So how was it for you.......?

Yep, well. Enough about that.

A tiny downer on an absolutely fantastic weekend.

Literally awesome.

I think the smoke made it better in many ways and it didn't seem to make anyone cough so not too much harm done even though it should not have been there.

What, apart from nearly causing several asthma attacks and one borderline panic attack you mean? regardless of the issues with the smoke itself, it could have quite easily jeopardised the event itself and any chance of using the site again.

Whoever set it off regardless of the repeated warnings wants a Mk9 sticking up their arse.

Sorry didn't here about the asthma and panic attacks until now, but quite right as I said "It should not have been there".

When I walked into it I thought the site had it's own harmless smoke generator going until I talked to some of the UCAP blokes looking for the source.

Basically the allied patrol i was in walked right into it, probably not long after it was set off, and it was unbelievably dense, to the point of not being able to see my hand in front of my face, literally.

i walked into walls, props, other people, pretty much anything and everything, at one point i lost the rest of my unit and was crawling along, as i could just about make out the floor if i was low enough.

but yeah, a minor downer on otherwise awesome event, but it shows why it's so important to listen to the safety brief.

yea the smoke really did clog things up. I was with morgs and a few others advancing down a corridor when we hit the smoke at a cross roads. it was dark so initially we tried to find our way. after virtually losing each other, a few people bumping into each other and walls, and nearly bumping into a german(and then shooting him) we turned on our torches. even then we couldnt see jack and had to turn back because we couldnt find our way forward

I thought it was intentional too initially then I thought those norty allies. Hopefully whoever it was has flogged themselves with a birch branch and we can end the issue (am sure would be nice to know so we can have a firing squad formed )

Anyways that aside, I remember this morning, Annes one woman mission , to say she's claustrophobic I thought she deserves a huge bit of recognition for this as I totally stood there in awe at her when I was doing photies. I didn't have any issues with the tunnels, but knowing she wasn't keen and had not enjoyed the smoke (understandably) on the morning, she was left on a limb on her own at one point, and maintained for a while a good distance between herself and the Axis reprobates . However not seeing any action, she decided to go off on a one woman mission, that takes balls (bigger than some of the menfolk Anne) and I for one thought you completely rocked at that point, I just wish I'd got a picture of you going off down the tunnel towards the darkness to prove it

There was a fair ammount of smoke coming off the exploding pyros, I thought at first it was an accumilation of that, until it got really thick! And then I was a bit

It would have been good if the smoke had somewhere to go, like if it dispersed, but it hung there for ages because of little draft!

Well combined with the incredibly strong painkillers i was on the smoke made my vision go really blurry so i had to sit out for a bit.

If we use the site again (if they let us) i think we might have to have a kit inspection before game (bit like a declaration for those of you that have ever ben a cadet/ta/reg) where pouches are opened and checked and you're 'approved' to go in.

Bit nannyinng i know but it would stop that happening.

I just want to make sure that whoever did it doesnt doit again at D-day and let off a ruddy landmine on the beach or similar.

Well I've got no probs having me breadbag/mag pouches checked, would rather Anne do it if it came to pocket checking so noone could say Che was lying on my behalf, but no probs with that here if its decided it has to be done.

"I have no live rounds or smoke grenades in my possession, SAH!"

A bit late posting my comments, due to being knackered by the time I got in on sunday and having to work until 2145hrs on monday. I'm now sifficiently recovered to add my thoughts.

Firstly, the social gathering on saturday night! My Brother and I arrived a little late due to dodgy multimap directions, so we had a bit of catching up to do on "socialising", which, I'm glad to say, we managed quite admirably! That cider was good stuff after we'd worked our way through the Stella. I enjoyed the social side of things almost as much as the game. The giggling in the tunnels was mostly me! The 27th Panzers are as much a drinking team as a fighting team! Even us Waffen SS guys struggled to keep up with them.

The site itself is THE best urban venue I've played at, in terms of welcome, setup, professional organisation, food and the incredible atmosphere. It suited the scenario perfectly.

I found myself wide eyed and open mouthed at game on, the sight of the German team moving off was like going back in time to 1945, so good did they all look. Some insane CQB battles ensued, the amount of pyro early in the game was deafening and the smoke from the grenades filled the control room, making target identification extremely difficult. I tried to not spend too much time in firefights, I was groping around looking for objectives. Just HEARING the firefights was entertaining enough!

