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My wife told me that the cat needed to be chipped. I only had a nine iron, but I still got it over the shed.

Yep, is he close enough to visit ?, failing that where is he based ?, maybe another forum member can pop by & politely request their return. What I would recommend you do first is to drop him a message via letter, sent special delivery to ensure signature, stating you would like all your items returned, ideally with any outstanding repairs completed, list all your contact info & explain failure to do so will result in a visit by yourself or an associate, & that this matter may be escalated to a small claims case against him.

New registrations are suspended until this can be figured out. Clearly the question and answer challenge has been solved and shared somewhere. Unfortunately most are smart enough to use a VPN. Keyword blocking is something I'm trying via Cleantalk, but for whatever reason it doesn't appear to always be working. These spam posts are usually deleted within an hour but some are done at 4am when no one with current moderation powers is around. New moderators: it's one of the options that I'm looking into now. I'll post here with an update.

Mental this morning. I have reported as much as I can (20 or 30) - but it was like whack-a-mole with new threads springing up. Classifieds is a mess. I nominate @Tackle , @Rogerborg and @rocketdogbert - three of the most prolific forums users ATM that use the forums daily. Doesn't even have to a full-blown moderator status - just a 'mini-mod' role with the power to Nerf spam threads. Handbag fights that need an adult to intervene would still be be covered by @Jedi_Master No Mr Borg - YOU are the hero we need right now...time to don the cape.

I cannot agree with that comment.

@Jedi_Master Just a random brainfart, but would it not be worth adding another Moderator or two to the forums? After the influx of dodgy accounts and spamming of the Classifieds, perhaps some extra resource might be handy? No - I'm not volunteering - but there are very well established, high post count members that visit daily that would probably be very good in the role.

We have some Ex Rental Airsoft Guns FOR SALE starting at just £30, some just need a bit of TLC and some are Spares or Repair only, all must go!!! UKARA or a valid VCRA Defence is required to buy. We can post out via Parcel Force Express 48 after quoting for shipping to your address. All guns are numbered and can be seen alon with their descriptions on our Facebook page. Link to Facebook Post: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=AceAirsoftWarGames&set=a.733114062150028 Please email us on [email protected] with your address and UKARA number if you are interested or send us a PM via Facebook remembering to quote the gun number you are interested in. Please note we are NOT Closing Down, we just have a brand new fleet of Valken rentals available now.

You could pay him a visit and recover your toy. Regardless of anything happening in his life, he is/was running a business and has your property.

Definitely send it back and don't accept anything less than either a replacement at no extra costs or a full refund. Let us know how it goes as IMO how a shop deals with problems after a sale is a better indicator of how good their customer service is than how a customer is treated before the sale is made

Yes brand new out the box, no i haven't attempted to do anything to it myself. Yes it's a UK retailer, waiting to hear back from them

Don't know what I was thinking back then.

https://exmachina.uk/ Assuming this is the tech's website - it says "Will return Summer 2023." Hopefully it really is just a case of a tech having life issues and getting themselves sorted out before returning to work, and not a scam. Can't believe you sold a whole working gearbox for the sake of some wiring though.

But my argument was unequivocale😝

Means numerous peeps having to report potentially dozens of times, or more given yesterday and today, that's a lot of work. I agree though that more mods, with the ability to hide any content posted by problem spammers, with the deletion process dealt with by the higher tier mods.

That's all of us though

Looks like it's time for keyword or national/regional IP blocking. Haha, no, I'd drunk-ban everyone then burn the place to the ground. NO CAPES!

Brand new you say? Did you buy it from a UK retailer? Did you buy it recently? If yes to both, stick back in it's box and send it back under warranty. Don't dick around trying to fix it yourself.

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What was the issue and how did you fix it? Always best to leave the question and answer in case it helps someone else. I have a UV-5R and I know how simply complicated they can be 👍

Very um tropical. I think you poked those holes in the target with a pencil 😂😂 But it is a nice range 👍

Yeah me and Mr Tackle will pay a little visit. Well mainly Mr Tackle on account of me dodgy backbone innit.😂😂

While this is good advice be very careful with how you word it. If it could be seen as a threat it may work against you

Looked more like tape residue on them to me. They were probably wrapped in tape to indicate they were the knackered guns on the rack and not to be handed out to the punters. Just a guess though. Actually, it looks like guns it’s on the guns that not have the stock folding button. Probably taped the stock folded to stop it flapping around.

It was bleeding invisibule!

