First All Ireland Airsoft Event - "The Gathering"

horgan_p

Martin ,
Any last minute tips ? whats the ground like up there? (will we need spare boots that kind of thing ?)

MaxForce

Ground is soft in places but dont forget lads and lassies, this are is on a bog so there will be soft patches. Would deffinetly bring a few changes of socks:D

TheDoc

Just want to wish everyone best of luck with the weekend. Hope its a blast and hope all goes well and a good time is had by all.

i swear i dont want it to be a complete flooded washout , cause im not jealous at all


....honest

nonex

Every one have a great time, i know you all will and the weather looks good, so you could not have had it better, i cant make it myself as i am booked out this weekend, and i was hopen i,d make it down, ah well thats live.
paul.

Stercus Accidit

[DM]-TheDOC- wrote: »

Just want to wish everyone best of luck with the weekend. Hope its a blast and hope all goes well and a good time is had by all.

i swear i dont want it to be a complete flooded washout , cause im not jealous at all


....honest

WOOHOO VIETNAM PONCHO!

I half hope it rains...

[--SC(+)PE--]

Best of luck to all ye lucky so and so's who are going, Martin and Evelyn and others have put huge efforts in and im positive its going to be an awesome event .
It kills me that i cant go.*goes of to sulk*

Masada

jeez you live in galway!, whats your excuse.,lol,

ED E

Motosam wrote: »

WOOHOO VIETNAM PONCHO!

I half hope it rains...

Yeah, waterproof dpm parka ftw!

[--SC(+)PE--]

jeez you live in galway!, whats your excuse.,lol,

Exams the next morning

kdouglas

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

Yeah, waterproof dpm parka ftw!

waterproof fleece lined multicam parka ftw!!!

Masada

kdouglas wrote: »

waterproof fleece lined multicam parka ftw!!!

TENT!




beat that.,:p

ED E

vtec wrote: »

TENT!




beat that.,:p

Cough CAMPER Cough

Masada

f00k off you!.,lol

Dar

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

Cough CAMPER Cough

Oh la di da frenchman. Want a diamond studded AEG as well? :P

Masada

no, it'll clash with his pink one,:D

Stercus Accidit

OMG im in my dpm and have my bags and stuff and I cant wait to go to the gatheringggggg ahhhhhh!!!!

I dont have a hangover either....

Hivemind187

Speaking of hangovers ... was it decided upon to drink at the site after the games or to bimble down to the local?

kdouglas

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

Cough CAMPER Cough

Hotel! Ha!
pwned

kdouglas

Hivemind187 wrote: »

Speaking of hangovers ... was it decided upon to drink at the site after the games or to bimble down to the local?

Couple of brewskies around the camp site I think.

Hivemind187

Grand, ram raid an off license on the way then

kdouglas

already hit tescos last night

Stercus Accidit

I'm not an alcoholic, i'm just soberphobic.

Evolute

This will be savage see ya all in a few hours

MaxForce

As of now we will not be rachable by EMail or PM. Please contact me on 087 2141824 if you need to.
All the best,
Martin.

Hooo Yeah

amber631

anyone know what time on sunday should we arrive ????

iceage

Give Martin a bell, his No. is above.

Killinator

You should be there aroun 9-30 to 10, that means you have time to get ready and be chronoed in time for the start at roughly 10-30, and also gives you a few minutes to survey everyone elses kit:D

Evolute

Hehe half way there and im rocking msn and boards hehe :D

Gizmodeon

Hope you all have a great time this weekend
I expect many many pictures!

Evolute

Gizmodeon wrote: »

Hope you all have a great time this weekend
I expect many many pictures!

Dont worry I have a camera and I will be snappin plenty so dont worry you may aswell be going:D:D:D

amber631

iceage wrote: »

Give Martin a bell, his No. is above.

don't want to disturb him with such a stupid question :rolleyes:

200% sure someone here know it,

and
thanks to Killinator

zero19

Best weekend ever! Thoroughly enjoyed it despite coming down hungover!

Evolute

Evolute wrote: »

Dont worry I have a camera and I will be snappin plenty so dont worry you may aswell be going:D:D:D

I retract that statement:p I got a little too drunk last night and didnt even want to look at the camera for fear of seeing photos from last night:p
Zero your not home already are ya?

zero19

To be fair a lot of what happened last night shouldn't be brought up lol

Fallschirmjager

well i was there saturday and i have to say what a great great site. the weather was excellent, sunny and warm. Gtac has a really great cqb site and an even better forest off to the side. really excellent games yesterday and last night. its just on 2 hours drive for me and i will definitely be revisiting.

the cqb site is very intense with a mixture of vans and scattered throughout is shoulder high half metre thick insulation foam (sorry cant remember the name, the white stuff everything is packed in). the effect of that is when someone opens up on full auto and you are hiding behind it, you never ever want to raise your head, the sound is friggen horrific! LOL...excellent material for airsoft, not so for underpants....!!

the forest is really excellent. the forest floor is coated with dead branches which means sneaking though it is a very slow and meticulous with low bushes for cover. (note to self...multicam works). great pathways through it. ideal sniper territory, great for the claymores and was annoyed i didnt bring mine. time to revisit trip mines me thinks...

Many thanks to Martin and Evelyn for a really well organised event. I am keeping my nametag.... for our first event, you get my top marks and bravo on the site...way impressed.

great to see the turnout as well...

some questions

where did all the fecken p90's appear from...looked like stargate out there.

whoever the git was that shot me in the crotch in full auto....thanks i am hoping my voice will drop an octave or 2 in the next day or so.

i found one metal mp5 mag (left it with martin)

zero19

Evolute wrote: »

I retract that statement:p I got a little too drunk last night and didnt even want to look at the camera for fear of seeing photos from last night:p
Zero your not home already are ya?

