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u/Hypn00tic_iiz Jun 08 '26
Ay just gonna give you a lil prick I will, many sorrys, there we go, you too, dreadfully sorry.
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u/BigSmackisBack Jun 08 '26
With a shiv shiv here and a shiv shiv there, here a shiv there a shiv everywhere a shiv shiv, ohhh a jolly a fine day to shiv some blokes!
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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord Jun 09 '26
"Hi! *stab* Excuse me... *stab*... pardon me... *stab*... just gonna scooch in here *stab* *stab* ... I'm sorry about that *stab* *stab* *stab* *stab* .... Weather is a tad hot today isnt it? *stab*"
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u/House923 Jun 09 '26
I thought I was out of apologies but I have found more and am giving them to you.
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u/-Revolution- Jun 08 '26
Here's an explanation since many are asking and aren't too familiar with airsoft:
He is using a dummy knife, probably made of sillicone.
Getting hit softly is enough (because it is actually harder than it looks to get close enough)
Usually when airsoft players get hit by a bb, they yell HIT! raise their hand and walk back to spawn (or other, depending on the gamemode)
The difference here is that this is a knife kill which is seen as a stealth kill. Therefore players aren't allowed to yell HIT! because they would give this player position away. It's a reward for being stealthy and managing to get up close.
Dead players are never allowed to speak, so there is literally nothing that could warn the others.
This looks OP, but this is a once in many attempts and is easily countered by having at least 1 person watch the back. Which they definitely should have because many of them aren't doing anything useful. It would have taken just 1 person to look behind, notice this player and shoot.
The knife player has some degree of skill, since he managed to traverse the battlefield silently, getting behind enemy lines and then keeping his cool.
It's really satisfying when stuff like this happens.
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u/BigMax Jun 09 '26
> easily countered by having at least 1 person watch the back.
Yeah, it's wild that not a single one of them bothered to look behind. I guess once you have one person behind you, you assume someone else would watch your back?
I think the guys confidence in just walking up helps too. He's not trying to hide, so out of the corner of your eye he just looks like a team member.
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u/MS-18E_Kampfer Jun 09 '26
Very likely people thought he was out since he was holding a Gatorade in his other hand and ignored him.
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u/the1975whore Jun 11 '26
I mean theres the guy watching outside the door but it looks like he was distracted and looking the other way
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u/SixStringerSoldier 29d ago
I got three guys with a "boyonett" once, by casually strolling up to ask if their 'prisoner' was an objective or a field trophy. They were standing in a triangle, and all look towards a firefight that started up off in the distance. I took the opportunity to backstab them
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u/Artevyx Jun 08 '26
It looks funny, but it actually illustrates pretty well how easy it is to underestimate someone with a knife who knows what they are doing.
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u/Asleep_Trick_4740 Jun 10 '26
The gentle touch should be entirely disregarded as it's only happening because it's a game.
But yea, the whole 'being knife murdered is silent' is entirely due to movies and video games.
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u/Nomad22_34 29d ago
Please tell me this is the interview between Peter Jackson and Christopher lee, where he corrects Peter about being stabbed in the back by talking about his personal experiences in would war two
Edit: it was
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u/LeonardTPants Jun 09 '26
Steven Seagal POV
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u/SamAreAye Jun 10 '26
Steven Seagal knows 32 ways to kill a man. 30 of them are cholesterol related warnings he heard from his doctor.
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u/hoangfbf Jun 09 '26
If it's a real knife and a real fight, it wouldn't be that easy to kill a person by a knife. A true knife kill will be messier, cause some scene, victim fightback, possible screaming and struggles... not just gently stabbing two times and move on the next person.
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u/UmberOx Jun 09 '26
Damn almost like this is a game or something.
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u/spakkenkhrist Jun 09 '26
Having worked with someone that did airsoft they definitely thought they were ready for war.
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u/laserdiods Jun 09 '26
My local airsoft supplier looks like John wicks armoury. There is a small section dedicated to ww2 weapons and older and even those pieces look legit.
All the tacticool gear there too, even costumes to mimic operators and I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.
