Fire Modes: Your Preference?

Swaffy · Mar 02, 2011 2:04 AM

Being nearly obsessed with real-life guns, I decided to create this poll.

What is your preferred fire mode for weapons [mainly assault rifles and
battle rifles]? Please tell why you like what you chose, why you prefer it.

You may make your judgement off of video games if you like [yes,
including CallaDooty, even though it sucks].

You can see what I voted for in the poll stats area.

Vote changing/removing is allowed.

riverhippo · Mar 02, 2011 1:52 PM

I have never fired a gun, so i don't know from personal experience. But from first person shooters, my understanding is that there is really no reason to shoot more than a few bullets for a kill.

ontels · Mar 02, 2011 6:07 PM

Fully automatic! Make it rain...

Latias fan · Mar 02, 2011 8:25 PM

In the really few FPS that i play i prefer the automatic.

RedDragonX · Mar 02, 2011 9:31 PM

In a game give me a sniper rifle, in the real world I'll take my semi-auto.

Neotyguy40 · Mar 02, 2011 9:38 PM

In real life: Bolt action sniper rifles.
In games: Semi-auto marksman rifles.

bmah · Mar 02, 2011 10:54 PM

I wonder why there are so many gun fanatics on this site. Other than being an area of interest not everyone shares, it's ironic that we make forum rules to stress a family-oriented atmosphere - and then you see numerous posts and threads on guns. Despite the fact that it's a hobby for people here and not with malicious intent, I always get a little disturbed at how liberal you guys talk about guns, and try to maintain a supposed family-friendly site at the same time.

I sort of have to pick a bone on you guys for implying that guns (and their usage/firepower) are more acceptable to talk about than politics (or even religion on a peaceful assumption). True, one might argue that the latter two topics I've listed are prone to "heated debate", but gun topics have a negative influence in a different way, namely influencing younger children (no age limit on site). Even if that's not the case now, it just goes against site principles that people so strongly defend on this site.

Neotyguy40 · Mar 02, 2011 11:24 PM

bmah wrote:

I wonder why there are so many gun fanatics on this site. Other than being an area of interest not everyone shares, it's ironic that we make forum rules to stress a family-oriented atmosphere - and then you see numerous posts and threads on guns. Despite the fact that it's a hobby for people here and not with malicious intent, I always get a little disturbed at how liberal you guys talk about guns, and try to maintain a supposed family-friendly site at the same time.
I sort of have to pick a bone on you guys for implying that guns (and their usage/firepower) are more acceptable to talk about than politics (or even religion on a peaceful assumption). True, one might argue that the latter two topics I've listed are prone to "heated debate", but gun topics have a negative influence in a different way, namely influencing younger children (no age limit on site). Even if that's not the case now, it just goes against site principles that people so strongly defend on this site.

Not true, everyone breaks the rules. Mostly between Clock-la and her Yaoish/swearing stuff, Swaffy and his religious preaching, the new guy and his constant improper english, and me for sarcastically trolling everyone at the same time.

For example ^

And besides, 2 syllables with a single vowel.

ontels · Mar 02, 2011 11:42 PM

If we were breaking any rules the mods will tell us and we will stop.

bmah · Mar 03, 2011 2:57 AM

Neotyguy40 wrote:

Not true, everyone breaks the rules. Mostly between Clock-la and her Yaoish/swearing stuff, Swaffy and his religious preaching, the new guy and his constant improper english, and me for sarcastically trolling everyone at the same time.
For example ^
And besides, 2 syllables with a single vowel.

Well, I'm more or less referring to topics of discussion. I'm admittedly biased in the fact that guns do not interest me but I find politics more interesting to discuss - yet that's a no-man's land (see previous post for more details). That's sort of my hunch.

ontels wrote:

If we were breaking any rules the mods will tell us and we will stop.

