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Phoenix Rising III - The Nagorna-Karabakh Conflict - Spring 2009
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you aint experienced Fayer in wales have you
Il have to keep up the rep!
Il be bringing my head mounted night-vision this time around, will make a big difference. Torches are OK and essential, but in combat useless, they wreck your natural night-vision and give away your position. Whenever anyone switched on a torch they were met with screams of "turn that f###ing light out"
Once they kill the flood lights the game changes totally, people can be 2 feet from you before you know their there, as we found out while on guard duty on the door of building 6 and found some bloke dropping a fizzing nade at our feet as he strolled past !0 -
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Beginners, note that this event is MilSim, not your usual Saturday afternoon skirmish. It's a 24-hour event and is not for the fainthearted. You can always take a break, but the game doesn't stop every hour or so.
First-timers, it's in the Welsh mountains so it can be cold and wet at any time of the year. You must bring suitable clothing, stuff you can layer up and layer down. There are a lot of Scouting and outdoors type people in the crew and you will be dragged out of the game if you are a danger to yourself (ie, turning up in a t-shirt). Mountains are beautiful, but they bite.
Which side you play on depends on your camo choice, and vice versa. Alpha-4-1 were all wearing Multicam. Hedge and his crew, and the Nordie
ASI Boys were all wearing green and were on the opposing team. You may need to think about this when booking time approaches if your clothing choices are limited.
Also, please read the rules before posting a question, in case it's already answered there.[DM]-TheDOC- wrote: »... theres a wealth of knowledge to be banked into this.
I will be posting the Lessons Learned in the Booking and Info thread when it opens shortly.[DM]-TheDOC- wrote: »Building in sennybridge flood quickly and easily and are awfully cold. Bare minimum is a roll mat and a warm sleeping bag. I had my ****ty dunnes kit, but did me fine. If you can afford to get something to elevate you even a few inches of the ground, your in the lap of luxury.
The buildings in Sennybridge are concrete and don't have windows. When we were there everything was wet, floors, walls and ceilings. If you don't want to bring a cheap camp bed, a groundsheet of some sort is essential. If you don't want to buy a basha or hoochie just for this event, any piece of tarpaulin about 2x3metres will do as long as it's waterproof. The difference it will make to your comfort and morale is amazing.[DM]-TheDOC- wrote: »If you are going to [buy] pyros, invest in something waterproof to carry them.
Ziplok freezer bags work fine for this. You should always have a few handy anyway.[DM]-TheDOC- wrote: »This goes without saying... there was some contingents of pr2 that cheated like ****, but what you going to do.
In fairness, I also saw several instances of people taking hits that were marginal, and one hit given by a marshal which I thought was very unfair in the circumstances. There was one group that seemed to have a different definition of hit to the rest, but overall I saw no more and no less cheating than any other game. It all balances out, and the next time we'll call in an airstrike on them. It's primarily a game of honour, after all.Whenever anyone switched on a torch they were met with screams of "turn that f###ing light out"
Correctly met with screams of "turn that f###ing light out NOW". There, fixed that for youpeople can be 2 feet from you before you know their there, as we found out while on guard duty on the door of building 6 and found some bloke dropping a fizzing nade at our feet as he strolled past
I've worked out countermeasures to that, it won't happen again. Says he, darkly.0 -
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This sounds fantastic and would love to go. Have been running some figures though, ticket price, ferry (x 3 pax), b&b for friday night??, food.....looking at a minimum of about €350. That's an expensive weekend and will have to talk really nicely to the misses.....:rolleyes:
Will wait and see.
You know you want to
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saying that, where did you plan to get the ferry to/from and how far of a drive is it? If i do drive, i have a huge car to carry people
Skatedude, c'mon man, we spent hours doing all the research last time... the least you can do is look through the previous threads. Make an effort
flights and ferries, including driving times (which you can also get on maps.google.com). Maps of the site are on page 10.
Fayer, DOC, kd, gerrowadat & myself went from Dun Laoighaire and back through Rosslare. We came back through Rosslare rather than wait until 02:30 the next morning for the Holyhead ferry. Hedge & his crew went Rosslare out & back.
I'll update the transport info nearer to the date and post it then. I don't expect much of it to have changed except for the ferry prices.0 -
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