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Honestly for me I took a break from airsoft due to being to busy. Recently I realized that it’s not just playing the game but also doing tech work and modifying the gun to make it yours is the best part to me
-Lack of decent information on the internet and what's being pushed are influencers who shill or unsafe or dangerous products -Speedsofters -Cheating and unsportsmanlike behavior -Insufferable personalities -Poor quality information on teching, maintenance, gameplay
Speedsofters Milsim Cheating Nerds. TH-cam Content thats just appeasing sponsors, selling products, or rage videos. These are things new players and Not new players have for an introduction and content to Airsoft. More people need to interact in social media Airsoft groups instead of just liking post. At the end of the day this ultimately breaks down to a community based hobby and theres a split and content available promoting it. Talk to your fields and organize games and events with them.
Gotta address the gate keeping echo chambers on social media. Along with the divide between "milsim" and "speedsoft" is what kills it. Who cares what others do. As long as everyone is chill the hobby can thrive.
I don't even play speed, but I'm pretty sure people that thinks "speedsoft kills airsoft" are the ones actively contributing to people quitting airsoft.
@@lieutenanteclipse9975 Out of everything I said in my comment you hype focused on the speed softers part. Every speed softer gets triggered by two things, 1.)Pointing out theyre a problem. 2.) Telling them to go play paintball. Its not a hard thing to detect.
I played airsoft while i was a teen in Japan my big brothers got me into it! I still run a Howa Type-89 Aeg, After i started playing airsoft along with my husband (military veteran) i changed to a Tavor aeg and my husband runs a Galil which he calls the Vektor R4 a rifle he used when he was active duty in the SANDF South African Nation Defense forces. My husband’s other favorite is a rifle he also owns in reality a HK91 (G3A3).
I learned to change things up to mix it up for myself but also bring the “specialist” roles to help my team. Lmg laying down suppressive fire, pistol only agile and can carry objectives, aa12 full auto shotgun, sniper. Definitely puts stress on the enemy team trying to adapt to different play styles.
Honestly,I hate to be that guy, but I quit because of the Speedsofters that ruined the culture of my local field. There used to be a culture of Fair play and educating the newer players. Now the game evolved into Speedsofters mag-dumping “rentals” for clout. Where’s the fun in using your $2,000 build to shoot up new players? Don’t you want to be challenged? It’s honestly sad to see for the entire airsoft community. I support all styles of play, but this is just my honest assessment from my 14 years of airsoft experiences.
For me, Gas Blow Back was the needed step! Love the realism and feedback you get from a gas blow back gun! I'm getting back in to collecting them because I love to fidget with the actions of different guns!
unrelated , but im a paintball magazine fed player, and what i like about it is the challenge it gives. You have to mind not giving ur position away from firing, ammo conservation, and dedicated snipers are a real threat as they use rifled barrels with special shaped projectiles
I have not quit airsoft, but I have played less recently due to being busy in college and work. I use to go once every week atleast, now its been like maybe every 6 months if I get the chance. I started playing when I was 18, and I am now 22
You forgot two more easy ways to make it more interesting. One is to try to change the way you play. If you are used to rushing forward, try to stay behind, go slowly. If you are used to hiding more, try running more. Another is to try playing with a weaker hand. Not only will it be more interesting, but you will also be a better airsoft player when you are able to use both hands.
Honestly, ive been running a variety. Mp5, Kriss Vector, Ar15, Mk18. Its just the conditions. I only have 1 field in my city, and airsofter only go on sundays if there's enough sign ins and if the weather is optional. Theres a lot that can go wrong. Also, airsoft guns break.... A LOT and theres only 1 tech we have thats constantly backed up with orders.
@@yasininn76 yes and no, if you come from an m4 platform It completely change the way you play, not only for the manuale of operation but because it's longer with a differenti feeling to It, i switch from time to time, from ak to the old jg g3, completely differenti gameplay style
@@rulinxu0623 milsim yea, also guns back 15 years ago, there was no HPA. Most people had slow airsoft guns and gas guns. So gameplay was slowed down quite a bit
I also love how airsoft used to be tactical with who has the coolest and realistic gear on the field. Honestly it was cool and it was shit upon because dumb kids are like “just join the military”… like bitch we don’t need to join the military to be cool and shit, let people do what they want to do, it’s a free country and we got 2nd amendment rights. Now it’s all speedsoft gear which looks like cheap Paintball gear. Airsoft isn’t meant to be played like paintball. It’s an alternative if you want to play soldier.
changing the platform gives you a reason to train again and re-learn your new system. it kind feels like being a newbie again its awesome!!!. I just got into gbbr's and its a total different thing and I got 2 different platforms as well. I got to learn this ump-45 but I'm still comfortable with this bueatiful new de noveske instead of my krytacs or g&g's. great advice!!
