To borrow a line from one of my captains, "Let's be honest, we're all posers here today. We're just grown men running around with toy guns." Whether you want to admit it or not, it's true. Now I'm not condemning what we do or what we are because sh*t it's a lot of fun, but facts are facts (this has a point).That being said one of the focus of our hobby is finding the ideal environment in which to practice our craft.
Local communities often provide fields which are awesome but can grow wearisome as time goes on and for some of the hardcore enthusiasts with the means, traveling is a not only fun it's a necessity. Different fields offer different roles, some offer field based assault and defend, some offer jungle style guerrilla tactics and some offer high adrenaline CQB madness.
Fields such as Fort Ord in Marina, Ca (http://cqbchallenge.com/) offer the latter and might I say, it's a pretty big serving. As I mentioned before, airsofter's pallets are always changing, a style of game play one might enjoy today may be despised tomorrow.
But who doesn't want to be a bad @ss CQB assasin?
Go ahead and act like this isn't your thing, but we both know that when you watch Tears of the Sun you wish you had an H&K MK23 and were clearing that village with Bruce Willis and his guys. One of my favorite things to do in airsoft is transition and learning to do it well, but most of my play is often field based, the type of environment where transitioning to pistols is at best infrequent and often times non-existent. Let's be honest, honing your transitioning skills in front of the mirror sucks (go ahead and act like you don't do it)! There are no tangos in your bathroom, where is the adrenaline rush that comes with close quarters combat? There is none, that's why CQB fields are the perfect place for an airsofter the hone his skill and widen his area of expertise. Corridors and doorways make for intense situations, ones in which reluctance means death and speed is the key to victory.
Now there are two types of CQB, so let's take some time now and differentiate between the two...
Type 1: Hey guys! My buddies and I are in a John Woo movie, there are white doves flying around us and were invincible! Instead of using strategy and tactics to overcome the opfor, we're going to clear this building with sheer will power and a lot of mags.
This first type is all too common among airsofters today. Strategy and tactics are thrown out the window in favor of living in the moment and being the star. I think it's safe to say that this form of CQB has a very low success rate.
Type 2: Hey guys! My team and I are going to use team based strategy and dynamic entry tactics in order to eliminate all the tangos occupying this building. We're planning on using minimum amounts of ammo to maximize our number of kills while at the same time surprising the opfor and watching each other's six.
Now type 2, this is what airsoft should be. It's called milsim for a reason and when executed correctly with tenacity and skill is extremely satisfying. When executed in such a way the rewards are endless, bragging rights are well deserved and your dreams of being cooler than you really are (why else would you be in this sport) come to fruition.
Stacking, dynamic entry and clearing rooms make the perfect combination for a top notch airsoft experience. This is the kind of thing you should be asking Santa for on your wish list... next to your Mantis and your authentic CIRAS plate carrier of course.
Disclaimer: Kirby is not in anyway affiliated with Fort Ord or Roundhouse Productions, he just thinks they're awesome.
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