Worst Part of Airsoft?

[Cannonfodder]

People bitching about the weather. It's not difficult to check the forecast and dress appropriately. If you don't bother then you've got nobody to blame but yourself so stfu. To quote Sir Ranulph Fiennes "there's no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing" 

 

[Chev Chelios]

People bitching about the weather. It's not difficult to check the forecast and dress appropriately. If you don't bother then you've got nobody to blame but yourself so stfu. To quote Sir Ranulph Fiennes "there's no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing" 

I thought it was a British tradition? I was moaning about the heat from an air conditioned workshop does that still count?

 

[timski]

Huge, varied sites only using the same small area for the day

 

[Tommikka]

People bitching about the weather. It's not difficult to check the forecast and dress appropriately. If you don't bother then you've got nobody to blame but yourself so stfu. To quote Sir Ranulph Fiennes "there's no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing" 

I played a Falklands game complete with authentic weather.

I had a great game day, my nephew had a great day, my mate had a crappy day with gun problems, the site had problems with a new air provider who couldn’t cope, when ever I came back to reload there were people hanging onto gazebos etc and queues for air fills and hot drinks

A lot of people had left by midday complaining about being wet.

I went through multiple changes of clothing throughout the day, and had a fresh set for the drive home (I think I wore all my t shirts and drove back in jeans & a hoody).
I had a foul stinking bin bag of playing gear in the back of the car for a few days as I didn’t fancy killing my washing machine with it - I was planning a laundrette visit when a woman in the office offered to deal with it, I resisted and warned her about how foul it was but she was adamant.  Her husband asked a few questions about the washing line of DPM and boxer shorts 

 

[Rogerborg]

People bitching about the weather. It's not difficult to check the forecast and dress appropriately.

Paying £1000 for top end toy gnus and Crye costume, but not £50 for some surplus Goretex so that you can get the most out of your investment, is a fairly peculiar decision.

That said, I fully support any individual's decision to not play in foul weather if it makes you unhappy.

Few things kill enjoyment of a hobby faster than being badgered into paying to do it in order to show your commitment to the group/team/site/sport.  Another £20 in the site owner's hand on a rainy day is great, but not if that player then wrings out his gear, lists it in the classifieds, and you never see him again.

 

[Adolf Hamster]

That said, I fully support any individual's decision to not play in foul weather if it makes you unhappy.

this, it's worth remembering this is something we choose to do for fun, and it's not a character flaw to think that a warm lie in is preferable to getting cold and soaked.

i tend to have a bit of a middle ground, mostly getting wet isn't what gets me so much as the inevitable blindness as your optics and goggles fill up with water. although like everyone i have my limit.

 

[Hudson]

Same for me.

The rain & being wet isn't so bad for me, but being blind as it fogs up or streams down my glasses make it an absolutely pointless endeavour. 

 

[Cannonfodder]

Don't get me wrong, if someone doesn't want to go because they don't have the right kit for the conditions I respect that. It's the people who turn up in something with the thermal and waterproof properties of a used teabag and spend the day moaning about being cold and wet that annoy me

 

[alxndrhll]

Not that it’s notably common in this country, especially in the North, but it tends to be the blazing hot days that bother me more than the cold and rain. I just never seem to be able to gauge it right when it’s roasting hot, granted I’m currently going through the ‘I’m getting old’ rites of passage and gradually slimming my kit down more and more... I imagine that’ll help.

While I’m here another one that gets me,  though entirely unreasonable... so I’ll go ahead and acknowledge that now, shitty coloured tape to show which team you’re on. Picking up my own Velcro armbands in a variety of colours that seem to be commonly used at sites is probably one of the best investments I’ve ever made.

 

[Shamal]

For me the worst part is not playing. I've been off the field for over two years for a variety of reasons, from money and health problems to, most recently, having a baby. So I'm sat here staring at these guns and gear that I can't use, buying bits for them when I can to get some kind of fix. I had been planning on going to some games this year but with the virus and a newborn I don't want to risk bringing anything back. 

Hey Poprocket123

Feel your pain fella.

If it helps at all I figured that if you donate your gats to me right,  I would make sure they got used and also as a bonus I would post up pics of them in action! Yeah!! What you fink fella? Good plan yeah?

Let me know.lol

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Congrats on new addition 

Regards 

 

[PopRocket123]

Hey Poprocket123

Feel your pain fella.

If it helps at all I figured that if you donate your gats to me right,  I would make sure they got used and also as a bonus I would post up pics of them in action! Yeah!! What you fink fella? Good plan yeah?

Let me know.lol

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Congrats on new addition 

Regards 

Lol right now the only one in working order is my PoS SRC I keep as a loner. All the rest have fallen victim to boredom and are in various stages of being upgraded

 

[clumpyedge]

Not just airsoft but also real world....

"Influencers" 

Especially the ones that literally have the knowledge base of a wet blanket or those that promote bad play/advocate dangerous play styles.

 

[Rogerborg]

Don't get me wrong, if someone doesn't want to go because they don't have the right kit for the conditions I respect that. It's the people who turn up in something with the thermal and waterproof properties of a used teabag and spend the day moaning about being cold and wet that annoy me

Oh, 100%.  Imagine being surprised by British weather.

Full disclosure, I've only played in foul weather once, and that was enough.  But I went home largely dry, at least from the outside.  It's stewing in my own juices that gives me the squirms.

 

[Stratton Oakmont]

Not just airsoft but also real world....

"Wankers" 

Especially the ones that literally have the knowledge base of a wet blanket or those that promote bad play/advocate dangerous play styles.

Fixed that for you 

Alternatively 

schill

snake oil salesmen 

 

[clumpyedge]

Fixed that for you 

Alternatively 

schill

snake oil salesmen 

Thanks, have an internet cookie

 

[Stratton Oakmont]

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not being critical of people putting their name to a product and promoting it.  Just can’t believe that paying an influencer to say an untested product is a better mousetrap is still an acceptable marketing strategy 

 

[DrAlexanderTobacco]

Controversial one here: Patches.

Bumper stickers of the Airsoft world.

Quick edit: Obviously I don't think other people shouldn't enjoy them, fair play. I just hate them!

 

[Adolf Hamster]

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not being critical of people putting their name to a product and promoting it.  Just can’t believe that paying an influencer to say an untested product is a better mousetrap is still an acceptable marketing strategy 

i can't believe it still works.

same with the out of the box reviews, i'm really not a fan, i'd much rather have the review from someone who's at least used the thing in a few games.....

Controversial one here: Patches.

Bumper stickers of the Airsoft world.

Quick edit: Obviously I don't think other people shouldn't enjoy them, fair play. I just hate them!

i'm sort of half in the patch hating camp.

i can see the humourous ones, but the ones that are "operator: whiskey alpha november kilo" do strike me as a bit strange, although not as bad as the actual stolen valour stuff (at least for currently active units)

but if people enjoy them then who am i to judge, i suppose it's not really any stupider than anything else in this hobby.

 

[Stratton Oakmont]

“Weapon platform“ entertains me

mines a shelf in the garage!!!

 

[Adolf Hamster]

“Weapon platform“ entertains me

mines a shelf in the garage!!!

Oooh look at mr fancy with his shelf

Mine live on the floor.....