| In the previous article of The Sport of Airsoft vs. The | | | | should solely rely on having the best equipment. It |
| Sport of Paintball, we established one of the major | | | | takes the fun out of the game and sooner or later it |
| differences between the two sports is the actual guns, | | | | takes the strategy out as well. |
| and not necessarily the cost. I would now like to turn to | | | | Personally, I would much rather be holding a sniper rifle |
| the conditions of each sport and what they entail. | | | | with a long range scope, backing my team up from an |
| I have recently seen more and more professional | | | | elevated level several hundred feet behind them and |
| Paintball games being played and broadcasted on | | | | making sure that their every move is safe. Or posted |
| Television. I watch the teams compete and the | | | | on the flank while skirmishing through a thick set of |
| strategy they import to the playing fields. With no | | | | woods holding an M16 fully-automatic machine gun, |
| offense towards these Paintball teams, I have to say I | | | | backed up with a 9milimeeter strapped to my ankle |
| don't see much strategy used, especially in "SpeedBall." | | | | incase I needed it for some close combat. |
| It always seems to come down to the same thing and | | | | Gaming can take place in an open field with no barriers |
| same strategy for every team. Get your sprinters to | | | | or a 100-yard field full of trees, brush, and bushes. This |
| get in close, making sure the first line is spread out | | | | all happens while talking on the radio, knowing every |
| while the back field players shoot as much and as fast | | | | location my team is in. This makes for some extreme |
| as they can. Now, I know that most people think that | | | | planning and strategy, not to mention some extreme |
| this is strategy, but in my experience any Joe Blow | | | | fun. |
| who can move their index and middle finger fast | | | | So what sport is emerging and what sport is becoming |
| enough can get into the sport. | | | | the 'equipment war' rather than a sport? When it |
| When I first started participating in Paintball games I | | | | comes to The Sport of Airsoft versus The Sport of |
| had a rental gun that wasn't so accurate or effective | | | | Paintball I would have to choose Airsoft, and not just |
| from a long distance. I remember that a guy on the | | | | because of the costs or the clean up, but simply |
| other team had a great gun with a double tap trigger | | | | because of the realistic features and adventures |
| and stood in the very back of the field shooting tons | | | | involved. From the guns to the gaming it makes more |
| of paint towards our team. I understand that he was | | | | sense to have fun in a realistic game of warfare |
| using the only strategy that he knew to work, but to | | | | without the death part. |
| me that contradicts the game. | | | | In any case, when it comes to sport, I would have to |
| In that specific case there is no sport involved, it has | | | | say crawling on the ground under brush or posting |
| everything to do with equipment. I could only imagine if | | | | yourself 35 feet in the air decked out in camouflage |
| they had five other people standing back there doing | | | | sniping people from an elevated position is more sport |
| the same thing. How much fun would that be? | | | | than standing in the back of a field loading and |
| So is strategy involved in Airsoft, or a better strategy | | | | shooting, loading and shooting as fast as you can. In |
| that involves more than just equipment? I want to | | | | other words I think it is evident which sport is actually |
| make a note that better equipment will definitely | | | | emerging and unfortunately which equipment race is |
| optimize your sport experience, but I don't think a sport | | | | on its way out. |