Post by Canto on Feb 24, 2012 17:55:50 GMT -5
Operation: Crimson Blight
Saturday, May 26th, 2012
Age Requirements: 15+
Admission Cost: $20.00 Per Player.
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Location
Hole In The Wall Paintball
24262 66th Street
Bangor, Michigan 49013
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Event Schedule
Registration/Chronograph Open: 10:00 AM.
Briefing: 11:45 AM.
1st Half Field Walk-On: 12:00 PM.
Game Start: 12:05 PM.
Lunch Break (One Hour): 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM.
Lunch Briefing: 4:30 PM.
2nd Half Field Walk On: 4:35 PM.
2nd Half Game Start: 4:40 PM.
Game End: 7:30 PM to 7:40 PM (Sunset 7:35 PM)
Debriefing: 7:45 PM.
Storyline
* For more detailed background information leading up to this event; please see ‘World War III: An Alternative History’, located at the bottom of this post.
Storyline Map
Western Air Defense Sector – 00:00 to 02:00 Local Time
- Soviet Typhoon class submarines, TK-204, TK-206, and TK-209 launch SS-N-20 MIRV'S from the Pacific Ocean. Multiple, redundant strikes on the Minuteman III Silos at Minot AFB, North Dakota, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, and Malmstrom AFB, Montana are reported.
- Joint Base Lewis-McChord, monitoring the Western Air Defense Sector; detects multiple, unidentified Antonov AN-12 aircraft entering American airspace from over the Pacific Ocean.
- Multiple USAF installations including Hamilton AFB, Beale AFB, and Norton AFB report small arms fire from an unidentified enemy force.
- 7th Guards, 108th Cossacks Air Assault, paradrop along Interstate 70 at Vail Pass, Colorado.
- 106th Guards, 51st Parachute Battalion land outsideRock Springs, Wyoming. Nearby Interstate 80 is seized.
- 7th Guards, 247th Cossacks Air Assault, land near Buffalo, Wyoming and begin to roadblock areas of Interstate 25 and Interstate 90.
- 76th Air Assault, 23rd Guards Airborne, land along Interstate 40 near Topock, Arizona and roadblock the nearby Colorado River Bridge.
Eastern Air Defense Sector – 00:00 to 02:00 Local Time
- Soviet Typhoon class submarines, TK-207, TK-208, and TK-214 launch SS-20-N MIRV’s from the Atlantic Ocean. Multiple, redundant strikes on the District of Columbia, Pentagon, and Raven Rock Mountain Complex are reported.
- Griffiss AFB, monitoring the Eastern Air Defense Sector; multiple, unidentified Antonov AN-12 aircraft entering American airspace from the Gulf of Mexico.
- Multiple USAF installations including Gunter Annex, Luke AFB, and Tyndall AFB report small arms fire from an unidentified enemy force.
- Revolutionary Army, 1st Battalion Airborne, land and secure the Horace Wilkinson Bridge in Baton Rouge and the Memphis-Arkansas Memorial Bridge in Memphis.
- Revolutionary Army, 2nd Battalion Airborne paradrop near Dyersburg, Tennessee and roadblock the Caruthersville Bridge, severing U.S. Route 412 across the Mississippi River.
- Revolutionary Army, 5th Battalion Airborne parachutes outside Vicksburg, Mississippi. Interstate 20 road blocked near the Louisiana border.
Alaska NORAD Region 00:00 to 02:00 Local Time
- Communications lost with Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
- 7th Guards, 649th Sappers, paradrop outside Livengood, Alaska. Pumping Stations 6 and 7 along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline are razed. Russian troops begin moving Southeast towards Fairbanks.
Western Air Defense Sector – 02:01 to 03:00 Local Time
- Four divisions of Nicaraguan infantry, supported by a four divisions of Cuban BMP-2's cross the U.S-Mexico Border into Texas, overwhelming U.S Border Patrol and National Guard units.
- Four divisions of Mexican grounds troops and mechanized infantry cross the United States border into Arizona and Mexico.
- United States Boeing E-3 Sentries encounter multiple squadrons of Russian MiG-29 along the Gulf Coast. U.S. AWAC
goes offline for the Western Air Defense Sector.
Eastern Air Defense Sector – 02:01 to 03:00 Local Time
- 1st Battalion Dominican Naval-Marines land near Marathon and Pinellas Park, Florida.
