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    Forum updates, feedback system and new versions

    By Arnie

    Firstly I'm going to try to document forum updates and other work completed to the site here in my forum blog. This will keep all the forum related updates in one place.   I've completed several updates to the forums today. We're now running the latest IPS versions for Gallery and Blog. There should be several bug fixes and feature adjustments with these new versions; I don't get a list I'm afraid or I'd publish it.   I've also taken comments on the trading system on board and we now have a
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EvilHippy's Blog of Joy

The best airsoft gun available? Kar 98 episode: 1

2nd entry in, and it's a biggie!! No apologies for length; you love it xxx     So I have a Tanaka Kar 98. Yes, you can stop hissing now (down, Sid!) but I deserve it, honest. I probably did some incredibly altruistic things in my past lives and I for one believe in retro-active Karma.   I have been having problems with it, but I still think of it/her (stopbeingsosad Hippy) as an amazing piece, easily the highest quality firing action, at least, out of all my guns.   Yet I find myself
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EvilHippy's Blog of Joy

Another fool shares his world

Evening all...   Okay, so instead of making bold statements about what this blog is meant to be and what I hope to acheive, I'll list the truth about what it'll end up becoming:   A rant about my alcoholism Airsoft musings and thinkings, mostly me saying `I could do this`, and `I could do that`. A load of self-fluffing guff about recent skirmishes A load of grievances about recent skirmishes Hopefully, believe-it-or-not, detailed notes on airsoft-related carpentry... With a bit o
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Death and Vengeance...

Geardo:-What does the term mean to me?

Well, I've been of two minds about writing this blog. Mainly because it seems to be a hotly contested topic - I've already seen flame wars kick off because of it.   Firstly, I'd like to address a point. I like gear. I own a fair chunk of it. I own more than one 'loadout' and at least five separate types of camo BDU.   However, I would not class myself as geardo.   During an IRC discussion with Marlowe, he says "Yes, yes you are a geardo, and so am I. We both create themed loadouts, just
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Hardcore's blog

Long time no musings

I havn't updated in a while since I was dropped right into the thick of three important coursework essays at once just after I got back from London. Thankfully they're finished and handed in now, with only one more essay and a bit of coursework still to go. So today I decided to take a break and get my head together after a lot of late nights, fast food and stress.   As you may have noticed, George Best died today. I'm in two minds about what to think about this actually. I'm not a football
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Snowman's Blog

The Book for me!

Nothing airsoft related, but I saw this on Amazon and it really made me laugh.   http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0...5Fencoding=UTF8   Sort of sums up my outlook on life   (and if you want to moan about it being non-airsoft related, I've already done one that is today )   Cheers.
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Snowman's Blog

Paypal

I just thought I'd recount some issues (good and bad) I had with Paypal recently.   I sold a Tanaka Ruger Super Redhawk here and the buyer sent me the payment via Paypal. He wrote (not unreasonably) "Money for the Ruger", but this seems to have set off alarm bells at Paypal.   I went in a few days later to pay Den for some stuff and found my account was 'limited' due to violating their Acceptable Use Rules. An e-mail arrived a few hours later explaining it was the 'firearms' element I'd vi
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Death and Vengeance...

Arnie Does Hogwarts - Draft

Hardcore and HKCHick struggled againt their bonds, tied back to back in a darkened room.   "This is *fruitcaged* up, hun." Hkchick stated. "It's got to be a forumite. There's no way they could have got us out without knowing otherwise."   "How astute of you, ladies." A posh accent cut through the darkness, then the lights flickered on. The figure wore a mask, a kind of OD peaked cap that had flaps that came down to cover his face. The brown russian Kamysh camoflage and grad-2 webbing mark
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Snowman's Blog

Football and stuff

Just had to say that, despite not being any kind of football fan, I really enjoyed the England-Argentina match on Saturday - Real end to end stuff played in, generally, good humour and with plenty of drama and excitement - Pity they'll stuff England if we play them in next year's World Cup.   Anyway, away from that diversion, I took another look at my SIGPRO and, sure enough, that Marushin Beretta recoil spring is too long, when compressed, to let the slide notch reach the slide lock, so it w
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HaVoC's Blog

New gear, new loadout!

Got a bunch of new gear in the last couple of days. In total... Blackhawk Industries H-Harness Suspenders Blackhawk Industries Padded Patrol Belt Blackhawk Industries Aussie Kit Pouch (for Nalgene bottle) 3no. ALICE Mag Pouches Propper US Woodland Boonie Hat It's all going together to form a current woodland SEAL impression. Not much more needed now, either - I might end up getting a buttpack of some sort, and I need to get the belt and suspenders set up perfectly (that'll only come fr
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TMC's Blog

New purchases

So I have a few new toys headed my way with the cordura and the releasable goodness of FUN!   Cough... Pilz-e moment over...   Anyway. I've got a few new things coming my way. To begin with, a pair of ESS ICE glasses. I have heard nothing but good things about these shooting specs. I'll do a short review on them when I recieve, which will be tonight when I'm back from work. They appear to come with a clear and tinted lense which is pretty good value for money.   Secondly... I've ordered
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Arn's Forum Blog

Doom the movie

Well Doom the movie is out ( http://imdb.com/title/tt0419706/ ), and I've had a chance to watch it. The film instantly came across as one that was set out in a very similar way to the first Resident Evil film.   The film stars "The Rock" as a rather dull muscle bound character with a gun and a short haircut, sadly not a patch on the performances he can give when given the hance (those in Scorpion King or Walking Tall were pretty decent). The rest of the actors were pretty much unknown to me,
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TMC's Blog

Triad Tactical

Over the past year or so I have dealt with several gear retailers. However it is "Triad Tactical" (Triad Tactical) whom I have gotten the best service from.   I sent him a couple emails his way but didn't get a response for a week or so, and then I decided to call him up on the number provided on the website.   I spoke with him for 30 minutes or so, and had a really friendly chat with him, where he said that his PC actually had a virus and he was just bringing it back and such.   we con
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Death and Vengeance...

