Paintball or Airsoft? [Poll]

Everyone around here has and Airsoft gun, so that's all that ever gets played; it also helps that it's cheaper. So, what do they play around where you live? I assume the Brits have to default to Paintball.

Airsoft, because you can do it pretty much anywhere, but paintball is just as fun if you have the time and the money.

I play paintball cuz my parents think paintball is safer.

Is this true, or are my parents full of crap when it comes to this?

wth is that picture.

And neither, get a good BB/pellet gun and don't shoot it at people, just shoot paper targets. You can do it indoors yet it is powerful. Print targets off the internet and throw a cardboard box and a piece of wood behind it and you're good to go.

May I recommend the Crosman 760 Pumpmaster as a very good and cheap beginner choice.Yarcofin

That's a picture of the hand that was used to stop a BB from hitting my face. And shooting targets gets incredibly old after a while.

I play paintball cuz my parents think paintball is safer.

Is this true, or are my parents full of crap when it comes to this?

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I play paintball cuz my parents think paintball is safer.

Is this true, or are my parents full of crap when it comes to this?

kodex1717

one time, I was playing paintball, and I got hit in the side, and I had a welt for a few days353535355353535

That goes without saying, seriously. 

Airsoft indoors, paintball outdoors.  I just hate trying to cleanup the ammo from the Airsoft guns, but I do love chasing the cat around the house with my MP5.  :lol:magicmo

 Get Biodegradable BBs

airsoft is a joke, ill take paintball any dayg-unit248

how is airsoft a joke?

Are you not honest and don;'t want to call it when you get hit?

[QUOTE="Yarcofin"]wth is that picture.

And neither, get a good BB/pellet gun and don't shoot it at people, just shoot paper targets. You can do it indoors yet it is powerful. Print targets off the internet and throw a cardboard box and a piece of wood behind it and you're good to go.

May I recommend the Crosman 760 Pumpmaster as a very good and cheap beginner choice.kodex1717

That's a picture of the hand that was used to stop a BB from hitting my face. And shooting targets gets incredibly old after a while.

[QUOTE="magicmo"]Airsoft indoors, paintball outdoors. I just hate trying to cleanup the ammo from the Airsoft guns, but I do love chasing the cat around the house with my MP5. :lol:-Sora

Get Biodegradable BBs

if he is playing inside then they won't degrade 

I like Airsoft. I love my P90 :Dshockwave04

[QUOTE="shockwave04"]I like Airsoft. I love my P90 :DSir_Marwin

[QUOTE="Sir_Marwin"][QUOTE="shockwave04"]I like Airsoft. I love my P90 :Dshockwave04

Paintball. For several reasons. First off....i LOVE the sting of it....i LIVE for the sting of it. I also love the adrenaline that i get from the sting and from the thought of havin to watch my ass or else ill get hit.

 I love being able to see if i hit someone cause they got a big splat of yellow, pink, blue, green, red...ect on them. Helps keep it fair...cause yea, there are people who wont call themselves out. And yes you get that sometimes with paintball too....but cause it hurts worse then just..plastic pellets... you shoot them over 5 times and they start to really get annoyed and will eventually call themselves out....unless you got refs who make that much more easier.

I love the weight of the paintball gun in my hands.

I love hearing the burp of the co2 tanks and air tanks when they run out of gas...or i love setting up the switch and "pretending" to run out, making a booby trap.

I love the sweat, the dirt...the greasy feeling of the paint

I love how crappy the paint tastes..that wonderful crappy worst tasting jello you have ever eaten in the world taste!

I love how its biodegradeable

I love the welts it gives me, so others can see it and go "DAMN!" then they touch it and i just smile

I love how extreme it is compared to airsoft.

I love the cold barrell after shooting for a while from the Co2 ..heck..sometimes i just love the cold tank after i just get it refilled ...nice on the forehead lol

I love the re-inactments of D-day, the battle of Monte Cassino...heck...any war re-inactment! (easier to do with paintball in my experiance)

I love the paint gernades, trip wire mines, cannons, tanks, helicopters....

And I love the guys that I play with. We are a family.

do airsoft and BB guns hurt more or less than paintball guns?Film-Guy

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]do airsoft and BB guns hurt more or less than paintball guns?xhellcatx

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]do airsoft and BB guns hurt more or less than paintball guns?xhellcatx

my friend says that paintballs leave huge bruises, but airsoft rounds get stuck in your skin:( both sound rath unpleasant.....