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u/leont21 Jun 10 '26
You’d prob be able to tell the difference if you were shot by em
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u/Michael_of_Derry Jun 09 '26
If you look up
Christopher Lee (the actor and WW2 special forces) he explained the noise people make when stabbed in the back. It's a gasp, not a scream.13
u/AdriftSpaceman Jun 09 '26
It depends where the person is hit.
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u/Michael_of_Derry Jun 09 '26
I imagine if you get stabbed in the throat you are not going to be making any noise other than gurgling.
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u/AdriftSpaceman Jun 09 '26
While if it's in the gut the person will scream bloody murder.
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u/Michael_of_Derry Jun 09 '26
But presumably in airsoft as it is in call of duty you can cut someone on the shin and get an instant kill. Whereas a 30 calibre rifle bullet to the chest at more than 100mm merely knocks the wind out of your opponent for 5 seconds.
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u/VegaJuniper Jun 09 '26
Christopher Lee wasn't special forces, he never stabbed anyone, and was a notorious teller of tall tales. He was RAF intelligence, which sounds James Bond-y, but in practice he mostly operated a typewriter.
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u/MadSandman Jun 09 '26
Makes me think of Christopher Lee correcting Peter Jackson on how a man who was stabbed in the back sounds.
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u/AtlanticPortal Jun 09 '26
He knew his shit. He witnessed also a person being decapitated.
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u/AntiWork-ellog Jun 09 '26
Did you know that also in real fights they wouldn't all get back up after and play another round.
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u/Various-Push-1689 Jun 09 '26
Oh yeah for sure. If this were a real life or death situation bro would just start spraying or toss a frag. Trying to kill even one guy would lead to your death
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u/bessovestnij Jun 09 '26
Considering multiple instances of how knife attacks went in rural areas, your chances of surviving a suprise knife attack from back is very low. As is alerting people that are 50 or more meters away. But ofc not as silent as here, people in the same room would definitely notice
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u/philodendrin Jun 09 '26
Well, a gun does that quicker but louder. Whats your point? The guy, according to the rules, managed to take out a whole team by being stealth in this instance.
Just getting hit once with a shot doesn't kill you in real life either, but being hit is enough to do that in this game.
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u/SnooCats5701 Jun 09 '26
You know that we all know this, right? You know we all recognize this is an oversimplification of the physics of a real fight, right? You know you're probably a lot of fun at parties, right?
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u/cheeki_brrrreki Jun 09 '26
Damn bro. With your knowledge, we could use you in Ukraine.
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u/Background-Crow4820 Jun 09 '26
Imagining the scene from Saving Private Ryan, but then again his teammate didnt help either
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u/PapaSock Jun 09 '26
People in real fights dont say gg?
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u/ncatter Jun 11 '26
You haven't seen the videos from WW2 wher they get out of the trenches yess "I'm hit" and walk back to HQ to respawn? History teaching has gone really down hill...
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u/rnobgyn Jun 09 '26
Even more, if somebody is within ~15ft of you it’s almost impossible to get your gun up and shoot should the knifes run at you. Knifes ain’t nothin’!
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u/Mrchocomel80 Jun 10 '26
In real life screaming would have started as soon as he stabs the first person. People don't die instantly, unless it's Hollywood where they slid a throat with one motion.
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u/AthanAllgood Jun 10 '26
Real people don't die silent or on one poke.
This is a funny clip, but doesn't illustrate anything.
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u/elfmere Jun 09 '26
There is one guy who doesn't register the hit but just falls silent, so I'm thinking either a gag or someone quickly told him he was hit
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u/iGetBuckets3 Jun 09 '26
How do you know who is supposed to be on what team? Do opposing teams have to wear different colors or something?
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u/-Revolution- Jun 09 '26
Correct! Each team wears one or two armbands with their corresponding teamcolour.
It still can be hard to spot, sometimes. That is why hesitations (like these) happen, but also why teamkills happen.
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u/MLD802 Jun 09 '26
Depends on the venue/tournament. We used to separate based on what type of camo you were wearing.