Most of my gun battles were just laying in the dark ambushing any allies who came clomping my way, waving torches about, my only real moment of lunacy was jumping into the big rocket motor box, groping about in the plastic sheeting for it, convinced it was in there somewhere, only to get horribly pinned down there! To the three allies I took prisoner and then executed with my pistol - GOTCHA! Lol, what else do you expect from the SS? The same goes for that scientist we captured, I asked "Have you got any more to tell us?", he said "No", so I shot him! Too many moments to list, all I need to say is that the excitement built up and lasted all day for me and it's the best event I've ever been to, kudos to everyone who had a hand in organising it.

No real negative comments, exept for the cretin who threw the smoke. Perhaps Gadges' idea of kit inspections would be a good way of stopping anything similar happening again. It would also enforce the ammo limits, as I saw a couple of guys (I won't mention names or teams), who had a "few" more than the 600 round limit on them. Not a real problem and it didn't affect the game at all. The standard of sportsmanship was superb and everyone took their hits and noone lost their temper.

The standard of kit was outstanding on both teams, the game was fantastic and the site superb. It doesn't get any better than that. Can't wait to go back to UCAP and roll on D-Day!

Well combined with the incredibly strong painkillers I was on the smoke made my vision go really blurry so I had to sit out for a bit.

If we use the site again (if they let us) I think we might have to have a kit inspection before game (bit like a declaration for those of you that have ever ben a cadet/ta/reg) where pouches are opened and checked and you're 'approved' to go in.

Bit nannyinng I know but it would stop that happening.

I just want to make sure that whoever did it doesnt doit again at D-day and let off a ruddy landmine on the beach or similar.

i concur, as an old fart now i have very MILD asthma, and i got a tadge bit wheezsy after the morning game, but i was fine after dinner.

i did think at one point one of my "dud" nades smouldered and burned, but i told oldsweat about it, and someone else said the smoke had been there b4 i threw it.

im just glad andy and the Ucap guys let us play on, thanks again ucap

I wouldn't all get hung up about one smoke grenade, it was someone's mistake or accident , and TBH it added something extra for the 20 minutes it hung around . Our games have been blessed with people playing the game and sticking to the spirit of the rules so no complaints from us .

I still don't know when the smoke actually went off other than in the morning, as going about a merry dance with the Boshers and can't remember who else as it was so dark in the tunnels we were in we couldn't see each other let alone smoke, lots of bumping into each other (think I even had a few Heide giggling moments) wandering aimlessly with my arm groping the wall so I didn't walk into it (well I hope it was the wall anyways ).

Just out of curiousity where did it go off ? (or where was it found) someone can PM me that rather than post it.

So who was spooked in the tunnels (ignoring the smoke thing then) and did anyone actually manage to get themselves really disorintated ?

Sure I asked a while ago to give over on the smoke issue

I got disorientated with the evac.

and i'd had all saturday to familiarise to so it must have been awful for the allies who hadnt.

I didn't have problems at all... mind you I'd played there before and have a pretty good sense of direction!

I kept looking at the map the wrong way up!

You should be an officer!

Thats acceptable behaviour if you have pips.

with running around being a medic alot of the day I picked the layout up pretty fast. plus im fairly good with maps anyway. what did confuse me was when I was trying to describe to chom where the ammo room was only to find the dead ends werent marked on the map heh

"its a 3 dead end room with 1 door in." "where is it, there isnt a room like that on the map" "uhhh there... i think."

Helga - thanks for your kind comments

Although I'm claustrophobic, I'm not too scared of the dark so charging off on my own down the tunnels to 'get' the Germans wasn't a major problem for me. What I was heading into (probable instant bb death) was!!!

It was just that bloomin' smoke that freaked me out. It's that dread feeling of being totally enclosed and trapped. For god's sake, Barrie had to stand outside the portaloo on guard because I daren't lock the door in case I got locked in!!! (I can't use lifts or phone boxes either)

Anyway, enough about that. The whole day was great fun so no worries.

Annie

Ah, that explains the sentry duty!