- Revolutionary Army, 7th Engineer Support Battalion parachutes outside Greensville, Mississippi. Nearby Interstate 82 is road blocked and a temporary landing strip is constructed.
- United States Boeing E-7 Sentries encounter multiple Cuban and Dominican along the Gulf Coast. U.S. AWAC goes offline for the Eastern Air Defense Sector.
Alaska NORAD Region – 02:01 to 03:00 Local Time
- Ten divisions of Soviet mechanized infantry and T-72 tanks with support of Kirov Class Battlecruisers cross the Bering Strait and land near Unalakleet, Alaska in the Norton Sound.
- 98th Guards, 661st Engineers, land near Anchorage. Electric and water supplies are severed.
Goggle/Facemask/Barrel Bag Requirements
- All participants are required to have ANSI rated 'Full Seal' eye protection.
- All participants are required to have a 'Barrel Bag' over the muzzle of their replica at all times when out of game play.
- Mesh Goggles, Shooting Glasses, Safety Glasses, and/or Lab Goggles will not be allowed under any circumstances. You will be turned away, asked to rent a pair or use a different set of eye protection if you violate this.
- Participants caught using non-compliant eye protection will be immediately removed from the event.
- Barrel Bag's are available for purchase at event registration for $5.00 each.
Registration and Payment
Age Requirements: 15+
$20.00 Per Player (Walk-On)
- Walk-on payment and registration are welcome.
- Waivers will be available on site at registration.
- Click here for field waiver.
* Participants under the age of 18 must have a waiver signed by their parent or legal guardian.
To be placed on the advanced roster for this event please post here (Insert URL) on the Michigan Airsoft forums with the following information:
Your Name:
Callsign/Handle:
Team (If Applicable):
Age:
Green Team or Tan Team:
* If you are signing up as a group please list the above information for your teammates as well.
If you are not registered on the Michigan Airsoft forum, click here to register.
Example:
Full Name: John Conolly
Callsign/Handle: Canto
Team: F.L.A.K.
Age: 25
Green Team or Tan Team: Tan Team
Full Name: Andrew Jager
Callsign/Handle: GlassArchitect
Team: F.L.A.K.
Age: 25
Green Team or Tan Team: Tan Team.
Forces in Play and Uniform Requirements
Multinational Communist Forces (Tan Team) - ACU, ABU, Tri-Color Desert, Six-Color Desert, Arid MARPAT, Arid DPM, Khaki, Black, Urban, and Tan A-TACs.
United States Military (Green Team) - Woodland, Multicam, DPM, MARPAT, Tiger Stripe, OD Green, and Woodland A-TACs.
Civilian Resistance (1st Half / Private) – Contractor.
Cuban ‘Black Wasp’ Special Forces (2nd Half / Private) – Contractor.
* Mis-Matched uniforms (camouflages from both sides) will not be allowed.
* Gear color is irrelevant to which side players may participate on.
* Contractor is defined as khaki pants with a black shirt.
* Ghillie Suits may be worn by players on either side.
Ammunition Limitations and FPS Regulations
Standard Rifles and Submachine Guns
- 1,000 rounds in any configuration. Loose BB’s are not permitted.
SAW's and Support Weapons
- 2,500 rounds in any configuration. Loose BB’s are not permitted.
Sniper Rifles
- 500 rounds in any configuration. Loose BB’s are not permitted.
* Loose BB’s is defined as airsoft BB’s that are not in a magazine and carried by a participant during Gameplay.
* Players are allowed to leave extra ammunition at their prospective respawn location. We are not responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged property. Watch your belongings!
1.0 - 350.9 FPS - Arms Length Engagement Limit.
351.0 - 409.9 FPS - 20 Foot Engagement Limit
420.0 - 550.9 FPS – 50 Foot Engagement Limit, Bolt Action or Permanent Semi-Automatic* Replicas Only.
551.0+ fps - Prohibited or allowed with permission of event organizer only
* We chronograph all airsoft replicas with .20 gram BB’s.
* Permanent Semi-Automatic refers to replicas that do not have full-auto fire capability, no matter how the selector switch or other user input device is manipulated.
Zero Tolerance Policy
This event like every event hosted at an Armory Airsoft field since November 2009 is a Zero Tolerance Event or 'ZT'. The ZT policy is in place to ensure the safety, enjoyment, and reputation of Armory Airsoft, Hole in the Wall Paintball, and airsofters everywhere.
