Dear Players,
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We've seen a lot together during this test. The new map Armory tore us up and spit us out. New events sent us hunting for gold and chasing Porrero across the Dark Zone. You might have even made a friend or two along the way. It couldn't have been done without you! The feedback we've received during the test will only make Arena Breakout better. From the matchmaking to the anti-cheat, the next time you see us, we're going to be in tip-top shape. Thanks to you, we've put the pedal to the metal on getting our kill cam and improved audio features ready.
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We're proud to invite you all to join in the next phase of testing, where we're bringing female operators into the Dark Zone, new weapons, new modes, and more!
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We will stop the current version's matchmaking on May 8, 23:00 (UTC+0), and on May 9, 00:00 (UTC+0) close the server and delete all testing data.
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Following that, we plan to update to the next version of the game and open servers on May 9, 10:00 (UTC+0). These times are all subject to change.
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After updating, players will be able to download the latest version from Google Play or our official website https://arenabreakout.com/. If Google Play hasn't updated yet, make sure you're in our testing regions for this beta test. Take note: this test will also be a data deletion test. None of your data or character progression will be carried over after the test ends.
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For all of you who have been with us throughout the last two months, we've already prepared a gift so you can jump right back into the action. Enjoy a special Koen pack and XP card to boost you through Arena Breakout's early levels.
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Update Time: May 8, 23:00 to May 9, 10:00 (UTC+0)
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Please note: This beta test is a data-deletion test. None of your progress will be carried over once the test is completed!
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Here's a peek at what's new in the coming update. All dates and times are UTC+0.
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Female Characters
More customization options allow players to create female characters. You can change your character from the customize option in the main menu.
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Air Drop Incoming
Event Time: May 13, 05:00 to May 14 05:00
Keep an eye out for air drops in Farm Lockdown, Valley, and Northridge for a surprise from the sky.
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Challenge Missions
Event Time: May 9, 05:00 to May 25, 05:00
Complete missions to get extra rewards.
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Login rewards are available throughout the whole test. Use your email to register, or link your email to your account, for bonus Koen and storage!
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New Features

1. Trophy Room: A personal space to show off to your friends and bask in your own glory. Display collectibles, weapons, badges, and more.
2. Death Cam: Watch yourself die twice and learn from your enemies, or help fight the good fight and report suspicious activity.
3. Team Lending: Sharing is caring. Give your squad a helping hand with shared supplies.
4. Custom Quick Chat: Choose the voice commands you want in the customize menu.
5. Quick Equip: Gear up faster than ever and get your ass in the Dark Zone with the quick equip system.
6. Armor case storage allows rolled up equipment now.
7. Bundle Quick Equip: Full Bundles now support instant equipping; this also automatically loads ammo from the bundle into the magazine
8. Added a sprint shake function in Settings, where you can adjust the intensity of the camera shake when your character sprints
9. Some weapon attachments now modify quiet walk movement speed, reload speed, sprint speed, mobile hip-fire stability, and other values when the weapon is equipped
10. Ergonomic value now influences weapon switch and peeking speed
11. Taking meds and opening/searching containers makes noise
12. Added new interactions, such as ""climb ladder
13. Added a refrigerator to some areas
14. Different ranks of dog tag now differ in appearance and value
15. Added manufacturer brands to weapon details
16. Adjusted the standard price of some keys, provisions, and other items
17. Added a Quick Sell function for contacts in the Covert Ops retrieval screen
18. Increase Friendship between you and your friends
19. Changed scoring to award points after a match based on four areas of performance: combat, searching, cooperation, and exploration
20. Added a new personal file, Rating History
21. Added a team comment function, which allows you to leave anonymous feedback on teammate performance at the end of a match
22. Added a new personal file, Teammate Comments
23. New Dark Zone supplies marker, used to differentiate supplies found during a raid rather than supplies brought in by other players
24. Added the ability to tap the market price range and choose a listing price within the available range
25. Added a new filter function when buying weapons in the Market
26. Added the ability to inspect your weapon while sprinting
27. The supplies retrieval screen now supports single item sales with contacts
28. The supplies retrieval screen now has a Roll Up function
29. Added support for adjusting voice chat room and teammate volume outside of matches
30. You can now view Battle Stats by season in your personal info
31. Improved tutorial gameplay experience
32. Adjusted the data displayed in rank history
33. Improved the sold-out effect to make it more obvious when an item is unavailable
34. Added the option to turn on the double tap sprint function in Settings (off by default)
35. When multiple bullets are dropped on the map, they will now be shown as an ammo case
36. Adjusted the default positions of the backpack and map buttons on the HUD, making them easier to use
37. Removed the inspect button from the wheel and added a separate inspect button on the HUD
38. Most of the options in Settings now support cloud synchronization
39. Improved the map selection process
40. Improved build calculation for equipment value in Storage, taking durability into account
41. Elimination Reports: Opponents' injury pages now display elimination time and status (survived/eliminated/defeated)

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New Weapons:

1. Welcome the M24 bolt-action sniper, SPR310 shotgun, SVTU carbine, and F57 pistol to your arsenal.
2. T-13 Shock Grenade, which explodes upon impact, and increased gas mask durability.

New Attachments:
A batch of 2-3x sights, offset sights, collapsable scopes, and muzzles are ready for you to gunsmith.
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Ranked & General Improvements

1. Added a Ranked Shop, where players can exchange points earned in ranked matches for rare supplies.
2. Naked players (you know, the knife guys who play zero-to-hero) or other players with low Merit won't be auto-matched.
3. Solo players matched into a squad will automatically form a team after the end of the raid. It's dangerous to go alone!
4. Audio-visualization performance got a big upgrade across the board, including the personal sound gauge, 360-degree soundprints, and arrow indicators.
5. Damage direction indicators are more accurate.
6. Better matchmaking in general and player distribution algorithms.
7. Required some ranks to enter Lockdown mode in order to get rank points.
8. Added a big button control scheme for those rhino hands out there.
9. Revamped the tutorial and main missions.
10. Added teammate volume controls.
11. Added some information about the manufacturer of each weapon.
12. Player dog tags will change based on their rank, with different Koen values for higher ranks.

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Environmental Improvements

1. Added a refrigerator to some areas. Open one up and grab a snack, but close it when you're done.
2. Increased the randomness of extraction point availability, creating more varied route possibilities.
3. Adjusted extraction point conditions and requirements.
4. Expanded the second floor area of the Northridge Dam and the corresponding extraction conditions. Added an Observation Deck extraction point.
5. Adjusted and opened new watchtowers in Valley, Northridge, and Armory.

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Audio Improvements

1. Adjusted how far the sound of footsteps travel depending on the floor material.
2. Increased how far sound travels through undergrowth.
3. Increased how far sound travels when you open doors.
4. Turning around in place now makes footstep sounds.
5. If you turn around while in brush, you will now make noise.

