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#355791 What is the history of modding
Posted by VACC on 25 August 2016 - 12:32 PM in General Nerf
Thank you to all the Admins who have been nerfing since the 2000s.
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#327596 Grid Code is now March 2nd
Posted by VACC on 04 March 2013 - 08:48 AM in Nerf Wars
Thanks to Phil for organizing and letting me run a few experimental rounds. Everybody was pretty cool, and I think there are deffinately some additions to be made to my invitational stable.
#322619 Wtb sonic stampede
Posted by VACC on 15 October 2012 - 10:29 AM in General Nerf
#321828 SMEDLEY PARK WAR
Posted by VACC on 20 September 2012 - 11:04 PM in Nerf Wars
Also, just a quick question about the banned guns...when you say "anything except for springers" does that include HAMPs? I don't see why they shouldn't be banned, but just checking.
Are you honestly intending to bring and use a hamp? Color me incredulous..
#321624 Melee in Nerf
Posted by VACC on 14 September 2012 - 07:22 AM in General Nerf
The second reason is that many people who enjoy melee don't want to be shot at close range. This is simply absurd. Why would anyone waste a dart and chance a miss while their opponant is far outside of their own effective range? Personally, I wait until somone with a melee weapon is about a foot further away than their reach, and I fire dead center on their chest. If they don't like that, they should give me a practical reason not to do it. Welts are not a reason.
Finally, melee is non-competitive. Anyone with even a substandard nerf gun (as long as it fires) should have no problem dispatching someone with a melee implement. The counter-argument often made by the pro-melee croud, "but it's fun", falls on deaf ears around here. It may be fun for you but we're pricks, and none of us find it fun to have an outmatched player on our team.
Anyway, those are our reasons. Many people don't agree with those. Find those people and nerf with them.
#321545 Nerf War Question
Posted by VACC on 11 September 2012 - 12:06 PM in General Nerf
I have never been to an official "war", but we throw stuff together all the time. If you are like most nerfers you have a pretty decent arsenal so get a bunch of friends together on a Saturday afternoon distribute some blasters and have at it. We keep it informal and fun, it can be a blast with a as few as four guys but the more the merrier. The upside will be that you are building a local nerf community. Do it enough and it may turn into an official "war", but keep it simple and keep it fun to start.
Wow, the guy with no "official"war"" experience gives, far and away, the best advice. iModify, you don't need to attend an NIC event to run a war. And your wars don't need to resemble the former to be fun. Nerf should be done with your friends in any manner that they and you like best. If you have nerf guns and darts, get together and shoot each other. If you want some basic tried and tested game types or rules to get you started, they can be found in abundant supply in the Nerf Wars section.
The idea that you should drive hours so that your first war be an NIC run event is completely retarded. Not only will the playing field not be level, but you'll be nerfing with strangers when you could be playing with your friends in your own neighborhood. Save the roadtrips until you know you like the activity enough to warrant the trip.
#320601 International Megawar
Posted by VACC on 17 August 2012 - 01:24 AM in Nerf Wars
#320226 Holsters
Posted by VACC on 09 August 2012 - 02:05 PM in General Nerf
That is mostly because players have been moving away from Primary + Secondary setups and toward just Primary + Hoppers/turrets.
Draconis speaks the truth. Carrying a side arm was, at one point, the sign of a veteran nerfer. Eventually it became the norm, until the advent of hoppers made pulling and potentially priming said sidearm more time consuming then recocking your primary or tossing another few darts into a hopper.
#320011 Apoc Reaction/Feedback Thread
Posted by VACC on 06 August 2012 - 07:37 AM in Nerf Wars
Thanks to everyone who came and had a great time. Thanks for wanting to nerf more than you wanted to BS. Thanks for being good sports about me yelling unneccessary profanities at you in the name of misguided motivation (this was actually down quite a bit from past years, believe it or not). Thanks for, as always, taking an inordinant amount of pride in any pot-shot, blind-shot, mortar-shot, and accidental-shot that found their mark on me. Finally, thanks to everyone who traveled several to tens of hours in order to be there. I still can't figure out why you'd want to do that, but we do our best to make it worth your wile (I hope that we succeed more than we do not).
As for my impressions of the war, I feel as if Phil and I packed more nerfing into the day last year, in our inaugeral effort to revamp Apoc. Yesterday, however, had a much more cooperative and relaxed feel. We still got a lot of nerf in, but Phil and I got to enjoy it with the rest of you this year. A lot of that probably had to do with the fact that this year's apoc was smaller, in terms of turn out, than was last year's. That is very-super-fucking-alright with me. Last year's apoc knocked me into my first nerf hiatus in half a decade, but I think this one just might pull me back in. There's nothing quite like hunting children.
As a side note, I was rather pleased to find out that despite having nerfed once in the last 12 months, Ted and I can still run the table. Though, perhaps that is mostly due to my well documented "favorite nerfer" turning into the best nerfer. Screw it, I'm still awesome.
