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[Joseph Porta]

You heard it here first

gunman north west will be opening a new urban site, mid to late December.

Based in newton heath Manchester.

An old Victorian office block, derelict inside, but dry, and spread over 3 floors. With 3 staiwells and multiple rooms through, and very dark in places
CQB goodness

More info to follow after site clear up

Picture from outside, 3 playable floors highlighted in Red

Edited by Joseph Porta, 09 November 2012 - 06:17 PM.

[Joseph Porta]

more info

Gunman North Wests new urban site.
THE OLD POT FACTORY.
Based in a old victorian office block, the site covers 3 floors and has three stairwells. The site is in a derelict condition and all windows are boarded up. Small holes in the windows and air bricks in the walls allow a low level of light into the building, torches and tac-lights, N.V.G`s would work well in here. More holes could be placed i
n boards to increase light, we will see.
The property was left derelict after a ground floor Tennant punched through to the upper levels and made the place in to a huge cannabis farm. This has since been destroyed and lots of equipment removed, but lots of ducting, long dead plants and lots of wooden debris and panelling is available for rebuilding the site in to a very difficult tactical situation.
The Player count will be 30 PERSONS MAXIMUM per event.
Players will have to pre book for this site if demand is high.
Car sharing is advised as parking for 12 vehicles is next to the building, and more parking is about 200 yds away.
All RIFs must be brought in gun bags, or black plastic bags, no guns on show on the street, (unless you want old bill on your case)
Its planned to run day games 2 sundays a month and a saturday night game 1 day a month.
More events may be run if its popular.

[weekenny]

Will the Saturday night run on off weeks? Or will there be a Sunday game after each night game?

As my team mates and I travel from Scotland for games and its better if we can hit two games in a weekend. Cheers.

[icarus3815]

Yeah good shout, this would be well within striking distance for all of us.

[Tinkerton]

Sounds great! Any guess as the the total size of the site (in sqm or so?) Also, any rough idea on prices?

[Number5]

Nice one Porta, just around the corner from me! See you there for the first event! If you need help with clean up post a date an ill see I I'm free!

[Joseph Porta]

Hi everyone,

its about 25,000 sq foot on the top floor (i think, im rubbish at guessing)
bottom floor is bigger than that about 60,000

its hard to measure, the sites very unorthodox in layout.

games will probably be short objective based missions, with a quick turnaround, and ticket/counter based respawns.

i dont think think standard open day skirmishes will work too well, full on battles of up to 30 mins, then a quick pause to relocate and re arm, reverse scenarios etc, then back in to the action

prices will probably be around £25 with own kit,

BFGs will be needed , chemical pyro cant be used due to fire risks, a lot of the floors are 120 year old wood.

also ill be issuing ballistic shields in certain events, scenarios, missions dependant on the tactical rules were using.

the ballistic shields are made from a lightweight special plastic, they will stop bb fire at 20 metres for a limited amount of time, but they will degrade when hit repeatedly , but 10 metres or under, you will penetrate and hit the user, so they are not "bullet proof" just "bullet resistant" this will stop them being used to dominate a game


If your on facebook, stay up to date with detail on the site over the next two months

https://www.facebook.com/GunmanNorthwest

Edited by Joseph Porta, 10 November 2012 - 10:32 PM.

[FireKnife]

On top of an Adult Superstore?

Quick must get me a ticket to Manchester, CQB and filth, win

Why can't someone open a site up here

'FireKnife'

[Samm]

Is the Adult Superstore open during lunchtime?

[Joseph Porta]

GAME DATES for the "Old Pot Factory" Gunman North Wests new urban site

Provisional game dates are
Sunday 6th January 2013
Saturday 12th January 2013 (Either day or Night game TBC)
Sunday 20th January 2013

When the gunman forum is back online , ill be opening a booking thread.
Pre booking will be required at this site due to a maximum player Limit
Details will follow at a later date when booking system is set up

[Joseph Porta]

The site is actually spread over 3 floors. (with 4 seperate stairwells) Its also VERY dark , almost pitch black in 90% of areas Its bloody huge , with lots of corridors and small rooms, but also 3 very large open areas (these will be filled with bunkers and walls as i feel the are too open to make it fun) , there is literally TONS of wood and board lying all over, also TONS of SOIL for me to fill sandbags with

Theres LOTS of work to do, ive got to drop 3 unsafe ceilings and cover 2 holes in floors, Also ive got to fence off two lift shafts, I will be leaving them open to shoot up and down, but each shaft will have a 3 tier fence around the openings made from 8X4 Inch joists, they would stop a motorbike going through , so a person wont break through.

My camera flash was She ite, and i didnt get many pics as i was trying to see the ENTIRE site before i left, it took 35 mins to cover the whole site with hardly any stopping.

anyway enough of my waffle, heres what you want to see. a few of the pics

Edited by Joseph Porta, 28 November 2012 - 07:44 PM.

[Joseph Porta]

After 2 days of really hard building at the site,    and another few to go. Well done to all my helpers for lots of hard work!

Loads of rubbish has been cleared, I recon about 20 TONS from the main room, and about 3 to 4 tons of soil is now put to one side for filling sandbags.

We have also opened up two "Secret corridors", both allow access  to areas of the site which were blocked up many years ago and forgotten about.

Also thanks to Rooster , as he helped me, allong with a chainsaw and a sthilsaw cut through one building into another and we created a  new  "secret tunnel" that you have to squat through!  ( WE WONT TELL YOU WHERE IT IS YOU HAVE TO FIND IT! )

the site can now be ran round 360 style.  If you have ever player Kino Der Toten on nazi zombies (the theatre) its now very similar.

there are now a total of 4 stairwells that access both main floors , some access intermediate levels.

there are also  4 routes between the two buildings,  so it gives better tactical options to flank.

 

Also theres some new "Murder holes" in walls to shoot through,  and some are rally hard to spot.

 

Anyways, enough of the waffles, and heres some pictures.

 

Secret corridor A

Secret corridor 

1 of hundreds of barrows of rubble, that have filled an entire cellar

Working hard

 

 

We also uncovered a couple of interesting items today, both part of the buildings history.

 

A coat of arms, hidden behind a ceiling

And a SINGLE LEAF, from the previous illegal occupier. (The plod must have missed one, however it was a farm so one leaf left behind isnt to bad)

I was going to put the leaf on to the coat of arms for posterity, but after carefull thought, and to set a good example , i disposed of it and  have burnt it.

 

 

Hope you all enjoy the new site when you get the chance,  all the best in the new year for everyone, 

 

 

[Joseph Porta]

SIte opening day tomorrow,   ill upload some pics tomorrow night