TSTOS events are attended by nearly a thousand players from Finland and abroad all the way to Brazil. The event takes several days, without the game situation being interrupted separately. The main faction bases are calmed down at night to ensure a sufficient rest. Tens of different vehicles, such as tanks, off-road vehicles, SUVs and ATVs, participate in a single TSTOS event. Most of the vehicles are involved in the game and can be destroyed by separate anti-tank weapons. Comparing to similar events in the world, we are the longest event with the Swedish Berget-series. In the number of participants, we represent the biggest airsoft events in Europe.

The content of the events

What happens in the event takes place in an imaginary world with mostly imaginary factions and nations created by the game masters. Our goal is to combine military simulation, standard airsoft, and thrilling features, creating a very cinematic and overall realistic experience. Players may appear in the event as soldiers of the fighting parties, civilians, and different in-game organizations and groups. Depending on the faction, players will be led by volunteered team and platoon leaders, company commanders and battalion commanders.

Partners

Ehasa ry works closely with the Hattula section of National Defense Training Association(MPK) and the assistant organizers involved in the organization are part of MPK's "Basics of organizing a exercise part 2" course. The purpose of the course is to learn the organization of public events, which is comparable, for example, with the organizing of large military exercises. Participants in the course will benefit most from the training paid by Ehasa, such as the Finnish red cross First Aid Card and the Community Service Officer card.

Recently, Ehasa has started to cooperate with the Finnish Reservist Sports Federation.

Statistics

• The number of participants has risen by about a hundred annually.
  • 2016 +600
  • 2017 +700
  • 2018 +800-1000?
• Over 40 player and organization owned vehicles as part of the game.
• Average age of participants: 27 years.
• +95% of participants are men, but women are more than welcome to our event.
• 35% of participants have taken part one or more events in abroad so our event is good start to take part similiar events outside of Finland.
• +45% of participants have served mandatory service for 347/365 days in Finnish Defence Forces. Overall +60% have served in FDF.
• Around 20% of participants are active reservist or have shooting/hunting hobby.
• Participants in 2017 from five European countries, among others Sweden and Lithuania.
• The duration of the longest event is over 90 hours.
• Ehasa members: 20 pcs.
• In addition to the members of the Ehasa, there are assistants annually about 20.

Media visibility

• Airsoft as in the army   Ruotuväki, 2017
• "The Airsoft event of hundreds of players in Parola is being sought as reservists as helpers - especially for motorized assistance"   Reserviläinen 2017
• "Battlegroup 17, Finland"   RedWolfAirsoft, 2017
• "INTERVIEW - Battlegroup 17, large scale MilSim in Finland"   Airsoft Milsim news, 2017
• "There are plans to host up to 1,000 players airsoft event in Parola this summer"   Reserviläinen, 2017
• "600 players wargame in Parola"   Reserviläinen, 2016
• "Realistic battle with the bb's"   Ruotuväki, 2016

Ehasa

Ehasa or the old East Helsinki Airsoft Association is originally a registered association established in Helsinki, whose task was to organize local airsoft weekend games. Since 2010, we have moved to organize ever-growing events,which we have now organized over 30 times in different parts of South and Central Finland.

We are currently organizing the biggest events in Finland, and many enthusiasts of the sport know the reputation of Ehasa and have participated at least in one of our events.The cornerstone of our association is fast and active customer service, feedback-responsive event development, and ambition to always make events better for all of our participants.

To facilitate our operations, we have created many different programs and services, such as a kuulaportti -registration system and status.ehasa.org flag tracking system, which both are also partly available to other airsoft event organizers.

Our association consists of 20 young adults about 20-30 years of age,with the know-how of different fields and the desire and vision to take Finnish airsoft events forward.We also have few active military reserve members and as a result of that we have ended up in cooperation with different reserve associations.

Our regular events can be organized by ourselves, but the TSTOS game series also requires assistance from non-members. For this reason, we have a separate recruitment page, through which you can apply as an assistant to our TSTOS and other game series.