Woodland Tournaments; the great tactical equalizer

[b0ned0me]

Also, the point about injuries is fair...

I've only seen dislocated shoulders, twisted ankles and so on, but you hear some real horror stories about the old woodland tournies.
Trees, branches, hard pointed barricades and uneven footing are NOT well suited to high-intensity play

 

[QuackingPlums]

On a rec day I was at recently with some first-timers we played a single flag game (in the centre, H-shaped barricade) and having walked the field on the way to our "base" I was convinced we were closer to it than they were, and had a much easier run, to the extent that I thought I'd just run full pelt at the flag and grab it at the beginning: what I hadn't noticed through my fogged up site-goggles was that my route went straight through a rather thin tree!

Needless to say I ran at full speed into this tree, and I swear it felt like my forearm had snapped... but as it happened, I had enough momentum to completely level the tree, get to the flag, grab it and then get stuck behind a bunker for the rest of the game...

It *was* an impressive bruise, but thankfully, nothing broken

 

[joe bob]

I like em both in woodland it is usually diff thn sup air, in the woods it is always diff every year because limbs grow back and that hiding spot might fill up with water. But those inflatable feilds, u can make them different every week!

 

[Morter]

woodland rec-ball is quite a laugh, but i find it really hard to spot people in amongst the trees, which is ok, but you can get away without having to stay so tight, and I dont find I get as much of an adrenaline rush compared to when I play sup'air, having said that though, the netting field at foxwood skirmish is mental fun!!!

 

[QuackingPlums]

Netting is funny, cos u can see when ppl are getting ready to snap-shoot!
I just end up taunting the opposing players through the netting the whole game...

 

[Little Jon]

i get more of an adrenaline rush in rec ball..but it gets repetitive, which is why sup balls better by far and it never gets boring

 

[Duggzer0]

Originally posted by samdudin
Occassionally, people who usually slide hard into bunkers on smooth sup'air fields use the same technique in the woodland and shatter their knees.

Lol ouch, i didnt shatter my knees but i almost broke my leg, i cuddnt walk for a week, it sucked

 

[Fleisher]

Originally posted by QuackingPlums
OWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!

Does that really happen?! Has anybody seen that?

Er...no,well I've never seen it nearly 20 years.Its rabbit holes ya gotta watch for

 

[H]

I think i must reiterate Rancid's comment of :
'Sweet baby Jesus'

Duggzer0.... this thread is like three and a half years old, makes me almost weep from the good old days of smashed ankles, falling over stumps, ridiculous spray, skewering yourself on branches etc......

 

[scott essery]

its interesting to see what happens when tourney players enter the woods at unreals domination walkons ... lets just say its amazing how effective an a5 can be