I'm late on the party, but if Airsoft was fun for you, just play. Don't worry about us, don't worry about the footage. Just play the game, and if the recording was corrupted, so be it. JUST have fun. If the data was good, well then cool! upload it! Don't bother with the edits like kill confirmed, or something like that. I really enjoy it when you played Airsoft because it was fun to watch, and just seeing raw footage is pretty good to see every aspect of it. Living in Canada, it's kind of hard to find a field for me as well as getting high quality gun, so watching someone play is (especially someone who I admire) it's still fun to watch.
I don't think LevelCap has a personality where when something goes wrong, he can just relax and have fun. It seems like when he sets out to do something, he won't stop until he does it and he won't stop until he's the best at it. So while I'm sure he has fun airsofting even when his footage doesn't come through, he probably is so disappointed he couldn't do what he set out to do that it kinda ruins it. Not trying to talk for LevelCap, but from watching his videos that seems to be his personality.
I live in Quebec and I want to play airsoft. Absolutely no nearby fields though. Fucking sucks. I'm still going to buy a gun and some equipment though.
You just need to go out there and have fun. Just strip off every single camera, don't go all high tech, don't be all serious. Just go out there and have a good time. That's probably to easy for me to say, but really dude, we couldn't care less at this point, if it really meant that much to you, don't let yourself lose it for your sake.
Damn level, I understand now. Sine you've stopped making air soft vids, I usually just watch Airsoftology, Novritsch, and Jet DesertFox. Finally, we get one you tuber that isn't afraid to say No. Keep up the good work level.
as soon as word starts to spread though, expecially with how much more popular airsoft is AND levelcap in general I feel like to some degree his complaints would be worse, or maybe people nowadays are more socially aware now that the internet and internet famous people have become more normalized especially in airsoft and such (aside from kids who will bother / follow famous people either way).
I hate it whenever I play Airsoft and there's hackers and bad hit registration everywhere! like once I shot this hacker 7 billion times but he didn't flinch or raise his arm then he turned around and shot me then wrote :) in the chat like what the fuck? FIX THIS, UBISHIT OR DICE OR WHATEVER
Honestly you hit the nail on the head perfectly in this video. People need to realize to get even one airsoft video its a long process. A few hours in preparation, next day you gotta make it out to field, then the next day editing. Not to mention filed admission, green gas, air, bbs and gas money. Sometimes even toll money. It's a lot of work for something that can go wrong. Your gun could down and boom you wasted x amount of money and time. Another problem you spoke about was refs and field owners beings jerks, I noticed this and was threaten multiple times over something i did in a video, also cursed out by field owners. Last thing was you talked about was being followed, an issue I've dealt with but not on the scale you did, But i applaud you for bringing it up. It's almost been a taboo to say, but common sense when you and friends might be playing tactical or alone and you have people following you. As much as i wanna constantly be making airsoft content its tough and almost counter productive for me. I complete understand your decision, but a lot people wont unless they have witness some of bs that some airsoft youtubers go through.
Lol 38,000 lookin ass boi you can't compare to how many he had when he did Airsoft. Nobody really cares about you that much to try and find you at an Airsoft field lol
I hear ya, I quit years ago after running into numerous asshats on numerous fields. I am ex military and I guess I had unreasonable expectations that a 14 year old could act like an adult as well as some adults acting like 10 year olds. The overwhelming army of asshats was too much to make the time and money worth it.
Try a MILSIM West event? Might enjoy that for a more "controlled" experience but yeah you're right... Even adults are more childish.. Like there are people who spends thousands on their Gear but wouldn't want to get their PC's dirty lol
Yea I respect that... I run with a riot shield so everyone tries to follow me and it's annoying because then the enemy will see my allies and find out how to flank me from behind
As Mythic mentioned, check out MSW(Milsim West). I really stopped playing at any other events. Ran by current/ex military cadre. Mix of airsoft and blanks. Check out videos of the events on youtube and what not.
To be fair, everybody has a bad day, so it might have seemed as if he's bad. Not going to say anything else because I've only watched Level's videos, haven't met him irl.
jacob M in the past when ive gone fishing there was always someone with me who new the ropes. And they would catch fish no worries. But me with the same rig just never had any luck lol
Levelcap, I know this is an old video, and you probably don't even read these comments, but I wanted to thank you personally for getting me into the sport. There is a small group that plays where I live and I love them, and although you stopped making videos years ago, I still come back to them to see what got me into a sport ran by passionate people and honest friends. Thank you.
+Jak The Rapper u mightve not either because being hassled by the public and field refs got annoying, which ruins any experience if u don't want the publicity.
+Chris Abiss , +reptilian warlord Why would u say seems legit, its most legit thing there is , u shot a guy(right spot) with real bullets they die . Now i am wasting my time cuz u wrote a dumb comment ,
your forgetting the fact that lc's "job" is to entertain his audience with content they enjoy. while its true that at the end of the day the decisions for the channel are in the "youtubers" pocket the easiest way for an audience to let a youtuber know how they feel about said decisions are here in the comments section.
willhwiltjr - His videos are about Battlefield anyway so him quitting Airsoft isn’t a big deal because that’s not what this channel is about whatsoever.
willhwiltjr Well but if it's making him upset he is not obligated to entertain us. He is a person like you and me. I'd say if he just isn't enjoying airsoft as much as before then let him go.
Brork You personally can, but can a ref who's just glancing your way from 50 feet? Not really. Paintball has cheaters just like airsoft. In fact, I've probably experienced more cheating at paintball than airsoft. I don't think I've really had any bad times at airsoft games but the Californians get far too many people for all of them to be decent.
