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* CoolGuns: Every single video is about a different kind of gun, so this is to be expected.
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* ProfessionalVoiceDissonance: Myers' real voice has a Southern accent, in contrast to the Russian accent he uses for most of his videos.
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Kyle Lamar Myers (born May 9, 1986), also known by the aliases [=FPSRussia=] and [=FPSKyle=], is an American podcaster and Website/{{YouTube}}r from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who previously made videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. The channel has long since ceased adding new content, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August 2017, Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms. He pleaded guilty to the drug charges and he was sentenced on June 19, 2019, to 56 days in prison and two years of probation, and also had to pay a fine of $7,500.

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Kyle Lamar Myers (born May 9, 1986), also known by the aliases [=FPSRussia=] and [=FPSKyle=], is an American podcaster and former Website/{{YouTube}}r from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who previously made videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. The channel has long since ceased adding new content, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August 2017, Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms. He pleaded guilty to the drug charges and he was sentenced on June 19, 2019, to 56 days in prison and two years of probation, and also had to pay a fine of $7,500.

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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. As of January 2018 the channel is dormant, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August of 2017 Kyle Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms and leaving the channel's future in doubt.

However, he's also a contributor to the weekly podcast Painkiller Already, which, while not as prominent, does manage to get respectable views, and can be found [[https://painkilleralready.podbean.com here]].

He had a cameo appearance on the ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' live-action commercial.

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'''FPS Russia''' is [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fpsrussia_avatar.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The last avatar used on
the Website/YouTube alias [=FPSRussia YouTube=] channel, depicting Kyle Myers' head circa the 2010s superimposed on the body of '''Kyle [[Franchise/{{Hitman}} Agent 47]].]]
Kyle
Lamar Myers''', a young man Myers (born May 9, 1986), also known by the aliases [=FPSRussia=] and [=FPSKyle=], is an American podcaster and Website/{{YouTube}}r from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes previously made videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. As of January 2018 the The channel is dormant, has long since ceased adding new content, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August of 2017 Kyle 2017, Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms firearms. He pleaded guilty to the drug charges and leaving he was sentenced on June 19, 2019, to 56 days in prison and two years of probation, and also had to pay a fine of $7,500.

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[=YouTube=] channel, he's also a contributor to co-founded the weekly podcast Painkiller Already, which, while not as prominent, does manage to get respectable views, and can be found [[https://painkilleralready.''[[https://painkilleralready.podbean.com here]].

Painkiller Already]]''. While the podcast is not as prominent as his channel was, it does manage to get a respectable amount of views.

He had a cameo appearance on also appeared in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' live-action commercial.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In a few videos, a man dressed as Batman or Spider Man shows up dancing behind him while he describes the featured gun.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In a few videos, a man dressed as Batman or Spider Man Spider-Man shows up dancing behind him while he describes the featured gun.

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* MadeOfIndestructium: His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ENZioGLjMI Glock torture test]] video demonstrates the amount of punishment the pistol can take. It survives everything except having a pound of explosives detonated underneath it.



* TonkaTough: His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ENZioGLjMI Glock torture test]] video demonstrates the amount of punishment the pistol can take. It survives everything except having a pound of explosives detonated underneath it.
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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. As of January 2018 the channel is dormant, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August of 2017 Kyle Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms and leaving the channel's future dead.

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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. As of January 2018 the channel is dormant, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August of 2017 Kyle Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms and leaving the channel's future dead.
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* StylisticSuck: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU Quadrotor video]]. To the video's credit, it made the entire thing look very convincing, but a trained eye can see that the quadrotor is actually a fake.
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* ConspicuousCG: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU Quadrotor video]]. To the video's credit, it made the entire thing look very convincing, but a trained eye can see that the quadrotor is actually a fake.
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However, he's also a contributor to the weekly podcast Painkiller Already, which, while not as prominent, does manage to get respectable views, and can be found [[https://painkilleralready.podbean.com here]].

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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: He doesn't always follow proper safety procedures. Film crew have even been hit by shrapnel.
** [[http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/08/robert-farago/fps-russia-wounds-his-camera-man-it-was-worth-it/ Worth it.]]

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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: He doesn't always follow proper safety procedures. Film crew have even been hit by shrapnel.
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shrapnel. [[http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/08/robert-farago/fps-russia-wounds-his-camera-man-it-was-worth-it/ Worth In his mind, though, it's worth it.]]



* CatchPhrase:
** "Hello my friends, this is [=FPSRussia=] again..."
** "[[OncePerEpisode And as always,]] [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny have nice day.]]"
** "They/he is/are going to have a very bad day."



* GunsAkimbo: Near the end of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOoUVeyaY_8 AA-12]] Video, he wields two ''automatic shotguns'' at the same time.

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* GunsAkimbo: GunsAkimbo:
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Near the end of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOoUVeyaY_8 AA-12]] Video, he wields two ''automatic shotguns'' at the same time.



* IncendiaryExponent: Uses incendiary ammo on occasion, like Dragon's Breath shotgun rounds.

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* IncendiaryExponent: IncendiaryExponent:
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Uses incendiary ammo on occasion, like Dragon's Breath shotgun rounds.



* SignatureLine: "Hello my friends, this is [=FPSRussia=] again..."
** "[[OncePerEpisode And as always,]] [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny have nice day.]]"
** "They/he is/are going to have a very bad day."
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He had a cameo appearance on the ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'' live-action commercial.

