Cannonfodder Posted Sunday at 21:28 Share Posted Sunday at 21:28 I just received this email I can't really say I'm surprised. I stopped going there years ago as there seemed to be bugger all in terms of news etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedbird_666 Posted Sunday at 21:37 Share Posted Sunday at 21:37 Ahh....Arnies. Back in the day it was a great source of Airsoft news and reviews. I haven't used it in probably a decade now. I'm surprised that it was still going TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tackle Posted Sunday at 22:10 Moderators Share Posted Sunday at 22:10 28 minutes ago, Speedbird_666 said: Ahh....Arnies. Back in the day it was a great source of Airsoft news and reviews. I haven't used it in probably a decade now. I'm surprised that it was still going TBH. Me too, maybe even 15 years, & tbh when I tried Googling the site it just came up with ancient pages I couldn't access, I assumed the place died years ago. So in the scheme of things, when it comes to airsoft forums, what's left ?, obviously afuk lol, maybe zin might come back ?, any others ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimFromHorsham Posted Sunday at 22:12 Share Posted Sunday at 22:12 (edited) The OG Forum , RIP 🙏🏻 #famasambestestgnu Edited Sunday at 22:13 by JimFromHorsham k.a, Ronin0033 and nickel0001 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStew Posted Sunday at 23:11 Share Posted Sunday at 23:11 1st forum I ever joined. Still checked it most days but there really was sod all traffic with maybe only 2 or 3 people posting semi regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylordofwaargh Posted Monday at 07:22 Share Posted Monday at 07:22 Used some archived threads recently to help me out with my mc51 but when I joined here I did have a look at arnies and it didn't seem very active then so....it us and which ever Macks worthy market place will add chat function Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj1986 Posted Monday at 08:30 Share Posted Monday at 08:30 It used to be my homepage, especially in the golden age of chinese clones - the news page was always ticking over when companies release press info and promo shots. Now in the age of social media and pushed content, manufacturers can just skip the middle man and show everything direct to consumers. Gonna miss it, despite not being there for years. It's like your primary school being torn down. Makes no difference in your day to day, but you still want it there. k.a 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jez_Armstrong Posted Monday at 09:27 Moderators Share Posted Monday at 09:27 That sucks, I joined up in 2006 and was a regular there nickel0001 and BigAl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerDer Posted Monday at 12:23 Share Posted Monday at 12:23 It's a pity but you could see it coming. The amount of threads that were archived and how little activity there was. Still have fond memories of perusing the photo threads. Also some phenomenal review and technical threads. Will miss it when it's gone. At least they gave a bit of notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkmikey22 Posted Monday at 17:57 Share Posted Monday at 17:57 Yeah it is a shame. I've seen lots of forums gonover the years. Some were still a hive of activity. UKAZ & zeroin were the other places to be. But UKAZ disappeared no warning. And zeroin how knows... Other than this forum, only leaves a few small ones. And the big American forum went last year too. For me it's a shame. As I always find the forums far easier to navigate and find threads. Without having to scroll past hundreds of posts. When fb started banning groups, I was really shocked that the forums didn't take off again. Rogerborg and Tackle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted Monday at 18:52 Share Posted Monday at 18:52 One of the first forums I joined twenty odd years ago when I started. Lasted longer than many of the others. Tackle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habakure Posted Monday at 21:55 Share Posted Monday at 21:55 I probably spent more time in off topic than any other thread. I met some real stand up people on armies, got lots of help (and maybe helped sometimes) with many an aeg/gbb. Just remembered I still haven’t got my pet prawns… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStew Posted Monday at 23:32 Share Posted Monday at 23:32 5 hours ago, Darkmikey22 said: When fb started banning groups, I was really shocked that the forums didn't take off again. Everyone went to Reddit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTea Posted Tuesday at 00:20 Share Posted Tuesday at 00:20 (edited) 56 minutes ago, BigStew said: Everyone went to Reddit. UK