Airsoft Honor - Call Your Hits

Nothing can drag an airsoft game into an afternoon ofyou uninvited to the next game.
arguing and bickering like a player who won't admitAt a recent airsoft game my team attended, the host
when he has been shot. It's the death of an airsoftwas going over the ground rules and brought
game. In fact, it's the biggest reason that paintballsomething to my attention. I found it interesting
players consider their game superior to airsoft.because it's something I have been guilty of more than
Airsoft is a game of honor. Without honesty, it's noonce. The point was calling the other guys hit. In other
different than pointing a wooden gun at an opponentwords, saying," I got you!" That is a pretty common
and saying, "bang", like you did when you were a child.phrase at my local games.
Remember those games? All we did was argue inThe guy was right, more arguments are started that
those days.way than by a guy not calling his hit. I know it's not
A lot of guys didn't call their hits back when we usedearth shattering information. But I thought it was a very
cheap airsoft pistols. But what is really funny now isaccurate point and something all airsoft players could
when a guy gets hit by a high powered AEG andrelate to. Since that day, we have stopped doing that.
claims not to be hit. The funny part being that youThe result has been less bickering and oddly enough,
heard the guy vocally react to the hit and then say itmore honesty with players calling their hits.
didn't happen. In my airsoft circle of friends, this will get