Airsport---- A new kind of airsoft game ---- Grand opening Oct 13th

I used to tell my friends that asked me " hey Phil whatcha doin?" I'm going to this place where I give $20 bucks to shoot kids with my bb gun! I got a kick out of their reaction.


Now when they ask I tell them, "I got a job where I shoot kids with my bb gun." Yes at a little more than a year away from sixty I am working as a ref and occasional player, to even up the sides, at an airsoft arena.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MkvvAVan9ec#! www.playairsoft.com
The old grayhair in the video is me.









We have been open a month but tomorrow is our grand opening. Airsoft Atlanta is supporting us and we are raffleling guns and what not, people play free with their own equipment, free food and drinks.


We are in an "entertainment mall". This mall has a skateboard park, Midevil Times, Dave and Busters, Dojo, movies, race car sim, slot car racing, miniture golf on the moon, train rides, water rides, you name it.....and burlington coat factory and other stores you expect at a mall.

At least half the players see a game through the observation window and come in. We had grandmas (wearing wifebeaters and getting in peoples faces) with their daughters and grandkids, boys and girls on dates, bunches of HS kids just out of a shoot-em-up movie, and all kinds of kids dragging their parents in. All first time players.


We score points for things like ( in order of max points to min) --- getting a ball in the goal, pulling flag football kind of flags off of opfore, nailing an opfore with the dodge ball, deflecting a dodgeball with another dodgeball and of course one point per bb elimination. We have a scoreboard on the field and a countdown clock. Very different from the typical milsim game. Much faster and IMHO more fun.




Hi Ho Hi Ho gotta get my guns ready cause off to work I go.




Peace
Phil
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The Field needs a lot of work and more objectives than throwing a basketball in a net while shooting each other. The field would be a great paintball field but not so much for Airsoft. Hope things get better and field improves in the future, otherwise I won't be back.

I don't mean to down the place, but it loses its appeal after about 2 rounds. Hope the criticism is used to improve this facility so it will remain for a good long while. It is a great opportunity and has the ability to expose this sport to many newcomers (targets).