I think the decline of airsoft in the US can be blamed on four factors: 1. Lack of professionally operated and marshalled gaming facilities. 2. The decline of serious mil sim type gameplay in a lot of airsoft fields, which now favor "speed soft." 3. The lack of quality support and talented technicians in most airsoft fields. 4. The lack of innovation within the GBBR space. Fortunately, there still a few fields out there that do recognize this such as Ballahack Airsoft VA and other that put out serious Mil sim type events where strict codes of conduct are implemented and participation in different scenarios are encouraged.
There is a lot of innovation with GBBRs, the problem is in the US- distributors make more money shilling cheap budget guns to kids or people who don’t know better
I will say, time was forbidding me from airsofting. After getting back into it, going CQB with my 103 style sharps bros slr liscenced AK was fun. It was an interesting challenge to have to maneuver corners and be able to quickly and efficiently maneuver the gun around obstacles and shoulder swap.
Honestly when I start to get bored I just start to build up new kits. I tend to do a lot Milsim/filmsim style kits (WW2 101st Airborne, Vietnam 1st air Cav etc) and I’ll just look at what RIF’s I already have and think of what other kits I can use them with. Dunno if anyone else does that but that’s how I overcome the boredom side of airsoft
In other countries Ive seen, speedballers play with speedballers in tournaments just like how the paintball community is. For whatever reason American airsoft community is behind the rest of the world.
I started airsoft in 1990, I only stopped due to an injury at work, starting a family and on going health issues. given the way the sport has changed (here in the UK anyway) I'm not sure if it's worth going back to.
I do have an m4 setup, but I primarily run support. Usually lmg which i just converted to hpa. Carrying the extra weight slows me down, but that's okay. I can engage while young ones rush up to targets. So it works. I also run smgs when the lmgs get too heavy. Different firearms=different tactics.
Tokyo Marui MTR-16: Upgraded hop rubber .32bbs Outranges 90% of guns on the field Tokyo Marui Type 89: Upgraded barrel and hop .32 BBs Outranges most guns on the field with more accuracy. Tokyo Marui AKM: Semi locked DMR .48 BBs Has stupid range and accuracy. Gas is best. It a bit cold? Use stronger gas. Enough said. Don’t like it, you’ve played gas wrong
One of the reasons I play with m4, I grow playing counter strike, condition zero, source,, and all my friends was playing with ak because was stronger to kill, I was using mp5 d'eagle and m4 mainly....now I'm playing cod and my gun is just a m4 I love the style I love playing with m4....if can't afford have more guns m4 is good for the updates accessories etc. But still want mp5 for shorter games...
Started airsoft back when i was 12, took a break to join the army and airsoft was non existent at both bases i ended up being stationed in. Now that I'm out I'm getting back into it but its challenging to find a milsim experience like i was used to. My local field reuses a paintball place and it honestly sucks. I got used to miles upon miles of open country in northern California. On the plus side, this has opened thr doorway to trying out milsim west, i havent gone yet but im looking so forward to it.
What kind of fields are still left in northern California? From what I seen it's mostly indoor fields. I am planning on returning to California once my term is complete too.
I stepped away for one reaon only. A bunch of grown ass men that have the maturity of a ten year old pretending to be elite soldiers. They act like its some big military boys club to the point where they mistreat anyone that just wants to enjoy the tech and play the game for fun. If you are one of those "Squad now. squad only" kind of players and you look down on casual enjoyers of the sport, good job, you are the reason plenty of people are leaving.
Hear me out, a civil war style game mode. Simple rules, everybody learns how to load one bb into their chosen weapon. All players have to shoot and load one round at a time. Ive done this 20 years ago in paintball groups. Its more wild than you think. Would be cool to see maybe groups squad up to do disciplined fire and moving. Would be interesting and fun in general. Could let one 'commander' roll with a semi pistol. Bolt actions would shine, but iron sights only. Would be great as just a bolt action only game mode, but thats asking a lot.
The issue is that due to how the hopup feed system works, you need a few BBs and spring pressure to align with the nozzle. You can't single feed a BB into the AEG chamber like in real steel.
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD valid point. Might be a reason to have springer matches? Maybe same issue. I actually thought of a work-around before. Could make players un-shoulder the aeg, and make them do a mag change between each round. Would get it done as long as everbody has two mags. Bbs will fall out, but probably still much less than what would have been fired in a regular match.
