airsoft things you don't understand

[Rogerborg]

Why people need in excess of 1 hour for a lunch break at a game day. 

This. The only thing that regularly grinds my gears is the number of folk who pay to play airsoft, then find every possible excuse to not play airsoft.

Smoke breaks, phone breaks, bantering while they should be bombing up, marshals and site owners who would rather chat the day away rather than getting things moving.

A "whole day" of airsoft tends to be 10am to 4pm, with a 2 hour lunch and 20-30 minutes between games. We're lucky if we get 3 hours of actual play out of a day.

 

[EvilMonkee]

so premise of this is what things in airsoft do you not "get", and why?

i'll start off with a couple-

patches- i really don't get it, especially people who seem to collect them and get properly excited when they see a new patch. doubly so when you see people using the patches you get with bits of kit like airsoft innovations or gate products or from sites.

painting desert camo- i'm not a fan of painting stuff in general, but i can get why folk would want to paint camo to make a gun more concealable, or painting crazy designs as an artistic expression, but painting desert camo just confuses me because you're not really getting any artistic benefit (no more than painting it an appropriate woodland camo) but you are making the gun stand out. note i'm not counting people doing it as part of a specific impression loadout, that's understandable.

the kriss vector- not the gun in general or why people would use it, but why they're all so unreasonably heavy, seriously are they making those things out of depleted uranium or something?

revolvers- or more correctly how anyone can fire one and not be immediately dissapointed......

With you on the whole painting guns thing

 

[Wavey_Gravey]

Why people are happy to pay £30+ not including fuel, bb’s, gas and everything in between to spend the day…for lack of a better phrase, floating.

You get out what you put in and I find a lot of people moaning they had a crap / slow day are the ones that float and never get stuck in.

 

[EvilMonkee]

'Cold War' games that have a cut off date for kit in '91.  Tell the people of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, Cuba, Venezuela, Belarus, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Namibia, Angola, Brazil, Honduras, Syria, Nepal, Bolivia etc that the Cold War ended in '91.   

Re Cold War games - there is a background scenario happening - we are at I think 1986.....in the Gunman Games.  Also, the scenario is European centric largely though the next game is involving the Chinese too

 

[Tactical Pith Helmet]

I do get that mate.  For one my inner historian gets wound up (despite knowing that other interpretations are available).  Secondly I had a girlfriend who lived in Serbia in 1991.  What she described still hits a nerve.  

The Gunman games are fantastic, and certainly unspoiled by my personal whims etc.  My own Cold War kit is indeed all pre-1991...

 

[Adolf Hamster]

Stupid logic that makes no sense. 

this is a fair point, although tbh it's mainly due to the inevitability of your average airsofter failing to comprehend rule 1, as evidenced by the number of point-blank hosings that occurr outside of buildings.

This. The only thing that regularly grinds my gears is the number of folk who pay to play airsoft, then find every possible excuse to not play airsoft.

tbh i can kinda get that one, for some folk its as much about getting out of the house away from spouse/kids and having a catch-up with mates. kinda like a social club mixed with a fashion show and a gym session.

as long as sites don't mess around more eager players to cater to them i can't see the harm. most often it seems places just start the game and people can show up late if they want.

 

[Rogerborg]

Why people are happy to pay £30+ not including fuel, bb’s, gas and everything in between to spend the day…for lack of a better phrase, floating.

I get that there are folk who turn up to socialise, dress up, show off their collection, flex and banter.  I have no problem with that, within reason.

What winds me up are site owners who content to hold court with their marshals and regulars rather than cracking on with it.  Don't say "5 minutes" if you mean 20, is all I ask.

 

[Jaylordofwaargh]

I mean, people could have ran late, stuck in traffic etc but I get where your coming from.

I 'get' that i do, somewhere buried deep inside is a touch of empathy; others have put it better. Its the chat up not bomb up its the '5 mins till safety brief' as the player is carrying over 5 guns to crono or as a whole, not doing all they can to play. 

Also, when a marshal/game organiser says go/5mins make it so. 

Again and again it comes back to how CS ran their days, you were told you would be out til lunch, pack accordingly. More sites (i go to) need to be doing this not the current '5mins bomb up' but not counting the 2 smokes and cuppa the players and or marshals have.....

 

[heroshark]

I always thought the single fire in and out of buildings was more about giving players a fair chance to move and break in or out of a building.

