Teams

unit88

I have noticed alot of airsoft Teams being set up. Can any group of players set up there own team????:).And how meny teams are there in Ireland????

nenagh_lad

Im very new to this sport but, yeah, I think anyone can set up a team. As the sport is new here (Because it was just legalized at the end of 2006) there isint alot of coordination yet, and there is no governing body for it yet wither. There is the IAA, but they are not the offficial body for the sport yet . . .

Seems to be growing very fast though.

Hivemind187

nenagh_lad wrote: »

Im very new to this sport but, yeah, I think anyone can set up a team. As the sport is new here (Because it was just legalized at the end of 2006) there isint alot of coordination yet, and there is no governing body for it yet wither. There is the IAA, but they are not the offficial body for the sport yet . . .

Seems to be growing very fast though.

And where do you get your information.

Last time I checked being a duly constituted organisation with elected comittee's and consultation by the government as experts qualified us as the de-facto official body.

You'd think we were doing it for fun sometimes.

As for co-ordination, please do check out nearly every other country in the world. By comparisson we are HIGHLY organised with huge ammounts done in the 12 months we have had.

As for teams. Yes, anyone can set up a team. Airsoft is not a commercialised sport in the same sense as paintball or football. As such its still very much in the hands of amateur enthusiasts and it is their interaction that makes the game. The only thing required to have a team is a few people willing to make the effort to work together regularly.

Some teams are extremely well organised and have rank structures, uniforms, doctrine and regular training. Other teams are more casual and are populated by infrequent skirmishers.

At the moment, off the top of my head their are the following teams;

Ghosts,
Na Madhrai Seachran,
Contractors,
Hawks,
Tiger Force,
Bloodhounds (although I havent heard much from them),
Force Recon (in progress)
Dead Mans' Hand (coming soon)
Z Division (no clue if this is actually going ahead)

I'm probably missing one or two there but plenty of teams and attempts at teams have been put together.

The players are still very much finding their feet right now with a lot of people finding the aspects they like best as they go. Some are casual skirmishers who just enjoy a tear around a field on a saturday. Others are more interested in the MilSim and enjoy the tactics and such. The teams and the way they play will reflect that.

The Master

Hivemind187 wrote: »

At the moment, off the top of my head their are the following teams;

Ghosts,
Na Madhrai Seachran,
Contractors,
Hawks,
Tiger Force,
Bloodhounds (although I havent heard much from them),
Force Recon (in progress)
Dead Mans' Hand (coming soon)
Z Division (no clue if this is actually going ahead)

I'd like to add
Bundes Batallion - The BBs to this list

Waylander24

Any teams in the Galway area yet? I'll have to pop out to G-TAC when have all my gear sorted.

Hivemind187

Waylander24 wrote: »

Any teams in the Galway area yet? I'll have to pop out to G-TAC when have all my gear sorted.

Not that I know of, but w'd be glad to hear that G-Tac was able to support a team. More players the better

zero19

Hmmm how bout Kildare Hive lol

Hivemind187

zero19 wrote: »

Hmmm how bout Kildare Hive lol

Yes. Speak to Extremetaz, he's got a regular group that goes to Predator.

zero19

Really? Didn't know that thanks Hive...

[--SC(+)PE--]

Any teams in the Galway area yet? I'll have to pop out to G-TAC when have all my gear sorted.

not yet , pop down on Wednesday if ya can, their should be a few of us their at least

Hivemind187

zero19 wrote: »

Really? Didn't know that thanks Hive...

Yeah, they use a russian loadout and are fairly hard core. Taz was based out that direction until recently ... somehwere in meath now I think. It's worth asking him though.

gandalf

Z Division are in hiberation at the moment. But we'll be back when the weather improves

Shiva

gandalf wrote: »

But we'll be back when the weather improves

The cold is seizing up the joints, huh ?

NakedDex

Silicon lube works just as well on zimmerframes as it does on aeg's you know.

