Another big name gone

[Cannonfodder]

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

[Speedbird_666]

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.

[Tackle]

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 ?

[JimFromHorsham]

The OG Forum , RIP 🙏🏻
 

#famasambestestgnu

Edited Sunday at 22:13 by JimFromHorsham

[BigStew]

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.

[Jaylordofwaargh]

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

[rj1986]

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.

[Jez_Armstrong]

That sucks, I joined up in 2006 and was a regular there 

[DerDer]

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.

[Darkmikey22]

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. 

[John_W]

One of the first forums I joined twenty odd years ago when I started. Lasted longer than many of the others.

[Habakure]

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…

[BigStew]

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.

[MrTea]

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 9 hours ago by MrTea