Spice up a little. Some time we play with "handgun only" with maksimum 15 bb in mag. Our local cqb place has a strict single shot only. Full auto are forbidden. Yes some friends are to busy with their family to come and play for five hours. Not to mention how expensive this toys are, LOL. Our currency rate is way to low make everything so expensive
In my area hpa is pretty much the normal and as much as we have all enjoyed them, I took a step back competitively to try gas blow backs, the feedback and the challenge have both made the game more enjoyable to me for sure.
Changing my load is what keeps me in the hobby. But also having a balance light weight airsoft loadout is what ideally for me that works out for me in different airsoft games like cqb, indoors or outdoors games speedsoft milsim is the play styles I like
I just slowed right down because of spinal injuries from vehicle accidents, I started playing back 2004, still have all my gear and collection. I won't sell my Systema PTW with serious mods and accessories lol. I do want to play more again especially with my son, we were playing together for years and doing milsim. However I'm 50 now with said issues.
I remember the early days when everything was new. The 2000s was a great time for this sport. I remember everyone going nuts for the Masada. I don't think we'll ever get those days back Guys covid changed everything
Those days were dead long before covid. Once everyone just copied what Chris Costa did in the magpul videos the uniqueness of the earlier days died. Everyone started running the same magpul'ed out M4s with whatever other accessories he said to use
Another reason people leave airsoft is bc of maintaining their gear and the financial expenses and time it takes. Ive been running my aps m4 cqb for 4 years and ive never gotten bored with it.
Great, and completely valid points. Without change of any kind people are just going to get bored eventually, and that goes for anything beyond airsoft as well. However, I think the main reason why people end up leaving the sport entirely is other players. There are several groups/types of players that ultimately make up a minority of the overall community, but they always tend to zap the fun out, and regardless of how you try to ignore them, eventually they'll get to you. We all have our limits, and I've walked out of my share of events because they caught me on a bad day.
Having a legit place to play at on a constant basis is a big one in addition to having to drive more then 2hrs away & the rising to play when you consider everything that goes into it.
For me it's because all the old CQB fields are just Speedsoft fields now. Between this and Bushcraft/Hiking/Camping/Firearms, Airsoft is just such a peripheral option.
To save your fun and your whole experience and the experience for others: play GBBR only and throw out the AEG‘s and HPA‘s because Gas Blowback not only is a hell of fun and a nicer feeling and everything, it also makes the game way more tactical and eliminates the just trigger-fingering and shooting a 1000 rounds/BB‘s on one opponent - you have to be way more tactical and more precise and save on BB‘s because your mag‘s are real/low-cap mags with max 30 BB‘s per mag and that’s hella fun!
I absolutely love it but going self employed this year has put a question on how I spend my money. I haven't quit as such but I'm playing alot less just because of the expense of each game.
I’ve been playing for over ten years. I have a shit ton of guns and I’m a gear nerd. For me. It’s just work and getting old. For example. I had tickets to ESR-19 this weekend In Oklahoma. That fire that was in me so many years ago is burning out slowly.
One other reason you didn’t touch on why the experienced crowd walk away from the sport is they either walk away from the sport because they need a break and feel it’s gotten stale. Also could have walked away due to the player base at their area or just airsoft in general. Also what could drive away the experienced crowd is sometimes it’s just expensive to maintain. It’s fun but the with the cost of everything now a days sometimes it’s hard to justify spending more money in the hobby
I stopped cause it got wayyy to toxic & everyone wants to ramp up their fps to and i quote “hurt the other players more” ive been in this industry for 20 years & everyone wants more fps in my experience of course..
I feel that, their range is untouchable at bigger fields like my home field. It takes away from it sometime but you can usually adapt and change how you play but it always feels like you’re on the back foot the whole time.
I like having different rigs and platforms to swap between. I also take a break during the summer months since it’s 100 degrees here in Florida so I’m always amped to get back into it when the weather cools down.
I haven't played in forever because we only have one field in the Tucson, AZ area. It's a relatively open field with a lot of die hard players who have spent a thousand or so in their gun alone. It just got to the point where it was an expensive little trip where I couldn't compete and there was no other reason to go other than to run and get shot. Plus every time I went I had at least one issue with my guns. So I either had to struggle or spend to fix them. I had gone 10 to 20 times in my life and invested a decent amount into guns and gear to make the game more comfortable than renting. But the experience was getting quickly degraded and just didn't feel worth it anymore. I love to shoot and would love to play, but it's too expensive for me in admission and consumables alone to not be able to do anything and have a redeeming experience.