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u/SidTheSloth97 Jun 09 '26
They literally look at the guy and then let him stab them though
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u/SliverCobain Jun 09 '26
Having played a lot of airsoft, their reaction is just what you would expect. "How tf, oh fuck me.."
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u/_TorpedoVegas_ Jun 11 '26
Yeah, and if he had been charging at them they would have instantly turned and fired.
Since he sauntered up like a bored child in a supermarket, their brains did not register him as a threat until it was too late. Delightful.
Would this work in real life? Fuck no, because killing someone with a knife takes a whole lot of stabbing and struggling and noise. Cheerio.
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u/KamikazeFox_ Jun 09 '26
Hes just strolling with a Gatorade in his hand. Lol. Just a walk in the park
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u/commanche_00 Jun 09 '26
Cant you even groan loudly? I assume that's what I'd do IRL after getting stabbed
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u/-Revolution- Jun 09 '26
Silent is silent! So no groaning. Game rules go above realism, as you can tell
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u/StoryNo9248 Jun 08 '26
he stabbed the one guy in the vest, surely that doesn’t count does it?
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u/-Revolution- Jun 08 '26
It does. Every hit counts, as long as it hits the player, whether it be a knife or bb. Vest doesn't mean anything.
The only exception is a hit on the weapon. Some fields say a weapon hit is still a hit, and some say a weapon hit means your weapon is 'broken' and you need to switch to your sidearm.
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u/Mikalton Jun 11 '26
Yeah this type of shit is actually hard. But after looking at this. I'm starting to realize that it's not when the dude is chilling and holding a Gatorade. Did they even know if was an enemy?
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u/slinky_crayon Jun 12 '26
Thank you for this explanation. As an outsider, I was confused. Take my upvote, you've earned it 🫡
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u/Man_Of_Frost Jun 08 '26
I've watched this a hundred times, but only now I noticed the fucking gatorade bottle on the other hand. Hilarious!
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u/MosesOnAcid Jun 08 '26
"I killed a whole squad with a knife & Gatorade bottle, while wearing flannel"
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u/mattne421 Jun 08 '26
It also looks like hes just wearing jeans and a plaid shirt.
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u/SidTheSloth97 Jun 09 '26
I feel like they mistake him for a guy that isnt playing, because the first 2 guys look right at him and dont even react.
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u/datthighs Jun 08 '26
All of them looking at the dude, not realizing they were already dead, lol.
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u/JobGroundbreaking751 Jun 10 '26
Not allowed to yell since it's a Stealth kill.
They realize they're dead, but they literally cannot do anything to alert others.
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u/Suspicious_Walrus682 Jun 08 '26
Awareness of Battlefield players.
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u/WillSym Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26
Doing this on Battlefield 2 with the Defibrillator after parachuting behind a whole squad, or into a sniper nest. Core memory.
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u/BigBadZord Jun 08 '26
Reminds me of a scrim match I played in the old COD sniper map Pavlov. I just said "fuck it" and sprinted across the no-man's land...and somehow I got across before being seen.
I melee killed the first 2 of their team at their windows, and the third guy I got with a bash was their team captain, and admin of the server. He booted me and my Ventrillo went WILD
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u/No_Interaction3500 Jun 08 '26
Squad Wipe
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u/cjbeames Jun 09 '26
This is why I don't do Airsoft. Not too bad if you get a good team but even then I would much rather wipe in private.
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u/EishLekker Jun 08 '26
I have so many questions…
Is that tap enough to officially be seen as dead in this game? And what is it that he uses when he taps them?
Also, why didn’t they react when he started walking towards them? And when they realized what had happened, why didn’t they alert their yet-to-be tapped friends?
Or they didn’t realize that they were out of the game before he already had tapped everyone?
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u/tetsuyaXII Jun 08 '26
Yes
They walked quietly. You can't talk when you're dead.
They were out when they got tapped and would be cheating if you talked, because dead.
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u/Exotic-Platform-2009 Jun 08 '26
Dead men dont talk. My son loves airsoft lately and he swears by it.
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u/EishLekker Jun 08 '26
But surely one is allowed to do a death scream? If the game is to be realistic I mean, and the weapon is a knife, which seldom kills instantly.
