Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Merry Christmas.
Hey guys, sorry about no updates. DAC has stopped for the xmas period we will be back on after the 5th. i would like to wish everyone a merry christmas and a very happy new year.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
ASNZ Calendar
theres been a big photo competition on the asnz forums over the last month or so. top 12 pics get put into the asnz calendar. just had a look and noticed the picture that came 2nd, taken by nematode is a photo of me.
to have a look at all the pics that will feature in the calendar visit this link :)
http://www.asnz.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=12724
to have a look at all the pics that will feature in the calendar visit this link :)
http://www.asnz.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=12724
Monday, November 22, 2010
Pics from the game with TAG
All the following pics were taken by Nematode from tag. He always takes outstanding pics and I thank him greatly for the awesome pics.
TAG on the 21st of November.
After a battle with CSG we retired for the night to rest for the next day of gaming.
We arrived at the TAG field and said hi to the guys and got sorted.
First game of the day was virus to warm up and get to know the others. virus is always the same so will skip this part.
Second game of the day was capture the VIP. One of the tag guys was the VIP and was given two body guards and they went and found a hiding spot in the middle of the field. The objectives of the game were to find the VIP and kill his two body guards and then escort him back to our base which we then had to hold for 15 mins. the teams were split so our MT team was on one side with 3 TAG members and the other teams was made up of just TAG members.
This was the best game i have played so far. we worked perfectly as a team. the other team found him first but due to them making a careless mistake he escaped from them. we then found him and escorted him back to our base after a very long 15 mins we managed to win the game. Too our delight a few TAG members commented on how well we had played as a team. After the game we played a few games of base assault and then called it a day. We left Christchurch very happy indeed. i will now spend the rest of the week nursing my sore muscles back into working order.
I'll upload some pics above this post.
We arrived at the TAG field and said hi to the guys and got sorted.
First game of the day was virus to warm up and get to know the others. virus is always the same so will skip this part.
Second game of the day was capture the VIP. One of the tag guys was the VIP and was given two body guards and they went and found a hiding spot in the middle of the field. The objectives of the game were to find the VIP and kill his two body guards and then escort him back to our base which we then had to hold for 15 mins. the teams were split so our MT team was on one side with 3 TAG members and the other teams was made up of just TAG members.
This was the best game i have played so far. we worked perfectly as a team. the other team found him first but due to them making a careless mistake he escaped from them. we then found him and escorted him back to our base after a very long 15 mins we managed to win the game. Too our delight a few TAG members commented on how well we had played as a team. After the game we played a few games of base assault and then called it a day. We left Christchurch very happy indeed. i will now spend the rest of the week nursing my sore muscles back into working order.
I'll upload some pics above this post.
CSG on 20th of november
first of two posts from the weekend.
On Friday our Dunedin MT team drove up to Christchurch. The first day of gaming was against CSG on Saturday. CSG had planned a big day but wern't aware that we were coming up. all they new was that there was a sniper team in the field somewhere and they had to find them and capture them. We were told to arrive about a hour late so they had all ready begun the game. Our mission was to sneak onto the field find the sniper team and then complete 4 objectives while ambushing the destorying the other team. only the CSG member who had organised the game new we were going to be there. the sniper team was told that at some point a team was going to link up with them and help them.
we arrived at the field all geared up and ready to go. we made radio contact with the sniper team and got their position. we set of towards them and about 10 mins later found ourselves surrounded by about 25 enemies. To put it lightly we got our asses handed to us. we retreated and then they followed and destroyed us again. so retreated and lost them finally. after regrouping and sorting ourselves out we managed to hook up with the sniper team. we spent the rest of the day running from the enemy whilst compleating our objectives. It was a fun day in all and everyone was completely exhausted by the end of it all. Sean had a pedometer in his pocket and it said we had walked/ran 12km over the day carrying all our gear required for the day.
Th field is a huge pine block with long fire breaks.
After the big game was finished we played a few small games such as base assault. over all a awesome day.
On Friday our Dunedin MT team drove up to Christchurch. The first day of gaming was against CSG on Saturday. CSG had planned a big day but wern't aware that we were coming up. all they new was that there was a sniper team in the field somewhere and they had to find them and capture them. We were told to arrive about a hour late so they had all ready begun the game. Our mission was to sneak onto the field find the sniper team and then complete 4 objectives while ambushing the destorying the other team. only the CSG member who had organised the game new we were going to be there. the sniper team was told that at some point a team was going to link up with them and help them.
we arrived at the field all geared up and ready to go. we made radio contact with the sniper team and got their position. we set of towards them and about 10 mins later found ourselves surrounded by about 25 enemies. To put it lightly we got our asses handed to us. we retreated and then they followed and destroyed us again. so retreated and lost them finally. after regrouping and sorting ourselves out we managed to hook up with the sniper team. we spent the rest of the day running from the enemy whilst compleating our objectives. It was a fun day in all and everyone was completely exhausted by the end of it all. Sean had a pedometer in his pocket and it said we had walked/ran 12km over the day carrying all our gear required for the day.
