AFUK Questionnaire? 🤔

[EDcase]

I'm disappointed and a bit shocked at your reaction guys.

If you don't like it don't read it.

You don't have to be bitchy cunts about it...

[Tackle]

8 hours ago, EDcase said:

I'm disappointed and a bit shocked at your reaction guys.

If you don't like it don't read it.

You don't have to be bitchy cunts about it...

Shocked ?, Get over yourself, his posts are the new "Seth" & I'm just rattling his chain lol

[Robert James]

13 minutes ago, Tackle said:

Shocked ?, Get over yourself, he's the new "Seth" & we're just rattling his chain lol

What actually happened to Seth? He came, he had a site which then stopped and he hasn't visited since October 

[Guest]

8 hours ago, EDcase said:

I'm disappointed and a bit shocked at your reaction guys.

If you don't like it don't read it.

You don't have to be bitchy cunts about it...

See, you’ve assumed.
I have only given genuine, honest answers. Just because that doesn’t fit in with your world view, does not make me a bitchy cunt, you little wiener 😂😂

 

I don’t watch airsoft videos, unless it’s a tricky gun that requires a takedown, I have no intention to travel, let alone for airsoft, I don’t want to be sponsored by anybody in airsoft thanks, I have only ever shot target and Practical Pistol at Hockley MPA so have no basis for comparison, and literally nothing for a game scenario.

[Tackle]

Similar for me, don't watch the vids as their generally edited to make wankers look like better players. no desire to travel to play, plenty of people on my doorstep want to shoot me 😜

As for sponsorship, I've been a professional athlete, it's tantamount to selling your soul to the devil, so no thanks.

The best sites I've played are no longer available to play, so naming them has no relevance.

And historical scenarios are generally bs, it's either playing to the known outcome or "changing history", which just makes it a slight variation of a regular game.

🖕

I realise the fingers a bit rude, but it won't let me delete it, so don't be offended, it's not intended 😜

[Steveocee]

1. Which YouTube Airsoft player would you like to meet, as well as join for a game?

SwampSniper, comes across a decent guy and his site is amazing.

2. Which Airsoft event would you travel to outside the UK? 

Read point 1.

3. If you could be sponsored by only one Airsoft company, which one? 

None, would rather stay agnostic.

4. Which site do you enjoy playing at the most?

Couldn't pin 1, I play at different sites depending on my mood, previous experiences and if friends have a preference.

5. If you could run an event, what would you base it on? 

Would re-create an Arma3 wasteland scenario, Blues, Reds and Independant Greens. Each has to hold and control certain points and each needing certain resources to do so.

[EDcase]

16 hours ago, Tackle said:

You read my mind mate, totally uninspiring thread 👎

Maybe I mistook your banter for bitchin and if that's the case then I'm sorry I got it wrong.

[Guest DrAlexanderTobacco]

 

1. How did you get into Airsoft?

Years of watching Scoutthedoggie videos at secondary school, but too poor to own RIFs or a car to get to sites - all changed when I left school and started working, around 2012.

2.what would your callsign be?

I don't really like callsigns, I think it's mostly an Americanism - if you're given a jokey nickname by your mates, great, but "Smoke" or "Ghost" etc... Not for me - but that's just me!

3. What would your primary and secondary gun be (optional third)?

My "Primary" is basically whatever RIF I've been using for long enough that I'm really comfortable with it, the various drills involved etc. A few years ago it was a TM MP7, now it's an old SRC AK - no secondary as yet, I haven't been arsed to sort out a belt/holster/pistol combo that suits me.

4. What Battle dress Uniform (BDU) and gear would you use?

Cadet-issue DPM and a Smersh, this probably won't change for a long time - though when playing CQB I honestly just love to play in casual clothes - slimfit jeans, a woolly jumper etc. Means I can just chuck on my rig and RIF and I'm good to go once I get to site.

5. If you could use rubber melee weapons, what would it be? 

Whatever's safe to use and does the job - I prefer to shoot people I've snuck up on so I probably won't ever get a melee weapon

6. What’s your favourite and least favourite game mode? 

"Virus" and TDM are my least favourite. Most favourite is anything with direct objectives i.e. "escort VIP/container/vehicle to objective" type games.

7. What’s your best, funniest and worst memory of Airsoft?

Best - Night game a couple of weeks ago, LUP next to the objective for around 20 minutes, within 10m of the enemy, waiting until the best moment to go in and rinse everyone, exfiltrating with the objective

Funniest - I'll edit one in when I can think of one

Worst - Any skirmish where my RIF was just refusing to play nice.

