I caught a couple of Airsoft p_layer_s eating out of my garbage can last night. I try to be a live and let live kind of guy, and I know some people into airsoft who are otherwise okay.  But I must confess, airsoft seems to attract more than its share of, oh, let's call them, geeks.  I've just seen too many mouth-breathers with their faces pressed up against a display case full of airsoft guns to be impressed by this community.  They are *fascinated* with the realistic appearance of these things, and when you see them dressed up in their authentic uniforms and authentic insignia and authentic etc., literally sitting in the dirt eating C-rations at lunchtime because that makes it a more authentic experience, well, it makes me that much happier to be a paintball p_layer_.  Maybe it's because I've been around real firearms virtually all my life, they just don't have that forbidden fruit fascination they do for some people, and I guess I feel sorry for those who go all sweaty at something that looks like a *real gun* they can play with.  In all the years I've been playing paintball, I've only met a couple of folks who seemed to have some sort of weird war movie running in their heads while they were on the paintball field, but it almost seems like most airsoft p_layer_s are on that kind of trip.  Maybe they spent a little too much time playing those video games that are supposed to cause personality disorders or something.

most airsoft p_layer_s are on that kind of trip.  Maybe they spent a little too much time playing those video games that are supposed to cause personality disorders or something. There was a guy that showed up at the field where I play last summer. Nicest guy you'd ever want to meet.  But he was more into Airsoft than paintball.  And the way he described the ranking system and addressing your superiors , it made it sound more like military school or some sort of cult.  I'm assuming that he was the exception, and not the norm.

cult.  I'm assuming that he was the exception, and not the norm. I know of one group of airsoft p_layer_s who apparently have a guru, a supposed special forces vet who teaches them all the tricks of the trade out in the woods, like a bunch of middle-class ninjas with plastic airguns. Geez, some people have way too much time on their hands.

My experiences with airsofters mirror Dev's and yours.  They are, for the most part, far too involved in the details of copying military existance. Having fun is not the primary goal, or so it would seem, unless the fun is in being a fanatical nazi about attention to detail.  Just my take on it.

You didn't get the memo?  The NWO is already here.