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| Author: | PVB [ Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Newbie airsofter (now started) |
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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| Author: | Harry Harris [ Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
Good luck Steve, hope it goes well - keep us posted! Harry |
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| Author: | Scapey [ Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
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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| Author: | Boltrig [ Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
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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| Author: | PVB [ Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
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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| Author: | Glenn [ Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
Where about is the training event being held Steve? |
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| Author: | PVB [ Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
Fort Amherst. |
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| Author: | Scapey [ Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
Nice site, that... Used to be run by the guy who owned Firefight
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| Author: | Russ Krook III [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
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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| Author: | JediFraz [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
Remember to Hydrate! |
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| Author: | Boltrig [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
Cut up your credit card now! As soon as your registered as a skirmisher, youll want everything under the sun! |
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| Author: | PVB [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
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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| Author: | Harry Harris [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
Nice one Steve, glad you came back okay... and had fun! Harry |
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| Author: | Spyke [ Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
The real question here is did anyone recognize the quote? =) |
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| Author: | PVB [ Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
Spyke wrote: The real question here is did anyone recognize the quote? =) 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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| Author: | Scapey [ Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
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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| Author: | PVB [ Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
It reminded me of the SWAT team in Die Hard; running through the prickly bushes and going "Ouch!" 
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| Author: | PVB [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
Pic of the team I was in:  Pic grabbed from the Platoon Airsoft Facebook pages. |
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| Author: | Russ Krook III [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
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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| Author: | PVB [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
Russ Krook III wrote: How'd you like using the MP5A4? That was the very first AEG I started out with. Russ 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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| Author: | PVB [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
Russ Krook III wrote: Which one's you? No, wait, you're the chick in the middle, right? *Ducks thrown objects* I'm the one in the BDUs that didn't work so well as camoflage in woodland.
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| Author: | Harry Harris [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
Those dirty great orange armbands might give your position away a bit too! Harry |
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| Author: | PVB [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
Harry Harris wrote: Those dirty great orange armbands might give your position away a bit too! Harry Yeah, but they're tiny compared to the rest of me.
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| Author: | FIDO [ Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
PVB wrote: .....as I'm sure I should have hit a few more 'targets' that I actually did. welcome to the world of airsoft but most important is that you had fun
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| Author: | men-at-arms [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Newbie airsofter about to start...... |
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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