Ok now that we have had some time to come back to life I want to start by saying a heartfelt thank you to
Norseman
Dwayne Dees
Psistalker
Tunnelrat
Matt
Doc from the Hellcat's
and everyone else who helped out at the game. If I have forgotten anyone I sincerly apologize. We kept it together through the support of genuinly good men/women like you. THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US.
If the honor, professinalism and respect they showed us all that day is their normal day to day then the world, not just airsoft, is a better place for having them.
As for the game... We knew it would be intense underground as it is a missile base that was not meant to be breached or inifiltrated in anyway but HOLY SHIT MAN!!!! I have never been shot so many times in a month let alone a day! and I was strickly admin'n with out a gun, at least 145 times if I was shot once.
There were some of the normal big game issues we all deal with but all in all I was impressed with almost every team there. There was one issue i would still like to resolve though. I was confronted by a very pissed off player who came to me stating that he just shot a guy, the guy called hit, and then turned around and said im not hit, then shot the guy who "shot" him first.
I would like to hear the other side of the story, before we make a judgement. I need the player to explain himself and if it was an honest mistake then we can explain how to handle the situation in the future. But if it was done on purpose you have exposed your whole team to "punishment" so step up and take it on the chin or we will handle the situation.
Now that we have had a "dry run" of the facility we have seen the hurdles we have in front of us to deal with and more importantly we see how we can vastly improve upon gameplay.
a few things we have in our heads right now:
1. player limits- we will have set maximums
2. solid and clear rules that can not be chaged...if it isn't in the ruleset it isn't allowed...no more gameday changes in an effort to appease those who came to us without reading ALL the rules.
3. More props... we have already been given two "satchel charges" by Dwayne Dees from DB custom and they are sic. we will have descriptions w/pics on how to effectivly use all props on the event web page.
4. riot shield,grenade,claymore etc rules will be clear
5. We are already using some of the feedback from the "vets" on the planning of the next op... I promise you will love it. As always it won't be easy but it will be more realistic. I have never had such a fun time planning an op as I have had with this next one and all I can say is "this will be one of the funnest,hardest games I can imagine". I am writing it with the knowledge that the players who come to the base are definatly capable of multiple objectives at the same time and they also understand i will f' their plans...just like the real military and they will have to think on their feet.
6. as always with us you will have the most active admins
As for who won and who lost... I think we all won but like we said in the post the side that moves,shoots and communicates as a team will be victorious...and they were.
If you have any f'n' cool props or good suggestions(cough Dees cough) please pm me here or contact scott@wildboararmory or hit up chickenhawks ego here as well.
We will announce the next game and date very soon...until then T.H.S. West is looking forward to seeing you all on the field of battle either alongside us or in our sights