My Friday was certainly very relaxing. Started the holiday weekend a day early so I lounged about at home doing nothing (exactly what I like) for the most part. For dinner I meet up with the two Mikes and we went for sushi. It was fun, I miss those guys and wish we hung out more often. I tried to talk them into playing airsoft with me but it was a no go… I ate too much sushi and felt bloated the rest of the night which was no a good thing especially if I’m going to be running around. Oh thanks for the gift Mike D, it wasn’t necessary. 🙂

At around 8:45PM I got to TTAC3 for a quick CQB session, I haven’t played for two weeks and was itching to shoot someone. I mentioned to Jason that I was interested in getting a shotgun in the future and he was kind enough to let me try his out. I was obviously green with that weapon and my positioning was poor, I got shot in the hands quite a few times the first few games which is a sign the shotgun and my hands were sticking out of cover.

After playing with the shotgun I’ve decided I’ll pick one up next year. In a force on force situation it’s not the best weapon since the rate of fire is slow (it covers a larger area though because it fires 3 BBs at a time). I can see how it would be useful in a team entry scenario though. There the first shot is most important and covering a larger area gives you a better chance at hitting your opponent.

The TM G36C was downgraded to shoot ~340 fps (CQB muzzle velocities are 350 fps max) but I decided against using it since my mask got in the way of the sights. I think I’ll put the old spring back in (~380 fps) and retire the gun for the winter. The rest of the night I stuck things out (as usual) with my Hi Capa 5.1. I didn’t play particularly well but it was fun none the less. 🙂 Heh I didn’t get shot by any grenades this time around and was able to give Jason a few nice shots from my pistol. 😉

After conversing for about half a year about, I was able to meet Stephen for a first time which was nice. Heh I could tell he was excited to play his first game and for the most part the dude played pretty well. Being a novice, his angles were not the best but that comes with time and he didn’t make any glaring mistakes. Heh if there’s one lesson to be learnt it’s that you have to fire for affect, you’re not trying to be a jerk about things but keep shooting till the person verbally or physically indicates that they have been hit. It’s just the easiest thing to do and doesn’t leave any doubts about what happened. After the game he was kind enough to give me a ride home, it’s on the way and I have nothing against carpooling. It was a good thing he didn’t drive a SUV though, if he had, I wouldn’t have been able to accept his kind offer.

Heh apparently my blog is popular among airsofters and Stephen is the 6th player this year whom I’ve talked to online first before meeting at a game. 🙂

Don posted a few pictures from the Wasaga game that we played on Dec 10th (he mislabeled the album and said Dec 5th) and the only one I was in was this one.

Mercs ruled that day, everyone who played that game agreed. 😉