Operation Border War

Just a short post, because I'm quite tired. I had an awesome time at the game, there were lots of people there, it was great to put some faces to the user names from the forums, and check out all of the cool guns and gear that everyone had.

Personally, I prefer the smaller games, this game I didn't get to fire through even 300 rounds (1 high capacity magazine/clip)...where as with the last game that was a lot smaller, I went through nearly 600 rounds. I didn't get any confirmed kills this time, mostly because the enemy was so deep in the dense woods that it was difficult to see them, but just patrolling the woods, defending our base, making attacks on the enemy base, was more than enough fun for a game that lasted from around 10am to 5:30pm.

There was one major scare in the middle of the night, before the game. An American airsoft retail store owner attempted to bring guns and accessories across the border, which is illegal if you do not own proper license for importing these guns. However, he had checked with customs the week before to see if it was alright, he got through early in the day...but his wife was in a second vehicle bringing over accessories (which are legal to import), but she didn't declare the $11,000 worth of accessories and was fined $4000 (much of which was the 25% duty that she owed). Back on topic, this gave everyone at the game a scare that the RCMP would show up to the game...they were looking for the guy that owned the store and he was at the game. Everyone was worried that the RCMP would confiscate their guns and gear.

Luckily veteran members, and people that knew the laws of Canada were there to calm everyone down. Unfortunately some people were quick to pack up and leave, and missed out on a great game. Nothing we were doing was illegal, it was just the American that was smuggling things into Canada that the Police were after. No police showed up, and we had an awesome day.

The rain didn't hit until about the last hour or so of the game, at the time was just a drizzle, but as the game finished and everyone was packing up it actually started to rain. This made for some slippery roads on the way back, due to our good driving, everyone made it home alive and well :)

Coming back we had some "car troubles" that delayed our convoy by a few hours, but I eventually made it home by about 3:30am safe and sound.

Right now, I'm tired...a bit sore, but not as much as last game (of course I have yet to move around a lot). Yesterday I nearly twisted my ankle when my foot slipped between some logs and I tried to keep moving, twisting my ankle a bit...was sore for the rest of the day, but seems fine now.

I'll be posting a link to the pictures from the game later, after I get them uploaded and "linkable".

Cheers,
Andrew