Craigslist and ask what you can do without. I guess my paintball background, with premium paint being expensive, led me to use ammo conservatively. I usually played hopper ball so a 300 round high cap mag would be plenty for me; so all I run is a spectra flex 8 full cover, gloves and a gun. That cut my budget in half.
I watched you when I was like 8 or 9 years old and you inspired me to get into airsoft. I got a crappy umarex HK416 aeg, and plinked with that until I was about 11 or 12 when I was old enough to play. I bought an ARP9 and went to a local CQB field. I had a blast and I go to that same field all the time (High ground in Spring Tx). Many years later here I am enjoying the sport with my MTW. Thanks man! (Even tho u wont see this)
***** oh i thought he was showing BF5 footage because it couldn't possibly be air soft footage as he's stopped playing do you understand my confusion. Please explain to me I'm sooo confused. :(
You should make new videos, no more reviews, just fun gameplays for whenever you want to film. No editing to make it easy on you too! I would love that, and so would others.
whitepaws60 As long as it was "hey sign my gun. I'll pretend you're a random schmuck after that." sure. If they followed me around filming, I'd lose my shit.
+Garth S If my channel was as big as Level's i'm sure it would ruin it for me too. I have had a few people come up to me but it was about 2 or 3. If everyone in the field was following me around i think I would stop playing.
I dont watch your videos, so i have no idea who you are or what you do. But, I am glad that your opening statement and main point was "I ruined this for myself", Im glad you realize that, and aren't trying to blame other people for it. And when you did blame other people, your points were completely understandable. Good for you man, hopefully you get back into the sport and back to enjoying it
I'm sorry this happened level cap... I'm 100% going to miss your vids... keep gaming though. I'm sad the sport got ruined for you, it's gonna be weird not getting amped by your stuff. I hope down the road you will try this again! You, Jet, Leah, The guys in NODE, all of you airsoft youtubers helped me decide to get into the sport and to now look into making youtube videos myself. I hope you do well for yourself now and stay safe!
I used to like airsoft, but to be honest its the community of whiners, cheaters and asshats that made me sell my guns and gear. No point in spending time around those that you would rather shoot with a real gun
I still play airsoft to this day and I agree with you. However, I cant exactly agree with the part about the guns. I have both firearms and airsoft all together. Who says you can only do one?
Holret majority of hits are extremely visible. and we have refs to go call them out. even if you wipe its still visible lmao and if they do wipe just spray em down more. itll hurt ;)
Wow anti gunners think airsoft brings a bad crowd. Even airsoft is not excluded from the anti gun movement. Reference Nutnfancys Video of Democrats with Guns.
+U1T1MATR1X They must be banned! They have evil black accessories such as extended magazine grips, death inducing mind control rails, and telescoping stocks that render them extremely concealable. Or so the liberals say.
Good vid dude, nice to hear this kind of explanation. I think it was really worth a try with this I think people just really underestimate how much work is involved in producing content.
+Kersey Hachi Well you know levelcap, he needs to find a reason to complain and always has some excuse. Once something goes wrong he automatically does not give any time to work with it and try again. You could bet that if he was missing legos from a set, he wouldn't even upload because he is so worried about being perfect.
I know its been a long time levelcap, but even if you only made one or two airsoft videos a moth, that'd still be pretty cool. Just an idea. Still love your content.
its not fun lol he quit 8 yrs ago... imagine the shit that happens on a field now we had kids beat people with wooden katanas so bad i had to punch one in the face with a rock, people using aluminum bbs that can mess up actual armor, or high pressure airguns that basically allow you to cheat when ever you want by turning a dial to up your pressure
+666666MetalHead You have to remember all of the footage he is showing has been edited. I'm not saying he never called his hits but it's easy to hide him not calling them. I've been a fan of levelcap for years now and I really hope he calls his hits. Also after playing airsoft for 3 years there's shots where you think you hit some one but didn't and hits where you were hit but didn't know you got hit.
Yeah, this is something a lot of people don't realize, those vests are really bulky and many times you can get hit and not even feel or hear it. My rule is if they don't react, they probably didn't feel it and just shoot again. Its realistic too. People in real life don't drop just because you shoot them once in many cases.
Would you believe me if I said yes? Probably not. I'm just some chump online with no background as far as anyone knows. Take my words at face value. Besides, just "shooting someone" doesn't make anyone an authority on combat. A lot of people have jobs where they had to shoot someone, or even just a law abiding citizen. However, people are very diverse and die in very different ways depending on their mindset and physiological concerns. There isn't one-size-fits-all solution to any threat. Fire until no longer a threat, no more, no less.
Classic "over achiever" burnout. This psychological and motivational breakdown is common amongst perfectionist personalities who ultimately burn themselves out and move on to something else in life. In life, moderation is the key to happiness. Know it. Live it.
+mestido Even getting 1 camera to work is a pain batteries can fail which is normally manageable with 1 sometimes you forget to start the camera, they can or at least mine just used to go off sometimes after a long time, then sometimes you will go to look at what you recorded and its corrupted and im sure all these problems are amplified when your trying to attach 3 cameras and have them all run when you want them to.
I wish people stopped saying stuff like "Paintball is better, stop playing airsoft because it is stupid." I play paintball because I enjoy it. I don't try to sway someone else to do what you think is better. There is a lot to learn between sports. I learn from LevelCap some strategies to use for MagFed paintball. Stop trying to make people feel bad because they play a game that they love.
Technically they both are the same, what with the only differences being that air soft feels a bit more realistic, but hurts less, and with paintball being more national/famous and enjoyable.
Took long enough to make this video... I come back every few months to see if a new video is posted and after like 2 years we finally have a reason folks.