Electrowerkz - After Action Report

After Action Report.   Arrived on site at 18:15. Fortunately the body armour that Hardcore bought me arrived this morning, so I was well protected. It WAS necessary.   Start bombing up. I am less than pleased when due to clumsiness I drop my m4, snapping the stock off. After a brief moment of sheer seething anger, I walk out for five minutes to calm down. I come back, and after using an entire roll of electrical tape I manage to bodge the gun into a semblance of working order.   I get
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Hardcore's blog

.....and after I come back!

Ok, so I'm back from my trip down south, leaving Ghost_Rider on his own for a little bit. Hmmph. I wanted to stay too, but uni doesn't allow for such things unfortunately. Anyway...   Thanks to Jennie and Tom (HK_Chick and Situpking) for being really sound and letting us hijack the living room floor, feeding us and taking us skirmishing. You were also brave enough to endure going shoe shopping with me, which is not something many people can withstand. I'm really looking forward to next sp
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Snowman's Blog

Mk23s

I'm very partial to KSC's Mk23 GBBs.   To me the KSC Mk23 is one of the top 5 GBBs and I'm constantly amazed by the level of criticism aimed at the model.   I like their massive size, they're impressively accurate, powerful and the big slide gives them an impressive kick (in heavyweight and metal slided form, anyway).   My first was a HW one, which the original owner tried to buy back off me for more than I paid, but I wouldn't sell, it was so nice.   I never thought I'd sell it, but
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Death and Vengeance...

Op TLJ: Fallout Basildon - Pre Action Report

Well, we got to London safely after ten hours of bus ride. Spent most of it asleep, but next time I think I'm gonna take the train.   Got pikced up by HKChick and Situpking at Victoria station, and after lugging four bags of kit through the underground we arrived in Buckhurst Hill. We have a quiet pint with Basho and Trip, and discuss the plans for the rest of the week before bouncing to Southend and HKChicks place.   First point of action is to unload the kit and check that it is 1) all t
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Hardcore's blog

Before we leave....

Busy day today, in preparation for the weekend: if you didn't know already from Ghost's blog, we're off to London to see Situpking and HK_Chick. Feel sorry for Ghost: he has to endure sitting in an eclosed space with me for 10 hours on the bus, and I'm a terrible fidget....   I've managed to come down from my sugar addict moodswings of the past few days, which will make tomorrow slightly more bearable. I doubt either of us would enjoy being stuck in a confined space with me bouncing from a
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Death and Vengeance...

FIRE IN THE HOLE!

Ok, so the Spectrum maroons showed up.   They are a little different from what I'm used to, the casing made of a thin soft plastic instead of cardboard. This makes me a little concerned for the safety of any user/victim who might be within 'kill' distance so I set up my usual test.   This is not that scientific, but it provides a good indicator of the possible 'fallout' of a pyrotechnic device. Basically, I set up a device, tool up in dpm trousers, a t-shirt and eye protection, and set one
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Prometheus' Blog

Busy Week

Wow, this has been a really busy week for me. I know I promised a new blog by last Thursday...but that obviously didn't happen.   Anyways, this is to let you know that I am writing a full Blog up in MS Word and I'll be posting it soon. It is going to cover Gaming and hopefully (Thats my new favorite term) I will do a short piece on Violence in Games and what the Government is doing about it.         ~P
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Death and Vengeance...

S&W 500 - Initial impressions.

To fill in a little background, I have been buying up a bunch of guns recently - forsaking other forms of entertainment in order to purchase all the guns I want before the VCR death knell sounds.   Having got a stock SMG, an upgraded 'sniper' rifle, an assault rifle, a grenade launcher, and a whole ton of pistols (including a mac 11) I pretty much had everything I wanted. Barring winning the lottery and getting the 3P minigun, my collection was complete.   Except for a skirmishable revolv
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Fear and loathing in Airsoft

#3

Airsoft. What a hassle eh?   My site has a bunch of “hire guns” which are, in fact, just 2nd or 3rd AEGs owned by people who are regulars at the site. It just so happened, last weekend, that 3 of my guns were hired out all at the same time. Yikes! Why is it that these things always happen when you don’t really need them to?   My Thompson is totally standard but, recently, has started doing the 3-shot-burst thing and I was a little worried that this might be a precursor of more serious tr
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Death and Vengeance...

The London Job - Pre Op Status

I spent a chunk of today figuring out exactly what I was packing/not packing for my ten day jaunt to London.   After much shifting around, I've managed to get everything I need into the necessary bags. The train and bus tickets are all booked, the people I'm staying with have all confirmed I'm cool to stay on their floor for however long it is. I love having freinds in the big smoke, it means I never have to worry about hotel fees.   The big question I'm pondering now, is do I have enough
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