Th field is a huge pine block with long fire breaks.
After the big game was finished we played a few small games such as base assault. over all a awesome day.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sunday 14/11/2010
Finally a game. Arrived at the Killmog field just before 10am, unloaded all my gear, ran across the highway getting weird looks from the passer by's, cant blame them and down into the bush to our lunch area. After a catch up with everyone, we got geared up and sent the new guys out on initiation. I cant for the life of me remember what the outcome of that was. I have a feeling I might have been shot straight away, but I cant remember. We then played virus. Feel kinda bad about this one. I went to a spot I like before the game started and waited and saw a new guy about 20 m away hiding behind a tree, his back to me so I lined up the shot and to add insult to injury put the laser in the middle of his back. (We don't like to use lasers when aiming as they can damage the eyes, they are more used for tactics, eg. Theres someone behind the tree with the laser on it or I want you to move up to that spot where the laser is). One of the other senior members saw the laser on the new guys back, saw me and gave me the thumbs up and started giggling. Someone shouted out "game on" and I immediately shot him twice in the lower back. Still kinda feel bad for doing that but oh well. I got shot as well about 5 secs after by the one who was giggling.
After virus we started a base assault game. We played 4 defenders and 5 attackers. We managed to hold the base for about half a hour until they got lucky and killed all 4 of us one of them managed to get into the base to the flag while we were waiting to re-spawn but due to a mix up in the rules (need three attackers in the base to remove the flag) we came alive again and retook the base. After retaking the base we called the game and went for lunch.
After lunch we replayed base assault but this time switched the teams around. After listening to moans that it was impossible to take the base we took it in about 6 mins.
We then went up the cliff to play on the new part of the field. The bush was very dense up there so moving around was pretty hard. We were playing pilot down but as rules hadn't really been given, everyone gave up and moved back down to the old field. We started another game which was new, where Sean was the payload and was only armed with a table as a shield. He started off in the middle with a total of 6 re-spawn points spread across the field. Both teams started at their furthest away ones. Object of the game was to push the payload to the other teams base. Sean could only move when someone was touching him. Once a team had pushed them past a re-spawn point they had captured. It all made for a fun game that I look forward to playing again. We had to call the game early as it was getting late and people had to leave.
After that we packed up and headed home happy and sore. Waking up on Monday morning I felt like I had been hit by a truck. Wouldn't want it any other way. Got a big game this weekend but thats all i'm saying for now. Will update next week.
Catch ya.
Ps. heres some pictures from the last game and the one before it.
I'm shining my super bright torch at the cam. Does a goos job at hiding me.
After virus we started a base assault game. We played 4 defenders and 5 attackers. We managed to hold the base for about half a hour until they got lucky and killed all 4 of us one of them managed to get into the base to the flag while we were waiting to re-spawn but due to a mix up in the rules (need three attackers in the base to remove the flag) we came alive again and retook the base. After retaking the base we called the game and went for lunch.
After lunch we replayed base assault but this time switched the teams around. After listening to moans that it was impossible to take the base we took it in about 6 mins.
We then went up the cliff to play on the new part of the field. The bush was very dense up there so moving around was pretty hard. We were playing pilot down but as rules hadn't really been given, everyone gave up and moved back down to the old field. We started another game which was new, where Sean was the payload and was only armed with a table as a shield. He started off in the middle with a total of 6 re-spawn points spread across the field. Both teams started at their furthest away ones. Object of the game was to push the payload to the other teams base. Sean could only move when someone was touching him. Once a team had pushed them past a re-spawn point they had captured. It all made for a fun game that I look forward to playing again. We had to call the game early as it was getting late and people had to leave.
After that we packed up and headed home happy and sore. Waking up on Monday morning I felt like I had been hit by a truck. Wouldn't want it any other way. Got a big game this weekend but thats all i'm saying for now. Will update next week.
Catch ya.
Ps. heres some pictures from the last game and the one before it.
I'm shining my super bright torch at the cam. Does a goos job at hiding me.
Friday, October 29, 2010
news
So its been awhile since anythings really happened. theres a game tomorrow (saturday) but as i'm stuck at work i wont be going to this one. On the weekend of the 20th a team of 5 DAC members myself included will be heading up to christchurch to play CSG on the saturday and then either TAG on sunday or CSG again on sunday. Should be a great weekend. We had a fixit night at halos place last fortnight and he took a few of us through how to take our mech boxes apart and how to change out the guns springs and how to fix the inner workings of our guns. It was a good night as we all learnt alot.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Pictures from the weekend.
if you would like to see pictures from the weekend go to
http://www.asnz.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=11920
A big thanks to nematode for taking the pictures and doing such a good job.
http://www.asnz.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=11920
A big thanks to nematode for taking the pictures and doing such a good job.
