Cringe in Airsoft

[Punisher3990]

On 19/09/2025 at 03:58, mrfoxhound said:

idiots that have go pros , on everything 

I went to a game last month and this bloke had a go pro on his helmet, the side of his rifle, a scope cam and even had one mounted on the lower RIS on his side arm. 

 

One of my buddies asked him if he does youtube and he said not really its so I can improve my tactics when i watch it back. 

 

Pretty sure this hits alot of your statements lol 

[Lyndication]

He finds out that he plays a bit shit because there's a kilo of camera equipment on everything

[rj1986]

3 hours ago, Lyndication said:

He finds out that he plays a bit shit because there's a kilo of camera equipment on everything

"Scope cam, recording. Helmet cam, recording. Pistol cam, recording. Rifle cam, recording. Chest cam recor...oh everyone's gone home"

[Gunboat Diplomat]

3 hours ago, Lyndication said:

there's a kilo of camera equipment on everything

 

He’s been reviewing hours of footage trying to work out why all of his shots are low.  Only seems to happen when he is filming.

[Tommikka]

I’m going to back up this guy who is filming, it’s minimal cringe up against anything else in airsoft - and particularly if he’s filming for personal use rather than running a YouTube channel he is not inflicting his footage on others

 

 

Cameras are the lightest things that ever get put onto a gun.   Try going back to head/gun cameras in the 90s, assuming that you don’t have rails taking weight with no attachments, nor light, laser, reactive / optical sights 

 

 

@Gunboat Diplomat If he is looking at hours of footage of shots dropping low, then he is seeing where his shots go and is using his footage to learn - unlike all those players who call out ‘cheats’ when their shots are falling away 

 

 

We are (mostly) grown up adults who like to go out and play games shooting each other 

Some like to dress up, some slap every gadget on their gear, some take a battered old gun dressed in t shirt and jeans

 

For the multiple cameras, people generally start with a head mount (it’s actually the most stable mount as our body stabilises the head & brain)

When you watch back head mounted footage you find two problems:

A lot shows the tree or wall that you are peaking around, otherwise you discover how much you are moving your head around looking here and there (or you discover that you are blinkered staring  ahead only and keep getting shot out by someone coming from one side)

 

Next comes the barrel / rail mount (though some start with this)

This shows what you are shooting at, but the rest of the footage is the sky and the ground 

 

A kicking mustang / YouTuber adds a barrel cam claiming that it gives close up footage, but they want the crosshairs & zoom to then edit on the hit effects  

 

For a third camera a reverse mount goes on the gun to show you as you aim - these get added by the YouTubers for edits, but may also be added because you’ve seen someone else do it

 

 

Bodycams may get tried, but result in a blurry image of your gun blocking all views

A occasional sighting back in the day was a third person view mounted on a pole coming out of the back of the players vest - these tended to be quite novel as if you were not dedicated to editing a third person story view then you would immediately discard it when you realise how inconvenient it is getting caught in branches, bushes, doors etc 

 

[Gunboat Diplomat]

6 minutes ago, Tommikka said:

If he is looking at hours of footage of shots dropping low, then he is seeing where his shots go and is using his footage to learn - unlike all those players who call out ‘cheats’ when their shots are falling away 

 

My post was made in jest, I don’t really have any objection to someone who wants to film their game to watch later.  I plan to do the same when I can remember to buy a mount that doesn’t immediately fall off.  

 

Just had a funny mental image of someone with more camera than gun running round wondering why they can’t aim straight.

[Impulse]

I will embrace the cringe. I do plan at some point on getting some cameras and becoming yet-another-youtube-airsoft-sniper, though I have no compulsion to make a career of it and play into the drama-farming Youtube algorithm. I do think I have some interesting things to share though, part of which is a unique setup amidst the sea of over-engineered full body ghillie suits with MTWs, Tac-41s and Novritsch rifles.

 

Will see though. I may just decide I can't be bothered and it's low on the priority list...

