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As @Cannonfodder said, its not essential, but it will make life so much easier when buying, even secondhand.

If he's that kinda guy, & i mean it the nicest way, he needs to swallow his pride or park his ego, if he's going to survive & prosper, the fact that he's previously asked you to Marshall for him shows an element of trust, maybe its worth having another go at constructive critique, if not in person then a call or maybe even an email, explaining where you think he's gone wrong with the layout & how he could gradually improve it, maybe by recycling or reconfiguring some of his structures that have negatively affected the games ebb & flow. Don't get me wrong, don't know the guy, nor have I played his sites, but like you I've played lots of other sites, some great & some dreadful, & sometimes the bad ones have enormous potential but are badly run, crap staff, shite game scenarios, or alternatively amazing enthusiastic staff but the site layout/size/location makes decent play untenable. But none of us want to see a sites demise, we've lost too many already to development etc😢, especially cqb themed.

Do you think it can be fixed with regards to layout etc ?, or is it just not "fit for purpose" due to the aforementioned ? If its the former, maybe people need to give him feedback in the form of constructive criticism ?, help him get back on track🤞

Thats a real shame, for both you & the organisers. I'll be honest & say that if he's not getting the numbers he needs on a day when the weather forecast is pretty good, he needs to have a good hard look at his business, either aspects of the site & gameplay, or his calendar schedule if its running gamedays that conflict with his nearest (& possibly better ?) rivals ?

I'm not sure how far back the automatic renewal system is pulling ads from, so if someone has had say 90 ads, will it keep drawing from that historical pool ?, would 81 have to be deleted before it allowed a new ad to be added ?. Sorry, im not much help, all in can say is Proffrink is pulling his hair out over the issues, but is working hard to resolve them for the benefit of all the forums members.🙏

Probably mod privileges give me delete options, send me a few urls of ads you want rid of, we'll see if it works ?

I've just properly deleted all my old wanted & sold ads, it allowed me to post a new wanted ad.

To be honest Rob, ages back i googled your username, something I've done with a few unusual sounding usernames, wondering what the meaning was or where members sourced them from, & yours mentioned your musical history, originating from the bristol area if memory serves me ? I'm not a stalker, honest😜

You need to start a thread in the "guns wanted" section within the classifieds.

Obviously if that had happened here, i would have acted on the reports immediately................ And probably bought it😈

That literally hides them from view, its not a "hard" delete unfortunately. I'm happy to delete some for members (lol, im probably gonna regret this😱), just send me the URL.

Should be a drop down menu somewhere, under "thread moderation" maybe ?, failing that, send me a pm with the URL's of the ads you want gone and I'll delete them.

Thats good, this was like me when loading mine 🤣

Excuse my ignorance if im wrong, I haven't used 40mm gas shells for probably 20 years, but back then I remember they were quite temperamental, & prone to go off if not handled with "kid gloves", has that design issue improved enough to handle being racked in a pump system ?

Are you both going for a working multiple shell grenade launcher (like the real thing) or a single shot mock-up ?

A mate of mine has just retired from the Met, he's served in every aspect of their firearms units for over a decade, loved the job, but disheartened by the system, when they charged one of his colleagues with murder, for just doing his job, he nearly handed in his "ticket" along with many others, only thing that stopped him was his impending pension review. But a lot did quit, & previous applicants that didnt quite make the grade were then reconsidered for fast tracked recruitment to the units, in order to fill the considerable gaps. With that in mind, I don't think we can say that accidents won't happen, or mistakes be made, a very recent possible was the synagogue attack just a week ago, one of those killed & one of the injured was as a result of police rounds, we've yet to hear the finer details, that probably won't be made public for at least 6 months while every aspect is investigated, the officers involved will downgraded in their duties, & eventually recommendations may be made to prevent a reoccurrence in the future. My point is, the system takes it very seriously, so much so that should airsoft rifs figure in a police related shooting, the powers that be will have no hesitation in recommending changes in rif ownership, after all we're just a bunch of silly buggers dressing up, & running around playing silly buggers, its highly unlikely that anyone in power will consider that our right to play realistic looking silly buggers will outweigh the need for future public safety or police procedures. Hence why we've got to be on top of our game, so to speak, & enabling anyone, especially non airsofters to cut corners when it comes to rif ownership, is a massive no no. If its true, im disappointed that firesupport is accepting cosplay as a defence, they should know better, but money is money in these difficult times i guess ?.