Who plays Airsoft?

[rach n bach]

Come on, who spends their weekends shooting their friends? I can't be the only one...

Oh, and if you do, post your loadout, here's mine:

G&G RK-104  27 rps at 375 fps, with three 600 round mags
WE Dragon as backup

I'll take on anyone in one on one!   

[lichristine]

I like guns.
I like shooting people.
But only when there's no permanent damage (or fatalities).
So me!

I really like paintball too; it's like interactive violence+modern art.

[rach n bach]

Come on people... 

For whoever didn't know what airsoft was, it like paintball, but with guns that look real and shoot 6mm plastic bbs.  Tends to be more military simulation than "lets just have fun."

[henrah]

And the BBs don't hurt?

[soliloquy]

I played that game once.  I kept saying my gun was out of ammo and then shot the other person


But I got a lot of mosquito bites while doing it so I think it sucks :O

[rach n bach]

And the BBs don't hurt?

Yeah they hurt.  In paintball, you typically just end up with a big ugly bruise.  In airsoft (the way I play), if you get hit, you bleed.     That's why we wear face maskes, I'm done with acne, and I like my eyes the way they are.  The real fun of airsoft is that the guns look just like real ones, with orange tips...

I played that game once.  I kept saying my gun was out of ammo and then shot the other person

I tried that once... but when you have some bloke with a grenade launcher telling you to put your weapon on the ground an your hands in the air... well...   

[debussy symbolism]

Yeah they hurt.  In paintball, you typically just end up with a big ugly bruise.  In airsoft (the way I play), if you get hit, you bleed.     That's why we wear face maskes, I'm done with acne, and I like my eyes the way they are.  The real fun of airsoft is that the guns look just like real ones, with orange tips...

Greetings.

Wouldn't you rather prefer to have the guns not be the most "realistic" looking and not make the opponent bleed as opposed to playing with "realistic" looking guns that do make others bleed?

[rach n bach]

Here's the catch, while paintballs are about .68 inches in diameter, airsoft rounds are 6mm (about .223 inches).  So an airsoft round is much smaller and lighter.  This means that although the bb's might break skin, they probably won't cause bone bruises, or other serious injuries (barring eyes...) and they really don't have as much of an impact as paintballs.

As far as realism goes, that's the whole point of the game!  There are huge (up to 200 people) games where everyone dresses in the correct camies for their gun, and split up into different teams.  Sometimes, these are multi-day events, and you have to bring your own food, shelter, etc...  There are hostage rescue rounds, DEA raid rounds, and many other senarios, where the whole idea is to closely replicate the feel of the "real steel." 

RnB

[imbetter]

haha the airsoft brotherhood

[pianowolfi]

That's one of the things I'll never understand. IF people want to play war games why not just do it WITHOUT some real plastic bullets? I don't get it. It's a high risk. Anyway it's just one of the things that are invented to get people more used to war and army and battles. imo.

[ihatepop]

Is this some kind of crazy new video game? Cause I've never heard of it.

ihatepop, VGB(Video game noob)

[lichristine]

no, it's real guns. Just not bullet-guns.

[berrt]

That's one of the things I'll never understand. IF people want to play war games why not just do it WITHOUT some real plastic bullets?

i think, somehow they must know if anyone is hit... it would be even clearer if they used real military guns.

B.

[lau]

I was just invited to play some airsoft but i chose not to because it's too hot outside and there is too many misquitos and it's not very pleasurable

[fiddes]

christ y not just have a sort of laser quest game where u wear fully readable body armour andwhen your shot in the arms or the foot a magnet actervates which makes it harder to move??

wouldn that be fun and alot less dangerous, you can have different level magenets so if your shot in the chest or head they turn on fully and you cant move for ten seconds or soemthing i reckon that would be alot more enjoyable and no one gets hurt

and y do u want relistic guns jsut sounds a bit you no lame really

paintball is fun cept last time i played a guy asked me if i had any bullets left when i said no he goes i have and shoots my arse from point blank range very painful

