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Post by Uberhampster on Mar 7, 2005 16:08:04 GMT -5
*Pictures removed due to questionable area of play and concerns of certain members of SEMIA*
-Uber_hampster
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Post by RabidMarmot on Mar 7, 2005 16:23:27 GMT -5
Not really, but if thinking that I was in harm's way makes you feel better that's fine by me.
Yeah, I'm the photographer and I got yelled at for taking alot of these.
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Post by markopolo on Mar 7, 2005 16:39:26 GMT -5
thats me about to get plinked by that VSR-10 in the scope  and ian, you really should've taken more pics of me. im saddened to see i have been left out :*( |
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Post by kamakazi_king on Mar 7, 2005 17:09:42 GMT -5
Hey Ian, nice job on the photos, man bad picture of me, i guess i wasnt there for the pictures of the arsenals, oh well, next time. Any who, good job, next time though be a little more descrete when you take the pictures, when pyka and david were coming around the corner there, i knew they were due to you and waited for them, oh well, just a harmless ambush ;D. Other than that, again great job.
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Post by inFamous1 on Mar 8, 2005 0:54:11 GMT -5
that field looks to to be vErY "appropriate" to play on.....  new rule proposal mods........ only pictures of fields which are legitiment can be posted on the forum. The last thing we need is to have pictures of a bunch of people playing on what appears to be an inappropriate place to play. However, i could be wrong but, from the looks of it there appears to be a little more so then one or two houses within 100 ft( little "fishy"). I'm not trying to disrespect you guys or say your even put you down. Just saying that the last thing we need is for people to see this and say..... wow... that looks oddly enough like a neighborhood. We're suppose to set a positive example and be a positive role model to the airsoft community...... not a negative. The last thing we want is to be portrayed as "hoodlums" with guns. - just think about it Even if you did have permission to play it looks to be totally inappropriate. Again i could be wrong but, i just am looking out for the clubs reputation. The last thing we want is for someone new to come on here.... and be like well they are supposivly a highly respected group and it looks like they are playing in a neighborhood and are fine.... so why can't i? Furthermore, if you did have permission then fine, but posting pictures on the interent of what looks to be an inappropriate place to play which is not listed as a semia approved field is not the way to go about after playing. Just because of the ?neiborhoodish" type atmoshpere represented. - its just commom sense thats all... wether or not you had permission to play or not.  As i stated above i'm not trying to get anyone in trouble just make apparent the type of information in a forum leading to a negative reputation or future airsoft incident.... thats all. Better we address this now rather then later for EVERYONE. Most of use would like this club team (whatever you wish it to represent) to be a positive influence on the present and future airsoft community and pictures like that lend themselve to the inverese reaction of public eyes and memebers eyes. In high contrast to the way we wish to be portrayed as responsible young and or adults.- ;D now i need to get going on final, ha.- just thought i'd bring that up not only for you.... but this goes for EVERYONE! it is of the up most importance that these standards be addresses now.... and your neighborhoodish type field brought them about my brain. This post is for everyone though. .... unless there is an inaccuracy in what i am saying ..... mods?  |
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Post by markopolo on Mar 8, 2005 10:13:35 GMT -5
hmm. that had to be the longest post i've ever seen that really didn't say anything at all. we play where we can, and if thats in somebody's backyard, then thats where it is. i've never even heard of any fields to play at around here. so, to put it simply, we play where we can when we can.
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Post by inFamous1 on Mar 8, 2005 12:56:25 GMT -5
are you the ones who play in the park?..... figures- i'm not even going to waste my time......... |
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Post by Uberhampster on Mar 8, 2005 15:24:03 GMT -5
I, nor anyone in my group of friends(even Mark, blunt he may be), to my knowledge has ever played, or will play in a public area, and I take offence to your remark.
