"The reasons I perfer Airsoft over Paintball"

[shartley]

Remember, paintball started as a military senario.

As for the paintball in the school, I like the idea, but I assume the floor is tile, and that will get real slick real quick with paint on it. If you do decide to got for it, you'll want to paint the floor with some nonskid floor paint, lay a layer of gravel perhaps.

[buzzboy]

Geese I just wrote a topic on PB vs Airsoft over at spudtech.

Around where I live we play paintball. In the summer it is hot to run aroudn in long pants and long sleve shirts with 100% humidinty and 90*f temperatures. This summer we tried out airsoft. I don't think it's as fun. Paintball is way better. Plus it is sooo easy to cheat in airsoft, "prove that it hit me". The only way to stop cheating is to get a gun that draws blood so either the person calls himself out or is given up by the blood/bloodwring/bruise.

Here is what I wrote over at spudtech

[First off. NO FLAMING. This is just to get some thoughts from other forums members.]

Paintball and Airsoft. Both are war games involving guns or markers, to shoot at each other. Both games are usually played by teens but can be taken up by older enthusiast(sp). Also both sports began in the 1980s.

Airsoft

{Pros}
Cheap
Less painfull(usually)
Look real(cooler to own)
Cheaper ammo

{Cons}
Easy to cheat
Must pay more to have a gun that can compete
More polluting(had to add that )
Use way more ammo per game/outing

Paintball

{Pros}
Hard to cheat(covered in paint)
Don't look real(commiting serious crimes)
Doesn't pollute(as I said, all cons)
Overall more fun(to me at least)
Doesn't cost as much to get a good gun(In airsoft you must pay about 80 out of the 300+ that a really good gun would cost(80/300). In paintball you can have a gun that performs well for 80 out of the 500 you have to pay to get a good gun(I don't like the Ion)so thats 80/500. Which ratio is better)

{Cons}
Hurts way more(not that it is like actually being shot, but more than airsoft)
Costs more
Ammo is way more
Stains
Can't be played everywhere(see stains)


I was just wondering how others felt. I play both sports. Over the summer I got into playing airsoft with a few of my better friends and his neighbor +his friends. It was fun, but not the same as playing paintball. One day my good friend and I were talking about paintball and one kid said, "geese, I can't believe you would pay all that money to play. Airsoft is so much more cheap." I find this funny from a kid who has spent the same on many cheap airsoft guns as I bought my paintball gun for. Now I own both a paintballgun(tippy pro/carbine) and an airsoftgun(HFC MP5). I have owned the p/c for almost 2 years now and it hasn't had anything go wrong in over 100 games. I bought the airsoft gun this july and it already is on the verge of dying after I only used it for 15-20 games. That sucks. That means that I will have to buy a more expensive gun, so it will last longer. Kinda like buying a brass eagle talon or blade. It just doesn't last that long.

Does anyone else have opinions on here. I know we have a few paintballers on here(OJHS I hope you reply to this) and a bunch of airsofters(Um well theres a lot).

[Cow hunter]

sadly im one of the few paintballs left in my town.... i once went to an airsoft match, i laugh when they say they have a "custom" airsoft gun that shoots 400fps and has a scope(probably can get out 10rpm-impossible to cock)..... then im like WTF???? when they give me a gun that shoots 20ft and it is impossible to feel even at point blank to my neck.....so heres what ended up happening

Me; you cant give me this **** gun!
Them; meh' too bad just run into us firing.....
Me; Fine ill go get my other gun*gets paintball gun*
Them; you cant use that! it shoots too far and its too accurate!
Me; thats the whole point! *shoots them in legs*
Them; you win! you win!

[Death of Rats]

Honestly I think people are just attacking airsoft now for the sake of.

First of all people keep saying that the guns are cheap, however the only places they have ever looked into the airsoft guns is at walmart. Honestly have you seen some of the paintball guns at walmart. I've played with a number of them many man years ago and I must say that they are not what I would call classy paintball guns. Some guy said you can have an 80 dollar marker that can compete I nearly laughed when I read this. Your going to spend money to get something good either way.

Second with the cheating. You can feel almost anything that hits your body. On all the occasions I have played paintball the only hits that I truly did not feel were on the end of my barrel. It simply felt like I had shot. You almost always know when something hits your body even if you are wearing horendous amounts of armor and it works the same with airsoft. If someone cheats tell them you won't play with them anymore usually this works pretty effecitvly in both sports especially airsoft since many of the places where you play people will be remembering you.

Third, someone talking about the airsoft guns breaking down. Ok lets take into cosideration any tourny event. How many guns do you see in most of those players bags. Two three more just out of fear that one might break down. How many people here have had paintball guns break down on them, heck I have seen Tippmans quit working. Tippmans the most reliable paintball marker that I have ever seen used.


I love AO however some of the people on this site have just been downright mean in some of their remarks.

