leloup
11-17-2010, 06:34 PM
I succumbed to the Dark Side. A couple of guys I know went to a big game, I drove. This was my first real airsoft experience. Going into it, I thought it was going to be much like paintball. Boy, was I wrong. Any of you ever go to a big airsoft game? I have been to paintball senarios, tournaments, and walk on games, but this was different.
The Pros: It was cheaper. My bag of bio-BBs was $10 for 3500, which lasted my brother and I all day (with about 2000 to spare). I was rocking a gas blowback 1911, that I borrowed, my bro an AEG M4 (also borrowed). It was fun, the pistol felt similar (less kick of course) to the real thing, and as we were playing the parts of the terrorist, I got to shout and do suicide runs a lot. The best part was the cleanup.
The bad: I don't know if it is just where I have played, but airsofters have less honor than a paintballer. There were a lot of "D" bags out there, on my team and the other. There were hardly any younger people, so just a bunch of older guys playing army it seemed. The guns themselves are a much poorer quality than even spyders. I played with the pistols and an expensive m4, but the quality was just not there. Those AEGs kind of tare themselves apart. I wonder if a paintball marker manufacture made a replica for airsoft, it would probably be a beast. Accuracy was crap, and so was range. Don't even get me started on that safety kill thing. They should do a surrender or die. So dude claimed a safety kill on me, when I charged him, hit cover and he did not have a shot. I was a little upset. Kind of hard to bunker people when you approach them, and all they have to do is say those two little words. Back to the honor thing: Every game I have ever gone to for paintball has always said to watch your language. A tourny I played would only give one warning before throwing you out. Here, there were no such rules, and it kind of diluted my opinion (I am sorry, but if you swear just to swear, not to emphasize or for dramatic effect, you sound like a bumpkin). Not to mention there were women and children present. Maybe I am a romantic.
Overall it was fun, but doesn't hold a candle to the majesty of paintball. Have you guys had similar experiences? I fond myself wanting my mag all too often out there, those BBs, can't shoot through cover worth crap.
The Pros: It was cheaper. My bag of bio-BBs was $10 for 3500, which lasted my brother and I all day (with about 2000 to spare). I was rocking a gas blowback 1911, that I borrowed, my bro an AEG M4 (also borrowed). It was fun, the pistol felt similar (less kick of course) to the real thing, and as we were playing the parts of the terrorist, I got to shout and do suicide runs a lot. The best part was the cleanup.
The bad: I don't know if it is just where I have played, but airsofters have less honor than a paintballer. There were a lot of "D" bags out there, on my team and the other. There were hardly any younger people, so just a bunch of older guys playing army it seemed. The guns themselves are a much poorer quality than even spyders. I played with the pistols and an expensive m4, but the quality was just not there. Those AEGs kind of tare themselves apart. I wonder if a paintball marker manufacture made a replica for airsoft, it would probably be a beast. Accuracy was crap, and so was range. Don't even get me started on that safety kill thing. They should do a surrender or die. So dude claimed a safety kill on me, when I charged him, hit cover and he did not have a shot. I was a little upset. Kind of hard to bunker people when you approach them, and all they have to do is say those two little words. Back to the honor thing: Every game I have ever gone to for paintball has always said to watch your language. A tourny I played would only give one warning before throwing you out. Here, there were no such rules, and it kind of diluted my opinion (I am sorry, but if you swear just to swear, not to emphasize or for dramatic effect, you sound like a bumpkin). Not to mention there were women and children present. Maybe I am a romantic.
Overall it was fun, but doesn't hold a candle to the majesty of paintball. Have you guys had similar experiences? I fond myself wanting my mag all too often out there, those BBs, can't shoot through cover worth crap.