Honestly got a kythera bc my FE was destroying a lot of people at my local field. Kythera means I can’t shoot AS fast but still fast enough to out pace normal aegs. Give myself more challenging time against groups of enemies too
Me personally, I haven't given up on airsoft, it's just because of financial reasons, mainly due to the amount of equipment and parts; I haven't been able to play airsoft for months because of work and college, but now that I've already graduated, and am looking for new job to sustain my hobby, I am planning to get back into airsoft very soon. I still have my AEGs, but I am start thinking of getting at least 2 GBBs. One Rifle and one SMG. I might have to lay low on the PCs and go with just a harness that I still have because I've gained weight since I played airsoft, and I am going to be biding time until I have enough money to get a new PC. Still practicing with my AEGs holding rifles techniques and speed reloadings. So, unless there's a life-changing altercation, I haven't quit on airsoft, just a long hiatus.
I thought about getting back into airsoft, but looked at the cost and compared it to what I could buy in the way of real ammo, armor, gear, and range time.
I was actually trying to get into airsoft but the local arisoft seller was surprisingly rude; he didn't want to let me check the gun (I guess to avoid wear on the replica?) and then got upset when I pointed out the sights were painted poorly. Then he went on a rant of how airsoft replicas are just toys and how he shot real guns, and I was like okay cool thanks and left. I'm spending my money on something else
Yeah unfortunately the problem I had that caused me to quit playing can't be fixed with money. I already primary a 1911A1, secondary a pump shotgun, tertiary a P90, quaternary a basic clam shell M4 for indoor and use either a Famas or RPK for outdoor in addition to having more platforms I can swap whenever I wanted. My problems were with the players. My friend and I basically hated everyone we ever met regardless of the field we went to. All the rampant cheating and elitism drove us away from it. I want to give it another shot now that im on the other side of the country but I'm still very hesitant especially since I got back into paintball and have met great people at both the fields I've played at.
To be honest I don’t think it’s the lack of platform variety or gameplay styles. It’s the financial impact on customers and businesses. A lot the the places near me have started focusing on paintball or shut down entirely. Airsoft just doesn’t make enough money to sustain business in certain locations. As for customers/players. Everything is getting more expensive. Airsoft fields aren’t open anymore during certain time schedules. People have to put more time into their jobs. It’s becoming stressful instead of an enjoyable hobby/sport for players. As well as just a job instead of a passion for businesses.
I stopped playing because it became too expensive and because im tired of being the oldest guy on the feild lmao 😂😂. You might say "well try out milsim that is way more mature and there is less children there." Well idk how the heck to get into those matches and i dont want to play dress up and drive all the way out to the desert and play those 2 day games lmao 😂😂 thats to much dedication lmao
CQB in Oregon sucks because it almost does not exist. It's either woodsball or speedball. S&F The Swamp is the only CQB spot in Oregon. Place just keeps getting more added to it too!
i quit because my local shop installed an hpa engine in my m4, and when i went to fix some leaking they dremelled a part off the engine to make it fit. i realized ive spent too much money on airsoft only to have little in returns for value.
For me I haven’t played in a while cuz of lack of fields or field regulations changing due to covid. We used to have an active local milsim company but they went out of business during pandemic. It was a good mix of milsim but not too serious milsim. I do want to try and get back into it though.
As if 100m shots arent capable with a v2 gearbox. What are these magical constraints that the v2 gearbox has, that the v3 doesnt, in relation to the rifles hopup, bucking, and barrel(ya know the thing that makes the bb travel far and not just start dropping the second it leaves the barrel)
This is dead accurate, I was running an AEG for long time at my local indoor field and it was getting stale, till I tried a GBBR and that revitalized me and made me have more interest in Airsoft. I now run a GBBR and a KWA Q10 RM4 ERG to mix things up.
For the area I live; big airsoft events are hours away which filters out people with busy lifestyles. If there were more large scale events closer to where people live more frequently then the game would be more popular. Like the frequency of popular sports 🏀 🏈 🎾.
my friends give me a hard time for running an AUG A1, but thats what makes this game so much fun/ interesting. i also find that new kits like historical kits spice up gameplay quite a bit.
I feel like airsoft is 2 different games. Speedsoft and OG airsoft. People struggle enjoying the game when people are just sprinting and feathering a trigger while others are actually playing tactically. The 2 groups of airsoft don't mesh well.
Honestly, the side playing tactically should use actual tactics. I want to agree with the sentiment, but the fact that speedsofters can "ruin" games just says the side playing "tactically" isn't using tactics. Coverage of angles, multiple targets to force the speedsofter to always get traded by a second man in the room, cheesing and holding devious angles should make a speedsofting team slow the heck down.