The equipment part was dead on. I spend about half the day charging batteries alone and I have like 2 backup systems for everything because cameras die, guns die, glasses fog and everything else you can think of. Nothing more frustrating than going out to record and having a camera issue or just having a bad day when you get owned and you have nothing to show for it.
I can absolutely back up level on the time it takes to produce airsoft videos and turning my hobby into a job as being the main reasons I majorly slowed down on video production myself. People recognizing you at games can also get rather, well annoying but that didn't bother me too much. What bothered me is just how immature and hostile the airsoft community is at large. People would walk up to me, talk about how they loved my videos, then 30 minutes later insult someone else they just met for their gear. It's just not a very supportive community.
I am back to say I miss your airsoft videos. Rewatching this video I realize what you are saying. But I miss this content from you. So refined, such AMAZING editing. I hope aspiring content creators of this topic will study your content and imitate/adapt this style. P.S I hope you can still play airsoft for fun even if you do not create content
LevelCap, when I was a n00b at airsoft your videos really inspired me to get better at playing and weapon maintenance and I really appreciated all the tips and tricks to get better! Sucks you won't continue with them, but your reasoning is quite sound.
aint no sunshine whens she's gone. anytimme she goes away. get out and play man. hell you impress us enough with gaming. go enjoy yourself leave us out of it.
Thank you for answering us. At least you came out and explained and helped us know why you stopped. Hopefully some others will learn from this how to help make a better experience in the future and show people how they can ruin aspects of the game.
i hope you can kinda get in to it again eventually, airsoft is a great sport, maybe eventually you can get back into it without a camera or anything and just enjoy it man.
I love this video. The way you accurately describe how there becomes a standard and expectation and anything less invites so much criticism. It takes such a mental toll on the person. Not only that but not being able to manage and actually support having so many people expect you to do things or friendships. It's like never being able to sit down without some form of mental stress and not many people understand that. Crazy video
just remembered that the last time I went there was a guy who had an attack of PTSD or something and took refuge in a tower and was full autoing anyone who walked by... including the guy who talked him down ... it was terrifying but it ended alright... except he wasn't welcome to the field anymore for his and everyone else's saftey... gonna mist ol' Shifty Ricky gonna miss him. And I don't know you firsthand, and I haven't been following till recently, but as a fellow airsoft competitive player you shall be missed in that aspect. I'm sure you made the worthy opponent... great set up.
I respect him making this judgment It has been harder for him than for audiences Once something you like become way too much to handle, the frustration is not everyone would expect Tho I am a little bit disappointed that there won't be airsoft content in the near future ,but I understand why he made that call
Your reason is very similar to why I kinda stopped playing airsoft in general. I spent way to much money on stuff I don’t need. The final straw was when I spent almost $400 on the Krytac Trident CRB MK2 which was not a decent gun.
Hi levelcap, you're one of the reasons why I started this great hobby. Its been more than a year since you've left but I often still hope you'd suddenly upload another airsoft video. I and a whole lot of your fans would love to see you back in the airsoft scene. I personally found you to be my favorite airsoft RUclipsr. I hope you can reconsider even making a few videos every few months, just any bit of content would be great. Hope I can see some gameplay soon, with much love and support!
I understand at least partially what this is like. A couple years ago I started repairing and upgrading AEG's for others for payment, this eventually made me take a looong break from airsoft. Working on guns is half the fun of airsoft for me, and turning that from a joy to a job took much of the fun out of airsofting for me. Lately I've gotten more back into airsoft again, and I won't do tech work for others anymore, I'll only work on my own guns and try and simplify things a bit.
Sorry that you had all this happen to you. Not going to get all Fanboy on you, but you and Jet are the two that visually introduced into Airsoft. Before your videos, i thought was a "lil" kid way of trying to play paintball. boy was i wrong. For all it's worth, thank you for your time and effort.
Hey, I completely understand why you quit playing, so it's totally okay. That being said, I hope that you can go back to it after a few months or even a year or two just to have fun with it every once in a while.
Dude you were such a good player and i miss the old videos. I hope someday you will have a change of heart, but no pressure I understand why you stopped.
I can completely understand. Sure beats a 9-5 though. I would like to play some Airsoft with you, so if you ever come back hit me up.
dutch ur my favorite youtuber i watch all ur vids
Dutch you are my favorite airsoft you tuber
Eat me
Dang bro u a good person honestly... I based my set up off ours bro... u got me into airsoft thx man
I love you
I'm late on the party, but if Airsoft was fun for you, just play. Don't worry about us, don't worry about the footage. Just play the game, and if the recording was corrupted, so be it. JUST have fun. If the data was good, well then cool! upload it! Don't bother with the edits like kill confirmed, or something like that. I really enjoy it when you played Airsoft because it was fun to watch, and just seeing raw footage is pretty good to see every aspect of it. Living in Canada, it's kind of hard to find a field for me as well as getting high quality gun, so watching someone play is (especially someone who I admire) it's still fun to watch.
Thank god he made a ton of Airsoft videos. Because of that I can still watch and enjoy his content.
I don't think LevelCap has a personality where when something goes wrong, he can just relax and have fun. It seems like when he sets out to do something, he won't stop until he does it and he won't stop until he's the best at it. So while I'm sure he has fun airsofting even when his footage doesn't come through, he probably is so disappointed he couldn't do what he set out to do that it kinda ruins it. Not trying to talk for LevelCap, but from watching his videos that seems to be his personality.
Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen Yeah I agree on that.
I live in Quebec and I want to play airsoft. Absolutely no nearby fields though. Fucking sucks. I'm still going to buy a gun and some equipment though.
@Unknown Whisper Depending on where you live, I'm Canadian and have several fields indoor and outdoor.
