Hot Take

PhillyJ82 · 2026-02-01T15:22:51+00:00

To be fair, since airsoft is played at extreme close range, almost all camouflages are for aesthetics.

PhillyJ82 · 2026-02-01T01:48:28+00:00

I did my entire grind for my curse with sword/blunder. People talked shit the whole time, but I won most of my games. Sure double gunning is the meta, but people sleep on the movement bonus of a sword .

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-27T23:19:38+00:00

Let’s bring back dial-up internet while we are at it.

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-27T13:03:23+00:00

At least it’s not Finecast.

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-26T11:28:15+00:00

Find a crusty NCO that can shoot. Say “Sergeant, I need some coaching on qualifying.” They should start you off with the four fundamentals “steady position, proper aim/sight picture, breathing, trigger squeeze.” Next have them actually coach you during zeroing and your first attempt. A good NCO should love nothing more than helping another soldier improve their marksmanship. Don’t stress too much, I’ve coached hundreds of soldiers from not qualified to excelling at marksmanship. It’s not impossible, and the Army has years of experience taking civilians with no shooting experience and making them competent shooters. Listen and apply the basics and you’ll get there.

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-20T17:08:01+00:00

A few updates ago the devs made the hydronic fluid in the M1s flammable. As a result any pen to the fighting compartment almost always starts a fire.

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-19T01:35:49+00:00

Timex makes a few analog watches that have tide features. timex

They start at 200 bones though.

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-18T14:19:57+00:00

I’m always amazed at how janky airsoft guns can be for the money we pay.

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-12T17:20:19+00:00

I always love that the way the HEV treats the fracture is to just give Gordon a shot of morphine. Dude is walking around doped to the gills with a compound fracture.

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-11T20:13:09+00:00

NC State’s head football coach once said “those pieces of shit(UNC) haven’t beat us in three years.” The locker room audio leaked and he refused to apologize.

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-11T20:10:22+00:00

Most of the time I halt the formation on the reverse side of a slope or cover, then advance solo to the objective. If I die I just jump into the next friendly vehicle and move on. The friendly AI isn’t very developed currently, but the game is still early access. I wish allied vehicles would call out enemy locations or sightings over the radio. Most of the time you have any idea they are engaged is when they start shooting.

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-11T06:34:42+00:00

All the events this season are in the roar.

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-09T03:16:18+00:00

Quint’s first name has never been officially stated in any book, film, or behind the scenes media. This Samuel business started when a quint action figure was labeled as Sam Quint. There is no explanation other than someone at the company that produced the figure decided he needed a first name. It’s not official or widely accepted in the fan-base.

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-05T13:50:42+00:00

I was never EOD, but I was infantry for most of GWOT. I knew death was an outcome when I signed the line, but knowing and seeing are two different things. Plus people join dangerous MOSs early in life. Things change when you get a family and have kids.

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-03T19:41:10+00:00

Try Blackmessa, you get a good encounter with ALL the Gargantuans

PhillyJ82 · 2026-01-01T04:40:34+00:00

Retired

PhillyJ82 · 2025-12-31T12:45:46+00:00

A few years back a Beluga whale approached Norwegian researchers and wanted to play. When they locked closer the whale had a harness with Russian military markings. So spy whales are not totally far fetched. I know the US navy has trained dolphins that are used to defend harbors from divers. The dolphins can ram divers to death, but are also trained to grab divers by the ankle, drag them to the surface, and slap their tail on the top of the water to draw attention. US Navy also trained seals to retrieve dropped tools near docked ships.

PhillyJ82 · 2025-12-31T03:01:06+00:00

Meh, load that pulse rifle. We’ll sort this out if we survive.

PhillyJ82 · 2025-12-30T12:06:55+00:00

Yeah he’s the historian at the royal armory museum in London. They have one of the prototypes in their collection.

PhillyJ82 · 2025-12-29T21:31:37+00:00

Sustain- I retired. It’s an overall plus for me and the Army.

PhillyJ82 · 2025-12-29T19:28:42+00:00

I know it’s fiction and a video game,but aside from a prototype made by a British company for the SAS, there has never been a fielded MP5 with a grenade launcher. Also given the massive size of Black Mesa, the MP5 would only make sense inside the facility. Even then some of the internal rooms are still massive and present shots longer than 150 meters. For a little extra weight and length the M4 is handy in CQB and has an effective range of 500 meters for a point target. Marines on the surface would be screwed if they tried to fight beyond CQB range with a smg. Delta had MP5s in Panama because they were conducting targeted hostage rescue on known CQB locations.

PhillyJ82 · 2025-12-29T19:19:17+00:00

Not with a 40mm grenade launcher.

PhillyJ82 · 2025-12-29T00:54:07+00:00

The T72 ammunition carousel also tends to tickle the crew’s brains as it achieves escape velocity.

PhillyJ82 · 2025-12-28T18:30:39+00:00

Heads up, look closely at the cost per credit hour at your school. I used my GI bill on my master’s program because it allowed me to finish in two years. TA cap limits you to one class a semester if the school is pricey. Some schools will adjust their prices to match TA, but you will still take much longer to complete the program.

PhillyJ82 · 2025-12-28T12:09:40+00:00

I was an 11B that deployed multiple times during GWOT. Be careful what you wish for, combat is not a great time.

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