Rogerborg

So, what are the main giveaways? I'm probably just completely blind but 🤷‍♂️😂

If you want reasonably simple, try Flames of war. The older stuff is white metal but the more recent stuff and the "Team Yankee" WW3 stuff is all plastic.

Bender is the only great bot.

 

While I agree with the logic behind this, I don't get to play as often as I'd like due to other things taking priority so I'd rather spend my limited time and money going to games I know I'll enjoy rather than paying to spend a weekend wet, miserable and bored
 
Filmsim sounds like a good balance between the two

i finally managed to make it to RIFTs newest site this weekend, The Battery.

as i knew it was going to be a CQB site, i decided my primary weapons for the day were going to be my new KWA Beretta M93r, my KWA GBB Skorpion and my John Wick hicappa and TM Lycoris Recoil pistols as my backups (alternating between primary and secondary throughout the day) but i took a couple of long guns such as my Tippmann in case they were needed, but ended up sticking with the short guns all day.

i had purchased a bunch of mags for the m93 through RIFTs own shop, White Sphere Tactical, and arranged to pick them up on site... so once signed in it was off to collect the mags, bring kit into the indoor safezone.  standard fare for chrono, but due to the CQB, ammo weight was limited to .28g.  

first game was team balancer and found that blue team was overly powerful, so as a lone wolf i got swapped onto red team with a handful of other players to balance the teams a little more.

game modes through the day were all 30 min games with quick breaks in between for reloading, which wasnt an issue due to the relatively small size of the site.  game modes included capturing ammo cans to HQ, moving a gas cylinder "bomb" to three capture points and capturing flag points around the site.  TBH, not knowing the site, i was more focussed on just getting kills for the first half of the day,  but i did help out with the objectives later in the day once i got more familiar with the site and my new guns.

one thing i really need to look into is how to mount tracer units on the skorpion and M93, as these would DEFINATELY have helped in the indoor sections.

i did have a bit of an oopsie moment (which i managed to turn to a win)...  at one point a blue player was hiding behind some corrugated steel barricades at the bottom end of one of the yards, so i decided to charge the location, laying down fire with the m93 to keep the enemys head down as i crossed the open spaces.  as i moved, the m93 gassed out (i think i reloaded the mag, but forgot to gas it..  oops..)  so i quickly took the m93 in my left hand and drew my JW hicappa as i reached the barricade...   where i hit a patch of mud, slipped over, fell into the barricade and as i slid past the edge of the barricade, managed to snap 2 shots off at the blue player, taking him out...    after getting helped up, quickly checking my gear and fist bumping the blue player, i decided to call myself out to go and check my injuries and thoroughly inspect the guns and fortunately found the barrels were clear, so i was soon back out.

and i was running a gopro on my helmet for the first time, so i might have caught my little fall on tape...   in the process of downloading the footage as i type this message, so i should know in a few minutes....


EDIT
i did indeed capture the incident on tape...
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/u1nsfc6n375ex1rm5ynb2/oopsie.mp4?rlkey=2rwbhjnlc7tm7ecp69fuvh75f&st=1sdak9fk&dl=0

This is the best idea. Never miss an opportunity to have fun because someone on the internet said something negative. Worst case you spent some time and money on learning what you like and dislike about what airsoft has to offer. Best case you meet some nice people who want to get out of airsoft the same sorts of things you do, you get home and immediately start looking to see what the next event you can do is. If you can find a local site doing a 24h(+) game* then it can't hurt to check that out even if just for the sake of your sleeping kit. But broadly I recommend going to games which are put on my organisers who focus on hosting these types of games. Logistically speaking a game at an urban venue is a gentler introduction than one in the woods, but then again don't let that hold you back either. 
 
*I don't think the term "milsim" is a good one but that's something for another time.

Friend of mine went to a milsim and his CO refused to talk to him because his kit wasn't completely right. 
Get to fuck. 

Agreed. At least on a regular skirmish I can ignore the gobby idiot if their idea is clearly bollocks. Also I get the impression many milsims are pay to win or are more like larping to a set story line. 

Milsims are too serious for my taste. 
Too many walts and weekend warriors preening over their authenticity and immersion, while playing toy soldiers in the woods.
I play for fun, not to have orders barked at me by a guy who suddenly got a small amount of power. 

The G&G mid caps are notorious for not feeding in their own guns. I'd suggest either PTS EPM mags (not the EPM1s) or - hear me out - Nuprol mags.

yeah higher C is always better, I'd say most "airsoft sized" batteries don't actually have enough C (regardless of their marketing C) and will drop voltage as much as half during the initial surge current, so don't trust the C rating on the battery label, the capacity in mAh is probably a better indication of whether it can provide high actual C, so always get the highest mAh you can practically fit
 
The Overlander VSRmini looks fine to me, it is a smart charger so it should do more than good enough job, any charger with a screen and has a few buttons for navigating menus and adjust settings is a smart charger, needless to say smart is almost always better than dumb
 
 

It's a 26bb mag but less gas capacity than a hi capa, so it's always gonna struggle to empty, but it will improve a little as the weather gets warmer.
Don't think of it as a hindrance, had it been real steel you'd only get 8 shots at best.
If the trip back to the safezone is a pain, consider getting a smaller refillable gas can to carry in game, along with a speedloader.

A smear of silicon grease can do wonders there.
 
 
 
1.3J from an M100 and a stock (but stretched-and-greased) CYMA gearbox and nozzle.  Yes, quivering on the edge of a Section 5.  The difference between nearly sealed and really sealed is remarkable.

I test all the batteries I buy and return the crap ones.
I don't worry about capacity if the IR is low. Give and take...

Air seal as stock on many guns is pretty bad. Just a case of eliminating it step by step. 

Piston head to cylinder, cylinder to cylinder head, cylinder head to air nozzle (always bad with those plastic ones!) and air nozzle to hop up rubber. 
 
With a good air seal I have got 1.05J from an M90 spring

You're just jealous that I can fit through those pissy little Victorian loft hatches to get to the header tank.  😜

What makes it worse is that it looks like the sort of thing I would've had aged 8
 

Case in point with the heavily customised/modded Hi-Capas you see listed at £700 (for argument's sake) compared to £1,200 spent on the gun (funny that you're sold the gun whose parts have mostly/all been replaced!) and parts. If they had a bigger market, the seller wouldn't lose as much money.

If you can find someone who wants them and values them.  The more you fUlLy CuStOmIsE a gun, the smaller you're making your market.

The cheapest, toyish plastic CYMA + a bunch of free gifts.
 
Might as well be titled "Buyer's Regret Starter Pack". 

The cheapest, toyish plastic CYMA + a bunch of free gifts.
 
Might as well be titled "Buyer's Regret Starter Pack". 

The cheapest, toyish plastic CYMA + a bunch of free gifts.
 
Might as well be titled "Buyer's Regret Starter Pack". 

https://www.airsoft-hub.com/item/31014-great-starter-bundle
 
The itemised bill lists the two-tone fee - am I paying a discount on that?
 
How long have the bio BBs been hanging about for and in what conditions?

Ha I used to make so many weird guns, mainly just to wind up my mate Gaz 
 
(first one has 5 different guns in it) 





What about this I made 😂