Throwing It BackI have been in this hobby for a very, very long time. My first game was in 2007 and Ive been hooked ever since! I had the awkward beginnings like everyone else. Eventually Ill do a post about me as a player initially, but today is not that day. Today we are going to read about one of the first Milsim events I ever went to. Thinking back, that day was everything I imagined and more. I remembering gearing up for this game for weeks in advanced. This was going to be my first large scale military simulation event with over 200 people. This was in Harwood, Texas. At the amazing field that had villages, a Starship Trooper base, caves, etc! I did not get the opportunity to see the whole field because it was so massive but I still had a blast! The team I registered with was the Texans, we wore tan and as you could see I was ragtag with my 3 different types of camo. But it still worked! The story semi matched up with a TV show called “Jericho” with three factions. The Texans, some government force and Black Raven Security. I had my HK416 and I was ready to go to work! I barely made this video but this shows you an example of what I saw. I was squaded up with one of the more hardcore players and we were essentially recon and QRF. Which I was happy for because I was in top athletic shape and I was down to pew! Our SL decided we would never engage more than two squads at a time without backup. Which was cool, made us less aggressive than I wanted but it was cool. We took a tower with needed intel, killed a VIP in some convoy and we even racked up a good kill count. Apparently the government forces tried to pay the PMCs to hunt us as well but we picked up one of their PMCs and he backed us up the whole time so they never turned on us. I remember seeing the dudes wearing full multicam something that was epic because multicam was not cheap at all af the time. I saw an MGL, never thought Id ever own one and now I have. A HPA sniper rifle, the beginning of a revolution. ACU was still the cool camo... Ugh talk about ugly. Glad I skipped that phase. We ended the event about 12 hours later with a coupe. The Ravenwood guys smuggled in a nuke and was going to use it to get resources. We created an alliance with the Government and decided to hit their base with everything we had. My recon squad actually found a creek that we waded through to get to a side of their base that they thought was untouchable. We hit that flank hard, when they realized we were there they tried to divert forces to hit us but the frontal force just pushed harder. We were the first in the base, it was Chaos. I got my first glimpse of CQB and I was in love. We eventually decimated them not long after we broke that flank. Theres a youtube video below that says one dude held off 6 of us. To be completely honest, I was one of those guys but if you notice 3 of us were just standing around because we actually thought it was game over. But its cool, Id give him some fame because he was still the last one standing. Would I play in Texas again? Of course! They were all a bunch of great guys! My buddy Top Dawg was there and thats the only name I remember. I eventually grew to like more heavy Milsim games with better kit and CQB parts. But I will always credit this game with getting me started in the actual Milsim aspect of airsoft. I was just hooked. I cringe looking at my loadout but its ok. Cause at the end of the day, we are a bunch of grown men with toy guns playing dress up! Stay Frosty
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The OpAbominable Snowman was originally planned to be a big kickoff game to start the year 2017 right. What better way than with a bunch of toy guns, good friends and really bad snowmen costumes? The AO (Area of Operations) was the Abandoned House field. Smaller than what I am used to but big enough to get some great game types in. There is an abandoned barn off center to the field with scattered farm equipment here and there. But the best part was the fact that the parking lot was right next to the field. Thank goodness because the trek through the snow would have killed us all. Ok, maybe just me because the snow got up to 3 feet and I haven't been doing cardio. Anyways, we were estimating on about 45ish people showing up. Or that's how many registered anyways. (Shameless plugin: sign up on airsoftc3.com for future event info) Because this is airsoft a few people had real life hit them and took them from us, leaving us to about 40 players. Which was still very,very healthy for our game and AO size. The Factions |
#TacticalPandaThe #TacticalPanda has been an avid shooter since he could hold a gun. His experiences range from real world security training to airsoft just for fun stuff. He admits he is a grown man with a toy gun and he loves shave ice. Archives
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