This week the Regiment Airsoft Boot Camp will explain, basic terms, gear, guns, some ideas for guys who have been playing for a while and shit that pisses me off.
First term
“patton”
or
“currie”
if Canadian
or
“monty” if British.
Yes the capitalization was omitted deliberately.
An alpha male type who thinks they are supreme allied commander of the playing field.
“watch patton address the troops”, A great old Vietnam movie “Go tells the Spartans”has the best scene to describe what a patton is.
Let me start by telling you I hate the term Noob, mainly because I’m the guy who is called that. Normally I play at my field and many other different fields every year.
I’m not well known at any of the other ones. Also I’m not all kitted out, with vest, helmet, and all the other look cool kit. Just me in solid green field gear, a beat up M4 and a webbing belt, yea I look like a Noob. Don’t care, it’s the way I like to play most of the time.
I don’t want to be that guy, the guy who says “I’ve played longer than you have even heard of airsoft” but played airsoft longer than you have even heard of it.
That statement is true for ninety nine percent of the players out there, my Marui m4 was received a month before the majority of them got introduced to anywhere outside of Japan. What is that 12 plus years ago? and it wasn’t my first “soft” either.
However every once and a while I go to the field some asshole patton type looks at me and calls me Noob. Don’t get me wrong most guys who play airsoft are great, as you already know. However with any sport you do get the odd person you wish would just take their ball(s) and go home.
What is it with these alpha male navy seal wannabe chairborn (yes that spelled right) commando types? Buddy, you’re a (put in any number of non military occupations here) not a special op, Don’t be bossing people around
like you have a smick of what to do. Most people are at the field to have a good time, blow off some steam or in pattons mind, the worst case scenario, some guy out on a corporate team building event.
My favorite patton is the guy telling me to go on the other team, we have enough Noobs already. Guess who is getting hunted today by me, that’s right, you fucker.
I will let a hundred guys pass just to tag you out. When I tell your team mates what my task is, they will let me pass to go after you, because they are sick of you too. You barking out orders to “double flank the forward position in a pincer movement and push through” (that’s a direct quote by the way) has grated on them more than anyone else. The fact no one is listening to you should be an indicator you don’t matter.
The fun ends about noon when I stop carrying a childish grudge and begin to start playing either serious or just start goofing around depending on my mood.
Charging a bunker on automatic screaming BANZAI, or teaming up with an old army buddy too clear a trench system. Kicking ass doing it. Unless it’s a serious scenario game where authenticity is stressed, let people do their own thing, It’s a game, enjoy it.
So the word and advice for the day is, patton, don’t be one.