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Balance Adjustments

1. Greatly increased weapon power and rate of fire for the SVDS
2. Reduced hip-fire stability for the FAL from 65 to 55
3. Slightly reduced the effect of high hip-fire stability values
4. Reduced the speed of raising your weapon when ergonomics are low
5. Increased reload speed for the MPX
6. Improved the M110's 20-round quick magazine change and magazine check speed
7. Slightly adjusted VSS recoil
8. Adjusted how weapons and armor affect movement speed
9. Improved suppressor stats at different levels
10. Greatly increased movement speed while quiet walking
11. Reduced the distance that sound carries while standing and quiet walking
12. Adjusted the extent to which weight affects acceleration when walking and sprinting
13. Increased the speed at which weapons switch to throwables, and reduced the time you must wait to perform other actions after throwing grenades
14. Slightly increased the effective range and duration of the M84 flashbang
15. Greatly intensified the tinnitus effect produced by Z3 stun grenades, and slightly increased their effective range
16. Slightly extended the duration of the Molotov cocktail, and slightly increased its effective range
17. The interval between each jump is now related to the height of the last fall
18. Increased the negative impact of sprinting and jumping on hip fire accuracy
19. Improved performance of bullets penetrating wooden doors
20. Adjusted stamina recovery from food and drink items such as taurine drinks, biscuits, etc
21. Enhanced treatment efficiency of medkits, but treating wounds now costs more durability
22. Slightly reduced the damage, tinnitus, and slowing of the GHO-2 offensive grenade, reduced its max range, slightly reduced max damage range, and increased its weight
23. Teammates without a primary weapon, with insufficient ammo, or with a low Merit Score cannot use Auto-match to match into a squad
24. Got rid of the Nebulizer's stimulated effect
25. Slightly reduced the M67's armor piercing ability
26. Slightly increased the MKII's armor piercing ability
27. Added a tinnitus function to the M84 flashbang
28. Adjusted duration and attenuation of tinnitus time for all tactical items to make them more reasonable
29. Slightly reduced duration of tinnitus and slow caused by GHO-2 offensive grenades
30. Redesigned the recoil effect of weapon fire (how much the weapon shakes when firing)
31. Improved performance when switching between melee weapons and firearms
32. Improved camera performance when switching melee weapons
33. Improved character sprint movement
34. Improved 3rd person animation performance of characters using throwables
35. After using a throwable, you can now tap the primary weapon bar to quick switch to your primary weapon (previously, you could only switch to your next throwable by default)
36. Improved trigger judgment when character is jumping and climbing
37. Adjusted characters' sideways movement range to make it consistent with the 1st person view
38. Improved performance when climbing stairs
39. Improved Molotov cocktail's burning effect
40. Improved inspection animations for some weapons
41. Improved the light exposure effect when switching to thermal imaging sights
42. New thermal imaging sights can be switched to low-magnification
43. Improved scale performance of high-power scopes, increasing sensitivity and realism when firing and moving
44. Adjusted weapon recoil (vibration when firing) for the M4A1 and H416
45. Adjusted vertical recoil control of 762x51mm caliber ammo for the M80, M62, and M61
46. Slightly reduced G18c rate of fire
47. Adjusted hip-fire stability and firing power of the M4A1 and H416
48. Adjusted firing power of the F2000
49. Improved range and recoil control on the MP9
50. Adjusted the sprint cooldown times after firing different weapons
51. Shortened firing interval of the M16's 3-round burst
52. Adjusted characters' sideways width so that the exposed parts are more consistent with the 1st person view
53. Adjusted conditions for triggering climbing and jumping to reduce accidental use
54. Improved sprinting while holding long weapons
55. Slightly increased effective range of tear gas
56. Added a new graphic when a helmet successfully resists bullets
57. Improved the lens effect of certain scopes
58. Slightly tweaked the base damage of melee weapons
59. Wound mechanics adjusted: Wounds now cause undamaged parts to lose HP as well
60. Slightly reduced the armor piercing ability of armor-piercing slugs
61. Improved the field of view for certain scopes
62. Readjusted how ergonomic stats affect weapon switch speed
63. Adjusted retrieval cost of some items
64. Improved ADS speed penalties of some scopes
65. Weakened lasers' enhanced ability to disperse shotgun bullets

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Repairs and Optimizations

1. Improved overall performance to reduce stuttering
2. Fixed the ADS error on the UMP45
3. Fixed the problem where characters would climb while standing still
4. Fixed the problem where characters would get stuck in buildings
5. Improved waveform visuals for audio visualization
6. Fixed the mismatch between weapons and ammunition in the post-match elimination list

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Returner Rewards
If you registered a character in the previous closed beta test (Feb. 17 – May 8), then you count as a Returner.

1. Within the first week of the new version being released (May 9 – May 15), make sure you create your character using the same account you used during the beta test (guest accounts are not supported; only accounts using Facebook, Google, Apple ID, or email). The amount of XP you accumulated during the beta test will be automatically awarded to your new character. We have also prepared the following rewards for Returners:

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a) Storage Value Rebate: You will receive a Koen rebate based on your highest storage value on any single day during the beta. If your highest storage value on a single day was...
Less than or equal to 200K, you will receive 50,000 Koen.
Greater than 200K and less than or equal to 500K, you will receive 100,000 Koen.
Greater than 500K and less than or equal to 1M, you will receive 200,000 Koen.
Greater than 1M and less than or equal to 2M, you will receive 300,000 Koen.
Greater than 2M and less than or equal to 4M, you will receive 500,000 Koen.
Greater than 4M, you will receive 800,000 Koen.
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b) Returner Level Rewards:
The following rewards will be issued based on your character's level during the beta. If your character was...
Lv. 9 or below, you will receive 50,000 Koen.
Lv. 10–19, you will receive 100,000 Koen.
Lv. 20–24, you will receive a random Class IV Full Bundle.
Lv. 25–29, you will receive an M4A1 Full Bundle.
Lv. 30, you will receive a random Class V Full Bundle.
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The above rewards are only valid if you created a character using the same account you used for the beta within the first week (May 9 – May 15) of the new version's release (guest accounts are not supported, only accounts using Facebook, Google, Apple ID, or email). Rewards will be sent via in-game mail within 24 hours of character registration.
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1. During weeks 2–3 of the new version (May 16 – May 29), Returners will receive 50,000 Koen and a random Class IV Full Bundle.

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1. During week 4 of the new version (May 30 – Jun. 5), Returners will receive 200,000 Koen and a random Class IV Full Bundle.

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Rewards for weeks 2–4 of the new version will be issued at 05:00 (UTC+0) daily. Please be patient, as there may be delays in receiving your rewards due to player traffic. If you register your account after the day's rewards have been issued, please claim your reward via mail the following day.
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Login Methods
Players can log in using their Google account (or Apple account on iOS), Facebook, Level Infinite Pass, or guest login.
Please note: Previous email logins can use Level Infinite to log in! If you already had a Level Infinite account, then use your password for that account. If you did not make a Level Infinite account, then you can simply use your original email account's password to log in.
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Link Email for a Reward
We're opening up the email linking system during this test, so any time after May 9 you can link your account using your email. If you logged in with Facebook or a guest account, you can link your email using the Level Infinite Pass system, which will allow you to log in using your email in the future. Players who choose to link will get an exclusive reward!
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Supported Languages
In addition to English, Spanish, Portueguese (BR), Indonesian, Japanese, Russian, and Turkish, the latest update will also support Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Korean, and Thai.
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Test Regions
During the testing period, Arena Breakout will be open to Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, The United Kingdom, The United States, Brazil, Indonesia, and Japan, with two new regions added: Thailand and Türkiye. Players should download the latest version via Google Play in any of the above regions, or via the official website.
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Mission Reset Times
All mission and event times are based in UTC+0 and will refresh at 05:00 daily.
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Map Unlock Requirements
Farm: Lv. 1
Valley: Lv. 8
Northridge: Lv. 12
Farm Lockdown: Lv. 14
Armory: Lv. 16
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PLEASE TAKE NOTE:

1. This closed beta test is a data-deletion test, meaning that your game data will be deleted after the test ends. The purchase feature will not be available during the test period.
2. All beta content is still in development and does not represent the final quality of the game.
3. If you encounter issues such as device overheating or app stuttering during the test, go to Settings - Graphics and change to a lower graphics settings and frame rate. This may help with the issue. You may also wish to switch to the Lite version of the game instead.
4. We may make changes to test content depending on test progress or specific circumstances and, if issues are encountered, carry out emergency maintenance, including but not limited to server shutdowns and updating the game client. If you encounter any problems during the test, please leave us feedback via our official Discord channel or official website. We will look into it and get back to you as soon as possible.

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See you in the Dark Zone, operators.
The Arena Breakout Team

Tried to sell SVDS rotor 43 thread adapter in flea market but the flea market fee is really high. If I try to put it on sale for 52 000 rubles the fee is 41 941 rubles. I can't find any other weapon part that would have such a high fee percentage. Is this intentional or a bug? What's going on?