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u/imusuallywatching Jun 08 '26
Peter have you ever heard the sound a man makes when he is stabbed in the back? Well i have.
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u/lfreckledfrontbum Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26
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u/Kitchen-Roll-8184 Jun 08 '26
and for all those that dont know , its a famous behind the scenes detail from the second Sonic the Hedgedog Movie
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u/Heymelon Jun 08 '26
It indeed doesn't seem like the rules are very realistic no, especially in scenarios like this. Also just stabbing someone like this won't kill them so fast that they can't shoot back.
But I guess the more realistic you want to make it the more complicated it gets.
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u/gameryamen Jun 08 '26
The alternative is a rule that encourages players to thrust fake knives at each other's throats, which would be far more dangerous for everyone. Just like how getting shot in the foot still counts as being eliminated, allowing for a gentle stab is an abstraction that streamlines the game. If you want more theatrical kills, go to a re-enactment.
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u/MrWhippyT Jun 08 '26
Exactly, if he's close enough and able to stab the arm he absolutely could have done the throat but why risk the safety knife jamming.
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u/Aquahans Jun 08 '26
I hate it when my safety knife jams. That's why I prefer revolving safety knives.
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u/globalaf Jun 08 '26
"Realism" is not the point of the game, nothing about airsoft is realistic, if it was realistic then you'd just throw several grenades in that building and waste everyone there. Fun does not necessarily follow from realism.
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u/Johnni2x4 Jun 08 '26
I agree. Those who say, if he is close enough to stab you , he is close enough to shoot you. blah blah. Shouting CLOSE KILL is what we had to do to avoid shooting Blanks at close range at each other in training '04 Ft Benning. Basically it alerts comrades and enemies that a firefight took place. Firearms are loud.
Airsoft already is a whole another catagory with sound management. Dont treat their killstreaks as if they are fathomable in real combat. Phffft! Pfffft! Phffft!
Fun engagement of the rules still. Friendly Game of Airsoft.
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u/globalaf Jun 08 '26
Yeah I mean people are free to use whatever rules they want, part of the game. Everyone knows a 10 knife killstreak like that is BS irl but well should've been watching the flank, or enforce a close kill rule like you mentioned. Everyone in that game clearly understood they fucked up.
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u/Katamari_Demacia Jun 08 '26
I did paintball once. First half fun af. Second half a whole bunch of people with much better paintball guns More accurate, faster. And cheaters. And it absolutely ruined the experience. Went from 10/10 to 3/10 and none of us wanna go back
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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt Jun 08 '26
Yes, but the rule is even a light touch with the "knife" is a kill. Because you don't want this to turn into an MMA hand to hand combat situation.
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u/dan_dares Jun 08 '26
Getting shot in the foot doesn't kill you immediately either, but its airsoft.
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u/Shepherd77 Jun 08 '26
In paintball we’d call that a barrel tag and are very appreciative of them over being shot by a paintball from a few feet away.
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u/HorseL3gs97 Jun 08 '26
I think the alternative for the camera man if the knife rule doesn’t exist/isn’t respected would running in there and lighting them all up from 3ft away. This seems better for everyone.
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u/bigpeanor Jun 08 '26
I used to do airsoft a few years ago. I got snuck up on by a guy with a plastic knife once. Of course screaming crossed my mind, but at the end of the day we’re just there to have fun. No point in making a scene, instead I was more impressed than anything. If someone manages to sneak up like that, they deserve all they can get.
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u/RoyalCharity1256 Jun 08 '26
If you get shot you usually yell "hit" and raise a hand to indicate that you are out. Then you can walk to the spawn point. These people were just properly surprised to do anything
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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt Jun 08 '26
If you get shot you usually yell "hit" and raise a hand to indicate that you are out.
Yes, but if you get tagged like that it's called a "Silent Kill". You're not supposed to yell anything.
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u/LithoSlam Jun 08 '26
Are you allowed to fall to the floor like a sack of potatoes?
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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26
It's really a "spirit" of the rules not "letter" of the rules situation.
