The 'How Did Your Airsoft Day Go? Thread

[RostokMcSpoons]

My airsoft day has been shit.
UPS delivered me a couple of bags of BBs, a new foregrip, and a Titan battery.
But didn't bother themselves ringing our loud doorbell, just left it out front instead.  

So some thieving git nicked it all.

 

 

Arse.

 

Edit:.  Blimey. AirsoftAnonymous sent me an email at 9pm (which I've only just read) to let me know UPS made a bollox of their status updates, so it's not actually been delivered and then nicked after all!

 

Huzzah!  So it's now a good day 🤗

 

Edited November 16, 2021 by RostokMcSpoons
Good news

[Skara]

8 hours ago, RostokMcSpoons said:

My airsoft day has been shit.
UPS delivered me a couple of bags of BBs, a new foregrip, and a Titan battery.
But didn't bother themselves ringing our loud doorbell, just left it out front instead.  

So some thieving git nicked it all.

 

 

Arse.

 

Edit:.  Blimey. AirsoftAnonymous sent me an email at 9pm (which I've only just read) to let me know UPS made a bollox of their status updates, so it's not actually been delivered and then nicked after all!

 

Huzzah!  So it's now a good day 🤗

 

What a rollercoaster!

Glad your stuff didn't get stolen

[Nick G]

Had a great airsoft day today. Low numbers but I like those days, so much more tactical. All the players were in good mood , no issues with hit taking , hard faught games and blowing pumpkins up with pyro, what's not to love 😁

 

And the GBBR went well all day, infact the cold got to me before it did the to the rifle 🤣

[Badgerlicious]

Really great day out, even when losing most games. Ghillie cape/cobra hood is working wonderfully, had someone within two feet of me while lying down, and it enabled me to shoot many, many children 😈 I think some of the rentals got a bit confused with taking hits, buuuut they couldn't see me so I just shot them again if they acted alive. They seemed to get better through the day though, so they do learn! 

Edited November 21, 2021 by Badgerlicious

[Impulse]

43 minutes ago, Badgerlicious said:

Really great day out, even when losing most games. Ghillie cape/cobra hood is working wonderfully, had someone within two feet of me while lying down, and it enabled me to shoot many, many children 😈 I think some of the rentals got a bit confused with taking hits, buuuut they couldn't see me so I just shot them again if they acted alive. They seemed to get better through the day though, so they do learn! 

 

I can't say I had the same, unfortunately. Rampant non-hit taking I can usually deal with (they didn't learn with me. Was dinking them with the 1.1J VSR and they were just ignoring it wholesale), but then both of my gas pistols also said "nah, too cold" today and then to top it all off with a guy charging at me to do a knife kill and I had to actively stop myself from putting him in an arm lock since it's a reflex at this point since I started martial arts. Muscle memory and reflexive reactions are interesting (at Worthing, knife kills are stealth kills to avoid the situation that almost happened with me today)

 

Roll on next game day. These things happen and my last few game days have been cracking. I was due a bit of a crappy one, so now that universal balance is restored I can look forward to the Christmas game next month safe in the knowledge I've done my crappy one already

 

EDIT: And either there was an error in dispatch, or a Karen just called the police on me as I headed back into my house. All the gats were fully covered and in bags (I've been in this hobby for 16 years, I know how it works), nothing was showing, but just had two coppers turn up saying they were called to this address, though they didn't say what for. No trouble and they went on their way, but quite coincidental that I just got home like 20 mins ago and had them turn up. Probably just an error, but rather coincidental.

Edited November 21, 2021 by Impulse

[Badgerlicious]

13 minutes ago, Impulse said:

(they didn't learn with me. Was dinking them with the 1.1J VSR and they were just ignoring it wholesale)

Damn. Maybe I'm too forgiving. It was just very confusing in the morning, I'd shoot the rental kids, and they'd sort of run off behind some bushes and come back, one even dry fired at me when dead, so I pointed my gun and him and he puts his hand up and says "no I'm dead". Just a strange situation tbh. I held a lot of them off in that water tube game later on though, and they seemed to be taking their hits pretty well during that game. I didn't notice anyone else, personally. The wind didn't help at all though. 😂

14 minutes ago, Impulse said:

And either there was an error in dispatch, or a Karen just called the police on me as I headed back into my house

I heard about this at the end, sounded like someone was walking along with a bare gun out, but if it was you with gun bags that's a serious overreaction. 

