HaVoC Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 PR3 (big game in April) is being held at an MOD training village in Sennybridge (down in the Brecon Beacons) and that's 100 players per side, for a total of 200. So yes. I've been to games with more than that before, too. Link to post Share on other sites
bankz5152 Posted February 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Wow cheers, biggest ive been is 30 a side. That must be crazy i love it! Link to post Share on other sites
Azubi Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Just thinking today. Are there any airsoft sites in the UK that are large enough to lets say have 80 people on each team or just enourmous teams? South Yorkshire Airsoft's Proteus Site is pretty big and I believe they had over 300 attend one game. Definately the sort of place that benefits from the larger numbers but they tend to run a good game either way. Link to post Share on other sites
apmaman Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Interestingly, down in Lancashire, the NHS is looking more towards an older institution setup for mental health. 14 years after closing most of the big mental health institutions across the country and putting the patients into care in the community type projects (with varied success), it's certainly being discussed again to build a large facility or two across Lancashire with large garden spaces and all the other stuff that they already provided 14 years ago but then decided to shut down. Thats what I thinks better too, a community for them where they feel safe instead of trying to be forced into the community. That use to be like its own little town..but anyway this is going off topic. RAF Edzell was once leased out for skirmishing. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Fireball Squadron's International Games held on the August Bank Holiday most years get over 300 people from all over Europe attending. Link to post Share on other sites
-Angel- Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 PR3 (big game in April) is being held at an MOD training village in Sennybridge (down in the Brecon Beacons) and that's 100 players per side, for a total of 200. So yes. I've been to games with more than that before, too. Yeh, I think Copehill Down has hosted 250ish before. Wow cheers, biggest ive been is 30 a side. That must be crazy i love it! Its actually a heck of a lot more organised than a 50 person sunday game. To play weird and wonderful sites you'll generally need to attend a weekender at an MOD base; Sennybridge, Longmoor, Copehill Down, etc. There are a few, such as FCS bristol, UCAP Portsmouth & The Rock who are very unique too, if only on a slightly smaller scale. Link to post Share on other sites
WYATT666 Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 cerberus airsoft's earth center in doncaster pirate ship, villages, wood land, assault course, watch tower. look in my sig for a link as i cant be bothered typing it lol Link to post Share on other sites
RWJP Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Cough... Ground Zero's Weekender last year took at least 1255 people, in three teams so over 400 per team and the general Skirmishes at GZ Woodland tend to have around 200 come often a few more... Link to post Share on other sites
Azubi Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 I never did make it to the Earth centre but when I was being told about it last time I was at the woodland site, it did sound good. Do they use the zip line? Link to post Share on other sites
kken Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Cough... Ground Zero's Weekender last year took at least 1255 people, in three teams so over 400 per team and the general Skirmishes at GZ Woodland tend to have around 200 come often a few more... wow, great numbers. i doubt the US could come up with those numbers even if we tried really really hard. then again the states is a larger land mass to travel. is airsoft becoming or already is "mainstream" in the UK much like paintball is in the states? Link to post Share on other sites
thewallhitme Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 definitly not mainstream in the UK. but then again, i guess the UK is smaller and so it would be easier for players from all over the country to come along. 2008 GZ there were people from france playing (great guys, best navyseal impression ive seen first hand) Link to post Share on other sites
bankz5152 Posted February 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Ground Zero is a deffiante. Although im most likley going to Uni in Bournemouth so that would most likely become my regular site. Link to post Share on other sites
Thorbard Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Both specops sites are within a reasonable distance from Bournemouth too, though in the opposite direction. Their woodland site is much smaller than GZ but very different play style. Unfortunately game days coincide so you have to choose. Airsoft does seem to be rapidly gaining popularity, certainly in the Dorset area. Not necessarily mainstream, but I wouldn't be surprised if it makes the break soon. In all honesty, I think the VCRA has been a good thing for airsoft as a sport. Kids go and try to buy springers to play in their back yards, only to find that they can't unless they do this activity on a much bigger scale. Next thing you know, three new players. Link to post Share on other sites
