Category Archives: Airsoft

Back in the game!

Yesterday I hosted an airsoft game at Wasaga Paintball and it was a lot of fun.  We played a mix of skirmishes and scenarios and lol I got to screw with all the players by changing things up in the middle of the games. 😉  It’s alright everyone had a good time and even though I didn’t get a lot of shooting in (I find games run better when the host doesn’t play and can focus on hosting), I had fun as well.

I brought along my friend Bao for his first game and he was a BB magnet. 🙂  That’s alright, that’s how it always starts off as novice players never know how to position themselves properly.  For some reason the CA SCAR-L outer barrel detached from the body and it’s a good thing that Stephen brought some electrical tape.  Heh the fix wasn’t pretty but it kept the barrel secure to the body.

Oh and a lesson not to buy cheap gear, the repro vest I lent Bao to use literally fell apart while I was cleaning it at home after the game and he wasn’t even hard on it!

Now that Brandon is with us, I’ll be playing less but that’s alright. 🙂

Garmin Foretrex 401

In late September I will be playing Brian’s 24 hour game at his new field and one thing I’m really bad at is getting lost (especially so in a wooded area where everything looks the same lol).  To help me find my way, I picked up a Garmin Foretrex 401 personal wrist mounted GPS module.

It’s pretty damn cool and has a ton of features, most of which I have no idea how it works. 😉  Anyway I’ll give it a test run this Sunday at Wasaga and woo a new cool piece of kit! 🙂

Yaya, I’ll post some more pictures of Brandon shortly!!! 😉

Difficult game!

Patrick and the team hosted an unusual airsoft game on Saturday night and man it was a bit of a disaster.  There were three elements in this game, an army, a mercenary group and a civilian population.  The issues began even before the game started, when the game was posted months ago we indicated that the civilians should well dress like civilians, not to come in full kit and that there would be periods where they are not actively fighting and would have no weapons. I guess people do not read so well these days and there were many “civilian” came wearing some sort of camo along with a full military loadout.

Seems like much of the Southern Ontario airsoft community is willing or ready to go to a themed airsoft game, the first half did not run much better as civilians were blatantly disregarding the rules.  Yes it was chaotic and confusing from the get go, it was set up that way because a civilian population under occupation would not be as organized as say the military.  What was suppose to happen was there would be a small group of insurgents which would stir up crap and get either the PMCs or JOTF (military) to shoot unarmed civilians and then the uprising could start.  It never got off as there was a group of civilian players who couldn’t wait, walk around in full kit and openly skirmished with the other forces.  Anyway that totally screwed up the game dynamics and for the next few hours, game control was trying to sort things out.

After a unscheduled break, the game restarted and things went a lot more smoothly.   Anyway yeah it’s not a typical airsoft game and those who were causing problems left and they definitely did not want to play a mil sim, they were looking for a skirmish.  Good riddance! Anyway the second half of the game went much more smoothly and I think we got a lot of decent game time in.  Here are a few pics, man you gotta give Eddy credit for the awesome signs. 😉

Even though I brought the PTW to the field, I ran the entire night with my TM Glock 17 in a covert civilian loadout. 🙂

Sunday was less eventful, I was pretty damn tired from the night game so Maggie and I stayed at home and cleaned up a few things.  Watched the World Cup and it was a decent game, got to give Paul the octopus credit for calling it and being perfect!  Later the fridge Maggie and I bought last week was delivered and I’m glad to have it.  Our old (and it was really ancient) fridge was junk and needed to be replaced but only had resources to do it recently (after doing all types of things to the house).

We got the Samsung RB194, the reviews were mostly positive and I’ve always liked their products. 🙂  Hopefully it works out well for us.

Target Identification and Nice house!

Saturday night I went to a night training session Chris put on for new airsoft players.  Much like what I did earlier in the year, it was meant to help new players identify targets in the dark (which is many more times more difficult than in the day) and I think it went well overall.  I did not agree with most of the tactics that the newbie commander employed (like having 20 people cover an area with two assaulting with unknown enemy, that’s pretty backwards) by the newbie team so I chimed in on what I’d do in the difficult situations. Also pressed the newbs to be more aggressive.  It may get you killed but being indecisive gets you killed every time.

It was dark so the picture didn’t come out that well but all that matters was the training and that was pretty good later in the night. 🙂

Sunday, Maggie and I went to see Jorai’s new house and I have to say it looks pretty darn nice.  He bought a semi detached bungalow and is really shaping it to be his home.  The previous owner’s decor was well a bit dated but it’s much better now.  Um it’s not quite finished yet so I’m not going to share the pictures of the interior just yet but here are some pictures of the outside. He’s also got quite a nice garden going, lol looks like a lot of work to me haha.


The master chef was Jashen which is fitting considering he’s going to be an apprentice chef soon.  Lastly the man himself with a celebratory cake, lol that’s so Chinese. 😉

Mosquitoes EVERYWHERE!

