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by Illusion
Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:46 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: bb rifle
Replies: 46
Views: 49323

Re: bb rifle

and if im ever on an op in a more urban setting the sight of a rifle could deter any would be petty criminals. ... n ot to sound like a negative nacy er any thing but can i get straight answer idc about intimidation er anything and i dont want mace now lets answer my real question whats a good co2 ...
by Illusion
Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:29 pm
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: Detox from Nicotine and other vices
Replies: 10
Views: 14129

Detox from Nicotine and other vices

Going to keep a log going on here of an ongoing detox. I don't mean detox in the trendy hipster way of " OMG - LIKE THAT HAS CALORIES IN! " but more of smoking, energy drinks and some of the fast food I've been taking in recently. It's all to try and get my fitness aims achieved over the coming mont...
by Illusion
Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:45 pm
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3828739

Re: Chat-Room Thread

Alas, I ended up having a buddy come around to look at some gear and left chat running for 5 hours.. :P Oops.

On for a little bit again though!
by Illusion
Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:14 pm
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3828739

Re: Chat-Room Thread

In chat at the moment - and probably for a bit later.
by Illusion
Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:13 pm
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: Lockpicking
Replies: 13
Views: 17074

Re: Lockpicking

This thread on Lockpicking reminds me - I have a friend who used to work with a Locksmith, I think he even took a lot of their equipment when they closed down. So he's pretty good with lockpicking, but more importantly - he knows a fair bit of stuff (albeit, some is UK specific - Fire Brigade Padloc...
by Illusion
Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:44 am
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: First Solo OP & Lockpicking
Replies: 7
Views: 10024

Re: First Solo OP & Lockpicking

A brilliant post there! Saving that for when my new picks arrive!
by Illusion
Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:29 pm
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: Keeping to a plan - YOUR techniques
Replies: 1
Views: 4788

Keeping to a plan - YOUR techniques

Here's some food for thought if you're having trouble sticking to a regime or trying to achieve some goals; whilst it's very much geared towards New Years Resolutions and techy ones at that, it does propose some good thinking strategies. http://lifehacker.com/5874589/seriously-stop-sabotaging-your-2...
by Illusion
Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:03 pm
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: First Solo OP & Lockpicking
Replies: 7
Views: 10024

Re: First Solo OP & Lockpicking

I'm a firm believer in the "just take a wander first" idea. I did write a guide (it's in the resources section of the website) advocating that - it makes strong psychological sense too; a bit like exposure therapy. You gradually expose yourself to a situation and build it up, so a few walks - then m...
by Illusion
Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:52 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3828739

Re: Chat-Room Thread

Still in there, but just noticed that the timestamps between the last two posts are 6 hours apart - and I'd been on there for a while before Psy posted...

FML - about 7 hours in a chat room... an empty chat room for a couple of hours at that. :(
by Illusion
Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:23 am
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: Lockpicking
Replies: 13
Views: 17074

Re: Lockpicking

I see this was posted back in May, but you're still posting - how are you getting on?! If you're having any issues I may be able to post up some ebooks and videos I found - otherwise, there's the excellent MIT guide! BTW - In another thread you seemed to want some assistance about making it for your...
by Illusion
Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:40 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Time to Consider Recruiting Options
Replies: 72
Views: 276971

Re: Time to Consider Recruiting Options

Right, and just to clarify on my end a lot of that was general statements about the forum status in general, not just towards you or anyone else in this thread. I see where you're coming from and like we talked about in chat, Biohazard is exactly the same. Teck-9 is like that as well, he'll call BS...
by Illusion
Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:08 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Time to Consider Recruiting Options
Replies: 72
Views: 276971

Re: Time to Consider Recruiting Options

Psychlonic - I agree with everything you're saying. A clarification though, you've wrote a guide for the absolute beginner - and I wrote a much shorter one but one that I figured would provide a quick path in and get all the skills they would require - so it's clear neither of us want to cut new mem...
by Illusion
Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:31 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Time to Consider Recruiting Options
Replies: 72
Views: 276971

Re: Time to Consider Recruiting Options

To person above, replying in order: 1: Leave the "supposedly" out, please. 2: Sorry, I thought everyone with two functioning braincells could understand it when somethings exaggerated a little, never counted on you reading it. Yeah, but just how much did you exaggerate - the whole thing? It's this ...
by Illusion
Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:42 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Wow, Holy Grail of Lockpick Sets...
Replies: 9
Views: 12892

Wow, Holy Grail of Lockpick Sets...