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He had a cameo appearance on the ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'' ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' live-action commercial.



* OhCrap: His reaction to the missile in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'' "Surpise" commercial. I guess we can say that [[{{IronicEcho}} he had a very bad day]].

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* OhCrap: His reaction to the missile in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'' ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' "Surpise" commercial. I guess we can say that [[{{IronicEcho}} he had a very bad day]].
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* TonkaTough: His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ENZioGLjMI Glock torture test]] video demonstrates the amount of punishment the pistol can take. It survives everything except having a pound of explosives detonated underneath it.
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* ShortRangeShotgun: Defied. [[http://youtu.be/srd-QZXBfZI?t=30s It's shown]] quite clearly that shotguns still shred targets at more than 100 feet

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* ShortRangeShotgun: Defied. [[http://youtu.be/srd-QZXBfZI?t=30s It's shown]] quite clearly that shotguns still shred targets at more than 100 feetfeet.



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* SpentShellsShowerSpentShellsShower: This often happens when he shows off fully automatic weapons.
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* ArtifactTitle: Started as a LetsPlay channel focusing on FPS games, hence the name.
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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. As of January 2018 the channel is dormant, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August of 2017 Kyle Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms and leaving the channel's future in dead.

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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. As of January 2018 the channel is dormant, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August of 2017 Kyle Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms and leaving the channel's future in dead.
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The channel is dead, there can't be much about it. If it comesback, well, Lazarus. For now, it's dead


'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. As of January 2018 the channel is dormant, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August of 2017 Kyle Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms and leaving the channel's future in doubt.

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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. As of January 2018 the channel is dormant, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August of 2017 Kyle Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms and leaving the channel's future in doubt.
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: He sometimes warns people that the demonstration he's about to perform is being done by a "Professional [[FakeRussian Russian]]", it's being done for the sake of the show and not sanity, and that viewers [[DoNotTryThisAtHome shouldn't try to duplicate it]]. It's become progressively less frequent, however, leading to a fair bit of resentment from other gun enthusiasts; see Stop Being Stereotypical below.

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* DudeNotFunny: Actual Russian gun enthusiasts aren't too impressed with him, since Russia has somewhat draconian gun control laws that forbid them to have collections like his.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In a few videos, a man dressed as Batman or Spider Man shows up dancing behind him while he describes the featured gun.



* FakeRussian: He's not actually Russian. The accent is a ShoutOut to a former co-worker of his, who ''is'' Russian.
** DudeNotFunny: to actual Russian gun enthusiasts, whose country has somewhat draconian gun control laws that forbids them to have such collections.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In a few videos, a man dressed as Batman or Spider Man shows up dancing behind him while he describes the featured gun.
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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. As of November 2017 the channel is dormant, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August of 2017 Kyle Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms and leaving the channel's future in doubt.

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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. As of November 2017 January 2018 the channel is dormant, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August of 2017 Kyle Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms and leaving the channel's future in doubt.
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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. As of November 2017 the channel is dormant, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August of 2017 Kyle Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms.

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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent. As of November 2017 the channel is dormant, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August of 2017 Kyle Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms.
firearms and leaving the channel's future in doubt.
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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent.

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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent.
accent. As of November 2017 the channel is dormant, the last video having been posted in April 2016. In August of 2017 Kyle Myers was arrested on drug charges and the ATF raided his home, confiscating 50 firearms.
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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia (the state, not [[UsefulNotes/{{Georgia}} the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent.

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'''FPS Russia''' is the Website/YouTube alias of '''Kyle Lamar Myers''', a young man from Georgia (the state, ([[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]], not [[UsefulNotes/{{Georgia}} [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope the country]]) who makes videos of himself shooting many awesome weapons and firearms while speaking in a FakeRussian accent.
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* ConspiciousCG: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU Quadrotor video]]. To the video's credit, it made the entire thing look very convincing, but a trained eye can see that the quadrotor is actually a fake.

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* ConspiciousCG: ConspicuousCG: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU Quadrotor video]]. To the video's credit, it made the entire thing look very convincing, but a trained eye can see that the quadrotor is actually a fake.
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* ConspiciousCGI: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU Quadrotor video]]. To the video's credit, it made the entire thing look very convincing, but a trained eye can see that the quadrotor is actually a fake.

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* ConspiciousCGI: ConspiciousCG: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU Quadrotor video]]. To the video's credit, it made the entire thing look very convincing, but a trained eye can see that the quadrotor is actually a fake.
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* ConspiciousCGI: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU Quadrotor video]]. To the video's credit, it made the entire thing look very convincing, but a trained eye can see that the quadrotor is actually a fake.

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* FunnyBackroundEvent: In a few videos, a man dressed as Batman or Spider Man shows up dancing behind him while he describes the featured gun.


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* ArmsDealer: His day job, and [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys how he gets hold of some of his more exotic firepower.]]
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* OhCrap: His reaction to the missile in the ''CallOfDutyBlackOps2'' "Surpise" commercial. I guess we can say that [[{{IronicEcho}} he had a very bad day]].

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* OhCrap: His reaction to the missile in the ''CallOfDutyBlackOps2'' ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'' "Surpise" commercial. I guess we can say that [[{{IronicEcho}} he had a very bad day]].
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** One video had the cameraman taking a chunk of exploding fridge to the leg. FPS Russia thought it was WorthIt, but said that the cameraman didn't feel the same way.

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