 

Christmas game should be good though. No sneaking for me at that one

[RostokMcSpoons]

Good day at Special Ops at Emberton (nr Olney nr Milton Keynes)

 

Everyone as friendly as always, people took their hits. Perhaps because they saw me setting a good example so many times 🤣

 

After yesterday's problems with my batteries it was pleasing to get through a day trouble free.  Almost took the old AK out for a walk but ended up sticking with the M4 just because 4 hi cap mags on the belt is very reassuring.

Made one 'hero moment' taking out the bomb carrier and his escort before returning the bomb to my team.  Not bad for a fat old bloke with dodgy ankles

 

knackered but happy... soaking in the bath 🛀

 

 

[Impulse]

6 minutes ago, Badgerlicious said:

I heard about this at the end, sounded like someone was walking along with a bare gun out, but if it was you with gun bags that's a serious overreaction. 

 

Yeah, I heard about that too. The guy I get a lift with is one of the staff and he pulled over on his way back from the lockup to give them a stern talking to. With what happened recently in Liverpool, that could've been baaaaaaaaad. Was a bunch of kiddies waltzing down the A27 with guns out.

 

15 minutes ago, Badgerlicious said:

Christmas game should be good though. No sneaking for me at that one

 

I'll still sneak. I did last year in a tinsel ghillie and got away with a lot more than I expected, so I'll try it again.  

 

 

 

[Nicnicol]

Good and bad day.... went to use my AA T10 for the first time and the cylinder head blow out of the cyclinder. Now I need a new cylinder and head 

[Skara]

I had a rather bad day.

Decided to take the t11 out for a spin, numbers were low so I thought it would be a fun easy day.

Couldn't be more wrong.

 

Wind kicked up instantly so I basically had to shoot ghetto style the whole morning, plus I kept making bad positioning decisions so I ended up with a whopping 0 kills day.

Well, one, but still disappointing.

 

I suck at sniping and my field doesn't help.

[simonp]

A very good day, albiet i thought i was going to go badly after the G36 started the day chronoing hot (im still not sure why, need to have a tinker this week)...luckily the AK didnt let me down and therefore got a more than usual full day of gameplay and i forgot how much it makes me smile.

 

Great marshalling and a really good group so really nothing to complain about (until tomorrow when all my joints and back really start to remind me)

[Tactical Pith Helmet]

Filmsim at Tuddenham today.  Pretty simple domination and timer based games today.  TBH, it felt more like a standard skirmish than the usual filmsim, but fun nonetheless.  Attended with the lad, his mate and an old friend that has not played for over a year due to covid restrictions etc.

 

In the morning we had a standard but very clear safety brief.  As a rule, these are of a rare kind.  What they say they do usually actually happens.  Chrono well before kick-off, so any issues with fps can be dealt with, and spare rifs can be fetched.  

 

Nice clear game brief delivered with a bit of humour, simple rules and a flashy magnetic backed map of the area/overhead photo thing.  Whatever it is, it made knowing what do where easy.

 

Game stared almost on time, which is nice.  The armband team attacked a pair of positions with the aim of setting off a timer.  I managed to run to one timer fairly early and pressed the wrong button, because despite the clear game brief, I have a crap memory.  

 

Once the timer had been correctly started, we moved to the next objective.  With the first completed, I managed to work my way to the second timer.  About twelve far pluckier previous attempts had failed, but these had led to the opposition giving away their positions.  This was only possible due to some good teamwork and pretty clear communication, which is impressive for a random group of strangers I think.  Whatever, the case, I was hit about five feet from the timer with the marshal counting down from ten.  At the count of eight someone threw themselves through the hail of BBs and started to medic me, until the penny dropped...  he realised that I was shouting to ignoe me and get the timer, which he dived at just in time for the countdown to end, and we lost.  Seriously, it was hysterical.  His seriously nice gesture used up too much precious time, the game had been great fun and no one seemed to mind taking the L.

 

The next game turned around and was even more fun than the last.  Having sussed the best spots that had blatted us previously, we swiftly set up position in them.  An inability to stop talking by a couple of the players meant that we were swiftly discovered.  I retook the position despite heavy fire from the lad whose mouth had lost it, as we had split up after respawning, and he had forgotten what I was wearing I think. The opposition soon played a really simple but clever series of flanking moves which almost surrounded us as we defended the timer.  The amount of plastic flung was prodigious, we stuck out until the end.  I think the morning was a draw overall?  We may have lost, I don't really remember, if I knew at all.  

 

Lunch was too long, as it always is.  Half an hour would be ample, but that may not allow enough time to drive to the nearest Mackie D's for ultra shit food.  Being a cut above such behaviour, we had broccoli frittata, pork pies (with jelly), cold sausage and green tea, as per Healthy Airsofter's thread.  Loads of protein and no carbs (OK apart from the crisps).  If this carries on I may end up shopping in Waitrose or something. 

