ThisTroper has 3 full auto airsoft gas blowback glocks with a cyclic rate of 900-1000rpm. Why 3? Because nothing is more scary than seeing the guy running at you with dual 50rd mags on full auto drop one gun and pull out ANOTHER ONE.

What do you get when you cross The Matrix, employee discount on airsoft guns and two bored young adults with too much time on their hands? Two people running around doing airsoft, dual wielding [=SMGs=] and pistols, wearing longcoats modified to be able to carry no less than 14 guns.

ThisTroper, for some strange reason, will do this frequently with light-gun games. Nothing more satisfying than gunning down a flaming zombie with two guns.

This troper went guns akimbo in TimeCrisis 4, just for laughs.

ThisTroper used guns akimbo on HouseOfTheDead as his warm-up/intimidation routine before games of Laser Quest. Practice and the predictability of enemies led to some impressive looking performances and suitably nervous opponents.

Like with others, HouseOfTheDead except this was the third game...''with shotguns'' naturally my aiming and reloading was terribly slow and got pulverised within minutes, was worth it to cock back the shotgun with my leg...that didn't sound dirty at all.

This troper did the same, though his method for reloading is much more badass: toss the shotgun in the air, catch it by the pump, jerk it up and down (now THAT sounded dirty), then toss it back up and catch it by the grip to fire.

Your last name isn't Connor, is it?

No, but it DOES start with a C.

Dick Richardson's local arcade has it, but the pump shotgun is impossible to pump unless you do it normally. Goddamnit.

The fourth game's the best for this: Twin Uzis, and you just shake'em to reload.

This troper loves playing HotD4 with both guns at the same time. Makes clearing crowds easier, along with increasing damage when focus firing. And, for some reason, I managed my first no damage fight with Temperance while going akimbo. Though fighting Star that way is a bitch, considering his weak point is pretty damn small. Must be because Temperance has such a fat head.

Being ambidextrous helps; this female troper won a fifty dollar bet utilizing this technique (plus, it prevents others from joining as the second player and bogarting the points).

This troper just arrived from hanging out with his friends in a mall. While there, he saw a HotD4 arcade machine and this came to his head. While he didn't last long (the first boss finished him off), it was the most fun he has had while playing videogames in a long while.

This troper tried something similar on "L.A. Machine Guns". It's doubly fun, since the lightguns are mounted ''and'' are essentially bullet hoses.

Same here, except it's hard to kit Kuarl after a while. It's fun to mow down the enemies, but your arms hurt.

This troper got 2 guns for HOTD Overkill. John Woo style motherfuckers! (Yes, this troper WILL be using Agent Washington).

This troper created a character in ''Godlike'' (superhero soldiers in WWII) that used two [=BARs=] Main/GunsAkimbo.

This troper, an avowed JohnWoo fan, has used this trope with just about every gunman character he's created in gaming or writing at some point in their career. For some characters, it's a signature style, while for others, it's mainly a way of achieving MoreDakka during a major shootout.

Same here: She invoked the little-remembered 2nd-edition Murlynd, God of Technology for the right to dual-wield "magical sixshooters."

This Troper Once had 1 Nerf Nitefinder IX-3. Until its Laser pointer broke and then got a new one, He kept the old one just to Look cool with the other

This troper has done this in RealLife, with ''paintball guns.'' Yes, it was awesome, but afterwards I got thrown out of the game for cheating (you're only meant to have one gun).

This troper's done it too, except he didn't get thrown out.

This Troper has done so in airsoft games with fully automatic airsoft guns.

Subversion/variation: there is a photo of this troper with chinchillas akimbo.

Good lord, ''where?''

On Flickr. I'd link, but the cuteness (of the chins, not me) might make you all explode.

Do you have any idea how many chinchilla picture are on that site? I appriciate the concern, but please post the link.

Okay, but I warned you. I'm also not that great with coding... hopefully this will link... http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuxedoramen/2871055439/

Remains unexploded.

*BOOM*

Remains unexploded, but must note that ''everything'' in that picture is quite cute ;)

I agree with the above statement. Plus kudos on the title.

I WANNA TAKE THEM HOME!

Is only me that have a sudden urge for, chinchilla con carne?

