Yea, this just happened!
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From Left: Mrs. Rangemaster, the one and only RANGEMASTER LARRY, THUMPY, and Mrs. Thumpy! Oh, and last but not least, back there in Row Two…SPARKY the WONDER JEEP!
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What's Thumpy Up To?
OK, so when’s the next game?
OHHH…look what the THUMPSTER has his grubby paws on! A nice little CARE PACKAGE from the gang at HIGH NOON TARGETS!
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We will be shaking this bad boy out soon, but think BB trap you can mount indoors or outside…and it comes with a pretty radical close-range paper target, too. Lots of thought in a very nifty design. We’ll let you know what happens when the BB’s FLY! THANKS HIGH NOON…visit their WEBSITE HERE!
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Help those hurt by SANDY with Airsoft- NYC’s Airsoft C.A.R.E.S. and the Red Cross – NOVEMBER 17 & 18
C.A.R.E.S stands for CQB for Aid REcovery from SANDY…November 17-18, 2012 all around the NYC Airsoft Community!
And this effort, put together by NYC Airsoft, Moondog, Angel and the gang is going to be a multi-site event, with FIVE LOCATIONS all working together to help! Best place for the latest info is on the NYC Airsoft forums, or at the link here to their new landing page…
We LOVE the idea of pooling the cash and trying to get MATCHING DONATIONS from businesses….if you know any corporations…inside or outside Airsoft who will help, let the guys know!
AND, Stay tuned to many of your favorite AIRSOFT YOUTUBE CHANNELS, for an upcoming Public Service Announcement campaign to support Airsoft C.A.R.E.S. and the American Red Cross effort to help the thousands devastated by Superstorm SANDY!
DATE: November 17-18, 2012
“(C)QB (A)ID (RE)COVER for (S)ANDY
NYCAirsoft along with CQB fields across the Tri-State are organizing a day of airsoft to benefit the victims of Hurricane Sandy. These fields will be donating a portion of their field fees to the Red Cross, the Tunnels to Towers Foundation and other local charities. Register and find out more on the forum….
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DONATE ONLINE
If you’d like to support the Airsoft CARES effort but can not attend a game, make a direct donation to the RED CROSS and let us know. Got to: https://www.redcross.org/donate/index.jsp?donateStep=2&itemId=prod10002
• Choose “In Honor Of” and fill in “Airsoft CARES”
• Choose the option to SEND an e-card
• Send to: CARES@nycairsoft.com
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Here are the locations participating in the event. Just click on the picture to go directly to the NYC Airsoft Forum topic for that event, or CALL AHEAD before your go, to confirm the details for you and your team!
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Been awhile since we updated the links to the THUMPY’s NEWS Section of the NCAO Forums, so, please check us out in all our various forms….and subscribe here, too…scroll all the way to the bottom to find THUMPY’S NEWS
WELCOME TO THE INNOVATION REVOLUTION!
If you are a FREE member of the NCAO Forums (and ANYONE can be, its FREE, for crying out loud!), you can now join Thumpy’s News…this “Specialized Access” portion of the NCAO ‘site, which will receive DIRECT RSS feeds from each of Thumpy’s News Posts, IMMEDIATELY as I hit the POST IT button at the THUMPY’S 3-D HOUSE OF AIRSOFT NEWS link from SCOOP.IT
“Thumpy” is a screen nickname for ThumpMaster6, a well-known member of the US and World airsoft community; through his many writings, ramblings and musings on various airsoft forums, in his reporting and photography in 4 major airsoft publications (TAKE AIM Airsoft Magazine, Airsoft International, & Recon-Rag and USASOC Airsoft Magazines on the web), and now, on this new web-hub for airsoft innovation.
He brings a 29+ year background in print, radio, broadcast and cable TV and video to this enterprise, with emphasis in real-world military reporting, as well as a deep respect for the men and women who protect our freedoms around the world.
You can stay up-to-date on the latest happenings, leave comments at the NCAO site in one of the most INNOVATIVE Airsoft Communities in the USA and the WORLD, or share your thoughts right here in our COMMENTS section at the bottom of each Page and Post,
Or perhaps YOU can post up a HOT NEWS TIP that will scramble the “Rovin’ Thumpy” to find that NEXT INNOVATION in the Airsoft World!
