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Ground Zero National Airsoft Festival 2015 Starts Tomorrow

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Rain or shine, wet or dry, all roads in the United Kingdom will lead to Ringwood, Hampshire this weekend. Surely, there are lots of events happening in the UK this long weekend, but for airsoft players in the British Isles and mainland Europe, it's all about going to the Ground Zero National Airsoft Festival 2015. Also called as the National Airsoft Event or the Ground Zero Weekender, it is one of the longest running annual airsoft events in the world.

Started in 2007, the Ground Zero Weekender has become the largest airsoft event in the United Kingdom, and one of the largest in the world. For this year, a confirmed number of over 2,200 players will be partying like mad and shooting like crazy when the mainstay groups, Bravo, Delta, and Others go at each other again to find out who wins this year.

Will Bravo defend its title this year or is Delta determined to win? The Others, ever so happy-go-lucky, can never be discounted out from the event, having pulled off a massive win in 2012.

Airsoft is usually 60% social and 40% playtime. That's very much true at the Ground Zero Weekender, it's very much a party atmosphere when you go to the camp areas where you might stumble into a tent and come out with a can of beer and a burger to go with it. Others will be offloading their unwanted airsoft guns and gear at the boot sale on Saturday, and there will be a long queue of raffle winners waiting for their prizes as there will always be a lot of raffle prizes each year.

If you haven't booked your slots, too bad that bookings have already closed. But for those who have confirmed their bookings, they're in for another weekend of mayhem in a target rich environment, Whether you are in for some serious airsoft gaming capturing objectives as ordered by the group leaders or just after rock and rolling at full auto at any moving target, then the Ground Zero Weekender is for you.

But be prepared for some wet weather airsoft as it's been getting wet and cold in recent days. With the unpredictable British weather, the rain will always be a part of the playing environment. So that will be muddy boots, wet gear, and big, big smiles this weekend.

And Popular Airsoft will be there to report the action.

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