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Originally Posted by sigsour
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Second of all, the whole notion that "this is airsoft therefore it doesn't matter" is not relevant. Of COURSE it is relevant! Airsoft is about role-play. There's a reason why airsofters decry high-ammo mags - because it doesn't mirror real-life. There's a reason why airsofters often get decked out in authentic equipment - because they want to simulate the real thing. There's a reason why airsofters ideally want steel bodies and authentic trade-marks - it's all part of the simulation and role-play. If we're all here just to shoot each other, then we'd be into paintball - because at least then we'd have less chance of people who don't call shots.
Why do people choose an AK47 versus an M4 in airsoft when both guns practically shoot in identical ways? It's because of simulation. It just doesn't feel the same playing a Taliban terrorist with an M4 and AN-PEQ! Getting decked out in equipment that imitates the real-world *IS* the heart of airsoft and the whole motivation for the sport being invented in the first place.
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Bullshit.
The way you make those broad statements appears to over extended them to represent all people who play airsoft. It may be true of some, but certainly not all.
I'd bet that at a high 90% of games/skirmishes that are run, there are guys showing up in sweatshirts, jeans and running shoes (and they are NOT pretending to be local insurgents). There are certainly enough guys that show up with mismatched tops and bottoms, and some do it on purpose. Are they going to make the Boarder Wars highlight reel...probably not, but they were there.
There's a lot of guys who couldn't care less if their holster matches their belt...they just go out to games to, for lack of being politically correct, hunt other people, play war games and shoot people with full auto weapons.
So far a weapons go...I've got what I've got. I like M4 variants and have mags and batteries for my rifles. I don't personally like AK and G36's. I've owned them, I've used them, I've built them, I repair them...but they're not the ones I reach for when I go to a game. Hasn't a single thing to do with who I'm "pretending" to be. If I wear Flecktarn but don't use a G36...boo-fuckin-hoo to those who care. If I only have an iron sight M4 to take to one of the WW2 games...that's all I got and if the organizers are set on period weapons and uniforms, well then I won't sign up (and I won't bitch about that either).
PS...if a Taliban guy could get his hands on a minimi with a full belt of ammo, I guarantee you that he'd use it if he could figure out how to aim and pull the trigger...I doubt that he'd care that it wasn't Taliban-chique.