I donno my buddy shot me in the back as I was falling back with his gas sniper rifle (goes like 500 fps with .2's) and it hurt like hell....broke the skin....paintball is alright ,but there are some airsoft guns that can hurt just as much as paintball.

Personally, I prefer airsoft over paintball because it's cheaper and more realistic( atleast to me it is).

Paintball. For several reasons. First off....i LOVE the sting of it....i LIVE for the sting of it. I also love the adrenaline that i get from the sting and from the thought of havin to watch my ass or else ill get hit.

 I love being able to see if i hit someone cause they got a big splat of yellow, pink, blue, green, red...ect on them. Helps keep it fair...cause yea, there are people who wont call themselves out. And yes you get that sometimes with paintball too....but cause it hurts worse then just..plastic pellets... you shoot them over 5 times and they start to really get annoyed and will eventually call themselves out....unless you got refs who make that much more easier.

I love the weight of the paintball gun in my hands.

I love hearing the burp of the co2 tanks and air tanks when they run out of gas...or i love setting up the switch and "pretending" to run out, making a booby trap.

I love the sweat, the dirt...the greasy feeling of the paint

I love how crappy the paint tastes..that wonderful crappy worst tasting jello you have ever eaten in the world taste!

I love how its biodegradeable

I love the welts it gives me, so others can see it and go "DAMN!" then they touch it and i just smile

I love how extreme it is compared to airsoft.

I love the cold barrell after shooting for a while from the Co2 ..heck..sometimes i just love the cold tank after i just get it refilled ...nice on the forehead lol

I love the re-inactments of D-day, the battle of Monte Cassino...heck...any war re-inactment! (easier to do with paintball in my experiance)

I love the paint gernades, trip wire mines, cannons, tanks, helicopters....

And I love the guys that I play with. We are a family.

xhellcatx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyd_h5nfXDA

airsoft is more extreme....operation Irene!

[QUOTE="xhellcatx"][QUOTE="Film-Guy"]do airsoft and BB guns hurt more or less than paintball guns?Film-Guy

my friend says that paintballs leave huge bruises, but airsoft rounds get stuck in your skin:( both sound rath unpleasant.....

With airsoft OR paintball, its usually a good idea to wear something at least with sleeves...moreso with airsoft to prevent the penetration of your skin.

But at looking what hurts more...I still say paintballs do, because i get hit in the shoe with an airsoft bb and i dont even know it. I hear a little 'tap' and thats all. I get hit in the shoe with a paintball and i get a charlie horse in my foot, or have to limp for a second while it stops stinging...or swear a few times cause it hit directly on my toenail.  Paintballs are bigger calibur...they affect a bigger area. In comparison its like a tiny needle to a freakin huge needle. Smaller the needle, the less the pain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyd_h5nfXDA

airsoft is more extreme....operation Irene!

UnknownSniper65

This might sound like a dumb question, but are there any other kinds of toy guns that fire projectiles? I knwo there is airsoft and paintball and water, but what else is there?Film-Guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyd_h5nfXDA

airsoft is more extreme....operation Irene!

UnknownSniper65

Listen. I have tried both...several times. And I made my decision. TO ME, Paintball is home. Airsoft to me...is like a rubber band hitting me. Paintball...is like 5 at once with a wet sticky goo that EVERYONE can see to go along with it. To me..thats awesome and helps keep thing fair.

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]This might sound like a dumb question, but are there any other kinds of toy guns that fire projectiles? I knwo there is airsoft and paintball and water, but what else is there?Sir_Marwin

[QUOTE="xhellcatx"][QUOTE="Film-Guy"]do airsoft and BB guns hurt more or less than paintball guns?Film-Guy

my friend says that paintballs leave huge bruises, but airsoft rounds get stuck in your skin:( both sound rath unpleasant.....

[QUOTE="UnknownSniper65"] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyd_h5nfXDA

airsoft is more extreme....operation Irene!

xhellcatx

Listen. I have tried both...several times. And I made my decision. TO ME, Paintball is home. Airsoft to me...is like a rubber band hitting me. Paintball...is like 5 at once with a wet sticky goo that EVERYONE can see to go along with it. To me..thats awesome and helps keep thing fair.