Airsoft weekend 1st-3rd of October
Rightio where to begin? Ruckus, Hobbs and I left Dunedin on Friday night on the way to Timaru. On the way up we stopped by Halo's house in Oamaru. While there we unjammed a couple of the club guns and Ruckus picked up his new m4 that he had bought off Halo. We then left Halo's place and continued up to Timaru. we stayed the night at Ruckus's grandparents place who were awesome.
2nd of October:
We awoke at 7:30am had breakfast and loaded up the can and set off to SCARS field. SCAR (South Canterbury Airsoft Rangers) is a new airsoft group and they had just acquired a field and had invited us up for a game and some guys from Christchurch also came down for the day. Arriving at the field there were about 20 people there already. in total there were 24 players on site i think. After going around and meeting everyone we headed down the track to one of the bases for the day and proceeded to do a safety briefing. On the way to the base we stopped and watch a cow give birth, looked very painful. After the safety briefing we geared up and split into teams. The other team left for their base and we came up with a plan of attack. We were playing basic capture the flag. We split our team into too smaller teams an offense and a defense team. I was in offence with about 5 new guys from SCAR (this was their first game of airsoft) and a couple of awesome guys from TAG (Mouse, Matt, and someother guy who I cant remember his name, I'll call him Bob) who are from Christchurch.
The whistle blew signaling game on. the defensive team took up positions around our flag and we moved off. One team went to the right and our team went to the left. after going about 20m we came to a giant clearing. I remember mouse just saying "oh F@$K!!" I volunteered to go first and sprinted about halfway across the clearing before falling into a giant ditch which acted like a trench. About 2 minutes later the rest of my team had joined me in the ditch.
Now is when everything turned to shit..
We had two enemy snipers in trees across the clearing who pinned us down in the ditch so we weren't able to move. and a unknown amount of enemy moving through the bush to our right flanking us. Bob sees movement and turns to fire to our right and gets sniped in the ear. He calls his hit and moves back about 30m mouse is the next one to go being hit by a lucky shot that came through a bush. and i was the next to go trying to get the SCAR guys to move down the ditch a bit while staying out of fire from the snipers. So Bob, Mouse and I are waiting to come back to life about 30m from the clearing. Once alive we discuss our options, we know we wont be able to get back to the ditch and even if we did we wouldn't be able to do anything so we decide to leave the SCAR guys where they were and go do our own thing. We cut around the clearing to the left and ran straight into a wall of blackberry. The next 40 minutes was uneventful, it was just the three of us alone forcing our way through blackberry and very dense bush. 40 minutes later covered in scratches and totally exhausted we came to a small cliff sort of thing we were about to call defeat and return to the clearing when mouse spied the enemy flag about 20m away. All we had to do was slide down this small cliff of about 3m. The only thing stopping us was a bush of blackberry a wire fence and a small tree. Mouse said he would go first so we went down feet first and used his rifle to push everything out of the way we sat at the top and watched and laughed. 5 mins later he got to the bottom and the was a nice small tunnel the he had made so i slid down it followed by Bob and we were all excited for about 20 seconds. In front of us was about 4m of green smelly bog with a dead sheep in it. Bob said he would go first he slowly goes about half way across when the branch he was standing on snapped and he sunk down to about halfway up his thighs. Mouse and I looked at each other and realised we could either quickly go through the bog hopefully not get too wet or spend the next 45 minutes going back the way we came through the blackberry. We decided bog. By this time Bob had made it to the other side and me and mouse set off after him. About halfway across we came under fire. Mouse yelled out " stop shooting us u pricks we are stuck in the middle of a bog" someone yelled back "are you going to call that you are hit?" Mouse replied "No!", the other person yelled out "then stop whining u bitch" and started shooting at us again. Bob managed to hit him and the other person who were shooting at as and we made it across the bog. we started crawling our way to the flag not a enemy in site when... The whistle blew signaling game over. mouse looked like he was going to murder someone. after that we had lunch and played a couple of games of assault the base in which i got a few awesome pistol kills and had a lot of fun. by the end of the day we were exhausted and whilst packing up one of the guys from TAG came up to us and asked if we would like to shoot up to chch tomorrow and play their team. we thought it over and said yes and then went back to ruckus's grandparents house for a roast dinner and bed.
3rd of October:
Going to keep this one short.. alarms went off at 5:30am for the 2 hour drive up to chch so we could begin playing at 9. very good turn up about 30 people in total. started the day off with virus which was alot of fun and kept everyone guessing. followed by two game of capture the flag and a game of pilot down. then it was time to pack up and drive the 5 hours back to Dunedin.
all in all a great weekend and i loved every minute of it.
2nd of October:
We awoke at 7:30am had breakfast and loaded up the can and set off to SCARS field. SCAR (South Canterbury Airsoft Rangers) is a new airsoft group and they had just acquired a field and had invited us up for a game and some guys from Christchurch also came down for the day. Arriving at the field there were about 20 people there already. in total there were 24 players on site i think. After going around and meeting everyone we headed down the track to one of the bases for the day and proceeded to do a safety briefing. On the way to the base we stopped and watch a cow give birth, looked very painful. After the safety briefing we geared up and split into teams. The other team left for their base and we came up with a plan of attack. We were playing basic capture the flag. We split our team into too smaller teams an offense and a defense team. I was in offence with about 5 new guys from SCAR (this was their first game of airsoft) and a couple of awesome guys from TAG (Mouse, Matt, and someother guy who I cant remember his name, I'll call him Bob) who are from Christchurch.