I just bought the 3200 credits for 175 robux while already having 2000ish credits but it only put 1700 in my account what do I do?
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Heavily inspired by Chillz\_Willz and Oscars videos of the same name.
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ARs:
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AK12: You like Battlefield 4? You'll love this gun.
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AN-94: Russian Rocket Surgery.
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AS VAL: The Spetsnaz compels you.
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SCAR-L: The first of many long-range sprayers in PF.
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AUG A1: The 3x integral optic could help.
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M16A4: Was better, but still a force to be reckoned with.
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G36: Good, but there isn't anything remarkable about it.
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M16A3: Overshadowed by the K2 and even the M4A1.
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AUG A2: Somewhat overlooked in favor of the A3.
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K2: Surprisingly uncommon for a new-ish weapon.
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FAMAS F1: "hehe famas go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"
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AK47: Tape the LMB down, and hold the fuck on.
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AUG A3: The best of the Armee Universal Gewehrs.
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L85A2: A rarity among the sea of 416s and AKs.
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HK416: Low rank player gun sales are through the roof!
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AK-74: Deceptively accurate.
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AKM: AK47, but it has a compensator, now!
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AK103: BARS barrel.
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TAR-21: The gun that guns likes.
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Type 88-2: Just a completely normal AK74! Nothing to see here!
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M231: You won't hit something. You'll hit EVERYTHING.
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C7A2: A tryhard gun to surpass the TEC-9.
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G11K2: The service rifle that almost was.
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STG 44: GUTEN TAG TAG TAG TAG TAG TAG
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PDWs/SMGs
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MP5K: One of the best starter weapons.
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UMP45: No, no no! Anything but body armor!
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G36C: Why would you even use this when the G36K exists?
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MP7: This thing shreds.
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MAC-10: "SOME FOLKS ARE BORN, MAAAAAAADE TO WAVE THE FLAG"
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P90: Раш Б, сука. Иди на хуй.
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MP5: The definitive SMG.
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Colt SMG 633: My favorite gun in the game.
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L2A3: .45 conversion.
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MP5SD: MP5, but you're indoors and haven't got hearing protection.
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MP10: MP5, but it's been bubba'd.
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M3A1: "OOOOVER THEEEEERE, OOOOOVER THEEEEERE"
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MP5/10: I use 10mm. I love 10mm. Did I mention 10mm?
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Uzi: The gun that SoundCloud rappers talk about.
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AUG A3 Para: AUG A3, but the enemy is close. AR-like performance.
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K7: A tryhard gun to surpass the C7A2.
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Krinkov/AKS74U: THIS. IS. NOT. A. FUCKING. SUBMACHINEGUN.
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PPSh-41: Half the Soviets get rifles, but I have SMG, сука!
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FAL Para Shorty: Never fire this gun indoors. Please don't.
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Kriss Vector: *laughs in 1200 RPM*
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PP-19 Bizon: *laughs in 50+ rounds*
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MP40: Mein Gott! Die Amerikaner sind hier!
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X95 SMG: This gun is just weird.
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Thompson SMG: "SEND THE WOOORD, SEND THE WOOORD, OOOVER THEEEERE"
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Colt LMG: Hold LMB. Just hold it.
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M60: "OOOOOOOH THAT RED WHITE AND BLUE"
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AUG HBAR: AUG, but the enemy is plentiful.
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MG36: G36, but the enemy is plentiful.
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RPK12: H Y P E R B U R S T
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L86 LSW: A marksman rifle in LMG clothing.
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RPK: The best sounding gun in the game.
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HK21: "Press T to enter fun mode."
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SCAR HAMR: One of the best LMGs in the game.
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RPK74: It's just... mediocre. It isn't bad or good.
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MG3KWS: MG42, but you're not Nazis anymore.
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MG42: Potential CQB destroyer.
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SRs
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Intervention: *MW2 flashbacks intensify*
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Remington 700: I want a Mosin Nagant, but I just started playing.
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Dragunov SVU: The automatic conversion makes this an absolute monkey machine.
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AWS: If not for the suppressor, it would have unremarkable performance.
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BFG 50: The worst SR, but the one that everyone shat on.
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AWM: *Counter Strike: Global Offensive flashbacks*
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TRG-42: PERKELE! PERKELE! PERKELEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Mosin Nagant: Somehow fires faster than the SVD.
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Dragunov SVDS: 60 RPM in a semi-automatic rifle is simply unexcusable.
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K14: Excessive skeletonization.
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Hecate II: I hate this gun because of Sword Art Online.
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M107: "I have a Barrett .50. I could kill a building."
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Steyr Scout: The closest thing to an SMLE we have in PF.
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WA2000: *more MW2 flashbacks*
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Carbines
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M4A1: A jack of most trades, and a master of 2.
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M4: Deceptively low TTK.
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G36K: "Mediocre?"
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L22: God, this thing looks weird. Ew.
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SCAR PDW: Don't fucking fire it indoors.
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AKU12: AKS74U but it's 2012.
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Groza-1: Not quite an AK in a bullpup chassis.
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AK12C: What is this even supposed to be?
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Honey Badger: This used to be the tryhard's go-to.
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K1A: r o o f k o r e a n s
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SR-3M: The best Carbine.
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Groza-4: 9x39mm? Hell, yes!
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MC51SD: The G3's meth-addict brother.
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FAL 50.63 Para: **Our journey to victory has begun!**
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1858 Carbine: The biggest iron.
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AK105: *more Escape From Tarkov Flashbacks*
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Jury: Apparently, this is an "Assault Weapon" in California.
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KAC SRR: Bubba. Please stop.
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X95R: Tavor, but micro.
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HK51B: The G3's steroid-addict brother.
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DMRs
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MK11: A jack of all trades, but a master of none.
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SKS: Trigger Finger MK I
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SL8: Trigger Finger MK II
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VSS Vintorez: Essentially an ECR but in the DMR category.
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MSG90: The G3's more mature twin.
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Beowulf TCR: Deceptively good in CQB.
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SA58 SPR: The American Battle Rifle that never was.
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SCAR SSR: The best DMR.
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BRs
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Beowulf ECR: The 5.56 conversion cannot be ignored.
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SCAR-H: *Battlefield 4 flashbacks*
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AK12BR: Trigger Finger MK III
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G3: The G3. Enough said.
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AG-3: The G3's Norwegian cousin.
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HK417: The HK416 is good, so why not scale it up?
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Henry 45-70: **YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE**
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FAL 50.00: **DEATH TO THE MPLAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-**
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SGs:
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KSG 12: *laughs in 14 round tube*
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Remington 870: Every dad has an 870 in their safe.
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DBV12: Deceptively good at medium range combat.
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KS-23M: Many aircraft gun barrel. What do, Ivan? "MAKE SHOTGUN!"
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Saiga 12: AK, but you're indoors and deaf.
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Stevens DB: *e1m1 intensifies*
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AA-12: *THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP-*
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SPAS-12: The definitive semi-auto combat shotgun.
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SECONDARIES
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Pistols
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M9: A perfectly average handgun.
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Glock 17: *The* polymer-framed 'wonder nine'.
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M1911: One-hundred and nine years, and counting.
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Desert Eagle Mk. XIX .44 Mag: **MY EARS**
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M45A1: For when the 1911 isn't American enough.
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Five Seven: Pistol sniping.
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ZIP 22: A single gun resulted in the bankruptcy of a corporation.
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Desert Eagle Mk. XIX .50 AE: One shot, one kill.
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GB-22: A gun that only Mark Serbu himself would make.
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Makarov PM: Please face the wall, kulak.
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Makarov PB: PM, but the dissidents are indoors.
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KG 99: Spam-click.
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MPs
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Glock 18: The sniper's secondary.
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M93R: *BRRT BRRT BRRT BRRT BRRT BRRT BRRT--*
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TEC-9: Infamous, for better or for worse.
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Micro Uzi: The gun that literally any rapper talks about.
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VZ.61 Skorpion: Czechnology.
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MP1911: The 1911's cocaine-addict brother.
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Arm Pistol: A Bushmaster M17 with a paint-huffing addiction.
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Revolvers
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MP412 Rex: "Come on, Recker! Shoot the window!"
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Mateba 6: A recoil-operated revolver? Whaaaaaaat?
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1858 New Army: "BIG IRON ON HIS HIIIIIIIIIIIIP"
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Ruger Redhawk 44: "Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" (yes I know he used a S&W Model 29, it's the closest I can get lmao)
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Judge: The tryhard secondary.
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Executioner: Just use the fucking MK.XIX.
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Other
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Serbu Shotgun: Pocket 870.
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SFG 50: God, save us, for there is no one who can.
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M79 Thumper: The not-a-shotgun.
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Sawed Off DB: RIP AND TEAR, UNTIL IT IS DONE
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Saiga 12U: For when the recoil JUST ISN'T HIGH ENOUGH.
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Obrez: ДЛЯ РОДИНЫ!!!
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Might update this again when they add more stuff.