people didn't IMO. Discord was the popular choice until they changed their TOS recently. Most groups I know of have since moved to Whatsapp and/or Telegram. The UK airsoft subreddit is a small place but not really worth looking at despite the odd newcomer who needs direction. Additionally, the marketplace sub is pretty much dead and really isn't worthwhile using despite the reddit mods pushing people to it. Edited Tuesday at 00:30 by MrTea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rj1986 Posted Tuesday at 10:32 Popular Post Share Posted Tuesday at 10:32 10 hours ago, MrTea said: The UK airsoft subreddit is a small place but not really worth looking at despite the odd newcomer who needs direction. Additionally, the marketplace sub is pretty much dead and really isn't worthwhile using despite the reddit mods pushing people to it. The UK airsoft subreddit is basically - "Do I need UKARA?" - "What's better, a Specna or Cyma?" - "Do i need UKARA to buy a Specna or Cyma?" The big airsoft reddit isn't much better. Its a bit circlejerky and people say that their friend's sister's dogsitter did this thing once and it worked, so therefore must be gospel. I had someone argue with me that an TM NGRS 74 mag would fit an AK storm because they did it with their arcturus AK, when I literally had both guns and mags in front of me showing the opposite. Lozart, Tackle, Rogerborg and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy40 Posted Tuesday at 11:32 Share Posted Tuesday at 11:32 (edited) 1 hour ago, rj1986 said: The big airsoft reddit isn't much better. Its a bit circlejerky "My First Airsoft": Airsoft what? A rifle, pistol, LMG? "Feeling Cute": Oh just f**k off you needy muppet. "Other Wanky Post Subjects": Stupid Americans 🙄 I try my best to re-direct UK people to here 👍 Edit: For example... https://old.reddit.com/r/airsoft/comments/1ixj4p9/feeling_cute_might_delete_later/ 🤮🤮🤮 Edited Tuesday at 11:49 by Fatboy40 Tackle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyj Posted Tuesday at 13:38 Share Posted Tuesday at 13:38 Very first forum I joined and I remember some of the users on here from the time I used it .. has to be over 20 years ago 😟 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zomba Posted Tuesday at 17:28 Share Posted Tuesday at 17:28 6 hours ago, rj1986 said: The big airsoft reddit isn't much better. Its a bit circlejerky and people say that their friend's sister's dogsitter did this thing once and it worked, so therefore must be gospel. I had someone argue with me that an TM NGRS 74 mag would fit an AK storm because they did it with their arcturus AK, when I literally had both guns and mags in front of me showing the opposite. Not to mention the deluge of oh-so-funny 'Rate My Kit' posts of 'non-political' SS or Russian gear (usually swapping the t for a p in 'Rate' in the title too). Bunch of edgy turbovirgin shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskitseller Posted Tuesday at 17:29 Share Posted Tuesday at 17:29 (edited) Ah that's a shame. I suppose all good things must come to an end. Arnies was a classic back int' day! Oh well, long live airsoft forums UK Edited Tuesday at 19:16 by ruskitseller Tackle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymoose Posted Tuesday at 18:41 Share Posted Tuesday at 18:41 19 hours ago, BigStew said: Everyone went to Reddit. Reddit is the arsehole of the internet. ruskitseller, Hudson and Cannonfodder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted Tuesday at 19:14 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 19:14 32 minutes ago, Anonymoose said: Reddit is the arsehole of the internet. I guess that makes quora the perineum Lozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herrgh Posted Thursday at 08:43 Share Posted Thursday at 08:43 Website probably more broken than it appears. I've asked for a password reset, and nothing has arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerDer Posted Thursday at 10:43 Share Posted Thursday at 10:43 1 hour ago, Herrgh said: Website probably more broken than it appears. I've asked for a password reset, and nothing has arrived. There were considerable periods yesterday when the site was down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted Thursday at 17:21 Share Posted Thursday at 17:21 I managed to find the post that got me banned from Arnies for "Trolling" back in 2005 😁 Cannonfodder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimFromHorsham Posted Thursday at 17:31 Share Posted Thursday at 17:31 9 minutes ago, John_W said: I managed to find the post that got me banned from Arnies for "Trolling" back in 2005 😁 John_W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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