The whistle blew signaling game on. the defensive team took up positions around our flag and we moved off. One team went to the right and our team went to the left. after going about 20m we came to a giant clearing. I remember mouse just saying "oh F@$K!!" I volunteered to go first and sprinted about halfway across the clearing before falling into a giant ditch which acted like a trench. About 2 minutes later the rest of my team had joined me in the ditch.
Now is when everything turned to shit..
We had two enemy snipers in trees across the clearing who pinned us down in the ditch so we weren't able to move. and a unknown amount of enemy moving through the bush to our right flanking us. Bob sees movement and turns to fire to our right and gets sniped in the ear. He calls his hit and moves back about 30m mouse is the next one to go being hit by a lucky shot that came through a bush. and i was the next to go trying to get the SCAR guys to move down the ditch a bit while staying out of fire from the snipers. So Bob, Mouse and I are waiting to come back to life about 30m from the clearing. Once alive we discuss our options, we know we wont be able to get back to the ditch and even if we did we wouldn't be able to do anything so we decide to leave the SCAR guys where they were and go do our own thing. We cut around the clearing to the left and ran straight into a wall of blackberry. The next 40 minutes was uneventful, it was just the three of us alone forcing our way through blackberry and very dense bush. 40 minutes later covered in scratches and totally exhausted we came to a small cliff sort of thing we were about to call defeat and return to the clearing when mouse spied the enemy flag about 20m away. All we had to do was slide down this small cliff of about 3m. The only thing stopping us was a bush of blackberry a wire fence and a small tree. Mouse said he would go first so we went down feet first and used his rifle to push everything out of the way we sat at the top and watched and laughed. 5 mins later he got to the bottom and the was a nice small tunnel the he had made so i slid down it followed by Bob and we were all excited for about 20 seconds. In front of us was about 4m of green smelly bog with a dead sheep in it. Bob said he would go first he slowly goes about half way across when the branch he was standing on snapped and he sunk down to about halfway up his thighs. Mouse and I looked at each other and realised we could either quickly go through the bog hopefully not get too wet or spend the next 45 minutes going back the way we came through the blackberry. We decided bog. By this time Bob had made it to the other side and me and mouse set off after him. About halfway across we came under fire. Mouse yelled out " stop shooting us u pricks we are stuck in the middle of a bog" someone yelled back "are you going to call that you are hit?" Mouse replied "No!", the other person yelled out "then stop whining u bitch" and started shooting at us again. Bob managed to hit him and the other person who were shooting at as and we made it across the bog. we started crawling our way to the flag not a enemy in site when... The whistle blew signaling game over. mouse looked like he was going to murder someone. after that we had lunch and played a couple of games of assault the base in which i got a few awesome pistol kills and had a lot of fun. by the end of the day we were exhausted and whilst packing up one of the guys from TAG came up to us and asked if we would like to shoot up to chch tomorrow and play their team. we thought it over and said yes and then went back to ruckus's grandparents house for a roast dinner and bed.
3rd of October:
Going to keep this one short.. alarms went off at 5:30am for the 2 hour drive up to chch so we could begin playing at 9. very good turn up about 30 people in total. started the day off with virus which was alot of fun and kept everyone guessing. followed by two game of capture the flag and a game of pilot down. then it was time to pack up and drive the 5 hours back to Dunedin.
all in all a great weekend and i loved every minute of it.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday 26/09/10
Hey hey, so someone at work asked if they could have my Sunday shift and as there was a game on of course I said yes. So Sunday morning I headed out to our killmog field (on the Killmog highway) and meet the guys. Started the day off with introductions for the 3 new guys who were there, after that we all got geared up and went off with initiation. I took the new guys out and showed them the general area and got them set up in a ambush that i new wouldn't work and then we waited for the others too come looking for us. Didn't take long for the 4 of us to be taken out. After that was out of the way we sent everyone away into the bush except us on the Murihiku Toa team (this is the team that i was at training with). And then went on the hunt. We looked very cool all dressed in the same camo. We did that for awhile and then got rather bored so we set up a game of VC which went for a long time and a few of the new guys got a bit frustrated with it. So we stopped again and started virus which went really well. After virus halo left and we played a game of pilot down which went really fast and then we sat down and thought up a new game which went along the basis of pilot down but we split into lots of two or three man teams. And it was whoever had the pilot the longest. After the first game in which there was some confusion we started again with some refinement to the rules and it was a lot of fun. Kronos gave me a nice red mark on my ass where he shot me when I thought I was well hidden behind a tree. Oh and another awesome moment that I just remembered and I give full credit to Kronos for pulling it off was him running up the middle of my whole team during the VC game then knife killing me (while scaring the crap out of me) then diving off the side of the bank falling about 3m down to the creek and disappearing back into the bush while everyone looked around with very confused looks on their faces wondering what the hell just happened. After that last game we packed up and sorted out whats happening for next weekend. We are going up to Timaru on Saturday to play their newly setup team on their newly setup field. Will be a good day hopefully. Its good to be moving into summer time as well, bring on the good weather.
