"The reasons I perfer Airsoft over Paintball"

[rabidchihauhau]

too many posts on here about 'old skool honor' in the game back in the day for me to stay silent:

Yes, 'honorable play' was the mantra, but if you think all players were honorable, you weren't there.

My first national tournament (84) was a wake up call: freighttraining, wiping, shimming markers, supercharging, heating 12-grams in the fire, ignoring field boundary lines, reporting as live when you have been eliminated...

The ONLY thing that mitigated these kinds of actions was the physical mark the ball leaves.

My experience tells me that the exact same thing goes on in airsoft; everyone talks about honor, some (few) actually are honorable and the rest stay in the game as long as they can get away with whatever...

[slade]

too many posts on here about 'old skool honor' in the game back in the day for me to stay silent:

Yes, 'honorable play' was the mantra, but if you think all players were honorable, you weren't there.

My first national tournament (84) was a wake up call: freighttraining, wiping, shimming markers, supercharging, heating 12-grams in the fire, ignoring field boundary lines, reporting as live when you have been eliminated...

The ONLY thing that mitigated these kinds of actions was the physical mark the ball leaves.

My experience tells me that the exact same thing goes on in airsoft; everyone talks about honor, some (few) actually are honorable and the rest stay in the game as long as they can get away with whatever...

airsoft seems more honorable, because you cant actually see the paint when you gog someone, and you cant catch someone wiping.

cheating is defined by the players, not the game. and i doubt the difference is that significant.

[Lohman446]

I remember this actually happening a few years ago out in redlands. Except it might have been a mech I had in my hands. Nothing makes someone recoil quite like a shot to the neck from an unexpected angle.

I did that once earlier this yearing using a mech mag in team practice. I never made my assigned move out of the back right stand up. When it came to 5-1 I got a lucky elimination across field making the right stand up safer and I moved to the center on my way. Took the guy coming to bunker my now empty back left, and then moved right. Managed to get down to and trade with the last person on the other team.

[Glickman]

wohoo!

just brought home a glock 18c (thats the one with firing modes)

it kicks ***! the store didnt have the upgraded valves for the magazines (i upgraded the spring, the valve lets more air into the gun)

i am really pleased with the kick of the gun. for 50 bucks, the 50 round magazine is nothing but awsomeness too.

i will be posting a video of it this weekend, and you will be seeing my 92f for sale as well

[Bulldog]

tournament

Key word.

[Recon by Fire]

One of my buddies is very much into the airsoft scene, always bugs me to go play. I would give it a try, it would likely be fun, but....too many of the players are "gear *****s" and woried some might disrespect their mad SF/SWAT skills. Just grab the gun, shoot some friends, have fun, repeat.

[RoLLonBombs]

There is a purpose in knowing where everyone is going. I often ask people just so I dont end up in there bunker.

no i nuderstand that im saying what i dont like is he was telling other people wher tog o theyd say going to dorito and he`d say no you go here you go there i understand being coordinated
but not everyone on a walk on game is gonna share your enthusiasm for winning they just wanna play i mean sure i wanna win also but i dont want to be given orders on how to have my fun if there wasnt so many noobs i would have taken it a bit more serious but i dont feel the need to have a game plan when its 10 v 10 with 6 noobs at least on each team

[Lohman446]

no i nuderstand that im saying what i dont like is he was telling other people wher tog o theyd say going to dorito and he`d say no you go here you go there i understand being coordinated
but not everyone on a walk on game is gonna share your enthusiasm for winning they just wanna play i mean sure i wanna win also but i dont want to be given orders on how to have my fun if there wasnt so many noobs i would have taken it a bit more serious but i dont feel the need to have a game plan when its 10 v 10 with 6 noobs at least on each team

If a player with little experience tells you they are going to the dorito and you know it to be a death trap does it not increase his enjoyment if you warn him ahead of time?

The point is, not all coaching is wrong. Granted some people have no knack for doing it politely, but still....

[paintballfiend]

I have a question, how do you tell if someone is hit? Is it on a honor system or something?

[RoLLonBombs]

If a player with little experience tells you they are going to the dorito and you know it to be a death trap does it not increase his enjoyment if you warn him ahead of time?

The point is, not all coaching is wrong. Granted some people have no knack for doing it politely, but still....

yes but my point is it wasnt coaching it was trying to order evryone around because he thought he was better i had been there long b4 him and he cant say he know the feild because they change it weekly and it was the first day on this configuration i uderstand what everyone is saying, but trust me i was tehre the kid was just a hardon and the day a 14 y/o kid tells me where he wants me to go especially with an attitude like his is the day ive lost meh balls

and not to mention he sucked hard kept gettin out liek 11 y/o kids soon as the easy targets where out he was gettin lit up every round

[RogueFactor]

Diggin' deep. Thread resurection.

Jack & Coke, where are you?

[Gadget]

He was here - 5 minutes ago, shown as replying to this thread, then *poof* vanished like a stealthy ninja in the night.

[Jack & Coke]

wow, it's been a while..

[RogueFactor]

wow, it's been a while..

hey man, whats shaking?

You been playing at all? Still taking pics and weighing markers? Come on, update us

[Gadget]

Yay, he lives!

I still get people (mainly from german paintball forums) trying to hit the automag sweet spotting mpeg, despite having removed it about 2 years ago