These Battlefield graphics are getting out of hand..
It's so real!
Needs more MSAA.
Lol
+Jett I heard he will be nerfing he graphics
+RACCHIETTO 16x MSAA
Anyone else a grown man now remembering not only watching these as a child, but the iconic intro
Why tf does RUclips keep recommending this?!
Money
Same wtf.
+Zach Bellman Its not a bad video at all, but I did just watch it because it has been recommended all week!
+james augusta Joyce What? haha
+James Brewer ditto lol
You just need to go out there and have fun. Just strip off every single camera, don't go all high tech, don't be all serious. Just go out there and have a good time. That's probably to easy for me to say, but really dude, we couldn't care less at this point, if it really meant that much to you, don't let yourself lose it for your sake.
Michael kaster ..yeah just keep it simple and just have some fun.
Damn level, I understand now. Sine you've stopped making air soft vids, I usually just watch Airsoftology, Novritsch, and Jet DesertFox. Finally, we get one you tuber that isn't afraid to say No. Keep up the good work level.
Since*
Agreed.
+steeler091 Try +MattTheMusketeer he makes great content as well.
Level your still one of favorite you tubers. And finally someone who isn't afraid to say no to his subs
Same it's always good to accept someone's truths
It’s been 8 years, I feel like you could go to the field and enjoy a game without too much recognition!
as soon as word starts to spread though, expecially with how much more popular airsoft is AND levelcap in general I feel like to some degree his complaints would be worse, or maybe people nowadays are more socially aware now that the internet and internet famous people have become more normalized especially in airsoft and such (aside from kids who will bother / follow famous people either way).
I hate it whenever I play Airsoft and there's hackers and bad hit registration everywhere! like once I shot this hacker 7 billion times but he didn't flinch or raise his arm then he turned around and shot me then wrote :) in the chat like what the fuck?
FIX THIS, UBISHIT OR DICE OR WHATEVER
lmao
:)
+Ricardo Quaresma lolz
+Ricardo Quaresma i swer evry1 walls me VACaction plz
what about the lag!! OMG!!
Honestly you hit the nail on the head perfectly in this video. People need to realize to get even one airsoft video its a long process. A few hours in preparation, next day you gotta make it out to field, then the next day editing. Not to mention filed admission, green gas, air, bbs and gas money. Sometimes even toll money. It's a lot of work for something that can go wrong. Your gun could down and boom you wasted x amount of money and time. Another problem you spoke about was refs and field owners beings jerks, I noticed this and was threaten multiple times over something i did in a video, also cursed out by field owners. Last thing was you talked about was being followed, an issue I've dealt with but not on the scale you did, But i applaud you for bringing it up. It's almost been a taboo to say, but common sense when you and friends might be playing tactical or alone and you have people following you. As much as i wanna constantly be making airsoft content its tough and almost counter productive for me. I complete understand your decision, but a lot people wont unless they have witness some of bs that some airsoft youtubers go through.
Lol
Lol 38,000 lookin ass boi you can't compare to how many he had when he did Airsoft. Nobody really cares about you that much to try and find you at an Airsoft field lol
+Josh Cadwell fuck off, dont be such a debby downer ffs
+Josh Cadwell 38,000 more than you.
+Josh Cadwell lmao fuck off piece of shit
I hear ya, I quit years ago after running into numerous asshats on numerous fields. I am ex military and I guess I had unreasonable expectations that a 14 year old could act like an adult as well as some adults acting like 10 year olds. The overwhelming army of asshats was too much to make the time and money worth it.
lmaoo
Try a MILSIM West event? Might enjoy that for a more "controlled" experience but yeah you're right... Even adults are more childish.. Like there are people who spends thousands on their Gear but wouldn't want to get their PC's dirty lol
Yea I respect that... I run with a riot shield so everyone tries to follow me and it's annoying because then the enemy will see my allies and find out how to flank me from behind
you play with a riot shield that sounds cheap
As Mythic mentioned, check out MSW(Milsim West). I really stopped playing at any other events.
Ran by current/ex military cadre. Mix of airsoft and blanks. Check out videos of the events on youtube and what not.
well thats one way to get deppresed over airsoft
Jordan James what's the other way?
+xjZaTcHeeTx GaMeRz eating Airsoft pellets.
Jordan James this has become tumblr
Ikr he totally discouraged me!
I can't believe he talked for the whole 14.17! Well done
I feel ya
love your videos
ayyy novritsch! love your videos!
+NOVRITSCH you're a god
Hey Novritsch! Keep up the good work and KEEP PUMPING PEOPLE FULL OF PLASTIC!!!
Don't quit man. Your videos are awesome
i sometimes lay in bed watching his airsoft videos, those were good times, i think i need to let it go. "sniff"
I did to
Sucks that he's actually trash at airsoft
Doesn't make the videos any less fun to watch even if he is :P
Shiruzun
I actually had a close friend of mine play against him once at SC Village, I think the fields name is
To be fair, everybody has a bad day, so it might have seemed as if he's bad. Not going to say anything else because I've only watched Level's videos, haven't met him irl.
Try fishing... fish doesn't care who you are, what you do and why are you filming while they are naked.
hahaha
when it comes to fishing i think im cursed. the fish seem to avoid my line like the plague :(
lamebubblesflysohigh I would like that hahaha I love fishing
karma bad try fishing different swims/what are you fishing for you might use the wrong rig?
jacob M in the past when ive gone fishing there was always someone with me who new the ropes. And they would catch fish no worries. But me with the same rig just never had any luck lol
Levelcap, I know this is an old video, and you probably don't even read these comments, but I wanted to thank you personally for getting me into the sport. There is a small group that plays where I live and I love them, and although you stopped making videos years ago, I still come back to them to see what got me into a sport ran by passionate people and honest friends. Thank you.