[Tommikka]

2 hours ago, Gunboat Diplomat said:

 

My post was made in jest.

I was reading the posts as in jest (along with the rest of the thread)

But since the first post had been intending to drop in a word to avoid the potential of someone one day reading posts in the manner of a downer 

 

 

(((( I was also in a bit of a grump this afternoon with lots of people interrupting my day today, and not achieving my planned stuff ))) 

[Cannonfodder]

Zombie themed Halloween games. In fact I'd go even further and say all holiday themed games. Inevitably they're always the same, just with some people in costume and the same cookie cutter games with bugger all thought gone into the actual game mechanics

[Mtemprell]

19 minutes ago, Cannonfodder said:

Zombie themed Halloween games. In fact I'd go even further and say all holiday themed games. Inevitably they're always the same, just with some people in costume and the same cookie cutter games with bugger all thought gone into the actual game mechanics

Agreed. Themed games don't feel too special and get too common. 

[ButcherBill]

34 minutes ago, Cannonfodder said:

Zombie themed Halloween games. In fact I'd go even further and say all holiday themed games. Inevitably they're always the same, just with some people in costume and the same cookie cutter games with bugger all thought gone into the actual game mechanics

We're all pretending to be something we aren't & dressing up, so as much as I wouldn't be seen dead in a 'costume' at a game, I really like to see players who go all in and wear either full wehrmacht or pink fluffy bunny.

 

I wish I had the confidence to do it but I'm too reserved.

[MSSNAFU]

I remember a few very good halloween games, including one where a fully costumed Xenomorph crept up behind me and ripped my head off!, in a LARP kind of way of course! 😆

[Emergencychimps]

The gunman Tuddenham halloween game last year and the year before were awesome! There was a great balance between it being larp/special in that they had a drone that blew stuff up, 7ft terminators that fired bbs due to motion sensors, marshalls doing "cut scenes", xenomorphs, predators, a strangely erotic Sarah Connor (was it a dude?) Skeletons hanging from trees (as per the predator movies!) then there was also games happening, with different (but similar) objectives and the game play was great. 

 

Normally, yes, most zombie games or Halloween games are meh - however extra special effort was done and it paid off - unfortunately a change in head marshall means I suspect it won't be as good. 

 

[Hudson]

I have to say, I've only done a couple; both by the lightfighter crew back in the day and really enjoyed the Halloween events!

 

Pistol & shotgun only, which made things much more interesting, some cracking design and thought put into them and overall just great fun!

 

Can't speak for any these days though; last one was about 2008/9

[Tackle]

Love pistol & shotgun games, so rare to hear of them these days😕

[Baser]

4 hours ago, Tackle said:

Love pistol & shotgun games, so rare to hear of them these days😕

There’s a CQB site attached to the back of Extreme Airsoft near Leicester who have pistol only events and occasionally have special buy a pistol and a couple of mags and get a free game where everyone plays with that pistol and 2 mags. 
 

It’s an interesting game,  very strategic where you have to choose your shots and make time to reload rather than just running in with a 250 BB midcap in a silent M4.

[Lyndication]

That's why I like running GBBs so much. Limited ammo forces me to pick my shots, and reloading under fire feels incredible when you nail it.

[Mtemprell]

1 hour ago, Lyndication said:

That's why I like running GBBs so much. Limited ammo forces me to pick my shots, and reloading under fire feels incredible when you nail it.

That's why I love GBBR too. Plus the realism to their operation and strip down. Gives me some nostalgia to my time in the Forces, still remember the whole weapons drills for the l85 off by heart haha. 

[Cannonfodder]

A pistol and shotgun were my go to combo for cqb for a while till I picked up my MP7 

[Mtemprell]

3 minutes ago, Cannonfodder said:

A pistol and shotgun were my go to combo for cqb for a while till I picked up my MP7 

Do love my mp7. Got a new vfc mp5 to try out in a cqb game.