GEARS - Anthro Sci-fi Mecha RP [still open!]

[Dervish]

Yeah, I mainly played Counter-Strike at an old friend's house when it was popular, I played Rainbow Six at mine. Airsofter, eh? I'm a paintball man myself, been wanted to check airsoft out but I'm not sure where there's a field near where I live, and I can't afford to buy all new equipment, sadly. XD

You're a pretty awesome painter, Inked! That's one of those mediums that would scare the shit out of me to try because it's a lot harder to fix your mistakes.

[SilverwindBlade]

I'll let you know how much of a success it is when I try and draw something!

Dervish: I never really tried paintball, and got straight into airsoft. I think it was the camouflage and more realistic-looking guns that did it for me, as well the milsim aspect. Paintball here in the UK is often more of the 'speedball', consumer-friendly kind of game, as opposed to more intensive and more niche airsoft.
The equipment is expensive, you're right - though most good sites will have rental equipment you can use if you just want a taste. Shame there's not somewhere near you though!

[DrNightKOT]

Damn, paintball is fun, at least in Russia, if you find a good place and group of people. Forests, forts, cold weather, that kind of stuff. I remeber getting 5 people out at once just by crying out "OUT!"...

...In VIP mode. Yes, VIP was with them.

Also, posted.

[Dervish]

I play mainly woodsball and big scenario games, and there's quite a bit of camouflage. I think the main thing with paintball is I've always done it, and I like it because after I got out of the military, I quickly realized the tactics I learned in the army weren't anything that would be useful in paintball. I've played speedball legitimately once in my life, and it was fun, but not really my thing. I think there is probably fields about an hour 20-30 away from where I am? Problem is, I have no idea how to maintain an airsoft gun and it's fairly restricted in Canada, for a while there you could only get the ones with clear sides. That, and I don't have anything that uses batteries. I play almost entirely pump-action, and let me tell you, nothing beats the ergonomics of a good-quality paintball gun. I'm one of those rare guys who can appreciate both paintball and airsoft and can't figure out why youtube has to be a vile shithole of arguments over which is better... especially when the main thing the airsoft camp seems to come up with 'it's realistic, and our guns don't look like Star Wars guns!'. Which is fine, but not necessarily what paintball's about, you know? Both have their niches and points, and they require quite a bit of different skills to be good at. I imagine if I tried to do my usual tactics in airsoft I'd probably get murdered until I adapted, and it would be vice versa for airsoft players coming to paintball. I wouldn't be quick to write off speedball as 'consumer-friendly', per say. It's a very intense and dedicated sport that requires a lot of communication, planning, and team work to be good at. As well, the guys who play in leagues are fantastic athletes. It helps to look at it more like a sport like hockey, or soccer, or rugby where each player has a role to play and games are made or broken by how well a team plays together. I highly recommend watching full-length NPPL or PSP matches on Youtube and try to understand exactly what each player's role is and why they move when they do, what caused one team to lose, et cetera. It's one of those things where you totally need to understand the nuisances and mechanics to really appreciate what those guys do.

B'sides, I also own a real rifle and do target shooting quite often. I'm pretty well-versed around the block when it comes to shooting sports!

There's an army surplus store in the West Edmonton Mall (that thing is collosal, it has a massive water park and a decent sized amusement park inside of it, as well as mini-golf, bumper boats, a climbing gym, a shooting range... it's big) that has airsoft guns for sale. I'm always tempted to pick one of them up, especially that Galil. >_>

[DrNightKOT]

Damn, now I've read what have you posted about it and now I really think that my few paintball matches are nothing compared to yours expirience.

Well, at least I have skills in archery.

Also, 'bout the RP, I think about giving Shoth Dual low-recoil high accuracy pistols with modest amount of firepower and modified to be easier to reload and have lazer sights, instead of lost handgun. I think it would be more badass, faster than ordinary handgun and cheaper than assault rifle and SMG.

