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2[[caption-width-right:350:The last avatar used on the [=FPSRussia YouTube=] channel, depicting Kyle Myers' head circa the 2010s superimposed on the body of [[Franchise/{{Hitman}} Agent 47]].]]
3Kyle 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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5Apart from the [=YouTube=] channel, he's also co-founded the weekly podcast ''[[https://painkilleralready.podbean.com Painkiller Already]]''. While the podcast is not as prominent as his channel was, it does manage to get a respectable amount of views.
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7He also appeared in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' live-action commercial.
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9!!His videos include instances of:
10* ArmsDealer: His day job, and [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys how he gets hold of some of his more exotic firepower.]]
11* ArtifactTitle: Started as a LetsPlay channel focusing on FPS games, hence the name.
12* 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/ In his mind, though, it's worth it.]]
13* {{BFG}}: Kind of the whole point of the series.
14* BlingBlingBang: He does, in fact, have a gold plated [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1cMaNXP9sg&list=UUEPTp5WMAzjh9mOrKUwRLmQ Desert Eagle]].
15* BriefcaseBlaster: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ8Ndkg8urw The Suitcase Gun]]
16* CatchPhrase:
17** "Hello my friends, this is [=FPSRussia=] again..."
18** "[[OncePerEpisode And as always,]] [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny have nice day.]]"
19** "They/he is/are going to have a very bad day."
20* {{Crossover}}: With ''WebVideo/EpicMealTime''.
21* 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.
22* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In a few videos, a man dressed as Batman or Spider-Man shows up dancing behind him while he describes the featured gun.
23* GatlingGood: Yep, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d84r8gMGxFQ&list=UUEPTp5WMAzjh9mOrKUwRLmQ Just an average day for him.]]
24* GunsAkimbo:
25** 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.
26** In this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC9LFLpHmeE video]], he dual wields a pair of ''anti-materiel rifles''.
27* GunNut: FPS Russia himself could be considered this, with his collection and all.
28* IncendiaryExponent:
29** Uses incendiary ammo on occasion, like Dragon's Breath shotgun rounds.
30** He sometimes shoots cans of spray paint with flares taped to them, creating a fiery explosion.
31* 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.
32* MoreDakka: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRDwWFEJVfo&list=UUEPTp5WMAzjh9mOrKUwRLmQ Oh]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9DkciMTsLI&list=UUEPTp5WMAzjh9mOrKUwRLmQ my]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d84r8gMGxFQ&list=UUEPTp5WMAzjh9mOrKUwRLmQ yes.]]
33* OhCrap: His reaction to the missile in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' "Surpise" commercial. I guess we can say that [[{{IronicEcho}} he had a very bad day]].
34* ProfessionalVoiceDissonance: Myers' real voice has a Southern accent, in contrast to the Russian accent he uses for most of his videos.
35* RevolversAreJustBetter: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEi_m5jqak0 Yep.]]
36* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: He broke not one, but ''two'' UTS-15 shotguns in the UTS-15 video during the course of normal use.
37* ShortRangeShotgun: Defied. [[http://youtu.be/srd-QZXBfZI?t=30s It's shown]] quite clearly that shotguns still shred targets at more than 100 feet.
38* SniperRifle: Quite a few.
39* SoundEffectBleep: One of his videos had the sound of a gun cocking used to censor a profanity.
40* SpentShellsShower: This often happens when he shows off fully automatic weapons.
41* StopBeingStereotypical: His oftentimes lax approach to [[UsefulNotes/GunSafety gun safety]] is a sore spot among many of his peers, who make the very cogent argument that when it comes to guns and shooting, the StopHavingFunGuys are 100% in the right and RuleOfCool should never, ''ever'' trump responsible firearm use.
42* StuffBlowingUp
43** Myers' lax approach sometimes extends to these videos as well, best evident in a video uploaded in January 2013 (the last before producer Keith Ratliff was murdered); using a rifle to detonate a tannerite charge inside a truck resulted in a large chunk of metal flying back at him, missing him by inches. Myers can be seen pausing for a moment, perhaps to compose himself, while someone off camera can be heard yelling, "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Holy! Fuckin'!]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Shit!]]''"
44** 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.
45* 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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