Vote on name of airsoft equipment

CrazyRabbit

Lets vote on what to call airsoft 'guns'.

Personally, I prefer either Tagger or Marker. Both harmless, and Marker is used in paintball which is an established sport.

SpitfireIV

Just my opinion, but when I hear the word 'tagger' some form of electronic device comes to mind

I like 'plinker'

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plinkers got my vote

kdouglas

voted for plinker, tagger and airsoft marker, personally i think all 3 are suitable alternatives

kdouglas

LIGHTNING wrote:

What ever happened to ZAT? I`d vote for it! As for ATG it reminds me of Air to ground weapons like Mavericks or HARM`S!

slightly off-topic: was watching stargate the other day and was thinking how great would it be if someone made an airsoft staff weapon and zat, then we could do a stargate-style skirmish.

Captain Chaos

LIGHTNING wrote:

What ever happened to ZAT? I`d vote for it! As for ATG it reminds me of Air to ground weapons like Mavericks or HARM`S!

They're AGMs Air to Ground Munitions, AGM-65, AGM-88 etc.

IronWolf

Plinker gets my vote, sounds innocent enough and I can associate the words "airsoft" and "plinker" with out cringing, unlike adding the word "toy"

o1s1n

Woah slow down there mister.

If you want to put up a poll about something as big as naming the equipment we all use in here, you'll want to wait till there's a bigger selection than that.

Plinker doesnt work. What we all know as plinking isn't the same as skirmishing.The term plinker itself in airsoft would relate to someone who "plinks" in their back garden.

The abbreviations are too vague and uncatchy. They won't stick.

The only really valid ones are marker and tagger. The bbs don't exactly mark opponents.Tagger?"I just received my order of airsoft taggers..."
Somehow I can still see people using the word guns.

Spitfire666

o1s1n wrote:

Woah slow down there mister.

If you want to put up a poll about something as big as naming the equipment we all use in here, you'll want to wait till there's a bigger selection than that.

Plinker doesnt work. What we all know as plinking isn't the same as skirmishing.The term plinker itself in airsoft would relate to someone who "plinks" in their back garden.

The abbreviations are too vague and uncatchy. They won't stick.

The only really valid ones are marker and tagger. The bbs don't exactly mark opponents.Tagger?"I just received my order of airsoft taggers..."
Somehow I can still see people using the word guns.

theres no harm in putting it out there though?

i voted for Airsoft Gun as i dont feel that the word gun is the issue.

o1s1n

Spitfire666 wrote:

theres no harm in putting it out there though?

i voted for Airsoft Gun as i dont feel that the word gun is the issue.

The topic should have been

"Discussion and suggestion for names of airsoft devices"

Not

"right lads, what shall we call our equipment, A,B,C or D?"


I think gun is a little threatening alright. Yet the suggestions for other names really aren't good enough to stick.
I've simply started saying "device" or "equipment". Works for me.

Waylander24

I voted for Airsoft gun. Alot of us use AEGs and AEG stands for...

Spitfire666

my point is that the suppliers and manufacturers are calling them "airsoft GUNs". we may call them what we like tbut it wont be too valid.
its like calling a cap gun, a noice making toy. it just sounds stupid and its not gonna fool anyone. i actualy believe it may work the opposite way and make it look like we are trying to hide something.

o1s1n

Waylander24 wrote:

I voted for Airsoft gun. Alot of us use AEGs and AEG stands for...

That's a good point.

Instead of using "airsoft tagger, airsoft marker, airsoft etc etc" we could just use "Airsoft AEG" "Airsoft GBB"

Spitfire666

our government is having a similir problem with the new garda baton being issued. the new ones are the telescopic steel ones normaly know as/refered to as, Asps or extendable batons, even by the manufacturers and in the manuals suplied with them, however, the government wants to call them 'retractable' batons as they believe that this is les confrontational. only trouble is everyone knows what they are and it just makes the whole thing seem stupid.

padmundo

Lads did ye not know we live in a nanny state?

