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Salvage, Hrta milsim game, Monday the 3rd of May.
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Dread-Lock wrote: »I need 6 more Thunder B's.
i'll give ya a lend of my unopenned ones if your on what ever faction i go for :P0 -
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Hiya Tad! Great to see someone from the gamer community's hoping on joining in.Can I bring my larp dagger and stab people in the back;););)
Seriously, I plan on coming along. I have cloths to play a villager, but have no gun and never done airsoft before. So I'd appreciate some kind of role to keep me occupied for the day.
I'm afraid that imitation knives are completely out, which is the norm in airsoft in Ireland. The potential for complication is just too damn big so it's a blanket policy in this case, sorry. You can poke people with your fingers and say "knife kill!" though.
(in a world of accurate fully automatic ranged weapons, this makes you an immense hardass)
I've run this over in my head, and although there'll be some LARP elements the game is 90% wargame and 10% LARP, or not even that - there just isn't room in this one for a first-timer who's unarmed. However, we'd be delighted to have you along, and will sort you out with a spare gun one way or another, if you're okay with getting down with the line infantry. You can have a personal motivation, which'll be available for all the players, but bear in mind most of these folks have never LARPed, so go easy on 'em. 0 -
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Not at all; once you've familiarised yourself with the rules the only problem you'll have is that you'll be incompetent and bewildered, but that happens to us all.This is exactly the sort of game that could make me finally start airsofting like I've been planning to...
Or do you guys think it would be a little much for a complete beginner? :pac: My second airsoft game ever was the HRTA May Day milsim last year, actually.
The problem with renting gear is that they don't have appropriate magazines, which are required for this game because of the post-apocalyptic ammo shortage type of thing going on. I'd say if you're definite you want to get into airsoft, see if you can scrape the dough together to get to an airsoft shop and buy a starter gun of your own with maybe 5 non-winding mags. Downside is an outlay of about 250 quid; upside is the feeling of intense coolity. Alternately, have a look at what you can find in the Airsoft Adverts sub-forum nearby. If this isn't possible, drop me a PM and we'll see what we can figure out.0 -
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evilrobotshane wrote: »However, we'd be delighted to have you along, and will sort you out with a spare gun one way or another, if you're okay with getting down with the line infantry. You can have a personal motivation, which'll be available for all the players, but bear in mind most of these folks have never LARPed, so go easy on 'em.
I spent last weekend playing paintball, so I have no problem getting down and dirty crawling in the mud.
If there are no spare guns, then I can play a medic.0 -
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Right, we're going to need people to portray the leadership roles of either faction - The Councillor and The Priest. This is an odd role, probably not something you'll have tried before, but potentially lots of fun. Here's what it's about and what's required:
- As faction leader, you'll make broad tactical decisions like division of manpower, priority of objectives and so on.
- You'll divide your faction into sub-units and designate a team leader for each - having this type of thing laid out officially is important in milsim-type games.
- You'll interact with some other partially and completely role-played characters.
- Make sure the story elements trickle down to the lowliest members of the faction. They need to know about developments, reasons they're pursuing objectives, what's going on and why. Not because it'll help them get the job done, but because it makes the game more more interesting and fun when you can follow the story, and I want this game to be fun!
- All of the above will ideally be done in the personality of your character. If you think assigning team leader roles to the biggest toady rather than the most experienced is what your character would do, then do that! If you think your character would be more concerned with a full-on frontal assault for revenge than with cleverly defending key objectives, then do that! Your first responsibility will be to acting your character - the success of your faction is a secondary concern. That said, of course your character wants his empire to come out on top.
- If desired, you are just as free as any other player to go out and brap the jayzis face off as many people you can find.
- At least a few games of airsoft under your belt. Doesn't have to be milsim or anything, but just a bit of experience with the culture of the skirmish field, in terms of behavioural norms, tactical considerations, etiquette and other stuff that's hard to put words on.
- Willingness to put story ahead of everything else!
- Ability to chew the scenery, improvise dialogue, rant about incompetent buffoons and so on without getting all embarrassed and hiding in a corner.
Enthusiasm for the job is far and away more important than any other thing you might be able to stick on your CV, although if you can claim "lived for two-years just outside Chernobyl, have run several partially ruined towns, only have one eye, got kicked out of the Society for Creative Anachronism because they said I was too much of a hammy over-actor" then bonus points baby.
If you're interested, regardless of whether you find the idea a bit intimidating or not, please let me know!0
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