Welcome back! And welcome, everyone, to the 40th Official Band of the Week post! If this were a wedding anniversary, the traditional gift would be Ruby. As you and I are not married, and this is 40 weeks and not 40 years, I will instead content myself with fond memories of Pokemon Ruby.
My first advice for you as a reader this week would be to go back to read the Part One post. This write up continues where that one left off.
To recap: John Lennon had a shitty upbringing with bad parents and tragedy all around, and turned to music to cope. He started a band called The Quarrymen. Paul McCartney and George Harrison joined that band. Lennon’s friend Stuart Sutcliffe also joined but found it to be too much work and quit. Pete Best thought it was awesome and was happy to join.
Best, Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison cut their teeth playing nightly gigs in Hamburg and then later in Liverpool. The band, now called The Beatles, got tons of buzz, got a manager, got a record deal, and went into the studio. They fired the handsome Best and replaced him with this thing.
Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr proceeded to record seven hit albums and make some teen movies and became the biggest band in the world. Bigger, you might say, than a particular religious deity.
As we leave behind the month of Banuary and now enter Bebruary, our focus on bands with the letter B continues.
Thanks for sticking around! It is time for Part Two of THE BEATLES.
About Them
With Revolver, The Beatles had set a high-water mark in their recording careers. Many critics consider it to be the best album they would ever release.
How do you follow that up?
By doing something completely different.
The vast majority of Rock music, from the 1950’s to the present day, has been released on an album. These albums are typically between 40-80 minutes in length and contain a 7 or more songs. Fall below 40 minutes and 7 songs and you are in EP range; go above 80 minutes and you go into Double LP range. Most recordings lie somewhere in between.
The standard for songs was to put the best or most catchy ones as the first one or two tracks on either side, and to bury the rest of the tunes later on the record. This was in part because the popular songs would then be easier to play right at the start, and in part because the audio quality (particularly the bass) tended to deteriorate the closer you got to the middle of the vinyl album. So LP records ended up being some good songs with filler.
And most of these albums are just gatherings of songs -- basically, whatever ideas the band had for songs, all thrown together, and then pressed into vinyl (or released on Bandcamp or to Spotify or on 8-track or cassette...you get the idea). There is a whole long history of this separate from the current narrative, but suffice it to say that the album is to music what the book is to publishing: the accepted and standard form. To stretch this further, the album was like a collection of short stories, each one distinct and different from the rest. This really is still the case today. We live in a world dominated by the single track, with most of us picking and choosing our playlists of individual songs rather than playing through an entire album.
I’m sure you can see where this is going.
The boys thought and thought and wondered how to follow up Revolver. What followed shook the recording world to its core, and in particular sent other artists into a spiral.
The concept album.
What if the entire album was thematically linked, and there were no throwaway tracks? What if each song was like a movement in a symphony? What if each track was not a separate short story but a chapter in a larger novel?
And so, in 1967, we get to the absolutely groundbreaking album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Sure, there are some that might argue that The Beach Boys album Pet Sounds did it first. However, Brian Wilson famously had a nervous breakdown when he heard Strawberry Fields Forever, a song that was cut from Sgt. Pepper’s. He reportedly pulled over in his car, burst into tears and said, “They got there first”. So it is kinda tough to argue that The Beach Boys were the pioneers here when their own leader says they weren’t. And yes, you could argue that Frank Sinatra had done this before, as had Bing Crosby, and Nat “King” Cole, and a number of Country artists. Hell, a broad definition of what a concept album could be might even include a Christmas album.
But The Beatles did it with Rock and Roll.
Whole books have been written about Sgt. Pepper’s. There are conspiracy theories about the photos on the cover, which contributed to the long standing tinfoil hat wearing idea that Paul McCartney had died and was replaced by a lookalike. The cover of the album is a who’s who of important people in the 60’s.
The album revolves around the story of the fictional titular band and their experiences. From the very first tuning sounds that open the album to the haunting chord that ends A Day In The Life, it was unlike anything that had come before. So many innovative things happened on this record that they are tough to list. It was widely considered to be the soundtrack of The Summer of Love. It used orchestral music. It was mixed with multiple takes and sound effects. There were various musical styles, sometimes within the same song. It elevated Rock music to an art form.
Oh, and if the drug use was not open enough, it also had the song Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.
The tour for Revolver had been disastrous. There were death threats in Japan, hate from Imelda Marcos fans in the Philippines, and John Lennon had shot his mouth off and was caught on a microphone saying that The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus”. He also met and started hanging out with a woman named Yoko Ono.
That one did not sit well with fans in the Bible Belt, and led to riots and record burning. The Jesus comment, not the Yoko thing.
So when the band spent months in the studio, expectations for Sgt. Pepper’s were high. Some wanted the band to succeed and others were (quite literally) praying for them to fail.
As it turns out Jesus is also a Beatles fan. Allegedly. Not sure if he was a Yoko fan though.
Sgt. Pepper’s won multiple Grammy awards, went to number one everywhere, and remains a cultural landmark in recording. Its influence cannot be overstated. Our very own QotSA famously did their own concept album in Songs For the Deaf, following the groundbreaking trail The Beatles had blazed.
The most interesting thing that happened, though, was that The Beatles flat out stopped touring. They just did not do it. They wanted to make music, and they wanted to do it in the studio. The Revolver tour was so terrible that they did not want a repeat of it, and the work on Sgt. Pepper’s was so amazing that they wanted to spend more time recording.
Just by way of comparison, Sgt. Pepper’s took The Beatles over 700 hours to record. Compare this with their first album - Please Please Me - which they reeled off in 13 hours.
Since the band refused to tour, the studio wanted to find a way to still milk that cash cow keep The Beatles relevant in popular culture. Immediately after their landmark concept album, they conceived of a made for TV movie. This would be called the Magical Mystery Tour.
It was awful.
Today, we mostly know the name from the song. The BBC TV movie was a series of vignettes and short sketches loosely connected about a group of people on a ‘mystery tour’ - essentially a bus trip where the destinations are a surprise. In this story, the tour members meet a group of ‘magicians’ (our heroes) who take the tour members on weird adventures.
There is a coordinated attack on a stuffed cow. There is an incomprehensible Drill Sergeant. There is a spaghetti incident. People watch strippers. The guests walk on tables. There was a sequence where the band were selling ice cream and lollipops. A man chases women around a pool. There was even footage from Dr. Strangelove for a flying sequence. Nothing made sense, and the public reaction was a resounding thumbs down.
You know how when you are high or drunk, certain things make total sense? Like, it was totally a good idea to call your ex and try to get back together? Magical Mystery Tour was like that. It made sense to the band when they made it, but when they saw the final product it was utter trash…just like my ex. After it aired McCartney went on TV to make a public apology for it. In fact, the reception was so poor that no one even bothered to keep the original negatives of the film.
The only good thing to come out the film was the EP of the same name, which had the title track and The Fool on the Hill and Hello Goodbye and the monster single All You Need is Love. That last song was actually released as part of a live TV event in the summer of 1967 and was absolutely huge for the band. It didn’t appear in the TV show but it was added to the soundtrack for later releases.
But what was on the album and on the TV show was the completely fucked up and drug induced track I Am the Walrus.
The track is a complete and utter drug trip, written by John under the influence of LSD. The Beatles were just trying to show that they could write absolutely anything and make it popular. Seriously, a Walrus? Egg men? Corn flake sitting? Lewis Carrol references? Lennon deliberately wrote the lyrics to confound and confuse scholars who were trying to analyze the band’s work. After he completed it he famously quipped, “Let the fuckers work that one out.”
And the drugs don't stop there. Just listen to Blue Jay Way, Flying, and the ever insane Strawberry Field Forever. If you’ve somehow never heard any of these, you’re in for a wild ride.
Yet all the same, contemporary critics were not impressed with the album. The TV film was a mess, and even though history has vindicated the soundtrack, it was largely panned at the time as well, due to how much critics hated the film.
Instead of doing something more in line with their fun and fluffy previous movies, the band doubled down on the drugs with Yellow Submarine. But in a kid-friendly kind of way. Sort of.
This animated film is set in Pepperland, which is a beautiful, peaceful and idyllic country that (clearly) needed to increase their military spending.
Pepperland is immediately overrun by the armies of The Blue Meanies, led by Venuz B Meanie, known as ‘His Blueness’ and his fierce weapon, the Dreadful Flying Glove.
Yeah, you read that right.
What is even weirder for you right now is that while this movie plot doesn’t make a lot of sense, it is way easier to follow than the lyrics in I am the Walrus, so you are just letting it go.
Basically, the film revolves around the journey of Young Fred, the last free person in Pepperland, to find and recruit The Beatles to journey back to Pepperland to help overthrow the Blue Meanies. This is accomplished, and the Meanies are then assimilated into Pepperland culture. In this process multiple Beatles songs, old and new, are worked into the script and performed. The band only appear at the end of the movie in a short live action sequence. The voices of their animated counterparts were provided by actors.
While the animation in the film looks rudimentary and was immediately out of date (for reference, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and Scooby-Doo look more realistic and have better movement), the film was whimsical and fun and wayyyyyyy better than Magical Mystery Tour. In fact, the movie has had a lasting impact and continues to resonate today. If you don’t believe me, consider this: in Avengers: Endgame, Iron Man calls Nebula a Blue Meanie. Which is actually accurate, all things considered.
The soundtrack of the movie - including the new tracks All Together Now, Hey Bulldog, and Only a Northern Song - was released as the band’s tenth album. Also included on this release (since it was also in the movie) were Yellow Submarine (duh) and All You Need is Love (again). The flip side of the vinyl was all the orchestral numbers from the film. This became their tenth studio album, and was (essentially) a record to satisfy the studio rather than a true new effort.
If you are a Beatles nerd, you’ll notice that I have not yet mentioned their ninth album, and just referred to their tenth.
This is because it took a while to actually animate Yellow Submarine (though it in part looks like it was drawn by some talented 11 year olds as a school project). The live action bit at the end of the movie was recorded before the band famously went on a retreat to India and then went on to record The Beatles (which most people call the White Album ).
So after a disastrous Magical Mystery Tour and leaving the animators to spend almost a year completing Yellow Submarine, The Beatles decided that they wanted to go on a vacation.
Doesn’t a vacation sound nice? Remember when we could actually go and visit other exotic locations?
This vacation was not just to be a chance for the band to decompress - it was for them to go and take a three month course in guided meditation led by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India. The goal was to seek out Eastern wisdom and a new outlook on life. It was a deliberate attempt to achieve enlightenment and inner peace.
Have you ever gone on vacation with friends from work?
It rarely goes well. You learn a lot about your friends that you probably did not ever want to know, and they see you at your worst. Like, too much information kinda stuff.
This trip was worse than that.
To be fair, the upside of this trip to India was a prolific explosion of songwriting. The downside was the trip itself was a complete shit show, and the Maharishi totally hit on a number of the wives and girlfriends of the band. Ringo tapped out before two weeks had gone by. McCartney lasted a month, and Lennon and Harrison made it two months before they also quit.
The fact that they all went there together but left separately was a real indicator of not only how bad the retreat went, but of how the band members were growing apart. There had been some foreshadowing of this. When Pete Best was the most popular Beatle, he was turfed by the other three. Lennon especially had been jealous of Best’s growing fame in the group he had founded. If one takes a look at the Lennon/McCartney songwriting partnership, it is clear that the early Beatles records were dominated by Lennon. But McCartney’s incredible talent as a songwriter - as evidenced by Yesterday and Eleanor Rigby - was quickly growing to eclipse Lennon’s own. Many music critics have stated that the early Beatles were about Lennon, but the second half of their catalogue are about McCartney.
This was a huge problem for Lennon.
Plus Lennon was now dating Yoko Ono.
Ono was almost 10 years older than Lennon, and became the missing mother figure in his life.