Exactly. The same platform doesn't make it the same game at all. Even a simple rule change like making rifles semi-only or full auto capable at a field completely changes it.
I hear you but I think you're missing that Milsim is kind of arbitrary because of the platform. If in real life bullets didn't rip through most "cover" like they do, people had thousands of rounds of ammo on them that didn't weigh anything, they didn't really care about death because infinite respawns at an open play, bullets only went 100 yards at most, can wear no armor because no fear of death again, and there's no artillery, and on and on and on, real tactics would look very different. Airsoft guns are one of the closest options for training and the most accessible, but milsim rules have to be imposed, such as ammo restrictions, and healing restricitions, and like milsim west having people react to fire that can't actually hurt them because they're too far away. Speedsofts only limit is the airsoft technology, so if everything is allowed with infinite respawns, no armor requirements, noo arbitarily using realistic gear, no lower capacity mags or at least ammo, it will win, even if there's a well coordinated group of milsim guys, and it will make it hard for them to coordinate.
I've only been in for a week since I made my first shot from a GBB pistol and I could already tell that I only want to do this sport for range shooting only. There doesn't seem to have a lot convincing reasons to play PvP in this if the facilitators aren't going to be professional about it or the players cheat without consequences. PvP doesn't seem to be worth the time.
I love the hobby but had to step away or least become less active after a leg injury. On top of that the lockdown really effected the team I played with and have since disbanded and life as well. Hard to get PTO and get weekends off
Airsoft is super fun when you're a teen or young adult......then we get kids, jobs, wives/husbands.......and do other life shit. When kids get old enough to join in, a lot of us jump back in again. Also where I live the closest field is over an hour away, the nicer fields are closer to two hours away. Requires planning and even when playing I can maybe hit up 1-2 times a month.
I quit for about a year and sold everything but I’m getting back into it this summer. I found it to be boring because people don’t want to play to tactics or they just hang back & don’t move forward meaning I was one of the few main runners that went for objectives etc. I also found that I had too many RIFs which made choosing labour some. Now I only have two upgraded hi-capas that I didn’t sell first time round and a new T10 which I’m upgrading just now with Ulysses, shimming, piston, piston head, cylinder, cylinder head with a motor, barrel and maybe a new gear ratio to come. Before I had a Tango Down M4, TM VSR-10, Eve-4, Mod.1, TM MK23, TM MP7A1. All upgraded to the max possible.
People leave because of how toxic it is. I ran different platforms, I ran gas and aeg, I’ve had to travel out of state to play…… nothing kills the fun like a 40-50 something year old who never served but acts like he’s a tier 1 operator and takes the shit far too seriously. Honestly we’re all LARPing and we play with toy guns. Grow up. Make the switch and Play paintball, it’s better
Change up roles… I’ve started taking up running a UGL and I’ve had half and half of 40mm launchers… having 4 shower shells and 4 projectile style shells
I left because the community seems to forget they are playing with toy guns and takes everything way too serious. So many grown men playing dress up and whining.
The first time I left, many US fields implemented a less than 400 fps rule on all guns. I had a DMR at the time and not a lot of $$$, so I just stopped. Second time because I’m way too fat rn
Toxic speedsoft and milsim players are killing the game for us vets. Sure, it's not a new thing, but it's gotten worse in the last 4 years. There's been an increase in new people that flood into the sport that have bad attitudes
A lot of airsoft places closed around me (before the pandemic) so the closest field is 4 hours away. I don’t have the funds to open my own field and my child isn’t old enough to play. Plus the guns I want cost a lot of money lol
Big reason I don't play anymore is simply that I cant. With driving being unreasonably expensive in the UK for a younger person I cant get to my "local" closest site, which is an indoor CQB site. Unless I was willing to spend 2 hours ONE WAY on a bus to get there with all my gear too. BTW i live in a city, so I truly just got fucked in the hardest of ways so its not like I live in middle of no where.
There are so many ways to keep airsoft fresh and interesting, and we’ve also listed several ways down in our blog 👇🏼
www.airsoftgi.com/information/How-to-Keep-Airsoft-Interesting-158
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Agree! If airsoft is getting boring, it's because you're not spending enough 😂
Honestly for me I took a break from airsoft due to being to busy. Recently I realized that it’s not just playing the game but also doing tech work and modifying the gun to make it yours is the best part to me
Im right there with you! Tinkering with the guns to make them act like i want them to is soooo pleasing and half of the experience for me
@@danielschmidt1990 yesssir, I make vids btw
I learned to tech and after working on some guys guns showing them when you clean and re lube there old guns are like new again :)
@@darylobey8867 yea I enjoy it a lot. I have learned to do pretty much everything from just watching TH-cam videos 😂
Heeeellllll yeah brother
-Lack of decent information on the internet and what's being pushed are influencers who shill or unsafe or dangerous products
-Speedsofters
-Cheating and unsportsmanlike behavior
-Insufferable personalities
-Poor quality information on teching, maintenance, gameplay
Yeah you hit the nail on the head there mate, for me toxic players are a huge factor
Speedsofters
Milsim Cheating Nerds.
