Making Your MilSim Realistic

Some people are so into their airsoft or paintball that they want to make their MilSim games look and feel as real as possible.

If this sounds like you, you should consider getting tactical headsets for you and your MilSim groups.  Talk about really looking the part — plus, you will be able to keep in touch with your teammates better during the game.

For instance, these Squadcom series headsets go under your helmets and make it easy to communicate without taking off your gear or anything like that, which the real military would never do.  It will make you look and feel much cooler when you are playing airsoft or paintball than if you were just using 2 way radios to communicate!

In general, the more authentic you make your MilSim games, the more exciting it will feel to you.  Something else that many people love to do is to make videos of their MilSim games with digital video cameras and editing software.  They might stage a fight, capture one of their other players, play a game such as Capture the Flag, or simply do a training or marksmanship demonstration.  These videos can be found all over the place on YouTube — for instance, see the one below:

What else do you do to make your MilSim more exciting?

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Certified Ethical Hacking: Your Business Need It

If you have not done so yet, consider getting certified ethical hacking for one of your most trusted employees.  As a business, you have the right to protect the investments that clients have made in you as well as the overall protection of your own assets. You have the right to police your own employees to ensure they are performing as they should. The problem is that even as virus programs and firewalls become very protective, there is still the risk of people getting into your computer network. The process can be a huge problem for any business if it does happen. Illegal hacking has been the cause of many business’s failures in the past with security systems.

The only way to provide the right level of protection for your company is by getting the right type of training for one of your most trusted employees. You may want to consider ethical hacking course studies so that you can improve your security all around. There are many great products out there including the best cissp study book out there. It can provide you with the resources that you need to protect your investment. Any business that does not take steps to protect themselves in this manner is risking the protection of financials, employees and clients. It is not worth the risk!

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Never Thought it Would be Like This

I’m a year out of college, and I thought I would have all the options and my entire life in front of me.  Instead, I feel like I’m completely trapped in a shell of my own making.  I’m significantly in debt.  I don’t regret any of it; part of it paid for my master’s degree and part of it paid for countless amazing and unique experiences that I wouldn’t ever trade for something else, much less financial security.  I also didn’t realize that follow my passions and living my life in an authentic way would mean that I don’t have a steady job and I can’t support myself. 

So with almost $20,000.00 in debt, I’m slinking back home, terrified.  It’s the last resort: I tried getting a debt consolidation counselor and loan, and I tried a payday cash advance.  Unfortunately, I didn’t actually have a payday upcoming, and I am screwed.  I barely make enough to pay the bills, and not the rent.  Unfortunately, I didn’t realize in college just how painful it could be to just breezily pass the credit card through the machine, and I especially did not realize that the ultimate cost of it might be my dreams, my passion, my options, my choices.

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Better Work Outs

I’ve been following a segment on ESPN’s Truehoop about sports journalists going through a sort of pro-style one-week basketball training camp, and it made me realize that there are a lot of reasons why athletes are in better shape than the average person.  Aside from the genetic aspect, their workouts are cool.  First of all, it’s their job, not in addition to their job.  And second, they have all these cool resources that make it more fun and more effective.

To start, they have a structured workout that actually works and top of the line equipment that actually works.  My local 24-Hour Fitness is pretty nice, but their personal trainer programs cost a bunch of money, and their equipment isn’t immune to the occasional malfunction that takes a week to fix. They have a Hot tub and I like to use it on occasion, when it isn’t broken down.

I think it’s really the after-workout program that appeals to me.  After their workout, the participants in the program got to take a dip in the hot tube, spend 10 minutes in the ice tub and get a professional masseuse.  Even the participants admitted that it made the next day infinitely better than their usual day-afters.

I’m thinking maybe I’ll go down to the discount hot tubs and spas outlet and get a portable hot tub to sit in after my workouts.  That way I’ll be more inclined to stay in shape… or drink beer in the hot tub.  I think I win either way.

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Taking Chances in the Wilderness

I’ve never been fly fishing, but I have been to Georgia. On the way to Florida, I’ve been down I-95 and both I-85 and I-75, from the country through Atlanta, and back into the country again. On a road stop, a tourism worker said, “georgia fishing is good.” I have tried fishing. There are lots of people that fish along the ocean in New York, and some have even showed me how. I wasn’t successful. That doesn’t mean I’d never try it again, because I like nature and going on trips, so one day I may look for the best bass fishing trip out there, or even try fly fishing.

So when the day comes, I’ll do my product research and get all the things I need to go on a fly fishing trip and maybe even head down to Georgia. There’s nothing like being on the water, or wading through it on a warm sunny day with nature all around. It is still a wonder that with all the cities and all the development that has grown over many landscapes, there are still expanses of wilderness that seem endless and which a person can let loose in and even get lost for a while. While getting lost can be dangerous, it can also be fun if you’re careful. There may be some tasty fish out there as well.

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