8. What is your favourite patches (maximum 4)?

Similar to callsigns, I don't really like patches. Each to their own though!

9. If there was a gun you wanted or not yet built, what would it be? 

GBB FAL - It's in the works!

10. What do you see as a step forward, for the game, in the future? 

A "return" of UK milsim

 

 

2nd Part to follow

[Tackle]

46 minutes ago, EDcase said:

Maybe I mistook your banter for bitchin and if that's the case then I'm sorry I got it wrong.

Thank you, lol prob a little bit of both, while I don't mind a little chat & boobs asking a question, I don't expect the Spanish inquisition.

 

(Cue the Monty python memes)

[EDcase]

 

1 hour ago, Tackle said:

Thank you, lol prob a little bit of both, while I don't mind a little chat & boobs asking a question, I don't expect the Spanish inquisition.

 

(Cue the Monty python memes)

At least we made this thread a bit more interesting

[Tackle]

10 minutes ago, EDcase said:

 

At least we made this thread a bit more interesting

Lol 🤣, I've just seen predictive text changed Noobs to boobs, that'll teach me not to type while walking round Tesco with the missus.

(obviously has nothing to do with my search history 😋)

[Immortal]

1. How did you get into Airsoft?

I love guns. I can't really own the real deal so this will do. Plus shooting people would be frowned on here.

 

2.what would your callsign be?

I get called most things but a lot aren't friendly.

 

3. What would your primary and secondary gun be (optional third)?

Same as what they already are and that can change every game. I have a fair few.

 

4. What Battle dress Uniform (BDU) and gear would you use?

Would or do? Flecktarn, Tropentarn, Tiger. Quite interested in the ConCamo.

 

5. If you could use rubber melee weapons, what would it be? 

I'd rather use a metal one.

 

6. What’s your favourite and least favourite game mode? 

Worst Gayest game mode ever: Holding hands game. You had to pair up as if handcuffed. Bloody awful. I sat out the game after when it was mentioned they were playing it again.

Best; open plan free roaming large areas of woodland.

 

7. What’s your best, funniest and worst memory of Airsoft?

Best; killing something like 24 players with a BFG and a Glock. A BFG took 6 of them, a player handed me back the BFG and I threw it again to take another 6 straight away. He was abused walking through his fallen team. Pistol took the rest.

Funniest; flooring a bloke with a nut shot to see him helped back to respawn by his mate.

Worst; nearly knocking myself out in a bad fall and getting an infection on my face from the impact cut.

 

8. What is your favourite patches (maximum 4)?

Not fussed.

 

9. If there was a gun you wanted or not yet built, what would it be? 

I have most of what I want. I'd rather have more time to use them.

 

10. What do you see as a step forward, for the game, in the future? 

Either my left or right foot I guess.

 

1. Which YouTube Airsoft player would you like to meet, as well as join for a game?

Not fussed, they don't know me and I don't know them so awkward.

 

2. Which Airsoft event would you travel to outside the UK? 

No idea.

 

3. If you could be sponsored by only one Airsoft company, which one?  

No idea.

 

4. Which site do you enjoy playing at the most?

I like DogTag.

 

5. If you could run an event, what would you base it on?  

Peppa Pig.

[Luke85]

1. How did you get into Airsoft?

Gun and shooting enthusiast and target sports in general. Shooting people with repilcas of guns we cant own in this country seemed fun.

 

2.what would your callsign be?

The Gruffalo

 

3. What would your primary and secondary gun be (optional third)?

My SCAR and Glock

 

4. What Battle dress Uniform (BDU) and gear would you use?

If I could, a colonial marine from Aliens

 

5. If you could use rubber melee weapons, what would it be? 

A Chewbacca squeaky toy

 

6. What’s your favourite and least favourite game mode? 

Best, boring answer perhaps, but a good old attack and defend. They are straight forward so everyone knows the score and what they are doing. And you've a pretty good idea of how well your doing. Can be made more fun by adding certain positions that must be taken in a particular order etc or simply by having a great area to play the game in such as a particular set of buildings or interesting terrain. 

Worst, any game thats so complicated it takes half an hour to explain and decsends into chaos because some people were not paying attention to the briefing anyhow.

 

7. What’s your best, funniest and worst memory of Airsoft?

Best, absolutely nailing a breach and clear of a fort with just a little help from 2 former marines on our team.

