Why do people get into Airsoft??

HelloJellyFish

Hi,

I keep on hearing about airsoft and decided to have a look around, man what a surprise. Everybody on this forum is into it big time, really big!!!

WoW...all the kit, ammo, equipment, camou and all....It looks like the real McCoy.

I just could not get it though and had to ask, what is the inspiration?? Why do people get into it, what is it that makes it so popular?? What is it that people really enjoy about it??

Cheers

Evolute

HelloJellyFish wrote: »

Hi,

I keep on hearing about airsoft and decided to have a look around, man what a surprise. Everybody on this forum is into it big time, really big!!!

WoW...all the kit, ammo, equipment, camou and all....It looks like the real McCoy.

I just could not get it though and had to ask, what is the inspiration?? Why do people get into it, what is it that makes it so popular?? What is it that people really enjoy about it??

Cheers

Go to a site and play then you will see why people like it

gerrowadat

For me, it has to be the brappage.

Fallschirmjager

this is game invented by God, with aegs by Jesus and clothing by the Virgin Mary...


now you tell me, are you going to go up against God, the baby Jesus and the Virgin Mary??? i thought not..

Firekitten

gerrowadat wrote: »

For me, it has to be the brappage.

Ignore our good friend gerrowadat, Hellojellyfish, He was dropped on his multicam boonie as a child, and has never been quite right since



Airsoft for me, gives me a rush and is physically demanding... its exciting, and it requires fitness... two things I enjoy!
I'm a writer too, so the suspense of disbelief is awesome.... i get to be someone else and be somewhere else for a spell, and its frankly quite original in that respect. It let sme live out characters... develop them through doing what some do... (no, not all my characters are involved in conflict, but for the ones that are its quite helpful).. It lets me get a grip for some of them, and add suspense and tension to the work.

Other reasons? its good fun, the people are grand, and where else are you legally allowed to shoot people? No wait... dont answer that lol.


Plenty of reasosn to play tbh, and people have/ will outline them for you

Dave is a homicidal maniac, and likes to 'brap' his victims...
and Falsch seems to be a man of the cloth with a duty from god... bit boondock saints that
Me? well im the silly mpd writer

gerrowadat

Firekitten wrote: »

Ignore our good friend gerrowadat, Hellojellyfish, He was dropped on his multicam boonie as a child, and has never been quite right since

Pfft, boonie hats are so last year.

Firekitten

Awww! That is just so cute on you!

This year berget... next year Paris fashion week!


*blinks* its like Bono crossed with Mac crossed with Bill Bailey... the brain breaks at such combined awesomeness culminating in.... Dave. It certainly explains a lot....


Like the 416 setup, thought about th 417 stock? i think that would finish it off grand



Me during a Soviet Milsim game recently... As you can see... I love the loadouts and roleplay element of Airsoft... It is trés awesome

Stone.cold

I do it for the pie, everyone brings me pie.... I like pie,

gerrowadat

Firekitten wrote: »

Awww! That is just so cute on you!

This year berget... next year Paris fashion week!


*blinks* its like Bono crossed with Mac crossed with Bill Bailey... the brain breaks at such combined awesomeness culminating in.... Dave. It certainly explains a lot....


Like the 416 setup, thought about th 417 stock? i think that would finish it off grand

It's got a UBR stock on it now : http://www.flickr.com/photos/gerrowadat/3909179733/

Although these days I only have eyes for my new GBB brapper, with added BOOF : http://www.flickr.com/photos/gerrowadat/4296713007/

Firekitten

Love the UBR... suits it perfectly... the 203 is nice buy needs more hk ugl Atleast you managed to get your gun back off Richie no stains?

gandalf

Bah sofacam warriors :P

For me I got hooked first when a mate called me up and said "hey you have to drop over and see what I bought". I then went over and saw the CA Aug that he had just bought. I was fascinated. He then went on to tell me that it was a new sport called airsoft. I went home and discovered the forum here on boards, browsed all the HK stores, made a wish list of gear and a week or two later went on my first skirmish in old HRTA. I was hooked. My credit card took an awful hammering after that faithful first skirmish. You get to play soldier without the dying part, you get to socialise with a load of people from varying backgrounds. You get to exercise without realising at the time that you are (you feel that when you get home).

My airsofting has been curtailed over the last year by other things going on with my life but I will be heading out again in the next few months and I see the Mil-Sim side of things being the main factor in that. I have now got two loadouts, a US Vietnam one and a Wehrmacht WW2 one. Looking forward to getting back into things!

Firekitten

Oi! Don't group me in with the vomcam fans :P

madmaxi

HelloJellyFish wrote: »

I just could not get it though and had to ask, what is the inspiration?? Why do people get into it, what is it that makes it so popular?? What is it that people really enjoy about it??

Cheers

Firstly welcome to airsoft.

In a nutshell, it's fun, friendly and you get to revert back to being 5 years old playing cowboy's and indians, but the equipment is way cooler.

It's cheaper than joining a gym, you'll use it to the full, plus get fitter. Friendships are lasting ( we're all a nice bunch of lads and lasses ). It's a great way do eliminate stress and you're guaranteed to have a laugh.

Try it just the once and you won't look back. :):)

Firekitten

madmaxi wrote: »

It's a great way do eliminate stress.