#320009 Creating a NIC Biography
Posted by VACC on 06 August 2012 - 07:15 AM in Off Topic
#311360 Nerf 2012 Dart Tag
Posted by VACC on 17 February 2012 - 11:36 AM in General Nerf
If you'd like to post random tidbits about new nerf guns post them in the product availability thread. Unless it's breaking news about the announcement of new blasters, it doesn't really warrant a new thread.
#310621 Planning an interesting war on March 14th
Posted by VACC on 03 February 2012 - 03:21 PM in Nerf Wars
Further, with any large number of nerfers, even more so with new nerfers, simpler game types will run much more smoothly. Deathmatch is the obvious starting point, but if you're goin to try an implement a game with infinite lifes, try to keep the rules as simple and few as possible. CTF, by the way, hardly, if ever, works with Nerf. I've experienced countless iterations of it run by a variety of hosts, and I've yet to see it really work in an enjoyable fashion. You need such a specific type of venue for it, that it's usually just better to play something else.
However, though my suggestsions are based on quite a bit of experience, every war is different. While you should certainly do your research, take and leave whatever advice you like. The only real way to learn this ridiculous hobby is by experiencing it.
#310493 Best stock blaster you've bought?
Posted by VACC on 01 February 2012 - 09:42 AM in General Nerf
#310492 New Member from Florida saying Hi
Posted by VACC on 01 February 2012 - 09:38 AM in Off Topic
I'll be moving this thread to off topic.
#310150 Grid Code Indoor Nerf War in PA
Posted by VACC on 26 January 2012 - 11:04 AM in Nerf Wars
If anybody is on the fence about this, you should not hesitate to put the money down. $25 is a small fee for a pretty unique nerfing experience. I know some people also don't want to make slugs, or bring weaker blasters, but it's really the way to go here. Toneing down your blaster, as Langely explained, is easier than it seems. Another option, if the shorter barrel is giving you problems, is to create some artificial deadspace with a t-joint, a 1-2" lenght of pvc, and an endcap assembled between the air chamber and your hopper assembly.
#309150 orange mod works 20% off shipping
Posted by VACC on 05 January 2012 - 08:40 AM in General Nerf
Blue's implication is correct. This type of thing belongs in the product awareness thread. Outside of that venue, it's basically an advertisement. We don't take money from advertisers so that you don't have to see ads. As such, we're certainly not going to host ads for free.
#309149 Nerf Streamline dart shotgun mod
Posted by VACC on 05 January 2012 - 08:34 AM in General Nerf
This is not explicitly stated in our COC, and I understand that at your wars this may not present any danger. The problem is that many of our members are very young and, unlike profanity, this type of thing might actually prove hazardous to their health.
I'm going to close this thread, but you don't need to pm me. You're not in any manner of trouble. Thanks for contributing.
#309147 Darts and glitter and sprinkles
Posted by VACC on 05 January 2012 - 08:19 AM in Modifications
#308453 New Nerf Guns
Posted by VACC on 19 December 2011 - 09:45 AM in General Nerf
That said, I don't want this thread becoming an argument over blaster viability, or simply a breeding ground for bad advice. What's been said so far is sound, and sufficient for you to get started. I'll end it at that.
#308452 Nerf Reflex Integration Into A Nerf Recon Barrel
Posted by VACC on 19 December 2011 - 09:32 AM in Modifications
That said, you did nothing wrong, so don't take this as an admonishment. Honestly, I'm just happy to see activity in the winter months, when most of us are not thinking about nerf.
#308051 NerfHaven iPhone/iPad App
Posted by VACC on 05 December 2011 - 08:09 AM in General Nerf
#307203 Please Stop the Insanity
Posted by VACC on 10 November 2011 - 08:16 AM in Site Feedback
This complaint has arisen, without exception, every time we've opened the gates for the last 8+ years (9 in January). Yes, right now our moderation team is a bit short handed, and Phil is doing almost everything, but that happens every fall and winter when I find it too cold to nerf and leave you jerks to your own devices. This time at least you're chaperoned.
So, in terrible summary, shit be fine, chill out brah'.
All posts in this thread, from this point forward, must be in iambic pentameter.
And if you disobey you will be banned.
#306830 Longstrike tilted
Posted by VACC on 02 November 2011 - 12:26 PM in Modifications
Maybe, scouts9III, you could do a simple search for longstrike foregrip to find several solutions. Ignorance is no excuse for misinformation. This is especially true when the tools to peruse the last 9 years of modifications are at your fingertips.
#306817 WAR!
Posted by VACC on 02 November 2011 - 06:50 AM in Nerf Wars
I am thinking about having a nerf war in south central Missouri. Contact me if intrerested in it.
The topic lines are there to provide information. I'd recomend you edit yours to do as much.
cmeej: Your post is awfully close to backseat moderating. We, the moderators/admins, can communicate what we like and don't like for ourselves. Feel free to use the report function if you'd like us to address an infraction of the CoC.
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