Originally Posted by WarChild7
(Post 608227)
The John Lu events, such as Lion Claws, Irene, Northern Wind, Hac Bao, Bulldog and Night Scorpion, are generally regarded as the best airsoft events in the US. However, since most of them take place on US military bases, non-US citizens are not allowed to attend.
I was a sponsor of Irene this year and I got to know John Lu quite well. I suggested to John several months back that we collaborate on an event together up here in the Northeast US, an area where he had not yet held a big event.
Our group in Western NY is one of the largest in the US. We have a good rapport with the NY National Guard, who attends most of our monthly ops, usually bringing Humvee's for use in our games, and once even flying in a Huey chopper. The Guard has an 860-acre base near Niagara Falls, which, so far, it looks like they are going to let us use as the site for a large event this year.
It looks like John Lu will be moving Operation: Northern Wind to Buffalo this year to this site. The beauty of this, for all you Canadians is, that because this is a State base, rather than a Federal base, there may not be restrictions on citizenship. Thus, you all may be able to come down and play in one of our huge games.
Expected attendance should be 600-1000 players, making it the largest airsoft game ever in the US. So far, we're trying to plan this for sometime in August 2008. There's a lot of time between now and then, and much planning remains to be done. I will keep you all posted as I find out information. I think it would be great to have a bunch of you guys come over and join us.
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