Will update when I get back from Timaru.
Will update when I get back from Timaru.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
training
Just got home from training. It was a good day. It was overcast and on the verge of raining but it held back until we finished. We were training on one of halos friends farms which is about 5 mins out of Dunedin no bushland, just open field on a hill. We started the day off with patrol techniques and practiced what to do when coming into contact. First off we needed a enemy which I volunteered to be. I had two mins to go down the hill a bit and get ready. We weren't doing anything serious still had too call your hits and if hit you were dead. We were more focusing on the techniques than shooting each other. It was also a good time to take the m4 for a spin.
As they came over the ridge I opened up. First thing I noticed. My m4 shoots dam straight. Second thing I noticed. I can out shoot everyone but Halo and Kronos. (kronos is the teams sniper.) 3rd thing we all noticed. 8 shots 5 kills and I win, much to the shocked faces the other guys had. They then had a weee moan about my m4 shooting too perfectly. Then they all had a play with it and fell in love with it. I am expecting a few more g&p m4s to turn up with the team in the next few weeks. All that aside we gave patrolling a few more goes swapping around and got the hang doing it properly. (Halo bought a copy of the training manual for the NZ SAS and we worked on the techniques from it.) After patrolling we did some practice of approaching a civilian and talking to them and getting info from them and checking to see if they were hostile. We had to practice this as in the big events coming up there will be unarmed and armed civilians running around. Was quite funny and there was quite a bit of sheep poo thrown from guys with fake accents, was very fun. After we had finished clowning around we practiced taking someone prisoner and lucky me, the guys got revenge for me slaughtering them in the first exercise i was "volunteered" to be the prisoner as you will see in a couple of the pics. After that we did some target practice and then had a photo shoot. (photos to come) then we just mucked around for about 2 hours which involved shooting distant trees, shooting each other for no reason, sliding down the damp hill, having a good chat about airsoft and putting our guns through the chronograph (pistol averages about 270 fps and m4 is about 375 fps) pistol is about right and m4 is a wee bit high but halo and drop it down if need be.
Then it was home time, all in all a good day. I will put up pictures when halo puts them up and i can steal them.
I don't have a game for a while the rest of the team is going to chch this weekend for a game which may or may not be on due to the earthquake. Most probably next game will be when we go up to chch first weekend of october. Will write something soon when the rest of my stuff arrives because its in chch at the moment and has been delayed a couple of days due once again to the earthquake.
catch ya
As they came over the ridge I opened up. First thing I noticed. My m4 shoots dam straight. Second thing I noticed. I can out shoot everyone but Halo and Kronos. (kronos is the teams sniper.) 3rd thing we all noticed. 8 shots 5 kills and I win, much to the shocked faces the other guys had. They then had a weee moan about my m4 shooting too perfectly. Then they all had a play with it and fell in love with it. I am expecting a few more g&p m4s to turn up with the team in the next few weeks. All that aside we gave patrolling a few more goes swapping around and got the hang doing it properly. (Halo bought a copy of the training manual for the NZ SAS and we worked on the techniques from it.) After patrolling we did some practice of approaching a civilian and talking to them and getting info from them and checking to see if they were hostile. We had to practice this as in the big events coming up there will be unarmed and armed civilians running around. Was quite funny and there was quite a bit of sheep poo thrown from guys with fake accents, was very fun. After we had finished clowning around we practiced taking someone prisoner and lucky me, the guys got revenge for me slaughtering them in the first exercise i was "volunteered" to be the prisoner as you will see in a couple of the pics. After that we did some target practice and then had a photo shoot. (photos to come) then we just mucked around for about 2 hours which involved shooting distant trees, shooting each other for no reason, sliding down the damp hill, having a good chat about airsoft and putting our guns through the chronograph (pistol averages about 270 fps and m4 is about 375 fps) pistol is about right and m4 is a wee bit high but halo and drop it down if need be.
Then it was home time, all in all a good day. I will put up pictures when halo puts them up and i can steal them.
I don't have a game for a while the rest of the team is going to chch this weekend for a game which may or may not be on due to the earthquake. Most probably next game will be when we go up to chch first weekend of october. Will write something soon when the rest of my stuff arrives because its in chch at the moment and has been delayed a couple of days due once again to the earthquake.
catch ya
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
small update
Ok whats new... Ummm we have training on Sunday which will be good hopefully the weather looks like it will be crap) also DAC has been invited up to Christchurch for a weekend of airsoft with the teams from up there so have put down for time off which has been okied so looking forward to the road trip coming up. Will be leaving on the first of Oct and will be getting back on the 4th. will be a good weekend. Also have to decide on whether to go to nationals next year up in wellington with the rest of the team. need to decide by the end of the month. Nationals is being held on the 11th to 14th of Feb. Will be good to represent Dunedin and hopefully get a few awards.
