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Post by racoon2014 on Mar 16, 2012 20:40:56 GMT -5
Well it will do its job for the time I'm going to use it for. When I get some more money I will sell it and buy a new one.
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Post by Gimpalong on Mar 16, 2012 22:39:56 GMT -5
You said it yourself that you're a "bit of a newbie," so I take it that you haven't been in the sport long.
As a player who has spent more than his fair share on gear, guns and other fancy, cool looking doodads, let me be the first to tell you that what is used in the "real world" doesn't always equate to what works best for airsoft.
I see a lot of folks roll out in heavy vests loaded down with ten magazines, faux radios, flex cuffs, entrenching tools, faux nightvision devices, strobes, faux (or real) GPS units, and fully kitted out helmets with Go-Pros, chem lights and the kitchen sink. Some of these guys are good, and honestly want to look the part. A lot of them end up sitting around in the parking lot shooting the shit or heaving their guts out humping up and down the 20 acre field that they think requires their GPS unit.
It's cool and all to have all the AOR1/2 or Marine kit. I rock an SPC, ECH replica and shoot an M4A1 with ACOG and grippod, so I know what it's like to do an "impression," but I also know that you need to balance the requirements of airsoft with whatever requirements you have for looking how you want to look on the field. I had a real PASGT helmet set up like an LWH; I wore it in one game and never again because it was so heavy and uncomfortable. I put over $100 into that helmet to set it up just right. I replaced it with a fake MICH 2000 set up to look like an ECH that weighs half as much and cost half as much because while I appreciate realism, I also just want to shoot plastic at my friends on the weekends and be relatively comfortable while doing it.
My advice is to use your vest, see how it works, see how it fits your play style and don't worry too much about creating some sort of impression until you have a better idea about what you actually want and need on the playing field. My USMC "impression" (which isn't all that great because I compromise based on what my requirements are) is tailored to suit me and roughly "look the part," and I chose to do the impression because I understood that it functions well on the airsoft field while also looking realistic.
TLDR: The key is to find the balance between what works and what looks how you want to look. Anybody who runs you down about your gear will have bigger things to worry about when you're bunkering them out on the playing field.
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Post by trustkill on Mar 16, 2012 23:12:15 GMT -5
Exactly what I focus on for gear Gimp. Great advice man!
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Post by racoon2014 on Mar 16, 2012 23:22:07 GMT -5
I've played with friends and in 2 or 3 events. Other than that, I'm still fresh. I don't plan on getting fake gear, such as radios and other equipment, but I do plan on getting the stuff I need, a few more mags and maybe some headgear (styled to what operators use) to protect my head, or atleast shield it somewhat. But none the less, thanks for the good advice, Gimpalong.
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