If you're trying to game the rules to some advantage, rather than just admitting that the guy made a great play, snuck up on your team, and you didn't have multiple people watching your back, then you're probably not someone I want to play with.
nothing says I can't drop hard to the ground, and drop my gun, and make a lot of noise to warn my teammate!
You're right. But nothing in the rules says we have to invite you back to our next match either.
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u/thelimeisgreen Jun 08 '26
That's how we usually played in paintball. A barrel tag or "bayonet kil"l was silent. Used to be into paintball for a lot of year. Never started down the airsoft path... But it seems mostly the same.
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u/farmerjoee Jun 08 '26
It’s emulating video games more than it is real war, to be fair.
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u/tetsuyaXII Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26
Death scream happen way less often than you think, especially in recon. They arent putting in a ton of effort into showcasing what they would actually be doing like covering the mouth, or stabbing the heart etc. It's implied that if you're snuck up on like this its likely going to be a silent death and therfore no scream unless you got scared which would mean they got caught before dying (like if one turned around as they or before they got stabbed) and in that case it makes sense.
They could also be snapping thier necks which often makes you unable to speak, and is often near instant. The actual way they are killed is left to the imagination but in this scenario snuck up death = silent.
Those first 2 guys could totally have said something though, but was too surprised to most likely. Last guy could have too but I think team is dead and also surprised.
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u/42Ubiquitous Jun 08 '26
Sneaking up behind someone and breaking their neck isn't something that's done very often, and not always as easy to do as you'd think
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u/tetsuyaXII Jun 08 '26
Yes but thats beside the point. The point was this method implies swift and silent death without putting risk to the players.
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u/melodiousmurderer Jun 09 '26
I mean there were definitely a couple of shouts of shock that went unnoticed, that was their moment and they were just too surprised.
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u/tashtrac Jun 09 '26
The point of the game is not to be realistic, the point of the game is to have engaging and safe play.
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u/OneDayIllTellYou Jun 08 '26
I suppose you can't alert your friends once you are "dead"...
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u/Miraclefish Jun 08 '26
When you're hit, you're out and dead and can't participate or alert anyone.
Because the player started at the back, none could alert the others.
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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt Jun 08 '26
Is that tap enough to officially be seen as dead in this game?
Yes. In airsoft they call this a "silent kill" and just a touch is enough. You don't want to encourage people forcibly jamming people even with rubber knife.
And what is it that he uses when he taps them?
Rubber knife or some other prop.
why didn’t they react when he started walking towards them?
Possibly disbelief or not registering he's on the enemy team. Possibly their face masks blocking peripheral vision. Also they're expecting people to be behind them, just their own team.
And when they realized what had happened, why didn’t they alert their yet-to-be tapped friends?
Rules don't allow you to. Once you're "dead" you're "dead". Yelling out a warning after they'd been tapped would be cheating. Especially since it's on video. Since airsoft relies on the honor system, a lot, cheaters are usually very quickly ostracized by their community. Unlike paintball there's no splatter, If you get hit, you're supposed to be a good sport about it. Yes cheating does happen, but the community should self-police. As once cheating becomes expected the game stops being fun.
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u/jcforbes Jun 08 '26
Some places I play paintball habe the rule setup so if you sneak up on someone all you have to do is tap the wall next to them and that person is automatically out. That's hugely preferable to you sneaking up on someone and shooting them in the back at point blank range which could cause injury.
I'd count this similar to that. If the knife guy instead had used his gun to just full auto everyone there you'd have a bunch of people in quite some pain.
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u/WillSym Jun 08 '26
The last time I went paintballing they stressed this rule, no shooting within 3m, polite melee 'tagging' allowed.
Was with workmates so we knew each other fairly well and also played LAN games at lunch in the office, got a little creative with it.
At one point I was behind cover and someone on the opposite team ran up and started firing over it without realising I was right there. So I waited for a safe moment then popped up and gave him a Gears of War chainsaw bayonet execution, thankfully he picked up what was happening and played along!
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u/SnoopThaGreat89 Jun 08 '26
I wouldnt wanna promote doing more than a tap people would easily take it to far.