The world is gone too god damn pc for it's own good...

Spitfire666

it should be left as airsoft gun as thats what they are. theres no point calling it something else when the box has airsoft gun printed on it.

And should anyone say anything about the GUN part of the name in an argument, remind them of all the times they were young and played with Spud-Guns, or should we start calling them "vegetable particle accelerator"

Fiach Dubh

Snub nosed French Fry delivery canon?

MaxForce

Waylander24 wrote:

I voted for Airsoft gun. Alot of us use AEGs and AEG stands for...

Agreed. We call the g,s every day when we say AEG. On the companies packaging that make they are called g's. What do other more esatblished countries call them? As far as I know g's.

And there was thread to throw up a new name and the above were all suggested init. I take it this is not going to be in stone and is just suggestion at this point.

Sparks

Lads, if ye want to tackle the problem, fine. If you don't, that's fine too.
Doesn't bother me either way, I don't do airsoft anyway. But for the record, we correct anyone who says target shooters use guns (we don't, we use rifles and pistols and shotguns).
"Gun" is a term with nothing but bad connotations.

kdouglas

recently ive just been calling them airsofts, especially in forum posts, no need for any word after it unless you want to be specific (AEG,GBB,AEP etc..)

it wouldnt sound too stupid either,
"i just ordered a few new airsofts today" ?

and if this was going to be used in a press release or any other news article, you could explain what they are first, and then just say "hereafter reffered to as airsofts"

sidneyreilly

kdouglas wrote:

recently ive just been calling them airsofts, especially in forum posts, no need for any word after it unless you want to be specific

Thats sounds like the most sensible one yet!

For the record "plinking" is casual target shooting usually using novelty targets such as cans,bottles, eggs etc.. so plinker isnt on.

CrazyRabbit

This thread was intended more as a discussion, but with a poll attached to see what the current feeling was. I would imagine that any official poll would be done on the IAA website forum and would be posted by the president of the IAA.

I like that idea of just calling them 'airsofts'. It's accurate, it's used by the manufacturers, and it doesn't link them with any other piece of equipment or pastime.

"I just got a new order of airsofts in today"
"Is that your new airsoft?"

Sounds ok to me...

Can't believe so many people voted for plinkers. I've never heard of that term before and it sounds like some naff toy from the 70's or early 80's.

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ya airsoft's seams to be the most sensible id agree. although "Emulaton Highpowered Nicety" is written on my Aug box i dont think it would work

CrazyRabbit

PID's

Pain Inflicting Devices.

Oh wait, on second thought, maybe not.


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How about Whuppys favorite - MRDs - Molar Reshaping Devices

Sam_Fisher_jk

I prefer the term Airsoft Weapons

but since you didnt have it i picked Airsoft Guns. there no point calling a spade anything but a spade!

sidneyreilly

Sam_Fisher_jk wrote:

I prefer the term Airsoft Weapons

Jesus wept:(

Captain Chaos

To me weapon is a big no no.

Weapons by definition are objects or things designed to hurt, mame and kill.

Airsoft gun is far better.

Like spud guns. Not spud weapon.:D

MaxForce

Airsofts are good. How about the same as Sparks and his mates call thier stuff rifles and pistols why not incoroporate airsoft and say Airsoft Rifle or Airsoft Pistol?

sidneyreilly

MaxForce wrote:

Airsofts are good. How about the same as Sparks and his mates call thier stuff rifles and pistols why not incoroporate airsoft and say Airsoft Rifle or Airsoft Pistol?

Airsoft pistol is fine, technically incorrect on rifle though as they are not rifled (not thst that really matters though).

How about airsoft Musket:D

Captain Chaos

Its probably to do with that people will leave out the soft part and call them air guns and rifles which is no good at all.

When I tell people I have an airsoft gun, they say what the hell is an airsoft gun. I show them my GBB and they go ''oh, an air gun/ pellet gun''

The word airsoft needs to be passed more freely among the masses. Its just not that catchy. You say airsoft to most people and they look at you like you have two heads.