Good Grief

[DopeYourScope]

Ok, I’ve been lurking this post for a while. I can’t be bothered to go through and quote individual posts because I’m at work on my phone (don’t tell the bosses). 
 

KM has been caught on video firing TAG rounds AT people within 50m, if anyones unaware of the affect of being hit by a tag round at that sort of range it will knock you out if it hits you in the head. (The video was recorded at Apocalypse Airsoft it was brought to his attention in the comments and as far as I’m aware it was re edited) 

 

He has been caught at numerous sites in the southeast using a hot gun, this is technically hearsay as I was told this by the site owners/managers themselves and as we all know is banned from more than just the sites mentioned in the OP. 
 

KM is, whether we all like it or not (majority of us don’t like it) a role model for the sport and especially its’ younger audiences. 

His portrayal of airsoft is not in a good light and unfortunately in this general society the smallest negatives will always outweigh the positives, and as I’m sure it’s been mentioned it was fought for airsoft to remain as it is under the VCRA and the last thing we need is a Facebook group called “Bored Mums Against Airsoft” or similar gaining any traction and using his videos as evidence to prove the activity is dangerous. 

 

 

If you want a more “hardcore version” of airsoft do a milsim, if you bitch and moan there you’re on your way home. Be prepared for all the other caveats that come with it (ammo/camo limits/ hard routine/multiple day events), or speak to your preferred site about private hire days and you and all your friends can go shoot each other till you look like you’ve got monkey pox. 

[Cannonfodder]

The idea of a "hardcore" game tends to be brought up every couple of years, usually by some insecure child who thinks they've got something to prove

[Rogerborg]

6 hours ago, Kls77 said:

From something he likes doing

 

That's the thing, I'm not sure that he does.  His fans like to rattle off "You're just jelly of his success", but I actually pity him.  I'd hate to turn a fun hobby into a full time job where I had to travel further and further to keep making and faking more and more extreme clickbait to chase those rare multi-million-view hits.

 

And the tragic thing is that he doesn't even seem to enjoy it, or not in any way that's healthy, as he has to constantly surround himself with grief and conflict.  When he looks back on his career, I wonder what he'll have to feel proud about as a human being, beyond Bigger Number Better.

 

In terms of "yeahbut, where's the proof", there was a series of videos made 3 or 4 years ago detailing his shenanigans.  He got them taken down with copyright strikes, and, as above, he does seem to re-edit the most egregious stuff after getting the initial views.  He's good at what he does, there's no denying that.

 

The incident that solidified my opinion was when he was deliberately shooting a couple of players in the face, explicitly to punish them, because "dead players don't talk".  Well, they shouldn't talk about game issues, but:

 

1) If he was 25 or 30m away from them, how could he hear what they were talking about?

2) In order to do this, he was camping their spawn.

 

That's typical of the stuff that I watched.  The narcissist narrative is CHEETARS PUNASHED, but if you apply a bit of thought, he's often condemning himself more than the players that he's policing.

[EvilMonkee]

Having met him more than once, I don't think he has the mental capacity to think about such things.  Not the sharpest.  And if he is making so much money (which I doubt) why does he drive a knackered 1990s Merc?   

Edited September 1, 2022 by EvilMonkee

[Tackle]

Cos anything nice would probably get trashed ? 😏

[Rogerborg]

17 minutes ago, Tackle said:

Cos anything nice would probably get trashed ? 😏

 

You mean, by the access roads at typical airsoft sites, right?

 

In Minecraft.

[Cannonfodder]

I'm guessing he's the sort of bellend who thinks any German made car is the height of luxury,  no matter how old and knackered it is

1 hour ago, Rogerborg said:

I'd hate to turn a fun hobby into a full time job

This is one of the reasons Bodgeups gave as to why he stopped filming

Edited September 1, 2022 by Cannonfodder

[Rogerborg]

8 minutes ago, Cannonfodder said:

This is one of the reasons Bodgeups gave as to why he stopped filming

 

It's why I gave up historic re-enactment.  The groups I was in were always trending towards "professionalism", i.e. committing to providing clients with more numbers, bigger living history displays, and showier arena performances.  It got to the point where we were prepping and loading vans days before big events, and staying on after weekends to tear down, as the chap running each group tried to turn it into a career.

 

Me, I just wanted to eat hog roasts and swing swords.

 

Airsoft needs more hog roasts!

[Nick G]

I just work on the basis that all youtube so called 'celebs' are self obsessed pricks who should have been drowned at birth. 

