REC: ATS 28 mi - Sun 4/21 28 mi and Gratiot

[ATS]

Sunday, REC GAME:

Join ATS and enjoy spring and sling some plastic all!

Time: Sunday 1100-1800

Cost: $20.00 field fee

Rentals: Rental arms, Rental masks, Ammo, etc. $15 plus ammo cost.

On-site electricity for charging batteries (bring your charger).

RSVP: Contact ATS via Private Message, here on MIA, or via email: [e-mail]

Safety: Full-seal goggles are mandatory, under 18 requires full-face protection (paintball mask or “Iron Jaw” mesh lower, combined with full seal goggles). NO shooting glasses, shop glasses, or mesh goggles will be allowed NO EXCEPTIONS!

You must sign a waiver. If you are under 18, your parent or guardian must sign the waiver as well. Waivers will be provided. If you are under 18 and will be riding with another – and your parent will not be attending, email me for a waiver I will send – you can have your parent sign it, then your “Day Guardian” – someone with you OVER 18 can sign ON SCENE, in addition to your parents signature.

Enjoyment: Wear Long Sleeves, Gloves, Head cover, Full Length Pants and gloves for maximum enjoyment! Bring yourself extra socks and other clothing and WEAR WATER-RESISTANT FOOTWEAR! Bring a folding, or camp, chair!.

MIA rules/FPS limits are in effect.0.0 – 350.9 Arm length engagement
351 – 409.9 20ft engagement
410 – 550.9 100ft engagement
551+ Not permitted except by special permission of event host


Directions:
Take I-94 East towards Port Huron and take the 26 mile exit head west to Gratiot Ave then turn North onto Gratiot Ave, make a right onto 28 mile (dirt road), field and parking lot is first place on your left (a gate into a field, about 300 yards from Gratiot) – the parking area is on the NE corner of 28 and Gratiot.
Or


Take Gratiot Ave north and turn right onto 28 mile, field and parking lot is first place on your left (see image attached for further).

Attachments:

[ATS]

Weather looks to be good, cool but not cold! No precipitation predicted. See you all Sunday!

[Impulse]

I can't see anyone complaining about 50 degrees and sunny. Let's play.

[ATS]

The land owner understands that we've been hit by bad weather and low attendance due to it, but based on his history with prior operator of airsoft on field, he made it clear, MAKE RENT - GET PLAYERS - or he is CLOSING the field to airsoft permanently - and its the only know "Zoned for airsoft" field, legally set up for play, in Michigan that anyone I know is aware of.. lets not lose it guys, where's airsoft Jesus when we need him?!?! Wheres Bones? (Casper is working) Team Ghost?!?!? We do have Steel Fallen Angel and some other great players coming, so GET OUT AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY!!!! Keep the field open!!!

Thanks all,
Thadius ATS!

[Hound]

Will balaclavas work for the required face protection? You can't count on my brother and I being there.

[ATS]

Yes, balaclava will work, did yo mean I CAN or CANNOT count on you? Hpe to see you! 11-6

Thadius
ATS

[Hound]

Oh my bad. That's a typo. You CAN count on us being there.

[ATS]

Roster updated: several new players coming, Steel Fallen Angel and Alex, Novak, Impulse, Jarhead Don, Glen, (maybe Grant) and many others re planning to come - arranging rides amnd watching weather (report is still good). Should have a decent turnout - if we want to keep the field open we need to pay the rent, so get out and play to ensure we have the field for the summer, guys and gals! Owner has made it clear - from a prior "bad taste in his mouth" he WILL NOT open up for another airsoft group if we hose this up, damage his props willfull, or fail to pay rent, so please, lets make April a paid month - come play with us, do your part to maintain a place to hold excellent REC, OPs, SCENs and Mil Sims all through the year and I'll do mine!!! HELP KEEP 28mi and GRATIOT OPEN FOR THIS YEAR!!! If you cant make it, tell your friends in the airsoft community - I know the Michigan airsoft community WANTS this field open, especially as summer comes in, so come play, and help guarantee you have a great outdoor field all year!!!

[captainkid]

As soon as I get my new gear together. Myself and my other fighting taco brothers will ve out there! Prepare for an ass whoopin ;D

-Beaujean

P.s. Is that the Marino's property? Of course he'd charge us to use his UNUSED land. I used to work for him.

[SamRI]

After I'm back we'll be making it out more and more. I've got a couple more guys interested too

[X]

I have a couple suggestions for your issues with attendance.

1) Keep an updated roster on the first post. When I have no idea who's going I'm not motivated to go. If I see guys that I'm friends with signed up I'm much more inclined to go. Also, with no roster I have to assume only a handful of people are actually going to the game if any. I don't want to go to a game with 3 guys where I spend all day trudging through the woods looking for something to shoot.

2) Host games less often. I nor probably anyone else is going to go play every weekend. I would go once a month though if I saw a decent number of guys signed up. When you host a game every weekend you might get a handful of guys 4 times a month. If you hosted once a month you might get 50 or more guys for the one game. When the attendance gets bigger the overall attraction to play is bigger which becomes a positive feedback loop. If I don't see at least 20-30 guys on a roster it's really unlikely that I'm gonna show. Some people have lower thresholds, some higher, but I'm willing to bet most people aren't going to drive an hour away to play a game with three other guys.

3) Consider other fields when scheduling games. If No Limits has 100 guys on the roster for Saturday how many guys are going to show up at ATS on Sunday? Granted the fields have different locations and thus a different player base, but there is certainly overlap. Those guys that would have showed up on Sunday can catch the game next weekend. Now you saved yourself operating cost which will lower the bar for making rent.

4) Mix it up. REC games are fun, but you don't see me driving down to Ohio for a REC game. Hosting Scenario and MILSIM games could help increase attendance and if done right can increase revenue from higher entry fee's. You just have to make sure that there's something to justify that cost.

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[SamRI]

I can agree with many of the things X posted about. I'll play with a lower threshold of guys but he makes good points about spreading the roster too thin across 4 weekends. I think even I would be more likely to specifically plan for "the big weekend you've been posting about all month with a confirmed roster of 40-50." Especially if you organize more milsims like the one last August, that was a ton of fun and I'd definitely do that as often as you had them.