K@rl Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Can any one come up with a better name for our "sport". Maybe one that's a bit more descriptive of the pain involved or just more masculin And dosnt leave you explaining that it really isn't nerf.
Aengus Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Play soldiers ? We fake real life tragedies, pain, death and destruction ?
Popular Post Mack Posted August 11, 2015 Popular Post Posted August 11, 2015 RabidNinja64, two_zero, Unrustle_Thine_Jimmies and 3 others 6
K@rl Posted August 11, 2015 Author Posted August 11, 2015 Was trying to avoid play, toy, etc. wheel chair basketball is commonly know as murder ball. And anyone who has seen it will know why it's called this. Best name for a game, no shame in saying am off playing murder ball this weekend. Haha
Aengus Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Softair Nah seriously I can't think of a "manly name" Airsoft_Mr B 1
Head Moderator Jedi_Master Posted August 11, 2015 Head Moderator Posted August 11, 2015 Painball ? Maybe not as may get us confused with those skirmishers running around having fun without any uniform and kit, and unable to deny being hit. Samurai 1
Head Moderator Jedi_Master Posted August 11, 2015 Head Moderator Posted August 11, 2015 Skirmish shooting.
Supporters ImTriggerHappy Posted August 11, 2015 Supporters Posted August 11, 2015 Should be descriptive like paintball so Plastic balls Small balls Balls in air Airy balls Or my personal favourite BB shooting, just dont say it with an accent. Airsoft_Mr B 1
Head Moderator Jedi_Master Posted August 11, 2015 Head Moderator Posted August 11, 2015 BB sounds soft, like a yank kid with a springer in the yard. Ball Bearing sounds harder, more metallic and dangerous. Puts us up there with other danger sports: base jumping, kite surfing, hang gliding, shadow boxing. Could have an extreme sports angle and actually use real 6mm ball bearings... definitely would call your hits then.
Aengus Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Airsoft guns should be called functioning imitation firearms and games should be called skirmishes
Supporters Popular Post ImTriggerHappy Posted August 11, 2015 Supporters Popular Post Posted August 11, 2015 Lets be honest its always going to be seen as a bit sad by a lot of people no matter what its called. I am surprised you dont see guys coming out of airsoft shops with their new toy gun in a brown paper bag and trying to hide it under their raincoat. Shizbazki, Lozart, RabidNinja64 and 2 others 5
Supporters Lozart Posted August 11, 2015 Supporters Posted August 11, 2015 Can any one come up with a better name for our "sport". Maybe one that's a bit more descriptive of the pain involved or just more masculin And dosnt leave you explaining that it really isn't nerf. Why? Fumps, Deek, ImTriggerHappy and 1 other 4
Aengus Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Lets be honest its always going to be seen as a bit sad by a lot of people no matter what its called. I am surprised you dont see guys coming out of airsoft shops with their new toy gun in a brown paper bag and trying to hide it under their raincoat. A bit sad ? Should've seen my pals reactions to milsim haha Fumps and ImTriggerHappy 2
Supporters ImTriggerHappy Posted August 11, 2015 Supporters Posted August 11, 2015 A bit sad ? Should've seen my pals reactions to milsim hahaProbably not as bad as mine.
Supporters Lozart Posted August 11, 2015 Supporters Posted August 11, 2015 Why not? Because there's nothing wrong with "airsoft"? Maybe you should get yourself one of these: And stop worrying about what other people think... Samurai, Happy, NickM and 1 other 4
b1n0gHo5t Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Or he could make a topic asking for peoples ideas and opinionsas a way to pass time & see if anyone has the brain cells to come up with a funny alternative to airsoft i mean..airsoft could be a type of bog roll or a fabric softner to the uneducated person..so stop sucking the joy out of everything and go back to your corner
Supporters Lozart Posted August 11, 2015 Supporters Posted August 11, 2015 Or he could make a topic asking for peoples ideas and opinions as a way to pass time & see if anyone has the brain cells to come up with a funny alternative to airsoft i mean..airsoft could be a type of bog roll or a fabric softner to the uneducated person..so stop sucking the joy out of everything and go back to your corner *ahem* Poke it up your bumhole. ImTriggerHappy and Randymanpipe 2
Deek Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 It actually was called 'soft air' when the first guns came out... And another piece of trivia... BB stands for 'ball bullet' and not 'ball bearing' as commonly thought. Whilst it would be nice to try and think of an alternative the sport / hobby has been around for many years (at least 18 I can think of) and has always been called airsoft, so a name change would cause a huge amount of confusion. Personally I don't mind airsoft Randymanpipe and ImTriggerHappy 2
Supporters Esoterick Posted August 11, 2015 Supporters Posted August 11, 2015 I don't mind the name Airsoft, it does sound like a translation that only kinda works though(which i'd imagine is the case). It's surprising how many incorrect variations of Airsoft people who don't play can come up with ImTriggerHappy 1
Supporters Popular Post Lozart Posted August 11, 2015 Supporters Popular Post Posted August 11, 2015 OK, for those of us that wanted an intelligent discourse; changing the name to something "more descriptive of the pain involved" or indeed "more masculine" makes the sport LESS inclusive and MORE likely to attract the kind of people we DON'T want. Calling it "Man pain ball" is hardly going to encourage more kids and women to want to play, now is it? At the end of the day it doesn't matter what you call it when you try and explain it to people they will ALWAYS say "...so it's like paintball then". Jedi_Master, ImTriggerHappy, Randymanpipe and 2 others 5
Supporters Esoterick Posted August 11, 2015 Supporters Posted August 11, 2015 I describe it to people as like paintball but better which normally seems to click. As the name sounds like a Japanese translation perhaps something like super happy shooting time would be suitable? shortman, DEF and Sacarathe 3
b1n0gHo5t Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 *ahem* Poke it up your bumhole. nah..you'd get overly excited and leave your keyboard in a sticky situation ;-) Randymanpipe 1
Supporters Lozart Posted August 11, 2015 Supporters Posted August 11, 2015 nah..you'd get overly excited and leave your keyboard in a sticky situation ;-) You should know sweetcheeks.
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