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Post by Raptor on Apr 11, 2015 0:56:32 GMT -5
So earlier today I had an encounter with Kalamazoo Airsofts owner (Chad). Now someone ask for Peoples Opinon on Kalamazoo Airsoft and i Said: (Pictured below)(My names Alan Holden to clear this up) Now this is my honest opinon after playing for 4 1/2 years there and just recently stopped to build my own place, that and everytime I go there someone tried stealing my P*. Anyway after posting that I soon recieve a message from the Owner, thinking its him asking me to make a review again I ignored it, well he kept messaging so I thought I better take a look, heres what popped up: I figured alright I better reply: Now his response is what really got me: Hes basically saying that hes going to trash my buisness on his KA page. Now I want your guys opinon on how I should procced with these whole thing? Posted with premission of Knief.
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Post by Coldwave on Apr 11, 2015 1:22:53 GMT -5
Curious why he's being so sensitive.
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Post by Raptor on Apr 11, 2015 1:49:34 GMT -5
I actually went and messaged other people that posted on that and he messaged none of them, most of the comments were way worse that that.
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Post by Mosin on Apr 11, 2015 6:46:05 GMT -5
This dude has PM'd me at least 4 times around midnight asking me to bump up my review from a 2 star to a 5. Probably going to drop my review down to a 1 star now.
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Post by Raptor on Apr 11, 2015 8:55:38 GMT -5
Heres the most recent one hes sent me:
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Post by Krutch on Apr 11, 2015 9:35:26 GMT -5
Damn the Airsoft community is pissing me off lately. What happened to everybody working for the good of the sport? There has been so much bullshit being thrown around recently that it is becoming nauseating. The separation between milsim players and rec players is growing larger, there are international cliques being made for people that only play one style. The community is tearing itself apart from the inside. Raptor im not saying you wrong (your not), I'm just expressing my frustration at where this sport has turned.
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Post by Raptor on Apr 11, 2015 9:49:52 GMT -5
Damn the Airsoft community is pissing me off lately. What happened to everybody working for the good of the sport? There has been so much bullshit being thrown around recently that it is becoming nauseating. The separation between milsim players and rec players is growing larger, there are international cliques being made for people that only play one style. The community is tearing itself apart from the inside. Raptor im not saying you wrong (your not), I'm just expressing my frustration at where this sport has turned. I agree with you, thats why ive stopped playing for now getting close to 5 months, this has turned into a who has the bigger cock contest and thats no fun for anyone.
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Post by Gunslinger on Apr 11, 2015 10:10:14 GMT -5
That's exactly why I quit playing. Too many little kids and show offs playing that weren't any thing but cheating big mouths to boot. National events are or can be the same thing but at least they try to monitor those types of people (refs) and if it's a big enough problem then they ban those people. Not the best solution but what ever some one can do helps.
As far as there becoming a cliquish type of mentality "forming" that's been around for a long time man. There has been teams and groups of guys who thought they were cooler than every one else around for a long time. It's airsoft high school. That's some times just the way life is.
And I can stand kalamazoo's field for just that reason, little kids "racking up kill streaks" like they are playing call of duty. If you watch some of their videos they post to YouTube it's all about using the kill streak counter off a video game. Paintball style running at some one and just shooting blindly. I told some one after watching their video "that's why I don't go there" and they got butt hurt about it. Eh....
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Post by Gabriel on Apr 11, 2015 17:03:26 GMT -5
The growing devide is something that's been brought up before, especially this fall/early winter. I have to be honest, yeah, I'm kind of a Milsim Elitest. I won't lie and say I don't talk some shit, because I do. But at the same time, I also understand that people enjoy different play styles, and at the end of the day, we are still grown ass men running around in gear anywhere from $30-$1500. Trying to get a big dick over this is like bragging about how many times a week you Crossfit. Easy there hard charger, nobody cares. That's why whenever people ask me about Airsoft, I just say it's for fun. It's not for training, it's not for developing weapon manipulation skills, it's not for field training, it's for fun. Don't turn it into what it's not. Be serious if you want (Lord knows I do), but remember what you are doing, and what you aren't.
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Post by Simon on Apr 12, 2015 19:28:44 GMT -5
I've had issues with them before. A couple years ago they really slacked off on their chrono rules and someone made a post about it on the forums so I said my squad and I wouldn't be attending any more due to safety issues because not one of us left without bleeding from somewhere. It wasn't long before I got a similar message. I loved Chad and Hollis when they started. It was awesome to see the improvements from AofK but I just can't stand the place anymore.
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Post by Raptor on Apr 12, 2015 20:00:04 GMT -5
After Hollis left the place went from decent to crap, I actually snapped my ankle 2 years ago because he was to cheap to remove a piece of metal that my foot got caught between, I went to turn and snap.
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Post by Elvis on Apr 12, 2015 21:30:33 GMT -5
I haven't been caught up on the drama lately. Would someone like to explain to me why hollis left (and when!)?
On a side note, I agree with mostly everything above. I started out playing here at kalamazoo, it was a great place a few years ago, but in the last few months the place has started going to trash. I don't understand why chad is not listening to the community about a lot of things because he is loosing a lot of business because he is not
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Post by Raptor on Apr 12, 2015 21:49:18 GMT -5
No one knows why but from the convo he sent me I understand why he did.
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Post by voodoo on Apr 13, 2015 6:56:01 GMT -5
Well I've always been afraid of even trying to go to Kalamazoo because of all the kids I knew would be there. Now I definitely won't ever go there. I'm just stoked and waiting for Raptors field to open about 10mins away! Ok so it's actually about 30mins,I'm still SUPER excited!
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Post by Crusade on Apr 13, 2015 16:05:58 GMT -5
From what I can see from the texts, he handled you stating your opinion like the stereo type of people my age, and I am 14. More of a "I'm better than you with my 7,000 Facebook followers" than a "well I'm sorry you feel that way and we will make an effort to stop people from touching your property." For example, at a hells survivors REC game paintball players decided to throw smashed paintballs into our things and get them covered in paint, one of the refs promptly got the owner and they looked for the people who did it. Although they did not find them and they did not steal anything, the same rules go whether you are vandalizing or stealing somebody else's property.
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