Airsoft Noob available for moving target practice

Fullback

Noob looking to move beyond blasting holes in cardboard boxes.
Are there any teams in the dublin area that could use a stand-in ?

Ex military, reasonably fit, interested in CQB and milsim scenarios.
Have M4, will travel

whydave

you need to start gaming then ask about teams ....
have you gamed ?
try HRTA , Fingal airsoft to name two of the sites .

Tomazas

Hello Fullback, there are alot of teams in Dublin area and arround the country. As you have mentioned CQB there is at least one in Dublin which is HRTA, also Drogheda airsoft which is and CQB and various terrain with hills and rocks, Than the newest site in Dublin Area is Fingal airsoft - which is woodlands. In Dublin south you got gorse hill, never been there myself so dont know. Now in the country you got Gtac which is in co.Galway, it has a CQB and woodlands sites. And for the end I left the best site in Ireland FOR MILSIMMERS - Skirmish airsoft Command. I been in all mentioned above minus Gorse Hill and can asure you if you are looking for milsim than come to Longford.

whydave

whydave wrote: »

you need to start gaming then ask about teams ....
.

not to sound like a prat it's just so you see the teams and they see you ie style , weapons , camo etc ....

Fullback

Play first - team later - fair enough. From reading the forums it looked like most skirmishes were organised at team level.

Tommyboy71

Not really. It's just that there are a lot of teams on the go and challenges are inevitable. The price of war I suppose:D

whydave

come to a gaming site you'll be welcome !

iceage

Fullback wrote: »

Play first - team later - fair enough. From reading the forums it looked like most skirmishes were organised at team level.

Firstly, welcome to the sport of Airsoft Fullback! forgive this lot, bunch of Airsofters:P if you can get to any of the sites, give them a shout, bring your kit, give it a lash and see how it goes. There are teams yes and we can organise ourselves for some of these events but theres nothing saying yuo can't just pitch up at HRTA G tAC SAC Gorse and just ask to join in, Its a team sport but we all got to start somewhere mate, and if your ex, all the better!:D

CrazyRabbit

Come to a site. Meet people. Shoot them. Become their friends. Join their team.

iceage

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Come to a site. Meet people. Shoot them. Become their friends. Join their team.

Nicely put...

FingalAirsoft

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Come to a site. Meet people. Shoot them. Become their friends. Join their team.

+1

Evolute

Fullback wrote: »

Noob looking to move beyond blasting holes in cardboard boxes.
Are there any teams in the dublin area that could use a stand-in ?

Ex military, reasonably fit, interested in CQB and milsim scenarios.
Have M4, will travel

First of all welcome to the game as many people have said already.
My advice would be go to the site nearest to you talk to everyone have a laugh and check out the equipment people have too everyone is always up for showing off their gear:p.
Also most skirmishes are run by the site itself and everyone is welcome so get your skates on and get to a site.
Hmm speaking of which I should go to a skirmish soon the last time was the first gathering and that was far too long ago.
Anywho hope to see you at a skirmish soon:D

major sims

welcome to the sport great to have another person into "Mil Sim"

Fullback

Thanks to everyone for their input, I've also had quite a few PMs regarding getting started.
If the weather holds I'm going to head down to HRTA tomorrow and give it a go.

Mutt McL

Fullback wrote: »

Thanks to everyone for their input, I've also had quite a few PMs regarding getting started.
If the weather holds I'm going to head down to HRTA tomorrow and give it a go.

Thats the way to do it start at the bottom and work your way up but if you are into milsim you are wasting your time mate

gandalf

ah Mutt McL how do you know he is wasting his time? Checking your messages shows you were looking for a site to play on last week? Have you suddenly gained a wealth of experience?

He might as well get a feel for skirmishing first and a site is the best place to do that.

Mutt McL

gandalf wrote: »

ah Mutt McL how do you know he is wasting his time? Checking your messages shows you were looking for a site to play on last week? Have you suddenly gained a wealth of experience?