The real answer is just moderators, ideally with a range of lifestyles and forum obsession to cover the late night / early hours spamming that is more likely to get through Anti bot sign up methods all get beaten somehow. Many questions have the answer in the question, therefore a bit of AI can often identify the answer or at least learn from failures. If the forum locks out x number of fails then the bot just needs to report back it’s failures for another to try, or put the question to a human and then the answer can be shared around Captcha Am I a robot text images worked for a while until AI could learn to read them (Bearing in mind back in the late 80s/early 90s as a student I did a site visit to see an international distributors handwriting recognition system, which they didn’t call AI but the system was learning to read & guess hand written forms with two clerks each confirming / correcting every guess The picture Captchas aren’t really checking that you get the answer right, but measure your mouse movements. A bot would have been expected to be efficient and a human to be wobbly. But AI bots can learn to act like a human with ‘randomised’ hesitation and wobble (But don’t worry too much about AI taking over the world, ask ChatGPT who the prime minister is, correct their answer and see what response you get) Post filtering, automated report handling etc are a pain in the arse. They will probably harass more human members then bots, and become a denial of service attack on a forum member that someone doesn’t like. Some of these can be configured into forum software fairly easily and others are likely to be much more effort than some semi willing voluntolds The recent spam may look like a lot and is frustrating for the viewer. Moderators and the software could be successfully smiting more before it gets through…… On one forum a few years ago went through a couple of days of constant denial of service spam bot attacks, and at times we were blocking each other out of the forum with IP range blocking ….. a lot of SMS & emails were circulating to find a moderator who could still get in and green light friendly ranges to allow the rest of us back in

Crikey, those have had a hard life. Still, honestly described and realistically priced.

Then you're clearly a man of taste and culture, I also have a thing for German pews. In fact one of the guns on the short list is a G3, despite owning one in the past and getting rid of it as I tend to prefer shorter guns like SMGs or carbines

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I know where you are coming from - I get 'gun-crushes' where I try to convince myself that I NEED a particular model or platform - only to lose interest (if I buy it) or move onto the next 'cool' thing that my Ape brain wants. I'm on a 'H&K' thing at the moment - just bought a boneyard UMP and hanker for a G36, despite owning and selling both platforms in the past.

So, after proving it works by having an enemy squad walk past me so close I could have reached out and touched them, here's my completed ghillie loadout. The base layer is a Jack Pyke LLCS suit in British Oak. Goggles are some random mesh brand, viper if I recall, sprayed with krylon over masking tape. I then cut a piece of camo cloth mesh to shape and glued it to the frame of the goggles. The main cape is one of those mesh ones you see on all the airsoft sites, with the detachable hood. Got them both on fleabay for bugger all. I bought several packs of various leaves from Hidden Airsoft which I attached with brown cable ties. I added cheap plastic fern leaves and vines from amazon which I dusted over with krylon. For a little extra outline break up I cut up an old pair of British woodland camo trousers and tied on the strips, then did the same with an old camo poncho. The results definitely work. Not overly expensive, just a bit time consuming.

Good and good. You don't need any help from us - let the retailer sort it out. Good luck - I hope it gets sorted in a timely manner.

Bought this hop unit for my T-11; Next week it'll be this tracer plus whatever tracer 0.28/0.25g I can find. And maybe in two/three weeks another couple of pouches from Baribal.pl

What? Why?

Umm...ok. Some baffling decisions made from both sides methinks. I'm guessing you are referring to www.exmachina.uk / @EX_MACHINA? Well, he's had no social media posts since Nov-22. Time to cut your losses and move on - I would wager he won't be back. Given timescales, I doubt you'll be getting any money back you may have paid him either. A harsh lesson learnt.

Thanks, I honour your service. Would it be possible to delete posts without mod intervention if X number of user reports are received for them?

@proffrink Thanks for the update. This forum is a fantastic resource and has a very good core community - I hope this can be sorted soon.

In the hope that you take away some useful information forget the RIF's. If you want to push a useful Airsoft video why don't you focus on eye pro, rifle cases ect. You can have the £900 Uber leet hi capa that you have dressed up to look like a cheap two tone, but plenty of people do that.

What with this and the scammer thread, it's turning into Agatha bloody Christie on here!