Infractions that are covered under ZT include but are not limited to:
- Removal of goggles during game play on any area of the field.
- Cheating.
- Theft. *
- Vandalism. *
First Violation - Immediate One Hour Removal from Game Play.
Second Violation - Immediate Removal and Six Month Ban.
* Denotes an infraction of immediate permanent removal. Violators are subject to any and all financial and/or legal penalties.
General Information
- Running water and electricity are available on site.
- Restroom available on site.
- Visitors or parents will be admitted for free.
- Violation of rules or regulations set down on the field is grounds for removal from game without refund.
*Real steel knives, firearms, batons, etc are not allowed under any circumstances. Failure to comply will result in immediate removal from the event, lifetime ban from all future events, and legal ramifications to the fullest extent of the law.
Required/Suggested Items To Bring
- Full-Seal Eye Protection. [Required]
- Barrel Bag/Cover. [Required]
- Airsoft Replica and/or Sidearm. [Required]
- Magazines, Batteries, and BB's. [Required]
- Radio. [Highly Recommended]
- Flash Light / Tact. Light. [Highly Recommended]
- Red 'Kill' Rag. [Highly Recommended]
- Canteen / Hydration Pack. [Highly Recommended]
- Spare Batteries. [Highly Recommended]
- Extra Dry Clothing (Shirt, Pants, Socks). [Highly Recommended]
- Extra Dry Footware. [Highly Recommended]
Photographs From Past Spring Games
- Photographs Courtesy of Big Texas.
World War III: An Alternative History
September 1983
- Soviet Interceptors shoot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, near Moneron Island. All 269 passengers and crew are killed.
- Soviet Union and Ukraine suffer their worst Wheat harvest in sixty years.
- Communist guerrillas begin an insurrection against the government of Salvador Jorge Blanco in the Dominican Republic.
- Russian and Afghani government forces begin a campaign to rout Mujahideen guerillas in Afghanistan.
- Price of Corn: $2.53 per bushel.
October 1983
- Soviet scientists and the Politburo blame poor harvest on environmental factors and an unidentified plant pathogen.
- Fidel Castro sends troops and supplies to Sandinista rebels in Nicaragua
- Salvadorian People’s Army begins a revolt against the government of Alvaro Magana.
- United States troops invade Grenada as the request of the Organization of American States.
- Price of Corn increases from $2.60 to $3.80 per bushel.
November 1983
- Food shortages reported near Bonn.
- United States and NATO begin Operation: Able Archer 83, a ten day command-post exercise spanning all of Western Europe.
- Yuri Andropov and Deng Xiaoping renew the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, ending 23 years of political and diplomatic strain.
- Kremlin car bombing incident. Fifteen high ranking Soviet officials are killed; including Mikhail Gorbachev and Andrei Gromyko.
- Price of Corn increases from $3.80 to $4.50 per bushel.
December 1983
- Food riots erupt in Warsaw and Belgrade. Soviet troops are called in to quell rioters.
- Rebels in El Salvador rout government forces at the Battle of San Miguel. Victorious SPA fighters begin moving towards San Salvador.
- Price of Corn increases from $4.50 to $4.80 per bushel.
January 1984
- Communist guerillas in the Dominican Republic overwhelm government garrison and armory at San Cristobal.
- Price of Corn increases from $4.80 to $5.50 per bushel.
February 1984
- Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Soviet Union dies at the age of 68. Konstantin Chernenko assumes the role of General Secretary.
- Sandinista National Liberation Front forces forces defeat U.S. backed Contra rebels at the Battle of Rio Segovia.
- Salvadorian People’s Army defeat the last remains of the government of Alvaro Magana. Democratic People’s Republic of Salvador is formed.
- Price of Corn increases from $5.50 to $6.90 per bushel.
March 1984
– People’s Republic of China begins exporting Rice and Corn to the Soviet Union.
- Salvador Jorge Blanco and high level members of his government seek exile in Mexico. Dominican Liberation Army forces claim victory.
- Second Holodomor begins. An estimated 1.5 million people die of starvation in Ukraine and Poland.
- Price of Corn increases from $6.90 to $7.50 per bushel.
April 1984
– U.S. Spy planes photograph Cuban military installations near the Nicaraguan-Honduran border.
