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- Sun Apr 04, 2021 3:49 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: [The Urgon Project] AVE...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4920
[The Urgon Project] AVE...
I don't know why but this made me laugh lol. This isn't actually from my files but I got curious and went to see if any old stuff magically appeared on the Wayback Machine (it hasn't) but noticed this little gem. Like 3 of you are going to get this, but whatever.
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 3:15 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: [The Retro Project] Thiefs of the World - Archived Website
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5109
[The Retro Project] Thiefs of the World - Archived Website
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Still exists! Better check it out.
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http://web.archive.org/web/20040125210236/http://thief.suddenlaunch2.com/
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 3:13 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Introducing: The Retro Project
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9056
Introducing: The Retro Project
I've been diving into an old hard drive and guess what I found? Saved pages from bygone eras here on night ops and elsewhere that are no longer available anywhere. You'll be seeing these placed online periodically as topics with the intention of contributing in a fun way. Some of the topics will hav...
- Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:18 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Flock Sheets - Super Neat, Super Impractical
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5320
Flock Sheets - Super Neat, Super Impractical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrqpX7FXflA This won't be seeing 'Gear' because it's way too expensive to be considered for ordinary ops gear. Still, I thought some here might be interested in seeing where light absorption tech at the civilian level has gotten. I find this super impressive! What co...
- Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:42 am
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: .
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13460
Re: Night Ops Book?
I would be interested to see what kind of content you would provide, and what style of writing you are talking about. I can change the style with editing; the knowledge is the important thing. Is there some particular writing you can post or point me to? I guess Xanatos and Secant are the only ones...
- Thu Apr 01, 2021 2:39 am
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: .
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13460
Re: Night Ops Book?
I would feel bad making a book and then telling someone, "Oh yeah, those techniques are outdated now, we tested stuff". This is my biggest issue and why I tend to fall out of discussions. Experience is the best asset. In my mind the single biggest testament to that was NOPCON when all of us indepen...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 11:16 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: A Reference Guide for the Aspiring Night Ops Member
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15888
Re: A Reference Guide for the Aspiring Night Ops Member
It's got a little bit of activity now, but what's he's saying is that forums in the format used here don't draw active users like they use to, not just this one. It's not impossible and there are others that still stand and even represent the most knowledgeable sources of their respective subjects b...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:04 pm
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Sicarius's Source of the Day
- Replies: 66
- Views: 148229
Re: Sicarius's Source of the Day
I picked up a 3D camo suit years ago because I got a great deal on it, it's a sort of a happy medium between camo and a ghillie suit. While it's a great piece of kit I envisioned using for hardcore recon at distance with a spotting scope, the reality is it's been a solution to a problem I'm still lo...
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:53 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: A Reference Guide for the Aspiring Night Ops Member
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15888
Re: A Reference Guide for the Aspiring Night Ops Member
Blowing through like a tumbleweed again, I see.
*tips stetson*
M'ninja.
*tips stetson*
M'ninja.
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:40 am
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: A Reference Guide for the Aspiring Night Ops Member
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15888
A Reference Guide for the Aspiring Night Ops Member
New and not sure what the fuck is going on around here? Not surprising, you're involved with the remnants of an online scene that has fragmented and remained on critical life support for many years. It has seen several forum revisions after a devastating crash ages ago where we lost many resources, ...
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 5:33 pm
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Sicarius's Source of the Day
- Replies: 66
- Views: 148229
Re: Sicarius's Source of the Day
Holy shit! Wizard of Ops 2.0!Xanatos wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:12 pmI got one of these ones: https://www.military1st.com.au/vvesccam ... v-cam.html
Haven't put it to the test yet, but it's pretty well made, light and compact to carry.
Seriously though, that's a neat piece.
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:45 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Under The Door Tool
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13550
Re: Under The Door Tool
So I've noticed this tool has seen a little more popularity on YouTube and decided to watch a large amount of videos on it. Some innovations since this topic have been brilliant, others rehash, and lack of one in particular I find hilarious and a little disappointing. First, the air balloon used to ...
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 12:40 am
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Carrying at "Stealth Ready"
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10003
Carrying at "Stealth Ready"
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- Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:30 am
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Mixed Martial Arts as a Blueprint for Stealth
- Replies: 41
- Views: 52730
Re: Mixed Martial Arts as a Blueprint for Stealth
This concept will take time and be difficult, but the main aspect holding it back is people talking about it rather than acting. I want to do this kind of stuff, but I need more experience and better control over my day to day life before anything. A youtube channel and consistent articles would be...
- Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:22 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Videos That Teach You To Walk In The Shadows
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14644
Re: Videos That Teach You To Walk In The Shadows
if you are training for realism, why learn to cling to pipes upside down rather than refining your walk? lol I usually stay out of conversations where I see style over substance being pushed because everyone should go through their own personal learning process, but I agree with this and so many mo...
- Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:17 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Videos That Teach You To Walk In The Shadows
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14644
Re: Videos That Teach You To Walk In The Shadows
Nice. I should have a link uploaded soon in my thread before too long, feel free to copy anything over to keep it available elsewhere.
- Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:47 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Behold: Your New Favorite Metal
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4426
Re: Behold: Your New Favorite Metal
Oh hell yeah, back when I learned this was a thing and easy to do I jumped right into it. Like a lot of my shit, it started out when I was looking into more primitive living ideas and saw this as a much more practical alternative to the tedium of bloom iron in a stranded scenario since electric wire...
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:18 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Behold: Your New Favorite Metal
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4426
Behold: Your New Favorite Metal
What if I told you there was a type of metal you could cast with relatively minimal work required that would result in a material that sits between 1045 and 1055 carbon steel in terms of hardness, tensile strength, and weight but with superior corrosion resistance? I'm excited to share this one with...
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 6:50 pm
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: .
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7868
Re: Historical Stealth Thread
I appreciate this guy's approach to the history of... we'll say ancient stealth operatives. Reminds me a lot of how we approach ancient western martial arts today.
- Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:22 pm
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Video Repository
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5756
Re: Video Repository
I've got a literal axe to grind today (repurposing a found head into a bushcraft hatchet) but tonight I'll see about uploading some of the relevant vids on a Mega account until a better solution is found. I don't think there's any gold that's not currently online but I may be wrong.
- Mon Mar 15, 2021 5:18 pm
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth
- Replies: 39
- Views: 30941
Re: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth
I think MMA stands where it does because it's probably taken seriously the most often. Like if you join up with an MMA team the training you'll receive is absolutely effective because, well if it's not you get your ass kicked. While not complete, even karate would be effective in stand up if everyon...
- Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:07 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Well this didn't take them long...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5540
Re: Well this didn't take them long...
World "leaders" seem intent on making this world into a fucked Mickey Mouse shell of its self, that's for sure. If anyone here hasn't seen the movie Demolition Man, you really should. On the surface it's an action flick with a sprinkle of comedy, but it's hilariously similar to the direction we all ...
- Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:00 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Video Repository
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5756
Video Repository
So I realize we have a video section in our library, but I've been thinking with the instability of various platforms elsewhere it might be handy to keep a backup of videos we've found elsewhere stored away for posterity. I don't know the limits of our storage on site but I myself have a rather subs...
- Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:53 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth
- Replies: 39
- Views: 30941
Re: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth
Training should closely, or exactly, mimic what you are training for. The Bioneer talks about this, as well as many internet websites. Some disagree and say training should target the muscle groups utilized. I personally think the first one should be most utilized, and then the second still incorpo...
- Sat Mar 13, 2021 5:03 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Well this didn't take them long...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5540
Well this didn't take them long...
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- Sat Mar 13, 2021 4:45 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth
- Replies: 39
- Views: 30941
Re: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth
lol military training is pretty total body, man. If you look on YouTube, you'll see they spend a good deal of time every day doing plyometrics like squat thrusts, squat benders, push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups obviously, explosive squat jumps, bear crawling, mountain climbers, prone row... it's lite...
- Sat Mar 13, 2021 12:15 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth
- Replies: 39
- Views: 30941
Re: Enhance and Specify your Workout for Stealth
I guess it's kind of cliche but for optimal focus on night ops, military PT doctrine forms a fantastic base. On top of that I would place climbing in various forms near the top. Not just grip strength but the total body strength needed to climb will come in handy. One of the most tiring things I've ...
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:30 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Stealthy Senior Citizens?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5763
Re: Stealthy Senior Citizens?
There's a rather massive amount to be said about social preconceptions and how they can be leveraged in life for whatever reason, even just everyday life. I've been fortunate enough to have lived and observed many things to the point I can play with how I'm seen pretty readily. Confidence is the big...
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:22 pm
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: A shitty Intro to Digital PERSEC for New Members
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9928
Re: A shitty Intro to Digital PERSEC for New Members
Not sure how I ended up becoming a talking point, but let me throw out a few things you new members need to know in today's scene. First off as was standard even in my day, it's smart play to simply reword your story if you wish to share it for informative value with the forum. Whatever you take is ...
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 2:04 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Chat-Room Thread
- Replies: 155
- Views: 8946786
Re: Chat-Room Thread
Good news, Secant has mentioned the chat room limit should be expanded!
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 1:58 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Better Homemade Padlock Shims
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7840
Re: Better Homemade Padlock Shims
Code tags are above the main post field, next to the quotes option. Bold > Italics > Underline > Quotes > Code
We used to redirect through an anonymizing service to avoid the hassle but it's been defunct for a minute.
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:38 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Better Homemade Padlock Shims
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7840
Re: Better Homemade Padlock Shims
More than likely if you're using them correctly, the internal components are just a little stiff. Here's a great video that shows them in use with a clear padlock so you can see what's going on inside: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nwyZ8Xl7tk BTW I know it's weird to have to copy and paste links ...