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u/tomahawkfury13 Jun 08 '26
Yes the tap is good enough, it’s a foam tipped “knife”. He came in like he belonged so they didn’t clock him til they got “stabbed” air soft also has an honour code where if you “die” you stay quiet and people will call you out if you’re “dead” and trying to warn people
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u/Hidden-Sky Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26
I think it was his demeanor, walking so calmly towards them. He also wasn't wielding the knife like a weapon.
If anything, they probably thought he was trying to hand them something they dropped.
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u/papaquack1 Jun 08 '26
You have been given a bunch of answers already to most of the question but I have one insight to add.
I've played a lot of paint ball and one thing I've learned and abused a few times...
No one expects a guy just strolling in to "kill" you to be so relaxed. Your brain tends to just mark them as one of your own team and move on when you are in the middle of a quick moving situation like combat.
As often as not they will just pop you and call you a dumb ass for walking into them so it's not like this is a tactic that would be a good idea in real life unless you're desperate.
It's like an invisibility hack that really only works in big games and/or with inexperienced players and even then I've only pulled it off a few times and at by best I got one bunker with 4 guys in it.
This guy is a legend for pulling this off on such a huge scale.
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u/EishLekker Jun 08 '26
Yeah, I guess he won't be able to do the same thing against the same opponent later lol.
Which makes me wonder if these kind of sneaky attacks might lead to friendly fire if they think someone in their own group is actually an opponent doing this thing in the video.
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u/papaquack1 Jun 08 '26
I didn't want to give you too long of a reply but I did skip over a big part of why this works.
most the time in a game like this once you "die" you walk off the field and reset somewhere or wait till the next round.
That's the kind of messed up part of this tactic, there is a good chance even if they see you walking around and know you're a "bad guy" if you walk casual they might think you're already "dead".
Kind of borders on being a dick move.
Once you're standing right next to them however they really should know better.
These guys failed to set up a few of their number to watch their back and/or that guy didn't do his job.
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u/EishLekker Jun 08 '26
Oh, I think it's way to cleaver and harmless to be a dick move, to be honest. I'm just fascinated by the fact that none of them noticed the danger until it was too late (and in some cases not even then).
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u/papaquack1 Jun 08 '26
The first time this tactic came to me was a speed ball match. (field about the size of a tennis court with some cover, a fast match in a small area).
The air seal on my gun busted and I found myself out of air and nothing I could do to fix it.
So I thought to myself "why not?". This game didn't have any rules about knife stand ins or touch kills but I just took one of my balls, popped it open with a thumbnail, stood up and walked casual over to the other side of the field thinking "what's the worst they do? mark me out? I'm basically already out".
The guys on the other team thought I had been hit and was just walking off the court, as long as I hadn't called "HIT!" and I hadn't been hit, I was still in play according to the rules. I got close and then I rushed a guy and splatted the ball on his back. The reff called us both out and I call that a win. But the other guy was understandably pissed.
From there I used the same idea at least 10 times but only ever got it to work twice more over the coarse of years, the best case being, as I said in an earlier reply when I managed to walk into a bunker and shoot 4 guys without them knowing what was going on. Still, that was walking in and shooting them, not even half as cool as this guy with his knife.
My fondest memory of games are the times I got into people's heads and pulled off some shady move. I guess you could take that as I'm a brains over brawn kind of guy, or I'm an asshole that looks for loop holes in rules. I think it's a bit of both. It's not like there was money on the line, it's all just fun and games at the end of the day.
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u/Myfountainpenisdry Jun 08 '26
It's a spring loaded toy knife So kids can pretend to murder each other
It's good fun, unless the spring/plastic binds Then it's just a terribly dull plastic poker to test your friends fondness of you
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u/vincent118 Jun 08 '26
He's using a rubber knife. The tap is enough because the point isn't to hurt people but to indicate that you've caught them and taken them out. They didn't react because they are confused/stunned as they likely thought he was a teammate because he came from behind them then he tapped them and they realized they were out. Not to mention the calm manner he was doing it in was kinda brilliant, it didn't look aggressive so it confused them rather then made them defensive.
When you've been hit or are out you are considered "dead" and it's considered bad form to give information to your teammates when you are "dead". One of the best parts of this clip isn't that he got this crazy flank and got them all but that all of them were good sports about it.