Welcome Into the HOUSE…and you can always read more HERE:
Thumpy’s 3-D House of Airsoft NEWS on SCOOP.IT
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Thumpy Covey PERSONAL AIRSOFT PAGE on FACEBOOK - Friend us to see what we like!
Thumpy’s YOUTUBE Video Channel
Thumpy’s 3-D House of Airsoft at WORDPRESS.COM!
Thumpy’s 3D on TWITTER….link to our news on your Mobile!
Thumpy’s News on TUMBLR! Yea, we Tumbl, too!
The THUMPMASTER6 Daily on Paper.ly – AIRSOFT# News Links!
AND, if you need to contact us via e-mail…back channel news tips are ALWAYS WELCOME…then hit USE THIS ADDRESS for our G-MAIL InBox: Thumpy3D@gmail.com
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THUMPY is very excited to be doing a THOROUGH REVIEW of the first two books of The Airsoft Bible, by US Marine, former Paintballer and current Airsofter/Author/Carolinian William S. Frisbee, Jr. These are two HEFTY little field guides, the first two parts of what Frisbee hopes will be a series of “books” that are also available in e-book form…helping players from beginners to seasoned ‘vets understand and enjoy AIRSOFT!
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We’ll be diving into these two books…especially as they are THUMPY’s TWO FAVORITE TOPICS…and are looking forward to the “BOOK OF COMMS” most of all! We love COMMS…and we’ll let you know what’s what with some serious discussion via the SCOOP.IT and 3-D House of Airsoft on WordPress.com!
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http://www.scoop.it/t/thumpy-s-3d-house-of-airsoft-scoop-it/p/2722852824/coming-soon-thumpy-reviews-the-airsoft-bible-books-of-tactics-and-comms
See on Scoop.it – Thumpy’s 3D House of Airsoft @ Scoop.it
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This should also be useful for MILSIM GAME PROMOTERS/ORGANIZERS, at least as far as the two lower parts of the graph are concerned: we HATE going to an event where each side is named for a unit that is GROSSLY out-of-scale for the number of participants.
200 TOTAL players should have units sized to COMPANY sizes MAX…say, “A Company, 1/22 Infantry versus 3rd Company, 130 Guards Rifle Battalion.” We have often gone to an event where the organizers simply take a historic LARGE SCALE BATTLE…and call either side US ARMY vs. NVA/USSR/IRAQ, where it would be so much more refreshing, and shape tactics better, if you use this graph to set up some REALISTIC scale to the events you put on.
Oh, and try to learn the proper pronounciations for the battles, too. Makes you look like you actually DO care about the veterans who fought the real thing, rather than just a gross proffiteer. Just sayin.’
“A graphic I whipped up showing the approximate scale of selected WW2 ETO warames in relation to typical unit sizes (data for U.S./Commonwealth units).”
See on social.consimworld.com
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That’s right, another landmark morning for the THUMPY AIRSOFT/MILSIM SCOOP/IT’s…
We have hit 60 THOUSAND COMBINED VIEWS, and topped 30 THOUSAND VIEWERS in just the first 150 days of the site! WHOOHOO….We are here for you…but we need your help. TELL YOUR FRIENDS to come over to the SCOOP.IT for the MOST NEWS in one place, updated throughout the day EVERY STINKIN DAY!
AND, check out the whole Thumpy Interlocking Fields of Media Fire….search THUMPY and AIRSOFT, to get hooked up with our TWO Facebook sites, the YouTube video channel, Tweets of all the news on TWITTER, Tumblog love at TUMBLER, of course the WORDPRESS.COM site that started it all….and BOTH of our SCOOP.IT Channels….News AND Games/Events!
THUMPY….OVER!
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YUP, it’s official! We have taken flight, thanks to you guys & girls…and thanks to SCOOP.IT! We should hit the 50-thousand views mark sometime in the next week or so, based on the rate folks are checking us out.
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This is in line with what we were hoping for when we started the “quest” to become the USA’s source for Airsoft and MilSim news…each and every day!
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Next up: we are seeking companies, gun and gear distributors, fields and CQB sites, heck…ANYONE who might want to help sponsor or advertise with us to get on board. We have a lot to offer our friends and partners! Especially those who want to get in on the ground floor and help us START and BUILD!