On Saturday Maggie and I went to see Jorai’s new house and I have to say it’s very nice.  A semi detached bungalow, the previous owner’s decor was a bit dated but he did a ton of renovations inside and it looks pretty nice now.  🙂  Whether he likes it or not, he better get use to gardening as he has a lot of fruit plants on his yard.  I was particularly impressed with the grape vine growing on his fence, it’s at least 20′ long and full of grapes!

Sorry about the low quality picture, it was taken with my BlackBerry.  Congrats Jorai, I think you’ll be very happy in your new home.

Sunday I played airsoft at Brian’s new FTF field out well, out West somewhere and man it’s certainly not a field for new airsofters.  The terrain can be quite difficult to maneuver in and it’s a bit marshy for my tastes.  Of course it didn’t help that it rained heavily the few days before the game but the real killer are the mosquitoes.  In the bush, they’re everywhere and my god I think I have over a hundred bites on me.

I was on the NFA team (picture on the right) and even though we didn’t get to engage the JOTF squad much during the day (more of a recce day), I still had fun with the guys.  Damn mosquitoes I’m all itchy and people at work are looking at me funny for scratching all over…

CQBR PTW!

I picked up a used CQBR barrel set from Brayden for the Systema PTW and man I have to say, the thing is nice and short!  It’s going to be great when I need a lot of fire power up close and personal. 😉

The PTW is just slightly longer than my CA MP5 A5 and I think it’ll great be the alternative to the KWA MP7A1 for indoor use. Colin is happy, now if he could only play…

Training Newbs is fun!

On Saturday I ran an airsoft team training day for new/novice players and it went very well.  The purpose of the session was to help new players be more effective on the field and we discussed (and practiced) things like field communication, target identification and flanking techniques; things which are not immediately obvious to new players, but essential when playing in a team environment.

The day started slowly as I had to make sure that the players were all at the same level before we got into the more advanced stuff and the rain certainly didn’t help… I cut the lessons short when it started to rain heavily around 11AM and went into a bit more action since standing out in the rain watching people practice maneuvers kind of sucks.  Luckily the rain let up after a short intense soaking.  In the afternoon I got all the individual fire teams to work together and assault defended positions and they performed very well.  I was particularly pleased  with how well the teams communicated and coordinated their attack.

It’s a shame I had to leave the field at 4PM as I had a dinner to go to but ya the training session went well and I think I’ll hold another one, perhaps a more intermediate level training session with more emphasis on fire and movement and discussions on radio communication. 🙂

Maggie is home

Well I certainly had a good weekend.  On Saturday I went out for dim sum with my dad, Estelle and Imran then relaxed the rest of the day.  Sunday I played at Flag Raiders with Mike, Stephen, Jason and Cameron (Jason’s brother in law) and we had a good time.  There were a few small issues but overall the day was very good.  I used the A&K M249 Para as long as I could, after lunch the tappet plate broke and the gun would no longer feed so I went to my backup the PTW.  I left the game early as I wanted to go home and take a shower before I picked up Maggie.  Her flight was delayed about 30 minutes but ya she arrived safe and sound so I’m happy. 🙂

Life is good for Colin.

Yay I can spray again

This is going to be a fun weekend.  Yesterday I picked up Simba to cat sit for my parents and I have to say man he’s so damn cute. This time around it only took him about 10 minutes to get comfortable with his new surroundings, I guess he could smell himself (from last time) so yeah within a few, he owned the place. 😉  He was pretty good last night when I was sleeping, didn’t wake me up and kept me company (he was sleeping on the futon next to me).

I also acquired another A&K M249 Para, this time around I won’t make the mistake of selling it. The CA M249 MK2 I had previously was nice but definitely not built for an Asian person and was very uncomfortable to wield, the more compact Para is easier for me to handle.  I can’t wait to try it out, will be playing on Sunday so I can spray woo!

Finally Maggie is coming back Sunday night and yes I’m very happy.  It was a fun two weeks for sure but I definitely missed her a lot and when she’s away, I always worry about her safety.  More so now I guess since she’s carrying Positron. 😉

Fun relaxing weekend

I had a busy long weekend, I hope yours was enjoyable as well.   On Friday I helped my dad pick up some Japanese Maples that he ordered, now that I have a hatchback I guess I’ll be helping people move lots of stuff now lol.  I also went for Pho with Stephen and Helene, I wasn’t too hungry at the time but I wanted to drop off the stuff Stephen and I ordered from HK.

Saturday night I went to play a night game hosted by Chris and Tom and it was a lot of fun.  Even though I’d prefer to simply be a player I was in command of the coalition forces.  It was fun even if we were outnumbered most of the night, we played quite well as a team and were able to achieve most of our objectives.  LOL things got easier when Brian (who was playing on the other team) and Tyson left as the other side no longer had any leaders and the other side did not play as much as a team.

Team picture before the game. 🙂

Finally yesterday I didn’t really do much, went to get the car washed and mainly relaxed at home.  Was a bit sore from the night game but I’m 100% now and could do another one.