[Marauder_Pilot]

Yeah, but so do a bunch of paintballers. Only ours are actually fun and useful.

Anyways. I played an airsoft game once. I was told 'Come out, it's the beginner weekend, we're going to be casual.' Oh, good, I thought, they won't go apes**t on me for showing up in cargo pants and a t-shirt. Well, casual for them turned out to be full camo, but without all their extra gear and stuff.

I'm not going to criticize them for having their role-playing thing. I enjoy a good tabletop RPG, I've played RPGs until my eyes bled, I play tabletop wargames and joined a local SCA group. It's just not my thing. But, DAMN, these people were INTENSE.

The game itself...OK, I'll admit, it was fun. Not as fun as paintball, but I'd go back if they weren't so hard-core. But that was the problem: the ARE hardcore. I mean, I'm not going to go on about pure practicality in terms of gear. I'm mounting a pair of speakers to my vest, probably buying a dual-AT-10 rig and put as many guns as I can in wood stocks. But these guys were...well, like you've all said, they looked loaded for bear. And were giving me crap for not.

So, not gonna bash the sport, just not my thing.