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Post by Sleepy on Sept 11, 2012 19:30:05 GMT -5
Am I the only one that gets pissed when people say airsoft isn't a sport? Alot of my friends say that, and it bugs me like crazy!  |
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Post by RipJack on Sept 11, 2012 20:23:29 GMT -5
Airsoft is one of those things that until you expierence it, you really have no idea what it is. Most people's point of reference for airsoft is screwing around with springer pistols in thier backyard, so it's hard to see it as anything that resembles a sport.
Do what I do, when you tell someone, pull out your phone and show them some awesome pictures of guys at the airhouse, then show them the welts that look like cigarette burns.
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Post by Doc on Sept 11, 2012 20:52:19 GMT -5
I just dont care anymore. I mean if they want to come out and try and see what it is all about thats cool and all. But if not then no biggie on my end of things.
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Post by Simon on Sept 13, 2012 10:23:57 GMT -5
I love airsoft and have been playing for nearly 2 years, and I wouldn't necessarily call it a sport. I think of it more as a hobby with demanding physical requirements.
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Post by Kross on Sept 13, 2012 13:03:42 GMT -5
To me anything that requires an immense amount of physical activity is a sport. Look at some of the "sports" in the Olympics. However, it doesn't have a professional league like it's per say competitor paintball. This doesn't make it not a sport though, by pure definition of the word sport airsoft fits the bill.
Definition of sport from your friendly Google search!
Sport
Noun: An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
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Post by chris on Sept 13, 2012 14:03:27 GMT -5
I like the people that compare airsoft to COD.......so silly.
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Post by Kross on Sept 13, 2012 19:57:00 GMT -5
To me I always consider airsoft to have more in common with Battlefield and Call of Duty with paintball. Battlefield like airsoft is more tactical, team work oriented and more of a military simulation type of thing. Paintball is run shoot, run shoot, spray ammo and continue, speed ball is like this, which is the most popular variation of paintball which makes me thing of COD.
I can see comparisons for both, but eh, everyone has there opinion and so on.
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Post by Ratchet on Sept 13, 2012 20:24:12 GMT -5
There are some hardcore players down here in Missouri! We have MAKO, SABRE, Mil Spec, American MilSim with OK Invasion very nearby (which is in Oklahoma, but enough players up here go to it that it's a common event here), and the list goes on.
From playing both in Michigan and Missouri I think Michigan is more recreational. I hate to be a buzz kill, but I get a more "CoD" feeling whenever I play in Michigan. The field that I'm a regular at is definitely more MilSim oriented. The field is an abandoned missle facility with 7 or 8 buildings so we do A LOT of room to room and breaching procedures in every match.
I've seen some "MilSim" style paintball events online. More players are starting to get the gear that MilSim airsofters get. So I'm seeing Paintball really stepping up recently.
But to answer the original post: I don't see airsoft as a sport, never did. I see it solely as a hobby, and I put over 4 years into it.
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Post by Slack on Sept 16, 2012 15:33:50 GMT -5
Im the type of guy that gets pissed off when people judge airsoft when they've never laid hands on an AEG  |
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