I'd be able to stop laughing if I knew you meant that Madmaxi

gandalf

Fallschirmjager wrote: »

this is game invented by God, with aegs by Jesus and clothing by the Virgin Mary...


now you tell me, are you going to go up against God, the baby Jesus and the Virgin Mary??? i thought not..

You know I'd reckon you would look right at home as a Southern Preacher (complete with ACU Preaching Smock )

TheDoc

I can get toys that look like guns, I can shoot people, I can unleash rage and just be amazing....

I could say its about socialising and all that, but I'd be lying.

I got in to shoot guns and learn some things to make me a better player.

Leftyflip

It gives me the skillz to pay the billz.

Lukekul

It's hard to explain but there's nowhere I'd rather be than Crawling through undergrowth, covered in muck, in the pissing rain...armed to the teeth

TheDoc

Leftyflip wrote: »

It gives me the skillz to pay the billz.

And being a youngfella, you have no billz to pay for, and therefore, by simple logical explanation, have no skillz...

I'm here all week

Leftyflip

TheDoc wrote: »

And being a youngfella, you have no billz to pay for, and therefore, by simple logical explanation, have no skillz...

I'm here all week

Ouch:(

Firekitten

TheDoc wrote: »

And being a youngfella, you have no billz to pay for, and therefore, by simple logical explanation, have no skillz...

I'm here all week

Your one sensible post this month coming this week or was that your milsim thread?

So what you upto now Doc? Level 76 Milsim class dwarf?

Masada

People get into airsoft coz you get to brapp people,. quite simply.,:)

plus, you get to be a walt for the day and dress up like a soldier in the process,.

Airsoft Reloded

Its the greatest sport in the world, you meet "interesting" people and get to shoot them after tea.

Its cheep unless your a hawk and great for staying in shape (unless your me, I actually gained weight since joining). We could list all the actual good points for days so lets list the bad points and be done with it:

1. Its addictive
2. ?

Firekitten

Masada wrote: »

People get into airsoft coz you get to brapp people,. quite simply.,:)

plus, you get to be a walt for the day and dress up like a soldier in the process,.

You so don't understand the definition of 'walt'

*sigh*

TheDoc

Firekitten wrote: »

Your one sensible post this month coming this week or was that your milsim thread?

So what you upto now Doc? Level 76 Milsim class dwarf?

1)Dwarves are ****.
2)I have a new Death knight project
3)When my serious post comes, it comes, and youll know

Masada

Firekitten wrote: »

You so don't understand the definition of 'walt'

*sigh*

There is a military slang term, "Walt", which is an abbreviation of the name 'Walter Mitty', which refers to someone who has aspirations to become a soldier, but none of the necessary personal qualities. This bit of slang can also refer to someone who poses as an (ex-)soldier but who isn't a soldier (serving or former), or who poses as something he isn't or wasn't; for example, regular army soldiers who pose as SAS troopers. The term is often used to describe people who participate in "war games" such as Airsoft, Paintball, Military Re-enactment and individuals

I soo do, loike.
Regards,
Walty McWalther.

Airsoft Reloded

As you can see there is also a lot of freindly banter too.

Firekitten

Masada wrote: »

I soo do, loike.
Regards,
Walty McWalther.

Heh, Wikipedia is your friend, but he is a fickle friend...

Dictionery definition, but the term walt is only applied to airsofters by mil personel, in a highly derogatory fashion. Using it yourself is a bit stupid..

There are walts in airsoft, but airsoft is not walting. Mittys are just people who go too far... in airsoft for example. Of those lovely characters that show up somewhere pretending to be army to big up thier toy gun rep (huge hilarious problem in the uk, also leads to the sport of walt baiting)

kavanagh.john12

Is it a bit clickish? From the vids I've seen it seems to be more of a community than a business so is this "community" hard to enter?

Sorry for such questions but Im going to start playing and want to know what im getting into.

MerryDespot

kavanagh.john12 wrote: »

Is it a bit clickish? From the vids I've seen it seems to be more of a community than a business so is this "community" hard to enter?.

Mate, I'm new to this too - but I can't stress enough how completely sound and friendly everyone has been whenever I've had questions, whenever I've turned up on my own at a site, or whenever I've bought stuff (either in retailers or from fellow Boards members).

Is it clickish? No - I wouldn't put it that way. Looking at posts on boards, where a lot of people know each other and have skirmished (or mil sim'd - if that can be said) together, you can get the wrong impression. Go to a skirmish and I would be very surprised if you didn't find people to be pretty easy to talk to and willing to talk about airsoft and skirmishing.

After all - if you're willing to drag your ass out of bed early on a Saturday or Sunday to go out to a freezing cold field/scrub/wood site, then run around through rain/snow/fog/sleet/muck (delete as appropriate to the day), then you must really love doing it.

Err - perhaps that last paragraph wasn't the best possible sell ...

Firekitten

Can be Cliquish, but so is any hobby/sport eh?

Everyone is pretty sound. No catfight lasts more than a few moments really... We're nice people, apart from Lemming the adverts moderator.. he's an evil sob...

Nah, its all grand, welcome to the sport both of you


And that last paragraph was the best sell Why else play?