Last March 26,2017, Airsoft Plantation or better known as AP to local Airsofters in the Essex area here in the U.K. held its first team tournament which they called the World Domination Tournament or WDT. Sounds like an international event, isn’t it? But do read on to understand it more…

The rules of the game were pretty simple. Each team is composed of a maximum of 10 players. A team is assigned a country as its base. The countries were USA, Great Britain, Australia, Canada, Swaziland, and France. The tournament was sort of divided into two parts: For the morning, teams were asked to collect ammo crates scattered along the site. The crates are colour coded and teams can only collect a specific colour at a given time. Each team already has 5 crates in their countries to start with. When a team collects a total of 10 crates they are then given the power to cross another country’s border through specified entry points and steal the other team’s crates. Penalties are given to teams for game rule violation, cheating and unsportsmanlike conduct and is done by taking away ammo crates from their base.

Ammunition used is limited to 1200 BBs for the whole team. They need to conserve this until an ammo drop is made by marshals. This made the game more tactical as players had to choose their shots wisely.

Players were also told that they can only enter their country and other teams' countries through specified entry points. The borders were marked by a blue rope and players were not allowed to cross under or over or shoot enemies across the blue ropes.

In the afternoon the teams were allowed to conquer other countries. When a team successfully conquers a country, the defeated country must fight for the country that conquered them.

At the end of the tournament, the team with the most countries conquered wins. In case of a tie, the team with the most ammo crates in their possession will win.

The day was a great success with very little glitches and all teams trying their best to get used to the rules of play. There were enough marshals who made sure that the game went smoothly but stood back to let the players do their tasks at hand.

Team Rouge Angels (Swaziland) in what was a very tightly fought tournament.

A big congratulations to John and Steve and the AP team for a successful first team tournament and we are looking forward for more events like this to come in the near future.

Pictures and videos of the event can be found on the Airsoft Plantation Facebook page.