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Watch Out! Somebody Just Made A BB That Homes In On Action Cameras

Gungho Cowboy

It’s going to be good business for those who make protectors for the lenses of action cameras as airsoft players will need to protect their investments. A BB that homes in on action cameras to shatter their lenses is slowly making its way in the airsoft black market and a growing number of expensive action cameras such as those from GoPro, Sony, Drift Innovations, and Contour have fallen victim to this BB.

This smart BB, called the “BBACam” (or “Bye Bye Action Cam”), was made by an airsoft player who grew tired of seeing airsoft players carrying too many action cameras to airsoft games.

“My eyes see red whenever I see those airsoft players with their action cameras,” said by the inventor, who declined to be identified when he reached out to us. “Just look at them --- a camera on the helmet, two cameras on their airsoft guns, heck! The only place on their bodies that they have not placed a camera is up their asses.”

“One is actually fine by me. But three? [expletives deleted] That’s just too much! I think they care more about getting views for their YouTube Channels than about the game itself,” he adds in frustration.

How does the “BBACam” work? According to the inventor, they have sensors in them that are programmable before they are loaded into the magazine. The BB has to be put on a special cradle that is connected to a mobile phone via Bluetooth for it to be programmed using a mobile app. The user then selects which brand the BB will home in on such as GoPro or Sony. But he recommends just selecting the “Let the BB decide” button and the BB will just home in on any action camera detected on the target player when it gets fired from an airsoft gun.

The “BBACam” works best as a counter-sniper ammo as it will go after those scope cams airsoft snipers use. It may not hit the player, but the satisfaction for the inventor is seeing one less action camera on the field. He prefers playing in an airsoft game where the players are more focused on the game rather than tallying hits to edit for their next video upload.

The owner of the action cam that gets damaged or destroyed will just shrug it off, as the “BBACam” looks  like any white 6mm plastic BB and will just treat the hit as a BB that got lucky to hit an action cam. That’s a clean get away for the shooter who is more after action cams than airsoft players.

So how does one get access to the “BBACam”? It’s not easy as the inventor mainly makes it for his own use. You might get lucky if you bump into him at your airsoft game site, he may just give you some BBs that you may not know are “BBACams” and you will realise that you are using some when one of the players in the opposing team goes back to the safe zone with a damaged cam.

But sometimes, he gets to sell on the side on some airsoft groups on Facebook. Transactions are done via Whatsapp, payments are done in Bitcoins, and the BBs are delivered with no return address (he does not use his real name or his regular airsoft call sign in transactions). So good luck in finding one.

If you own an action camera, then better make sure you get good protection it for the next airsoft game. You may never know it’s going to be the next victim.

 

Happy April 1st! :)

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