[Dervish]

I've been playing for... pretty much over a decade. o.O I go about twice a month when I can, and I play on a scenario team which hits up all the big games in the area, which usually have anywhere between 300-1400 people playing on 2 teams with various objectives and missions to do. And tanks, can't forget those. I also have 5 guns... one of which I need to get from a friend because I lent it to him for the last big game. >_>

One thing I'll definitely tip my hat to airsoft for is that that has absolutely no worries about ball breaks or chops. Nothing's more horrible than when you're in a gunfight with somebody probably 10-15 feet away and suddenly, your barrel spews a buckshot's worth of shattered, broken paintball that harmlessly falls on the ground a few feet from your barrel. Theeen you have to clean it out and hope the other guy doesn't decide to hobo rush you... Fortunately this doesn't happen too often with good paint and a good gun, but when it does, it doesn't let you forget.

Archery is fun! I've been thinking of buying a bow, there's a club that's about the same distance away as the shooting range. o.O

[SilverwindBlade]

I think my main interest in airsoft comes from wanting to own a replica of a real gun, as the law in the UK is very restrictive when it comes to gun ownership. It's even quite restricting on owning realistic-looking airsoft guns now too, but that's because of political reasons, and the way our government reacts to things.
I also got into it first, and had a lot of friends who were into it, so I guess that helped too, as you'd expect.
I'm not sure what Paintball is like in the UK, and of course I've only really heard about it from Airsofters, and Paintball promoters, who don't really emphasise the things you have, such as scenario play or milsim type games, so I guess that's not helped either.
Even so, I'm much in the same place as you regarding starting airsoft - I couldn't afford to pick up a bunch of new paintball kit, and I don't think there's anywhere near here that does paintball, not to mention that the ammo is more expensive for paintball too!

Regarding more game-related stuff, there'll be a debriefing regarding the enemy, and a chance to resupply our kit and equipment back on the Sandcruiser as well, so you should be able to pick your new kit as you see fit.

[Dervish]

Yeah, I often felt bad for you UK folk. My country has restrictions on weapons, but it's still pretty easy to obtain a firearm. And it does help to get into something if you know people, I started paintballing back in grade 9 with some friends and I was one of the only ones who stuck with it. If you want to see a REALLY cool event, go look up Oklahoma D-Day. I think you'd appreciate that one! They have about 3,500-4,000 players a year show up, various Allied and Axis regiments, pill boxes, landing craft, tank battles, a bunch of mock towns. It's pretty awesome, I've been dying to go there! It's a week-long event that has obstacle courses, parades, and every Regiment is usually made up of returning players who kind of have their own unique look and uniform. A lot of Commonwealth players wear the same T-Shirt along with their nation's combat trousers, which is CADPAT or DPU. I'm not sure what paintball's like in the UK either, but I looked it up on google and found a few recball fields in the woods that looked kind of fun. But you're right, paint is a LOT more expensive, which is a part of the reason I play pump. If I can't hit somebody within five shots, they didn't need to be hit. :P

((This is the rifle I bought, I love it dearly. http://www.wolverinesupplies.com/wol...-2-CDN_460.jpg

And this is the D-Day game I was talking about's website: http://www.ddaypark.com/paintball/dday/))

My post will bring my character into the GEAR bay, so it'll be a start.

[SilverwindBlade]

Wow, nice marker - Ak style, good choice!
The D-Day event does look pretty awesome, much like the same kind of idea as some of the airsoft events I've been to, although it seems to be on a much larger scale. One day, when I'm rich and have free time (yeah right!) I'll have to go to some of these super-sized airsoft events in other countries.
I have an electric G36 rifle, and a gas blowack Sig-Sauer P226 for a sidearm. They're both pretty good pieces of kit!

I look forward to your post as well

[Ramzam]

I had a few high school friends who did paintball. I was never in the physical condition to handle active sports, though. My minimal laser tag experience says I probably wouldn't do too well anyway.

Though, you two are making me envious. Just a little bit.