Had my first airsoft argument a last game with another player. In hindsight, I can see a point made from both sides, so I’ll just give you the two sides and not tell you which one was me so you can decide for yourself.
Player 1 perspective: objective is last man standing, attack an area defended by 112 players. I’m on the attacking team which starts with 8 players out of 120 and when we hit a defending team member, they respawn and join the attacking team, and so continues until all the defenders are hit. Currently 10 minute in and theres now about 100 attackers to 20 defenders left. I sneak around the edge of the game area and crawl up behind a defending sniper in a small tower. He doesn’t see me and I don’t want to give away my position so I just tell him from about 10 feet away that he’s dead and should respawn to our team. As I move on past him, he shoots me in the back with his pistol and says he doesn’t care what I told him. I explained I could have rinsed all up his back with my M4 if I wanted but did the sporting thing, saved him the pain and just let him know. It’s only a game after all, I don’t want to be a dick about it. The briefing said no bang rule, just single shot or knife kill when close, but IMO also an element of being a decent player and not pelting someone at point blank just because you can. He did end up calling it in the end, so his shot on me doesn’t count anyway, but there’s no need for him to shoot me in the first place. He should have just seen the gesture and took it in good standing straight away.
Player 2 perspective: objective is last man standing, defend an area against 8 attackers, when we’re hit we join their team. I’ve set up position in a tower and I’m sniping off some people hiding behind a jeep. Someone behind me about 10ft away calls to me and says I’m dead. I think it’s my own team member who saw a shot bounce off me, so I’m about to call it when I see he’s on the attacking team. I ask when he hit me and he says he didn’t, but he could have rinsed me up my back but just told me instead. He walks past and I draw my pistol and put a shot in his back, he could have single shotted me or knife killed me and we’d have had a laugh and a fist bump, but him just announcing who he does and doesn’t have the opportunity to hit doesn’t constitute an actual hit to me. I did call it in the end because, whenever in doubt call it anyway, but they said in the briefing there was no bang rule, just single shot or knife kill when close. He should have just listened to the rules and taken his hit in good standing anyway.
Player 1 perspective: objective is last man standing, attack an area defended by 112 players. I’m on the attacking team which starts with 8 players out of 120 and when we hit a defending team member, they respawn and join the attacking team, and so continues until all the defenders are hit. Currently 10 minute in and theres now about 100 attackers to 20 defenders left. I sneak around the edge of the game area and crawl up behind a defending sniper in a small tower. He doesn’t see me and I don’t want to give away my position so I just tell him from about 10 feet away that he’s dead and should respawn to our team. As I move on past him, he shoots me in the back with his pistol and says he doesn’t care what I told him. I explained I could have rinsed all up his back with my M4 if I wanted but did the sporting thing, saved him the pain and just let him know. It’s only a game after all, I don’t want to be a dick about it. The briefing said no bang rule, just single shot or knife kill when close, but IMO also an element of being a decent player and not pelting someone at point blank just because you can. He did end up calling it in the end, so his shot on me doesn’t count anyway, but there’s no need for him to shoot me in the first place. He should have just seen the gesture and took it in good standing straight away.
Player 2 perspective: objective is last man standing, defend an area against 8 attackers, when we’re hit we join their team. I’ve set up position in a tower and I’m sniping off some people hiding behind a jeep. Someone behind me about 10ft away calls to me and says I’m dead. I think it’s my own team member who saw a shot bounce off me, so I’m about to call it when I see he’s on the attacking team. I ask when he hit me and he says he didn’t, but he could have rinsed me up my back but just told me instead. He walks past and I draw my pistol and put a shot in his back, he could have single shotted me or knife killed me and we’d have had a laugh and a fist bump, but him just announcing who he does and doesn’t have the opportunity to hit doesn’t constitute an actual hit to me. I did call it in the end because, whenever in doubt call it anyway, but they said in the briefing there was no bang rule, just single shot or knife kill when close. He should have just listened to the rules and taken his hit in good standing anyway.
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