I need some help.
 

Hi,

Ok, I am new to all of this, and my boyfriend says that airsoft is no place for a girl. Well I need all the help I can get. I want to want into there next game ready to hand his ass to him....So HELP..... Give all the info you want to give me... from every thing to what to wear to any skill I may want to add to the game. oh ya I have been paint balling with the guys alot, so getting hit doesn't scare me.....

Welcome, every answer you asked for is probably in the FAQ section, check it all out, some cool info there.

While the game isn't exatily overpopulated with women, plenty do play. Don't let him tell you that being a girl will slow you down.

But don't think it will get you special treatment either.

Read the FAQs, browse the forums, goto a game to check it out. Nobody here hands out step by step instructions on how to get into airsoft, you need to make those yourself. Personally I spent about a year in the forums and talking with a friend who played (you know its you Prowler ;) ) Then i went to two games, people showed me their gear, I spent another few weeks picking out what I would need to get started, bought the gear and just showed up at the next local game.

Best piece of advice(and I'm sure you'll hear it a lot): Read all the FAQ's on these forums. Then go out to a game and experience it all first-hand. If you're no stranger to milsim style games, then you should be fine.

Edit: Good lord! Three posts within one minute!

Tale it easy on her Greylocks

Maybe that's not what he thinks at all. Maybe he thinks you two need some time appart. Maybe he's feeling crowded and just needs a Sunday or two a month to just 'hang out with the guys'. Maybe he feels you're too needy and you should get some friends and hobbies of your own. Maybe I'm full of shit and don't know squat about your relationship.

Seriously though. Just get a gun and show up at a game without telling him. What's he going to do? Send you home.

As for advise. Just keep shooting in his general direction.

Thanks to the reationship help but thats not what it is... He said if I had the balls to play I would be out there with him, but he wont teach me anything...oh ya and That I am a girl......LIke come on... This is why i am asking for help. The FAQ is helping.. and Thanks...

Maybe you need a new boyfriend? Go play without him. You live in Calgary? Go play with JOC if you haven't already. There are plenty of knowledgeable guys there who I'm sure would teach you if you just asked.

Then simply show up to games, and learn the game better than him. Then beat his ass.

No favorites; read a lot.

One thing; I've found that women learn faster because they listen to advice. They also tend to play smarter and use their brains.

If you dont read the Information provided, you will get flamed as solidly as the rest. If your boyfriend is here, how about you name him so we can educate him in social graces?

So, what happens when you get all the advice and skills available and your boyfriend still hands your ass to you?

Sounds like a kinky proposition to me.

Does he play indoors at Trek or just outdoors?

Hey,

He does both.. why what do you think is better?

Skyla

Greylocks! You complimented women! It's the first compliment I've read of yours. You're softening up old man.

That said. Welcome to the sport. My boyfriend got me into it. He has me use his weapons (since he has a lot and 'buying another would be silly, especially since' I love his MP5. I played some games, watched while he 'doctored' his weapons and learnt, paid a lot of attention to things and just went with the flow. Then he got me a present- a plate carrier, and now I'm buying gear for myself. The addiction of it all grows on you and eventually you also get used to how disgusting or rowdy guys just are when you give them airsoft.

(To anyone who knows it I reference 'raping the owl'.)

Megan

lol
My last year il college, I lived 8 months at my fiances place with her and 5 female roomies.
Never have I seen a messier group of people. Dishes never done, food on the floor, showering togher with the door open, rotten food in the fridge.

Agree with you there, mate.

As my response to the question, just learn and read the FAQ on the site and go to the game sites for advice or tips for starters.

I love how we are friendlier to girls on ASC, lol.

But yeah, check out the FAQ, get age verified to see nicer deals, if you don't mind used guns, it would open you up to some nice deals. If you have the chance, go to a game, you'll learn a hell lot more that way.

Double standard for the win!

Quiet you two, last thing we need are newbies exploiting that by pretending to be young, nubile females inexperienced but curious in the ways of airsoft.

Gloves. Seriously. No matter what type of camo you choose for your BDU, gloves usually help complete the setup by covering up two otherwise glaring and out-of-place patches of paleness.

I personally don't think there is a "better", it's all personal preference. I find indoors and outdoors are 2 different playing styles as a lot of the things you need to do and pay attention to are different for both. Some things you'll figure out for yourself, some of them you'll need to learn by trial and error and from other people. I like both about the same. The best thing to do like others have said is to just show up to games. That way you'll figure out your own style and learn things people on the internet can't explain to you. Hope to see you at a game in the future!

What I said about women in gun-related sports is true; they learn faster and tend to become better shots sooner than the guys. That is a fact, and that fact has been proven in Internation competitions with real firearms.

However, I've seen women who were so naive it was scary. Or they were unable to deal with the attitudes at games and expected special treatment. Some only got interested to hang around with the current boyfriend, and that is sad.

What you get out of this game is directly proportional to the effort you put in it. That's where most newbies fail; spoonfeeding requests overcome research.

Droc- I am quite messy- but this is more because my father raised me. Henry used to clean hotel rooms and he's military. He can walk through a room and glare at it to make it clean. He's freaky neat. It's all about raising.

Greylocks- same as above. Henry is a small arms coach and it's 'easier to train a female because they don't have bad habit's'. You of course know this, it just hasn't been said. I know your backround so you'll agree with this- Little boys play with guns so they form bad habits, learn some, and aren't 'naive'. Whereas girls play with barbie dolls. To die in that my father raised me- I hunt deer moose and small game with him so... there goes being naive right? There's common sense but the way you're brought up makes all the difference. Most females would see airsoft and go 'Oh my god *freak out* are those real!?!?' I saw them and got so giddy Henry said 'I'll let you shoot them next time you're over' and I hugged him.....

To all the parents on the board take one from Stalker- his daughter is shaping up to be quite the little sniper.

Megan

Skyla come down to Laser Trek this Friday or Saturday afternoon and I can give you a tour of the arena so when you play you will at least know where you are going. You might want to bring some money to play laser tag because that will also help you to get to know the arena. If you don't know the arena, you will be out of the game very quick.

Just come to a indoor game and they will usually put the noobie with a more experienced player for the night, its a great way to "learn the ropes". My team runs monday night games at Lazer trek on flint road in calgary from 7pm-11pm feel free to drop in, even if you just talking to fellow airsofters you can learn alot.