Airsoft Doesn't Sleep (Off-topic MADNESS!!!)MkII

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swiftblade

First post!

What shall we talk about?

ronan keane

Whats With The Mark II?

swiftblade

ronan keane wrote: »

Whats With The Mark II?

Look at the old thread

MagicIRL

UnkieKev

MagicIRL

ronan keane

swiftblade wrote: »

Look at the old thread

Oh Fair Enough

MagicIRL

UnkieKev

MagicIRL wrote: »

**** just got 60's spidey yp in hyea

ED E

ronan keane

Hande hoche!

Fascinating news story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-14557204

richieffff

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Fascinating news story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-14557204

That made the news? :pac:

Damo 2k9

They could have at least let us reach 15k posts in the old thread :P

UnkieKev

Damo 2k9 wrote: »

They could have at least let us reach 15k posts in the old thread :P

Their servers evidently can't handle it! *Shock Horror*

Last thing we need is for Boards.ie to crash! What will we do with our copious amount of spare time?!

SgtBob

I like cake...

ronan keane

SgtBob wrote: »

I like cake...

CAKE IS A LIE

UnkieKev

ronan keane wrote: »

CAKE IS A LIE

SgtBob

The lie is a cake...

ronan keane

UnkieKev wrote: »

Thats What They Told Me Back In Nam When I was Captured By......The Evil......Horrible.........WeightWatchers..........

MagicIRL

cathal_flynn

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UnkieKev

cathal_flynn wrote: »

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Just far Cathal

cathal_flynn

UnkieKev wrote: »

Just far Cathal

as i said kev.........


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UnkieKev

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL WOMAN! hahahaha

shane_rafferty

UnkieKev wrote: »

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL WOMAN! hahahaha

Witcher

Nice to know what the real steelers think of us:pac:

andy_g

Blay wrote: »

Nice to know what the real steelers think of us:pac:

I think I actually want to thank that post, He sums it up fairly well to a point

moggser

<SNIP> "Rape" pics removed, Read the OP. content is to be SFW

whydave

Blay wrote: »

Nice to know what the real steelers think of us:pac:

some ''real steelers'' go both ways !

whydave

A man buys a lie detector robot that slaps people who lie. he decided to test it at dinner:

Dad: Son where were you today during school hours?
Son: At school (robot slaps son)

...Son: Okay I went to the movies!
Dad: Which one?
Son: Harry Potter (robot slaps again!)

Son: Okay I was watching porn.
Dad: What? When I was your age I didn't even know what porn was! (robot slaps dad)
Mom: Hahahahaha! after all he is your son!(robot slaps mom).

Puding

Blay wrote: »

Nice to know what the real steelers think of us:pac:

have to agree with andy on this one, actually rather a good post, all the points are good points and represent a point of view of the vast majority of people, airsoft is a minority and it is a little 'strange' , we ignore and laugh at views like this are your peril

we can not have it both ways, you can not encourage milsim and events like those put on my organiser like stirling, ta events and tier 1 and turn around and say it is not that 'military' , especially when airsoft is actually being used for training but police and military at this stage, can not shove our heads in the ground on this one

Witcher

Puding wrote: »

we can not have it oth ways, you can not encourage milsim and events like those put on my organiser like stirling, ta events and tier 1 and turn around and say it is not that 'military' especially when airsoft is actually being used for training but police and military at this stage, can not shove our heads in the ground on this one

Airsoft is indeed used by militaries/police but to say that airsoft, even in milsim form can prepare people for real combat is crazy..to me anyway. We've always pushed the opposite on radio shows etc. so to follow with the idea it is 'training' people for actual combat is making a liar out of ourselves really. I'm not saying such ideas should be maligned or ignored but they should be addressed with a degree of common sense.

Puding

Im not saying to fall in line, we just have to acknowledge that it is a valid concern of people, and tbh i would put large sums of money on this view point far out numbering those with a positive angle on airsoft.

It is the chick and an egg thing and the same arguments also get dragged up with videos games in a way, personally im of the opinion that violent games and airsoft do not make 'unstable people' but they defiantly do attract them like moths to a flame, and tbh it is something as a community we should be aware of.

We get defensive of airsoft, and we have a tendency to ignore some issues and apply the rose tinted glasses. At times we start to believe it all and that can be dangerous as we can get complacent.

Witcher

Puding wrote: »

Im not saying to fall in line, we just have to acknowledge that it is a valid concern of people, and tbh i would put large sums of money on this view point far out numbering those with a positive angle on airsoft.

It is the chick and an egg thing and the same arguments also get dragged up with videos games in a way, personally im of the opinion that violent games and airsoft do not make 'unstable people' but they defiantly do attract them like moths to a flame, and tbh it is something as a community we should be aware of.

We get defensive of airsoft, and we have a tendency to ignore some issues and apply the rose tinted glasses. At times we start to believe it all and that can be dangerous as we can get complacent.

