Airsoft Sniper

[wildcard]

Originally Posted by DENZILDON

If you go to countries that support airsoft, you'll find competition games everywhere.

HK, Japan, Singapore, UK, US.

[pusangani]

Originally Posted by Malice Army

Since the International Olympic Committee vote to recognize paintball (speedball) as a SPORT missed by only one single vote. I think you'll see paintball in the Olympics before airsoft. ESPN also shows the tournaments on TV, when have you seen airsoft on TV? Those would be compelling reasons, and my last pro season I made over $4000 dollars in prize money, you ever get paid for airsofting? The games are completely different, don't flame what you don't understand. Airsoft is way cheaper in my opinion and better game to play just for fun. Paintball is more about the compitition.

lol no one's arguing about the popularity of one or the other, we were making fun of how ghey paintball equipment is compared to airsoft, it's obvious paintball is more popular, we airsofters are alot more discriminating about who we let play with us

[kalnaren]

Originally Posted by The Saint

Not really, not nearly to the same extent as paintball. It doesn't matter, though. Paintball is welcome to being more "competitive", with prizes and awards. We don't need that.

Agreed.

[Styrak]

Originally Posted by yuhaoyang

I completely lost interest in paintball when I realized how often an asshole would run up and hit you from 5 inches away with a 300fps gun...
So why is a fiberglass pipe with some holes a lot more expensive than a ABS pipe with some rifling?

Your inner barrel is made out of ABS and has rifling?

Yikes.

[DENZILDON]

Originally Posted by wildcard

HK, Japan, Singapore, UK, US.

Philippines to be exact. There was only one paintball place in the whole country and it only lasted for a year.

[Eeyore]

Rifling on a paintball barrel is useless. Sorry had to get that out of my system old pb habits die hard, kinda like bonus balling anyone wearing ghille.

[Malice Army]

I had heard that airsoft was originally started because paintball was illegal in some countries because of enviromental concerns, go figure. Not sure if this is true

[Eeyore]

Its started in Japan because of strict gun laws.

[Turnbull]

Originally Posted by Malice Army

Since the International Olympic Committee vote to recognize paintball (speedball) as a SPORT missed by only one single vote. I think you'll see paintball in the Olympics before airsoft. ESPN also shows the tournaments on TV, when have you seen airsoft on TV? Those would be compelling reasons, and my last pro season I made over $4000 dollars in prize money, you ever get paid for airsofting? The games are completely different, don't flame what you don't understand. Airsoft is way cheaper in my opinion and better game to play just for fun. Paintball is more about the compitition.

Buddy, I played paintball for a long time. Don't get up on your high horse and say I don't understand it. Who are you to tell me what I do and don't understand? Airsoft isn't as recognized as paintball and lets be perfectly honest, paintball has no place in the Olympics.

EDIT: Last line was a bit over the top, sorry bout that, was angry was all..

[Malice Army]

easy guy, its not like that, no offense meant

[Moderate]

I need to show up to an airsoft game in a pink jumpsuit, full cover paintball mask, and start firing my L85 at an angle using two fingers. I should also take part in corner-shooting, not calling my hits, and wiping BB's off of my gear.

[pusangani]

Originally Posted by Turnbull

Buddy, I played paintball for a long time. Don't get up on your high horse and say I don't understand it. Who are you to tell me what I do and don't understand? Airsoft isn't as recognized as paintball and lets be perfectly honest, paintball has no place in the Olympics.

EDIT: Last line was a bit over the top, sorry bout that, was angry was all..

he forgot to mention it was the "Special" Olympics LOL

[Malice Army]

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[Eeyore]

Just curious turnbull, why don't you think speedball belongs in the olympic?

[Moderate]

Originally Posted by notom66866

Just curious turnbull, why don't you think speedball belongs in the olympic?

Probably for the same reasons that this is not allowed at the Olympics:



And I'm not talking about Mrs. Piggy