Lennon had met Cynthia Powell at the Liverpool College of Art and had married her in 1962 when she got pregnant. His son Julian was born in 1963 and because The Beatles were touring, he did not see him for three days. Powell’s marriage to Lennon was kept secret so that Lennon could still attract young female fans. It is a matter of record that Lennon beat Cynthia. Remembering this behavior, Lennon said: “I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically - any woman. I was a hitter.” After coming home from a holiday, she found Lennon and Ono together in her home wearing bathrobes. Her marriage was over.
Lennon was barely involved in raising Julian, and remained distant and absent in his upbringing. Julian Lennon famously grew closer to Paul McCartney than to his own father. The elder Lennon spent years in the 1970’s focusing on his relationship with Ono and his other son rather than with Julian. In his will, John Lennon left his first born son almost nothing.
The other Beatles - especially McCartney - did not approve of Lennon’s behavior with his wife and son. This contributed to their dislike of Ono.
Ono was an avant garde artist in her own right, and had met Lennon at an art show in 1966. She had been married twice before she met Lennon. According to accounts, when they met, she had no idea who he was. But she soon learned he was a millionaire musician and wanted to sell him her art. She continued to reach out to him and Lennon grew more and more intrigued by her.
So there were deep divides in the band when they recorded the White Album, and those divides turned up in the music.
Conceived as a counterpart and opposite pole to Sgt. Pepper’s, The Beatles was a double album without any unifying theme. Sgt. Pepper’s had one central concept and an incredibly busy cover; The Beatles was a disparate and fractured double-LP with absolutely zero cover art. One album inspired Weezer and Metallica; the other did not.
Many of the songs on the White Album had been conceived and written in India. The tensions that had surfaced in India continued into the studio. For the first time, legendary producer George Martin grew so frustrated with the band during the recording sessions that he left and took a vacation. Ringo Starr flat out quit the band for two weeks during these sessions before the other members asked him back, leading McCartney to do the drumming on Back in the U.S.S.R and Dear Prudence. Lennon refused to collaborate with McCartney on songwriting at all, calling efforts like Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da “granny music shit”. Lennon also brought Ono to the recording sessions, which ticked everyone else off.
The band had started their own corporations and label - Apple - and the White Album was released on that new label. But instead of the album being a unified effort, it really ended up being a set of quasi-solo projects. The band members described the recording process as difficult and fractious, and the songs themselves were George with the Beatles, John with the Beatles, Paul with the Beatles. Also, Ringo was (sometimes) there.
Revolver and Sgt. Pepper’s may be their best albums, but The Beatles undoubtedly had some of their greatest songs. And it was clear that the best songs on the album were almost all McCartney songs. Back in the U.S.S.R, Blackbird, Helter Skelter, Why Don’t We Do It in the Road? and Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da were all immediately successful. Contrast these with Lennon’s efforts of Julia, Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, Sexy Sadie and Revolution. Only the latter song became a bona fide hit. Harrison even had a better song in While My Guitar Gently Weeps on the album than any of Lennon’s efforts.
But the best song that came out of these sessions, and maybe the greatest Beatles song of all time, did not even make the album. Released as a non-album single to promote Apple records in 1968, Hey Jude is perhaps the definitive Beatles song and, like Yesterday before it, is clearly a Paul McCartney tune. Even if you are not a fan of them you know this song. I honestly defy you to not sing along with the outro. The band themselves knew immediately how great it was, and released it with Revolution as a B-Side. Only Lennon dissented with that plan (which was not a shocker).
Hey Jude was an international number one hit. In a time of war and turmoil, it was interpreted as a plea for kindness and positivity. But the truth was that it was McCartney’s heartfelt message to young Julian Lennon - who would have been five years old at the time - about how, despite the fact that his father had ignored him, things would get better. And while that may not have ended up being strictly true for young Jude Julian, the message of hope struck a chord with audiences everywhere.
In an effort to try to mend some of the cracks in the band, Paul McCartney conceived of a film and album idea to capture some of the creative process. For the first time, the band entered the studio without producer George Martin, and turned to producer Phil Spector for the project. McCartney had wanted the band to tour again, but he was alone in this. He instead thought up the idea of filming the recording sessions and a live concert and putting it all together as a movie with a soundtrack. The working title of this project was Get Back. The band wrote a song of the same name to go with it. A photo shoot was done to mirror the cover of Please Please Me, and to show the change over time in the band while at the same time getting back to their roots. They brought in camera crews to document the process.
The band did their final public performance on January 30, 1969 on the roof of the studio, which was captured on film. But behind the scenes things completely fell apart and the band lapsed into angry lethargy. Harrison and Lennon allegedly got into a fistfight during the sessions. While a bunch of songs were recorded, the album and film project was left unfinished.
After this failure to produce an album, the band recognized that they needed George Martin to unify them. Martin agreed to produce another album with The Beatles provided that the band - and especially John Lennon - would do exactly what he told them to do, and be disciplined and professional.
The Beatles agreed.
The result was the album Abbey Road which, for some reason, has been canonically called their Gayest Album. I am really not sure why I am including this information but seeing as I saw this in my research, you now have to as well.
The cover of Abbey Road has the iconic photo of the four members of the band crossing the street. The photo has become a cultural touchstone and the site of it is now a common fan destination, with people going with friends to recreate the shot. It also reinforced the urban myth that Paul McCartney had died and was replaced by an imposter. Some interpreted the picture as Lennon, in white, being a Christ-like figure leading the others, with Ringo, in black, being an undertaker, followed by McCartney, barefoot, as a corpse, and Harrison, in denim, as the gravedigger.
To me, that seems like both a huge stretch and that someone had a ton of extra time on their hands to conceive of this kind of nonsense.
But others would point out that McCartney had a cigarette in his right hand - and he was left handed. They also said that the license plate of the car behind him, which read ‘28IF’, meant that McCartney would have been 28 if he had lived.
Again, a huge stretch. But this urban myth not only sold a lot of tinfoil, it contributed to the sales of the album. With tracks like Come Together, Something, Octopus’ Garden, Carry That Weight and Here Comes the Sun, it is loaded with Beatles classics. It even had an upbeat tune about a serial killer in Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. The 2nd half medley, capped off with The End, is a beautiful finale. But the cracks in the relationships were all still there. Lennon tried to insist that all of the songs that he had written on Abbey Road be on one side, almost as a Lennon EP. Martin refused. Lennon dismissed and derided McCartney’s work on the album.
Abbey Road would be the last time the Beatles would record together. In fact, six days before the album was released, Lennon formally quit the group. The Beatles were over. McCartney publicly declared that the band were no more in April of 1970.
The movie footage from Get Back and the songs recorded for it were the only unreleased material that the band had left. Phil Spector mixed and remixed the album a number of times before it was finally released, along with the film, under the name Let it Be. Even though people knew the band had broken up and were done, this was their swan song.
Released in May of 1970, it was not without controversy. Phil Spector added banter and chatter captured in the recording process, as well as orchestral parts and overdubs to a number of songs - most notably The Long and Winding Road. These additions did not sit well with McCartney. And while the album would win an Academy Award for the Best Original Score, McCartney would eventually release a revised version of the album called Let it Be...Naked with Spector’s additions removed. Two of Us and Across the Universe and Get Back and the (now) title track of Let it Be are Beatles classics that may have been born out of conflict, but are amazing songs nonetheless.
After the breakup of The Beatles, each of the members went on to have continued success in music. Harrison released solo albums, did a famous international concert for Bangladesh, personally funded and supported the Monty Python movie Life of Brian, formed and toured with The Traveling Wilburys, and survived being stabbed with a kitchen knife by a deranged fan in 1999. He died of cancer in 2001. He was 58.
John Lennon did much in his time after the Beatles. He and Yoko Ono would be married in 1969. They famously held peace protests and Bagisms and Bed-ins in support of anti-war efforts. His first solo song was Give Peace a Chance, which has become an anti-war anthem. Ono and Lennon had one son, Sean Lennon, in 1975. Lennon had a successful solo career and moved to New York City. He remained largely estranged from Paul McCartney for the rest of his life. He was murdered in New York in 1980, which created an outpouring of international grief.
Ringo Starr released a number of albums on his own in the 1970’s. His music was most notably done in collaborative efforts with other artists, including Quincy Jones, Maurice Gibb, Elton John and Marc Bolan. He even collaborated with Lennon and Ono’s Plastic Ono Band. After Lennon’s death, he collaborated with Harrison on All Those Years Ago as a tribute to Lennon. Through the 1990’s and into the 2000’s he toured with his All-Starr Band, a supergroup which at times included Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, and Jeff Lynne. He would play originals, Beatles tunes, and songs by other band members. He was knighted by Prince William in 2018. He is still alive today..
Immediately after The Beatles, Paul McCartney founded the band Wings, which became one of the most successful bands of the 1970’s, with seven platinum albums. With songs like Maybe I’m Amazed and Jet and Live and Let Die and Helen Wheels, he continued to top the charts for decades. His tours would include Beatles tunes as well as the new material, satisfying both sides of his fan base. He has collaborated with artists ranging from Dave Grohl to Michael Jackson. He was knighted in 1997 by Queen Elizabeth. He has an asteroid named after him. The guy is, to this day, a living music legend.
And he played a private concert for Josh.
Look, The Beatles are quite simply an amazing band that have influenced everyone. If you haven’t heard of them, I envy you - because you have so much to discover.
Enjoy!
Links to QOTSA
Check out the deep respect that Josh Homme has for George Harrison in this video where he is given the opportunity to play Harrison’s guitar. It is moving.
Josh Homme and Sir Paul McCartney both worked on the Dave Grohl project Sound City.
Apparently, McCartney was almost a member of Them Crooked Vultures - but learned from Dave Grohl that John Paul Jones already had the gig.
McCartney also went out of his way to play a show out in the desert for Josh and 300 fans. Imagine Sir Paul McCartney performing a show just for you. That is just amazing.
Their Music
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
With A Little Help From My Friends
A Day In The Life
Strawberry Fields Forever
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Magical Mystery Tour
I Am The Walrus
All You Need Is Love
All Together Now
Back In The U.S.S.R.
Blackbird
Helter Skelter
Revolution
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Hey Jude
Get Back
Come Together
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
The Long And Winding Road
Two Of Us
Let It Be
Show Them Some Love
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I'm on punisher 6 currently, I know this isn't going to change, at least not in time for me to get a meaningful benefit out of it. By the time this post is seen by BSG I'll be well done with the 15 kills so old don't come at me with the whole "they should change the game just for you" argument. I'm doing this for every non gamma player out there now and in the future, this is my opinion and feel free to disagree but I'll say it anyways.
So most quests had their requirements reduced. The one where you must kill PMCs in office area went down to 6. Killing scavs with bolt action from over 40 meters I think went down to 2 or something. Killing PMCs with tremor went from 3 to 2 etc. They also reduced the amounts of items you must turn in like the big shell rounds went from 10 to 5 etc.
However when it comes to punisher you still have to get the same amount of kills as before. I know feel reluctant about giving us the epsilon fairly easy to encourage EOD sales but the 2x2 is by any standards a joke. The beta is simply stupid expensive and not worth the investment by any mathematical calculation which leaves is to the only viable option for non EOD, the epsilon.
Now it doesn't bother me to have to get 10 kills with a paca and a crappy helmet, or killing PMCs in shoreline. But the SVDS one stinks because 15 is quite a high amount for many players. In my humble opinion I think the amount should be brought down to 10. Of course I can already hear people say that: "well the wipe happened last week and you are already about to get your epsilon so I don't see a problem with that". Let me remind you that that's only possible precisely because it's still early wipe. I'm also someone who currently has no job and plays the game a stupid amount of hours. Someone who plays a more reasonable amount of hours say 3-4 hours per day, would probably take 3 times as much to do that. Then factor in the fact it's only early wipe and most people are undergeared, getting these kills isn't all that hard. But someone who buys the game and starts playing mid to late wipe will have a massive struggle getting those kills.
The SVDS is a fairly expensive gun, it's magazines cannot be purchased by vendors until later on so you're paying more to get them off the flea market so bringing it down to 10 I think it's a reasonable demand.