Exactly. Still watching.
The short answer: "It became work". TL;DW
hi
+Shitty Bill Not really cuz he doesnt even play it at all now bc of time to go there, gear and more.
+christian skovby you didn't listen to the video
+Shitty Bill It became illogical to do considering time spent vs viewable content.
+Jak The Rapper u mightve not either because being hassled by the public and field refs got annoying, which ruins any experience if u don't want the publicity.
Level cap I love your Airsoft videos and wish you could do more but I can now see why you are doing them anymore.
Arent*
+StuntcatTV he did it no need to do it
+ToxicMuffin Can you even write a coherent sentence?
HAILmy FÜHRER could you even shut the fuck up
+HAILmy FÜHRER why the fuck does it matter, anyone would understand it perfectly.
Soo when's the next air soft vid
+Wyatt Hunter your stupid did u watch the video
haha
+Cage Schumacher you imbecile he is being sarcastic
+Wyatt Hunter ass soon as his views start dropping and he needs money
+KoG GoK Ass...
I bet he still plays but he doesn't record
Kasim Uchiha its up to him
profiling well considering he sold most of his gear thru Spartan117GW's Insta he probably won't go again
Yea, I guess so.
no shit
SyncrifiedTV pff I bet he kept a few extra guns in case he wants to play again 😂
think of the money you could've spent on airsoft if you didn't have a mancave full of Legos
+John Hendrix Think of all the Legos he could have bought with the money he spent on airsoft and BBs
+JonatasMonte ikr
+John Hendrix Think of all the actual guns he could have bought if he didn't have a man-cave full of fake, pellet shooting replicas.
+67th Wow dude no need to get all smart it's a comment section of a RUclips vid turn down the NaCl
+Valarius J. wow thinks how many years he could have spent in jail if he had bought the real guns and went shooting in airsoft game
Use real bullets. That will eliminate the cheaters.
Wow...
Totally ;)
seems legit
+Chris Abiss , +reptilian warlord Why would u say seems legit, its most legit thing there is , u shot a guy(right spot) with real bullets they die . Now i am wasting my time cuz u wrote a dumb comment ,
+Noitse Noitse lol its a joke calm down bud
I hate all the people who disrespect his choices, just let him live.
your forgetting the fact that lc's "job" is to entertain his audience with content they enjoy. while its true that at the end of the day the decisions for the channel are in the "youtubers" pocket the easiest way for an audience to let a youtuber know how they feel about said decisions are here in the comments section.
willhwiltjr - His videos are about Battlefield anyway so him quitting Airsoft isn’t a big deal because that’s not what this channel is about whatsoever.
willhwiltjr Well but if it's making him upset he is not obligated to entertain us. He is a person like you and me. I'd say if he just isn't enjoying airsoft as much as before then let him go.
WAGaming agreed
yea man respect for him that he made this choice
I bet he stares at his airsoft gun rack and is like “aah the good ol days
I mean he probably still plays on his free time right
Why I decided to stop playing air soft : I decided to lose my virginity.
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Im an airsofter and i lost my Virginity at 15
+Victor Rodriguez your right hand doesnt count though
+Terence Levi It was actually your moms right hand
+Victor Rodriguez losing your virginity only applies with consensual, well you know. So hand stuff with his mom doesn't count.
Cheating becomes a lot more difficult when you play paintball. You say "nah I wasn't hit" when there's paint all over the front of your shirt.
This is literally only true for like an hour. After you've been hit a few dozen times it's nearly impossible to tell new hits.
TotalMetalJacket you can still usually tell after checking how wet it is
Brork
You personally can, but can a ref who's just glancing your way from 50 feet? Not really.
Paintball has cheaters just like airsoft. In fact, I've probably experienced more cheating at paintball than airsoft. I don't think I've really had any bad times at airsoft games but the Californians get far too many people for all of them to be decent.
TotalMetalJacket
You are right. Some places I've been to though you go under like a shower between rounds to get the paint off
RM 98 yeah, and if they try I just let the ref know to watch, if they don't watch them it's crappy refs
I stopped playing, oh wait, I never started cause im poor as fuck.
same
😂😂 same here
They are really expensive. It kinda sucks
+Alexander Babajev Generally most sites do rentals if you're just going for the fun of the sport, and its quite cheap
Craigslist and ask what you can do without. I guess my paintball background, with premium paint being expensive, led me to use ammo conservatively. I usually played hopper ball so a 300 round high cap mag would be plenty for me; so all I run is a spectra flex 8 full cover, gloves and a gun. That cut my budget in half.
I watched you when I was like 8 or 9 years old and you inspired me to get into airsoft. I got a crappy umarex HK416 aeg, and plinked with that until I was about 11 or 12 when I was old enough to play. I bought an ARP9 and went to a local CQB field. I had a blast and I go to that same field all the time (High ground in Spring Tx). Many years later here I am enjoying the sport with my MTW. Thanks man! (Even tho u wont see this)
Same thing I loved level when I was younger
hey levelcap whens your next airsoft video
Alex Williams crying but hoping he would 😪
iDoEtc Haha nice
Nocturnal987 lmao
Matthew Patterson Ironically you are the stupid one for not understanding the clearly obvious joke.
Ssa Insider i have to say you're way more stupid if you cant see thats something called "sarcasm"
my sound was broken is this bf5 this looks amazing I didn't realise this was out. is this this beta version? I'm glad the mini maps gone.