[ThePixelGuru]

Who cares if you like paintball, airsoft, or both. Sorry, I cannot say the "milsim" idea ever attracted me to playing paintball. I never once considered it a close substitute for simultaedmilitary action. In fact these games (including airsoft) are the farthest things possible from "the real thing". I get a bit laugh out of those weekend warriors looking for the milsim effect anyway, go join the military if you want some "real-sim".

Yeah, I've always seen anyone who believes that airsoft or paintball are like real military action as being a bit out of touch. Sure, they can be used to simulate that sort of thing, like AGD making paintball pistols for police training, but the way that any of these games are actually played they're not even vague approximations of real action.

That's why I like paintball more than airsoft, though. I'd rather play something that succeeds as a sport than something that fails as a simulation. Of course, if you have fun doing it, that's all that matters.

[Recon by Fire]

I just cannot associate myself with those teams/players in either game that insist they have a rank and demand I slaute them or call them Sir. I think they are taking it a bit too serious and are somewhat delusional. I'm no Freud though...

[Rudz]

lol!!!

I just cannot associate myself with those teams/players in either game that insist they have a rank and demand I slaute them or call them Sir. I think they are taking it a bit too serious and are somewhat delusional. I'm no Freud though...

yeah umm you have to salute me....lol..whats he gonna make you do? drop and give him twenty???!!!..attention on deck!!!! head airsoft general is approaching!!! lol...yeah some guys at work play airsoft...and the metal guns look kewl, but when i asked them to play paintball, they all got skerred..i mean i want to see who i hit..the way they told me they played airsoft to eliminate cheaters..they keep shooting you untill you call yourself out, or some one has to reload..!!! lol and i thought bonus balling was bad...

[ThePixelGuru]

I just cannot associate myself with those teams/players in either game that insist they have a rank and demand I slaute them or call them Sir. I think they are taking it a bit too serious and are somewhat delusional. I'm no Freud though...

...I've never even heard of that. Having "generals" or whatever commander, yeah, if that's your thing, but actual salutes and crap? That's retarded.

[FSU_Paintball]

Yeah, that's grrrreat. If I was standing there this conversation would have been a lot shorter.

I asked: "What planet are you from? That is an alien gun you are holding."
he said: "It's a DM4."
I asked (insert another snide remark here)
he said: "....do you even play paintball?"

[paint magnet]

Cleaning up paint is still a lot easier than cleaning bullet wounds

[RogueFactor]

An old thread, but a great read. Worthy of a bump to the top, for those new and old who may never have read it.

[slateman]

Took him two hours to clean his gear?!? Takes me less than an hour. Wipe down the gun, the tank, and the mask. Maybe lube up the ram. Once every 4-6 cases or so, grease up the reg.

[don miguel]

just thought I would point this out....
"EMR will conduct Airsoft Games for a minimum group of 25 players that bring their own equipment. The price for a days play is $30 per person for play from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm and all players must use biodegradable wheat airsoft pellets. All groups will be organized and run by a EMR Safety Certified Ref. All players must have approved Airsoft Goggles and Barrel Covers or Barrel Plugs for all of their Airsoft Guns. A minimum deposit of $500.00 is required to book a reservation for all Airsoft games. Minimum playing age is 12 years old. All players under the age of 18 must have a EMR AIRSOFT WAIVER form filled out entirely and signed by a parent. They also must have a MEDICAL RELEASE form fully filled out and signed by a parent." (taken from emr paintball.com)

price for admittance to a scenario game...
28 days after scenario at fox4- 30$
+case of stinger (rps) 40$
done.

I am trying too say that if you want to play airsoft at a place other than your friends backyard, then you have to go to a place like EMR with at least 25 people + a 500$ down payment!!!! plus special wheat airsoft pellets! probably 40$ a case so do the math...

500/25= 20, so 20$ entrance fee. per capita
but if people dont have airsoft equipment then its 30$ per capita! plus all of those airsoft pellets.
then the $$$$ it takes for the trip to EMR, for me it's a 6 hour car ride so two-three gas fills along the way that's about 150$ plus all the other people.
EMR is also the only place that I have seen that allows airsoft play.

conclusion- paintball is more accessible, if you go to a place like fox4 where thier is not much cheating then you will be fine. Paintball is cheaper with alot more events, and you don't need down payments, or a minimum of people because so many people play.
Airsoft at EMR requires you to have at least 25 people and 500$ down payment. SO you need to gaurentee that 25 people will haull butt down to pensilvainia and they need airsoft stuff. It is all hectic and confusing. But unless you are fine with playing in your friend's yard all the time then you don't need EMR, you got his yard. good luck.

[iambored]

Airsoft moves at a higher fps but has less impact , but .68 paintball has lower terminal velocity?
Wich is safer?

[don miguel]

Airsoft moves at a higher fps but has less impact , but .68 paintball has lower terminal velocity?
Wich is safer?

If you are wearing a mask they are equally as safe. airsoft pellets don't splatter though. I have been shot by an airsoft gun, it hurts way less than a paintball.