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Originally Posted by Reignman
I am envious of their kit..no one mentioned anything about needing it to fight at night.
I have to disagree with you. Will alone is not enough to propell yourself through a game. Anyone that has played can attest to that. People who are not properly dressed cannot play effectively in the cold no matter how much "will" one has. People who are overweight and don't have the phsycial conditioning or have an injury or medical problem sometimes can't stick it out for an entire game no matter how hard they push themselves. I think the fact that people overlook this is complete ignorance. It seems more and more people just want to bitch and complain about it after the fact. It's not much of an importance until after you get their money.
Not everyone can just say I want to play airsoft and attend a 24 hour game and last the whole thing. I think people need to focus on the positive and look at the "season" collectively. Each person should evaluate themselves on their performance, not have others publicly ridicule them on this playground we call forums. I played my first 24 hour game this summer, did I last the whole thing? Fuck no. Was I able to last longer the other games I attended this year? Yes.
Thing is, new and old people learn how to adapt and overcome to achieve something they want. It comes with time and we as a community have to accept that. The sport is growing fast, I would much rather greet people with arms wide open than a slap in the nuts.
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I am not meaning to 'stir the pot', and I do see what you're saying here, and I agree with points made by you and Brian.
But I would like to highlight something which seems to be really problematic.
It is in my experience that people as a whole are poor judges of their own performance, and require the evaluation of their actions by a third party in order to get any form of meaningful guidance.
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On another note not entirely unrelated: I have attended many,
many, night games over the last 5 years. I have never owned night vision, nor have I even used it on the field, but a number of my team mates have and I have worked well with them in game.
It is with this experience that what Brian is saying is 100% true. 24hours is much too much for most people, and night games are frustrating for many players, especially new players.
I recall a 10 hour night game at FR, where
90% of the opposing force quite 3 hours into the game because "the other team had night vision and we can't see and we keep dying". We had one set, and it was tasked with guarding an objective, and the operator hadn't fired a shot or seen many enemies at all for that matter. The 2 guys who walked through their team for three hours were not using any lights or NVG's at all. It was all just training.
It was the "fear" of night vision which causes such bad attrition by those who don't know how to fight against it.