View Full Version : What gun-related forum has the highest concentration of knuckleheads?
I admit that there are some internet gun forums that I visit for no other reason than to get a good laugh. You can always count of finding a troll or ten pissing everyone off and the drama that ensues can be quite entertaining.
So, in your opinion, what gun-related internet forum has the highest concentration of knuckleheads?
yankeefan98121
06-19-2012, 11:09
glocktalk was/is pretty bad jmo
glocktalk was/is pretty bad jmo
True that! My favorites there and the Religion and Politics sub-forums.
trlcavscout
06-19-2012, 11:15
Glocktalk is the only forum i visit where i have members blocked.
Rooskibar03
06-19-2012, 11:38
There are other gun forums? Here I thought we were all alone.
Seriously through the only other one I visited was S12 forum but I got tired of reading posts from newbies who watches to much Sons of Guns, bought themselves an S12 and then can't figure out how to run it. Use the search feature chucklehead.
Boy that's tough. Ar15.com has a lot of assholes that talk big and probably live in their parents' basement, they also have jag bag mods. You can get banned for the most ludicrous things even of you have proof in your defense, just ask me. M4carbine might be worse though, everyone there is an elite operator and apparently don't understand some shooters are recreational in nature. Every freaking thread gets derailed into how you gotta drop 4k on optics, our rail system needs to be made by knights and the ever infamous inconel muzzle device debates. It's obnoxious. Never been to glock talk since it has glock in the name but apparently it's terrible. Fan boys or what?
Bailey Guns
06-19-2012, 11:50
M4Carbine.net...10/40/50 percent.
10% really know their stuff. 40% normal guys. 50% knucklehead wanna-be operators.
JMO.
M4Carbine.net...10/40/50 percent.
10% really know their stuff. 40% normal guys. 50% knucklehead wanna-be operators.
JMO.
Yay I'm not the only one who thinks this
Bailey Guns
06-19-2012, 11:52
Yay I'm not the only one who thinks this
[Beer]
SuperiorDG
06-19-2012, 11:52
M4Carbine.net...10/40/50 percent.
10% really know their stuff. 40% normal guys. 50% knucklehead wanna-be operators.
JMO.
Where does Rob_s fall?
Bailey Guns
06-19-2012, 11:56
M4carbine might be worse though, everyone there is an elite operator and apparently don't understand some shooters are recreational in nature. Every freaking thread gets derailed into how you gotta drop 4k on optics, our rail system needs to be made by knights and the ever infamous inconel muzzle device debates. It's obnoxious.
I got banned from M4 because I brought up this very subject. How a DPMS rifle will work just fine for most AR-shooters because they didn't need a rifle that would stand up to the rigors of warfare "in the sandbox". And Joe Citizen would be better served by saving his money on fancy accessories and tacticool shit and buying ammo to practice with.
Holy cow...what a shitstorm I got myself into.
I never realized that having the barrel parkerized under the FSB and black over blue extractor-spring insert was so freakin' important.
Zundfolge
06-19-2012, 11:56
GlockTalk and Arfcom are probably the most obvious offenders ... although the signal to noise ration over on THR has had me spending a lot less time there (well that and I like it here better).
I'm sure some folk would see this place as having too many knuckleheads, but I think our knuckleheads are kept enough in check that this forum is still fun and interesting but nobody is peeing on the carpet.
A forum that is too serious is really no more useful than one that's full of too many idiots.
Bailey Guns
06-19-2012, 11:58
Where does Rob_s fall?
I suppose I should know who that is? I haven't been on that sight for a long time (couple of years at least) so forgive me if I don't recall all the usernames.
Never been to glock talk since it has glock in the name but apparently it's terrible. Fan boys or what?
Not all are fan boys (though there are certainly some that are). It's difficult to explain the dynamics of that forum. I guess my best attempt would be to say that there are a lot of conflicting points of view which, more often than not, derail into a name-calling competition.