I agree with all your points, 'fall in line' wasn't really the correct term to use there, meant more that to allow such ideas to spread without us at least trying to give our side of it would be wrong.

UnkieKev

Blay wrote: »

Nice to know what the real steelers think of us:pac:

What a muppet...

Puding

Blay wrote: »

I agree with all your points, 'fall in line' wasn't really the correct term to use there, meant more that to allow such ideas to spread without us at least trying to give our side of it would be wrong.

i would agree, unfortunately it is not easy just to dismiss it, the strongest defence again this is actually to actively show that we are a responsible community, this is far easy said than done of course

Dogwatch

It is a very myopic view of airsoft.

To say it is preparing young people for combat is taking it a bit too far, because if it was true,
the authorities here would ban it immediately and armed forces around the world would not have use very large,
expensive training facilities to properly prepare their soldiers/marines/sailors and airmen for the real thing.

Steve

Airsoft has the distinct advantage over RS in that if you get shot then you don't die, you respawn as the gamers would say.

I'm sure if any of you felt genuine fear of death in a game then you would use vastly different tactics. So, no, in general, Airsoft cannot really prepare you for real life military situations unless it's conducted as part of a *real* military training exercise (which would be a bit pointless given the range of Airsoft guns unless it was close quarters training).

Just MHO.

Stealthirl

Well i spent a hour today plinking with 3 Guards in the garden.
They all want to come out with me to a game now :rolleyes:

1 was very interested in the mp7 and shotgun


Oh and

gerrowadat

Steve wrote: »

Airsoft has the distinct advantage over RS in that if you get shot then you don't die, you respawn as the gamers would say.

I'm sure if any of you felt genuine fear of death in a game then you would use vastly different tactics. So, no, in general, Airsoft cannot really prepare you for real life military situations unless it's conducted as part of a *real* military training exercise (which would be a bit pointless given the range of Airsoft guns unless it was close quarters training).

Just MHO.

However, Ireland does have funny laws which are designed around preventing people from doing drills or practicing for a specific event. It's why a lot of events (i.e. those not run by mongs) use fictional situations. The could I remember from time on the IAA that used real situations ended up raising questions from inside and outside airsoft.

I have to agree on the muscle memory thing. I fired a RS tavor a few months back, and the feel of the stanag mags and reloading while maintaining trigger disciple and firing just came naturally, despite never having fired a real assault rifle before.

F.U.B.A.R

andy_g wrote: »

I think I actually want to thank that post, He sums it up fairly well to a point

look tbh he's way off base the only tactics that work for airsoft is shoot first and ask questions later and the mussle memory is useless as theres massive differences between real steel and aeg's I know as Iam military besides if a youth whants to be militarised all they have to do is join RDF although I do agree to some aspects of this stupid rant

F.U.B.A.R

also my idea and experience of 'military' is a dissaplined 24hr routine... thats just non-existent in airsoft

moggser

<SNIP> "Rape" pics removed, Read the OP. content is to be SFW

hmmm my rape pic was worse then post #22 in this thread where that escaped the snip yeah

nothing against Magic Irl

whydave

"There's something I must confess." "Shhh". said the wife, "There's nothing to confess. Everything's all right." "No" the husband replied "I must die in peace. I had sex with your sister, your best friend, her best friend and your best friend's mum!"
"I know," she whispered "That's why I poisoned you, you bastard!

whydave

moggser wrote: »

hmmm my rape pic was worse then post #22 in this thread where that escaped the snip yeah

nothing against Magic Irl

F.U.B.A.R

Ha! Tactical facepalm........ geniouse

moggser

whydave wrote: »

moggser wrote: »

hmmm my rape pic was worse then post #22 in this thread where that escaped the snip yeah

nothing against Magic Irl

See you vops command ya fake ya phoney. How many of Paul Carey's

Mod edit: <blubber blubber blubber>

whydave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES9QxE3sUaw

MerryDespot

Steve wrote: »

I'm sure if any of you felt genuine fear of death in a game then you would use vastly different tactics.

I was just thinking the same thing Steve.

Example from earlier at HRTA. We're getting flanked by a group coming into the village. I know that there are two lads on the opposite side of a container at the leading edge of the village, both looking left. I know there are an indeterminate number of enemies (somewhere between 0 and everyone) to the right of that container between there and the river. So chances of getting brapped are high to certain. But I still leg it right around the container to brap the two lads - in the process getting taken out from two others in the ditch line on my right.

Any of the PDF lads who play laugh at the stuff that us walts get up to in airsoft (coming from an environment where taking their hits is not a yes/no option) - it's certainly not training us for anything other than running around shooting plastic bbs at each other (and then, not very well!).

Muscle memory is different. I'd actually agree with that point. But this is not an issue - after all none of us are going to be in a position to put this muscle memory to use on anything other than an airsoft gun - so it's a moot point.