marshalling and running the site.
  • Also, we were all staying in the same hotel, so the out of game social was amazing fun too.
• The site itself. The Citadel has some amazing potential for future ai500s.
• Out-ranging other AEGs with my 1.1J m21. Put a lot of effort into that build, so it's nice to see it paying off.
• Haha, AAP-01 go brrrr. No, seriously, I was only allowed to fire it semi-auto, but it was the first time I was using it and it was also out-ranging AEGs. Quality gun, that.
• Met some fantastic players on green team. Yeah, there were some absolute spanners, but the majority I spoke to seemed to be some really great guys and gals.
• Good arm workout. Carting that m21 around, then also having to pump up my tiny little HPA bottle not once, but twice!
  • On that, I also worked out how many shots it's good for. The answer is around 500 BBs. More than enough for a normal game day, but when there are 200 targets and some gale force winds to deal with, I shoot a lot more shots

 

The bad:

• The weather. I've never played in such piss poor weather before. 70+ mph winds and a torrential downpour for most of Saturday. Made it worse that the wind was blowing in our faces, so we couldn't see anything (and one guy in my team reported one of his BBs flew back at him after he fired it 🤣)
• Teething issues. Some stuff they did just... didn't work. I think they'll iron these out for future events, but as the maiden voyage for this site there were some definite issues with the gameplay.
• Some sketchy play. I'm looking down a scope, I can see my BBs bouncing off people and them just continuing like nothing is wrong.
• Too much pyro. I have no idea how many pyros the tans were throwing, but on Saturday I only died 6 times and they were all to grenades. I'd hazard a guess that multiple hundreds of grenades were thrown on Saturday alone
• People gave up early. At one point on Sunday we were outnumbered 4 - 1.
• Not allowing bolt action sniper rifles. There were so many looooooooooooooong sight lines that a 2.3J bolt action would've been incredibly useful. 1.48J DMRs isn't enough for those sight lines.
• Ol' reliable TM mk23 fell out of its holster and something snapped in the trigger unit when it hit the ground, so that's going to be a fun tech job to repair.

Airsoft is a social hobby, so while the bad technically outnumbers the good, the good points were far more impactful than the bad.

[Spartan09]

i was also at the AI500 on the Tan team.

met a few new people down there and got chatting, before we ended up putting up our camping gear next to one another so we could have a few drinks and some banter on friday night.

as @Impulse stated, there were quite a few issues that need sorting out for future events,  however he neglected to mention the big red flag....    there was no chronoing of weapons before anyone went out to play, and the marshalls said they would be spot checking in game and banning anyone found running a hot gun....  i didnt see anyone getting spot checked, nor did several other players i spoke with.
i had assumed chrono would be done after the game brief as everyone headed to their CP or at the CP, so when they called game on i was pretty shocked, and i had to insist the marshals brought a chrono to the tan team command post to chrono my weapons before i would go off to play, but it still took them 10 or 15 mins to get there.
after the marshall arrived a few other tan chronoed their guns too.

saturday was going well, until the bad weather rolled in...   the gale force winds made it almost impossible to hit anyone outside the buildings, and by the end of the day everyone looked (and felt) like drowned rats.  the winds also demolished almost everyones tents on the camp grounds as they were set on high ground.  a few people (including myself) had set their tents on a patch off ground between several buildings so we survived the worst of the storm.  the organisers got the site owner to open up several buildings beside the campsite so people could move inside, an offer which everyone that stayed accepted so we had some shelter overnight and could get some semi-decent rest.

 

this morning started off well, despite having to use damp gear from the day before, but after an hour or so the sun came out and the weather stayed warm for the rest of the day. Tans made a great push and managed to push greens back almost to their command post.  unfortunately tempers began flaring on both sides, so a lunch break was called to allow everyone to cool down a bit before we all went back out, and greens made a slightly better push than the morning and came close to our command post.

there was also a big issue caused inside a building known as "vipers nest", a 3 floor cell block. the rules stated that all mesh railings/fences etc on site were to be considered hard cover (no shooting through, no grenades through or over etc), and this included the anti-suicide nets strung across the cell block, onto which several camo sheets were placed. unfortunately one green player tried dropping a grenade through the anti-suicide net and setting one of the camo sheets on fire.  after seeing this and calling for a cease fire i tried to summon a marshal, shouting that there was a fire, but it took a couple of minutes for the marshals to react, as there werent any inside the building.  after the fire was put out and game resumed, the marshals declared no pyro in the building, but the message wasnt relayed evenly as several players still set off pyro in the building.