Yes, because anyone who would eat chinchilla knows that any other meat would only mask, be masked by, or clash with chinchilla :p (except ''maybe'' rabbit, but who would bother? especially with the cuticide that would entail). Speaking of cute, the cuteness-induced headsplosion was averted only by brief confusion from a Tuxedo Ramen this troper once knew of (and for that matter, [[SailorMoon Tuxedo Kamen).

Another variation. In order to expedite the cooking process, This Troper is known to go "frying pans akimbo" when making pancakes.

Related to the above: I've seen short-order cooks and Japanese chefs with spatulas akimbo several times - a large cooking surface helps with that. I often dual wield forks at mealtime, but I don't think that ''quite'' qualifies here, as I eat at pretty absurd rates regardless of whether flatware is involved.

This troper regularly runs a [=UT2004=] mod by the name of ''Ballistic Weapons'' which, among other things, allows him to wield two small-arms weapons at once. There's plenty to choose from, thanks to the very same mod adding a gratuitous number of new weapons to complement its custom gametypes.

This troper remembers a arcade game from years ago- don't remember the name, but you were in a chopper gunship manning .50 cal MG's. It was 2 player. Since the Ma Deuce's were mounted, it was fairly easy to use them one handed... and who needs accuracy, anyway?

The game is probably Gunblade.

This troper has tried this with a pair of .38 revolvers (OK, one was a .357, but I had .38s in it). It was near imposable to hit anything mostly due to the fact that I couldn't use the sights of either gun. Controlling the recoil wasn't bad, but a larger cartridge would make it even more difficult to control.

You've got to wonder where all the taxpayers' cash is going...

This troper has tried it on the range with a pair of .22s. Accuracy is pretty much minute-of-barn even with those guns, but the recoil wasn't uncontrollable.

They're .22s. If you ''can't'' control the recoil, you probably have much more serious problems and should see a medical professional.

One of Nerf's latest offerings, the Magnum revolver, practically begs to be paired up and dual-wielded. However, despite having modified both my guns to be easier to cock and reload single-handedly, This Troper's little brother is the only member of his household who can hit anything with his left-hand gun.

This troper has actually mastered the art of dual-wielding nerf guns, reloading only slightly slower then with one and tracking (and hitting!) multiple targets at once.

I've tried it with two Nerf Magstrikes. They need to be pumped a ton, but then they each shoot 10 darts in full auto. 20 darts in just over a second, between the two guns. Of course, you can expect to be shot at like crazy while trying to reload...

This troper happens to also be fairly proficient with dual Mavericks.

This troper is constantly yelled at by his horse riding teacher for holding his reins in a weird slanting manner, similar to this trope sometimes

Subversion: this troper, outside of ''Left4Dead'', pretty much refuses to use any weapons akimbo.

Once while at a local shooting range, this troper saw a relatively large man doing this with a pair of Glocks. For something like five minutes, he was the only one shooting because everyone else was watching him put ''every single bullet'' into the targets.

This troper moves for the abovementioned man to be declared a living saint.

This troper tried guns akimbo with a M1911 in his right (dominant) hand and a .22 in his left. He was able to put every bullet pretty darn close to where he wanted (even when firing simultaneously at separate targets), but it took so long to aim, that it would have been much quicker to just use one gun and cycle back and forth between targets.

This airsoft arena I used to go to (shut down now.) had a matrix match on Halloween, shotguns and pistols allowed only, and they would supply you with a second pistol free, and encouraged you use it at much as possible.

This troper fucking wishes.

This troper once went guns akimbo in a friendly, no-rules airsoft match using two mini electric sub-machineguns. He didn't hit anything, but it was fun.

This troper's an avid airsoft fan, and is his team's close-range assault fighter. Generally this includes using an FNC replica, with an [=MP7=] as a backup weapon. However, his sniper teammate always keeps a P90 on him. It's not uncommon for me to take the P90 and open fire with both it and the [=MP7=]. If I end up using two pistols, I generally don't fire both at once, and will instead fire with alternating hands (left/right/left/right) or empty one hand's weapon, and then the other. As a side note, due to the reloading of the P90, it makes for an -excellent- dual-wielding weapon.

