The comeback of airsoft...

During the week i went to my local paintball field, to pick up some bb's(yes they have madbull,precision, and some other brand's). When i was approached by a arrogant 15 yr old. He looked at the bb's and said "how old are you 9 you shoot each other with pieces of plastic". I smiled and said "how old are you shooting each other with brightly colored paint; sounds very mature to me". The smile he had went to bottom. And said to the one of the people that worked their, "ill be back next week", And walked out of the store. I have never neen approached by someone playing paintball criticizing me. I don't care for paintball, doesnt sound fun to me. But do you have to crit. about it, NO. Anyway my question is any similiar stories as such?

I have had things like this happen, my entire group of friends last year was like this so we aint friends anymore.

I have a Cowoker who plays paintball, every day it's a "debate" on paintball V Airsoft. Now, I don't take these debates with him quite as seriously as I do with others because, to be honest him and I argue on just about everything, and there is always a factor of humor and camaraderie in it.

But about last week, we somehow started arguing about which players were stronger (Yeah, makes no sense, but most of our arguments don't). Well, this lead to us pulling ourselves up a metal bar to the ceiling without using our feet. Just using our hands/arms to pull ourselves up about 13 feet.

That is the extent on most of my airsoft/paintball arguments. Any other paintballer who likes to start arguing with me I usually ignore. It's amazing how silence can unnerve someone.

Coming from a paintball background of around 8 years i've been on the other side of a few paintball vs airsoft debates. That said i can say that at least a lot of the newer players and even some of the veterans look down on airsoft as being the game people play who can't take a paintball hit. Thus kinda where your little encounter probably started in that kids mind. Ignorance also plays a part in the paintballers inferior view of airsoft. A lot of players i'd say don't know about the serious side of airsoft, they mostly have only had dealings with the cheap Wal-Mart type of guns and think of a bunch of sissy kids running around playing airsoft. Just thought i'd share my opinions as an old paintballer who did look down on airsoft and mocked it every chance i had.

iliveforthis99 wrote:

Coming from a paintball background of around 8 years i've been on the other side of a few paintball vs airsoft debates. That said i can say that at least a lot of the newer players and even some of the veterans look down on airsoft as being the game people play who can't take a paintball hit. Thus kinda where your little encounter probably started in that kids mind. Ignorance also plays a part in the paintballers inferior view of airsoft. A lot of players i'd say don't know about the serious side of airsoft, they mostly have only had dealings with the cheap Wal-Mart type of guns and think of a bunch of sissy kids running around playing airsoft. Just thought i'd share my opinions as an old paintballer who did look down on airsoft and mocked it every chance i had.

I see you can look at the thread i wrote about airsoft vs. paintball i took it from other accounts and articles and put it in my own words.

same thing happened to me. so i had me a really nice guy at feaild and after that we became frends yatayatayata . so cuple weeks later i saw him and he sad he got a sytema so after the gam i wanted to check it out . well i did shoot 550 with .2 . so he let me barrow it till tomarrow cus i was gonna have a skrimish with some frends . so anyways after i called my parents to come pick me up a paint baller comes buy and knocks the gun out a my hand luckily i had the sling over my shoulder . after tha the said that paintball hurts more and that airsofters are just lame paintbalers tha tare to scared to get a couple welts from, a paint ball gun so i said wanna bet and we each took one shot at eachother to see wiitch hurt more . well i had the systema and he had a paintball gun . so he took the first shot and im not gonna lie it stung pretty bad but when i took my shot with the system aand he came over with his hand to his stomach " you win im sorry im sorry u guys are more manly" haha dude it was total luck i had the systema.

Warrior33 wrote:

I see you can look at the thread i wrote about airsoft vs. paintball i took it from other accounts and articles and put it in my own words.

Just looked at your thread, it definitely mirrored my thoughts of airsoft at the time i didn't understand it.

Paintball and airsoft will never co-exist. I don't hate paintball nor the players of the sport. It's just when you have a arrogant person who tries to trash the sport and by that i mean paintball and airsoft. Their are a good number of airsoft talkers too. I have friendds that play paintball and it is all they talk about, well sometimes. But i don't try to convince them that should play airsoft. I once saw one topic on a paintball forum "paintballa's vs. wannabe GI joe's" ;yes that was their choice of grammar. And i went to a differant airsoft forum found a topic labeled "power ranger's vs. Airsoft player's". So as you can see the fight goes either way.

iliveforthis99 wrote:

Warrior33 wrote:

I see you can look at the thread i wrote about airsoft vs. paintball i took it from other accounts and articles and put it in my own words.

Just looked at your thread, it definitely mirrored my thoughts of airsoft at the time i didn't understand it.

This is very difficult for me considering im using a palm centro for this. So excuse any grammar mistakes. You didn't understand the topic or airsoft?

Oh yeah sorry that wasn't worded right, i've had a long day and am pretty tired. It was airsoft that i didn't understand at the time when i was engrossed in paintball.

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Ya know, its up to us as the 'tactical' players to let those overcompensating paintball players (only the overcompensating ones) that want to brag and boast and complain about each sport do so. They can, politely, go "Watch your language" themselves.

Also about PB, they talk about how airsoft doesnt hurt and we're "wussys", well to tell the truth when i go out to play a scenario type or just any AS game i don't want to get hurt.

sam elike it isn't that bad but its sorta scary at some moments when ur waiating to get hit but don't know when its gonna come uno

and frankly I've taken hits at airsoft ops that have hurt a lot more than any hit while playing xball.

I havntbplayed paintball but airsoft usually hurts

One thing that we have that paintball will never have is realism. I prefer guns without giant hoppers on top of them, thank you. And like my man jackofalltrades occasionally points out, by the end of the day a paintball sniper will look like a christmas tree. Christmas trees are not stealthy... at all.

haha you got that right

actually, the paint wears off pretty quick. If you are playing intensely, a hit could rub off in ten minutes.

Omega Lambda wrote:

One thing that we have that paintball will never have is realism. I prefer guns without giant hoppers on top of them, thank you. And like my man jackofalltrades occasionally points out, by the end of the day a paintball sniper will look like a christmas tree. Christmas trees are not stealthy... at all.

There's a few mag fed paintball guns that are being made now. However they either use smaller cal. paint which sucks or the regular .68 paint but the mags can only hold around 18 shots. And yeah there is no sniping in paintball, it just doesn't work.

Haha ya.thats cool tho. I saw a m4 style marker today and it was digital camo. screew paintball Go airsoft

Probably one of the BT guns, total rip off.

Ino haha

aye, also why are you soft if you play airSOFT

all of the paintballers think my team is weaker thatn them because they get hit with a bigger projectile

If i was approached by a PBer and he started to rag on me for playin airsoft all i wud say is. "I like airsoft and you like paintball. People have the right to have different hobbies. now if you would excuse me I have to polish my brass knuckles.(blood dripping from Brass knuckles)"