Post by 79stang on Aug 18, 2011 11:52:30 GMT -5
Had this on AO and thought you guys would like to discuss too. SDK, knows what its like to be on the receiving end of my tracers, lol.
Since there has been a higher level of interest with the night game scenarios there have been a lot of cool night game devises that have come along. While we all cant afford Gen III nightvision one of the things that most everyone can afford are tracer units.
Now, we have probably seen the videos on youtube. A descent tracer unit will run you about 50 dollars with the higher end ones being 100 bucks. This means that the average player might look at getting one for the wow factor and the usefulness. For example, I have a tracer unit and I spot an enemy. I can fire at that target and stop to get into cover. The rest of my team knows where I am shooting and can fire at that spot without tracer unites. Good way to identify enemies at night.
Now, here is where the colors part comes in. It use to be that tracers were only green or at least they are the easiest to come by. This is still true, but madbull has started offering more colors. I personally just picked up red tracers and it got me thinking of restricting the colors to represent team colors.
My idea is that blue and green tracers should be used for green. Red and orange should be used for tan. This will help for team recognition in the dark. One of the big problems in night games is movement. People tend to camp because they cant see and dont want to give away their position with light or noise. I know that this is geared toward milsims, but could be used in open plays. I also know that this is up to the event organizer. I think this should be addressed now because the number of people with tracers is relatively small, but with cheaper prices means that more people will probably be willing to buy them.
Also, there is no difference in the price of the color, they run about 10-15 bucks for 2k and if you mix them in with regular BBs, that will last a long time.
So I would like your feed back from a player and event organizer stand point. The one good thing about airsoft is that there are a lot of honest people, so making sure that everyone knows the rules and players must understand that if they do not follow the rules, they should not be allowed to use an item (just like they are not allowed to use a hot gun). What do you think?
Here is the video I made too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tADqMSS-ZJc
Since there has been a higher level of interest with the night game scenarios there have been a lot of cool night game devises that have come along. While we all cant afford Gen III nightvision one of the things that most everyone can afford are tracer units.
Now, we have probably seen the videos on youtube. A descent tracer unit will run you about 50 dollars with the higher end ones being 100 bucks. This means that the average player might look at getting one for the wow factor and the usefulness. For example, I have a tracer unit and I spot an enemy. I can fire at that target and stop to get into cover. The rest of my team knows where I am shooting and can fire at that spot without tracer unites. Good way to identify enemies at night.
Now, here is where the colors part comes in. It use to be that tracers were only green or at least they are the easiest to come by. This is still true, but madbull has started offering more colors. I personally just picked up red tracers and it got me thinking of restricting the colors to represent team colors.
My idea is that blue and green tracers should be used for green. Red and orange should be used for tan. This will help for team recognition in the dark. One of the big problems in night games is movement. People tend to camp because they cant see and dont want to give away their position with light or noise. I know that this is geared toward milsims, but could be used in open plays. I also know that this is up to the event organizer. I think this should be addressed now because the number of people with tracers is relatively small, but with cheaper prices means that more people will probably be willing to buy them.
Also, there is no difference in the price of the color, they run about 10-15 bucks for 2k and if you mix them in with regular BBs, that will last a long time.
So I would like your feed back from a player and event organizer stand point. The one good thing about airsoft is that there are a lot of honest people, so making sure that everyone knows the rules and players must understand that if they do not follow the rules, they should not be allowed to use an item (just like they are not allowed to use a hot gun). What do you think?
Here is the video I made too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tADqMSS-ZJc
