speedsoft GEAR & GAMEPLAY
- Pistols: 50 round extended mags are legal - Shotguns: Shell fed or M4 magazine (150 round capacity) - No limit on total amounts of magazines/shells carried - Refs have the final decision and can pull players from the field - FOUL = not calling your hit (accidental or blatant) - 1st offence: team loses round automatically, and player is marked with a wristband. - 2nd offence by same player: Team loses that round automatically, Player is marked on wristband and pulled from the rest of the match. The affected team plays one man short, no substitutions for rest of the match - 3rd offence by same player: Team loses that round automatically, Player is marked on wristband and pulled from rest of the event/ tournament. The affected team plays one man short for the remaining matches.”
SOME FINAL THOUGHTS: Is speedball the future of airsoft? Almost certainly not and I doubt that there is a Speedsofter who would suggest it was. Does it sound the death knell of skirmish airsoft? No, the two are so different that they are perfectly legitimate stable mates. The requirements of speedsoft are such that it is unlikely that existing sites, especially woodland sites, would find it easy to transition from one to the other, nor I suspect would they wish to. The emergence of a properly competitive pastime based on the use of airsoft equipment is arguably long overdue. It will offer those interested in airsoft an alternative outlet for their enthusiasm without detracting from the attractions inherent in skirmishing. No doubt some players will do both, speaking for myself if I didn’t know with absolute certainty that I would land myself in hospital trying to compete against 20-year olds, I would be straight into speedsoft. Any airsofter who has tried practical shooting events based on the use of their airsoft guns will know that it takes very little for that competitive urge to emerge. Speedsoft is arguably a better outlet for that than skirmishing. I’ll finish this by thanking Harry one more time and falling back on my very limited French – “Vive la difference!” AA
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