[Tackle]

36 minutes ago, Rogerborg said:

 

You mean, by the access roads at typical airsoft sites, right?

 

In Minecraft.

Obviously, momma says anything else might be construed as being criminal 😏

[Cannonfodder]

36 minutes ago, Nick G said:

all so called 'celebs' are self obsessed pricks

Fixed that for you

57 minutes ago, Rogerborg said:

Words

From what I've heard from mates who've done reenactments have said,  many of them are such stichbitches they'd put most airsoft geardos to shame

[Rogerborg]

22 minutes ago, Cannonfodder said:

From what I've heard from mates who've done reenactments have said,  many of them are such stichbitches they'd put most airsoft geardos to shame

 

I can neither confirm nor deny that I still sometimes wake up in the middle of the night, drenched in cold sweat, yelling "No, the Bayeux Tapestry is not a primary source!"

[DopeYourScope]

5 hours ago, EvilMonkee said:

Having met him more than once, I don't think he has the mental capacity to think about such things.  Not the sharpest.  And if he is making so much money (which I doubt) why does he drive a knackered 1990s Merc?   

 

One of the other things I forgot to mention in my previous post as Monkee says the guy is an absolute tool in person who is both ignorant and arrogant. 

And doing pub maths he's making at most a couple of hundred quid on his youtube revenue on average per video and then upto at very most low 4 digits. 
Youtube doesn't tend to pay well for any content that is related to airsoft or firearms. You then have to factor in he has to pay income tax on that and any costs related to playing airsoft in general. If you then add in the time it takes to edit the videos, the guy can't even be "paying himself" a tuppence of a wage. 

 

That's why he drives a shit heap that doesn't look like it'll get halfway round the M25.
 

Edited September 1, 2022 by DopeYourScope

[Lozart]

His mates are bellends too...

 

https://fb.watch/fhuSEZxxYA/

[Rogerborg]

54 minutes ago, Lozart said:

His mates are bellends too...

 

https://fb.watch/fhuSEZxxYA/

 

Careful now: he has a very specific set of skills.

[clumpyedge]

1 hour ago, Lozart said:

His mates are bellends too...

 

https://fb.watch/fhuSEZxxYA/

 

Whats the context, not that matters - just a very strange video.

[Lozart]

29 minutes ago, clumpyedge said:

 

Whats the context, not that matters - just a very strange video.

 

It's about KM allegedly doing bad things at NAF despite allegedly not actually being there. The video is from a Twitch stream that Twitch have since taken down for threatening behaviour.

[clumpyedge]

6 minutes ago, Lozart said:

 

It's about KM allegedly doing bad things at NAF despite allegedly not actually being there. The video is from a Twitch stream that Twitch have since taken down for threatening behaviour.

 

Ah. Seems NAF have confirmed he was not on site so the guy on ZeroIn is going to look a bit of a numpty regardless.

 

 

[Cannonfodder]

2 hours ago, Lozart said:

His mates are bellends too...

 

https://fb.watch/fhuSEZxxYA/

Thanks, I needed a good laugh. The only group of men he could gather are probably banned from going within 100 yards od schools and playgrounds 

[Adolf Hamster]

Without clicking the link i'm guessing from the context someone was trying to organise some "karma" for km for a percieved slight at naf, even though km wasnt there?

[Lozart]

8 minutes ago, Adolf Hamster said:

Without clicking the link i'm guessing from the context someone was trying to organise some "karma" for km for a percieved slight at naf, even though km wasnt there?

 

Pretty much, yes. So obviously Names Nicco wants to play the hard man and "take him out"!

[John_W]

20 hours ago, Rogerborg said:

Airsoft needs more hog roasts!

That's all we need, militant vegans on our case as well...

[truckinthumper]

3 hours ago, Lozart said:

 

Pretty much, yes. So obviously Names Nicco wants to play the hard man and "take him out"!

I like watching Nicco play, its entertaining. 

I think he is a P.O.G., even though he claims to be some sort of operator. 

I like Kicking Mustang too. He is also entertaining. 
But, like every "famous" youtuber, a bit narcissistic. 

In the end, they are doing what makes them happy. 


BUT, bowing up on each other is half F'n retarded 

[Rogerborg]

9 hours ago, clumpyedge said:

Seems NAF have confirmed he was not on site

 

How would they know?  He has no qualms about booking in under fake names to get around bans.

[Tackle]