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Post by markopolo on Mar 8, 2005 15:36:08 GMT -5
infamous, we'd all apreciate it if you'd stop flaming us for not playing in one of your recognized "fields". since when to play airsoft do you have to play at a field? a backyard is just fine. and no, we have never played in a public area, but nice try.  |
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Post by Troubadour on Mar 8, 2005 15:48:30 GMT -5
Not to be an asshole, but a backyard is definately not a safe place to play. Even if all your neighboors say its cool, what is to stop a car to drive by and see this, and then call the cops. What happens if a BB hits your neighboors window, or worse it hits your neighboor.
Also, you said you never played in a public area. Yet, isnt your backyard pretty public? Unless of course you live all the way up north, where houses are divided by miles. Which I doubt as I spotted a couple of houses.
I am not trying to flame, or insult you. Just merely trying to suggest something for your safety.
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Post by markopolo on Mar 8, 2005 16:03:24 GMT -5
well - it seems we have consulted the police on this issue, they have stopped by numerous times and said "my son plays this game all the time". and, where we play is very wooded, so its very rare that anyone will be hit. and i dont really consider a backyard to be public. and no, im not trying to be an asshole.
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Post by Uberhampster on Mar 8, 2005 16:09:32 GMT -5
People pay to own property. Their owning the property means it is not public, i.e. private property. If you remember the sniper photo, there is a good couple hundred yards in back of the house. There are two houses on either sude, but we stayed away from those, delibertly made rules to not be anywhere where someone could shoot at you and accidently hit a window. None of our guns are anywhere near powerful enough to break a window anyway. We also did not venture in front of the house where we would alert anyone or apear to be "hooligans" or even "punk teenagers". I am not in anyway saying playing in a backyard(even though this is not a typical backyard), is the best place to play, it is what we have available. I would much prefere to play in a field, but there appear to be none around. Aside from driving 3 hours to play with people I met online 2 days ago(not that I wouldn't like to play with you guys eventually, I would), there seems to be no other alternitive, so the only way we are able to participate in this hobby we love and have invested time and money into is to play in the places we have available and make sure to be responsible and a s safe as possible. We would want in no way to portray a negative image of the sport.
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Post by Father_Livonia on Mar 8, 2005 16:19:01 GMT -5
semia's rule.... play airsoft where people cant get cought in crossfire/see you or dont play at all, sound resonable guys?
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Post by Uberhampster on Mar 8, 2005 16:33:18 GMT -5
fine were sorry we did anything bad and posted pictures of us doing bad stuff and we'll be better next time. But let me ask, after spending 500 dollars on this sport, with no fields around, and according to you, no place to play, what am I supposed to do? What are WE supposed to do? I've looked for fileds looked for areas where others play that are completely safe and I have found no one. As said before, I would love to play with you guys and show my love of this sport and all, but it is not always practical to drive to a SEMIA game. If you know anyone around us, or a field, PLEASE inform us and we would be glad to play there, but in the absence of that happening, are we supposed to let our hundred dollar investment sit there and rust? We understand that any harm to the image of this sport is bad, the rep of this sport being bad enough. We try to be incredibly responsible when playing, pasuse the game when cars drive by or when pedestrians walk by. I gladly explain the sport to people walking by(I have) and after a couple minutes they can see that it is safe and usually tell me "to have a good time". The police have stopped by numerous times, and seem to have no problem. Infact, they asked to fire our guns, and we told them about it and did a basic run thorugh of FAQ's. He was friendly and then was on his way, not mentioning anything about legality or us being unsafe. I can't stress enough our respect for others and the care we take to ensure safety of players and bysanders, but so far the response has been "only play in fields in the middle of nowhere that don't exist with in 4 hours of you".
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Post by Knief on Mar 8, 2005 16:41:00 GMT -5
yeah Livonia, sounds reasonable enough. If you can see houses that you don't own, you shouldn't be playing there. If, when you go hundreds of yards back, you're completely surrounded by woods and can no longer see houses or a street, go nuts. If police officers are stopping by, then somebody who can see you has a problem with it. A good rule of thumb is that if anybody can see you without being on the property, then don't play there. You can see those houses, their occupants can see you. If you have to drive three hours to play, then drive three hours to play. I do find it hard to believe that there isn't one piece of private land within three hours of you that is owned by some cool person who would let you play.
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