Finally!!! I've been dying to get back on the field! After three failed attempts to play at my local field where nobody showed up I finally got to play my second game of the year!
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The Sudden Impact Big Game this year drew in at least 100 players despite a continuous drizzling rain and discouraging weather reports. The day was broken into 4 separate games with points based on flag stations and the retrieval of randomly placed ammo boxes. My initial concern was that the field owner had spread us too thin with 3 teams and 15 minute reinsertions. With only 50-60 players for the first game we were spread pretty thin over approximately 90 acres. We were also plagued by marker and paint problems due to the humidity and rain. Fogging was a continuous problem for many players throughout the day though thankfully I wasn't one of them.
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I learned a big lesson that day...10-15 rounds at the chrono station isn't enough to verify a marker is working correctly....especially in the rain. Large bore, short barrels seemed to work best. Funny thing is that the rental markers worked great. Anyway, by the second game the teams were at near full strength and most people seemed to have recovered from any initial marker snafus. The field owner saw the error of his ways and changes the rules to hot reinsertion from your home base which really helped keep players in the game.
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Games 2 and 3 went reasonably well. There were enough inexperienced players on the field to make you feel like Rambo and rack up a good personal kill count, yet enough experienced players to make it a challenge. Even though most of my friends were on the Purple team I was placed with Red at the start of the game. I think Purple had the most experienced players or at least a group that played well together and they were the clear leaders for the first three games. One interesting aspects of the game was each team was given a different base for start of each game.
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The final battle was by far one of the coolest games I've ever played! I would have gladly driven cross country for a similar experience. The only objective was to place a team flag on a single flagpole in a central location. The team with their flag in pace at each 10 minute marker got the points and the game was close enough that this could decide the winning team. The flag was in a circle of sand bags, natural cover, and heavily wooded on several sides. Yellow was the first to plant their flag and the rest of the hour was spent taking turns making 5-10 man charges on the flag.
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