Stumbled across this on Amazon.. Oh, and it's supposedly a "Beginners" set..! :shock: 37 Piece Southord Lock Pick Set Easy Picking Lock Pick Book Yale Cylinder Practice Lock Brockhage Clear Plastic Lock w/ Spool Pins Brockhage Lock Pick Gun (Down) Brockhage Lock Pick Gun (Up) Padlock Shims Skeleton ...
by Illusion
Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:05 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Time to Consider Recruiting Options
Replies: 72
Views: 276971

Re: Time to Consider Recruiting Options

Right, we need a two way approach: 1 - Word of mouth. 2 - Online. Number 2 is the hardest as this developed from totse, a place where you could talk about chemistry, discuss classical literature, get relationship advice, talk about explosives, discuss films, programming... and so on in one huge foru...
by Illusion
Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:52 am
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: NONET For Urban Explorers - An Intro
Replies: 5
Views: 10987

NONET For Urban Explorers - An Intro

So, you're an Urban Explorer - and you've stumbled across our site. Allow me to run through some questions you're probably asking.. "What is this place? Full of wannabe ninjas, people who write about 'operations' - what are they? Surgeons?!" In stark contrast to most urban exploration forums - we ar...
by Illusion
Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:12 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Badges
Replies: 10
Views: 19931

Re: Badges

Simple solution: For those that wanted such a thing; simply allowing BBCode in the signature and having something like... Night in a Cell // Leap Of Faith // Exploring The Landmark // A Night in Madhouse // Guides: Developing the Skills // Fundamentals of Counter-Surveillance As a signature; however...
by Illusion
Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:56 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3828739

Re: Chat-Room Thread

On chat as of 1AM GMT - and likely to be on there for a few hours as I have lots of work to be contending with, and a fair bit of personal admin.
by Illusion
Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:04 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Time to Consider Recruiting Options
Replies: 72
Views: 276971

Re: Time to Consider Recruiting Options

What size images?
by Illusion
Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:40 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Your 2012 Gear Wish-List
Replies: 5
Views: 8921

Your 2012 Gear Wish-List

I was originally going to combine this thread idea with the bargain alternatives thread - with the idea that you could post up a wish-list for other people to suggest cheaper alternatives, bringing the price down. In fact we could price up a wish-list then the alternative one - and see the saving! H...
by Illusion
Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:24 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Bargain Alternatives Thread
Replies: 8
Views: 11455

Bargain Alternatives Thread

Gear can be expensive. We all know that. So how about a thread where we can discuss cheaper, but effective, alternatives to expensive kit! I'll kick it off! Item: Different Photography Lens Replacement: Adapter Lens! Admittedly, not as high quality as a dedicated lens but with the advantage that the...
by Illusion
Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:43 pm
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: Let's put the night ops topics onto our resources page.
Replies: 9
Views: 12258

Re: Let's put the night ops topics onto our resources page.

Just out of interest, if the problem was converting .HTML files to pretty looking PDF files - it may be worth looking up the "Clearly" Chrome Add-On. It formats web pages into pretty looking files to read at later times.
by Illusion
Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:52 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Time to Consider Recruiting Options
Replies: 72
Views: 276971

Re: Time to Consider Recruiting Options

Speaking of which, I thought there was a site redesign underway? I wasn't sure if it was common knowledge; but obviously! I had a chat with Secant the other day, and it is underway - and looks pretty much done. It's similar to the current one - simplistic, dark and does the job without having lots ...
by Illusion
Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:46 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Time to Consider Recruiting Options
Replies: 72
Views: 276971

Re: Time to Consider Recruiting Options

Photos on the front page might help so people can actually see what it's all about. Although given the stealthy nature of NO it's rather hard to take photos of something you're not even meant to see. Perhaps some of the Dare pics. I offered a few times in the past to dump up some photos, I think we...
by Illusion
Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:01 pm
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3828739

Re: Chat-Room Thread

I'm really liking this thread. I'm tired of showing up and seeing that I missed talking to somebody by 5 minutes. Yeah, I'm pretty sure in the past theres been similar and it worked quite well! There's nothing better than having a real time chat about things, I think the chat room is a pretty overl...
by Illusion
Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:32 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Time to Consider Recruiting Options
Replies: 72
Views: 276971

Re: Time to Consider Recruiting Options

Perhaps the site gets a lot of traffic, but people don't think to join the forums? I think this is possible based on what I've seen. There have been several occasions where I have been the only member on, but it has said that six guests were online. However, a number like that seems a little outrag...
by Illusion
Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:29 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: bb rifle
Replies: 46
Views: 49323

Re: bb rifle

Also, if it's for light removal, do it before the op from a carefully chosen & concealed position so you don't need to carry the gun around with you on the actual op. You're not Sam Fisher. This. Light Removal is the only use I can see; and depending on the location - I wouldn't be surprised if the...
by Illusion
Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:23 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Least commonly used item.
Replies: 9
Views: 12904

Re: Least commonly used item.

