[soldierofvalor]

I live in Colorado. I go to the ASCO games and the affiliated ColoradoMilsim Operations. I am subject to these unfair, unjust rules that have been set. At the last OP I attended, Operation: Sudden Strike 4, I was the only one there wearing a ghillie suit, so I found it quite insulting when they banned them from the event midway through. I took it very personal and I still will not forget it. I had been working for months, attending weekly games, and trying to gain a good reputation around the community to strengthen my chances of being selected as one of the two persons for the position of Team Sniper. There was one sniper and one spotter for each of the two ~50 man platoons on the USFOR. These were the only players allowed in ghillies. I was selected, and I went out and prepared a ghillie suit for the environment I was to be playing in. On the second day at around 5PM on the second day(saturday) the ghillies suits were banned because players complained I was not calling my hits due to the suit. After these complaints began raining down on me that morning, the head of CO Milsim came, and unknown to me at the time, observed me for around 30 minutes. People were complaining they hit me, he said they never really got close, except for when my hide was over run. I called myself out. He still said that the majority ruled, and I had to take it off. I even asked around some of the OPFOR players, they said that their team mates even said that they where just very angry they couldn't find me. This sort of occurrence is not unheard of, it happens way too frequent at ASCO, and it needs to be stopped. I've seen kids get abused for being a sniper, I've seen veteran adults laughed at for being a sniper. I've been made fun of. I think a bigger issue is when you take a shot at a guy 250+ ft. out, the shot nails him in the neck, you watch him flinch greatly, then he just takes cover again, and never calls that hit. I've done tests myself, I can feel a hit through a ghillie suit just as well as through plain BDU's or a tactical vest. Sorry for the rant on ASCO, I just really have a bone to pick with them.

 

[soldierofvalor]

When was that said man!? If they don't apply that rule to everyone else, I will be damn right pissed. I honestly don't know who is making all these decisions(rules) and how in the hell are they coming to them in the first place. If they don't let up relatively soon, or place any more restrictions on snipers for that matter, I will probably not play with them ever again. The only way I would stick around is if the sniper community here can place whatever restrictions on their 'role classes' that we feel would balance things(i.e. SAW gunners can only carry one 30 round mag/ all non-sniper players have to wear pink jumpsuits while playing and no LBEs of any kind). I doubt they would like that. The games just aren't balanced any more and snipers don't have a say in anything.

 

[soldierofvalor]

The only problem from doing something like that tuxedo is ASCO would probably ban us from any further games with them. And because Colorado Milsim and ASCO are run by the same people(generally speaking); if you got banned from one, you'd be banned from the other(most likely).

I agree with sounguru; we need to get some more organizations to begin hosting their own games. When you look at all of the states and countries where Airsoft is popular and successful, you'll also notice there are countless stores and fields there. If you take California for example, you'll see that a good number of the stores there(like airsoftgi.com and evike.com) have there own fields(or partnering fields). God Father Airsoft(New Jersey i think) has there own store as well as indoor and outdoor fields. Look at Scotland. They have hundreds of fields with all sorts of different rules(and they do allow exceptions and changes); look how many people play there, it is insane! I believe those who can should start up their own businesses/fields. At least have some new organizations that run their own games.

Tuxedo, at some point we should try and see if we can find some playable land and get something going there regularly. Colorado needs more than ASCO and one CQB

 

[soldierofvalor]

The problem with that is ASCO and Colorado Milsim(they are large event coordinators) have the only games that are run here regularly. AirsoftColorado.org is the only site specifically for airsoft and they have pretty much the entire playing population here on their forums. If they talked trash about whatever we tried to do, most of the community would probably buy it. It would be hard to pass up the reputation they've built up over the past decade or so.