[cziffra]

christ y not just have a sort of laser quest game where u wear fully readable body armour andwhen your shot in the arms or the foot a magnet actervates which makes it harder to move??

wouldn that be fun and alot less dangerous, you can have different level magenets so if your shot in the chest or head they turn on fully and you cant move for ten seconds or soemthing i reckon that would be alot more enjoyable and no one gets hurt

and y do u want relistic guns jsut sounds a bit you no lame really

paintball is fun cept last time i played a guy asked me if i had any bullets left when i said no he goes i have and shoots my arse from point blank range very painful

For a brit your command of the english language is quite poor.

Airsoft guns are hella fun, but I've never done anything really organized with it.

[fiddes]

actually my 'command of the british language' is usually spot on but i would like to see you write with a clear mind after nearly 12 hours of working.

and you sir are one to talk 'hella' is the most pathetic excuse for a word I have ever heard and I would ask you kindly not to comment on my language skills when you yourself are obviously inept in that depaertment

finally for your infomation i am of the younger generation!!!!! which means my dear friend i dont give a flying monkey whether my english is very poor or superb unless i am writing an importand document, last time i check talking on a forum is not very important really so ner :-p

[rach n bach]

In other words, he's to lazy to write right.

OK, so what's your problem with realism?  Why do you think its a bad idea?  It's all in role playing... If you wanted to play fake, play Lazar tag or stick with halo... it IS the whole point of airsoft... and like I've said, you can run scenarios... hostage rec, downed airman, spy, etc...

Dangerous I really haven't the slightest idea what your talking about with that one... haven't ever seen a serious airsoft injury... just wear something over your eyes, and you'll never have a long term problem... FYI, I've skirmished for years, literally 100's of times, and if you play smart, you're fine.

Go ahead and develop said Lazar system... I'd me amused to see if it would actually work or not!  Besides, pain is a mote point... The only rounds that sting are the ones that you are dumb enough to get in the way of!  It's often a training tool for some of my friends going into SWAT and the like... it trains you to THINK. 

So you know, I too am of the younger generation, just I know that your first impression is often the most important, and that your basic grammar and spelling is the first thing people see online.  If you want to talk like that either move to the SDC, or I'll call hinty over and have him fix this thread.

[pianogeek_cz]

Meh really wants to go and do airsoft. Realism rules!

I'd love to be in an IDF-simulation group... There actually is one over here... I'm thinking 'bout it... 

But it's SOOOOOO damn out of my price range. Which sucks big time.

[Barbosa-piano]

  I love it- I was about to buy a nice Remington two days ago.
  It's pretty popular in here in Texas- Friends pick a ranch or a big yard and start- Those plastic pellets kind of hurt though- 

   Sad story: I was part of the Explorer program at the TSTC police department, in Waco, TX ( Air Force One lands at TSTC, which is not far from Bush's ranch).
  Well, the sargent, who had met Bush before, said that the Secret Service officers wanted to play paint ball with us, just for fun... We were going to make barbacue and camp out on the woods. But I moved! I missed the chance of getting my rear kicked by the Secret Service...
 Good times...

[fiddes]

firstly apologies for the outburst last night, i just didnt understand what my lack of grammor, spelling and punctuation had to do with the abit strange point i was making. In my defence as i stated last night i was on the 12 hour of my working day when i posted the comment and was nearly falling asleep, and of course i am just naturally bad at spelling.

In regards to the point of airsoft being really realistic, i just find if you want realism join the army.

But that said i understand everyone is different and allowed thier own point of view, which in my opinion is part of what makes the modern world so great.

[pianogeek_cz]

Um, not everyone can join the army, or, to be more precise, the army of their choice. One of the points of airsoft is that you get (relatively) close to an army experience WITHOUT putting your (or anyone else's) life in danger. Plus, as opposed to airsoft, the army is not a part-time hobby.

[fiddes]

fair point i guess i sort of understand a little now

Fiddes