I've had similar episodes with my mini binoculars, but that was very early into my opping career. Forget them when I need them and bring them when I don't... The item that I use the least would be my 9-LED flashlight. It's bright as hell, and I usually keep a strict light policy. On most operations...
by Illusion
Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:02 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: For those of you who take pictures...
Replies: 6
Views: 10472

Re: For those of you who take pictures...

I had a baby one for my compact, and a big one for my dSLR - and they were both awesome. Unfortunately, I lost my dSLR one pretty quickly (within a month I think actually, or maybe even 2 weeks :/) so I can't comment on long term use. I've got by with a big tripod before - and it's generally what I ...
by Illusion
Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:18 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: bb rifle
Replies: 46
Views: 49323

Re: bb rifle

A nybody know a good co2 powered bb rifle for around 50-60 bucks (links are appreciated) Whats it for? I can't see why it would ever be needed, it kinda goes against the minimalistic approach that most guys here seem to take. However, if you let us know what you've got it in mind for - then hell ye...
by Illusion
Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:43 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Time to Consider Recruiting Options
Replies: 72
Views: 276971

Re: Time to Consider Recruiting Options

So far, most of our members have come from night ops threads on &T (or its clones), or from word-of-mouth. I don't think there has ever been any sort of organized awareness campaign for the forum. It's a tough problem, because it's not clear if such a campaign would open us to attack from those who...
by Illusion
Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:34 am
Forum: Spurious Generalities
Topic: Chat-Room Thread
Replies: 154
Views: 3828739

Chat-Room Thread

Like old times, maybe we can have a sticky that people can post in to let others know when they're in the chat room? Just a little "In chat now guys"; or even schedule chats.. I figure, if we build up the community spirit - the interaction between individual members, we can boost the amount of activ...
by Illusion
Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:31 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: Least commonly used item.
Replies: 9
Views: 12904

Least commonly used item.

Common guys, be honest now. What's the most useless item you pack, or the ones you use the least? I'll give you mine - Glowsticks and a Foil Blanket. These were in my rucksack for about a year, and I remember thinking " These are useless, I know they are, I haven't touched them and I should probably...
by Illusion
Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:26 am
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: The Values learn't through Night Op's
Replies: 4
Views: 8016

Re: The Values learn't through Night Op's

Confidence, Confidence, Confidence.
A lot of people can't understand how I can brick it at the thought of a rollercoaster, but climb up a tower and jam on the roof taking photos. It's all down to confidence, and belief in my self. Without that I wouldn't have matured into who I am now.
by Illusion
Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:10 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: So What's Your Fucking Excuse?
Replies: 39
Views: 155119

Re: So What's Your Fucking Excuse?

Moddy wrote:I've been active! I just forget about forums. :P

I may have a few write-ups to do though! :D
2+ Years later and I have the same excuse.. Oh, and the bail restrictions over the summer.

It's just sad that this thread is from 2008, and it's now 2012 and we're in the same boat.
by Illusion
Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:08 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Time to Consider Recruiting Options
Replies: 72
Views: 276971

Re: Time to Consider Recruiting Options

NONET is slowing down to a crawl more and more each year and the &T clones - none of which have an active night ops thread anymore - are starting to crumble. I know there is still a lot of interest in this subject out there but nobody knows there's a home for this kind of discussion. We need to com...
by Illusion
Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:27 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: My new purchase; SRT/Climbing kit
Replies: 6
Views: 9488

Re: My new purchase; SRT/Climbing kit

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Arrived and checked!

