I'd say my two biggest dislikes in this sport are:
People who don't who don't play fair (trigger spammers in cqb to the point it is essentially full auto, people who camp spawns, people who go to a game with the express intention of hurting someone ect.) I've always maintained from the beginning that everyone paid to play, just like you did, and that it is a moral obligation to not act like a prize bell piece on the field. In the hopes that all players can walk away after having a good day. I'd rather be able to give someone on the opposite team a hi five, than have their day ruined because I thought it would be badass to laser them in the back of the head at 5 feet.
The other one that gets me, almost more so, is people who rock up and then act exclusionary to other people on the field, because they somehow think they're "cooler" than them. Like schoolyard kinda attitude. It's fairly rare in the communities i've encountered over the years, but some people seem to forget that they are also playing toy soldiers in the woods.
I don't care what you look like, what kit you run, how new or experienced you are, I don't care if you have silly patches or ones you think are badass, if you act like a decent person, and play the game with honour, you deserve respect, because you are making the sport better.
When I started airsoft around 14-15 ish, I was a very nervous and anxious lad, I was going through a lot in life, and didn't have any healthy distractions, the relationship between me and my old man had reached a point of breaking, and airsoft was a last ditch effort to find some common ground. I will never forget the big, gruff looking people who took us in and treated us with nothing but respect, something that I had never really experienced at that time, outside of my own household. I'll never forget the way we were always included, never left alone in the safe zone, within 3 times of going we were invited to join a team and play a birthday event at the outpost. I'll never forget my rental gun dying in the field, being to socially awkward to want to say anything and some big badass dude setting down his lsw next to me to use, whilst he fixed my rifle for me.
To me, that is what airsoft is about, a community of like-minded people sharing in a mutual hobby. One based on respecting others and being honourable. At nearly 30 now, I carry the same mindset those folks did, i'm always happy to have a chat with someone, if I see someone struggling, I help. If everyone on the field had a little consideration for those around them, this sport would be unrivaled. Human nature dictates that not everyone will do so, but I still see those good eggs out there.