• an m4 stock, Maxx model spring guide and cylinder head (I'm at a steaming hott 9 sales thus far so no flair required!)

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Hey hey, my fellow airsofters, finally got around to posting some spare stuff on Reddit and not just HopUp! I prefer Paypal for all items and am based in the Chicago western suburbs. If you're around the area, I can meet up. If you're not, I can ship out either same day, or if it's too late, the next day. I'm not really interested in trades, except for a CYMA SVD-S or one of those modern M-LOK SVDs, maybe a Mad Max double barrel as well. The mp5 is my buddy's, and he would probably be down to take his dream gun, a CYMA AK-74U for it. Regardless, no harm in asking if you've got something neat to offer :)
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The photo album link:
https://imgur.com/a/Hb4CELL
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Here's what I've got:
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SOLD ICS-05 SD2 MP5SD Upgraded by Airsplat - $230 Shipped
Yes, you read that right - this old beaut was upgraded by the once-reigning airsoft store in the USA, Airsplat! A buddy of mine found his at his parents' place and wants me to sell it on his behalf (and if we sell it, he said he'll buy another airsoft gun and go airsofting with me!). It is a pristine-condition MP5SD that was only used in backyard plinking. It has since been discontinued in the USA, I believe due to H&K cracking down on non-licensed replicas. Only places I can find this online nowadays are in Europe, where it goes for about 260 Euros new. The lower receiver is plastic, but ICS plastic, like the real thing. The upper receiver is metal. It is very light and I do enjoy the little thing.
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As far as upgrades go, I am not exactly sure what Airsplat put in there, but my guess would to the compression and perhaps the barrel or hopup. I did run it for a couple casual matches the other weekend to make sure it works, and it runs... Surprisingly well. It's at just about 300fps with .2g bbs and the fps varies only a couple between shots, and the trigger response was just snappy enough where you couldn't pull the trigger too fast to stunt it on semi. Accuracy seemed pretty good as well. I was an airsoft tech at a local shop, though, so if you want me to take it apart and inspect its internals, I would be happy to, although that would have to be reflected in the final sale price.
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I put some black tape over the orange barrel to cover it for the match this other week and can absolutely remove it if you want pictures of the orange underneath. Comes with 2 highcap magazines, a magazine clamp (lol), and a sight mount. It also comes with a weird black metal bar on a keychain? No idea what it is for lol but it's all yours. It has two 9.6v NiMH batteries I'd be happy to throw in as well, although I can't imagine they're in good shape.
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Ask me about the .2g Airsplat-brand bbs if you're interested! I may keep just for novelty sake, but I'm open to parting with them :)
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SOLD NEW EMG STI / TTI Licensed JW3 2011 (1911) Combat Master Pistol - $190 Shipped
Got this baddie in a box of awesomeness, but it's just not my style. It's a modern 1911 with all the bells and whistles externally, in that John Wick style. Very high-quality body though, feels rock-solid. Fired one magazine to test it - very accurate and a fun gun to shoot. Comes with a green gas magazine.
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NEW Matrix Raystar RS4 Carbine - $195 Shipped
Got this in a box of awesomeness, but m4s are just not my style. Neat gun, very light yet solid feeling. Pretty impressed with my buddy's Matrix m4 though, so I'm sure it'll perform reasonably well. Comes in its box with a highcap magazine.
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SOLD Gate Aster Advanced Mosfet (+ USB link) - $100 Shipped ($110 with USB link)
Pulled out of my build because it's not compatible with an experimental motor I'm playing with. Worked alright with me though. Re-enforced some of the more exposed spots of wire with shrink wrap. Comes with a set of mounting screws and all required stickers. Not pictured is a USB link for it because I don't have a pic of that on my phone - I can provide a picture of that if requested.
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King Arms 20 Round Magazine for Predator KJW Marui 1911 Gas Blowback Airsoft Pistols - $18 Shipped
Bought like-new, found out the hard way that it doesn't fit into my regular KJW 1911 because they are specifically for the Predator Custom 1911. But oh well! My loss is your gain. They're 25 new, I paid 20 for it, would let go for even less than that, please, somebody, just buy the damn thing lol.
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SOLD NEW Titan Power 11.1v 3000mAh Stick Battery - $35 Shipped
Just got this in from Titan Power themselves, it's new and never opened. Selling because I changed out the stock on my main build, so this will no longer fit. Great battery tho.
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SOLD G&P V2 8mm Gearbox Shell - $35 Shipped
Hardly used this shell before I had the chance to snag a Retro Arms shell for a steal, so I've got this G&P shell left over. I radius'd it as well as dremmeled out some of the wire holes by the motor to prevent wire pinching. It's a solid shell and I have no complaints with it. (Note - I lost one of the allen head screws it came with, so I replaced it with a phillips screw. This does not at all affect performance. If this is an issue, I will run to the local hardware store and get you a matching one.)
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M4-Style Stock - $25 Shipped
Actually came on my heritical StG-44 Modernised made by Daves Custom Airsoft, so I'm not sure exactly what brand this stock is. It most closely resembles the APS RS3 stock, so I think it's safe to assume it'd be $30 new. It's in like-new condition and I'm swapping because I needed a crane stock to fit batteries!
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SOLD MAXX Model v2/v3 Cylinder Head - $10 Shipped
Not compatabile with my newest build, but held up well with me otherwise. Neoprene pads have already been glued to the back to correct AoE, but they can be removed.
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MAXX Model v2 Spring Guide - $10 Shipped
Nothing wrong with it, just swapped to a quick-change spring gearbox that comes with its own proprietary spring guide. The bearings have been maintained with bearing-specific grease. (Note - I very slightly filed the pegs so it would fit into the G&P gearbox mentioned above. It is hardly noticable, and if anything, should help with compatability).
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Iron Man Dog Patch - $5 shipped, or free with any other item
No hate, just not my style :)
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Let me know if you guys have any questions!