Here's a pic, getting together some form of training plan atm.
by Illusion
Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:48 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: My new purchase; SRT/Climbing kit
Replies: 6
Views: 9488

Re: My new purchase; SRT/Climbing kit

Cool. I guess it's time to break out the spray paint to get rid of those red places!!!! haha, Yeah - I might look into re-dying them or something. Or checking whether spraypaint damages anything. That said - most of the situations I'd be using it in, a lot of camo and concealment will go out the wi...
by Illusion
Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:06 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: My new purchase; SRT/Climbing kit
Replies: 6
Views: 9488

My new purchase; SRT/Climbing kit

I've just purchased something I've been threatening to do for over a year now! (As Psychlonic will know, I said this was coming a long long time ago!) I've got a basic SRT kit - despite being basic, it will provide enough extra resources to change a lot of my access/entry methods. - Petzl Torse - Sh...
by Illusion
Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:21 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Flashlights
Replies: 14
Views: 17261

Re: Flashlights

Wow, I'd be infuriated. Is the rule in England that anything confiscated you never get back? Nah, luckily! All our kit was "bagged and tagged" upon arrest, all that was confiscated was purely pending the investigation. That was generally computer equipment seized from our houses, USB disks, memory ...
by Illusion
Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:17 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Gear Pics!
Replies: 38
Views: 38793

Re: Gear Pics!

Psychlonic wrote:Looking good. When are you getting the climbing/rappelling kit, though? :P
Seeing as my Paris trip may not be going ahead anymore, hopefully asap! To be fair, I've been saying that for a year now though... :P
by Illusion
Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:45 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Gear Pics!
Replies: 38
Views: 38793

Re: Gear Pics!

Will post up all gear later, but this is my generic gear. [[ http://i51.tinypic.com/245hg9l.jpg ]] 1 - Puxing PX-888, Cheap Chinese Transceiver. Operates on PMR446, as well as business freqs. (400-470Mhz) 2 - Knee-pads, sometimes useful for service tunnels and lots of crawling 3 - Utility belt which...
by Illusion
Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:02 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: Gear Pics!
Replies: 38
Views: 38793

Re: Gear Pics!

Just curious, what type of compass is that? I've got one that looks identical and I wasn't too impressed with it, swivels back and forth trying to find north. Also has a harder time locking onto magnets and has to be much closer. For what it's worth, the one I've got says "Engineer". I have a simil...
by Illusion
Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:51 am
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: Liberty References
Replies: 1
Views: 3880

Liberty References

http://www.libertyreferences.com/

Havent had a proper browse myself - but appears to have a load of documents on Martial Arts, Lock Picking, Field Manuals, Law Enforcement, Military subjects...

Looks quite good!
by Illusion
Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:08 am
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: Green Bay Professional Packet Radio - HUGE RESOURCE
Replies: 1
Views: 4020

Re: Green Bay Professional Packet Radio - HUGE RESOURCE

Holy shit! Weird you post that man, past few weeks I've been trying to set a Packet Radio network up with some dude in Scotland - just to have all the features of the internet (TCP/IP apps) but not with the usual surveillance measures. (obviously as it will be wireless, we'd be using encryption - wh...
by Illusion
Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:31 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Photos and The new NONET website
Replies: 18
Views: 26580

Re: Photos and The new NONET website

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-GB:unofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=The+Gherkin+London&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=The+Gherkin&hnear=London&cid=0,0,16270165899197746013&ei=tF1CS4GgIcaw4QaL_dWqCA&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAoQnwIwAA Its in the financial city; s...
by Illusion
Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:37 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Photos and The new NONET website
Replies: 18
Views: 26580

Re: Photos and The new NONET website

Secant: Yeah, If it was any more clearer I'd have given it a good blur, or pixelate it. The photos I've shown in the daylight were just to show the setting, I'd aim for them in low light with just a figure standing somewhere. I should have a few like it already; lemme check! darktorn: London! Wait t...
by Illusion
Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:57 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Head covering?
Replies: 26
Views: 28008

Re: Head covering?

I use black balaclava, just like this one: http://www.military-kit.co.uk/images/3_hole_balaclava_hat.jpg I used a white paint marker to give it some faint patterns and lighten it up a little because as we all know, jet black isn't of much use when you sneak around at night. Thought pink would be mo...
by Illusion
Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:52 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Photos and The new NONET website
Replies: 18
Views: 26580

Re: Photos and The new NONET website

Sorry about the delayed reply! Work is killing me and my sleep patterns! Idea 1: The tower-top http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs120.snc3/16763_1259563243300_1056232465_820546_2076400_n.jpg The idea Psy had was a photo like that (I can find a better tower; the one in the background is m...
by Illusion
Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:44 am
Forum: The Art of Night Ops
Topic: Parkour Journeys [DVDRip]
Replies: 1
Views: 3857

Parkour Journeys [DVDRip]

http://www.parkourdvd.com/ A collection of short documentaries with leading traceurs - talking about topics such as training and methodology as well as interviews. Also contains 2 short films and some comedy parkour sketches. http://rapidshare.com/files/272733576/Parkour.Journeys.DVDRip.part1.rar ht...