 

saturdays game was called off early for safety reasons, but not before one of the tans slipped and injured themselves pretty bad (not sure what the injury was as there were several rumors doing the rounds).  today also saw a green player dislocate their shoulder.  both serious injuries and i hope they both recover quickly.

as for the guns i was running;
-my main rifle was my tippmann M4, and was running ok, but its still bedding in the new posiedon barrel an madbull red shark hop rubber, so not performing at its best
-my main pistol was my EMG John Wick hi-capa. It was shooting hot on CO2, so i ran it on gas, but found that it didnt want to cycle at all on green gas on saturday or this morning, but worked well on red gas. i swapped back to green one the temperature started to rise, but only used it for a couple of shots in the afternoon
- i ran my Northeast Sten MkII this morning, but only had a few mags. while i had ammo it was running well, but the game was too fast paced for me to spend ages at CP reloading mags, so i swapped it out for the AAP-01. the Sten was shooting well and i really wish i could have run it for longer.
- i ran my AAP-01 with a drum mag, and just like Impulse, it was outranging most AEGs on site and firing laser straight...   at least until i took a shot and the slide/bold jammed solid half open..  about to strip it now, and will post the results in the aap owners thread, but i suspect it has broken its hammer
 

 

4 hours ago, Impulse said:

• Too much pyro. I have no idea how many pyros the tans were throwing, but on Saturday I only died 6 times and they were all to grenades. I'd hazard a guess that multiple hundreds of grenades were thrown on Saturday alone

there was a lot of pyro thrown around,  but i have to say that both sides were equally as guilty.  plus in many instances a grenade was the only way to deal with a dug in enemy player (or several)
 

[Skara]

Lucky,

I spent my Airsoft day riding my BMX at the local skatepark, because the forecast said it was gonna pour and all my teammates chickened out, instead we got a surprisingly warm sunny day -.-

[NeatBeard]

Got to try out my new AK at Battle Stations Activity Centre, Thetford on Sunday afternoon and was gutted when I was told it was running a bit hot after chrono 😢.  They advised to speak to their gun tech and he said that I could play as long as I wasn't a dick with it as it wasn't over chrono by much and that it needed to get a few mags through it to bed in. Really happy with how it shot and arrow straight with the iron sites too, well happy. Pity that there were a few folks spoiling the games by not taking their hits though, having said that the marshals dealt with them and we had a great day. Although my son did want to mag dump on one of the dudes for not taking his hits! 😃

[Impulse]

9 hours ago, Spartan09 said:

as @Impulse stated, there were quite a few issues that need sorting out for future events,  however he neglected to mention the big red flag....    there was no chronoing of weapons before anyone went out to play, and the marshalls said they would be spot checking in game and banning anyone found running a hot gun....  i didnt see anyone getting spot checked, nor did several other players i spoke with.

 

This one is a tough one to police with the number of marshalls they had and I'm old school. I like to imagine we can be trusted, since when I first started airsoft 16 years ago, nobody chronoed anything, but nobody came away bleeding either. Maybe I just need to stop being such an old fogey (even though I'm only 30!) and accept that now airsoft is more popular and gets certain YouTube attention, we're going to have absolute morons who spoil it for the rest of us. I do think they should've chronoed more, as I didn't see anyone getting chronoed either, not even me when I said to the marshalls that my m21 was 1.1J. I agreed I wouldn't use it in buildings, but I also was shooting with no MED outside since while I was playing the DMR role, I was playing with normal AEG power limits since I specifically designed it not to have an MED (since that's usually what my VSR is for). I was more than happy for a marshall to chrono my gun because I'm not a dickhead, but nobody did.

  

9 hours ago, Spartan09 said:

there was a lot of pyro thrown around,  but i have to say that both sides were equally as guilty.  plus in many instances a grenade was the only way to deal with a dug in enemy player (or several)
 

 

I can only go on what I experienced and literally every death I had on Saturday was due to grenades, even though I rarely was in "cover", since I focus on concealment over hard cover. Every time I was grenaded, it would've been easier to just spray the bush I was hiding in, but nah, instead I just got a barrage of grenades. Though, I imagine it was on both sides, like the non-hit taking as I did see that on both sides. I did have to tap a green on the shoulder I was standing next to after I saw some BBs bouncing off his rig. I medic-ed him back in, but I shouldn't have had to tell him he had been hit for him to take it.

[Stacius]

A very mixed weekend here, as we visited a site running an event. My group and I played both days, Saturday being the better one in my opinion. Day 1 teams were split, and ours ended up with a lot of first timers, either to the site itself or rental players. There was an issue with hit calling, that was brought up with the marshalls who described the guy involved before the sentence was finished. However, even wet and a little disillusioned by this we still returned.

 Sunday was awful though, had 13 players on our team with not many returns from the day prior. Counted 20 on opposing side at the end of the day, again with a large proportion of our team leaving early, and even more plastic magnetos in play. At one point the only players out in the field from our side were the 2 marshalls, and this was indicative of the day. 
 The day finished early for us, as we did try and continue but between the massive imbalance, players leaving early in frustration, and not being able to leave the spawn in some cases meant that even trying to keep involved became an impossibility. This was a shame, I felt, as the member of our group who was on the other team even said he was bored with the fact he couldn’t find any of our side by midday. 
 I don’t want to name the place, as honestly it could of just been the group on the opposing team but I know I spoke to a few rentals who I hopefully convinced to keep having a go. However, as one of our group said “if that had been my first experience of airsoft, it would be my last too”