Fallschirmjager

Shiva wrote: »

The cold is seizing up the joints, huh ?

bawhahaha...no frozen adult diapers=not nice

ED E

Hivemind187 wrote: »

And where do you get your information.

Last time I checked being a duly constituted organisation with elected comittee's and consultation by the government as experts qualified us as the de-facto official body.

You'd think we were doing it for fun sometimes.

As for co-ordination, please do check out nearly every other country in the world. By comparisson we are HIGHLY organised with huge ammounts done in the 12 months we have had.

As for teams. Yes, anyone can set up a team. Airsoft is not a commercialised sport in the same sense as paintball or football. As such its still very much in the hands of amateur enthusiasts and it is their interaction that makes the game. The only thing required to have a team is a few people willing to make the effort to work together regularly.

Some teams are extremely well organised and have rank structures, uniforms, doctrine and regular training. Other teams are more casual and are populated by infrequent skirmishers.

At the moment, off the top of my head their are the following teams;

Ghosts,
Na Madhrai Seachran,
Contractors,
Hawks,
Tiger Force,
Bloodhounds (although I havent heard much from them),
Force Recon (in progress)
Dead Mans' Hand (coming soon)
Z Division (no clue if this is actually going ahead)

I'm probably missing one or two there but plenty of teams and attempts at teams have been put together.

The players are still very much finding their feet right now with a lot of people finding the aspects they like best as they go. Some are casual skirmishers who just enjoy a tear around a field on a saturday. Others are more interested in the MilSim and enjoy the tactics and such. The teams and the way they play will reflect that.

We still cant agree on a name and a few of us (2) dont have AEGs but hopefully very soon they will. Then there's camo. And I'm woking on CMS Website utilities atm with the help of our very own Kdouglas.

unit88

will there be team competition's in the future

Hivemind187

Once wwe have Airsoft fully established and secure in the Republic the IAA has plans for small compo's as a prelude and warm up to bigger things.

unit88

just i am hoping to set up a team from around the shankill area in the near future if everthing goes to plan:)

Waylander24

[--SC(+)PE--] wrote: »

not yet , pop down on Wednesday if ya can, their should be a few of us their at least

Unfortunately I work evenings so I'll only be able to play on the weekends.

Spetzcong

Slightly off topic but Unit88 isn't a reference to what I think it is, is it?

Stercus Accidit

Spetzcong wrote: »

Slightly off topic but Unit88 isn't a reference to what I think it is, is it?

Dear god they aren't back again are they?

Don't mention the .....

Lets give the benefit of the doubt, 88 is not massively well known as a reference, I didn't know about it until recently.

Shiva

Unit 88 are a New Zealand based neo nazi group.

Stercus Accidit

Shiva wrote: »

Unit 88 are a New Zealand based neo nazi group.

Tony hand me my shotty :mad:

hands over cash to tony

Hivemind187

for f*cks sake why didnt I spot that last night.

Witcher

Motosam wrote: »

Tony hand me my shotty [/I]

iv got your back


*loads shotgun*



:cool::cool::cool:

penguin-o7

Hivemind187 wrote: »

And where do you get your information.

.

At the moment, off the top of my head their are the following teams;

Ghosts,
Na Madhrai Seachran,
Contractors,
Hawks,
Tiger Force,
Bloodhounds (although I havent heard much from them),
Force Recon (in progress)
Dead Mans' Hand (coming soon)
Z Division (no clue if this is actually going ahead)


Dont forget THE RAPTORS

seamus-2k7

Don't forget about The Raptors, that is under construction.

kdouglas

Motosam wrote: »

Dear god they aren't back again are they?

Don't mention the .....

