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June 12th, 2009: Flash Flooders Soaking Squad blog created by steelboot. URL:

http://flashflooders.blogspot.com/

Go to my blog for pics of some simple mods that I did.

Interesting use of a balloon to protect the internals from water. Hopefully it'll help ward off rust and algal growth.

I think you meant INTELLIGENT use of a balloon to protect the internals from water. Hehe...

Update:

Easily Accessible Armoury:

Light:

XP 270
XP 270
XP 270
XP 270
XP 270
riot blast XP 270

Medium:

CPS 2110 (2100 PC in 1000)
CPS 1100 (1000 PC in 2100)
MI Flash Flood
MI Flash Flood
MI Flash Flood

Heavy:

CPS 1500

Steelboot's personal Armoury:

XP 270 x 4 (including the riot blast one)
CPS 1100 (1000 PC in 2100)
CPS 2110 (2100 PC in 1000)

Right now the only steady members of our team are myself and Bob (real name withheld by request), but we get a lot of neighbours involved:).

So not much from before, just the integrations? Either way, you hold the majority of the medium-heavy guns, giving you priority to their selection. My suggestions stand as before. Try to pick up heaver weapons on eBay or find them from friends who don't use them (or are broken), and/or pick up some medium guns from the store, such as the Vindicator or Flash Flood. However, I think you mentioned about funding issues earlier. If that's the case, you may want to save up for the off-season to get some on eBay.

All those 270's seem to be fun to dual wield. They can also be mixed around with the Flash Flood for more fire err... waterpower.

While it's true that my current funds are low, my father has been very generous these past few months i.e. new shoes, a ton of new clothes, paying for PVC/materials for integration, possibly paying for some XP 310s. My goal is to pickup a Vindicator and an XP 310 by the end of the summer. Then I'll start thinking of saving for a CPS 2000 (don't think my dad would pay for one of those).

I don't dual wield the 270's: my left hand-challengedness prevents that. I also don't like having to put a blaster down or hold them under my arm while pumping another.

My current suit-up for wars is my CPS 1100 as a main weapon with a strap-modded 270 as backup, with four 400mL bottles for filling on the field. For light wars, I'll just grab a 270 or a Flash Flood.

Most small blasters are pretty easy to hold under the arm. Others, like the Max-D 2000 and 3000 (I'd recommend the 2000 because it's smaller and has a better grip) fit into most reasonably sized pockets, you don't even need a clip and belt nor a holster. I'd recommend that, which I do for all my wars. It weighs no more than a .5L refill bottle, and for me, simply takes the place of one. As for dual wielding, practice holding various blasters with just your left hand. You shouldn't always have to pump a blaster under arm while pumping the other if it's light, like a pistol. In any case, with any blaster, being able to 1-hand fire it can be a helpful skill on the field by virtually extending max. range by how far your arm can reach out, as well as giving you more flexibility to move the gun around. That said, I usually still prefer having something like a 1200 or 2500 strapped and I even carry and shoot with the strap on. (perhaps I need to weight lift more often so I can handle them comfortably without the strap)

At a war I had a few days ago, dual Max-D 3000's worked very well for our light/low powered weapons only elimination games. Having two blasters allows you to cover two areas instead of one at a time. Tap shooting prevents their low water capacity from being a problem, and it just looks and feels badass to charge up and pulse-attack someone with alternating streams. While dual wielding isn't a skill important by itself, it enables more flexibility with your shooting in general. Can you shoot a 1200 left handed? In some cases, that would be helpful if you're under cover and need to come out from the side.

damn it im too far away (london)

Looks like we might be getting another 2500...

Thats annoying, i was just in Toronto for a couple of days on holiday. Anyway, I doubt I would have had any time.
I'd love to get a cps 2500. I don't know why but there is something I really like about that water gun, I might even prefer it to the 2000... Hope you get your 2500 soon!

mkhadem

Looks like we might be getting a 2000 in addition to or instead of the 2500...

EDIT: 300th post!

CPS 2000 and CPS 2500 are in the mail on their way to me!

Nice, I havent posted in a while but yeah how much did they cost.

Welcome back, teamfear.

As for price, I'd rather not say exacts here but let's just say with shipping it was less than $100.

The new soakers arrived, and the other guy on my team was amazed. He offered a trade for the 1500 for the 2000 :p. However after that first wave of impression, he didn't really care anymore. He brought out his 1500, and when I pointed out that he was leaving it pressurized when we were playing hockey, he said "Who cares, it's just a squirt gun". We haven't had a real battle for weeks.

Meanwhile, Bob seems to be building up an interest for Nerf. No further explanation needed. It was fun while it lasted.

It is the beginning of a new era for WW where I live. I'm now going to start organizing like C-A_99: make it like a party.

steelboot

Finished cleaning my 2500 and my 2000 about an hour ago, so pumped for the summer of 2010! I saw ANOTHER 2500 and a 2000 on Kijiji for $75. What do you guys think, is it worth it?

As for the FFS, my teammate has regained some interest in water wars. He has expressed eagerness to battle again and even consented to fire his 1500 in the snow when I asked him to. Hopefully, the FFS can have some epic 1v1's and document them here... in about five months!

To me, one on one's are good for training and just about nothing else. They're just not really much fun compared to a war or organized game.

My season preperations have halted again. I have to buy some repair material after a horrible attempt at epoxying a stupid trigger piece together ended up with epoxy all over my hands and dozens of wasted paper towel. (the shindig wouldn't hold together) I've been playing games instead of working on things like the website as well, and actually got sick recently, so I gotta get things back in gear.