Guest Post | Site Review Blue Streak Airsoft 21.06.15.
Sunday, June 28, 2015
So after, what seemed to be an eternity, I
finally got round to going to a game day. So with a 6 month thirst to quench I
loaded the car, picked up my friend Rob and headed to Blue Streak Airsoft in
Aylesbury. Blue Streak, run by Badgertac’s team and headed up by main man Ian
and his partner Bill, AKA Ratty and Gumbo, is an ideal Airsofting site,
boasting a range of CQB buildings, most of which have been modified to make
them even more exciting, open fields and woodland, also the site is not overly
massive so it doesn’t take you an eternity to find your regen and get back in
the game. Blue streaks rules are simple break them consistently and your
punishment will come in the form of their head marshal, Pete. A friendly a
happy chap most of the time, but I wouldn’t want to upset him. The marshalling
team as well are spot on as ever and are great at dealing with any situation
thrown at them.
First order of the day as with all days was
to grab a cuppa which is on the house all day, win! After loading up and
fitting batteries it was outside for the sites safety brief, ratty and co try
and keep you entertained with many ‘insert your own joke here’ phrases, quickly
followed by the days first game scenario. The first game was a good warm up
game to get the rentals broken into the day and offers plenty laughs, it was
statues, the name says it all really but there is a slight twist, when your
shot it’s the standard “hit!” call and remain still with your hand in the air,
and the only way to return to the gameplay is for your own team to shoot you
back in. I have played this game plenty of times and your really do find out
who your friends are! To win the game you simply have to eliminate the other
team.
The next game was more structured and
organised into phases. The first phase was to search and clear certain
buildings and areas to obtain two pyros, phase two was to assault a further two
buildings and detonate the devices in a certain location. My team didn’t do too
well on the first phase taking about 40 mins to find the devices, we only had 9
mins to assault and detonate the bombs. We managed to detonate one bomb but not
the second. So after being a bit disappointed we headed back to re arm.
The next game was simple reversal, knowing we
had to hold the opposition back for a decent amount of time we organised our
defences and headed out. This was an eventful game with a lot of woodland close
quarter action, I think we used our sidearms more than the snipers, which me
and Rob thought would have been better at keeping them back from a distance.
Still after being eliminated I headed for the second phase area. The rest of my
team joined me soon after. We all had thought they had the upper hand, turns
out we done a lot better job than we originally thought, they had only 5 mins
to assault the buildings. After a few intense minutes we emerged victorious.
Lunch was served and no burger or hot dog to
be found but instead a cold meat platter with coleslaw, salad, potato salad and
pesto pasta. Not bad at all, all supplied from the local Waddesdon Deli. They
do a great game stew in the winter to.
The next game after lunch was interesting
variation of an old game, downed pilot. Again the title explains it but this
time the pilot had not been told which team he was to go with, he was armed and
allowed to use it and run from you, so actually had to physically capture him.
Not quite to the extent of fisticuffs but one hand on the shoulder. Also if
your escort let go of him he was entitled, and I believe encouraged, to run for
it! With this in mind we had an escort plan in mind with one man on point, one
on the prisoner, two guards either side and one providing rear security. Sadly
our plan didn’t get used as we couldn’t find him, I’m still not sure who did in
the end. But there was some good fire fights along the way.
The next game was a building clearance with
defenders having to repel the attackers as long as possible and preventing them
from finding the intel, 6 phones, a hardrive and a laptop. The attackers had a
few more medic lives and a fairly close regen which made it hard to push them
back but we held on for a while and in the end the attackers came out on top.
Unfortunately the day was coming to an end and we didn’t have time to reverse
this game, instead we played a simple all in intense game where your team had
to get as many players inside an area and hold it, similar to king of the hill.
After returning from the field bruised and exhausted me and Rob packed our kit
and after a quick chat to Ratty and the boys headed home. Will be definitely be
heading back soon, especially since Ratty has some toys coming for me, watch
this space.
So all in all a great site and a great day
thanks to Ratty and all the lads again me and Rob will see you soon.
Also if you do go to play at Blue Streak,
which you should! You maybe lucky enough to see one of the regulars run the
gauntlet. This is when it’s your birthday near or around game day and your
present from Blue Streak is to run the gauntlet. All players line up both sides
and Jon, who’s turn it was on Sunday, made the run. There is a clip on YouTube
of his run, see the link below, would you be up to it?
I managed to catch most of the day on my
GoPro, here is the game footage Blue Streak Airsoft 21.06.15
Hope to see you at Blue Streak soon.
Glen.
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