48 hr op

[Mr. Technicality]

When i said 48 hrs i meant 48 hrs, we will be sleeping in the woods in full gear, sentries the whole shebang.

Have you ever tried sleeping in eye pro?

I have, at the milsim exercise in Silverton last summer. The eye pro wasn't a problem for me. The problem was that it was freaking cold! I should have packed a sleeping bag instead of an extra gun, extra uniform, ECWCS gear, and food. That said, an overnight OP is an experience... one I've had and don't feel any immediate need to repeat. I'll leave that to my NG friends who do that kind of thing for a living. If I'm going to pay to be miserable, I at least want it to be a different kind of miserable than I've experienced before.

The Silverton game ended up being what? 18 hours? ...before everyone got tired and went home. A 48 hour game doesn't sound feasible to me unless it were put on by a veteran event planner and attended only by people who enjoy being miserable and won't flake out in the first night.

[NFS_Shadow]

Garret, thanks for the support. loll

and yes technicality what you say is true.

[VogonFord]

Have you seen the equipment list for Eastwind? That alone gives you an idea of the planning you need to do for a game like that. If you're telling people that their compasses need to be genuine issue 1990's lensatic compasses, and that's to be allowed to play in the game, you're not just posting a two-paragraph idea. Eastwind is an incredibly expensive, well-developed game that has every detail mapped out. They don't just slap it together and post it before they have the venue figured out. They have armored vehicles there. They have genuine period computers there. You have nowhere near the planning Eastwind does.

[NFS_Shadow]

Have you seen the equipment list for Eastwind? That alone gives you an idea of the planning you need to do for a game like that. If you're telling people that their compasses need to be genuine issue 1990's lensatic compasses, and that's to be allowed to play in the game, you're not just posting a two-paragraph idea. Eastwind is an incredibly expensive, well-developed game that has every detail mapped out. They don't just slap it together and post it before they have the venue figured out. They have armored vehicles there. They have genuine period computers there. You have nowhere near the planning Eastwind does.

yes i know this. that comment was in no way me trying to compare this OP to eastwind i wouldn't even attempt something like that. And yes your correct this will require a lot more planning. First before i take this into the planning stage though i will need to be absolutely sure i will have clearance to use enough land for this. There will eventually be details posted and i'll try my best to cover everything just as of right now there's not much info to give as this is only a basic forum post to let people know this is happening.
thanks for the input and all, but as of right now i can't give you any for certain plan only that this is happening and that i would like it to happen sometime around late july

[STRIK3]

Also, tacos.

Those look alright, but you know what would make them better?

DORITOS FOR A SHELL

FOR 48 HOURS

WITH EYEPRO

[Darius137]

Good luck.

You're 16?

[Sir Stubby Eyre]

As far as I know you can play in the national forest but you cannot charge to play there. To put together a OP you need to charge for it because it will cost you some bucks.

For a full 48 hrs you are going to need a lot of objectives and a lot of props. You got to keep people interested in what is going on or it just gets stagnate and people will quite playing, or just turn into a free for all.

You need to start smaller, get all your ideas together and in a complete presentation.

Good Luck,
Stubby

[Pork]

You dont look 16 at Razor's Edge.

[TstclrCncr]

If you want to keep airsofters attention it will require beer AND food as the objectives. Now that restricts your age group.

[Junto]

Discussed for YEARS, never executed. It's a logistical nightmare for the host AND the players. The closest you get are multi-scenario ops that give people downtime to recharge batteries and eat. People will burn through more food, water, and ammo than they will plan to, they will leave early, your game will fall apart (likely by the end of day 1 when the filthy casuals get tired).

[Osprey]

I like the idea. Its just keeping the game fresh, and keeping the people interested is the problem. Like what lukens said lets start out small then work are way up to a bigger game. I was planning on us hosting a small OP at R&R sometime in the future.

[Lukens]

I like the idea. Its just keeping the game fresh, and keeping the people interested is the problem. Like what lukens said lets start out small then work are way up to a bigger game. I was planning on us hosting a small OP at R&R sometime in the future.

Yup, small OP's are great. We could do something like supergame pretty easily, and by easily, its not impossible, just highly improbable. To do a whole day event is our first milestone. And to do that, Sniperzden is the place. You'd have to hit up Riddick for that. Basically, its going to be a long, long road. But, it should be fun while we get to the big events in the future hopefully.

[ogrejager]

If you want to keep airsofters attention it will require beer AND food as the objectives.

Brilliant!

[Russkie]

russkie not trying to be a tool but mcnair earlier pointed out to me that there is a very good "longterm" milsim event.
operation eastwind

What I am saying is that a longterm MilSim event here doesn't fit the demographic of this area. People want over glorified skirms where they can get killz like in a Hollywood movie. Sad but true.

I know about East Wind. Phoenix is there right now. That OP is a one of a kind and there has yet to be anything else like it. That OP is about ten years in the making. Tens of thousands of dollars invested in equipment. Also, it is on private property.

Something you might want to check up is if you can charge for an event on public land. I remember DRAT was getting some beef for hosting one of their Fallout on public land and charging for it.

[NFS_Shadow]

welshy mcsheeplove and junto hit the nail on the head. like welshy said it will be a ton of objectives to constantly keep people interested.

and junto yes the battery problem is huge. planning will be intense but we will be hosting hicks vs. hipsters at r and r before this.

and yes i am sixteen and i know that i don't look it. i get that all the time.