Funniest, watching two guys tied together for a game mode get fired at, run for cover and each going a different side of a small tree...straight out of a comic sketch

Worst, getting caught in a hail storm mid game, hands freezing off and game going to shit because people couldnt tell a hit from all the hail.

 

8. What is your favourite patches (maximum 4)?

Meh

 

9. If there was a gun you wanted or not yet built, what would it be? 

A smart gun from Aliens, or a Pulse Rifle that was actually skirmishable and with a working grenade launcher.

 

10. What do you see as a step forward, for the game, in the future? 

Some kind of hit marker technology, but thats probably impossible. Realistically, probably the guns able to sling 6mm bbs accurately out to distances currently unseen. Imagine if airsoft guns starting getting out well beyond 100m...and with some accuracy too. Would change the game. 

[AK47frizzle]

1. How did you get into Airsoft?

JBBG and convenience stores selling cheapo £1 pistols

 

2.what would your callsign be?

none

 

3. What would your primary and secondary gun be (optional third)?

my noveske, my noveske, and my novekse

 

4. What Battle dress Uniform (BDU) and gear would you use?

none, I go casual because fuck camo. I guess PMC is the closest to casual

 

5. If you could use rubber melee weapons, what would it be? 

a brick

 

6. What’s your favourite and least favourite game mode? 

"5 vs the world" at landwarrior 😕 shittiest game mode where you can never win. Finding the drugzzzzzzzzzz is prolly the most favourable.

 

7. What’s your best, funniest and worst memory of Airsoft?

Best: last one alive, followed by insane cqb 20+ killstreak with a fucking long ass scar h whilst wearing a bright green jacket. Funniest: Me defending inside a tiny 1m^2 cubicle, someone tosses a grenade inside, I run out with my arms out shouting "i'll take my hiiiiit", and an old man tells me "wise decision". Worst: Noveske breaks, sniper rifle breaks, upgraded gucci glock breaks. Hired a shitty nuprol m4 rental.

 

8. What is your favourite patches (maximum 4)?

TAIWANGUN tan, TAIWANGUN white, and TAIWANGUN green

 

9. If there was a gun you wanted or not yet built, what would it be? 

Eh. I'll invent something.

 

10. What do you see as a step forward, for the game, in the future? 

Maybe if couriers other than parcelforce transported rifs 😕

[Adolf Hamster]

1. How did you get into Airsoft?

group i was in would run the occasional game day, started out a bit rough (not the best site for a beginner learning their way) then found my feet at a local site, then it just grew from there.

 

2.what would your callsign be?

at the risk of keeping my anonymous hat on it seems my squad has decided on my surname prefaced with "big uncle", yes there's a running joke attatched to that.

 

3. What would your primary and secondary gun be (optional third)?

kinda tricky, my go-to gun is the m4, it's been a labour of obsession for years with almost all of it now replaced with aftermarket or custom made parts. it's a heretical mess that fits no real theme but it's lightweight (but not plastic fantastic lightweight), reliable, and most of all very very very accurate.

 

second is a growing love my e&l ak74u, currently doesn't shoot that accurately but i have plans to sort that out, but it's just a really nicely made bit of kit and the current project gun. i'm a sucker for good blued steel. plus it has a massive can on it which with an hpa makes for some top tier sneaky silence.

 

third is my jg ak74u, because despite it's lowly heritage, despite it's wobbly stock and handguard, despite the stock barrel and hop unit it shoots amazingly, no other gun has me saying "i can't beleive i made that shot" as much as that thing does. normally it's reserved as a backup gun but it does make a showing when air for the hpa's is in short supply or when i just can't be assed running the whole tank setup.

 

honourable mention goes to the we makarov, it doesn't get used for much more than holster candy, and it doesnt like the cold, but there is so much satisfaction in getting a long range kill with such a small gun and it really can reach out further than my skills at pistol marksmanship can support (and most rifles it meets). there's also the f2000, the gun i love to bits but seldom used because as much as i love it it's just not as good as the others.

 

4. What Battle dress Uniform (BDU) and gear would you use?

gorka and smersh, fella in the squad has a thing for russian stuff and he kind of ended up convincing the rest of us to get into it. it's comfortable and practical and more importantly it's 1 rig that i can use for both ak's and m4's. used to run flecktarn a lot (it's a good camo) and i still have several amazon special cobbled together belt/chest rigs which the smersh just blew out of the water.

 

i'd like to add a kapkan in digi flora for sneakyness but apart from that my kit as it stands is pretty much how i like it. i do wish i could run a balaclava/facemask but it just leads to fog city.