- The first cargo planes from the People’s Republic of China arrive in St. Petersburg. Twenty tons of Rice and Corn are offloaded.
– The Dominican Liberation Army establishes the Republic of Dominica.
- Price of Corn increases from $7.50 to $8.65 per bushel.
May 1984
– President Miguel de la Madrid of Mexico is assassinated. Mexico descends into its second Civil War.
- Soviet counter-insurgency troops begin brutal reprisals against Mujahideen guerillas in Afghanistan.
– Wheat crops with large lesions and withering leaves are reported in France and Italy.
- Price of Corn increases from $8.65 to $9.10 per bushel.
June 1984
– Havana hosts an assembly of South and Central American communist leaders.
– Pathogen effecting wheat crops in France and Italy identified as Asiatic Alternaria Triticina. Paris and Rome halt all wheat imports.
– Lesions and withering leaves appear on crops of wheat in Great Britain.
- Price of Corn increases from $9.10 to $11.40 per bushel.
July 1984
- Nicaraguan Sandinista troops invade neighboring Honduras.
- United States passes the Agrarian Reformation Act, all foreign produced imports of raw wheat, seeds, and wheat by-products are banned.
- Price of Corn increases from $11.40 to $15.25 per bushel.
August 1984
- Republic of Dominica ground forces with the support of Cuban aircraft cross the border into neighboring Haiti.
- Italy suffers worst Wheat harvest in over one hundred years, Asiatic Alternaria Triticina is blamed.
- Food shortages reported in Cologne.
- Cargo planes from the United States arrive in Dover. Forty tons of Corn and Potatoes are offloaded.
- Price of Corn increases from $15.25 to $17.90 per bushel.
September 1984
- Mexican government forces are defeated by Sandinista backed guerilla forces at the Battle of Venustiano Carranza.
- Food shortages reported in Brussels.
- People’s Republic of Honduras is formed.
- Cargo planes from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam arrive in Palermo and Paris.
- Price of Corn increases from $17.90 to $18.70 per bushel.
October 1984
- Shipments of Corn from Canada arrives in London.
- Dominican armed forces enter Port-au-Prince with little resistance.
- Mexican Socialist Republic is formed.
- First shipments of Rice from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic arrive in Munich.
- Price of Corn increases from $18.70 to $19.90 per bushel.
November 1984
- Republic of Haiti is dissolved, Republic of Dominica gains control of the entire island of Hispaniola.
- Walter Mondale defeats incumbent Ronald Reagan in the 1984 Presidential election.
- Under economic pressure from Vietnam, France and Belgium withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- National Guard troops are stationed along the United States-Mexico border.
- Price of Corn increases from $19.90 to $21.10 per bushel.
December 1984
- Food riots erupt in Luxembourg.
- Cuban MiG-29's are spotted by American Spy satellites in Honduras.
- Italy withdraws its membership from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- Bread riots begin in Madrid.
- Price of Corn increases from $21.10 to $23.60 per bushel.
January 1985
- Germany resigns from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization under political pressure from Laos and Italy.
- Soviet Attack Helicopters are photographed on the Yucatan Peninsula.
- Famine is reported in Amsterdam.
- Imports of Honduran Corn and Beans arrive in Lisbon.
- Price of Corn increases from $23.60 to $24.75 per bushel.
February 1985
- Left-wing, Patriotic Union party gains seats in the Columbian parliament.
- Following the example of Germany and France, Belgium withdraws from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- Soviet counter-insurgency forces corner and defeat the last pockets of Islamic guerillas in Afghanistan.
- Marxist guerillas begin an insurrection in Venezuela.
- Price of Corn increases from $24.75 to $25.50 per bushel.
March 1985
- Shipments of Laotian Soybeans and Rice arrive in Athens.
- Spain and Portugal withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- Belgium closes the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
- Chinese corn arrives in Nijmegen.
- Konstantin Chernenko, General Secretary of the Soviet Union dies of heart failure. Vasili Kuznetsov assumes the role of General Secretary.
- Price of Corn increases from $25.75 to $30.73 per bushel.
April 1985
- Guerilla forces enter the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
- NATO headquarters reopens in Quebec.
- Cuban armored personnel carriers are seen outside Mexico City.
- Netherlands withdraws from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- Price of Corn increases from $30.73 to $36.95 per bushel.
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