Category Archives: Fun

Hosted a game at Flag Raiders

Today I hosted a skirmish/scenario game at Flag Raiders and it was fun.  I wish I could have played more but I’ve always thought a host’s job is host first and that games when the host plays generally aren’t that great.  I like to adjust things as they go because games can go awry very quickly. 😉   I had a good time and I really like that pistols game that makes you fight back to your rifle, I think I’ll do that one more often.  I also brought Jorai for his first game and he had a good time, lol all guys like this type of game.  About half way into the game the stupid CA SCAR-L broke again, this time it sounds like a stripped gear.  Man talk about bad luck, Classic Army is a pretty good brand so I’m surprised I’m having so much trouble with a stock gun!  Grr I’m thinking about selling it and getting something else as a loaner…


In the first picture we have the team plus Derek and Phil’s son William.  In the second there’s Jorai, myself and Mikey. 🙂

I’ll post more baby stuff tomorrow, Brandon is doing well and growing very quickly! 😀

Woo new glasses!

The WileyX Blink glasses that I ordered a few weeks ago were finally ready to be picked up today!  Woo, the lenses are ballistics rated so I can wear these to play airsoft instead of those bulky paintball goggles at non paintball fields. 🙂

Due to the lens wrapping around and not flat like regular glasses the picture can be a bit distorted in certain spots but it’s not so bad and you get use to it pretty quickly.  Can’t wait to try them out on the field!

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!!! 😉

Not here yet…

So I’ve been bombarded with messages and calls from everyone asking if Brandon has been born yet and to answer that…  No.  Maggie’s cervix is not ready yet (went to the doctor’s a few hours ago) so he’s definitely going to be late.  Oh well that’s alright haha it doesn’t affect me much but I know Maggie is tired of being pregnant. 😉

Had a busy weekend, lots of places to go to on Saturday and on Sunday Maggie and I took her mom to African Lion Safari and it was fun.  Took a bunch of pictures, yeah I took a picture of the traffic jam going into the park and then of a car that broke down in the drive through section.  Heh good thing the dude was in the ostrich section and not the deadly cats.

Anyway yeah if there’s news I will post it. 🙂

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…