Outdated Airsoft Websites

[Hami]

Hey everyone. Does anyone find airsoft sites websites are really outdated and sometimes struggle to find information?
I feel new players struggle as well?

 

[Colin Allen]

Very much so; they are often poorly designed and so outdated that you can see the chisel marks.

 

[Galvatron]

It may help to specify which sites in particular you deem outdated and struggle to find information from.

 

[GiantKiwi]

Quite often it would require them to have a website in the first place, so many rely on just facebook or even just a discord.

 

[Colin Allen]

It may help to specify which sites in particular you deem outdated and struggle to find information from.

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Not if the OP was making a general point; while the statement may have been somewhat too sweeping, it is true of many sites.

 

[Galvatron]

Not if the OP was making a general point; while the statement may have been somewhat too sweeping, it is true of many sites.

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No denial of that. Being specific about what one considers to be outdated is the first step toward modernising it. "I feel" doesn't hold the same weight as "I can demonstrate this to be the case" or "I can give this example of a problem".

With retail websites, my biggest frustration by far is poor stock keeping along with the default setting of showing both in stock and out of stock items.

Every new skirmish site I've played at had been clear with its safety rules on its website. There is a fairly new site that was desperately lacking in explicit rules or clarity on the website when it launched but they took the constructive criticism well and updated accordingly.

 

[frazer900]

Zero one is definitely out dated. Would be nice if that got a full over haul

 

[Colin Allen]

No denial of that. Being specific about what one considers to be outdated is the first step toward modernising it. "I feel" doesn't hold the same weight as "I can demonstrate this to be the case" or "I can give this example of a problem".

With retail websites, my biggest frustration by far is poor stock keeping along with the default setting of showing both in stock and out of stock items.

Every new skirmish site I've played at had been clear with its safety rules on its website. There is a fairly new site that was desperately lacking in explicit rules or clarity on the website when it launched but they took the constructive criticism well and updated accordingly.

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While this is true, the OP's main question was whether other people encountered similar issues. That generally just needs a variation on 'yes' or 'no', possibly with a further comment, as a response. The OP did not appear to be asking what we could do to help sites improve their websites.

I do agree with you about the quality of retail websites; however, many or most of these are very small businesses who probably do not have the resources to upgrade their websites, although I really would like to be able to go to a website that only showed in stock items.

 

[Tackle]

I hate the fact that so many airsoft fields switched to Facebook, absolute pita finding the same info more than once thanks to weird meta , old skool sites that maintain a traditional website with a working calendar will always get my vote.
As for retailers sites, meh, take em or leave em