Gr8 b8 m8
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+Daniel Hall you understand jokes, don't you
+Tristan Ward Coombe Take this L
***** oh i thought he was showing BF5 footage because it couldn't possibly be air soft footage as he's stopped playing do you understand my confusion. Please explain to me I'm sooo confused. :(
Really sorry to here all this man:(
Hear*
+Thegamingbeaver *Hear
+Thegamingbeaver facepalm
+doge But he's right...
+221Prohunter I'm always right. *said in batman voice*
Miss these vids bro, youre one of the OGs that got me into airsoft
You should make new videos, no more reviews, just fun gameplays for whenever you want to film. No editing to make it easy on you too! I would love that, and so would others.
Sesh
agree mate
+Pancake Abortions
no the editing makes it the same as any other youtuber, you barely see any uncut videos
+speedqbcam I concur
I would love it.
The random fans would ruin it for me immediately... Good thing nobody knows who the fuck I am! :D
haha
If it was only like 2 people a day who wanted me to sign their gun or something but if it was 50 a day yeah no..
whitepaws60 As long as it was "hey sign my gun. I'll pretend you're a random schmuck after that." sure. If they followed me around filming, I'd lose my shit.
+Garth S If my channel was as big as Level's i'm sure it would ruin it for me too. I have had a few people come up to me but it was about 2 or 3. If everyone in the field was following me around i think I would stop playing.
+Garth S I'd guess your name is Ban and you are nearly immortal because you drank from the well of fortune. Was I right?
I dont watch your videos, so i have no idea who you are or what you do. But, I am glad that your opening statement and main point was "I ruined this for myself", Im glad you realize that, and aren't trying to blame other people for it. And when you did blame other people, your points were completely understandable. Good for you man, hopefully you get back into the sport and back to enjoying it
I hope you still play airsoft without recording it sucks RUclips ruined your experience
dank shiz YT ruins lots of stuff.
I would argue that RUclips didn't. Annoying ass fanboys who don't know how to say "Hey LevelCap, love your content! Have fun !" and then fuck off did.
Dude do what ever makes you feel good , will always support you
I'm sorry this happened level cap... I'm 100% going to miss your vids... keep gaming though.
I'm sad the sport got ruined for you, it's gonna be weird not getting amped by your stuff.
I hope down the road you will try this again!
You, Jet, Leah, The guys in NODE, all of you airsoft youtubers helped me decide to get into the sport and to now look into making youtube videos myself. I hope you do well for yourself now and stay safe!
Thank you for clearing this out. I miss your airsoft videos, which I enjoyed a great deal but I totally understand your reasons. Take care, man.
I used to like airsoft, but to be honest its the community of whiners, cheaters and asshats that made me sell my guns and gear. No point in spending time around those that you would rather shoot with a real gun
Xulius Caesar to fucking true, and I don't even play Airsoft
"No Point in spending time around those that you would rather shoot with a real gun" lol i liked this so much
I still play airsoft to this day and I agree with you. However, I cant exactly agree with the part about the guns. I have both firearms and airsoft all together. Who says you can only do one?
you do know that paintballers who cheat use microfiber towels to wipe off the evidence? true story!
Holret majority of hits are extremely visible. and we have refs to go call them out. even if you wipe its still visible lmao and if they do wipe just spray em down more. itll hurt ;)
Wow anti gunners think airsoft brings a bad crowd. Even airsoft is not excluded from the anti gun movement. Reference Nutnfancys Video of Democrats with Guns.
Truth
+U1T1MATR1X They must be banned! They have evil black accessories such as extended magazine grips, death inducing mind control rails, and telescoping stocks that render them extremely concealable. Or so the liberals say.
+U1T1MATR1X We paintballers fall under the same crap. It's so pathetic to see people like this.
+U1T1MATR1X When will people understand that it is humans that are violent, not toy or digital or even real guns? Jeesus.
+U1T1MATR1X hell, nerf guns are even like that.
Good vid dude, nice to hear this kind of explanation. I think it was really worth a try with this I think people just really underestimate how much work is involved in producing content.
Do you airsoft Luetin?
+Luetin09 good support and nice try to get likes yes luetin i know who you are
well you took literally 3mins to reply i think you could do better
you can just use 1 camera dont care if it records or not if it does edit it and yah if it doesnt well just let it pass just play the game
^
That's what I was thinkin
+Kersey Hachi Well you know levelcap, he needs to find a reason to complain and always has some excuse. Once something goes wrong he automatically does not give any time to work with it and try again. You could bet that if he was missing legos from a set, he wouldn't even upload because he is so worried about being perfect.
Lol he is such a little girl no offense but common is fucking air-soft
+Tyler DeVore it became unfun for him...
I know its been a long time levelcap, but even if you only made one or two airsoft videos a moth, that'd still be pretty cool. Just an idea. Still love your content.
Dude did you even watch the video?
Moth
@@skeebzoyoungerzzz707 Id be happy with one video of airsoft a year XD
RIP good 'ole days
Its all about you having fun man, you really don't owe anybody airsoft videos.
exactly. those that complaints, go make your own videos.
OKAY! Are you fucking happy RUclips I watched your recommended video
DO NOT GIVE IN TO THE TUBE !!
8:20 "8 kids following wherever I went"
son you gave up an IRL opportunity to lead a noob squad.
Noob squads can wreck when utilized properly
@Hans _ "it's like a slug shotgun, with all the pellets getting fired it can't miss"
You're not just an idiot, you're stupid.
Thwack No.
Tomato Jeff What do you mean no?
First kid takes the gun the second kid takes the BBs!
I'm glad you finally made this video and was honest. Completely understand
FINALLY A SOMEWHAT AIRSOFT VID!!!!!!!!!
lol
+Joshua Urbany we have finally received the air soft vid to end all airsoft vids
ya
lvlcap just go play airsoft for your fun dont make video out of it go play have fun man
Yeah, those armies of kids following him with cameras will make the videos so he doesn't have to.