He might as well get a feel for skirmishing first and a site is the best place to do that.

oh no here we go boards mafia jump on newbe for stating his opinion.Well yes i have gained a wealth of experience have played HARTA I've read alot of posts and HARTA is not milsim. The op said he was into milsim so sites like fingal or the one in Longford seem to be way to go.And what about your experience Gandalf :mad:

Witcher

Mutt McL wrote: »

oh no here we go boards mafia jump on newbe for stating his opinion.Well yes i have gained a wealth of experience have played HARTA I've read alot of posts and HARTA is not milsim. The op said he was into milsim so sites like fingal or the one in Longford seem to be way to go.And what about your experience Gandalf :mad:

yeah I hear HARTA is an awful place to game, I'm glad we have HRTA

instead :pac:

Masada

Blay wrote: »

yeah I hear HARTA is an awful place to game, I'm glad we have HRTA

instead :pac:

HARTA is the rival site to G-TAC isnt it? im sure ive heard of "HARTA-TAC" down that direction somewhere.,

amaughan

dont mind them man there just closed minded they dont like to try out other sites its hrta all the way for thos lads man.

funny tho vtec haha:D

Witcher

vtec wrote: »

HARTA is the rival site to G-TAC isnt it? im sure ive heard of "HARTA-TAC" down that direction somewhere.,

rival site?

HARTA will eliminate all! ruthless thugs them HARTA lads,

the HRTA guys will have to fight dirty to win :pac:

Fullback

HARTA..LESS thugs perhaps ??

Suspect there's a bit of axe grinding going on here.

Sorry Mutt Mcl but the preference was for CQB then Milsim. Actually at this point I'd go for anything that got me out of the damned house

HRTA tomorrow maybe HARTA next weekend

CrazyRabbit

Milsim is scenario dependant, NOT site dependant.

If enough people want a milsim event, it can be organised at any site.

But sure, we all run around shooting each other while wearing military equipment....that's milsim enough for me.

Sod'o swords

New user slating one site and promoting others?
Suspect one may think.

johnboyire

theres plenty of sites around now, try to check as many out as possible, as you will be kicking yourself if you stick you just one, then discover theres a world of airsoft out there!,

some teams will stick pretty much strictly to one site, others will rotate around in fact ive heard of some teams getting a bit defensive if other teams step on their "turf"

different sites suit different game styles its a good idea to try them all out, ive played mostly east coast sites, now i am looking forward to heading "into the west"

good luck and dont be put off by any BS on boards.

iceage

Not modding, but jesus lads, knock it on the head will ya! at least you've got choice, so stop the site knocking please....Iceage has a headache;) I need to at some stage call to ALL of the afore mentioned sites, they all have they're own attributes, so less of sniping...get it..sniping! (I thought is was funny:P)

Nicely put Johnboyeire, get with the program guys, not outside the program..

major sims

i agree with iceage . knock it on the head or the mods will lock the thread , i might remind all of you that this is a new player and this is the impression thats given very mature

kdouglas

Mutt McL wrote: »

oh no here we go boards mafia jump on newbe for stating his opinion.Well yes i have gained a wealth of experience have played HARTA I've read alot of posts and HARTA is not milsim. The op said he was into milsim so sites like fingal or the one in Longford seem to be way to go.And what about your experience Gandalf :mad:

Wow, you skirmished once at a site which you dont even know the correct name of and you've suddenly got a wealth of experience? At the risk of sounding elitist, dont try and question the advice of some of the longest standing members of this community without a good bloody reason.

amaughan wrote: »

dont mind them man there just closed minded they dont like to try out other sites its hrta all the way for thos lads man.

funny tho vtec haha:D

And how many sites have you skirmished at lately? Alot of us here skirmish at HRTA, yes. Why? Because it's the closest site to alot of people who live in Dublin and also their regular site which most of us have been attending since it opened, when it was the only site.

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Milsim is scenario dependant, NOT site dependant.

If enough people want a milsim event, it can be organised at any event.

But sure, we all run around shooting each other while wearing military equipment....that's milsim enough for me.

