Better name than Airsoft.

[K@rl]

Can any one come up with a better name for our "sport". Maybe one that's a bit more descriptive of the pain involved or just more masculin And dosnt leave you explaining that it really isn't nerf.

[Aengus]

Play soldiers ? We fake real life tragedies, pain, death and destruction ?

[Mack]

[K@rl]

Was trying to avoid play, toy, etc. wheel chair basketball is commonly know as murder ball. And anyone who has seen it will know why it's called this. Best name for a game, no shame in saying am off playing murder ball this weekend. Haha

[Aengus]

Softair Nah seriously I can't think of a "manly name"

[Jedi_Master]

Painball ? Maybe not as may get us confused with those skirmishers running around having fun without any uniform and kit, and unable to deny being hit.

[Jedi_Master]

Skirmish shooting.

[ImTriggerHappy]

Should be descriptive like paintball so

 

Plastic balls

Small balls

Balls in air

Airy balls

 

Or my personal favourite

BB shooting, just dont say it with an accent.

[Aengus]

BB warz!

[Jedi_Master]

BB sounds soft, like a yank kid with a springer in the yard. Ball Bearing sounds harder, more metallic and dangerous. Puts us up there with other danger sports: base jumping, kite surfing, hang gliding, shadow boxing. Could have an extreme sports angle and actually use real 6mm ball bearings... definitely would call your hits then.

[Aengus]

Airsoft guns should be called functioning imitation firearms and games should be called skirmishes

[ImTriggerHappy]

Lets be honest its always going to be seen as a bit sad by a lot of people no matter what its called.

I am surprised you dont see guys coming out of airsoft shops with their new toy gun in a brown paper bag and trying to hide it under their raincoat.

[Lozart]

Can any one come up with a better name for our "sport". Maybe one that's a bit more descriptive of the pain involved or just more masculin And dosnt leave you explaining that it really isn't nerf.

 

Why?

[Aengus]

Lets be honest its always going to be seen as a bit sad by a lot of people no matter what its called.

I am surprised you dont see guys coming out of airsoft shops with their new toy gun in a brown paper bag and trying to hide it under their raincoat.

A bit sad ? Should've seen my pals reactions to milsim haha

[ImTriggerHappy]

A bit sad ? Should've seen my pals reactions to milsim haha

Probably not as bad as mine.

[K@rl]

 

Why?

Why not?

[Lozart]

Why not?

 

Because there's nothing wrong with "airsoft"?

 

Maybe you should get yourself one of these:

 

And stop worrying about what other people think...

[b1n0gHo5t]

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

[Lozart]

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

 

*ahem*

 

 

Poke it up your bumhole.

[Deek]

It actually was called 'soft air' when the first guns came out...

 

And another piece of trivia... BB stands for 'ball bullet' and not 'ball bearing' as commonly thought.

 

Whilst it would be nice to try and think of an alternative the sport / hobby has been around for many years (at least 18 I can think of) and has always been called airsoft, so a name change would cause a huge amount of confusion.

 

Personally I don't mind 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.