Yeah myself and Aiden went home around 3, was absolutley wrecked after last night

zero19

Fallschirmjager wrote: »

where did all the fecken p90's appear from...looked like stargate out there.

P90 FTW

MaxForce

Befor we slink off to get a good nights sleep, I want to say thank you to everyone who came to the first All Ireland Airsoft Event "The Gathering". Ye go down in history and as is said a lot, ye are what make a site.

We want to say a big thinks to every one who gave a hand when it was needed. It was relay appreciated and without those little dig-outs every now and again, it might not have gone so well.

Thank you to the IAA Committee members, for the help they gave.

Its a pity all the lads were not around to get the group photograph at the end.

We are really delighted ye had a good time. I will post our pics very soon.
All The Best,
Martin and Evelyn.

knifey_spoonie

I have to say it was a great weekend, love those large woodland games.

congrats go to the maxforce's for managing the whole weekend, and they deserve a huge thanks


But on another darker note we need to look at what our so-called responsible representatives,who were far from responsible and even further from representing the game as a safe and friendly sport .

What happened after the games finished for the night should have never happened but they did and these people need to own up, Im saying this to help the sport and its not to go out of my way to annoy anybody, but the fact what happened was lead by members of the iaa committee, and they need to ask themselves some serious questions.

I know im not the only one who thinks , buts that enough said for now


Once again, thanks for the great weekend, it was super

Killinator

Great day,
once again thanks mr & mrs M,
that was how forest games should be:)

and thanks to team TDK for leaving bits of me in the forest when they opened up on me:D

weeder

knife_fighter wrote: »

I have to say it was a great weekend, love those large woodland games.

congrats go to the maxforce's for managing the whole weekend, and they deserve a huge thanks


But on another darker note we need to look at what our so-called responsible representatives,who were far from responsible and even further from representing the game as a safe and friendly sport .

What happened after the games finished for the night should have never happened but they did and these people need to own up, Im saying this to help the sport and its not to go out of my way to annoy anybody, but the fact what happened was lead by members of the iaa committee, and they need to ask themselves some serious questions.

I know im not the only one who thinks , buts that enough said for now


Once again, thanks for the great weekend, it was super

Absolutely agreed, gtac is the best site ive been to and we all had a fantastic time to which i would like to express my gratitude to martin and evylin but what went on was well out of order

Lemming

Good fun! I only found out I'd be able to go for definite on Friday afternoon so I was scrambling to get stuff sorted. My SCAR bedded in (i.e. the spring power dropped) so I was able to use it in-game today (Sunday) and I must say it is a joy to use.

The night game was chaos ... not sure if I hit anything but I don't particularly care. It was a laugh. Mind you there was a moment where a BB travelled the length of my M15A4 barrel and zipped past my ear. Ducking was order of the night after that.

I didn't get to see enough of the woodland, but it's a challenge to play in

Thanks one and all, and especially to the Martin, Evelyn, and the G-TAC crew for organising and running the event. I'd also like to thank kev on behalf of my SCAR for becoming its first confirmed kill

gandalf

Excellent venue and the organisation was good. A big thank you to Maxforce and Mrs Maxforce for a great weekend.

I really enjoyed my first skirmish experience in the forest, some pretty intense games in there.

JohnReisman

Just home. I am in a sitting position. Why you ask!?! Because I can just about manage it. OMG, what a weekend.

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Apart from some regretable examples of immature behavior (for which I feel G-Tac and all airsofters deserve an apology) the weekend was entirely positive. Weather, site, facilities, gaming, safety and craic. 10 out of 10. A massive thanks goes to all at G-tac, this first all Ireland would not have been what it was without your efforts.

I really liked the forest. And the burger which was kept for me. I ate it 90 minutes after cooking. It was cold. But it was better than some burgers I have eaten in Dublin warm. The general camping experience was excellent. Which is mainly thanks to Glenn of the Contractors. And I cant believe I am sitting here with after-sun on me in April. I'll sleep soundly tonight.

SniperSight

Once again my thanks to the Maxforces for yet another great day at G-TAC. I didnt think the CQB area could get much better after my last visit...... but I was pleasantly surprised.:)
Great games, great food(as usual), great weather and best of all great people.


Oh and to team TDK, my fingernails are nicely sore after trying to crawl as low as possible when ye all opened up on me!! The horror, THE HORROR!:p

Stercus Accidit

G-TAC, WOO!

I said Id post that

Absolutely fantastic site, the woodland is purest joy, ah the amount of kills I got, I may actually not suck anymore

And thanks to Dr.P who pulled me out of the bog before I was swallowed up completely, I was up to my waist! :eek:

And apologies to all those that me, him, dar and richie flanked and slaughtered.

Best scirmish ever.

horgan_p

from the cork lads , martin and the gang - my hats of to ye,fantastic day ye run a superb show.
One of the best airsoft experiences i've had. well done.


To the philipeno (sorry for the spelling) guys - thank you for showing us whats possible, outstanding - ye are so far ahead of us (cork guys anyway).Something to behold and aim for.


Thanks to the dublin lads , would love to see you guys in CTG someday soon.

JohnReisman

Sorry. did I just hear someone say Gathering 2???

Or just to be dramatic, Gathering II???

iceage

Whhooooaa!! come on guys, spill, any pics??:D

Cheeky monkey

GREAT weekend thanks to all involved!! \o/

Dont forget what happens in galway stays in galway :p