 

5. If you could use rubber melee weapons, what would it be? 

i don't as a rule, pretty much my attitude to melee is i either just shoot them or maybe offer a bang kill (with the selector on auto and the itchiest trigger finger out there just in case they want to be funny). i used to run a tomahawk because i figured something so large would be hard to lose, never got a kill with it. same goes for my bayonet which hangs in its surplus russian scabbard more for looks than practicality, although when i get a gun with a bayonet lug you bet it'll see some bayonet charges.

 

6. What’s your favourite and least favourite game mode? 

i'm a fan of a good honest fall back game, the one-sided nature means you don't feel too bad about losing when your defending and it's all about just putting in a good fight. more importantly it's simple, which considering some players still can't get their head around "30 steps back no coming forward" is a good thing. i'd love to do medic games but every one i've played just descends into anarchy.

 

my least favourite is anything with a single objective and unlimited respawns, just turns into a shitty grindfest immediately and once it's reached a stalling point you can be guaranteed the creative game mechanics will soon follow as people get desperate to break the stalemate. generally for these games me and the lads just dander off into the forest and concentrate on sneaky kills.

 

7. What’s your best, funniest and worst memory of Airsoft?

best memory(ies) are from the second site i played at, a wonderful place where the regulars took the sport seriously enough to play properly but not to the point of not having a bit of fun. the kind of place where the marshall can jump in for a game some days because he's simply not needed and you rely that if they weren't calling it was because you weren't hitting. sadly it closed down a couple of years back. honourable second mention goes to a game i played a while back which was a breath of fresh air, the kind of game where you can and do stay in semi auto taking paced single shots because 1 bb really is all you need, reminded me of those old times.

 

funniest happened a few months ago, during a defence game where our team had dug ourselves in deep and the attackers just couldnt get past us one of the lads got rick astley playing on a speaker, we all sat there singing/dancing and somehow at the end we still held the ground. incredibly dumb yes, but also incredibly funny. it kind of saddens me to see folk who hate doing the occasional bit of stupidity, for me it's moments like that that make the game fun.

 

worst memory is a tricky one, i've had my fair share of lapses of judgement, lost my cool a few times (thankfully never descending into fisticuffs despite some temptation), tbh i think my memories of the first site i went to are the scariest, i'll not name and shame because it's been a few years and by all accounts they've cleaned up their act but looking back now and realising how bad it was to have been playing with a crowd of regulars who took the whole fps thing somewhat liberally (if anyone wonders this is why i tend to be so vocal about chrono'ing in joules not fps that's why), back then i ran mesh goggles because i couldn't stand fogging up. needless to say it was a lesson i'm glad i learned before losing an eye.

 

8. What is your favourite patches (maximum 4)?

i don't wear patches as a rule, i'm very much "that guy" that just doesn't see the point. it's not that i'm against them though unless we start getting into the whole stolen valour thing.

 

9. If there was a gun you wanted or not yet built, what would it be? 

kind of have 3 candidates for this. the e&l i discussed earlier is my current rebuild target. i've been fighting open bolt hpa in it since i got it (because my standards for accuracy in an airsoft gun are pretty demanding) and hopefully before long that will be fixed. i also plan to coat it in superglue and drag it through the zenitco catalogue at some point.

 

the second is the mg42, it's been on a rebuild for nigh on 2 years now, originally after i dropped it and bent the reciever, but now it's evolved ever more into a ridiculously over-engineered project. at the end it'll probably be a bastard to skirmish as it'll be using an actual '42 ammo can instead of the gurt trommel so it'll be pretty much only be used for fixed defensive positions. current plan is i have another box mag (the third it's had, including one belt driven off a v2 gearbox because go big or go home) and replace my ghetto air system (great on paper if you can make a box strong enough to feed it) with the polarstar out of the e&l. it won't be the true bb hose i'd originally planned but hopefully it should be able to fire more than 100 rounds before something breaks/jams/starts burning.

 

however probably more in line with the question is i want another ak, specifically an e&l full length 74 with wooden furniture. i have a lovely pk-a reproduction sight (something i've never seen anyone else field) which isn't really meant for the aksu it's mounted on (i had to space out the rail by near 1/2" to get it to clear the iron sights). internally i'd probably go for a nicely balanced aeg build (no high speed, i have polarstars for that), probably mostly stock internals with maybe a dash of hop work and a titan.

