Tag: Airsoft tactics
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Fall Back
Most Airsoft players seem programmed to go forward at all costs. It doesn’t matter where they are, what they’re doing, or what they’re supposed to be doing. Even when defending a position. But why? Does it bring great dishonour to their family to take a step backwards every now and then? In previous blogs I’ve…
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Using Cover and Defence
Attack all you like, but if you can’t defend yourself then you’re not going to be attacking effectively as you spend half the day walking back to the respawn. So how do you go about minimising the threat to yourself? Well, there’s concealment and cover, and defensive tactics. Concealment is your camouflage. Welcome to stipsniper.com,…
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How realistic is Airsoft?
Short answer – as real as you want it to be. Or, for many of the younger players coming through, not at all. It’s just a chance to cosplay and have some fun. This is a topic I can expand on into different aspects of the game and I will do some more in the…
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Killing Spree
That title will get the FBI’s attention. Want more kills in airsoft? Of course you do, everyone does. That’s why most players are there – we want to see that all our money and effort that we pour into our primary superweapon ensures we climb the imaginary leaderboard and finish the day as top dog,…
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Why I hate the SRS
This will create some discussion for sure. Actually, this article will hate on many things. But I have to start somewhere. I know hate is a strong word and “haters” are frowned upon these days but it’s OK to have an opinion and it’s OK to not like stuff. Well, there are some people in…
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Sniper Tactics – Bounding
Airsoft sniping is all about good movement and good decisions. I’ll be expanding on this a lot in the coming weeks. One of the most fundamental techniques is bounding, which isn’t just limited to AEG users in a concrete playground. I’ll be breaking this idea down both with a sniper pair, and as a solo…
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The Sniper Triangle
Airsoft sniping is a balance of three core components. It’s something I wrote about a few years ago but last week had a question about so I thought I’d go into a little bit more detail on it. “If you had a piece of paper. Wrote “airsoft Sniping” at the top, then under that wrote…
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Proactive vs Reactive sniping
After a long day at work, and suffering from an alcohol-free January, I pinged a message to team engineer Dan, who earlier in the week had suggested a game of online chess. My go-to game at the moment is Escape from Tarkov, but SkinnyBitch has fucked off to Denmark this week and there’s nobody online…
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Fighting Uphill
I have nightmares. Lots. Many reasons. Usually cheese. In airsoft though, one of the worst situations any player can find themselves in is trying to assault a position uphill. Worse if it’s fortified. It tends to be a game of attrition, the defending team usually with limited lives, the attackers simply throwing themselves at the…
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Sniper Tactics – “Machine Gun Theory”
OK, so I haven’t published a paper on this theory or anything, so it’s not official. But it might help you in picking out some good positions to shoot from. So, at some point as you travel around the site, you’ll end up finding a position to set up in to shoot from. Knowing where…
