Cheating as a strategy?
Posted: 29 Jun 2009, 15:49
I would like to thank the Berget crew for a great job done.
Considering that they had to face the situation when landlord of the area originally intended for Berget 7 refused to rent it, and that they had to prepare all the game from scratch in a completely different location, the event was really great!
My worse feelings about Berget 7 rise from the absolutely dishonorable behaviour of certain players on NATO side.
I have met also players on the NATO side, which were really honest and admitted all the hits, but this is definitely the case of many players in italian digital camouflage. I have heard so many complaints against their behaviour from players from all other sides, that I can't call it then a systematic cheating strategy.
Few examples encountered only by members of our team, but definitely not the only complaints about these Terminators I have heard:
1) my team mate was lying behind a house in Bashir city, when he saw a medic in italian camo, appr. 10m from him. He did not want to attract other opponents, so he decided to shott on semi-auto, and shot appr. 3 shots at the medic. The medic has shaken himself after feeling the shots, then he looked around and when he did not see anyone, he wanted to continue without admitting the hits. Only after my teammate waved at him from his cover, showing him that he has seen him, the medic slowly raised his hand and shouted "Hit"
2) In another attack of Bashir city, another teammate was hit and was waiting on the ground for medic. At that time an opponent in italian camo came to appr. 1m from him. At that moment this opponent was spotted by another member of our team, and was shot upon. My injured colleague who was lying 1m from this guy, hass clearly heard and seen that he has been hit by maybe 10 BBs (from maybe 5 meters - the hits definitely were not weak, and that guy has felt them for sure), but continued to fight without admitting it.
3) After another such incident one of these guys was asked for his Berget ID, to be reported to the game marshalls. He rejected it in very rude words, and the only way how to get the number was to attack him physically.
4) After another such non-admitting incident the commander of the cheating person was called in. He listened to the story, then just told to our guys "Let it be!" and went away.
The above are just few examples of many and many such stories...
Maybe there are some honest and honorable italian airsoft players, and maybe some of them were also on Berget 7, but after these experience I can say only one thing:
If I would ever see italian teams in the list participants list on ANY airsoft event, it would be a very strong reason for not going to that event at all - and I recommend the same to all of you...
I do not complain against Berget crew, as they did what they can (i.e. in the final battles for Bashir City walking among these Terminators and pointing to these who were hit, sending them to respawn), and I am also aware that Berget crew was informed late about this - most of the people simply could not trust their eyes and tried not to complain and not to report against others, I just want to inform and warn the european airsoft community.
If I am wrong and most of you have met italian players to play honestly and fair, please, correct me, but after all my opinion is that it was not an individual failure, but a systematic trend, almost looking like a pre-arranged strategy (winning through non admitting hits)
I know that this is a highly controversial topic, and I would not open it if I would not be so pissed off by it.
Considering that they had to face the situation when landlord of the area originally intended for Berget 7 refused to rent it, and that they had to prepare all the game from scratch in a completely different location, the event was really great!
My worse feelings about Berget 7 rise from the absolutely dishonorable behaviour of certain players on NATO side.
I have met also players on the NATO side, which were really honest and admitted all the hits, but this is definitely the case of many players in italian digital camouflage. I have heard so many complaints against their behaviour from players from all other sides, that I can't call it then a systematic cheating strategy.
Few examples encountered only by members of our team, but definitely not the only complaints about these Terminators I have heard:
1) my team mate was lying behind a house in Bashir city, when he saw a medic in italian camo, appr. 10m from him. He did not want to attract other opponents, so he decided to shott on semi-auto, and shot appr. 3 shots at the medic. The medic has shaken himself after feeling the shots, then he looked around and when he did not see anyone, he wanted to continue without admitting the hits. Only after my teammate waved at him from his cover, showing him that he has seen him, the medic slowly raised his hand and shouted "Hit"
2) In another attack of Bashir city, another teammate was hit and was waiting on the ground for medic. At that time an opponent in italian camo came to appr. 1m from him. At that moment this opponent was spotted by another member of our team, and was shot upon. My injured colleague who was lying 1m from this guy, hass clearly heard and seen that he has been hit by maybe 10 BBs (from maybe 5 meters - the hits definitely were not weak, and that guy has felt them for sure), but continued to fight without admitting it.
3) After another such incident one of these guys was asked for his Berget ID, to be reported to the game marshalls. He rejected it in very rude words, and the only way how to get the number was to attack him physically.
4) After another such non-admitting incident the commander of the cheating person was called in. He listened to the story, then just told to our guys "Let it be!" and went away.
The above are just few examples of many and many such stories...
Maybe there are some honest and honorable italian airsoft players, and maybe some of them were also on Berget 7, but after these experience I can say only one thing:
If I would ever see italian teams in the list participants list on ANY airsoft event, it would be a very strong reason for not going to that event at all - and I recommend the same to all of you...
I do not complain against Berget crew, as they did what they can (i.e. in the final battles for Bashir City walking among these Terminators and pointing to these who were hit, sending them to respawn), and I am also aware that Berget crew was informed late about this - most of the people simply could not trust their eyes and tried not to complain and not to report against others, I just want to inform and warn the european airsoft community.
If I am wrong and most of you have met italian players to play honestly and fair, please, correct me, but after all my opinion is that it was not an individual failure, but a systematic trend, almost looking like a pre-arranged strategy (winning through non admitting hits)
I know that this is a highly controversial topic, and I would not open it if I would not be so pissed off by it.