Lets give the benefit of the doubt, 88 is not massively well known as a reference, I didn't know about it until recently.

indeed, benefit of the doubt please gentleman, i've pm'd the user about it for clarification, but for now, please keep this thread on-topic

where are the raptors based anyway?

seamus-2k7

where are the raptors based anyway?[/QUOTE]

nowhere in specific, but alot of us are in river valley.

unit88

I got the name unit88 from a book by Matthew Reilly called Scarecrow.
In the book unit88 are a team of bounty huntes which wear all black uniforms with meatal storm guns with green laser sights.
the only reason i chose the name was because i belived it was a cool name and did not no there was any reference to any nazi organisation.i am originaly posted as FOXY-07 and am very sorry for causing any problems.

Stercus Accidit

unit88 wrote: »

I got the name unit88 from a book by Matthew Reilly called Scarecrow.
In the book unit88 are a team of bounty huntes which wear all black uniforms with meatal storm guns with green laser sights.
the only reason i chose the name was because i belived it was a cool name and did not no there was any reference to any nazi organisation.i am originaly posted as FOXY-07 and am very sorry for causing any problems.

Ok, honest mistake.

We were abit, well i was anyway, suspiscious as new posters bearing such names tend to misbehave a bit.

Hivemind187

unit88 wrote: »

I got the name unit88 from a book by Matthew Reilly called Scarecrow.
In the book unit88 are a team of bounty huntes which wear all black uniforms with meatal storm guns with green laser sights.
the only reason i chose the name was because i belived it was a cool name and did not no there was any reference to any nazi organisation.i am originaly posted as FOXY-07 and am very sorry for causing any problems.

Why arent you posting as FOXY-07 anymore?

NakedDex

Metal Storm guns???? Holy hell in a handbasket. Dear Santa, I would like one of those please. Make that 5,000 actually.


Back on topic;

I'm sure there are a lot of teams which are under construction or setting up or what have you. But there are only a smallish number of fully fledged, operational teams with regular meets and training sessions.

unit88

I never tought a name from a book could cause any trouble.

Hivemind187

unit88 wrote: »

I never tought a name from a book could cause any trouble.

Its the reference itself 88 (a neo nazi symbol). Its intresting but the author writes a lot about far-right types in his books. thats probably where he got the idea for the name.

But why did you stop posting as foxy-07?

unit88

the reason was just because it is 2008 and i wanted to use a name that could be associated with the military and airsoft thats all

Stercus Accidit

unit88 wrote: »

the reason was just because it is 2008 and i wanted to use a name that could be associated with the military and airsoft thats all

You can request a name change in the sys/helpdesk part of boards I think.

tonyj_mc

Motosam wrote: »

You can request a name change in the sys/helpdesk part of boards I think.

only as a subsciber

Genghiz Cohen

If I am around over the summer (work exp with college may take me away for 6 months) I'd like to get a G-Tac based team up and running.

millnc30

12th RANGER WING under construction:D

unit88

i didnt no that and would not have a clue how to do it im not very good with computers ha ha:)

tonyj_mc

same with Wolf Pak, should be on-line by the summer hopefully

Spetzcong

Sorry for dropping ya in it. I'm sure you didn't know what 88 means. It's a sad world where an innocent number can have such dark connotations, but there ya go. Can't be too careful with so many wierdos about...

Killinator

Any Limerick based teams, sure would like to be in one, Then again I could always go into certain areas of the city and fire real guns!:D

kdouglas

Killinator: I realise you were joking, but comments like that will not go down well around here, please read the forum charter and refrain from doing so in future.

unit88

i am hoping to set up a south dublin team in the future or even just a get the numbers to organise a bus to hrta

Witcher

unit88 wrote: »

i am hoping to set up a south dublin team in the future or even just a get the numbers to organise a bus to hrta

id be interested, where in south dublin?




:cool::cool::cool:

unit88

blay1 wrote: »

id be interested, where in south dublin?




:cool::cool::cool:

near the bray area

Witcher

unit88 wrote: »

near the bray area

beautiful, im from bray!



is there an age requirement on the team?




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ED E

The Bloodhounds(TEMPORARY NAME) will be southside based and Young guns Biased though older players will probably be allowed. We all go to school in rathgar so based there.