+Asim Deyaf He still had to spend time and edit the video.
+Antonio Salopek truth
+Asim Deyaf lol
BLUEDRAGONFLY Don't worry. The kids will upload the full unedited 8 hours of footage for everyone to enjoy.
Then play Airsoft for the fun of it. Don't do it for RUclips it's easy. Just make it your fun hobby like before
its not fun lol he quit 8 yrs ago... imagine the shit that happens on a field now we had kids beat people with wooden katanas so bad i had to punch one in the face with a rock, people using aluminum bbs that can mess up actual armor, or high pressure airguns that basically allow you to cheat when ever you want by turning a dial to up your pressure
Yea I can understand how a new player wouldn't call when they get hit
Thats funny because people I know that had airsofted with him said he would do the same exact thing not calling out.
Yet there is footage of him calling his hits.
+666666MetalHead You have to remember all of the footage he is showing has been edited. I'm not saying he never called his hits but it's easy to hide him not calling them. I've been a fan of levelcap for years now and I really hope he calls his hits. Also after playing airsoft for 3 years there's shots where you think you hit some one but didn't and hits where you were hit but didn't know you got hit.
Yeah, this is something a lot of people don't realize, those vests are really bulky and many times you can get hit and not even feel or hear it. My rule is if they don't react, they probably didn't feel it and just shoot again. Its realistic too. People in real life don't drop just because you shoot them once in many cases.
Would you believe me if I said yes? Probably not. I'm just some chump online with no background as far as anyone knows. Take my words at face value. Besides, just "shooting someone" doesn't make anyone an authority on combat. A lot of people have jobs where they had to shoot someone, or even just a law abiding citizen. However, people are very diverse and die in very different ways depending on their mindset and physiological concerns. There isn't one-size-fits-all solution to any threat. Fire until no longer a threat, no more, no less.
The only reason I was subscribed to this channel is for airsoft xD.
IKR
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Your 3 camera setup inspired our channel! Please consider making more videos some day.
Classic "over achiever" burnout. This psychological and motivational breakdown is common amongst perfectionist personalities who ultimately burn themselves out and move on to something else in life. In life, moderation is the key to happiness. Know it. Live it.
Vindication Well there's my life in one yt comment.
The secret to life is: _"Remove false expectations"_
So true man
It's 2016 how cameras can fail to record?
+mestido Data corruption, batteries failing etc
you have obviously never used a camera
Gopro
+mestido have u ever used a camers to record long hours of footage?
+mestido Even getting 1 camera to work is a pain batteries can fail which is normally manageable with 1 sometimes you forget to start the camera, they can or at least mine just used to go off sometimes after a long time, then sometimes you will go to look at what you recorded and its corrupted and im sure all these problems are amplified when your trying to attach 3 cameras and have them all run when you want them to.
start using real guns, they cant deny a hit ;D
DoctorsGaming omg
Tkcb 2799 LOOL
Chris W ikr I use one all the time
emo pizza 😍😍😍😍😍
emo pizza jk wtfatolladero
Playing with real guns is cooler.
You cant run around shooting your friends with real guns
+puco44 Oh yes you can
+Evan Wiger 😂😂😂
Because you can get the same experience by shooting and killing real people... Riiiiiight.
'Murica
2022 anyone ? Feeling nostalgic for level Cap airsoft
yup
I wish people stopped saying stuff like "Paintball is better, stop playing airsoft because it is stupid." I play paintball because I enjoy it. I don't try to sway someone else to do what you think is better. There is a lot to learn between sports. I learn from LevelCap some strategies to use for MagFed paintball. Stop trying to make people feel bad because they play a game that they love.
I feel you bro I like air soft because I think it's more realistic but I enjoy paintball more because it's just a more fun of a game
+MegaLibra01 FINALLY, SOMEONE THAT AGREES WITH ME!
true.even if I never played airsoft but I enjoy watching it and I love paint ball both of them are good cuz like its just a game.
they r the same thing its what people prefer
Technically they both are the same, what with the only differences being that air soft feels a bit more realistic, but hurts less, and with paintball being more national/famous and enjoyable.
Took long enough to make this video... I come back every few months to see if a new video is posted and after like 2 years we finally have a reason folks.
That's how I am
The equipment part was dead on. I spend about half the day charging batteries alone and I have like 2 backup systems for everything because cameras die, guns die, glasses fog and everything else you can think of. Nothing more frustrating than going out to record and having a camera issue or just having a bad day when you get owned and you have nothing to show for it.
as with everything, go back to the basic, people make things so complicated and kill their enjoyment...keep it simple.
Triston Webber ...agree. my love to airsoft started with the guns so im back to that.. no interesr in playin games yet.
yes, all the rest are excuses
Damn man the graphics are crazy though
Bf5 footage leaked.
+Austin Bullock i dont like bf5 its 2 shaky when running :/
Real life game i will try it soon .... ;)
+villetzu Half Life sucks though... #CSGOMasterrace
+Austin Bullock were from
I can absolutely back up level on the time it takes to produce airsoft videos and turning my hobby into a job as being the main reasons I majorly slowed down on video production myself. People recognizing you at games can also get rather, well annoying but that didn't bother me too much. What bothered me is just how immature and hostile the airsoft community is at large. People would walk up to me, talk about how they loved my videos, then 30 minutes later insult someone else they just met for their gear. It's just not a very supportive community.
Literally never happens in the uk. I think the US airsoft community is just alot more toxic because of how easy it is to get into.