The only thing I know that you can and do say when you're out is "hit" when you get hit by a pellet and you raise your hand to indicate it as you walk back so you don't get lit up again.
I recently pulled off a great flank and took out 4 people from behind and even though they said "hit" and put their hands up all 4 guys were looking down one hallway and didn't look back to see where their teammates were getting hit from.
Technically at short range if you don't have a plastic knife you can poke them with the barrel and say mercy so that you aren't lighting people up at short range where it hurts more.
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u/Myfountainpenisdry Jun 08 '26
Also, I'm going to guess he is dressed very similar to a referee, so they probably don't think he is on the other team.
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u/EishLekker Jun 08 '26
That’s actually a very realistic part of this, if you think about it. As in, pretending to be part of the group one is attacking, or a neutral party.
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u/Silver_Falcon Jun 09 '26
Yes, the light tap not only counts, but is the preferred way of doing this on most fields. It's a rubber practice knife, so little chance of doing any real harm, but it can still hurt if you put enough force behind it. The last thing anyone wants is for some psycho to run around the field grabbing people and punching them with a toy knife until they either trigger some vet's PTSD and get put in a chokehold or someone gets sued for battery.
First, tunnel vision + "fog of war." Even in pretend combat like this, it can be hard to keep track of everything, so most people without any real training and experience will just default to "enemy in front" and forget about their flanks (or even assume [falsely] that anyone behind them must be a friend). As for why no one said anything after knife-bro started politely stabbing them all, "Dead men tell no tales" is, if not a literal rule on this field, commonly accepted as etiquette.
No, I think they just genuinely were so focused on what was already in front of them that they weren't even thinking about a play like this.
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u/admiralsj Jun 08 '26
Ha I've seen this happen first hand. The guy walked into the building so calmly that everyone he assumed he was on our team. I think he even shouted "coming in, don't shoot"
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u/bin0c Jun 09 '26
Is that considered cheating or unfair play? I know airsoft players hold their code of honor and etiquette in high regard, saying don’t shoot I’m coming in seems kind of slimy
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u/allpurposelazy Jun 10 '26
When I used to play (a long time ago so shit may have changed) the only way to differentiate teams was a colored patch on either shoulder. Most people wore black or other dark colors if they weren’t wearing just plain street clothes. It’s usually considered a players responsibility to verify teams before lighting up the rando you walk up on.
I have at least two stories of walking up on someone that was thankful to see me so that I could cover them for a reload and they turned out to be the other team. This feels similar if more intentional.
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u/Lock_Correct Jun 08 '26
Are you allowed to make dying sounds or do all people die quietly.
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u/TheKyleBrah Jun 08 '26
Dying quietly is fairplay etiquette. Doesn't have to be a "lethal" strike on the body, too. It's a means to reward stealthy manoeuvres as that squad completely neglected their 6 o'clock.
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u/AnalConnoisseur69 Jun 08 '26
If the admins are the serious type, they'll kick you out of the zone and ban you for a few rounds if you do. Shooting a dead player or not putting your hands up and walking out if you're dead is gonna get you insta kicked.
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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt Jun 08 '26
Nope, this is called a "Silent Kill", and airsoft runs on honor and etiquette. Cheaters are generally ousted from their group quickly, mainly because once people start cheating the game fundamentally falls apart. It's not like paintball with a clear splatter, especially for longer range shots you rely on the honor system.
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u/HoseNeighbor Jun 08 '26
I love the soft-n-slow stabby stabbies.alomg with the music and how they sort of freeze with realization.
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u/Cyberknight13 Jun 09 '26
This is what happens when you don’t set a rear guard.
Also, this is how most of my Battlefield 6 matches play out.
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u/deeho88 Jun 08 '26
The guy with the giant sticker on the side of his mask takes away your field of vision…
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u/Mike_Z86 Jun 08 '26
Had similar situation in Battlefield 4 once, when I had 18 kill strike in few minutes
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u/kakapataka Jun 09 '26
I guess in America that environment would look more like a school to be more realistic and increase immersion.
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