Willpower, am I weak ?

[Skullchewer]

If you arrive at Red Alert in a tank I'll know the inheritance has come through.

 

[Jaylordofwaargh]

It's not the equipment thats the issue, but cap badges & berets have to be "earned", & some are considerably harder to earn than others. 

Plus for many of those who have served there is usually an associated pride in your mother regiment, in its history & achievements, as well as the fact that comrades you have served with may have passed, either in the service of their country, or as we're becoming more aware of nowadays, succumbing to their demons due to the things they have witnessed or done in the name of service. 

While I can't lay claim to heroic actions whilst serving, but many of my comrades did. 

& then years later, not long after I started airsofting, I witnessed an absolute shitshow of a team, nothing I could say positively about their on site behaviour. Nothing new there you might say, but every one of those twats was wearing (badly) my regimental cap badge & beret, for no other reason than that one of their members had allegedly served in a ta unit & still had backdoor access to some kit cheap?. 

I was far from impressed & had to have a word, quite a few actually, some of them you wouldn't repeat to the vicar lol. 

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Sorry guys, didn't mean for this to get dark, but it's a genuine consideration that will trigger some players. 

This is more than fair enough, and I am well aware of the issues that spring from it. Thank you for the poignant comments.

As to badges, well I'd use an old reg that doesn't exist ( Cornwall rifles) anymore, or just not wear a badge. 

This would be for specific games or if a number of us were all at same site. 

It did sure feel great to be stomping through a site with a team in similar/unit kit. It was a larpsoft event, so on the Sunday morning when 4 (older) lads in full late 80's 2para kit with appropriate weaponry Inc support gunner, there were looks from PMC thinking they were going to get a harder day.

My brother did order the wrong green beret...it was mentioned a number of times and he did look very sheepish for it...

Anyway. @Tackle Hope you are having a better day, yesterday sounded like a rough one.

 

[Skullchewer]

But back on topic, to really address the issues of this thread:

Yes.

 

[Tactical Pith Helmet]

Almost 30 years ago, when I was a year into playing Paintball, I went along dressed up in khakis, dpm & had a Red Beret that I found in one of my fathers bags  that was nestled in the attic

I had the Beret tucked into one of my jackets shoulder epaulettes 

The site owner , who had served gave me a proper screaming match dressing down!

That never saw the light of day again! ?

To be fair, in my defence I was a 17 year old daft laddie that didn’t understand the error of my ways.

But to get back in topic, I don’t own any Gucci Crye or WAS clobber, but I do understand the appeal of it all.

I have only managed to play 3 times this year, despite being on site approximately 30 times to assist with marshalling.

I have to fight the urges to splurge, and now on a strict “one out for one in” ruling at home ?

I did similar.   I was seven though!

 

[Tackle]

Inheritance is good, but not everyone is so lucky)

Yeah it's really lucky when you lose a loved one ?

 

[Duff Beer]

Bit of background, so in all the years I've been playing, my load carrying kit has always been either solid black or OD, & in both colours I still own numerous rigs & probably 100+ pouches of various brands & styles, I could probably kit out a section with ease. 

I also own numerous full clothing loadouts, dpm, m81 woodland, OD, black, flecktarn desert, vegetato/tata lol, multicam/mtp, probably more, & have also previously owned flecktarn, wusentarn, choc chop & probably others I've forgotten. 

Now multicam/mtp I've never been that keen on, only ever bought it initially in 2010 for themed games where camo was used for designating teams, & I've probably only worn it 3 times. 

But here's the point I've been getting to....... 

Over on Zin I saw a warrior nemesis rig in mtp come up for £35, I do like warrior kit so I found myself googling a review for the rig & my first click found me directed back here to a necropost from 2014, thanks @TheFull9, & I'm like "Hhmmmmm, that looks good", but then a moment later I'm like "but i rarely wear mtp, & besides, I've got too much shit"

So I scroll on

5 minutes later

"yeah but it's warrior & they do make nice kit" 

But then the other voice is like "ffs Mark, you dont wear that camo & you don't need any more feckin kit" 

& I'm like "yeah but no but" ?

Am I the only one ? 

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(even looks like me lol) 

Vegetato is the one true way Tack, have you had a look at all the stuff UF Pro and Defcon 5 do?  That’ll stop your MTP cravings

 

[Tackle]

Vegetato is the one true way Tack, have you had a look at all the stuff UF Pro and Defcon 5 do?  That’ll stop your MTP cravings

Vegetato was my old teams camo, well at least clothing wise, with od rigs, but I struggled to find a lot of choice, turns out they don't turn out much veggie kit for those of us with the "fuller" figure lol?

 

[Shamal]

Vegetato was my old teams camo, well at least clothing wise, with od rigs, but I struggled to find a lot of choice, turns out they don't turn out much veggie kit for those of us with the "fuller" figure lol?

Bit like me mate. Plenty of stuff out there if you go as Mr blobby.??

 

[Duff Beer]

Vegetato was my old teams camo, well at least clothing wise, with od rigs, but I struggled to find a lot of choice, turns out they don't turn out much veggie kit for those of us with the "fuller" figure lol?

It still is, and Dessie Flecktarn when we played on the quarry at Weymouth.

You’d be surprised how ‘comfortable’ the Defcon stuff is, I got a Vegetato smock over Black Friday and I could sleep in it.

 

[Tackle]

It still is, and Dessie Flecktarn when we played on the quarry at Weymouth.

You’d be surprised how ‘comfortable’ the Defcon stuff is, I got a Vegetato smock over Black Friday and I could sleep in it.

Jim you motherfucker?, I kept thinking the username was familiar, but didn't put 2+2 together lol, how the feck are you, back playing ? 

 

[Duff Beer]

Jim you motherfucker?, I kept thinking the username was familiar, but didn't put 2+2 together lol, how the feck are you, back playing ? 

Living the dream mate, how about you?

I’ve got back into it over the last couple of years and play a decent amount at the Invicta sites.  I run in to some of the Phoenix lot every now again, and Solitaire is still being a sneaky sod.  Let me know when you’re next playing and we’ll get the band back together!

 

[Tackle]

Living the dream mate, how about you?

I’ve got back into it over the last couple of years and play a decent amount at the Invicta sites.  I run in to some of the Phoenix lot every now again, and Solitaire is still being a sneaky sod.  Let me know when you’re next playing and we’ll get the band back together!

I'll pm you?

 

[Pollynator_bravo2]

I can’t avoid visiting tack and gun sites and when I do I guarantee that my Apple Pay gets hammered and a week long ferry of parcels arrive lol

 

[sp00n]

“I can resist anything, but temptation”

… said someone famous… I don’t don’t remember who ???

 

[Lozart]

“I can resist anything, but temptation”

… said someone famous… I don’t don’t remember who ???

Oscar Wilde

 

[Tackle]

Oscar Wilde

& we know what he couldn't resist ?

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