Holy shit. 1 year and he finally made a video on it.
I am back to say I miss your airsoft videos. Rewatching this video I realize what you are saying. But I miss this content from you. So refined, such AMAZING editing. I hope aspiring content creators of this topic will study your content and imitate/adapt this style. P.S I hope you can still play airsoft for fun even if you do not create content
I understand that man.
You don't have to record if you don't want to.
Just go out and have fun. Relax.
+Krongfah Mahankalarp couldn't agree more
Good for you level cap. Do what is fun for you and dont let anyone tell u different
bro you know what you need? an abrasive side. just firmly say no. get ticked off and tell people off. they will stop bothering you.
LevelCap, when I was a n00b at airsoft your videos really inspired me to get better at playing and weapon maintenance and I really appreciated all the tips and tricks to get better! Sucks you won't continue with them, but your reasoning is quite sound.
that ghillie suit was badass. I'm sorry this didn't work out for you.
aint no sunshine whens she's gone. anytimme she goes away. get out and play man. hell you impress us enough with gaming. go enjoy yourself leave us out of it.
Bravo to you Levelcap for handling this as professional as possible.
+Austin Hernandez Agreed!
man i loved you effort to trying to answer the question but we all are still here and still watch and love your videos
Thank you for answering us. At least you came out and explained and helped us know why you stopped. Hopefully some others will learn from this how to help make a better experience in the future and show people how they can ruin aspects of the game.
i hope you can kinda get in to it again eventually, airsoft is a great sport, maybe eventually you can get back into it without a camera or anything and just enjoy it man.
level, take a break from it, dont play for a few months and let it die, and slowly get back into it but dont record it, do it for fun not work
+Er Fl No. He'll know when or if he wants to get back into it
I love this video. The way you accurately describe how there becomes a standard and expectation and anything less invites so much criticism. It takes such a mental toll on the person. Not only that but not being able to manage and actually support having so many people expect you to do things or friendships. It's like never being able to sit down without some form of mental stress and not many people understand that. Crazy video
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO SO LONG
I like how this dude is expressing his deep feelings and people are mocking it by saying "so when's the next airsoft vid"
For dropping out of Airsoft I sentence you to 15 years of hard Labour
+Kim Jong Un You drop out Airsoft- Fiteen yeas harh labah*
+Sean Sullivan ???
+Charles Lego Creations asian joke
Making fun of an Asian accent
you should go out and play with some buddies now that you had some time away , i loved watching you when i was growing up
just remembered that the last time I went there was a guy who had an attack of PTSD or something and took refuge in a tower and was full autoing anyone who walked by... including the guy who talked him down ... it was terrifying but it ended alright... except he wasn't welcome to the field anymore for his and everyone else's saftey... gonna mist ol' Shifty Ricky gonna miss him. And I don't know you firsthand, and I haven't been following till recently, but as a fellow airsoft competitive player you shall be missed in that aspect. I'm sure you made the worthy opponent... great set up.
I respect him making this judgment
It has been harder for him than for audiences
Once something you like become way too much to handle, the frustration is not everyone would expect
Tho I am a little bit disappointed that there won't be airsoft content in the near future ,but I understand why he made that call
This totally makes sense man! We understand
Your reason is very similar to why I kinda stopped playing airsoft in general. I spent way to much money on stuff I don’t need. The final straw was when I spent almost $400 on the Krytac Trident CRB MK2 which was not a decent gun.
Totally understand lvlcap. Do what you wanna do bro.
Thank you for telling us why you stopped
Almost no-one cheats in airsoft here in Sweden
i live in cali, not many people cheat at my local field but damn... every other field near me is full of them
Murica
Yeah it's the same here in the UK.
Germany & Austria never cheat
in the Netherlands half the people playing airsoft suck balls(cheat) freaking annoying
Hi levelcap, you're one of the reasons why I started this great hobby. Its been more than a year since you've left but I often still hope you'd suddenly upload another airsoft video. I and a whole lot of your fans would love to see you back in the airsoft scene. I personally found you to be my favorite airsoft RUclipsr. I hope you can reconsider even making a few videos every few months, just any bit of content would be great. Hope I can see some gameplay soon, with much love and support!
I used to play air soft like every week with my friends cause we lived right next to a arena but now everyone plays damn video games all day.
Man If I had an army of eight year olds following me I would control them like in a RTS. Send them in to check buildings and stuff.
+Nitinai Krulamphu (UmiKaze) jesus xD
I understand at least partially what this is like. A couple years ago I started repairing and upgrading AEG's for others for payment, this eventually made me take a looong break from airsoft. Working on guns is half the fun of airsoft for me, and turning that from a joy to a job took much of the fun out of airsofting for me. Lately I've gotten more back into airsoft again, and I won't do tech work for others anymore, I'll only work on my own guns and try and simplify things a bit.
Håkon T. It
Cheating in competition paintball was crazy. Slide wiping off the break was the norm, ruined the game.
Sorry that you had all this happen to you. Not going to get all Fanboy on you, but you and Jet are the two that visually introduced into Airsoft. Before your videos, i thought was a "lil" kid way of trying to play paintball. boy was i wrong. For all it's worth, thank you for your time and effort.
Hey, I completely understand why you quit playing, so it's totally okay. That being said, I hope that you can go back to it after a few months or even a year or two just to have fun with it every once in a while.
I honestly didn't like watching airsoft vids, I came for video games and video games only
same
+Josh Cadwell I can taste the salt
Time and Space I can smell the salt
SuddenDeathGaming whoa
+SuddenDeathGaming Then get out
Dude you were such a good player and i miss the old videos. I hope someday you will have a change of heart, but no pressure I understand why you stopped.