 

The afternoon was played in the village.  This was a really great scrap over a chess timer type deal.  At the close of play the timer in the shipping containers had about two minutes difference, which showed what a good scrap had developed around it.  The second timer in the buildings was 100% held by the other side.  Fuck knows what happened there.  

 

The turn around was well played and the fight over the containers even better.  I was getting a bit knackered by now.  Lack of sleep made me sluggish, but a new rif performed well, despite the inevitable hop setting palaver as it settled in.   A new toy always makes a game good I reckon, especially when it turns out to be a snappily sharp little number.  

 

The loaned out and ever reliable G&G CM had a minor fit, it failed to fire as if the battery was totally flat, until I reminded the lad to select auto, as the 'fet is set to one shot burst.  In semi it just sulks.  

 

Some really good gameplay saw the buildings well contested, with the front of the village lost and retaken by each side numerous times.   A plethora of bangs were thrown.  Smokes were slung.  The teams ended up well mixed up as players went forward and showed some really spirited gameplay.  Some moaning about none hit taking as ever, but TBH I think that such stuff usually gets raised when players get hacked off at losing each or nearly each game, which I think the banded team did.  It seems odd to me to value winning over decent gameplay but there we go.  

 

Thoughts at days end.  With wet foliage all damp deep green, russet and hues of autumn gold, DPM is still ten times better for Northern Europe than MTP.  There are too few women involved in the sport, in winter when the girlfriends stay at home and only us fools still play in all weathers, it really stands out.  There were far less kids too.  The games themselves could have been less skirmishy and more complicated (says he who forgot which button to press).  The marshals did an excellent job.  Airsoft is an excellent way to catch up with old friends.  The boy's friend borrowed a sniper and used one for the first time; he loved it.  It's an idea to change what we do to sometimes perhaps, to learn how to enjoy the sport in new ways.  Due to laziness, I used my old webbing comprising a large ammo pouch for spare BBs, speedloader and a mag, one fastmag, one holster and a water bottle, all in various camos.  Radio on the webbing and what else do you need?  

 

Sorry for the ramble, just sharing a few thoughts arrived at after a post game Bloody Mary or two, sore back banished, cares forgotten for a while, laughs laughed and muscles aching slightly.  Hope you enjoyed your airsoft as much today.  It certainly beats a run around the local park for exercise.

 

  

 

 

[Cr0-Magnon]

Oh airsofters never change. Some gems from yesterday:

 

"Push forward!" - Screamed by the same few people who always seemed to be at the back of the crowd 🤫

 

"I upgraded my gun to a 11.1 lipo"

 

"I felt a hit from the side but took a look and there wasn't anyone there, so didn't call it. Then I got shot again and noticed there was someone hiding in a bush"

 

Player: "Guys, I've just been hit by a sniper"

Marshal: "Dead men don't talk"

Player: "That doesn't count because I didn't say where he is"

[Impulse]

2 hours ago, Cr0-Magnon said:

"I felt a hit from the side but took a look and there wasn't anyone there, so didn't call it. Then I got shot again and noticed there was someone hiding in a bush"

 

Player: "Guys, I've just been hit by a sniper"

Marshal: "Dead men don't talk"

Player: "That doesn't count because I didn't say where he is"

 

As a sneaky bushboi, this pierces to my very soul. It happens all the time  

[Cr0-Magnon]

On 22/11/2021 at 13:21, Impulse said:

 

As a sneaky bushboi, this pierces to my very soul. It happens all the time  

 

At the other end of the spectrum, I sometimes call hits only to realise a moment later it was likely some debris falling from the trees.

[Ebeneezer Goode]

Superb day at Tazball Airsoft near Inverness, met some great folk again and great gameplay all round.

 

Frigging freezing cold but interesting dynamic playing in the snow. 

[Monkman]

Drove 3hrs to the Bunker in Aberystwyth in the dark, drove back 3hrs in the dark....  It was last day ever @ The Bunker.  Quite a basic site with basic stuff around the field, but a WW2 bunker that made for some interesting attacking/defending.   Certainly one the most interesting sites as one side of the site is level (Bunker) and the other side has some steep ass hills and made assaulting upwards not only a shooting challenge but figuring out ways to fight uphill even more of a ball ache to figure out.    It was Knackering and some questionable hit taking...but was it fun?  Well yes...  More positives than negatives and quite enjoyed my little adventure into Wales...