The last of my gear should get here by the end of the week hopefully. So should be kitted out for training and future events.
Until next time.
Catch ya..
The last of my gear should get here by the end of the week hopefully. So should be kitted out for training and future events.
Until next time.
Catch ya..
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
guess what halo just dropped off......
Halo just popped by to drop some goodies off. one big box containing one g&p m4. he also chucked in one of his old chest rigs and a spare battery untill mine arrives. upon taking it out of the box i noticed how heavy the m4 was. its fully metal which is why it ways so much. although heavy its very nicely balanced making it easy to hold. after putting the battery in it putting some bbs into the mag and clicking the safety off i pointed it right down the hallway to the other end of the house aiming at our mannequin. (our flat is called the manic inn). after pulling the trigger the gun made a nice noise as the motor whirred as the first bb was fired and hit centre chest. halo estimates its shooting at around 350-380 fps which is quite high but is ok just means i have to be careful not to shoot anyone close. unfortunitly i couldnt zero in my red dot scope or set the hop up as i couldnt actually c the bb flying down the hall way. will have to set them when im out at the field and have the light and room to get them right. right im off to play a bit more so ill take some pics tomorrow and post them up here.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
15/8/10 game day
Wow what a weekend. My flatmate had his 21st on the Saturday night so was feeling pretty jaded on Sunday morning but was a good night in general. Started the day off to stumbling around in my room at 3am trying to pack up my gear resulting in getting out to the field and realising that I had left my bottle of gas and safety goggles behind. Awesome start to the day. One more negative my BDU fits nicely except for legs, could see about 3 inches of ankle and white sock. Everyone had a good laugh over that (dam my long legs, fitted perfectly otherwise). Unfortunately my M4 didn't arrive in time, it cleared customs on Friday and arrived in Oamaru on Saturday but being after lunchtime the courier people didn't deliver it. Arrived at halos this morning. He's going to come into town in the weekend to watch the rugby so ill get him to drop it off on the way in. Right time to stop moaning and get on with it.
It was a beautiful morning in Dunedin on Sunday blue sky, sun was shining, birds were chirping and so on but after climbing the first hill out of Dunedin it became cold and overcast and a bit misty. By the time we got to the field it had warmed up a bit and the mist had gone but it was still overcast. We had a big turn out this week with 15 people playing. Once every one had arrived and said hello and Halo had given people some goodies and their now fixed weapons, we made our way to the field. One word for it. MUDDY!
First game was initiation for the new guys and a few of us jumped in with them to make it a bit more even. Found a very nice spot where I blended right in. So well in fact that I ended up bleeding haha. I was waiting to ambush whoever came up the hill following the path and I had expected one or maybe two people to go that way not 5! As the engagement distance is a minimum of 10m due to the power of the weapons we can do a BANG kill if someone is inside that. That means you have to be pointing your weapon at them all ready to fire and then call out bang. The person you are aiming at has the choice to accept the hit and in that case they call hit as if you had shot them or they can not accept it in which case you just shoot them and they cant moan if it hurts. I was preparing to do a bang kill on Halo (as he was first to come up the path but before I could move the others appeared behind him. My first thought was if I call out bang to halo he would take it but then I would be shot by the 4 others at the same time but I figured I would take one for the team and take Halo out. Unfortunately in my haste to think things through he got quite a bit closer (about 4m away) and when I moved my weapon towards him he saw the movement and nearly shat himself although he will deny that. (I could tell by the very shocked look on his face and the fact that he shot me twice) once in the thigh and the 2nd on my bare hand. The bb took a few layers of skin off and it bleed for quite awhile but all good no hard feelings towards the man. Even though I didn't get to even bang kill him.
The next game was virus like last time which was fun took while as there were so many people playing.
The next game was VC trail again but we did the trail in reverse which made things interesting. Halos team was the Americans and his team was made up of the squad that's going up to Christchruch in a few weeks so they can get used to working as a squad. That left the rest of us as the VC. Surprisingly we did very well and we managed to kill off the entire squad twice before having to fall back. Things got very interesting when I was the last man standing at a ambush point and I was lying behind a tree and all I heard was Halo calling out "rapid fire" and then his entire squad opened up at me, nothing hit me but when looking up then was so much bbs flying through the air about 4 inches from my face that it looked like it was snowing. During this one of their guys managed to creep right up to the tree I was hiding behind but before he could knife kill me I tired to roll out and shoot someone and instantly got peppered.
