Going to a training event run by a local outfit this Wednesday evening.

The only combats I've got (at the moment) is my USM BDUs, so will probably stick out like a sore thumb, but at least I'll get used to feeling what it's like to get hit by BBs.

Any advice (I've already read the FAQ here and on the Platoon forums), is gratefully accepted.

I've never been paintballing or laser-tagging or anything, so I imagine it'll feel a little weird actually shooting at people to begin with.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Good luck Steve, hope it goes well - keep us posted!

Harry

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http://www.facebook.com/TheHHACA - @TheHHACA

Check your eye protection.
Take your hits.
Use short, controlled bursts.
Remember it's not a real rifle in terms of range or accuracy.
Wind your hicap, or dump your locaps too early rather than too late.
Check your eye protection.

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
linktr.ee/wastelandworkshop

The only thing less liked than a cheater is a cheat caller!

Get a Marshal if you reckon someones not taking hits, dont curse them out!

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MSgt Samantha 'Boltie' Watters
Chief Medical Officer, UKCM
1st Batt. 42nd Regiment - Hadrian's Wall

Area 52 Bioweapons division - Amber T. Alien


"Harsh"

Tomorrow is a training event, so I don't expect to be involved in a war scenario.

I'll be renting all necessary equipment at first, then will see what I need/can afford to purchase myself for future events.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Where about is the training event being held Steve?

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Pfc Glenn Allen ,
1st Batt. 69th Regiment,
Homers Hero's..
Drops so Far.... 29 and counting

Fort Amherst.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Nice site, that... Used to be run by the guy who owned Firefight

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
linktr.ee/wastelandworkshop

Ditto what's already been said.

I don't know what you lads use over there, but I suggest a full face paintball style mask.
I've seen kids lose teeth from not wearing the lower section of the mask.

Take your hits. Trust me, when I skirmished regularly I pretty much got shot out within the first 5 minutes of the game.

Try any AS gun you can get yoru hands on.

For "newbies" I personally suggest something in the AK47 family or the M4/M16 family. Decent capacity high cap mags and a wealth of accessories.

I however have had a long running love affair with the MP5. It's not the best for field skirmishing due to reasons like low magazine capacity, but it did teach me trigger control.

Oh, and last but not least... it's a game! Have fun!

Russ

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"A writer needs a pen, a painter a brush, and a filmmaker an army." - Orson Wells.

http://www.rookscastle.com
http://www.alchemyarms.com

Remember to Hydrate!

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STEVENSON F.
A11/TQ0.0.82148E1

"You are not your Drop Count."

Cut up your credit card now!

As soon as your registered as a skirmisher, youll want everything under the sun!

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MSgt Samantha 'Boltie' Watters
Chief Medical Officer, UKCM
1st Batt. 42nd Regiment - Hadrian's Wall

Area 52 Bioweapons division - Amber T. Alien


"Harsh"

Got back safe and sound.

Need to get my own face mask though, as the supplied one doesn't allow for us speccy-four-eyes people with glasses on, so my mask pushed so hard that my glasses were practically embedded in my nose by the end.

Managed to shoot a few people tonight, which I wasn't expecting to do on my first go.

Probably watching Predator so many times helped a bit.

"We move. Five metre spread. No sound."

I did actually say at one point "This shit's something! Makes Cambodia look like Kansas."

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Nice one Steve, glad you came back okay... and had fun!

Harry

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The real question here is did anyone recognize the quote? =)

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.ungawa

-Spyke
Don't feed the Wookiee... but it is best to let the Wookiee win...

Of course.

It was very overgrown woodland, so fitted nicely with the Predator feel.

I managed to avoid getting scratched/stung by brambles and nettles, right up to the debrief at the end, when my hand brushed against nettles by the safe zone.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Airsoft nettles are like that - They lull you into a false sense of security, then get you right at the end of the day.

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
linktr.ee/wastelandworkshop

It reminded me of the SWAT team in Die Hard; running through the prickly bushes and going "Ouch!"

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Pic of the team I was in:





Pic grabbed from the Platoon Airsoft Facebook pages.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Which one's you? No, wait, you're the chick in the middle, right?

*Ducks thrown objects*

How'd you like using the MP5A4? That was the very first AEG I started out with.

Russ

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http://www.rookscastle.com
http://www.alchemyarms.com

Not bad.

It was a rental, so may not have been in tip-top shape, as I'm sure I should have hit a few more 'targets' that I actually did.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

I'm the one in the BDUs that didn't work so well as camoflage in woodland.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Those dirty great orange armbands might give your position away a bit too!

Harry

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Yeah, but they're tiny compared to the rest of me.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

welcome to the world of airsoft

but most important is that you had fun

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NO BRAIN NO PAIN

Yours cammies are nicely faded, Steve .. as they say "very salty". They will stick out in a wooded environment. Too bad you're not in deert country. USCM camo. would work pretty well in Irak or Stan.

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