 

[Cannonfodder]

People who turn up to a site week in week only to spend every minute whinning and bitching. If the site is that bad then why come in the first place? 

 

[alxndrhll]

The folks that dip out before a day is over (or the 'Photo Ops' as I call them). Show up, get their photos to show they were there, contribute very little to game(s) and then disppear early citing a whole number of reasons ranging from injuries to 'the entire other team are cheating'. Just never understood it, and if I was to be leaving early I'd absolutely be getting a refund before I did. I'm aware there are absolutely cases where there is an entirely valid reason, and I'm not talking about those. But especially since all the pandemic restrictions lifted I feel like there are half the people remaining at the end of the day than what there were at the start, seemingly irrelevant of the site.

It's been touched on by a few folks, but this is one of the only... perhaps the only hobby I've had where people seem to have it as a hobby, but not actually like playing the game ?‍.

 

[Hobbnob]

Calling your opponents' hits. I play in woodland where hiding behind a bush can be very effective cover, but the loudest mouths are always powered by the smallest brains and there's always some numbskull that wants to cry cheater at the top of his lungs because he's seeing his bb's bounce off the leaves in front of me and thinks he's chris kyle. I'm sitting there behind my bush wearing nothing but trousers and a t shirt, how would I survive not calling it if I was getting hit?

 

[Shamal]

It's been touched on by a few folks, but this is one of the only... perhaps the only hobby I've had where people seem to have it as a hobby, but not actually like playing the game ?‍.

Yeah but I really can't understand that. What's not to like?

For myself I pay my money,get dressed up go along have a great time,chat,drink some coffee and maybe get a few hits during the day which is a bonus. 

I'm under no illusions as to my abilities. I may as well have a flashing beacon on my head because my prowess at concealment is sadly lacking. I can't lay down( I would probably have a sleep if I did),kneeling is a pain and there are very few trees wide enough or my shape as to provide cover lol.

But I'm not there to win prizes for fashion or form. It's because I like it. ?

Regards 

 

[John_W]

Unboxing videos that spend 50% of the time showing you a box, and are obviously unrehearsed/unscripted (umm, ahh, err) and are filmed on someone's camera phone with rubbish lighting.

Hanging accessories on a weapon that you wouldn't see in real life (scopes and bipods on MP5Ks, drum mags on pistols, M4 mags on shotguns)

Unrealistic rates of fire...

And sorry, but HPA. I remember realy early airsoft guns in the 1980s that needed tanks, having to wire yourself up like a starship trooper seems pointless.

 

[SgtTalbert]

You will hate my patch wall then ! 

A lot of these I got for free, some from shot show and then yes, some specifically I purchased (Seal Team TV show ones etc..)

 

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[Shamal]

You will hate my patch wall then ! 

A lot of these I got for free, some from shot show and then yes, some specifically I purchased (Seal Team TV show ones etc..)

 

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Hey nice display?

Bet you would like my Chernobyl patch.

Regards 

 

[Brophy]

Adult players who get angry when younger/new players are confused or maybe staying a little behind so they dont get hit as much. I don't get what they gain from shouting at these newer players to push up while they themselves, in all their gucci gear, are the furthest back.

Was about to post this, experienced a bit of it myself when I first started playing ?

 

[Cannonfodder]

People who still make a big deal about getting a free packet of haribo sweets with a new gun. It's a bloody tiny pack which is gone in 1 mouthful and cosy the shop pennies

 

[Badgerlicious]

It's been touched on by a few folks, but this is one of the only... perhaps the only hobby I've had where people seem to have it as a hobby, but not actually like playing the game ?‍.

You'd be astounded by the number of people who own music gear but don't actually make music. Though, personally I have little issue with it, they are helping the supplies stay afloat so we can enjoy our nice things

 

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Calling your opponents' hits. I play in woodland where hiding behind a bush can be very effective cover, but the loudest mouths are always powered by the smallest brains and there's always some numbskull that wants to cry cheater at the top of his lungs because he's seeing his bb's bounce off the leaves in front of me and thinks he's chris kyle. I'm sitting there behind my bush wearing nothing but trousers and a t shirt, how would I survive not calling it if I was getting hit?

Its when you hear the "5.56 would have torn through those leaves!" yes but we're not playing with real ammo are we otherwise I think there wouldnt be an issue with the hit calling ?