Bishop's camo manifesto

Camouflage is a big deal in airsoft. and for good reason. camo breaks up your outline so you harder to spot, or at least pin down. it help identify friend from foe, to reduce friendly fire (on the same note, it can keep you from getting gacked while wondering if the guy in your sights is on your team)
MILSIMs take camo very seriously. usually you get a list of what camo's are acceptable to any given event. BDU, Marpat, jungle vs. 3 color desert, 6 color desert and ACU is not an unusual breakdown. usually a game comes down to green vs. tan. here is my suggestion.
Cut the Crap! just make it Green Vs. Tan! I feel that the airsoft world should adopt a 4-5 color team system. green, tan, black, gray, blue. none of these colors stands out in the usual airsoft environment, and they are easy enough to tell apart (black and blue might be difficult).
Why does this make sense?
it's much easier to set up teams this way, and much easier to identify teams this way. ACU, ACU comes in colors that range from green, to...shit, is that blue? I don't know, to tan. it becomes easy to confuse. But, you can look at a given camo shirt and easily decide what color it is. and POOF! confusion eliminated.
this setup, makes camo much less expensive. anyone can get a t-shirt and pants in green, tan, black, grey, or blue about $20. most people already have them. this lowers the start up cost of getting into the sport (i never would have started airsoft if told i had to drop $100 on military camo i may very well use on that day, and that day only).it broadens the audience, which is good for the sport at large.
this would also force the airsoft power's that be to remove the stick from their ass about civilian camouflage. seeing as many players and potential players already have it, and the patterns are designed for the U.S.. (realtree is made for use in Michigan) i know that milsims are supposed to be for realism, but anyone who wants to tell me that civilian camo and green/tan t-shirts cheapen and take away from the game, must first drop and give me 50, use only real-cap magazines, whether the game is real-cap only or not, eat only MRE's on game days (and only the horrible ones, cuz you gotta get that real soldier feeling...and diarrhea)don't shower the week before the game, punch yourself in the taint every time you re-spawn... and donate $2500 to help equip other players to your standards. then you can come talk to me about it...just shower beforehand.

my reccomendations for players
be ready to play multiple sides, and be ready for multiple situations. i remember a guy whining on an airsoft forum that he only had ACU. he had six ACU load outs and nothing else. and he was arguing that he had to play on the hand-picked ACU team.
why have six variations of the same loadout? all you really need is two (green and tan. for players starting out just get shirts and pants in the right color (cargo pants are good for holding gear and can be found many colors) your tee shirt (long or short sleeve) can, with minimal skill and a sewing machine, be modified into a tactical shirt
(we're gonna have an article on that) sew a team patch onto it(why not) or just wear it as is.
when (if) you advance to full camo prepare for multiple sides and take your gear into effect. if you run and m4 and an mp5. you may want to focus your loadouts tward m4 in green, mp5 in tan. backup weapon in both (pistol, spring shotgun, what have you.
more to come, need a break...