bankz5152 Posted February 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Thanks everyone has been very helpful. Yes i agree with that, to start with i thought 'o god another stupid law' but upon learning more about it its not as ridiculas as i first thought. And yes infact increaseing the size of airsoft players, i have noticed alot more younger playes at Amherst than ever before. Link to post Share on other sites
WYATT666 Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 I never did make it to the Earth centre but when I was being told about it last time I was at the woodland site, it did sound good. Do they use the zip line? nope plus you have more that just the tower whcih everyone seems to make a b-line for but its hard to take till you know the knack of taking off people Link to post Share on other sites
Fightingchook Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 here's a wee video i hashed together... http://www.vimeo.com/3293741 no nuclear powerplants... or ufo crash landing sites... but you'll get to see a little of what the terrian we get to play with down here. you may even recognize a few ppls... enjoy! FC Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 That "music" really doesn't add to the video.... Link to post Share on other sites
Fightingchook Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 why you think that? personally i like trenches. there was one site here... that i seen under constuction... that had mega trenches... a good 30 x 60 metres. but was shattered to hear that it got chopped into 3 arenas. but still... once the grass grows... it should still be fun. FC Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Darling Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 I went to a great skirmish this weekend just gone at an old NHS 'mental' hospital in Kidderminster that First and Only airsoft ran. Lots of building on a huge site with its own road network. Really, really weird - its own cinema, little phone booths, villages of bungalows with an outside jacuzzi... I stayed the entire weekend and ended up sleeping in some wacked out therapy room with a water bed in it. First and Only are also running an event at Sennybridge training camp in July (I think) dubbed 'Red Dawn'. Senny is an ace venue, but F&O have a wacky plotline the same as the Red Dawn 1980's movie - one side may not even be armed to begin with. UCAP is meant to to pretty novel as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Battletec.9833 Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Hello i can confirm that there is a still running ex nazi bunker in the channel islands. After all i do work there but the previous commentor was correct in saying that UCAP is bigger but nevertheless it's a great site we also have four outdoor sites. Glad To Be A Help Nick Link to post Share on other sites
Walton_County_Firefighter Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 So I think I'm going to the UK for my vacation this year. These sites sound awesome, I wish we had some of that around the US. Link to post Share on other sites
greg Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 The Earth Canter @ Doncaster has a nine hole mini golf course & two, yes two pirate ships! Greg. Link to post Share on other sites
Ginger_Biscuit Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 two, yes two pirate ships! Pirate ships!!!! Might as well close the whole of Arnies, it ain't ever going to get better than that! Biscuit Link to post Share on other sites
Clot Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 CQB Scotland has a massive Indoor site called Strathmartine in Dundee. Played there a couple times already as me and my mates and family were huge fans of CQB Lanark. Its basicly a derelict mental hospital which many many buildings, many of which are said to be haunted ( rubbish if you ask me, but there are tonnes of youtube ghost hunter vids ). The CQB is very fast paced and adrenalin pumping. I reccomend it highly Link to post Share on other sites
Docv400 Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 UCAP in Portsmouth is probably the biggest underground bunker site in the country, now with added upper level and cctv action! Definately worth a visit, or lots! I've been six times now, it's great . Very atmospheric, any smoke from grenades just hangs in the air for hours as there's very little airflow, lasers are positively encouraged . Just thinking today. Are there any airsoft sites in the UK that are large enough to lets say have 80 people on each team or just enormous teams? Ground Zero, as mentioned, plus the MOD training grounds (Copehill, Sennybridge, etc) Urban Assault is worth a visit too, big site, lots of big buildings, with some fairly open terrain between them. They get quite a good turn out from what I've seen (2 visits), maybe 150 - 200+. Seems to attract more than it's fair share (if there is such a thing) of 'Teflon warriors' though , although I've not been since mid 08. Link to post Share on other sites
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