I see a few Tiger SVDs for sale for around 7 grand. If I buy one now, do you guys think the price will go up/ stay steady? Or crash?
I just want to know your opinions on whether or not it's a safe investment.
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To start things off, I baby my guns. All of the guns shown have next to no indication of wear on them beyond mag-well scuffing. This is my first time posting here. If I'm able, I will come back to edit any formatting mistakes that arise.
From top to bottom in the album.
(Spare mags and batteries are intended for sale with guns)Red Dot is shoddy at best. It will go in and out my simply tapping on it somewhere on the frame. I am willing to include it with a gun if somebody is interested. Red Dot SOLD
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Tokyo Marui MP5A4 ~2006 - SOLD
This gun was purchased over a decade ago straight from Airsoft Atlanta and has had around 7,500 rounds fired through it. It is an older clam-shell style metal receiver with polymer full stock, grip, and foregrip. The gun houses a standard V2 gearbox, and the hop-up is a lever-style hop. Used it just this weekend indoors and it held up perfectly all day. Currently chronos right at 305 fps w/ 0.2g bbs. The gun will include the following:
1x Original Hi-cap magazine
1x 9.6v NiMH 1600mah nunchuck battery
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BO FABARM STF/12 Spring Shotgun - SOLD
This shotgun has been used on occasion as a backup gun and has seen limited use. It has not been modified in any way, and shows no signs of wear. For comparison, this is the full size/dark earth model found on Evike. Chronos at 300 fps w/ 0.2g bbs. The gun will include the following:
2x 30-round standard shotgun shells
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Echo 1 ER25K - $200 plus shipping
This gun was purchased back in 2012 and saw some field use where it was babied. Total rounds fired are estimated around 5,000 rounds. Chronos consistently at 405 fps w/ 0.2g bbs. The gun will include the following:
3x Hi-cap SR25 magazines
1x 9.6v NiHM 1500mah large nunchuck battery
1x 1" polymer rail riser ($20 value)
1x 2-7x32mm CenterPoint Illuminated Mil-dot scope ($55 value)
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A&K Spring SVD Dragunov - SOLD
This gun has pretty much seen no use at all beyond plinking. It is difficult to pull back the bolt as all of the spring SVDs are. The gun will include the following:
1x Original Mid-cap magazine
1x ak-style rail mount ($10 value)
1x 3-9x32mm Powerline scope ($20 value)
Classic Army CA073M M4 Combat Carbine - $175 plus shipping
This gun has seen limited use, as I began frankensteining my starter M4 instead shortly after buying this. The gun is snappy and loud. It's honestly a real blast to use and is very practical. There are no signs of wear. It has had about 2,000 rounds fired through it to date, and still fires hot at 410 fps w/ 0.2g bbs. The stock has been changed to a 6mmProShop CTS M4 stock($20 value) and the two-piece rail has been parachorded for stability and comfort. The gun will include the following:
1x Original Hi-cap magazine
1x Firefield Charge AR LaseLight Combo ($50 value)
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All guns will be shipped by the most reasonable/affordable carrier. I will provide proof of shipping cost through shipping calculators and add the price onto the base cost for each sale. Combined purchases are available and prices are negotiable.