Agreed, Milsim is a type of game scenario, not a type of site? Tbh, I doubt anyone here has actually played a full and proper Milsim game in this country yet. (i.e. proper loadouts and period guns, real-cap magazines, milsim medic rules etc...) What most people seem to refer to as Milsim is actually just a game with a story line and mid-cap magazines.

Chuck the Buck

kdouglas wrote: »

At the risk of sounding elitist, dont try and question the advice of some of the longest standing members of this community without a good bloody reason.

I've been playing airsoft a few months and using boards on and off for about a year. This is the standard type of comment that I expect to hear from a mod on boards - ME and MY buddies are 100% correct 100% of the time.

There ARE sites other than HRTA, there IS more to airsoft than playing (what I can only describe) as Paintball without the paint. From reading the majority of threads here they imply to new players (like myself) that HRTA IS the ONLY site in Ireland, the way the mods and a few other posters choose to play IS the only way airsoft CAN be played.

People should be allowed an opinion - to condemn them for having an opinion that diverges from yours is a bit rich, and dare I say it 'elitist'.

kdouglas

I never said my opinion was the way it was and the way it should be nor have I ever tried to force my own opinion on someone.
But honestly, if you're new to something, you shouldn't start acting like you know what you're talking about unless you actually do, there's nothing wrong with someone new questioning what is said by people who have been around longer, but you should have a bit of cop on about what you're saying and actually know what you're talking about.

I know there are other sites than HRTA, it is merely the site I choose to play at most often and is most convenient for me to get to, infact out of the 5 main skirmish sites in the south of Ireland, I've played at the 3 largest ones and intend on playing at all of them at some point.

When has anyone ever said there is only one way to play airsoft? There are many different styles of game play, I merely pointed out above that what alot of people are throwing about as "MilSim" lately is not true milsim, however I personally have no interest in true Milsim and much prefer a game with a good story line and limited to midcap magazines.

There's nothing wrong with people having different opinions, infact, there is something very very wrong with a world where differing opinions do not exist, so my apologies if I came across as elitist, but as I said above, if you question someone who is more experienced, you should really know what you are talking about

whydave

Hi
did you game ?
don't care what site did you try airsoft, if so did you enjoy it ?
was a good day gamed on two sites and enjoyed both.

David

iceage

Wayhey, back on track.....a couple of mate today invited me to head to HRTA with them around the 26th August..Iceage goes to check his calender

kdouglas

Indeed, back on track sounds good.
Airsoft is about having a good time and enjoying yourself, so OP: have you had a chance to go to a skirmish yet? Hope you enjoyed it, and if you haven't gone yet, hurry up and get out there, you will definitely enjoy it, no matter what site you go to.

amaughan

kdouglas wrote: »

Wow, you skirmished once at a site which you dont even know the correct name of and you've suddenly got a wealth of experience? At the risk of sounding elitist, dont try and question the advice of some of the longest standing members of this community without a good bloody reason.



And how many sites have you skirmished at lately? Alot of us here skirmish at HRTA, yes. Why? Because it's the closest site to alot of people who live in Dublin and also their regular site which most of us have been attending since it opened, when it was the only site.



Agreed, Milsim is a type of game scenario, not a type of site? Tbh, I doubt anyone here has actually played a full and proper Milsim game in this country yet. (i.e. proper loadouts and period guns, real-cap magazines, milsim medic rules etc...) What most people seem to refer to as Milsim is actually just a game with a story line and mid-cap magazines.

i have no problem with you guys having a home site for god sake everyone has a home site but generally speaking from reading threads on here i see that airsoft in ireland is not being played in hrta only paintball with airsoft guns.i have played at two sites so far because of the lack of tranceport i havn't had the oppertunity to play the other sites but i tell ya wat i cant wait to have a game in fingal it sounds great hahahahahaha.
what does hrta being the first site in ireland have to do with this i not puttin the site down in anyway.

whydave

Can we please stay on topic we have new gamer ,lets see how they did not what you , me or any one thinks of this site or that site...... if you have an issue start a thread !!

