drewroud
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Post by drewroud on Mar 6, 2013 21:10:02 GMT -5
Lovin the marui glock 17 and the fireplace!
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Post by Psychosis on Mar 9, 2013 10:34:08 GMT -5
Though that was an awesome event, if you can make it to that, you can make it to a game. You need to attend a game. I guarantee you will receive at least a slight reduction in negative attention if you do. Even more if you aren't obnoxious, and actually some slight, dare I say respect, if you actually manage to show some ability in tactics. You need to attend a game this season. What Tank is trying to put in more polite terms, I'll lay down a little more bluntly as a learning point, which is more applicable to this particular thread than steering the real steel post off the rails. Go to a game because the swap meet doesn't mean anything. Stop posting your uneducated opinion about things and educate yourself/read more thoroughly: - From what I've seen, almost all of your posts related to the technical aspects of airsoft guns were flat-out wrong and corrected by other forum members. - alexbuechel asked about getting a smaller .22 for his girlfriend. Your recommendation? A 1911 with a .22 conversion. - You writing an email to Heckler and Koch for clarification on their airsoft policy is the most ridiculous non-troll I've read on the forums, and I've been here 10 years now! As for your gear: I'm not going to comment on your gear because you would learn quickly in an actual game what does/doesn't work, though I will at least drop some useful hints and tell you that you should wear both kneepads properly, and that color-matching gives you cool guy points.
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Post by Da Vinci - Да Винчи on Mar 9, 2013 13:04:35 GMT -5
- From what I've seen, almost all of your posts related to the technical aspects of airsoft guns were flat-out wrong and corrected by other forum members. - alexbuechel asked about getting a smaller .22 for his girlfriend. Your recommendation? A 1911 with a .22 conversion. - You writing an email to Heckler and Koch for clarification on their airsoft policy is the most ridiculous non-troll I've read on the forums, and I've been here 10 years now! As for your gear: I'm not going to comment on your gear because you would learn quickly in an actual game what does/doesn't work, though I will at least drop some useful hints and tell you that you should wear both kneepads properly, and that color-matching gives you cool guy points. -I've been trying my best to clarify that what I say should be taken with a grain of salt. I go off of my personal experience, and say what I know, but I might be wrong. The only recent exception I can think of was when I posted a link to the disassembly of a V2 gearbox when somebody asked for a disassembly of a Classic Army gearbox, not mentioning that it was blowback or still in the receiver until after my post. I was going off of the information given. -The majority of my post about .22's was directly in response to other's posts and completely in line, giving facts about the previously mentioned pistols and what I personally felt about them. The only reason I added the 1911 was because of it's ability to convert into different calibers, while still being the slim single-stack profile, smaller the the "bulky" M&P. Compact 1911 models are also available, and in smaller calibers than .45. -That's your opinion. It was a confusing matter, as different rumors had been spread around for a while, and I wondered if anyone on the site had any solid evidence. I e-mailed HK just for simple clarification. I don't hate HK nor push them up, I was just hoping for a simple answer, I don't understand how that is ridiculous. As for gear, I haven't been to any MiA games, just small private ones, but that does work quite well. The kneepads vary in how I wear them and how many are on, and I know matching does matter and look better. I use what I have and can afford, that's why I'm still using skateboarding kneepads. To make this post not entirely off-topic: Gimp, I flopped around the mag pouches like you suggested, and I do like the slimmer fit. The holster is going to have to stay for now, otherwise I won't have anywhere to put my pistol, which would be a shame seeing that it's warming up.
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Hound
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Post by Hound on Mar 9, 2013 21:09:56 GMT -5
S&W M&P Shield= slimmer and smaller than any 1911..
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Brush
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Post by Brush on Mar 10, 2013 0:21:13 GMT -5
As for your gear: I'm not going to comment on your gear because you would learn quickly in an actual game what does/doesn't work, though I will at least drop some useful hints and tell you that you should wear both kneepads properly, and that color-matching gives you cool guy points. Is thread crapping the only thing that isn’t a rule on this forum? Psychosis, you have nothing intelligent to add to this man’s post. Problems you have with his other posts shouldn’t be carried over to this one. Most of these people have knowledge to offer to you with your gear and guns, and you should take note of it. However, do whatever works for you. I myself have used off-colored pouches and the like, airsoft can be expensive. . Liking the load out so far, I even like were you have your pistol. Since I play a lot of CQB, I may have to try that out sometime. Sometimes I even run a cross draw vest, which no one here likes, but it works with me and my style. For all those naysayers who don’t like it or cross draws, my hand is closer to my pistol than yours.
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Post by Psychosis on Mar 10, 2013 1:04:00 GMT -5
Hound, that is irrelevant to the topic which was being discussed, smaller .22's handguns. Brush, this thread is the best venue in which to conduct this conversation without completely running the other threads off their rails - ironically enough, given that one of the complaints about him is thread crapping in people's commerce transactions. I am giving him tips on how to post productively, and should he choose to ignore it then he will continue to be ostracized and shunned by the larger community. He will learn how inefficient his gear is through the same way everyone else learns how inefficient their gear is: actually fielding the damn stuff at an event. I've told other players to lighten their loads in the summer, they would post a reply saying they'd be fine, and later on during the event they would approach me telling me that I was right... damn straight! As for the other aspect of it, looks - everyone wants to look like a cool guy, that's 90% of the game right there. He gets it, he's got a budget, that's no problem. Da Vinci, the fact that you posted a lengthy rebuttal and your "challenge accepted" meme in the other thread, you must have missed the point entirely. This isn't up for debate, this is laying out the facts so that you actually read what I am writing. People complain in other venues publicly that you do not contribute actual value here, and it's happened on several occasions - you are not staying inside your lane, which is recognizably narrow at the moment. -I've been trying my best to clarify that what I say should be taken with a grain of salt. I go off of my personal experience, and say what I know, but I might be wrong. That is the wrong answer. Stop posting your uneducated opinion about things and educate yourself/read more thoroughly. Your post in the motorcycle thread was good - it provided content for the forums. Your gear photos, even if everyone else would do it differently, contribute content as well as a means to get feedback - I provide content by letting you know that the chest holster is good to go, but you should have your side mag pouches on your weak side instead of your strong side so that you're not reaching across your body to access them. I encourage you to post content, as opposed to comparing the real steel panic/shortage to being unable to purchase some airsoft toys, or commenting on CQB without ever actually participating in a game. I've taken a look at your posting and it generally seems to be improving, but you are still going out of your lane when it comes to things like real steel. This is all I have to say about the matter, and will be posting no further about it.
