airsoft vs paintball

airsoft* and paintball are two sports that should be able to coexist, but don't. The sports both serve different markets. Paintball seems to entertain the people that tend to play "extreme sports". It is characterized by fast paced, hard hitting, action. Airsoft serves the more tactical crowd, who prefer teamwork and strategy over speed of action. For some reason, the majority of paintball players with internet access find it nescessary to diss airsoft and its players. Although the debate over the internet are very heated, there are no known incidents of airsoft players and paintball players engaging in a physical confrontation, even though both groups have been at the same location at the same time.

Several common misconceptions about airsoft, used by the immature people who find it nescessary to diss airsoft:

1. Myth: Airsoft doesnt hurt. Its for pussies who are afraid to get dime sized bruises.
Fact: from personal experience, this is far from the truth. Airsoft guns are well capable of not only bruising, but also puncturing skin, causing blood blisters, and chipping teeth, especially in CQB. Eye protection is just as nescessary in airsoft as it is in paintball. Although the radius of damage per bb is much smaller, much more bbs are slung at a given time than paintballs.

2. Myth: Airsoft is just for kids to screw around in their back yard who cant afford/cant get their parents to buy paintball guns.
Fact: The cheap 5-30 dollar spring guns or "springers" as they are known by the majority of airsofters, were once the average airsoft guns, but were replaced by much higher quality gas and electric guns. The cheap springers still appeal to the kids that cant afford more expensive paintball or airsoft guns, but these kids are NOT part of the true airsoft community, and due to their poor safety considerations, threaten the legality of both airsoft AND paintball. The majority of airsoft guns cost just as much as paintball guns.

3. Myth: Airsoft is only for people who got rejected/are too young/too fat to join the military.
Fact: Not true at all. A large percentage of airsoft players are current/former military personnel, law enforcement personnel, and other people who serve our country in various ways. Citizen soldiers use airsoft as a way to hone their skills or simply relax after a hard tour of duty. The reason most airsoft players use tactical lingo such as "charlie team, flank the tangos at hill bravo" is because they actually know what they are doing, and have actual tactical training.

4. Myth: Airsoft guns all have orange tips, which makes them unrealistic.
Fact: The "orange tips" are only required for shipping airsoft guns to, from, and within the united states. Any suspected firearms with an unmarked tip or firearm trademarks will be seized and destroyed by US Customs or the US Postal Service, which is why all guns sold come with orange tips. The orange tips may serve as "reassurance" for parents, that their kids will not be shot by cops because of this, but this is a false reassurance. The orange tip is NOT required to be on in most states, and will not prevent you from being shot just because you have one. Because gunmen will sometimes spraypaint their gun barrel orange or spraypaint a fake gun black, law enforcement officers will ignore the color of the tip, and concentrate on the actions of the person. If you ever have an airsoft gun when confronted with police, stand still and comply 100% with the officer's orders. The majority of airsofters remove their orange tips and TREAT THEIR AIRSOFT GUN LIKE A REAL GUN, locking it up properly, carrying it pointed in a safe direction with the fire selector on "safe" and with the magazine out.

5. Myth: Airsoft requires no physical activity. Its just for fat lazy people who want to shoot eachother and arent in shape enough for paintball.
Fact: Airsoft requires a large amount of physical activity, just in a different way than paintball. Most airsoft games are exponentially longer than paintball matches, and require heavy physical stamina to remain up and running. Sprints for cover and treks over rough terain are also demanding, and Close quarters battles (CQB) are just as fast paced as your average paintball game.