 

10. What do you see as a step forward, for the game, in the future? 

 

in terms of general advancement? i'd quite like to see more expansions of dedicated sites, especially where i am, there's only a couple within practical driving distance that aren't cqb only (translation: fuck getting up at 6am to go shooting). it'd also be nice to see sites being more organised with setting, communicating and enforcing rules. i don't care if for example bang kills are mandatory, optional, or banned, but i do hate it not being clear which ruleset is the one everyone should be sticking to. i've also heard of folk complaining because "headshots don't count" or "gun hits count/don't count" regardless of what the site's particular ruleset is.

 

technology wise i don't see anything big in the works, i do have some hope for mechanical hpa becoming a bit more available (translation a decent closed bolt kit with select fire that isn't daytonagun's "you'll need to sell a kidney for this one" kind of expensive). the aeg is pretty dug in (some folk might remember i joined this forum with grand plans to revolutionize the aeg only for them to fail spectacularly) and frankly i doubt the basic design will be changing much. i'd love to see heavyweight ammo becoming a bit cheaper but that's probably just because geoff's now owns 40% of my soul.

 

i would like to see more variety in the guns you see fielded, yes i know the ar15 derived platforms are good, ergonomic, have mountains of parts available and can be made to suit any wallet, but it does raise a smile when i see someone who's got the guts to charge into battle with a sten or a g3 or (insert not an ar-15 derivative here). same goes for camo and rigs, the scales are definately tipped in favour of the multicam plate carrier at the moment.

 

oh and if someone makes a good co2 makarov made out of proper blued steel that's marui compatible and not nuclear fps out of the box i'll give you the other 60% of my soul that isn't owned by geoffs.

[tibernius]

1. How did you get into Airsoft?

One of my squadmates in the Arma2 group I used to be part of posted some pics of his G36C. That lead me to checking scoutthedoggie's youtube channel, which got me hooked.

I'll blame Escape From Tarkov for me getting back into it, though. I always wanted to go to The Mall way back when (never managed to), and the Interchange map is probably the closest thing I'll find now.

 

2. What would your callsign be?

Never really bothered with them past my username.

 

3. What would your primary and secondary gun be (optional third)?

Currently my Specna 416 and no secondary, since I only have a drop leg holster and it's...well, crap.

Dream loadouts would be a G28 and HK45CT, or a Zenitco AK-105/SR-3MP and a G17 or Five-seveN (since nobody seems to make an SR1MP).

 

4. What Battle dress Uniform (BDU) and gear would you use?

My team uses A-TACS FG and are swapping to A-TACS iX, so whatever I can find in those patterns.

 

5. If you could use rubber melee weapons, what would it be? 

Something like an Extrema Ratio Fulcrum, which AFAIK you can only get in steel.

Realistically it'd just be for sitting in its sheath and looking cool, though. Can't think of a single time I've needed one.

 

6. What’s your favourite and least favourite game mode? 

Favourite: anything milsim/scenario based.

Least favourite: anything that forces you into one specific tactic, or is overly gamey. I like a bit of strategy to it.

 

7. What’s your best, funniest and worst memory of Airsoft?

Best: Probably my first game. Managed to sneak up completely undetected on a group of regulars. I managed to miss every shot, too.

Funniest: Toss up between two - the time I charged a bunker with my M9, shooting one handed, only for the sole defender to just turn around and leg it rather than returning fire, or calling myself out last game after I'd run out of BBs, only to find out afterwards that both remaining members of the opposing team had also run out of BBs...

Worst: turning up to nearest site (2 hours away each way) only to find out that my AKM was shooting absolutely stupidly hot. Spent the first half the day with a rental G36C, then the second half with my AKM that was now shooting 280ish with .20s...don't think I landed a shot on target all day.

 

8. What is your favourite patches (maximum 4)?

Only running team patches at the moment, but other than those I have a Jaster's Feather patch waiting for my new rig, and I'll probably get a couple of USEC or Flying Hellfish patches.

 

9. If there was a gun you wanted or not yet built, what would it be? 

There's loads of them I'd want that aren't being a made - a decent mid-length SA58, a more affordable G28, a Desert Tech MDR of any type, pretty much any Russian pistols...

Otherwise there's an M14 EBR DMR build and a Zenitco AK-105 on my list.

 

10. What do you see as a step forward, for the game, in the future? 

Considering how much better airsoft guns are now compared to when I first started, I'd say things are pretty good as they are. I'm still hoping for TMRS style recoil tech to become a bit more affordable, and it'd be nice if there were more good non-M4 based options available.