If I lay into somebody with 30 rounds of BBs from a gun that shoots 350FPS they are gonna call it or start crying...Airsoft isn't meant to be played like paintball we play it for the sheer fun of the game not for competition...If I get hit I call myself out everytime as do 95% of airsofters just because we aren't competing for anything....Face it paintballers sold out to the mainstream a long time ago...people didn't like the idea of people with "guns" shooting eachother in the forest...so paintballers started calling guns markers and started playing inside behind giant triangles

[QUOTE="xhellcatx"][QUOTE="UnknownSniper65"] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyd_h5nfXDA

airsoft is more extreme....operation Irene!

UnknownSniper65

Listen. I have tried both...several times. And I made my decision. TO ME, Paintball is home. Airsoft to me...is like a rubber band hitting me. Paintball...is like 5 at once with a wet sticky goo that EVERYONE can see to go along with it. To me..thats awesome and helps keep thing fair.

If I lay into somebody with 30 rounds of BBs from a gun that shoots 350FPS they are gonna call it or start crying...Airsoft isn't meant to be played like paintball we play it for the sheer fun of the game not for competition...If I get hit I call myself out everytime as do 95% of airsofters just because we aren't competing for anything....Face it paintballers sold out to the mainstream a long time ago...people didn't like the idea of people with "guns" shooting eachother in the forest...so paintballers started calling guns markers and started playing inside behind giant triangles

[QUOTE="xhellcatx"][QUOTE="UnknownSniper65"] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyd_h5nfXDA

airsoft is more extreme....operation Irene!

UnknownSniper65

Listen. I have tried both...several times. And I made my decision. TO ME, Paintball is home. Airsoft to me...is like a rubber band hitting me. Paintball...is like 5 at once with a wet sticky goo that EVERYONE can see to go along with it. To me..thats awesome and helps keep thing fair.

If I lay into somebody with 30 rounds of BBs from a gun that shoots 350FPS they are gonna call it or start crying...Airsoft isn't meant to be played like paintball we play it for the sheer fun of the game not for competition...If I get hit I call myself out everytime as do 95% of airsofters just because we aren't competing for anything....Face it paintballers sold out to the mainstream a long time ago...people didn't like the idea of people with "guns" shooting eachother in the forest...so paintballers started calling guns markers and started playing inside behind giant triangles

[QUOTE="UnknownSniper65"][QUOTE="xhellcatx"][QUOTE="UnknownSniper65"] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyd_h5nfXDA

airsoft is more extreme....operation Irene!

xhellcatx

Listen. I have tried both...several times. And I made my decision. TO ME, Paintball is home. Airsoft to me...is like a rubber band hitting me. Paintball...is like 5 at once with a wet sticky goo that EVERYONE can see to go along with it. To me..thats awesome and helps keep thing fair.

If I lay into somebody with 30 rounds of BBs from a gun that shoots 350FPS they are gonna call it or start crying...Airsoft isn't meant to be played like paintball we play it for the sheer fun of the game not for competition...If I get hit I call myself out everytime as do 95% of airsofters just because we aren't competing for anything....Face it paintballers sold out to the mainstream a long time ago...people didn't like the idea of people with "guns" shooting eachother in the forest...so paintballers started calling guns markers and started playing inside behind giant triangles

sounds good

Airsofters will play airsoft and

paintballers will play paintball

[QUOTE="UnknownSniper65"][QUOTE="xhellcatx"][QUOTE="UnknownSniper65"] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyd_h5nfXDA

airsoft is more extreme....operation Irene!

Sir_Marwin

Listen. I have tried both...several times. And I made my decision. TO ME, Paintball is home. Airsoft to me...is like a rubber band hitting me. Paintball...is like 5 at once with a wet sticky goo that EVERYONE can see to go along with it. To me..thats awesome and helps keep thing fair.

If I lay into somebody with 30 rounds of BBs from a gun that shoots 350FPS they are gonna call it or start crying...Airsoft isn't meant to be played like paintball we play it for the sheer fun of the game not for competition...If I get hit I call myself out everytime as do 95% of airsofters just because we aren't competing for anything....Face it paintballers sold out to the mainstream a long time ago...people didn't like the idea of people with "guns" shooting eachother in the forest...so paintballers started calling guns markers and started playing inside behind giant triangles

yeah I honestly haven't had trouble with people not calling the only time I ever did have trouble was with a kid showed at an event and wasn't calling shots that were bouncing off his facemask...a ref saw him and removed him from the game within 15 minutes

Although the airsoft crowd is a tad weird at times....I'll never forget the time me and my friend watched a guy play a game with a rubber bayonet hooked to his m16....UnknownSniper65