Better name than Airsoft.

[Esoterick]

I don't mind the name Airsoft, it does sound like a translation that only kinda works though(which i'd imagine is the case). It's surprising how many incorrect variations of Airsoft people who don't play can come up with

 

[Lozart]

OK, for those of us that wanted an intelligent discourse; changing the name to something "more descriptive of the pain involved" or indeed "more masculine" makes the sport LESS inclusive and MORE likely to attract the kind of people we DON'T want. Calling it "Man pain ball" is hardly going to encourage more kids and women to want to play, now is it?

At the end of the day it doesn't matter what you call it when you try and explain it to people they will ALWAYS say "...so it's like paintball then".

 

[Esoterick]

I describe it to people as like paintball but better which normally seems to click.

As the name sounds like a Japanese translation perhaps something like super happy shooting time would be suitable?

 

[b1n0gHo5t]

*ahem*

Poke it up your bumhole.

nah..you'd get overly excited and leave your keyboard in a sticky situation ;-)

 

[Lozart]

nah..you'd get overly excited and leave your keyboard in a sticky situation ;-)

You should know sweetcheeks.

 

[geoffreym]

Don't the russians have 2 versions, the (what we would call) normal airsoft of around the 328fps, and then the "hardcore" version called Strikeball where the average power is around the 500fps for assault rifles? just from memory so may be wrong.

 

[Samurai]

No need for a macho name because airsoft is not a macho thing. We like it and we think it's a cool thing but the rest of the world sees it as cool as driving model trains or tabletop rpg. Calling it mega death strike 3000 won't change the fact that it is playing soldiers.

 

[Sacarathe]

won't change the fact that it looks like playing soldiers.

Maybe I'm just unfit, but I don't feel very soldier-like when I play airsoft.

 

[Airsoft-Ed]

In Hong Kong they call it "Wargames"

"Yeah I'm doing wargames this weekend" etc etc.

 

[two_zero]

Can any one come up with a better name for our "sport".

"Running around with toy guns pretending to be soldiers?"

In all seriousness, I have used "airsoft, it's a bit like paintball", "we shoot plastic at each other" and "we play war".

more descriptive of the pain involved

Dude... it's .2g round plastic shot at around 1J

 

[Sitting Duck]

Football is football ffs

Yanks tried to mess it up with needing soccer

No what yanks call football is padded rugby

Wtf kick up n down pitch - football not soccer

American football is padded rugby not football

And a choccy bar is Marathon not Snickers

Opal Fruits not Starburst

Jif not Cif

Some things should be left alone as is

Think coco pops got changed but in a rare u-turn

They decided to change it back to coco pops

I just say I'm going shooting Saturday

(Hopefully I don't get pounced on leaving the house)

 

[Randymanpipe]

How's bout

Rifwar or

Airwar or anything with war in the title B)

Makes it more manly. Grrrrrr!

 

[Randymanpipe]

Yes duck u right, it went from coco pops to choco pops back to coco pops. But hey, they turn the milk chocolatey soooooo, I'd rather have a bowl of coco pops.

 

[Sitting Duck]

Well to me as I play for giggles and not take it too seriously

As I'm a sad git who spends way too much on crappy guns

Plus running around out of shape - puffing n panting steamed up face protection, totally knackered.....

I propose we just call it:

SWEAT - yuk but hear me out as it does kinda fit.....

Saddo's With Expensive Air Toys

not exactly a great promotion to get more female players interested but kinda does paint a true-ish picture of us lot

 

[Hudson]

In Hong Kong they call it "Wargames"

"Yeah I'm doing wargames this weekend" etc etc.

How about a nice game of chess?

 

[Randymanpipe]

Lol, nice wargames reference There Hudson

 

[Happy]

Lol, nice wargames reference There Hudson

Glad I'm not the only one that caught that

 

[Randymanpipe]

Showing my age now happy

 

[K@rl]

Or he could make a topic asking for peoples ideas and opinions

as a way to pass time & see if anyone has the brain cells to come up with a funny alternative to airsoft i mean..airsoft could be a type of bog roll or a fabric softner to the uneducated person..so stop sucking the joy out of everything and go back to your corner

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Thank you

As stated, my intention was not to "change" the name. Just thought someone may have a funny story or idea that would make a Tuesday more interesting. It was touched upon previously in another tread. If you don't agree say so but not from aloft your high horse.

 

[Jedi_Master]

Calling it Wargames could confuse some people, I can just see a few players rocking up at a site with their 15mm Napoleonic figures expecting a table top battle!