IMO, Snipers Hide is where you will find the most fan boys. Of all the forums that I peruse, that one has the highest concentration of a-holes per-capita.
Without naming names, mostly cause I dont remember, I usually bail when the fan boys get so rabid that they insist that an AR in 5.56 no less is the best rifle ever made for everything and I'm not bullshitting you including big game and pheasant hunting. Here everyone seems a little more chill and realistic.
jackthewall81
06-19-2012, 12:16
I enjoy this site because there are newbies, and vets, as well as very well rounded crowd. Very good website, with a few knuckleheads, including myself...
I got banned from M4 because I brought up this very subject. How a DPMS rifle will work just fine for most AR-shooters because they didn't need a rifle that would stand up to the rigors of warfare "in the sandbox". And Joe Citizen would be better served by saving his money on fancy accessories and tacticool shit and buying ammo to practice with.
Holy cow...what a shitstorm I got myself into.
I never realized that having the barrel parkerized under the FSB and black over blue extractor-spring insert was so freakin' important.
Not surprising. I got in a simar argument when some casual novice shooter wanted a red dot and i told him things like primary arms are fine to start with and if he gets more serious get a higher quality brand. Holy cow, that place blew up
GlockTalk and Arfcom are probably the most obvious offenders ... although the signal to noise ration over on THR has had me spending a lot less time there (well that and I like it here better).
I'm sure some folk would see this place as having too many knuckleheads, but I think our knuckleheads are kept enough in check that this forum is still fun and interesting but nobody is peeing on the carpet.
A forum that is too serious is really no more useful than one that's full of too many idiots.
Local forums are almost always better because people are kept accountable by the fact you may run into the others in real life
yankeefan98121
06-19-2012, 12:23
I enjoy this site because there are newbies, and vets, as well as very well rounded crowd. Very good website, with a few knuckleheads, including myself...
+1 All the above, even though I'm also a knuckleheads. I want to add the local aspect to all the above as well, huge plus for me
Not surprising. I got in a simar argument when some casual novice shooter wanted a red dot and i told him things like primary arms are fine to start with and if he gets more serious get a higher quality brand. Holy cow, that place blew up
I agree, it seems like you cannot suggest a "good enough for now" alternative at these "purists" sites, like the m4, glocktalk etc.
Like someone mentioned in a previous post here, getting a DPMS + ammo for the price of x is WAY batter than buying x and just 1. fondling it because they're gun poor now therefore getting to #2. they're still not familiar with a firearm, especially one that they own
Edit:
I got banned from M4 because I brought up this very subject. How a DPMS rifle will work just fine for most AR-shooters because they didn't need a rifle that would stand up to the rigors of warfare "in the sandbox". And Joe Citizen would be better served by saving his money on fancy accessories and tacticool shit and buying ammo to practice with.
Holy cow...what a shitstorm I got myself into.
I never realized that having the barrel parkerized under the FSB and black over blue extractor-spring insert was so freakin' important.
kidicarus13
06-19-2012, 12:30
Local forums are almost always better because people are kept accountable by the fact you may run into the others in real life
True, true. It's hard to keep up your "I'm a covert operator" lie when in reality you are 110lbs and live in your parent's basement.
Bailey Guns
06-19-2012, 12:34
Why you gotta be hatin' on us lightweight, covert operators stationed at FOB Mom & Dad?
OK...I might be slightly over 110 pounds. But I was 110 pounds at one time.
SuperiorDG
06-19-2012, 12:35
True, true. It's hard to keep up your "I'm a covert operator" lie when in reality you are 420lbs and live in your parent's basement.
Fixed for you.
Delfuego
06-19-2012, 12:37
when in reality you are 110lbs and live in your parent's basement.More like 310lbs, and my parents basement is bitchin'; plus Mom makes my cammie's smell like a fresh spring morning[Neene1]
arfcom has a ton of idiots. if you aren't part of the pack, you get outed. and if you speak up wrongly about someone or something, you get banned pretty easily.