ICOs (Initial Coin Offering), often referred to as ITS (Initial Token Sale) or (Token Generation Event), are a current hot topic for debate. The product issued in an ICO is a blockchain-based coin or token (hereafter referred to only as tokens). Its technical design is as flexible as the associated rights such that the technical distinction between coins and token is of no legal relevance. However, a distinction can be made between three categories, Security Token, Utility Token and Currency Token, according to the rights a token conveys.
The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) recently published an official note, at end of February 2018, in which it considers ICOs as potentially falling under the scope of existing regulation, depending on its respective design. There is no universal indication as to how an ICO is possible or how the exact legal classification of the tokens should be made. As such, each and every ICO has to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis to determine the possible regulation of the issued token. However, in a consumer warning, an expert article and the official note, BaFin has made clear that some ICOs are not subject to regulation or capital market-specific investor protection requirements.
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1. Security Token

By issuing security tokens, often also called equity tokens or investment tokens, the issuer promises some sort of return (either in the form of a commercial stake, interest or similar). Usually, they grant the right to profit sharing, but no original company share, which would be particularly difficult at least for a GmbH in Germany to do due to formalities. Examples of security tokens are EVN tokens (where investors from Germany were explicitly not permitted participating in the ICO) und tZERO. BaFin clarified that there are no legal limitations as to which rights a token must or can confer on the holder. Therefore, the provider has free reign in the design of its token. In particular, a security token does not have to grant any shareholder rights, information rights, control rights or voting rights.
Depending on the design, token can qualify as securities, according to the German Security Trading Act (WpHG) and German Security Prospectus Act (WpPG), or as capital investments, according to the German Capital Investment Act (VermAnlG).
The criteria for classifying as securities are comparatively clear and closely tailored to the capital market. In short, the token has to be standardized, tradeable on a (capital) market and transferable. If the rights represented by a token are comparable to shares, bonds and certificates, it is obvious that this is a transferable security. Whether tradability on a crypto exchange is already sufficient to qualify as to be tradable on the capital market is debatable. In any case, the classic capital market concept was based on the possibility of good faith acquisition. Unrestricted tradability on the market implies that the transactions can be handled safely and easily and that there can be no objections from third parties. This is regulated by law for some securities (for example bearer and order securities). For tokens, however, the applicability of good faith principles has not yet emerged, so that the token transfer by an unauthorized person need not be legally preserved and can be reversed. So far there is no other special legal regulation.
It is more likely that a token represents a capital investment, regulated under the German Capital Investment Act (VermAnlG). This includes, but is not limited to, shares that grant a share in the results of a business, subordinated loans, participatory loans, and “other investments” which provide or promise to provide interest and repayment, or any other form of cash settlement in exchange for temporary lending. Generally, in the event that a token promises a dividend or other kind of interest payment, it qualifies at least as an “other investment”.
Both securities and capital investments are regulated. Thus, in Germany (regardless of the issuer’s domicile), their offering requires the publication of a prospectus approved by BaFin (or an EU passport replacing such BaFin approval).

1. Utility Token

Utility Token are a kind of digital voucher which can be redeemed against a promised service of the issuer. Examples include savedroid’s SVDs and filecoin. “True” Utility Token are not regulated as financial instruments in Germany. From BaFin’s point of view, simply naming a Utility Token as such is not sufficient criteria in order to legally determine the nature of the token. Moreover, the regulator does not outline any possibility, in any of its guidance publications, for the classification as a “pure” Utility Token that is distinguished from the Security Token in that it does not require a prospectus. Nevertheless, token purchases are still protected by consumer protection law even if no capital markets or financial instruments regulation applies.

1. Currency Token

More legal certainty exists with Currency Token, also called cryptocurrency. The most well-known example for a coin is Bitcoin. Other examples of Currency Token are Ethereum (or Ether) and Ripple. An essential feature is the money replacement character of the token, as they serve as decentralized currency.
The legal classification in Germany was made by BaFin at an early stage. Already by the end of 2013, BaFin determined that Bitcoin constitutes so-called units of account. Units of account are comparable to foreign exchange. As a consequence of this classification, they are considered financial instruments and their trading is therefore subject to special financial regulatory requirements; an uncomfortable reality experienced, for example, by one crypto company at the end of January 2018, when BaFin ordered cessation of its unauthorized Bitcoin broking services..
The company advertised to sell Bitcoin for customers on cryptocurrency exchanges. However, since Bitcoin is a financial instrument, permission from BaFin is required: in the specific example given, for the provision of brokerage services (Finanzkommissionsgeschäft).

1. FinTech companies are not in a legal vacuum

It is important to remember that the FinTech sector does not exist in a legal vacuum. Recently, the Higher Regional Court of Hamm confirmed a decision of the district court of Münster, which ordered the attachment on commissions of nearly €3 million, which a company had received for forwarding purchase price payments for OneCoin to the respective issuer, without having BaFin’s permission as a payment service provider (Higher Regional Court of Hamm, Decision dated 4. Januar 2018, Re: 4 Ws 196/17; 4 Ws 197/17).
These developments highlight the highly regulated and legally-complex nature of the financial services market in which today's FinTech businesses operate as well as the value of good legal advice when conducting business in the sector.
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Title basically says it all. I've been wanting a Surplus SVD with Deadly on it for a while (just love the way that wood looks) to replace my Meticulous/Destructive/[Deadly^] Paratrooper. And when I saw the BP went up for sale, I bought it and started stamping them out and re-rolling until I got one with Deadly/Prepared/[Competent^].
Thing is this: Prepared only helps me outside of 30m, and the SVD's optimal range is 34m. I made some vertical grips, the best of which can get that up to 50m (sadly, no bonus CHD on it, though). So I would have to trade off 19% of CHD (was at 212%) to push the damage dropoff range out another 16m.
But would that be the way to go?

So I ordered two Boneyard King Arms SVD's from these guys. Let alone the good prices they shipped it out quickly. This is where this story takes what could have been a bad step. A shipping SNAFU happened.
I contacted the number on the bottom of their page and I got a real person. Not just any person one of the owners. This is a mom and pop ran airsoft store located in the heartland of america. They took my information down and remembered the order its self.
About 10 minutes after I hung up they called me back with answers to the problem. FedEx had a problem shipping two 4 foot long boxes and they would take care of the problem first thing Monday morning. I check my email Monday at the end of my shift at work and at 10:30 i had received an email with a new tracking number and an arrival day.
Since that email they have contacted me and made sure that my stuff was on the way and to apologize.
What I'm trying to say here is how many times have we had a package go flawlessly and never thought about it. This time it could have con horribly and this company made 100% sure that my problem was fixed as soon as I made one phone call. With in 15 minutes the problem had answers and solutions. On a sale that was by no means a large scale purchase in fact the whole order was under $100. and they made this a priority. This company and the owners were fantastic to deal with and showed an actual concern in my problem.
I will be returning for more from these guys. Their boneyard collection is rather nice and ever changing I check back on the website every couple of days. I can not wait to purchase from them again and HIGHLY recommend dealing with them. One of the owners even helped me source parts to fix another of my guns.
Check em out at airsoftmarketplace.com

Let me set the scene for you guys....last week we received a call late in the day that a family member had been in a serious motorcycle accident near Akron (we live in Columbus). We immediately rushed to Akron grabbing only our SVD's and a small bottle of juice. After no sleep, lots of tense moments through the night, we got word the next morning she was in stable condition. By this time we were physically spent, our batteries were about dead, our juice was about gone, and we weren't going to be leaving Akron any time soon. We took to Google and found a B&M called Legend Vapor.
As soon as we got there we were immediately welcomed with open arms. Sleep deprived, disheveled looking, and helpless...we explained our situation to the owners who immediately stopped what they were doing and tended to our every need. They went above and beyond with service improving equipment we already had and providing back ups for things we left at home. They were great and very professional. They cook all their own juice, have a huge selection to choose from. We fell in love with their "Red, White, and Blue" and their version of "RY4". I have felt compelled over the last week to give them a shout out on Reddit and maybe help them make a sale or two.
Check them out at: http://legendvapor.com/
In the area? They are located at:
1089 E Tallmadge Ave Akron, OH. 44310 US Phone: 330-633-VAPE
TLDR: Check out Legend Vapor.
PS. They told us then their shop has only been open for two months!