japanese paintball...

[ProblemKinder]

this video makes me laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc9TUlY8jt8

what kind of gun are they using??

[pennywise]

That was comical.

Paintball is actually not that popular in Japan--Airsoft is where it's at.

[MoeMag]

Give airsoft time... its going to be big.

[aqua_scummm]

Give airsoft time... its going to be big.

It's been around longer, it's had enough time

[MoeMag]

It's been around longer, it's had enough time

[aqua_scummm]

Airsoft has a lot of downsides IMO. Nice steel will cost you more than a real gun, I have seen people drop $1200-$1500 on M4 look alikes. It's easier to play on, it's less accurate, has less range, and parts such as gearboxes seem to wear out more. Plus the whole militaristic stereotypes paintball has been striving to shed itself from, airsoft relishes in. I looooove woodsball, much more so than speedball, but I hate it when people ask me why I play "wargames"

Airsoft has been around a lot longer, but only hit the US shores about 15 years ago, if my memory serves me. I got my first airsoft gun in about 96, but that was from a trip my dad took to Japan, he brought back the gun from there.

[pennywise]

The thing about Airsoft that intrigues people is the realism--unlike paintball, you can achieve 100% milsim.

Think of it like a Civil War re-enactment, only for present day.

[FlawleZ]

Give airsoft time... its going to be big.

It's been around longer, it's had enough time

Really? I honestly dont know.

/thread.

[cyrus-the-virus]

"paint-a-ball"

[Ninjeff]

Ive been playing paintball for a long time, and i am AWARE of airsoft, but i dont know anything about it,

One thing gets me...how can you tell you hit someone. In paintball its pretty easy.

I dont get how it is in airsoft

[pennywise]

Airsoft has been around a lot longer, but only hit the US shores about 15 years ago, if my memory serves me. I got my first airsoft gun in about 96, but that was from a trip my dad took to Japan, he brought back the gun from there.

I started a five-year tour Japanese in October of '96 and I remember being blown-away at the authentic-looks of the Airsoft, or, Hop-Up guns. I wanted one very badly, but I never got one--I spent the money on a MiniMag instead!

[FiXeL]

Correct me if im wrong, but isnt paintball illegal in japan? I know they have it there, but only on US military bases that are basicly american soil.

Euh, i think...

[Temo Vryce]

If I remember correctly. Paintball markers were/are illegal in Japan, which is why that Airsoft is so big there.

[Lohman446]

Airsoft has a lot of downsides IMO. Nice steel will cost you more than a real gun, I have seen people drop $1200-$1500 on M4 look alikes. It's easier to play on, it's less accurate, has less range, and parts such as gearboxes seem to wear out more. Plus the whole militaristic stereotypes paintball has been striving to shed itself from, airsoft relishes in. I looooove woodsball, much more so than speedball, but I hate it when people ask me why I play "wargames"

Airsoft has been around a lot longer, but only hit the US shores about 15 years ago, if my memory serves me. I got my first airsoft gun in about 96, but that was from a trip my dad took to Japan, he brought back the gun from there.

Less accurate and less range than paintball? I'm not into airsoft at all but I think thats rather innacurate for the good guns.

As to the whole militaristic stereotype - its not necessarily a bad thing. You are never going to get paintball away from the fact that you *are* shooting at someone.

[paint magnet]

Airsoft is great for spur-of-the-moment dorm room battles but I can't really see the point of going out into the woods and playing for hours. It may have been around longer but it's nowhere near as organized, at least not in the US. Maybe if there were more teams and fields dedicated to it, and some universal rules (namely chrono speed and ammo weight).