Airsoft - What do You Think?

[SlartyBartFast]

Forget Airsoft, check out the RAM-5R in the markers section at http://www.paintball-china.com/.

Shoots 0.40 or 0.43 in paintballs out of cartidges in semi or automatic.

And the 'S3' sure looks like a tippy. But the max velocity seems lacking (220 fps max).

Somewhere that sells them: http://www.asiapaintball.com/product...tionMarker.htm

[cphilip]

I like pie...

[Tyger]

Goatboy hit it there.

Thing is airsoft is where paintbll was many moons ago. They play on honor beaue, as far as I can tell, they really jave no 'prizes' to win. I's kinda small, as a game goes, so it's got more of an intimate feel to it.

To get to the main question of the thread, is it an alternative to paintball? Yes and no. Paintball has a diffrent set of rules, plays totally diffrently, and isn't really the same. I mean, we rib lazer tag gamers, but they have more ways to cheat at their game then we might think. It's a diffrent game, diffrent rules, diffrent tech. Same concept, diffrent game.

It's another game, it's not a replacement. In a way, I'm more than happy to let them do their thing. I personally don't like realistic guns, but if it turns your crank then who am I to say anything?

-Tyger

[camilion705]

I used to play springer airsoft games on my paintball field. It helped me out with snapshooting and 2000 bbs costs $10-$15.... Plus you dont make a painty mess of yourself.

Airsoft and Paintball are like many have said, very different. I do think that airsoft could be a better option over woodsball...

I love both. Just bought my 1st GBB (Gas Blowback) pistol recently. Very fun! Some think that bbs sting a bit more than a paintball. I dont really notice though.

[karphead]

Originally posted by -=Squid=-
IF you like rec ball, MABE. Tourneys? no. Personally, although many people play a paintball style airsoft game, I think that airsoft is more of a target practice type game, just for fun you know. Surprising question coming from AGD. You considering entering another market?

I sometimes wonder if Tom's questions are over-analyzed. Maybe he is thinking about playing and wants to know how much fun it is.

[personman]

I dunno, airsoft isnt all that great.. for one thing I think they hurt more but im not sure.. I was afraid to get hit after a bb put a dent in my friends garage door.. I have gotten hit by the spring ones though. I hate hop up. Who cares if it puts backspin on the bb, it sends the accuracy strait to hell. I owned an airsoft pistol battery powered bb gun, that was semi auto, and cost around 30 bucks. It was pretty cool, it was true semi (as fast as you can pull) so it was shooting at a decent speed. It diddnt shoot too fast velocity wise. The only problems: Hop up and the thing broke 3 times on me.. actually that was 3 seperate guns, I got them replaced each time. then I just traded it in for a spring pistol and a hell of alot of bbs. The spring aspect of the pistol was annoying, I mean who really wants to cock it back every time you fire? Well, I kept that for a while and sold it to a retard for more than I payed for it
Airsoft wouldnt be so bad if it diddnt rely on the honor system, the guns diddnt shoot as fast (for house friendly playing), and the decent guns werent so damn expensive (well, they are cheaper than paintball guns, but you would think battery powered guns should be less than $300 )
Using airsoft as training for paintball is a GREAT idea though, I never thought of it before.

[AGD]

No we are NOT thinking about doing anything in airsoft. It just seems to me like its coming on from a lot of directions at a low level. Like many of you I wonder where paintball is going and to be honest I can't tell. Maybe this is it maybe its not. One thing is for sure, I am very surprised at the number of people responding here that have tried it.

AGD

[Tyger]

Originally posted by AGD
It just seems to me like its coming on from a lot of directions at a low level. Like many of you I wonder where paintball is going and to be honest I can't tell.

I don't think that airsoft will replace paintball on a rec level. Let's be honest, when I play walk-on, half the times I don't trust the refs to do thier jobs. What mkes me think all the players will be 100% honest with me.

Airsoft is best the way it is, small. Clubs who all know each other, where the honor system works. Paintball lost that a long time ago, for a lot of reasons (new rant there...) Paintball has the same honor system, in small groups of friends playing in the outlot behind Bob's Back 40. Just like Airsoft is.

That being said, I like paintball too much to drop it for airsoft which I have a bias against on a few levels. But, as I siad before, if it makes people happy, who am I to tell them not to do something?

-Tyger

[Kaiser Bob]

They had an airsoft stand at IAO, so I picked up a little spring pistol. They are definitely fun for plinking, fast enough that they actually hit what you are aiming at, slow enough that you can chase people around with them more or less safely

[Rope a Dope]

I have not tried Airsoft because I don't have the gay.

Thank you.

[BTAutoMag]

well airsoft is cool and all but those small little things can sneak into different places that hurt...

[NASurfer]

I just bought an airsoft gun recently. Ive been talking to alot of people about airsoft, and everyone has shown a huge amount of interest in it. I mean woodsball is pretty much how we all started out, and this kind of brings it back.

Personally, I think airsoft is awesome. Everything that bugs me about paintball, airsoft has solved. Reliability, accuracy, ball choppage, range, clips instead of hoppers, thats exactly why everyone i know is looking into it. The only negative to it is that no one will call hit cause you cant prove it. Of course i think paintballs are made for airsoft too (though i havent tried it).

If it wasent for the fact that there are no fields that play 24 hr airsoft games, i probably would have gotten rid of my paintbll gun by now (well, maybe not).

[ntn4502]

its very childish, I stopped playing with toy guns when I was 7. To put both in the same catagory would be bringing back the 'hicks with guns' sterotype

[hAppy]

to me, airsoft is one big fantasy games for immature teens

they wanna play cops + terrorists w/ realistic weapons, it makes them feel "better". i seen some airsoft catalogs, they have guys dressed up as terrorists w/ their AKs and its pretty creepy, i know if a cop saw that, he d shoot him in a split second, not a smart move to dress up for that.

airsoft is one big cop and terrorist game b/c you look like you re playing pretend in a building. its way too realistic. while pb is more like weird sexy faded guns, and colorful balloonish bunkers, and than the airsoft guns, truly realistic guns w/ a tiny orange tip...

[Steelrat]

Originally posted by ntn4502
its very childish, I stopped playing with toy guns when I was 7. To put both in the same catagory would be bringing back the 'hicks with guns' sterotype

Dude, what do you think paintball is?

Though I, like happyazn, am afraid that the realism of the airsoft guns is going to get someone shot, I can see the entertainment value of the whole thing. Paintball is fun, but trying to pull of an actual mission with entry teams, snipers, etc etc also sounds fun.