[ghostwalker]

 

1. Which YouTube Airsoft player would you like to meet, as well as join for a game?

Names_Nicco seems like a top bloke, both ex light infantry and rocks as a player 

 

2. Which Airsoft event would you travel to outside the UK? 
some of the Desert fox airsoft events. 

 

3. If you could be sponsored by only one Airsoft company, which one? 
PTS 

 

4. Which site do you enjoy playing at the most? Of the ones I have attended I don’t know. It’s kinda horses for courses. Combat Action Games tickles the woodland side and Battlestations Activities hits the cqb button. But I’m not the most well travelled player as I don’t drive. 
 

5. If you could run an event, what would you base it on. 
I used to write site events for a paintball site and one that stood out was a Indiana Jones themed event. 
both teams spent the day fighting to locate and recover golden idols from around the site. Towards the end of the day they had to attack the temple that was defended by a handful of guardians (marshal team). It caused chaos as they couldn’t decide whether to fight each other or team up against the marshals. 
 

it worked, it was fun and people who played it remembered it. Even down to the accuracy competition at the start to decide who was Team Indie and Team Lara 

[Jaylordofwaargh]

1. How did you get into Airsoft?

Brother plays, got invited and the bug.

 

2.what would your callsign be?

Call signs are organic things (imo), therefore it would be an injoke - so something like shorty or related to past fuck up.

 

3. What would your primary and secondary gun be (optional third)?primary - current is CAA M4. My budget laser. Next purchase is going to be an Ares GSG G14 or ICS G33. No secondary yet but lookin at a 1911

 

4. What Battle dress Uniform (BDU) and gear would you use? current is DMP woodland. I know. I'll use it till it breaks

 

5. If you could use rubber melee weapons, what would it be? Shovel.....

 

6. What’s your favourite and least favourite game mode? Favourite: Multi objective attack/defence. least:not found it yet

 

7. What’s your best, funniest and worst memory of Airsoft?

Best - grabbing a bomb early game and getting it to required location before the other teams dead are at the resporn point, high fives all round for the random group that moved up with me.

Funniest - having a marshal hit check me just as I light a bang grenade to prep a room breach or being told how many friendly kills it took to clear the fort from two directions (I'm not saying the other part of the team were being thick but if we are attacking the fort why are you shooting people coming through the front door...). There are normally a couple like this on game days. That's why I go.

Worst: not had a day where I thought that was a shit day. had a couple of bad days where we could beat the other team or kept loosing quickly - these are the learning days 

 

8. What is your favourite patches (maximum 4)? I am in two minds about this - I would be a patch fiend if the funds were there; I once went through a couple of websites and put in all the patches I liked with plan of getting some now then next time round going to the next saved wishlist- turns out that is the whole of the fund required for a number mags for a pistol and holster.... So it is patches or next gun/part of load out 🤷

 

9. If there was a gun you wanted or not yet built, what would it be? I want a lot of guns...I do want a Barry Burton, an AK variant, the afore mentioned G33 and G14. 

10. What do you see as a step forward, for the game, in the future? No idea, still getting to grips with the hobby. I mean this would be really expensive for the sites but greater Comms for game day teams.

[MattCoops91]

On 24/12/2019 at 22:21, Adolf Hamster said:

back then i ran mesh goggles because i couldn't stand fogging up. needless to say it was a lesson i'm glad i learned before losing an eye.

 

Not to thread hijack because I'm finding all of these really interesting! 

 

What is this about? Are mesh goggles inherently unsafe? I run some now and again but probably won't if they're dangerous 😕

[Smiling-Dutchman]

1. How did you get into Airsoft?

I've worked at a paintball and airsoft field for almost 2 years, I was hired to do the paintball but joined the airsoft every now and then, absolutley loved it.

 

2 .what would your callsign be?

either "Mr. Fabulous" or "Maximus" (after the horse from Disney's Tangled)

 

3. What would your primary and secondary gun be (optional third)?

I'm currently saving up for my first gun which'll be an M4, nice and generic, after that I might go looking into customizing a gun into a DMR

 

4. What Battle dress Uniform (BDU) and gear would you use?

currently I've used some olive drab coloured stuff from different countries, just stuff I scrounched up, looking into getting an Alpenflage jacket (already got the trousers) and maybe start saving up for the Finnish M05 camo system

 

5. If you could use rubber melee weapons, what would it be? 

Spade!

