kronic Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 The thread about how the UK Airsoft scene started made me wanna start this thread so.... Does anyone remember the Old Arnies site, that was run by Arnie (No offence to R22 he's a dude). Before the huge ASCUK/UKAN fall out when we lost Arnies? When sp00n and Nmcanebes, Arnies old right hand man (or however you spell it) were the highest posters. Silent_Scope had the best P90 ever. Everyone hated the FAMAS. AKs couldn't be upgraded. Classic Army was rubbish. Airsoft Dynamics had stuff in stock. Agent47 ruled the comments on the photo gallery. There would be constant arguments about mounting M203's on RIS mounts in real steel. Area51 was in business and made what you paid for (Sometimes) There was a line drawing of an M93r at the top of the Home Page. Oh and everyone seemed scared of ordering things from HK (UK at least) I still love Arnies but i like thinking of the old days. If you remember Old arnies or anything about it stick a post up Link to post Share on other sites
ColDaz Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 But if you fired an M203 on an RIS then it would fly off and kill you ... And I still don't want to order from HK. Link to post Share on other sites
tangman Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I remember the Sales Forum having a cream coloured background with Purple/Dark Blue arnie's logo (might have been slightly different but similar!) Still remember the M93r on the front page Link to post Share on other sites
IronWolf Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Yes, back when twitch & DeeDee were mods, and Crazy Harry was called Mulder. Good times they were . Link to post Share on other sites
MDK_Marshal Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I remember the old days, vaguely... I didn't lurk much on the forums back then, but now, I've accumulated a mighty post count, and had a rep toting three figures, before the system got taken down the old days were good, but it's still good nowadays Link to post Share on other sites
Spedz Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 When slayer posted as well and Enzo100 posted about emo stuff and the endless petitions for TM to make a SA80. Link to post Share on other sites
sturgis Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 yay to the olden days, when Arnie pranced around looking like John Mclane from die hard, bare foot and all, we all marvelled over the custom AEGs made by gremlin and that hawaiian guy, forgot his name and you got the:" there, there, itll be ok if you throw some more money at it" response when you admitted to buying a CA MP5 and anything other then a MP5/M16/M4/Famas/AUG/AK or academy L85 was a bloody great custom gun ah, how far we have come for the better id like to think Link to post Share on other sites
Hudson Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 i remember it, strangly. back then they cost 30 gazillion pounds just for the gun, then you needed the battery, charger, magazine, ammo, safety glasses etc etc. then the only local game site was 1000 miles away and had games once a quarter. BUT YOU STILL LOVED IT ANYWAY. nowdays i got a proper job and everything is a bit cheaper. awsome =D Link to post Share on other sites
Smoke Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I remember the first great FPS debate on the old airsoft.org "Blue" forums, when Arnies was just a news front page. When TM first brought out the M4 - How many are there now? Link to post Share on other sites
Skarclaw Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I can remember the m93r and stuff, I can't think that far about details though. Link to post Share on other sites
Endospore Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 then the only local game site was 1000 miles away and had games once a quarter. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's old? That still describes my area. Link to post Share on other sites
Catman Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I remember it when it was a tiny little forum in the corner of the web - back in the day when airsoft.org wasn't some s**tty retailer website. hehe. I remember the first great FPS debate on the old airsoft.org "Blue" forums, when Arnies was just a news front page. Hehe I remember that debate Link to post Share on other sites
snowman Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 No, but that might just be my memory going... Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
kronic Posted May 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 When slayer posted as well and Enzo100 posted about emo stuff and the endless petitions for TM to make a SA80. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's new arnies :-P I stopped po sting quiet abit when new Arnies opened.... dunno why. Whoa some people have good older days. Arnies was still pretty big in my old days. No Airsoft org for me. Cool to see some old members back. Whoa i forgot about twitch and Crazy Harrys old name. Link to post Share on other sites
Spedz Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Ah..I just signed on days (maybe a few weeks) after the new server switch. Link to post Share on other sites
cazboab Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I remember the little bar at the top of the front page that gave the last 5 or 10 post. The endless arguments about gear timing and the 1J rule and teddys flying... Link to post Share on other sites
kronic Posted May 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Lol i was taking about gear timing last night at my mates when i was fixing my AK. Also green gas broke everything. Link to post Share on other sites
Duke-9 Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I remember the first great FPS debate on the old airsoft.org "Blue" forums, when Arnies was just a news front page. When TM first brought out the M4 - How many are there now? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I had an older account that I stopped using for a while before I started my current one. I distinctly remember seeing the next new adds for the Marui M4 a few months after I had just purchased my first aeg, a g3-SG1. What about the days when classic army only made metal bodies and such and they were never really that close to being on spec? That's when you know you are one the grumpy old guys on the forum when you remember killing yourself to dremmel/sand/doing anything to make that *fruitcaging* metal body fit your mp5. I think I spent close to five hours to install the metal body, cocking tube, and metal sights. The cocking tube was so tight and was I so tired of dealing with it, I just used a mallet to get the last quater of an inch in the body. Link to post Share on other sites
Chris North Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Arnies has become such a big forum, and yet we don't even have our own Wiki article. Link to post Share on other sites
hhsohn Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 DumboRAT! His mighty reviews and knowledge of WA lines. Back then, WA commended the respect due, and each variation was special. G3 with green furniture was still plenty, and AK was the new wonder weapon. Link to post Share on other sites
snowman Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 True, Allen was a huge lost to the airsoft community, but he was active on lots of forums, not just Arnies BTW, he was only lost (as far as I know) in the sense that he found more constructive things to do with his time (I believe he was training to be a surgeon) - Anyone know where he is now? Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Coke or Pepsi? Link to post Share on other sites
SwatMP5man Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I remember the days when Hissing Sid used to do his reviews, customs mods and generally do Sledges job before sledge invented it. Link to post Share on other sites
Bengali Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 how dare you mention that name lol. and afaik Sledge invented (shhhhhh) Mr HS. to be honest i read arnies as my mate used to use it (wish i could get hold of him, havent seen him for years) but i was always a UKANian, so never even bothered registering here. so i dont remember a great deal about arnies back when. i do remember the afore mentioned techie genius who's name we must not speak, i think i remember Crazy Harry being Mulder, or at least i remember a mulder, might have been on UKAN though. wouldnt mind seeing some screenshots if anyone has any from back in the day. i wish id been here longer, i loved UKAN because it felt like being a member of a cool club, but since joining Arnies i feel like a member of a cool family. its great here. why people even bother with other airsoft forums i dont know? Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Blackgoat Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Yup, I remember the M93r and all the stuff. Long time ago, I was mainly just reading the posts, sometimes posting questions... Gosh, is that so old? Link to post Share on other sites
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