6. Myth: In airsoft, you cant tell if you shot a person, and people never call themselves out.

Fact: Although this is one of the major flaws of airsoft, it is not as problematic as concieved by outsiders. The primary factors to preventing this problem are honor and the airsoft community. While paintball guns do make it much more obvious as to who is hit, airsoft players often come to the field with enough honor and integrity to call themselves out. Some players even call themselves out when they hear a rain drop on their helmet (sniper rifles often loose a great amount of power over long distances). If players are not so honorable on their own, the community like environment that is airsoft prevents players from cheating. If they are caught cheating repeatedly, they will be banned from playing by most, if not all local areas, and will not be able to play unless they somehow redeem themselves or move to a new region. Sometimes players will think they are hitting the enemy, when in actuality their shots are just barely missing. Because of this, the firing player will often shout "call your hits!" to challenge the honor of the other player. Paintball is not without its cheaters either. In tournaments, some paintball players will continue firing after being hit until a referee actually calls them out. Other players carry moist towlettes in their pocket to wipe off paint when noone is looking.

Now, with all of these new facts, perhaps we can all stop dissing each other's sports and get back to playing the games we all love.

Airsoft vs Paintball: The usual confrontation:

Airsofter: Who here wants to play airsoft?

Paintballer: Ew.. Airsoft? That pussy sport? Airgay is for pussies. Paintball is for real men.

Airsofter: So is airsoft. We just prefer a more realistic, tactical game than you guys.

Paintballer: Whatever, pussy... I'm not talking to you anymore until you man up and get a paintball marker

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MR-C

Replacing the XM-8 Carbine, This is to be the United States military's next-generation standard infantry weapon. Built by Crye Associates, the assault rifle will utilize a bullpup* design using caseless ammunition** with an all sides rail interface system. By most accounts the real world version will be chambered for 6.8mm caliber in 45 round magazines, however its video game counterpart is chambered in both 6.8mm and 5.0mm caliber, according to Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. The rifle is supposed to have a cyclic rate of 900 RPM. It is also shown to have a special 40mm grenade launcher attachment known as the EGLM. The EGLM in the game, however, is a modified version of the real world Enhanced Grenade Launcher Mount designed for the FN SCAR rifles

In Fiction
The MR-C is the default Rifleman weapon in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter.

*Bulpup: A gun where the magazine is behind the trigger. Examples are the french FAMAS and the AUG Steyr

**Caseless Amunition: Caseless ammo cartridges disolve in the chamber so that there is no leftover shells. The first model of this was the H&K G11.

I wish the army would hurry up and approve the MR-C for production.

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mod

a modification to a video game that changes the characters, enemies, weapons and skins, but keeps a

that lates half life 2 mod just came out, but I already have 257 of them so I cant fit any more...

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dress right dress

1. a military command in order to find dress and alignment in a formation

2. the term used in the military meaning neat and organized, basically your sergeant's way of saying he has OCD.

1. Platoon, Attention!... Dress RIGHT Dress!

2. Make sure your bunk is Dress Right Dress before you step outside for PT

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flash banger

a type of grenade that emits a blinding flash and deafening boom to disorient the enemy. Used mostly in SWAT and special forces tactics and modern videogames.

my teammate bounced a flash banger off of the wall and blinded me...

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G36

The G36 is a german assault rifle made by Heckler and Koch AKA H&K. The Assault rifle is capable of firing NATO rounds in semi auto, burst, or fully auto modes. As of a few years ago it has replaced the MP5, G3, and G33 as German Standard issue. Most G36 Models also feature a 1.5x ocular sight (scope) built into the carry handle.

The G36 Comes in several variants:

-G36: Standard version
-G36C (Compact): Small SMG version capable of heavy external modification
-G36K (Karbine): Shorter version of the G36
-G36E (Elongated): Longest Version of G36
-MG36: Light Support Weapon featuring a bipod but based off of the G36 or G36E model.

The G36 also has several magazine lengths:
100 round "Beta C Magazine"
30 round Stick magazine (available in black or clear versions)
10 round sniper magazine

Ive fired the G36 both real and airsoft and both are extremely effective and responsive to the pull of the trigger.

The G36 is the standard issue weapon for the german military and the G36C is seen in the movie "The Four Brothers" when the bad guys are tearing up the brothers's home.

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stick

to stick a plasma grenade to someone in halo or halo 2

You Stuck UbernOOb
Stick that grenade on him before he hits you with that energy sword

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