X-ring! AirSoft Hobby Site

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The NEW X-ring!
With the 3-year anniversary just mere days away, here's the newly re-designed website! Airsoft veterans will remember that the X-ring! AirSoft Hobby Site was born on New Year's Eve 1997. Although the original site design lasted through nearly three years of incredible growth, I decided to re-design the website as we head into a great future.

There are many new features, including a LIVE news feed, which provides the latest news regarding guns from news agencies around the world. Given how events here and everywhere affect our ability to enjoy airsoft freely, it's important to stay fully informed. Note that each time you visit or "refresh," the news feed will automatically update with the latest batch of stories. Enjoy!

FREE Real-Time Instant Chat!
Among the many features provided by the newly re-designed X-ring website (which will debut very soon) is a powerful chat applet that I hope will help airsoft enthusiasts communicate with each other both locally and around the world. The "chat" provides an excellent alternative to emails, message boards, and *gasp* phone calls. For best results, I recommend establishing a specific time that you and your buddies agree to meet online for discussions. Give it try and let me know what you think of it. CLICK HERE TO CHAT

Combat Missions TV Series!
ScorpioVI sent this tidbit:

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Basically the producer of Survivor is going to take groups of elite Special Forces and "SWAT-Type" LE units and run them through whatever BS he comes up with. No word yet on whether or not this will be a "combat" (MILES?) scenario or an eco-challenge type of terrain-conquering event, but it should be interesting.

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Dinner with DoG#1... again!
Last February, I travelled across the pond to the UK to dine with the DoGs and play with their toys (including a very big 8-ton APC!). This time, DoG#1 came over to sunny California, so BAASH 2 and I made sure to not let him go hungry! Here's the news entry quoted from the BAASH website.

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...While out here in California for a work assignment, DoG #1 was able to hook up with BAASH 1 and BAASH 2 for dinner. The three guys traded "war" stories and dined on steak and beer at a local up-scale "supper club" - which by the way, was confirmed to have been frequented by Frank Sinatra and the "Rat Pack" whenever they were up here in the Bay Area! We enjoyed comparing notes on what was different and what was common between airsofters in California and in the UK. The conversation was amusing, enlightening and above all, thoroughly enjoyable! It was good to have the chance to reciprocate the D.o.G. Team hospitality when BAASH 1 was across the "pond" earlier this year!

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BAASH Direct Action
Just a quick re-cap from a BAAASH session about a week ago, now that the photos are ready. Here's a quote from the BAASH website:

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Sunday, December 3, 2000.... [M]embers went out to our Saratoga site for what we thought would be a light, leisurely day. It turned out to be a more serious, yet fun day. Everyone agreed that they hadn't expended so many BBs in a day in a long time! There was lots of practice on patrolling, attack and suppression fire, and other direct action skills. After our recent concentration on tacsim and night games, it was good to get out in the woods and dust-off our day-time woodland/milsim skills....

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10% Off Everything!
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