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Just keep an eye on the news, 'cos if anyone ever asks me if my L85 is a Battlerifle from Halo, the entire world is going to know about it...

I've said it before but the people that annoy me the most are the ones that get all shirty because you're not "doing it properly". It's a game. It's supposed to be fun. If you come to an open day event and expect everyone to be a Milsimmer then you're going to be disappointed/upset/abused. If you get upset because there's too many kids running about with bright orange "toy guns" then maybe you need to move on to a different site (let's not forget that a £300 G&G is STILL a "toy gun") and a different style of play. Maybe it's just being a bit older but I just can't get that annoyed by people at a game that aren't playing the same way as I am unless they're just being total dicks and you don't need to be a "CoDsofter" to act like a dick. In fact I've seen more "me big serious soldier, me wear multicam everything" types acting like dicks because they just got pwned by a kid with a see through G36. There is room for all of us on the battlefield of plastic death so get on and enjoy the game/sport/hobby for what it is and let's stop the infighting before it destroys it all for everyone.

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I think the difficulty is recognising in yourself, what you want from Airsoft and then acting accordingly. Picking loadouts and weapons for yourself is relatively an easy choice if funds permit, but finding the right site and playing style is something else. As you well know, I have found in a relatively short space of time that the 'up and at em' style of skirmish is not for me and I am trying to do something about that by getting more into low end milsims. Starting the Facebook group and trying to set up some games is that first step. Anyway, Im now well off topic so will withdraw.

Also I am starting to realise that there are many different types of airsofters. Airsoft ticks a number of boxes for different people but the Airsoft gun is what binds them together. For example, there is a group of airsofters who don't really see it as anything to do with war or the military. Its just a game like playing tag. They know nothing about the guns they carry and they are looked upon as a fashion accessory. Others like to dress in authentic BDU, others like tactics and so on. There is nothing wrong with these different variants, but they can be quite different. These groups overlap in places but not totally, so you get splinter groups who want different things. I guess what happens is that this evolves so people gravitate to the site that gives them what they want. The problem starts when people want to have a serious tactical game but you have people, often kids, running round with orange guns charging everything down. This is often used by the serious regulars as target practice. Does it matter providing everybody enjoys themselves and nobody gets hurt ?

They may be a pain in the arse, but at least it's getting people into airsofting....

I had a word with one of those lads a few weeks ago to demonstrate to him that his gun was not capable of firing anywhere near as far as he thought by comparing it to my AKS on the hyperball field. He didn't seem very impressed or pleased. I only did it because every person hanging back where their guns can't even provide covering fire is basically increasing the opposition by one. I had no idea why this obvious noob came across with the confidence usually only obtained through knowing wtf you're on about. Now I get it: he thought gaming had clued him up. Penis.

So what's your beef, that their parents can afford to buy them £2,000 PTWs? If so, dry your eyes and move on, there's always someone with more money/better car/fitter wife. Be happy with what you've got and plan for what you want to get, ignore those who have greater means, theirs or those they're borrowing from others.

Not easy when 3 of that group of douchebags have fully tuned Systemas and the rest have G&P rifles. And when the marshals turn a blind eye when they cheat because they're some of the most reliable customers to the site.

I tend to play U18 games, and you do get a few idiots, but they tend to be first timers so I don't really mind them as they learn to do things differently by the end of the day. It's actually the guys who spend daddy's money on guns, gear etc instead of saving and using their own- one guy buys guns and gear on a whim, one game day he's running a brand new M249 with a full USMC setup, the next he's got a real sword SVD and all this '90s russian kit. That's the sort of person I have the problem with at U18 games, because you've got others like myself who don't all have high end gear and save money most of the time trying to compete with these rich kids.

we did have a kid one day, very small don't know how he was 12 (site limit) and he turned up with a massive suitcase, after about 10 mins we are called over for the brief, the small 12 year old had a gillie suit! But that is not it he was using a bright orange p90 bout £30 from just bb guns lets just say he left at lunch time with a p90 with many holes in! we had no idea why he was there but before he left, i went over and asked him about his gun and he explained to me how amazing the rate of fire is on a p90 and how he will be getting "akimbo" p90's soon, strange have not seem him since!

A bunch of paintballers walked into the safe zone, I over hear afew of them talking about the guns that they could see, one of them says "Oh my god that's the ak47 from modern warfare 2" he then walks up to the guy with the AK and asks: "do you know what gun that is" the guy with the gun in question replies "Yes, it's an ICS AK74." "No, that's an ak47" I cringed, hard.

Don't worry,There's already a sea separating yourself and the site.

we have one kid at my local site who didnt take his hits that often (he has been warned etc).... a marshall then found out he took his hits if you hit him on his legs .... no idea why, maybe he think he has body armour on , but everyone now aims for his legs.