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Post by Sleepy on Mar 12, 2013 21:05:03 GMT -5
Brush, this thread is the best venue in which to conduct this conversation without completely running the other threads I don't want to get sucked into this, but please, just PM him. Keep it private.
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Post by Mles on Mar 12, 2013 21:25:00 GMT -5
Brush, this thread is the best venue in which to conduct this conversation without completely running the other threads I don't want to get sucked into this, but please, just PM him. Keep it private. No. Many people in the community feel the way Psy does - his input should be greatly considered as he has been MIA for a long time and has seen more people come and go than most of us. When someone needs to be called out, more than often, it has to be done in public to leave an effect.
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Post by Sleepy on Mar 12, 2013 21:50:47 GMT -5
Alright, I just didn't think it was cool to randomly interrupt Da Vinci's thread with other things. Though I suppose that there really wasn't any other place to do so.
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Post by Mles on Mar 12, 2013 23:40:03 GMT -5
No, no, you are right - to a degree. Flaming is something that should be avoided, and when you handle problems via PM, I applaud such action. I consider this a special circumstance though, and you can refer to Psy's post for why.
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Post by Da Vinci - Да Винчи on Mar 13, 2013 12:32:24 GMT -5
I've been mulling over all that for a couple of days, and I understand what you're all saying , but don't you all think you're going a bit against what you were just saying to me, by taking this thread way off topic? Eight posts about it, nine including this. I am guilty to posting without contributing, I know that. However, this is a gallery thread for my gear and replicas, not for how I post.
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Post by Knief on Mar 13, 2013 12:50:01 GMT -5
No, the member base here has a long history of addressing and correcting problem members. Our ability to self-police is incredibly good for a forum, and it's coming out in a great, straight forward but not overly antagonistic way here. You've had major issues with your posting habits since you started despite both polite private corrections and brutally public corrections. I would rather see the community give you tue business in thread whose sole purpose is you than take some other potentially useful thread and drag that off topic. This is the right place for this discussion.
If that was the only conclusion you came to after thinking about the above criticism for a couple days, maybe you should try taking it to heart a bit more. Almost all of your posts contain some thought or idea that's completely asinine. That's a problem, and one that we've been telling you about since you started. You've taken no steps to correct your posting.
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Post by Gimpalong on Mar 13, 2013 13:15:25 GMT -5
Play more, post less.
Before you post, ask the following questions to yourself:
1. Does my post contribute substantially to what is being discussed? (I.E. my post is on-topic and relevant to the discussion at hand) 2. Is my post objective and fair? (I.E. my post isn't a personal attack, it has a central argument support by facts or evidence) 3. Have I reviewed my post to insure the proper use of grammar, spelling and punctuation?
If, after thinking about and reviewing what you have written, you cannot answer "yes" to the above questions, then don't hit "submit" to post your message.
on topic:
Glad to hear you've reorganized your pouch set-up. I think you'll find that having the larger magazine pouches on the front of the PC and the slimmer ones on the side will balance out a little better than vice-versa.
As has been mentioned, once you start playing you learn very quickly what does and does not work. That's basically what fuels the airsoft hobby. People go out and play, find something that doesn't quite work and then tweak their gear set-ups. Over time they basically tweak their gear so much that they've got entirely new gear and can't remember how they got from Gear A to Gear B.
'Tis the glorious way of the gearwhore.
You've also got to remember that if you post stuff to this (or any) forum, you're going to get feedback. A lot of that feedback will probably not be constructive. That's just the inevitable way of the internet. Frankly, if you post somewhere and someone hasn't accused you of being Hitler in ten minutes then you're probably not actually on the internet. That's not to say that you shouldn't read and critically evaluate the feedback that has been given. You should, but you should take everything you read with a grain of salt.
I use gear that works for me, and don't bother posting what I wear up to forums because A) my gear works for me and B) I don't need some thirteen year old telling me my multicam pouches clash with my ACU pouches and why aren't I wearing ATACS-FG or AOR1 or whatever other whiz-bang thing is hip that day.
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Post by Sleepy on Mar 13, 2013 15:10:36 GMT -5
True, Psychosis is a special scenario. I didn't realize that he was so experienced. That's my bad.
On topic: I really like the look of the loadout. One suggestion, spread more gear onto your second line. Belts are always overlooked, and that is a great opportunity to distribute the weight and feel of your rig. It also frees up lots of space.
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ctres
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Post by ctres on Mar 13, 2013 15:32:33 GMT -5
Do you mean 1st line? 2nd line is the plate carrier or chest rig.
1st line= belt 2nd line = main body armor/chest rig 3rd line = backpack (not attached to back of plate carrier)
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