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Offline HollywoodAlaska

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Greetings from wayyy up north (AK)
« on: April 19, 2006, 04:28:32 PM »
Hi,
I live in Anchorage, Alaska and I am coming down to NAU in Flagstaff next year for college.  I have a lot of guns (AUG, MP5, M14, MP7, G36K, G19, M3), and a lot of tac gear. I play as much as I can up here, but the games we play are relatively small (15-20 avg).  We play at an abandoned Army SAM site in Wasilla.  I have no intention of selling my gear, since I plan on playing a lot down in Arizona too.  I was wondering if people could give me a heads up on what the airsoft scene is like down south, especially near the Flagstaff/NAU area.  

How big are games?  What kind of climate do you guys usually play in (I've never needed to use desert camo up here)?  Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2006, 04:54:41 PM »
Welcome!!  We have at least 1 other Alaskan already in our midst.  The summer games would be pretty close to ya,(Prescott) the winter games not so close.

You gotta tell Cool Moose stories though,  :lol:

Be Well,
Phyrst/Charlie
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« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2006, 05:33:43 PM »
WELCOME! and um enjoy the heat! and the daylight/night shifting thingy and all just playn' but yea i want to hear bout mouses!
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« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2006, 05:51:19 PM »
Hey Anchorage!   I grew up in Fairbanks.  We used to play something like airsoft (with metal bb's and pellets) at the old NIKE Missle site out the Steese Highway.

You won't be needing your bunny boots down this way!
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« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2006, 06:14:33 PM »
No good moose stories guys, but I do have a porcupine story...

We used to play at a "prison" in Wasilla (now demolished).  The prison was one large building, about 30 meters across and 10 meters wide, facing a smaller building that was about 15X7m.  There was a little cover but not much in between the buildings.  In both buildings there was TONS of cover, plus vents, holes in the walls, tunnels, access to roofs, water silos.... it was a blast.  

There was a tunnel that runs between the two buildings.  It was very dark and small, but if you go through it you were almost certainly going to sneak up on an enemy and possibly take the opposing building stealthily.  I told my friend Zach to go through the tunnel to help me clear out some enemies bunkered in the opposite building.  So Zach climbed in, and I watched for enemies trying to cross the distance between the buildings.  I go over to the entrance of the tunnel and shout to Zach if he's ok or not.  

Suddenly, I hear a yell and Zach comes streaking out of the tunnel, sliding on his back pushing with his legs.  I ask him, "What happened?"
Zach says, "I was going through the tunnel, and I shine my light up to make sure there weren't any pipes in my way, and this porcupine rears up on its legs and hisses at me!  Like something out of the movie Alien!"
  I laughed and then asked, "Where is your gun Zach?".
He looks at me, and then looks down the tunnel.  "Oh s**t.  Uhh, can you go and get it for me?"
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Offline Twitchy Konigkeit

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« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2006, 07:43:27 PM »
lol that sounds like a tight place i don't think we have stuff that is that cool out here unfortunatly.....but im' sure you will have one hell of a time(by hell i mean good and bad)
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« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2006, 11:06:38 PM »
Ya... I wish there were dilapidated abandoned buildings like that in my area of Phoenix... I would love to do somethin like that. Most of the empty stuff around here is desert though.. I think a mountian game would be cool though.
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« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2006, 11:13:23 PM »
Welcome HollywoodAlaska!  I have heard of that place before.  We had another guy that moved here from Alaska sometime back.  Hope you enjoy your stay here!
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« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2006, 09:50:15 AM »
I have a question: where do you guys play in AZ?  I see a lot of posts but I can't make heads or tails of the locations.  What kind of terrain do you guys play in?  CQB?  Desert?  Forest?

Also, I visited Flagstaff this weekend and my friend told me that there were a lot of abandoned buildings/factories around that area.  Does anyone else know about this?

Thanks.
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« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2006, 05:37:35 PM »
well all out here in AZ we have desert..unfortunatly, its really wooded in Prescott and former BT, and CQB (which isn't to big) at SASCO, there are toher places too some blended of all three really
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« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2006, 06:02:34 PM »
welcome, hope you have a good time. were me and alot of my friends play is desert/forest. its weired lol. well i hope you like Arizona. how cold does it get up there, i would die.
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« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2006, 06:08:32 PM »
Welcome. I've got a few friends in Anchorage and one or two friends moving there in a few months. Sounds like a great place. Everyone that I know that's moved here from there wants to go back.

The airsoft areas here are obviously desert, but they're fun. Not like you're imagining, I bet. There's games in Prescott with plenty of trees, then there's Jomax (I think that's the location) which reaches extreme heat. Last game there that I was at, I remember it was in the 110+ temp.

Is that actually you in your avatar?
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« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2006, 04:24:16 PM »
Yeah, that's me in the pic.

110  :shock:
I've only dreamed about 110... of course those dreams were nightmares...

The coldest we've ever played in is about -5 degrees F.  However, I was at a cabin once where it got to -40 outside!  So cold you could throw a cup of coffee in the air and it would evaporate before it hit the ground!
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« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2006, 04:34:43 PM »
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...So cold you could throw a cup of coffee in the air and it would evaporate before it hit the ground!


You mean freeze? :lol:

110 isn't that bad, just drink lots of water and you'll be fine.
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« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2006, 04:51:42 PM »
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110 isn't that bad, just drink lots of water and you'll be fine.


I actually can't wait to see how he reacts to the temperature.

You'll only almost faint every once in a while. No worries, AK.
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