Lunch break
After lunch we made up a new game. Two teams starting at different ends of the field had to grab the flag and get it back to your base. Each team was made up of two squads of 3 which made it a bit better as it meant we could go up both sides of the course (as opposed to just two teams going up different sides no one would run into each other). What made it different from capture the flag was that instead of a flag we had to collect a sniper (in this case it was Kronos with his awesome looking sniper rifle. Big silencer on it almost no noise when its fired). So he went off and hid in the middle somewhere and he could shoot us and we needed our medic to bring us back to life. To capture him you had too shoot him and once dead he would join your team. To capture him from the other team you had to first kill off the squad protecting him then kill him. We lost this one pretty badly.Halos team found him first and we managed to pin them down in a clearing for about 15 mins but they flanked us and took us out one by one. After that game Halo had to go so we decided to call it a day and looking at the watch and realising it was 3:20 and wondering where the day had gone, everyone new it had been a good one.
Looking forward to this weekend so I can finally play with my baby. Next game is on the 5th I think don't quote me on that. Oh I was offered by the club rep a chance to do some basic mil type training with the rest of the main squad. It would involve things like setting up ambushes and working as a team and just the basic tactics really. Am thinking about taking them up on the offer as it would be cool to hang out with the guys a bit more and means more game time and a possible place one the Dunedin's inter-club team. Will see what happens.
Right bed time I think,
Catch ya
It was a beautiful morning in Dunedin on Sunday blue sky, sun was shining, birds were chirping and so on but after climbing the first hill out of Dunedin it became cold and overcast and a bit misty. By the time we got to the field it had warmed up a bit and the mist had gone but it was still overcast. We had a big turn out this week with 15 people playing. Once every one had arrived and said hello and Halo had given people some goodies and their now fixed weapons, we made our way to the field. One word for it. MUDDY!
First game was initiation for the new guys and a few of us jumped in with them to make it a bit more even. Found a very nice spot where I blended right in. So well in fact that I ended up bleeding haha. I was waiting to ambush whoever came up the hill following the path and I had expected one or maybe two people to go that way not 5! As the engagement distance is a minimum of 10m due to the power of the weapons we can do a BANG kill if someone is inside that. That means you have to be pointing your weapon at them all ready to fire and then call out bang. The person you are aiming at has the choice to accept the hit and in that case they call hit as if you had shot them or they can not accept it in which case you just shoot them and they cant moan if it hurts. I was preparing to do a bang kill on Halo (as he was first to come up the path but before I could move the others appeared behind him. My first thought was if I call out bang to halo he would take it but then I would be shot by the 4 others at the same time but I figured I would take one for the team and take Halo out. Unfortunately in my haste to think things through he got quite a bit closer (about 4m away) and when I moved my weapon towards him he saw the movement and nearly shat himself although he will deny that. (I could tell by the very shocked look on his face and the fact that he shot me twice) once in the thigh and the 2nd on my bare hand. The bb took a few layers of skin off and it bleed for quite awhile but all good no hard feelings towards the man. Even though I didn't get to even bang kill him.
The next game was virus like last time which was fun took while as there were so many people playing.
The next game was VC trail again but we did the trail in reverse which made things interesting. Halos team was the Americans and his team was made up of the squad that's going up to Christchruch in a few weeks so they can get used to working as a squad. That left the rest of us as the VC. Surprisingly we did very well and we managed to kill off the entire squad twice before having to fall back. Things got very interesting when I was the last man standing at a ambush point and I was lying behind a tree and all I heard was Halo calling out "rapid fire" and then his entire squad opened up at me, nothing hit me but when looking up then was so much bbs flying through the air about 4 inches from my face that it looked like it was snowing. During this one of their guys managed to creep right up to the tree I was hiding behind but before he could knife kill me I tired to roll out and shoot someone and instantly got peppered.
Lunch break
After lunch we made up a new game. Two teams starting at different ends of the field had to grab the flag and get it back to your base. Each team was made up of two squads of 3 which made it a bit better as it meant we could go up both sides of the course (as opposed to just two teams going up different sides no one would run into each other). What made it different from capture the flag was that instead of a flag we had to collect a sniper (in this case it was Kronos with his awesome looking sniper rifle. Big silencer on it almost no noise when its fired). So he went off and hid in the middle somewhere and he could shoot us and we needed our medic to bring us back to life. To capture him you had too shoot him and once dead he would join your team. To capture him from the other team you had to first kill off the squad protecting him then kill him. We lost this one pretty badly.Halos team found him first and we managed to pin them down in a clearing for about 15 mins but they flanked us and took us out one by one. After that game Halo had to go so we decided to call it a day and looking at the watch and realising it was 3:20 and wondering where the day had gone, everyone new it had been a good one.
Looking forward to this weekend so I can finally play with my baby. Next game is on the 5th I think don't quote me on that. Oh I was offered by the club rep a chance to do some basic mil type training with the rest of the main squad. It would involve things like setting up ambushes and working as a team and just the basic tactics really. Am thinking about taking them up on the offer as it would be cool to hang out with the guys a bit more and means more game time and a possible place one the Dunedin's inter-club team. Will see what happens.