 

6. What’s your favourite and least favourite game mode?

I don't really have a favourite, but if I had to choose between attacking or defending I'd probably go for attacking.
least favourite is battle royale

 

7. What’s your best, funniest and worst memory of Airsoft?

best:

playing with some friends who have their own airsoft team and claimed they're really good at CQB and generally were just bragging (also making fun of me as I was a greenhorn with a rental, all in good fun tho although they were a little bit smug about it), we had a mission to collect an order sheet at a CQB bit (town) on this field, in the town there was a scrap car in the middle of a square witht he order sheet plain in sight, we collected it and I took up position in one of the buildings just in case, the 4 "expert" chose to stand in the middle of the square, pondering over the order sheet and ignoring me when I said we should maybe take cover ("hang on, lemme read this first") it will come as no surprise that those 4 were, in quick succession, hit by enemies. I managed to sneak away before they knew I was there, run around, shoot them in the back and take the order sheet to the respawn point they were most likely going to (this field has 3 respawn points per team). when I found them they smirked at me and asked me if I got shot too, and that we should hurry up and go try again, I just dead calm produced the order sheet from my pocket and handed it to them ("got ya fam!") (I have more stories with them, taking out enemies from behind after they didn;t want to follow me around the building because they knew what they were doing, I ended the day with more kills than the 4 of them combined, it was great to wipe those smug smiles off their faces)

 

same day, I managed to get lost from the squad of smugness and was defending a small point with some other players, eventually I was left by myself for about 5 min because the rest had been taken out, when reinforcements slowly started backing me up I gave them directions as to where they should take positions, which direction, what to expect etc. etc. untill I had about 8 guys with me. When we managed to hold the objective and the timer had run out, all of them came to me (rental players, experienced players and everywhere in between) and just looked at me, asking me what the plan was, I had my own squad, who followed my directions and played really well, for the remainder of the game, that felt Alpha AF (also the moment I definately fell in love wiht Airsoft, can't wait to have my own squad again)

 

funniest:

there were 4 of us in this foxhole thingy, one of us with an LMG, this player form the other team jumped in from behind us, probably expecting us to be on his team, we just all turned around, pointed or guns at him and, almost in unison, shouted "NO!", didn;t even have to fire, he just raised his hand ("yeah, fair enough") and walked away.

 

worst:

people playing unfair, period.

 

8. What is your favourite patches (maximum 4)?

I've got a battle-damaged pikachu patch which I always have on me when I play, and a fair seelction of other patches, no favourites tho. I do want to aqcuire some patches witht exts like "you're not an operator, you're an airsofter" or "long-ass text with the word 'operater' in it to make me seem more bad-ass than I actually am". just anything to take the piss out of people who take airsoft to seriously (you're not an "operater" or whatever, you're an grown-up child with a bb-gun!)

 

9. If there was a gun you wanted or not yet built, what would it be? 

I have no gun yet, so I'll take any. but I'd love to have an airsoft G28 (my go-to weapon in Ghost Recon Wildlands), just a shame it's so expensive

 

10. What do you see as a step forward, for the game, in the future? 

longer, accurate, range for guns. I have no trouble with being hit (yet), I've done paintball and that hurts way more, as far as I'm concerned the FPS could go up a bit, granted it is safe enough to do so (as long as goggles don't shatter and skin issn't actually pierced, I'm good)

[heroshark]

1. How did you get into Airsoft?

 

Owned springers from about 94, always wanted to play armies with them but it never happened. Knew a few people from an older peer group into it. Got more impressive gas and electric guns over time and got to know them. Went to my first self organised skirmish around 99, and it spiraled from there.

 

2.what would your callsign be?

 

heroshark

 

3. What would your primary and secondary gun be (optional third)?

 

woodland 416c, mk23, hk45. cqb mk23, hk45, uspc.

 

4. What Battle dress Uniform (BDU) and gear would you use?

 

mtt in woodland ,cqb I wear all sorts often my leopard print ubacs and jeans or dungarees.

 

5. If you could use rubber melee weapons, what would it be? 

 

I just shoot people.

 

6. What’s your favourite and least favourite game mode? 

 

there isnt one, just sites I don't like.

 

7. What’s your best, funniest and worst memory of Airsoft?

 

Theres many but I suffer from a bad memory and the best are not repeatable.

 

8. What is your favourite patches (maximum 4)?

 

I don't have favorites but someone sent me an embroidered boba fet helmet which is one I quite like.

 

9. If there was a gun you wanted or not yet built, what would it be? 

 

aug tm recoil, with full function. eg not just recoil like g36 and aksu models.