S12 forums has some tards in it. I talked with one guy who just absolutely KNEW his S12 was the best ever made, even in stock configuration.
jackthewall81
06-19-2012, 13:04
arfcom has a ton of idiots. if you aren't part of the pack, you get outed. and if you speak up wrongly about someone or something, you get banned pretty.
no kidding. I was making fun of some chick who posted pictures of herself and she was pushing 300. All the dudes were telling her she was gorgeous etc, and I was appalled by her even posting almost nude pictures of herself on the web, plus the dudes were drooling over it... I got banned for like a month and wonder how many pervs are on that site... Ewww.
DD977GM2
06-19-2012, 13:12
AR15.com is the worst
I got banned for a calling a guy out, from his info he gave folks in his thread,
his wife was cheating on him. Flipping retarded. I stated the
obvious and got banned for it. Im sorry if someone on here knew my wife
was getting her sausage from another meat market then DD977GM2 Deli,
then Id want you guys to call me out on it and tell me to wake the f*** up.
5% are great people
20% are avergage folks
75% are wanna be HSLD assholes who think they are gods gift to the
net/military/LEO force and all of em were SF if you talk to them
one on one.
If you guys were really cool you could access the SSDG forum... true badasses there.. [ROFL1]
gcrookston
06-19-2012, 14:09
AR15.com
used to be that AR15.com had very high concentration of knuckleheads in the form of demigod moderators and hunter-killer pack charter-members, but as they've grown over the last 15 years, the concentration of bafoonery and assholes has been diluted to the point where you don't hardly notice.
warrifles.com
was notorious for bullying, banning, blacklisting and generally harassing former members back in the day. I've not been back in 10 years or so, so I don't know if they've cleaned up their act. It got pretty mean and evil there for a while.
www.tncivilsociety.com
can get pretty ruthless and was started by an individual who'd worn out his welcome an several other forums.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/gcrookston/bannedarfcomclub.jpg
spqrzilla
06-19-2012, 14:56
ARFCOM. Don't know what is worse, the huge number of assholes and trolls or the moderators who are equal parts arrogant and ignorant.
m1911.org is one I used to hang out at a lot, but they're so strict and straight-laced it's hard to post anything without getting spanked for it. The owner is a Greek whose wife and kids read the forum too, and he takes no prisoners about any kind of "bad words". Whatever you write has to be safe for nuns, monks and The Pope.
I was nearly banned for saying that "I haven't received my order yet, I may have screwed it up". I ain't kidding either! If you use the word "screw" or "screwed" and it's not obviously in reference to a threaded fastener, you're in a world of shit.
Oh, it's an "international forum" also, and you have to mind your manners about not "offending" anyone in "other cultures". When Saddam was captured and I posted this http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/smilies/saddamropesm2.gif , I thought they were gonna hunt me down personally and beat my ass for it.
Uberjager
06-19-2012, 15:10
Has to be arfcom! Such a high number of retards and HSLD operators. I remember getting called a dumbass, because I couldn't see the marxist/liberal propaganda going on in my Diff Eq class. Also so many posts are like: "I only use Crye Precision clothing when I perform tactical cqb operations at the range. I laugh when I see some retard there in jeans." and "Dear Soldier of Fortune magazine, you'll never believe what happened to me..."
Thanks! This is the only gun-related forum I visit and we have a relatively low knucklehead count here (when I'm in a good mood [Tooth])...
I now know what to expect if I ever venture into some of those sites! [Beer]
leatherneck448
06-19-2012, 15:40
Arfcom hands down.
There are some great people on there willing to help you out with your problems, and the EE is a good way to find stuff, but there are more than plenty HSLD armchair generals and insert-company-here fanboys that are more than ready to voice their expert opinion in anything and everything they dont agree with...
[Bang]
Where does Rob_s fall?
In the "I inhale my own farts and you're an incompetent dumbass if you refuse to do so as well" category
I thought JSantoro was a douche until I talked to him on the phone the other day, actually a pretty cool guy simply trying to regulate the asshatery on that site.