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 4:56 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Better Homemade Padlock Shims
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7840
Re: Better Homemade Padlock Shims
Made correctly, they should stack on top of each other fine and they can then be bound by a band, tie, tape, etc. You'd probably still want a case for them anyway though.
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:05 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Better Homemade Padlock Shims
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7840
Better Homemade Padlock Shims
You've heard about the aluminum ones you can snip from cans but they're shit. Moving on. Instead, why not make them from steel so they don't crumple immediately when you try to use them? Speaking with Sicarius recently I'd mentioned this idea but I'll elaborate in this topic how you can have your ow...
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:21 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Psychlonic's Supplement Counter
- Replies: 37
- Views: 69190
Re: Psychlonic's Supplement Counter
Not a very content packed post, but I wanted to take a moment to appreciate the hilarity of this post from ages ago; Agreed. While this is an interesting topic, all natural is the safest and best long term option. There are no side effects for not taking drugs, and gaining is only a matter of exerci...
- Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:03 pm
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: A Good, Cheap Kukri for Bushcraft - A Semi-Buyers Guide
- Replies: 0
- Views: 24454
A Good, Cheap Kukri for Bushcraft - A Semi-Buyers Guide
Just recently I took advantage of the terrible weather to go on a camping trip and decided to try out a cheap kukri I'd bought a couple months ago just for laughs. The kukri in question is a Deepeeka brand I got as a throw-in from Kult of Athena. If you check their website, you'll often see these th...
Re: Hello
I would ask you... during the eclipse of 2017 perhaps you watched it from a location one might consider to be a 'poisoned land'? If so, it's not a problem and I can keep a secret. Welcome back. Strange times are ahead, who knows who might end up having to work together to keep a semblance of freedom.
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:16 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Chat-Room Thread
- Replies: 155
- Views: 8946786
Re: Chat-Room Thread
Maybe possibly a discord server coming up.
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:05 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Chat-Room Thread
- Replies: 155
- Views: 8946786
Re: Chat-Room Thread
SECANT WE HAVE A PROBLEM!
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:01 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Chat-Room Thread
- Replies: 155
- Views: 8946786
Re: Chat-Room Thread
Well Sicarius he made it in...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:59 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Chat-Room Thread
- Replies: 155
- Views: 8946786
Re: Chat-Room Thread
lol the chatroom's never had this many people, maybe it can't handle it.
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:52 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Chat-Room Thread
- Replies: 155
- Views: 8946786
Re: Chat-Room Thread
Is it possible to get in through some kind of proxy/another browser maybe?
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:43 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Chat-Room Thread
- Replies: 155
- Views: 8946786
Re: Chat-Room Thread
Damn, no there's three of us in there now.
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 6:17 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Improvement Opinion Survey Thing
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13892
Re: Improvement Opinion Survey Thing
As probably the most guilty of many of these high-tech concepts, I do apologize. It should be understood my posts on such come from a background of science and biotech that I play from other motivation and think "This could cross over into night ops". I certainly concur though that it should not be ...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 3:06 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Chat-Room Thread
- Replies: 155
- Views: 8946786
Re: Chat-Room Thread
Xanatos god dammit I never see you in chat!
Other people, if you're reading this right now - yes you - get in chat now! We're going to blow this bitch up!
Other people, if you're reading this right now - yes you - get in chat now! We're going to blow this bitch up!
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 2:57 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: ITS FUCKIN COLD
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3885
Re: ITS FUCKIN COLD
Haha, yeah a lot of the northern hemisphere's been getting blasted lately. We're pretty buried here, I've been using the opportunity to test out and play with outdoors ideas.
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 2:45 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Leatherman Charge+: Gear Review
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6473
Re: Leatherman Charge+: Gear Review
I'd say 99.9% of the time I don't use a single tool, or maybe a light of whatever fashion. I'm just surprised nobody has put out a customizable product where you buy the base frame with your standard crap and can change them out with various blister packs of other things. Not to derail the thread, b...
- Sat Feb 13, 2021 9:11 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Leatherman Charge+: Gear Review
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6473
Re: Leatherman Charge+: Gear Review
What I'd give for a decent off the shelf multitool packed only with items I'd use. I run into the same problem in other areas I like multitools. Could make your own custom tools but at that point might as well make the entire thing custom.
- Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:15 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Cover, Concealment, and Camouflage: A key aspect of remaining undetected
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10723
Re: Cover, Concealment, and Camouflage: A key aspect of remaining undetected
I've hinged a great deal of my success remaining undetected on a few stupid simple principles that for some reason go largely overlooked in many stealth guides - I've probably even short changed my own as I didn't have the experience to look back and realize how effective they were. They may seem ob...
- Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:31 pm
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Update on Stealth Technique & Shadow Work
- Replies: 60
- Views: 322357
Re: Update on Stealth Technique & Shadow Work
The only explanation I ever got for this bizarre behavior was that he was getting comments from "dangerous" people, as if he could be responsible for helping terrorists. :roll: Would-be terrorists planning to disrupt using these ideas seem like they can be thrown into the same bin as the guy who ca...