This was posted on the ww2-airsoft yahoogroup...
Dear all,
At last we all have a company that not only runs and organises WW2
gamse in the UK, but they do it well. Not only do they pick the best
and most suitable sites there are. They give alot of thouht and
planning into the missions and game play.I have been involoved in WW2 airsoft for many years and these guys are
by far the best around.There site.
http://www.ww2airsoft.org.uk/Not only was the standard of everyones kit spot on, the large use of
pyros during the day was fantastic. At times a little scary. These were
at times given out FREE! Something I have never encountered on any
other site anywhere! and as if these Pyro airdrops werent enough. We
even got supplied with 'airdrops' of cans of drink and bags of sweets.
As longs as you could recover them before your enemy did that is. It
certainly gave you comething to fight for...The next WW2 game run by this company is an all night game somewhere in
Wales? Check the site for more details.Dan Mackay
Cool !
lol... it gets better...
I posted in reply:
Dan,
Thanks for the very, very kind comments!!! They really are appreciated.
I guess the one thing I'd like to clear up is that we're not actually a company as such. We're a group of dedicated WW2 airsofters who want to play in fully themed games. As such we've got together and pooled our various contacts and skills in order to put on themed events at sites we already know well.
We run the events on a not-for-profit basis. We take a small deposit from each player that goes towards the creation of props, signage, supply drops etc... Then the players pay the site the normal green fee. This way we can keep the costs and hassle for us down whilst supplying the site a decent income and the players a good event. It's hard work, but we take it in turns to control each event so we're hoping to be able to keep doing this for some time to come!
The website has been set up in order to progress the hobby and be a central resource for all info to do with WW2 airsoft, including how to start up an impression, what guns are good/bad and details of upcoming events whether they be our events or not!
We are also actively trying to get more players to do the same as us and will try and support other people's events around the country.
Yith
Comrades in Arms
And he replied:
Yith,
You guys deserve a lot more praise than your ever gonna get. If you guys ever need a hand in organising games, props or anything you think i may be able to help with, let me know.
I have been involved with airsoft for many many years and can remember playing on sites with springers... oh wat fun those days were. I have played all around the country and have covered a fair few sites. On every site I have encountered at least one problem during the day, bad marshalling and marshals who just love to shout and be little the paying customers (i fact one marchal would me up so much I was more interested in winding him up by just not moving when he shouted at me and not shooting when he demanded it - idoits not takin hits (blatantly), not just one off's your going to get everywhere - guns that fire ridiculously fast and are so small they look like hand guns. etc... yet one the long drive home we did after the game. We couldnt find one thing to moan about... which actually caused us some anoyance
would you believe.
I have some good connections with some re-enactors and have many props that could be utilised, ei loads of American items enought to set up a whole display. I have lots of K-Ration crated. I go around military event and set up displays and teach the public about US Combat Photographers. I also have access to a US jeep, not WW2 just the post war model. I think its dated 1956??? Its not mine but the fellow airsoft nut who came with me. If you can ever utilise these in your senarios, please let us know. As long as we can get them there... easily enough
If you have any ideas, let me know,
Regards, Dan
Well doen for flying our flag Rich !
Just as a comment , if people ask to help us perhaps we should encourage them ot have a go themselves. Lots want to get involved with CiA, which is good, but unneccesary given that we have all the bases covered between six of us, what we need is more people setting up events we can play at . I'm stating the obvious here , but thought it was worth highlighting . We can help out in a not too involved way .