After reading some online discussions of scenario tactics, I wanted to clarify a comment I made on Blast Radius.  When I talked about moving a prop across field by acting like an ambulance driver, I was not intending to give the impression that I would impersonate a real medical professional.  I was talking about role-playing a player-extraction in the spirit of the game, even going so far as to run around making the “woo woo” sound of an ambulance’s siren.  I do not think that impersonating medical professionals, faking injuries, or pretending to be a ref or a photographer are valid ways to accomplish missions.  That’s pushing things too far.  In advocating acting like an ambulance driver, I hoped it would convey as much realism as scenario helicopters - only as realistic as a player’s imagination.  The costumes I referred to look nothing like real EMT outfits - they’re blue surgical scrubs, full body suits of the type that no one would ever wear outside the operating room and would look ridiculous and obviously fake (and funny) on the field.  I’m all for a bit of comedy, and if four guys running around in surgical scrubs making siren noises would distract the enemy long enough for another team to run a prop across field, then I say, “Mission accomplished.”

I hope this clears up any misunderstanding.

Speaking of wackiness, my home field will be running a Holy Grail day on Saturday the 28th of April.  Check it out if you’re in the area and in the mood for some paintball shenanigans.