TH-cam Content thats just appeasing sponsors, selling products, or rage videos.
These are things new players and Not new players have for an introduction and content to Airsoft.
More people need to interact in social media Airsoft groups instead of just liking post. At the end of the day this ultimately breaks down to a community based hobby and theres a split and content available promoting it.
Talk to your fields and organize games and events with them.
Gotta address the gate keeping echo chambers on social media. Along with the divide between "milsim" and "speedsoft" is what kills it. Who cares what others do. As long as everyone is chill the hobby can thrive.
I don't even play speed, but I'm pretty sure people that thinks "speedsoft kills airsoft" are the ones actively contributing to people quitting airsoft.
@@lieutenanteclipse9975 Youre definitely a speed softer.
@@frankreynolds6831 “yeah let me assume someone who I’ve never seen or heard of to play a sport in a particular manner”
Try again.
@@lieutenanteclipse9975 Out of everything I said in my comment you hype focused on the speed softers part. Every speed softer gets triggered by two things, 1.)Pointing out theyre a problem. 2.) Telling them to go play paintball.
Its not a hard thing to detect.
I played airsoft while i was a teen in Japan my big brothers got me into it!
I still run a Howa Type-89 Aeg, After i started playing airsoft along with my husband (military veteran)
i changed to a Tavor aeg and my husband runs a Galil which he calls the Vektor R4 a rifle he used
when he was active duty in the SANDF South African Nation Defense forces. My husband’s other favorite is a rifle
he also owns in reality a HK91 (G3A3).
I learned to change things up to mix it up for myself but also bring the “specialist” roles to help my team. Lmg laying down suppressive fire, pistol only agile and can carry objectives, aa12 full auto shotgun, sniper. Definitely puts stress on the enemy team trying to adapt to different play styles.
Honestly,I hate to be that guy, but I quit because of the Speedsofters that ruined the culture of my local field. There used to be a culture of Fair play and educating the newer players. Now the game evolved into Speedsofters mag-dumping “rentals” for clout. Where’s the fun in using your $2,000 build to shoot up new players? Don’t you want to be challenged?
It’s honestly sad to see for the entire airsoft community. I support all styles of play, but this is just my honest assessment from my 14 years of airsoft experiences.
They are already challenged... Mentally
For me, Gas Blow Back was the needed step! Love the realism and feedback you get from a gas blow back gun! I'm getting back in to collecting them because I love to fidget with the actions of different guns!
unrelated , but im a paintball magazine fed player, and what i like about it is the challenge it gives. You have to mind not giving ur position away from firing, ammo conservation, and dedicated snipers are a real threat as they use rifled barrels with special shaped projectiles
I really liked the idea of first strike paintball rounds! Most fields banned them in my area though.
I have not quit airsoft, but I have played less recently due to being busy in college and work. I use to go once every week atleast, now its been like maybe every 6 months if I get the chance. I started playing when I was 18, and I am now 22
I’ve been playing since my early 20’s I’m 39 now and play with my son
You forgot two more easy ways to make it more interesting. One is to try to change the way you play. If you are used to rushing forward, try to stay behind, go slowly. If you are used to hiding more, try running more. Another is to try playing with a weaker hand. Not only will it be more interesting, but you will also be a better airsoft player when you are able to use both hands.
Honestly, ive been running a variety. Mp5, Kriss Vector, Ar15, Mk18. Its just the conditions. I only have 1 field in my city, and airsofter only go on sundays if there's enough sign ins and if the weather is optional. Theres a lot that can go wrong. Also, airsoft guns break.... A LOT and theres only 1 tech we have thats constantly backed up with orders.
There is a business idea wasted there
"Just change your platform!" As if we all have that kind of money.
You don't have ti spend much, Just change from and M4 to a cheap ak or g3
That's still a good 100+ bucks just to have a small change to aesthetic
@@yasininn76 yes and no, if you come from an m4 platform It completely change the way you play, not only for the manuale of operation but because it's longer with a differenti feeling to It, i switch from time to time, from ak to the old jg g3, completely differenti gameplay style
@@LoSpartanoItaliano you are grossly overplaying the importance of manual of arms in airsoft.