 

I will never ever bitch about the tiny teeny hill @ my home site ever again...lol

 

[Skara]

Yesterday two kids got lost in the woods (very thick vegetation, especially in that area with trees so low you have to actually crawl underneath and you have no reference points to look at and track, it was also their first time in that particular part of the field).

 

Now, we know the field like the back of our hands and finding them was easy, but why the fuck did you decide to NOT backtrack and instead you picked a completely random direction?

 

Also, when people shout your name, why the fuck wouldn't you answer back?

 

When confronted, one of them kept bitching because "he knew where they were" which was obviously false, if they knew where they were, they wouldn't have had to be rescued lol.

[Skara]

It was okay today.

Played with midcaps because my lonex are all in pieces for maintenance and repairs (got very little spare time these days and everything takes thrice as long), I genuinely thought I would be outgunned but nope, it was completely fine, I guess I should use them more (on the ak, for example, if I can fix the mosfet overheating issue).

Having a proper Odin does help massively though!

 

Next time, of it's not raining, I'll crack out the ak and smersh, haven't touched it since this summer.

[Badgerlicious]

Awsome day, got the full squad out. Ghillie v2.0 worked wonders, I had people staring at me from ~5m away and not seeing me. I only got seen because I thought they were shooting me, not shooting over me at my team, so I moved 😧 Only downsides are it being hard to get a good pic in some veg from the site's photog 😂 Lost some morning games due to a lack of aggression, won some afternoon games as our team seemed to warm up. There were some fantastic pushes from both sides, some great flanking attempts by the enemy team countered by our team really well. 

 

The tree life continues 🌳

[colinjallen]

I am just looking forward to getting out next weekend for the first time since tearing an Achilles' tendon.  Today's "airsoft day" involved replacing yet another failed Gate PicoSSR.

[Impulse]

I had a great day, contrary to my rather disappointing skirmish last time. Leaves have fallen, so sight lines are massively open and the VSR is performing damn well, even while having to contend with gusts of wind. Had to aim to the side to compensate for it, but was getting some stellar shots with it, so I'm happy. Also, first outing with my newly constructed ghillie and it's just invisibility; very happy with how it turned out though I do still want a Sprinter Custom Ghillie one. I had a guy run right past me while I was just sitting on my backside with my MP7 in my lap, then a team mate crawled pretty much next to me and only realised I was there when I warned him the enemy were close. This one was just put together because I had a bunch of Novritsch camo stuff lying about and a spare webtex concealment vest. Also learned from my mistake last skirmish and brought the MP7 instead of any of my gas pistols (as well as my thermals!) because it was coooooooold today. I have, to my shame, started using full auto when (relatively) close though, because I've found people just don't call it on semi-auto because it's a 0.6J aep firing .25s and they're just not feeling it. They typically feel a burst of 5 or 6 though.

 

Roll on next game day. Christmas game, so silliness abound!

Edited December 6, 2021 by Impulse

[RostokMcSpoons]

Another fun day at Special Ops.  Might be the last of the year for me though which makes me sad....

Some really enjoyable flanking moves to pop a few people from behind... and a couple of "oh shit" moments in point-blank encounters
 

 

The photographers never seem to get me running around.    Probably because I can't do much with these arthritic knees and spaghettified ankles   Slow and sneaky my preferred method of attack
DE M906C performing great through the day, so the AK still didn't get to strut its stuff.  

 

Edit:  Ooh, found an 'action' shot, here's me doing a semi-panicked tactical reload out of my fast mag pouches

Edited December 6, 2021 by RostokMcSpoons

[Guest Mr. No_Face]

I joined the church of GBBR after swapping my MP7 for a teammate's GHK AKS74U for a single round. I don't think I've ever had that much fun using a GBBR in my several years of airsoft despite being killed over and over again by my own teammates. I was one of those strict AEG guys that fell for the "more reliable and less advantage" myth. 

 

100% sold on buying a GBBR for my next rig. Way too much fun.🤙

Edited December 7, 2021 by Mr. No_Face

[Nick G]

7 minutes ago, Mr. No_Face said:

I joined the church of GBBR after swapping my MP7 for a teammate's GHK AKS74U for a single round. I don't think I've ever had that much fun using a GBBR in my several years of airsoft despite being killed over and over again by my own teammates. I was one of those strict AEG guys that fell for the "more reliable and less advantage" myth. 

 

100% sold on buying a GBBR for my next rig. Way too much fun.🤙

Welcome to the dark side 😁 GBBRs are just so much fun, no recoil aeg can come close , and they demand a style of play that is much more imersive  and ultimatly much more satisfying than 'spray and pray'.