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@ASAdmin ^Is this possible?

 

Pretty sure he's been afk for a few years.

 

He wrote this in December which is why I was hoping. *shrug*

 

I've tried to drag many people to this forum. They wonder if this has a easy to use app, how to add photos then loose interest sometimes if they can't figure that stuff out.

 

The problem is HopUp's ease of access, it looks almost like any other popular phone app whereas this forum takes a minute to get used to because of the decrease in popularity of forums.

 

I miss airsoft forums, but happy to be apart of this community now.

 

I wouldn't want approval turned off anyways, helps keep out bots.

 

I'm having an issue trying to log into the Airsoft Forum site. Every time I bring up the page, a text box appears which says: "This Community is not Available". What is the problem? I know that the forum population was pretty low, but there were some users.

 

Forum-related here:

I got the bright idea the other night to hit up the "Wayback Machine" to see if anything from the old Airsoft Mechanics forums had been archived. Lo and behold a few things were. 154 archives between March 2nd 2007 and August 12th 2018. I cant get beyond January 25th 2012 without being prompted for my login information (which obviously doesnt work), but seeing the old lists of threads and usernames brought back some memories. Sadly I have yet to come across any archived conversations.

Funny how the thread topics from 10+ years ago are covering things that are relevant today (LiPo vs Li-on batteries, DSGs, sniper mods, AEG tuning guides, FET design and build threads, R-Hop development, etc...) Goes to show that the industry is at least a decade behind in design and trends, and just how large a loss of something like this was.

While we cant obviously re-create a repository like this, would it be worthwhile to have a more organized technical section here?

 

I was able to make an account on AM about a year before it went down. I wish I would've read through more of it when I was able to. At least I was able to get HS5's calculator.

Unfortunately, with pretty much everyone on Reddit or Facebook now with no real way to maintain an information quality standard like Airsoft Mechanics did. I don't think we'll ever recover from that loss.

I would love to see the forums make a come back, but I'm not hopeful. I've seen TheAirsoftTech and Legacy somewhat active again on YouYube with a decent following. Maybe if they were to come back and bring a bunch of new people that would help.

My conspiracy theory is Airsoft Mechanics is still up in a deep web-like fashion known only to the Über Elite Techs. Kinda like The Continental.

 

Here’s a glorious video that will make you cringe.