Chad4000
06-19-2012, 17:31
Ive only really spent time on XDtalk, and those guys seem to be ok..
the thing that somebody else mentioned that I really like is that this is a local board. there really is a chance that you will run into somebody from the site. so i think that keeps everybody pretty much in line... not to mention, we are probably just cooler then everyone else lol
Zombie Steve
06-19-2012, 17:54
I don't know... the good people stick out, the idiots stick out... hard to tell who's the worst offender. Glocktalk has 166,000 members, Arfcom is huge too. The dingbats always make themselves heard, the good folk usually fly under the radar.
I still hang out in Glocktalk reloading and a couple of the back rooms. Met some really cool people from the place.
calguns.net -If you've visited the site, no explanation needed. If you haven't, no amount of explaining will suffice.
TheBelly
06-19-2012, 20:31
Glocktalk's GNG Lounge is a pretty awkward place. I post there every once in a while.
M4C is a pretty hard-core place to go. I've tried making a joke or two over there, and they weren't very well received.
These days, I really just do more reading than posting.
... GT really went down the drain.
It was fairly decent forum during 04-06'
stevelkinevil
06-19-2012, 21:43
calguns.net -If you've visited the site, no explanation needed. If you haven't, no amount of explaining will suffice.
Californians are morons??? the hell you say!!! (sarcasm font)
I'd say ARF.com is the worst place I've ever visited. Mostly the 13-year old mentality (kids in mom's basement type) and the only thing they ever shot is an airsoft rifle, yet they are experts on everything that shoots.
TheBelly
06-20-2012, 07:43
Where does Rob_s fall?
He falls in the 'all the right people know me, so you have to agree with me' section.
He name drops like he's a paid sponsor.
Sniper's Hide
Bad. Won't ever go back. Moderator and others have ruined it.
The only problem I've had there is everyone thinking every new product is a cheap Chinese clone and the only reason it's less expensive it's because it's a cheap Chinese clone. When you prove otherwise they switch it to "support the original manufacturers!!!" to which I say they are price gouging and then magically a few weeks later their prices come down 30 percent. Competition is a beautiful thing.
funkymonkey1111
06-20-2012, 11:42
i don't feel so bad being banned at ar15.com now....
calguns.net -If you've visited the site, no explanation needed. If you haven't, no amount of explaining will suffice.
Calguns? Really? I found it to mostly be a group of great people that try their best to help shooters navigate the tricky world of gun ownership in the state. Of course there's the other group who just complain about everything and another group of complete idiots but that goes with every forum ever.
spqrzilla
06-20-2012, 13:58
I'd say ARF.com is the worst place I've ever visited. Mostly the 13-year old mentality (kids in mom's basement type) and the only thing they ever shot is an airsoft rifle, yet they are experts on everything that shoots.
But enough about the moderators ...
leatherneck448
06-20-2012, 16:08
But enough about the moderators ...
[ROFL1][Beer]
But enough about the moderators ...
Are you implying that my "best and brightest" aren't?
[Tooth]
gcrookston
06-20-2012, 19:41
i don't feel so bad being banned at ar15.com now....
you shouldn't. You wouldn't have a unique opinion/point of view/idea if you hadn't been banned at least once.
--I've been banned 3 times in the last 10 years. 1st time was for stating if weight were not an issue the HK93 is superior to the AR15 is most other respects. 2nd time was being a little critical on a heavily adorned M4gery (said something like "do you really need all the ornamentation for a day at the range?") and the last time was for stating the only SHTF event 98% of those members will ever encounter is when mom and dad finally boot them out of the house.
Other than that, they still love me
SA Friday
06-20-2012, 23:05
Glocktalk's GNG Lounge is a pretty awkward place. I post there every once in a while.
M4C is a pretty hard-core place to go. I've tried making a joke or two over there, and they weren't very well received.
These days, I really just do more reading than posting.
Come on now. Operators DON'T joke. You should know that. [ROFL1]
Awwww, man. I just thought of something... [Muaha]
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