Red Alert's third Battlesim yesterday, with the story continuing from the previous two. This time the ETF forces from the previous years have been routed, with a small hold-out squad roaming the battlefield causing chaos, as the Vukodlak war machine rolled into Calladia. A great day was had. Blazing sunshine, which wasn't so great for me for the majority of the day, in full ghillie. But damn my home made ghillie set up WORKS! One of the regulars, Duncan, has a collection of military vehicles, including a weasel, an open topped tracked atv. In the morning, while @Smiling-Dutchman and @Honey badgerwere on guard in the fort I was on overwatch outside in the undergrowth. Duncan nearly ran me over. I had to scramble out of the way waving my hand to show him I was there. In the afternoon the ghillie got another test: At last years event one of the staff, Rozy, was an npc and had been wandering the site all day with a fishing rod, asking for fish. So this year I packed a tin of anchovies in my loadout, just in case. Vukodlak forces set up their F.O.B in the morning, and our C.O. tells me that I will score victory points if I can deliver the anchovies to Rozy. Who is sat in the pick up truck inside the Calladian F.O.B. The enemy spawn. Arse. Oh well, forget that idea... After Charlie Squad (our squad) were instrumental in delivering supplies to the refugee camp, I decided to push out solo and go Calladian hunting. I informed my squad over comms, and struck out into the undergrowth. After a few minutes out occurred to me that if I kept pushing up that hill ahead of me I would be getting close to the Calladian HQ. Sod it, I'm going to try. I went into full stealth mode, watching every step, looking out for twigs and branches, trying to be as quiet as possible. Voices? Ahead of me... A Calladian squad coming down the hill, through the woods from their spawn. I quickly turned, vaulted over a fallen tree by some bushes and rolled under, my rifle under me cloak wrapped around, MK23 clutched in my sweaty mitt. I saw them stop and start whispering. They'd seen movement. I waited. They moved forwards. I could see them clearly. Definitely Calladian, at least 4 of them. I had an easy shot on one but that would lead to me getting hit and blowing the mission. My close encounter with the weasel (ooer) had convinced me my cloak works, so trust it! I just lay still, and after a couple of minutes of no further movement the Calladians decided that there was nobody there and continued forward... all of them passing right by me! One of them I could have reached out and touched. Daaaaamn! I waited as I heard them trudge off down the hill, then when I was sure they were gone I continued towards their base, moving even more carefully now, crawling through the undergrowth, and like the idiot I am not noticing the patch of nettles until I was crawling through it. I managed to sneak right up to the Calladian HQ without being spotted. Unfortunately there were quite a few troops their prepping to respawn. So I stood up and strolled into their base, enjoying the confusion on their faces as I held my gun aloft and shouted repeatedly "Nobody's shot me yet, nobody's shot me yet" I stopped short and tossed the tin of anchovies at their feet, causing them all to scatter as if it were a grenade 😆 The Calladian CO picked the tin up and handed it to Rozy. Mission complete! At that point a kid leveled his pistol at me and shot me in the chest as I stood there grinning my head off. We all had a good laugh about it then I went off on the trek back to base, reporting my success over comms to my squad leader. When I got back to HQ I was met by a round of applause from all the Vukodlak soldiers present. Slow, tiring and painful but omg that was worth it! And the day ended in the third win in a row for Vukodlak! Hats off to all of Charlie Squad, which was all Outcast members and @Smiling-Dutchman who made a great addition to our yearly squad. Red Alert Battlesims are always awesome. This one I will take away some great memories. The next battlesim will be next year, the next battlesim lite is July 23rd, with no kit restrictions or camo requirements.

Vegans need to be kinder to others for their eating habits. The last thing we need is another Spinach Inquisition

This. If you do and can't fix it then there's a high chance you'll have made any warranty invalid

Sounds like the Mosfet is knackered. Or there is a short in the wiring.

I did not volunteer either, just made the mistake of raising clever ideas... And then accepting the invite to help out the original Mod team.

@Jedi_Master

Better than wrecking yourself

Chrono readings vary even with the same make so don't try to get to the limit of fps because at a site it may read too high.

A mobius strip walks into a bar, looking a bit down. The barman sees this and asks: "hey man, what's up?" The mobius strip replies: "where do I begin?"

Hmmm could you just be mad that he's better than a lot of players? From his YouTube it seems like a lot of cheaters seem to be those he faces. Also are you or the forum not worried about the liable remarks of defamation against KickingMustang? If I was him I would contact the police about these accusations other than the cheating. Also calling him that name is actually bullying and says alot more about the person you are and the forum that condones this behaviour. My guess the maliciousness comes from him possibly putting you up on YouTube as a cheater. Camera never lies. Hate him or love him he's getting alot of people into airsoft. Do better! Be nicer!

From my experience very few (especially home) 3d printers will give an acceptable print right out of the box, it takes time to learn and tune your machine. I don’t want to take anything away from an artist, but 3d printing is a lot like driving a car, it’s a steep learning curve, and it can all still go wrong for any number of reasons