amaughan

true enough man i retract everything i have said as i realize it always happens when a new guy starts a thread my appoligies new guy hope you enjoy your days in airsoft and hope to play with you someday :rolleyes::D

whydave

cool

Tommyboy71

Fullback, believe us when we say it will become an obsession. I started out with one gun and now have 4 rifles and a pistol, two loadouts, just bought a helmet cam and the list goes on.......... dont fight it. Be one of us:cool:

Masada

I wasnt gonna reply to this thread, but feck it im gonna,

the reason you all hear HRTA so much is because its around the longest and built up plenty of regulars, being that its the closest to the city it gets the most players there for obvious reasons, its also the home site to some of the larges teams in the country, most people will understand that logic but a select few are too thick to find their arse with both hands,

amaughan, you of all people have a damn cheek to bitch about people playing in hrta, almost every single post of yours on this forum is shameless pimping of SAC in longford, if I was the person in charge of that site id be really pissed at your behaviour on here as it gives the site a bad name aswell as you, from what ive heard about the site its supposed to be really good but the people in charge should be sending you a PM to get you to cop on,

yes, yes, im a hrta player, why, coz its on my door step, although i have played in gtac too, martin and evlen are sound people. and fingal is in the comming weeks when i get the opertunity. ive met the lads behind that site and they are genuine decent airsofters too.,

most people wont see any sinister controversy here but theres always some that like to stir the pot and get disagreement going., this petty rivalry should come to an end and we should instead start looking after the new players, first impressions are lasting ones remember...

over and out.....

whydave

whydave wrote: »

Can we please stay on topic we have new gamer ,lets see how they did not what you , me or any one thinks of this site or that site...... if you have an issue start a thread !!

................

Real Steyr Dave

Tommyboy71 wrote: »

Fullback, believe us when we say it will become an obsession. I started out with one gun and now have 4 rifles and a pistol, two loadouts, just bought a helmet cam and the list goes on.......... dont fight it. Be one of us:cool:

Damn right!! I only started in April and i'm fresh back from the Gathering like a lot of other dudes (I believe KDouglas was there?) and it's starting to take over my life.

Not that I'm complaining!:P Wherever you skirmish first have a good one!

amaughan

vtec wrote: »

I wasnt gonna reply to this thread, but feck it im gonna,

the reason you all hear HRTA so much is because its around the longest and built up plenty of regulars, being that its the closest to the city it gets the most players there for obvious reasons, its also the home site to some of the larges teams in the country, most people will understand that logic but a select few are too thick to find their arse with both hands,

amaughan, you of all people have a damn cheek to bitch about people playing in hrta, almost every single post of yours on this forum is shameless pimping of SAC in longford, if I was the person in charge of that site id be really pissed at your behaviour on here as it gives the site a bad name aswell as you, from what ive heard about the site its supposed to be really good but the people in charge should be sending you a PM to get you to cop on,

yes, yes, im a hrta player, why, coz its on my door step, although i have played in gtac too, martin and evlen are sound people. and fingal is in the comming weeks when i get the opertunity. ive met the lads behind that site and they are genuine decent airsofters too.,

most people wont see any sinister controversy here but theres always some that like to stir the pot and get disagreement going., this petty rivalry should come to an end and we should instead start looking after the new players, first impressions are lasting ones remember...

over and out.....

you some cabbage you talk about people stiring the **** but even when the bad part of this thread stops you with your big mouth come on here starting this all back up again.
i never once complained nor ''bitched'' about people playing in hrta so get your facts straight smart arse.

op once again my appoligise for this rude interuption it wont happen again so vtec if you have a problem bring it to pm then at least you wont mess up this thread anymore then it already is

o1s1n

amaughan, if I see you throw personal abuse at anyone on this forum again you'll be banned for a very long time. You were already warned about the whole SAC thing. Behave yourself as this is your last warning.

Next person to bitch on here gets a week ban. We're meant to welcome new players, not scare them away with this bullsh*t.

FingalAirsoft

Right lads..... enough!