@@humbleguardsman5578 i don't know how else to descrive it
I left airsoft becuase of speedball. I miss the tacticful ness of airsoft.
Milsim? Or is it too expensive?
@@rulinxu0623 milsim yea, also guns back 15 years ago, there was no HPA. Most people had slow airsoft guns and gas guns. So gameplay was slowed down quite a bit
Speed soft is virgin activity
I miss the milsim lite pickup woods games
I miss classic CQB fields
It's just speedsoft now. I adapted by speedsoftinf but honestly I hate it.
I also love how airsoft used to be tactical with who has the coolest and realistic gear on the field. Honestly it was cool and it was shit upon because dumb kids are like “just join the military”… like bitch we don’t need to join the military to be cool and shit, let people do what they want to do, it’s a free country and we got 2nd amendment rights. Now it’s all speedsoft gear which looks like cheap Paintball gear. Airsoft isn’t meant to be played like paintball. It’s an alternative if you want to play soldier.
changing the platform gives you a reason to train again and re-learn your new system. it kind feels like being a newbie again its awesome!!!. I just got into gbbr's and its a total different thing and I got 2 different platforms as well. I got to learn this ump-45 but I'm still comfortable with this bueatiful new de noveske instead of my krytacs or g&g's. great advice!!
Ahh yes Nods in the daylight, very useful.
I think the decline of airsoft in the US can be blamed on four factors: 1. Lack of professionally operated and marshalled gaming facilities. 2. The decline of serious mil sim type gameplay in a lot of airsoft fields, which now favor "speed soft." 3. The lack of quality support and talented technicians in most airsoft fields. 4. The lack of innovation within the GBBR space. Fortunately, there still a few fields out there that do recognize this such as Ballahack Airsoft VA and other that put out serious Mil sim type events where strict codes of conduct are implemented and participation in different scenarios are encouraged.
There is a lot of innovation with GBBRs, the problem is in the US- distributors make more money shilling cheap budget guns to kids or people who don’t know better
I will say, time was forbidding me from airsofting. After getting back into it, going CQB with my 103 style sharps bros slr liscenced AK was fun. It was an interesting challenge to have to maneuver corners and be able to quickly and efficiently maneuver the gun around obstacles and shoulder swap.
Honestly when I start to get bored I just start to build up new kits. I tend to do a lot Milsim/filmsim style kits (WW2 101st Airborne, Vietnam 1st air Cav etc) and I’ll just look at what RIF’s I already have and think of what other kits I can use them with. Dunno if anyone else does that but that’s how I overcome the boredom side of airsoft
Let's admit it people quit because of toxic speedballers 🤣
Real
What about the toxic milsim guys?
@@braedenne10 toxic mil-sim guys are easily counterable in CQB. Via toxic speedballing.
My field banned speedsofter 😊😍😍
In other countries Ive seen, speedballers play with speedballers in tournaments just like how the paintball community is. For whatever reason American airsoft community is behind the rest of the world.
I started airsoft in 1990, I only stopped due to an injury at work, starting a family and on going health issues. given the way the sport has changed (here in the UK anyway) I'm not sure if it's worth going back to.
I do have an m4 setup, but I primarily run support. Usually lmg which i just converted to hpa. Carrying the extra weight slows me down, but that's okay. I can engage while young ones rush up to targets. So it works. I also run smgs when the lmgs get too heavy. Different firearms=different tactics.
Tokyo Marui MTR-16:
Upgraded hop rubber
.32bbs
Outranges 90% of guns on the field
Tokyo Marui Type 89:
Upgraded barrel and hop
.32 BBs
Outranges most guns on the field with more accuracy.
Tokyo Marui AKM:
Semi locked DMR
.48 BBs
Has stupid range and accuracy.
Gas is best. It a bit cold? Use stronger gas. Enough said. Don’t like it, you’ve played gas wrong
some guys on my team are constantly changing platforms, dudes will go from bolt action snipers to full auto gbb pistols, its great lol
One of the reasons I play with m4, I grow playing counter strike, condition zero, source,, and all my friends was playing with ak because was stronger to kill, I was using mp5 d'eagle and m4 mainly....now I'm playing cod and my gun is just a m4 I love the style I love playing with m4....if can't afford have more guns m4 is good for the updates accessories etc. But still want mp5 for shorter games...