Yeah, but you know that even mods need a wake up call every so often? There's such thing as a preferential lean that might allow a bypass/bending of rules, especially if said mod supports the topic. At the very least I'd like some sort of explanation to this apparent irony. Neotyguy's post didn't really address this, but rather discussed other unrelated rules.

@any mod: please PM me if you have an explanation, or -gasp- perhaps even make amendments to the rules if explanation does not suffice!

don't want to derail, but want to let people aware

moving along now...

RedDragonX · Mar 03, 2011 7:01 AM

It's quite simple, it isn't against the forum rules to discuss that but it is when it comes to politics since that's how our admin likes it. All we can do is enforce the rule. I believe it mostly stemmed from more fights brewing out over that then about firearms, but that's just the rule.

If you have problems with it then PM SR and ask him to change things, or I can tell him for you myself.

nintendofreak · Mar 03, 2011 7:09 AM

Latias fan wrote:

In the really few FPS that i play i prefer the automatic.

Pretty much that for me as well, although I do use snipers from a distance for spammers.

Swaffy · Mar 06, 2011 9:48 PM

[disregardsRulesDebate]

This is my input on the [on-subject] subject:

- For the real world, my target would usually be at a distance [no matter
what type of target it is]. I would also be using the gun I love so much, the
M14 or M1A rifle. I am a fan of bolt-action and semi-automatic. If I was in
a military reated small arms fight, a three shot burst fire mode would be a
bit too much for me to feel comfortable with. And sometimes, depending
on the distance from my gun to the intended target, semi-automatic would
be a bit too slow. So I would go with a two-shot burst weapon. I also don't
like shotguns at all, but that's a different discussion.

- For video games, I still like realism. I just got finished playing a game
called Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. The game is very realistic,
down to the size of the battlefield and the amount of damage a soldier
takes on different parts of his body. While playing that game, I found
myself using semi-automatic fire mode the entire time. I don't like Halo
much anymore, as Halo: Reach pretty much made me lose interest in the
series.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has a gun called the AN-94, which fires a two-
shot burst. Though it is an abnormal fire mode for a weapon, it is very ...
versatile when it comes to small arms combat. It puts out just enough
bullets per burst for close range combat, and enough accuracy for longer
range combat.

[/disregardsRulesDebate]

Yes, I am a person who generally makes very long posts.

JazzJackrabbit · Mar 06, 2011 10:08 PM

I prefer fully-automatic if there is unlimited ammo. However, without rapidfire powerups, semi-automatic can be a lot faster.

Apoc · Mar 10, 2011 3:49 PM

I would like to fire guns, mainly handguns, SMGs, LMGs, Long range rifles and assault rifles. Shotguns would dislocate my shoulders.

Swaffy · Mar 10, 2011 5:30 PM

I've fired shotguns, just the 410 and the 12-guage.

My friend has owned shotguns [including a bolt-action shotgun], rifles,
and even a CAR-15. He told me that rifles have larger kick-back over
shotguns for the 5.56 and 7.62 caliber rifles. Rifles put more hurt into your
shoulder. I'm not sure about 8-guage and 10-guage shotguns, though.
Those are usually for military use only since they're so powerful.

Apoc · Mar 10, 2011 6:32 PM

I want to fire an AA-12. The gun is a bloody spam cannon.

Swaffy · Mar 10, 2011 7:57 PM

Same as the Daewoo USAS-12. Both shotguns can weild a 20-round drum
magazine and have full-auto fire. The upside of an AA-12 is that it can fire
12-guage explosive rounds [FRAG-12].

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/cQYp9fOJ9VI&tracker=False[/youtube]

Apoc · Mar 10, 2011 9:30 PM

Swaffy wrote:

Same as the Daewoo USAS-12. Both shotguns can weild a 20-round drum
magazine and have full-auto fire. The upside of an AA-12 is that it can fire
12-guage explosive rounds [FRAG-12].
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/cQYp9fOJ9VI&tracker=False[/youtube]

His arms must feel like rubber after that.

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