Mods....Lock the thread, burn it, throw it in the bin:mad::mad::mad:

It's not going anywhere.... OP sorry for this mess:o We are a bunch of good guys... passionate about Airsoft... so much so it clouds our judgment sometimes and about which site rocks and which one doesn't... they all have there merits and style of game play.
My advise to any skirmisher is visit as many sites as you can and then rotate them so you get the best of both worlds in terms of the people you meet and the games you play!


I hope you visit a site soon and that this did not put you off.



Bren

FingalAirsoft

o1s1n wrote: »

amaughan, if I see you throw personal abuse at anyone on this forum again you'll be banned for a very long time. You were already warned about the whole SAC thing. Behave yourself as this is your last warning.

Next person to bitch on here gets a week ban. We're meant to welcome new players, not scared them away with this bullsh*t.

Just for the record I wasn't bitching;) And timing is everything:eek:

o1s1n

FingalAirsoft wrote: »

Just for the record I wasn't bitching;) And timing is everything:eek:

Heh, I'll let you off....this time!

FingalAirsoft

o1s1n wrote: »

Heh, I'll let you off....this time!

Your so kind:rolleyes:

Stone.cold

I have stopped posting on boards for this very reason, can we not just enjoy the sport we hav choose and stop bickering over it. i like to play golf i dont play it exactly the same way as the man next to me so what. Airsoft is Airsoft no matter what site no matter what way u play it. Relax lads

gandalf

Mutt McL wrote: »

oh no here we go boards mafia jump on newbe for stating his opinion.

No I pulled you on stating you had a wealth of experience when you clearly don't. Nothing to do with HRTA at all. Milsim type skirmishes are only taking off in the last few months with Irish Airsoft.

Well yes i have gained a wealth of experience have played HARTA I've read alot of posts and HARTA is not milsim.

You went once, how is that a wealth of experience. To get a taste for Airsoft the OP and anyone else should be encouraged to come along and try the sport at their nearest site, not have some muppet put them off like you did.

The op said he was into milsim so sites like fingal or the one in Longford seem to be way to go.

Both of whom have only started doing milsim type of skirmishes. Technically there hasn't been a full airsoft milsim in Ireland like the Berget one in Sweden attended by some of the regulars here.

I'm delighted Milsim type games are taking off, especially the Vietnam type ones as thats an area I have an interest in. I congratulate and encourage all sites to continue along this route as I believe it will help the sport to grow at a far greater rate.

And what about your experience Gandalf :mad:

Anyone who is a regular here knows my experience. I have been skirmishing for over a year and while I haven't been attending skirmishes in a regular fashion for the last few months due to personal commitments I have a damn sight more exposure to the Irish airsoft scene than you.

Next time do not make a statement when you clearly do not have the experience to back it up.

Fullback

Hi Lads, thanks for your input. When does the punch-up start ?

Dave: I did attend HRTA on Saturday, got yelled at plenty (mostly by you) and generally had a great time.

I can see from some of the posts that people have thier own turf/interests to defend. That's life and the internet isn't any different.
For what it's worth I thought HRTA to be a good site with a mix of everything to make it interesting enough.
I'm sure that playing the same site repeatedly will soon take the shine off it but I intend to play around - so to speak.
The only negative I found with the HRTA site was the lack of a decent sign out front, otherwise I felt Paul ran it quite well.
I even got to meet Skippy - The bush Kangaroo and Darth Vader (I think).
I'll definitely be back. (now that I know how to find it)

Luckily for me I wasn't the only NOOB there so I didn't stand out like too much of a twat. I think I gave better than I got - Although I have some nice bruises.

The only downside to the whole experience was trying to walk the next day Do this every weekend and forget the Gym membership.

Excellent day out and thanks to the guys there on Saturday for showing me the ropes.

gandalf

Glad to hear you had a good day out Fullback I look forward to meeting you there when I get back into skirmishing and I know there are some very good plans in the offing for Milsim events in the future.

Best advice is if you are thinking about skirmishing is go to your local site and try it out. Despite the bickering we are a friendly bunch and most like nothing more than showing off our gear and helping to show new players the ropes (sure aren't they our targets ).