Pith Helmets and Armortechs? Throw in some Safari suits and it'll all be a bit Roger Moore.
I rather like the sound of Redcoats and Muskets though. Single Shot, no loaders....splendid!
Military-look markers in US- is it popular?
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I rather like the sound of Redcoats and Muskets though. Single Shot, no loaders....splendid!
Call it what you want sunshine. As long as I can control my troops from the hillside whilst sipping G&Ts and the odd Pimms, I'm fine with it. Call it a day when my chaps had betokened all the other scoundrels.Originally posted by mikeyR
That's Stock Class isn't it?
I didn't say there wasn't a market for it. Be a pretty stupid thing to say really as there quite obviously is. From the guys I met and played with in the US however there was very little evidence of any significant number trying to make their paintball guns emulate real ones... and I met a wide cross section of people from Hells Angels (real ones...) to students from West Point Military Academy who turned up in immaculate white uniforms (they did get changed before play...) even a neuro-surgeon (no rocket scientists tho... )
People who are into guns or just feel that the desire to hurt and kill people overrides their base instinct for survival and hence really wanted to be in the Gulf but couldn't because they were discriminated against by the military for eating too many cheese burgers or having glasses like jam jar bottoms are in the whole (thank god) a minority.
"Particularly popular" by my definition is that in my experience those who are into making their guns look like real ones tend to be in a very small minority when it comes to the overall numbers of people who play paintball.
As regards all the various scenarios you list above, I refer to my earlier comment that they're still just a fantasy... it's more like being in a game or on a movie set and that seems to be the draw for people to play such games. Other than the implied "military" connection due to the title and people dressing up in camo (which I suspect is more just practical if you're playing in the woods than any real desire to be a soldier) there really isn't a "military" feel to any paintball game I've played in this country or in the US.
Until you've actually been involved in a real military action and you realise just how boring they actually are in the majority interspersed with very brief periods of mind numbing stupidity (Hey that guy just shot at me!!! - with real frickin' bullets...") no paintball game is ever going to simulate it... no matter what you call it. Be it "D-Day Derby" or "Gulf War Slaughterfest" it's still nothing more than a "live" version of an X-box game and that's why I say it has no real military feel to it.
If you want a real military feel, go live a muddy, water filled hole in the ground for two weeks with inadequate equipment, cold food, no communication with the outside world taking it in turns with your oppo to stare at nothing for hours on end each day... until someone comes and says "Right guys... we're gonna move 2 miles east, dig some new holes... and do it all again!" ... now there's some REAL military action for ya...
Also note to Rambo wannabees... real bullets don't bounce... and strangely when you wipe the stain keeps coming back...
(Note to Russ... see... not one frickin' smiley in the whole post... you happy now?)
I think anyone who's really into the military thing would steer clear of paintball............. what's the point of going for realism when your armed with a weapon carrying 200 rounds in the mag with an effective range of 40 yards? it's not particularly "sim" is it?
Anyway, for the modern military feel, surely one side should be cowering in sand filled holes whilst the other side uses their palm pilots to call in air support?
Anyway, for the modern military feel, surely one side should be cowering in sand filled holes whilst the other side uses their palm pilots to call in air support?