Badminton. Oh, how i love to play badminton. With 2 bats. Wile spinning them and humming the Leekspin song.

I call GretzkyHasTheBall on you. Badminton is played with ''racquets''.

This troper, however, ''has'' actually played with two racquets (gym partner was injured between tourney matches, his racquet wasn't). Very satisfying, fun, and stylish-- not to mention a way to avoid having to use the backhand swing (highly inaccurate for this troper).

This troper has played with two racquets and once won a game by throwing one of the racquets and hitting the shuttle down while it was on the other side of the net.

This troper's university just recently hosted a Humans vs. Zombies game. One of her friends decided his WeaponOfChoice would be ''dual-wielded-Mavericks''. When we pointed out to him the impossibility of cocking them while holding a gun in both hands,, he MacGyvered a system involving a shoelace connected by carabiners to the loading mechanism of the guns so he could ''cock both at the same time''. "CrazyAwesome" doesn't even come ''close'' to it.

Actually, it's pretty easy to cock a Maverick while still holding another in the other hand, just not very easy to explain (it works much better if you fire them alternately rather than simultaneously).

This troper bought himself a second airsoft Beretta and a dual shoulder holster rig just for this. Accuracy? Next to none. Psychological effect when unleashing over forty shots with a rate of fire nearing a stock electric gun? Big. Best yet: next on the wishlist are two gas-blowback Ingram [=SMGs=]. Cue bullet barf.

Yeah, the [=SMGs=] will be devastating. Particularly if you scream ''something'' when you pull the triggers. It doesn't have to be anything serious. (This Troper screamed "Be proud, Mr. Woo!", for example.)

This troper likes to dual-wield on lightgun games when he's bored or needs to burn cash. However, he's semi-ambidexterous, and thus can fire even with his left hand with near-perfect accuracy. He also uses this trait to allow him to continue fighting when his right hand is tired. In fact, he once played Time Crisis 4 with a bad gun, and found that shooting in his left hand made it BETTER.

The aforementioned troper also wants to do it at Hard Knocks, a local indoor combat arena (think Laser Tag, but more tactical with realistic weapons. Go to www.hardknocksorlando.com), even though it's impossible because each gun is connected to a player's sensor vest to register hits and lock the gun when the player is dead. This troper found that he could fire the carbine rifle one-handed, a 6-pound rifle that fires at 350 rounds per minute from a 30 round magazine. And yes, he can hit things.

To update this, Hard Knocks has released a new weapon as of today: dual .40 caliber handguns, each with a 16 round magazine and 15 magazines for each. They can be set to semi-auto, 3-round burst, and full-auto. Made of win.

Excessive practice with akimbo airsoft pistols have left this troper with a much feared reputation among certain circles of cans.

What cans? Afri-cans? Mexi-cans? Puerto Ri-cans?

I spent three years looking for semi-automatic airsoft pistols for this reason. They cost me over $200. End result? So. Freaking. Worth it.

Tried it with M4s once on a lark. Hip-shooting's a practical requirement.

This Troper frequently did GunsAkimbo with water guns as a kid. As you might expect accuracy was high due to the short distances involved.

This troper liked having his action figures carry two guns, because nothing looked cooler than a Cobra foot soldier using two assault rifles simultaneously. Of course, the action figure battles I had where always powered by RuleOfCool...

This Troper always makes sure of the dual-wielding policies of any visited paintball field. It is very useful to be able to suddenly change aim without having to swing a full-sized gun around, and instead using a pistol in the off-hand to do it, and both can be ore unnerving and is less unsafe to call for a surrender after sneaking up on someone by keeping the pistol-size marker trained on them instead of a full-sized one (which is easier to accidentally fire simply from gripping to compensate for its weight, and should have less momentum at impact if you range the pistol for less speed and range or use a smaller caliber). A zakucannon model came with practically every sort of weapon they used, and the troper ended up having to put a rocket launcher in one hand and a machine gun in the other (its more commonly used pose of the two, however, has the machine gun down at its side and the rocket launcher aimed through the scope, but the other plays the trope straight). With most arcade games (there are a few exceptions, but they're rare), though, dual wielding is less helpful than the ability to quickly shift one's aim.