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You can see the growth for yourself…you guys know you visit not only the SCOOP.IT, but also Thumpy’s other channels:
-HERE on WordPress.com (shortly to become a WordPress.org hosted blog)
-Our 3-D House of VIDEO on YouTube–with some quality production and presentation efforts, including major airsoft “events” like SHOT Show 2011 AND 2012
-The SOCIAL Media Hubs on FACEBOOK : HERE and HERE
-Thumpy’s 3-D @ Tumblr RIGHT HERE
-Our COMPLETE re-TWEET section on TWITTER
-Our Flickr site with STILLS GALORE
-And, more being added, updated and INFLUENCED DAILY, all over the ‘web!
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For those new to the 3-D House of Airsoft….check Thumpy’s ABOUT US page here at WordPress…AND HERE you can see a “virtual portfolio” of our work and quotes from our partners and friends in the airsoft, MilSim and Real Gun & Gear industry!
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SO Update and “Sales Pitch” over….I hate “selling,” so consider this a “Personal Invitation” to get with the T3D Battle Plan. We aim high…we want you and your business to tap into our passion for “the game.”
AND, we want to have a lot of FUN getting us ALL to the TOP!
CONTACT THUMPY at Thumpy3D@gmail.com to start our personal conversation on what we can do for each other!
THUMPY….OVER!
Via Scoop.it – Thumpy’s 3D House of Airsoft @ Scoop.it
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CLICK THE WEE LITTLE PICTURE THUMBNAIL TO SEE THE ” CUTTING EDGE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM” FROM WXII TV!
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“WXII chIef meterologist Lanie Pope investigated an airsoft combat facility to get some answers.”
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I’m going to share what I’ve been saying on Facebook and my SCOOP.IT News Site all day… Since when does a “CHIEF METEOROLOGIST” “investigate” anything for a TV news room? Oh, right…during FEBRUARY SWEEPS, when, as usual some bright bulb comes up with the concept of sending a “mom of boys” to “look into” this “potentially life threatening” “game.”
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We’ve played this game long enough. Kyle “HALO” Thaggard of Team TF-16 and former president of the North Carolina Airsoft Organization, and the gang from Cool Combat…and every one of their players, tried to get an unbiased story out to their community. And, for the most part, it blew through the “agenda” that WXII sent their “news team” out to the field to bring back.
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But, give me a frickin’ break. You guys oughta be mad as hell at this and tell the station all about it. Oh, and for the record since many don’t know it….I USED TO BE A TV REPORTER/Military Beat…Features…News Bureaus/Assignment Editor AND a News Director for a short period of time…like 22 total years, and I’ve yet to see an Airsoft “STORY” that didn’t go into some anti-war/anti-violence/public safety agenda.
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That is BIAS, poor journalism and the reason most Americans are leaving 22.5 minutes of TV news a day and making up their own minds on what is “news” on the miracle that is the INTERNET.
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Nice work. Tell me when its going to rain again and leave the journalism to the pros, Mom.
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Alan “Thumpy” Covey
Via www.wxii12.com
We broke out a NEW CHANNEL for the Thumpy’s 3-D House of Airsoft network on the ‘Web. Just before SHOT Show 2012, we took a big dive into SCOOP.IT, a new “curation” engine that just came out of Beta testing at the end of 2011.
Well, You be the judge…as many of you have already…and click on the big picture to go over to Thumpy’s 3-D House of Airsoft @ SCOOP.IT, where we’ve had more than 3 THOUSAND visitors during the SHOT Show! And, we’re now COMMITTED to making the SCOOP.IT site our MAIN PORTAL for all of the airsoft news from the USA and the WORLD, updating news 24/7 every day of the year!
BOOKMARK our new SCOOP.IT to stay current on ALL THE NEWS IN AIRSOFT!
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Via Scoop.it – Thumpy’s 3D House of Airsoft @ Scoop.it
I CAN NOT AGREE MORE! This is pretty close to Thumpy’s policy, too. I have a lot of real-mil friends and clients here at Camp Lejeune and New River Air Station, and around the world….who not only frown on this, but will beat your ass and take you to court/Law Enforcement…do NOT pose “as”, but honor the real men and women “DOING” the job, as you would want to honor them in person.
Raven Concealment Systems posted this on their Facebook page recently. It is one of the best things we have read in awhile. We’d say that their sentiment is shared by many in industry. Be aware there is some rather frank language in there.
LINK HERE: Via soldiersystems.net
WE HAD A ROCKIN’ 2011 at the 3-D House of Airsoft!
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 44,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 16 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