 

10. What do you see as a step forward, for the game, in the future? 

 

It's fine as it is.

[Adolf Hamster]

2 hours ago, MattCoops91 said:

 

Not to thread hijack because I'm finding all of these really interesting! 

 

What is this about? Are mesh goggles inherently unsafe? I run some now and again but probably won't if they're dangerous 😕

 

the problem was the site had a somewhat loose idea as to how fps limits should be applied, and as such some of the hardware was, let us just say "a bit spicy"

 

which if you're running cheap mesh is a worrying notion, i still have that pair somewhere with a nice dent in them and i'm lucky the particular set of generic chinese goggles actually had good enough strength to them, i've seen other types of mesh that i'm not so sure would have stopped the same kind of impact.

 

there's also the issue with bb shattering, nuprol bb's for example have a nasty reputation.

 

of course it's not like regular eyepro is immune either, some of the EN166 stuff is only rated for 0.86J which whilst it often is stronger and ok for airsoft, isn't immune from cracking.

 

as with all things it's a balance of risk, good quality mesh is probably just fine, i mean i never run a facemask and just accept that some day i might lose a tooth for that decision.

[MandalShArK]

1. How did you get into Airsoft? 

 

21 years ago, had my first game but my old man bought guns for my bro, him and I back in 1994 from Battle Orders, Dad used to have real steel firearms but handed them in when new regs came in after Dunblane and Hungerford.

 

2.what would your callsign be?

 

Never had one in all these years of playing.

 

3. What would your primary and secondary gun be (optional third)?

 

Primarys depend on the site,

AUG for woodland,

M4 (proper block 1 M4 not one of these modern everyone calls it an M4 as its AR shaped guns) for CQB

SToner 63a for woodland in the summer when i SEAL it up.

SIdearm is my TM USP, though don't tend to bother unless its a cqb game

 

 

4. What Battle dress Uniform (BDU) and gear would you use?

 

Generally Viper OG kit, as thats the current team look..

I also use Auscam (DPCU for woodland and DPNU for CQB on occasion.)

ERDL and Jeans for SEAL kit in the summer.

 

5. If you could use rubber melee weapons, what would it be? 

 

I sometimes carry a cold steel KA-Bar

 

6. What’s your favorite and least favorite game mode? 

 

game mode?. this a video game now??

I always have my own. hunt down the enemy.

 

7. What’s your best, funniest and worst memory of Airsoft?

 

 too many funny moments to mention,

Worst: Dislocating my arm 2 hours into a milsim.

 

8. What is your favorite patches (maximum 4)?

 

Ultra rare Australian Clearance diver patch.

 

 

9. If there was a gun you wanted or not yet built, what would it be? 

 

Thales EF88 (current issue Australian Rifle)

 

10. What do you see as a step forward, for the game, in the future? 

 

Continuing good humour, less pricks thinking they know it all after 4 years of playing just because they have a YT Chanel... hell I don't know it all and i've been playing over 2 decades.

 

 

 

1. Which YouTube Airsoft player would you like to meet, as well as join for a game?

none.

 

2. Which Airsoft event would you travel to outside the UK?

the mil sims in Lithuania seem pretty mental. 

 

3. If you could be sponsored by only one Airsoft company, which one?

none.

 

4. Which site do you enjoy playing at the most?

I miss the days at Ambush Wargames Eversley, sinvce then Battle Lakes (mainly as i used to play there before it was a site, my mates dad owns the land) and Imperium Battlegrounds.

 

5. If you could run an event, what would you base it on?

Blackhawk Down.

 

 

[MandalShArK]

Going to add to my what gun do you want in Airsoft answer and say Steyr Scout. With scout scope and Ching sling. Maybe doing DMR FPS, for fun. 

[Jaylordofwaargh]

1. Which YouTube Airsoft player would you like to meet, as well as join for a game?

None - 'player' bids I have watched have been 1. Checking out a site 2. Click bait that caused me to stolen watching player videos

 

2. Which Airsoft event would you travel to outside the UK? I haven't even been to every site withing 50 Miles yet I'll hold off on that  

 

 

3. If you could be sponsored by only one Airsoft company, which one? Are they top of the range and will give me free stuff? Nah your OK.  Having the option of upgrading the current pew sound good (really it's asg, a new evo and kit would be nice)

 

 

4. Which site do you enjoy playing at the most? Not played at enough different sites to comment

 

5. If you could run an event, what would you base it on? Battle of  Stalingrad or Cartel wars