THE CAGE NEW YEAR, NEW GOALS
THE CAGE:
NEW YEAR, NEW GOALS
AS WE ENTER 2022 IT’S A TIME WHEN WE ALL LOOK BACK ON THE PRECEDING YEAR AND TRY TO WORK OUT WHAT WE MIGHT LIKE TO HAVE DONE A LITTLE BETTER OR PLAYED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. IT’S A TIME WHEN WE ALL MENTALLY RESET FOR THE AIRSOFTING YEAR AHEAD AND WORK OUT WHAT WE’D LIKE TO ACHIEVE… AND IT’S A TIME THAT WE MAKE THOSE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE KNOW WE’RE NEVER GOING TO STICK TO!
2
021 was again for all of us, all over the world, a bit of a darn rollercoaster… and not in a very positive way! With a rollercoaster you know that you’re going to be terrified one moment, and then totally elated the next, but 2021 seemed to give us all the terror but little of the elation as the frights just kept on coming! One moment airsoft was ON and we started making plans and preparing our kit, but the very next moment airsoft was OFF again and if you’re anything like me you re-stored your gear with a heavy heart and a great deal of disappointment until the cycle commenced once again… Luckily for us the UK National Airsoft Festival coincided with one of the ON moments and we were able to get out and meet fellow airsofters in a controlled yet thoroughly enjoyable setting; the sun shone, many thousands (perhaps MILLIONS!) of BBs got shot, a few adult beverages were sunk in the evenings around the firepits and everyone was
happy… whether or not that type of event is for you or not, the fact is that it was totally joyous to just be out and amongst fellow airsofters again, if only for a long weekend! Like many of you, we have managed to get to some games and events, but far from the number that we would usually attend. Red Cell has been able to get together, but not every month as usual, and we’ve found ways to carry out our testing even if it has meant that “The Frog” has accumulated as many miles as usual simply ferrying around RIFs from one place, and one person, to another. We’ve also found new ways of testing, and new venues for that to take place, even if it did mean that I personally spent many solitary days on the “woodland range” (spoiler alert… I was not totally “isolating” as the dog comes to the woods with me… bliss!). Gear testing was harder, and I for one missed our usual “mountain test”, although the guys have put in the miles making sure that what we recommend to you
“ONE MOMENT AIRSOFT WAS ON AND WE STARTED MAKING PLANS AND PREPARING OUR KIT, BUT THE VERY NEXT MOMENT AIRSOFT WAS OFF AGAIN AND IF YOU’RE ANYTHING LIKE ME YOU RESTORED YOUR GEAR WITH A HEAVY HEART AND A GREAT DEAL OF DISAPPOINTMENT UNTIL THE CYCLE COMMENCED ONCE AGAIN…”
42
FEBRUARY 2022
