Gray Man Theory

[Rob Boudrie]

But how will other larpers know that I am a tactical operator if I don't have molon labe and III patches on my hat and my backpack doesn't have molle?

5-11 pants and tactical boots.

 

[skynet]

Read up on the old SOE/OSS Manual from the 1940s. Plenty about going gray in here, all the basics. It's a fantastic history artifact for WW2 and the cold war, loaded with information.

https://ironwolf008.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/the-wwii-soe-training-manual-rigden.pdf

 

[Marty McFly]

But how will other larpers know that I am a tactical operator if I don't have molon labe and III patches on my hat and my backpack doesn't have molle?

Just prominently display your bronie patches

 

[BostonVI]

I used to wear 5.11s, and I still do. But I used to too!

 

[Climbnsink]

Read up on the old SOE/OSS Manual from the 1940s. Plenty about going gray in here, all the basics. It's a fantastic history artifact for WW2 and the cold war, loaded with information.

https://ironwolf008.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/the-wwii-soe-training-manual-rigden.pdf

An old spook, assuming they ever really retire, told me it was easy to be stealthy up to the 60's because everybody wore a suit, the bankers, the bums, everyone. Try to fit in with the mob nowadays and you can get lynched for cultural appropriation.

 

[426wedge]

I have all my hair and it is grey. Am I in?

 

[wahsben]

There's a whole series of international thriller books called 'The Gray Man' series, by Mark Greaney. Been around for at least 10 years.

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[frenchman]

What a brand new, revolutionary concept. It's not like the actual ninja, hundreds of years ago, had a tactic called Yonin, that did exactly what they're trying to sell you as "gray man" concept.

 

[JRLB]

I this a Wheel of Time reference?

 

[jkelly1229]

Spycraft stuff

 

[drgrant]

But how will other larpers know that I am a tactical operator if I don't have molon labe and III patches on my hat and my backpack doesn't have molle?

Got lightning bolt?


View: https://youtu.be/j_ekugPKqFw

 

[GaryO]

It’s a little sad when you realize you’ve been exercising the “Gray Man Theory” your whole life without even being aware of it.

You've graduated from gray man to translucent man.

 

[EJFudd]

It’s a little sad when you realize you’ve been exercising the “Gray Man Theory” your whole life without even being aware of it.

Just like My Cousin Vinny... I blend.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1xA4ItzAQ0

 

[headednorth]

I this a Wheel of Time reference?

Is that series still going? I think I bailed after like book 8 or 9

 

[MisterHappy]

What a brand new, revolutionary concept. It's not like the actual ninja, hundreds of years ago, had a tactic called Yonin, that did exactly what they're trying to sell you as "gray man" concept.

Meh. Every generation "rediscovers" Sun Tzu, too. I can remember when, during the first Gulf War one of the network talking heads said, "American commanders are reading a hundreds-of-years old Chinese war manual!"

A friend's brother was at West Point. At the family home, I perused the bookcase...there was plenty of war-theory books, but a couple were missing. I asked, "Where's Clausewitz, and Sun Tzu?" Reply: "Oh, he keeps those with him!"

 

[JRLB]

Is that series still going? I think I bailed after like book 8 or 9

No. There were 14 written

 

[rudiewhitebwoy]

No, you just have to move to a location where doing so will make you a gray man.

South Beach

 

[enbloc]

Got lightning bolt?


View: https://youtu.be/j_ekugPKqFw

WTF? Antifa Training Camp...???

 

[Brewer]

I this a Wheel of Time reference?

Robert Jordan’s literary gray men were inspired by this real-world concept, but far more badass.

Gray Men, also known as Soulless, are creatures of the Shadow used as assassins. Wolves call them Notdead. Unlike most types of Shadowspawn, however, a Gray Man is not a construct. They begin as ordinary men (and women, though allegedly rarely) who have not only pledged their soul as a Darkfriend but given their souls to the Dark One. After this process, they become almost completely unnoticeable. While the Gray Men are not invisible in the literal sense, even the gaze of alert eyes will slide right over them.

They are highly effective assassins because of their ability to pass completely unnoticed, whether in busy public areas or infiltrating heavily guarded private quarters. The victim himself generally does not realize the presence of a Gray Man until he is struck. Witnesses to the murder often report seeing the victim fall and yet still failing to see the Gray Man killer.

 

[enbloc]

I used to wear 5.11s, and I still do. But I used to too!

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[ffej ruedorb]

In the north east I feel having a good concept of grey man tactics is the only way to survive in a collapse. Bugging out isn’t for us. I’ve heard of Mainers planing on not letting out of towners in during unrest times we have already had.

time to buy some skinny jeans and communist sympathizer shirts youknowhatimean

 

[Ron Jablonski]

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Oh, Grey Man...

I never realized Chris Rock was in the village, cool.

 

[Wrench75]

If you want to be a grey man it's easy. Just come to my part of SC during hunting season, while wearing head to toe mossy oak. You could literally get lost in a crowd.

 

[VetteGirlMA]

Isn't the gray man concept the idea of being a concealed carry holder? To blend into a crowd and be the person that no one would ever suspect is carrying and capable? No visible signs of wealth, no eye contact but situationally aware, etc?

 

[Picton]

The first thing on the list in my well-rehearsed SHTF scenario?



I've got three cans ready to go in my basement. I'll just spray myself. Then I'll grab my ruck and head out.

No, seriously, I didn't think the Grey Man concept was particularly revolutionary or new. I've been reading about it for years and living it for decades. I sorta figured everyone on NES did this...

 

[ChevyGuy91]

I just don't leave the house in 2020, I am pretty sure that makes me the Gray Man Champ for the year.

 

[Deleted member 12999]

Dude.... OP..... I hope for your sake your company isn't working with THIS GUY:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brady-pesola

Because holy f*** his LinkedIn reads like a Tacoma Driving Oakley wearing LARPING snuff porn script.

 

[surgetek]

So don’t advertise with tactical gear in public, don’t put the sticker that came with your Magpul grip on the back window of your truck, mind your business.

In other words, don’t be douchey.

 

[Rob Boudrie]

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Donut receipts are to prevent employee theft. Some stores up the anti with "your purchase free if we fail to give you a receipt" to enlist the customer's assistance in reporting short-ringing to the boss.

 

[ReluctantDecoy]

How does one "gray man" and also carry things they might need in this type of hypothetical? I understand the benefits of not sticking out, but if I had to traverse a crowded area where there was potential to have to defend myself, and I knew that ahead of time, I'd gear up as required.