This Troper was at Laser Quest, where you only get one gun, attached by a cord to your vest (there are sensors on the gun, making it possible to do a variant of a ScopeSnipe. However, that didn't stop me from keeping a teammate close and using his gun. I actually got a decent amount of accuracy, too. It was turned around on me when the Laser Quest employees all entered, wearing ''two vests at once'' and slaughtered every single player, regardless of teams. All in all, it was a {{Badass}} night.

Kulture here, and back in my airsoft days (I've since changed to become a regular marksman) I dualwielded an M14 and a Type 89, a marksman's rifle and assault rifle respectively. Then there was the dual M249 Saws incident. If I ever return, I'm going to try it with a Vulcan and a Barret M82 (I've got crazy back strength.)

ThisTroper's perfered method in any airsoft match he's been in, mostly because he doesn't own airsoft guns and his brother hates the handguns. This Troper tends to load up like Neo, taking all non-used hand guns on his team. A good game for him involves two semi-autos, two holstered, an spare clip for each, any amount of spare guns that need to be cocked, chambered and ready to load, and a small short range concealed weapon for those extra tricky stains. Is it improbable? yep. Do I die? All the time. Do I look awesome doing it? WorthIt.

Averted- Any serious shooter using real firearms. Using two at a range makes you look stupid and not hit anything you were aiming at.

This Troper recently went to an airsoft game with no spare magazines for his dual pistols - he did have five spare pistols, though. And two knives. If you aim then like miniguns you can hit targets, using the fall of your rounds to adjust. Also, at an earlier game I ran around with dual [=MP7s=], although I had 16 spare magazines that time around.

A year later update: I've pretty much become infamous in the local group for loving to do crazy stuff now, often including dual wielding, the most infamous of which was wearing a full combat load (including 20 pounds of kevlar), smoking a cigar, standing out in the open firing an M60 and an MG36 at the enemy, holding down about 10 guys for over 5 minutes before getting taken out by a sniper (Who cheered his own achievement). Also under the achievements list goes dual M14s fired from the shoulder rather than the hip, M240B and L86A2, and tons more, as well as also done now with real handguns (it's surprisingly easy, actually).

Another airsofter here. I and my squad mates got slightly bored, and needed a distraction. So, I was the distraction with assault rifles. Sadly, they weren't matched - I had my L85 in one hand, and a Steyr AUG A2 in the other. The problem? The L85 is 85% metal, the AUG is 90% plastic... I did this with G18cs once (pre Modern warfare 2) I was fairly good too - but only because I was behind an enemy squad, all in a line.

Not guns (don't live in a country where you can legally own a pistol and there are no paintball style arenas near where I live), but this troper looks very badass when he is holding two BBQ forks and, more frequently (being the person who clears the table has it's advantages), two frying pans. I do remember using two water guns, one in each hand, to chase people when I was about eleven, though.

This troper has an outfit which allows him to carry five nerf mavericks within easy reach (two just above my knees, two at my hips, and one in hand), allowing for thirty shots from new york reloads before running out.

Cameras Akimbo - This troper was asked once to help document a stage performance for a friend. I brought my own DSLR camera to take pictures of the event, but they also gave me a camcorder, to record the performance on video. Cue me panning the camcorder from time to time in my left hand to record the action, and my DSLR in my right to take still photos of my friend, manually adjusting lens zoom / focus / aperture size / shutter speed single-handedly. Main/CrowningMomentOfFunny, according to on lookers.

I managed to wield a 177. rifle in my left hand and a 22. in my right, both are not something I'd call light, and I couldn't aim or move about my house because the barrels are too long ,granted, I'm somewhat ambidextrous but still, for my left hand that was something that made me happy.

Near the ending of my National Service, I was walking by the shooting range when I saw this bunch of newbies there. Their CO was yelling at one of them, so one bored guy decided to test out this trope while his CO's back was turned. I was too far(say, 50m distance) to see what guns he was using(I'm fairly sure one of them was an SMG of some sort while the other was a rifle set on three-round burst). The recoil of the guns nearly blew the guy off his feet at first, but when he got used to it most of his rounds actually hit the target (which was a good distance away). A very angry CO headed for him the moment he realized what was going on. I wish my National Service had been a day longer so I could have gotten to try that out too.