Right bed time I think,
Catch ya
Thursday, August 12, 2010
update on order
so just heard back from Halo, the order has cleared customs and should hopefully be here in time for sundays game. looking at a big turnout so far 14 confirmed players. they guys have come up with a few more games involving bases and bombs from what ive heard bombs will be little battery powered alarm clocks with a countdown timer to give us a chance to diffuse it but will find out whats really happening on the day.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
order update
Just a short one today. Order was placed this morning and will arrive in New Zealand by Tuesday. Will take another day or so to get through customs and then a day or so to get to halo's house. (halo is the DAC armourer and does the international orders for the club, he is also the person to go to if any equipment breaks as he generally knows how to fix it.) Then it will be quick drive to his place in Oamaru to pick it up or he will send it to my place. After getting it, will need to dial in my sights so its all ready for the next game on the 15th. Next post will either be when the m4 arrives or if I think of something to post before then.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
M4
So after chatting with the guys from DAC (Dunedin Airsoft Corps) and some lengthy research online I have picked out a awesome M4 assault rifle. will get the quote for shipping tomorrow. Its made by G&P which is one of the leading airsoft manufactures and is based in Hong Kong. Because they are so expensive I figured it would be worth spending that little bit more to get a good one that wont break anytime soon and if it does they are pretty cheap to repair.
I also bought a awesome set of Dutch BDU will blend very nicely with the field
Heres a picture of what im buying and its stats should be listed underneath.
Built Material: Metal & ABS
Gear Box: Version 2
Motor: G&P M120 High Speed Motor
Magazine: 130 Rounds ( 6mm )
Length: 802-884mm
Weight: 3090g
Muzzle Velocity: 340-360FPS with 0.2g BB
Battery: SYO-96-1700STAR / GP-ACC-431 / GP-ACC-432 / GP-ACC-433 ( Not Included )
Package includes: AEG, Magazine, Manual, Wire Set for Recharging
Features:
- Aluminium Diecasting Body ( Marine )
- M4 RAS Front Set
- 600M Flip Up Rear Sight
- Extended Battery Buttstock
- Reinforced 7mm Bearing Gearbox
- Metal Hop-up Chamber
If all goes well I should have it in my hands by the end of next week.
I also bought a awesome set of Dutch BDU will blend very nicely with the field
Heres a picture of what im buying and its stats should be listed underneath.
Built Material: Metal & ABS
Gear Box: Version 2
Motor: G&P M120 High Speed Motor
Magazine: 130 Rounds ( 6mm )
Length: 802-884mm
Weight: 3090g
Muzzle Velocity: 340-360FPS with 0.2g BB
Battery: SYO-96-1700STAR / GP-ACC-431 / GP-ACC-432 / GP-ACC-433 ( Not Included )
Package includes: AEG, Magazine, Manual, Wire Set for Recharging
Features:
- Aluminium Diecasting Body ( Marine )
- M4 RAS Front Set
- 600M Flip Up Rear Sight
- Extended Battery Buttstock
- Reinforced 7mm Bearing Gearbox
- Metal Hop-up Chamber
If all goes well I should have it in my hands by the end of next week.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
First Game
I spent the day playing today out at the Dunedin field. was a awesome day sunny no wind or rain not that we saw much of the sun. the Dunedin field (kilmog) is is in a small forest lots of dead trees and bushes to take cover behind. a track leads through it which crosses over a small creek. the first game we played was initiation (3 new guys including me) pretty much we had 5 minutes to get into the bush and take cover before everyone else came after us. I was using the clubs mp5 as the g36 was broken. there was no re-spawning, once hit, you were out. about 10 minutes after the game started i had first contact. i was lying on a ridge over looking the track and waited for them to pas by before opening fire on them. managed to hit 2 before i was hit myself. after we had finished we started a VC trail game. 3 snipers consisting of the 3 most experienced players were the VC and they went out to set up a ambush. the rest of us gave them 5 minutes and then had to follow the trail. when we were hit we had to call for our medic to come and heal us before continuing. once they were hit they had to fall back to the next ambush point. this was a lot of fun and it took us about 2 hours to make our way along the trail back to the start point which is about 500m. after lunch we played again with the same teams except this time we were the VC and the roles were reversed. this game in turn took about 3 hours. by the end of it we were all buggered and ready to go home. i was invited back to the next game which is in about 3 weeks.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The Beginning
This sunday is my first game, cant wait. Finally got the start of my collection of gear today. For the first few games ill hire out one of the clubs guns but will rovide my own secondry weapon and rest of my gear. For my first game i have hired out the clubs G36 assult rifle and will be using my own WE Hi capa Baby 3.8.
That is a WE Hi Capa Baby 3.8.
Its full metal and all chrome coloured. It feels amazing and shoots and sounds amazing.
it is powered by Gas (green gas) which is stored in the magazine. Its semi automatic and is blow back which means that after each shot the slide "blows back" just like on a real gun. I also got 2 extra magazines, 2 magazine pouches to hold them and a holster for the gun itself.
After my 2nd game ill become a full member of the Dunedin club and will then proceed to buy more gear, will keep you updated.
Thats enough for now ill update you sunday night after the game.
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