Started airsoft back when i was 12, took a break to join the army and airsoft was non existent at both bases i ended up being stationed in. Now that I'm out I'm getting back into it but its challenging to find a milsim experience like i was used to. My local field reuses a paintball place and it honestly sucks. I got used to miles upon miles of open country in northern California.
On the plus side, this has opened thr doorway to trying out milsim west, i havent gone yet but im looking so forward to it.
What kind of fields are still left in northern California? From what I seen it's mostly indoor fields. I am planning on returning to California once my term is complete too.
I stepped away for one reaon only. A bunch of grown ass men that have the maturity of a ten year old pretending to be elite soldiers. They act like its some big military boys club to the point where they mistreat anyone that just wants to enjoy the tech and play the game for fun. If you are one of those "Squad now. squad only" kind of players and you look down on casual enjoyers of the sport, good job, you are the reason plenty of people are leaving.
Hear me out, a civil war style game mode.
Simple rules, everybody learns how to load one bb into their chosen weapon. All players have to shoot and load one round at a time.
Ive done this 20 years ago in paintball groups. Its more wild than you think.
Would be cool to see maybe groups squad up to do disciplined fire and moving. Would be interesting and fun in general.
Could let one 'commander' roll with a semi pistol.
Bolt actions would shine, but iron sights only. Would be great as just a bolt action only game mode, but thats asking a lot.
The issue is that due to how the hopup feed system works, you need a few BBs and spring pressure to align with the nozzle. You can't single feed a BB into the AEG chamber like in real steel.
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD valid point. Might be a reason to have springer matches? Maybe same issue.
I actually thought of a work-around before. Could make players un-shoulder the aeg, and make them do a mag change between each round.
Would get it done as long as everbody has two mags.
Bbs will fall out, but probably still much less than what would have been fired in a regular match.
Spice up a little. Some time we play with "handgun only" with maksimum 15 bb in mag. Our local cqb place has a strict single shot only. Full auto are forbidden. Yes some friends are to busy with their family to come and play for five hours. Not to mention how expensive this toys are, LOL.
Our currency rate is way to low make everything so expensive
In my area hpa is pretty much the normal and as much as we have all enjoyed them, I took a step back competitively to try gas blow backs, the feedback and the challenge have both made the game more enjoyable to me for sure.
Changing my load is what keeps me in the hobby. But also having a balance light weight airsoft loadout is what ideally for me that works out for me in different airsoft games like cqb, indoors or outdoors games speedsoft milsim is the play styles I like
I just slowed right down because of spinal injuries from vehicle accidents, I started playing back 2004, still have all my gear and collection. I won't sell my Systema PTW with serious mods and accessories lol. I do want to play more again especially with my son, we were playing together for years and doing milsim. However I'm 50 now with said issues.
I remember the early days when everything was new. The 2000s was a great time for this sport. I remember everyone going nuts for the Masada. I don't think we'll ever get those days back Guys covid changed everything
Those days were dead long before covid. Once everyone just copied what Chris Costa did in the magpul videos the uniqueness of the earlier days died. Everyone started running the same magpul'ed out M4s with whatever other accessories he said to use
Great video guys. I miss these types of info.. keep it up
Thanks man 🤙🏼
Another reason people leave airsoft is bc of maintaining their gear and the financial expenses and time it takes. Ive been running my aps m4 cqb for 4 years and ive never gotten bored with it.
Great, and completely valid points. Without change of any kind people are just going to get bored eventually, and that goes for anything beyond airsoft as well.
However, I think the main reason why people end up leaving the sport entirely is other players. There are several groups/types of players that ultimately make up a minority of the overall community, but they always tend to zap the fun out, and regardless of how you try to ignore them, eventually they'll get to you. We all have our limits, and I've walked out of my share of events because they caught me on a bad day.
Having a legit place to play at on a constant basis is a big one in addition to having to drive more then 2hrs away & the rising to play when you consider everything that goes into it.
For me it's because all the old CQB fields are just Speedsoft fields now. Between this and Bushcraft/Hiking/Camping/Firearms, Airsoft is just such a peripheral option.
To save your fun and your whole experience and the experience for others: play GBBR only and throw out the AEG‘s and HPA‘s because Gas Blowback not only is a hell of fun and a nicer feeling and everything, it also makes the game way more tactical and eliminates the just trigger-fingering and shooting a 1000 rounds/BB‘s on one opponent - you have to be way more tactical and more precise and save on BB‘s because your mag‘s are real/low-cap mags with max 30 BB‘s per mag and that’s hella fun!
Slap a taggin launcher your choice of platform
Total game changer
I absolutely love it but going self employed this year has put a question on how I spend my money. I haven't quit as such but I'm playing alot less just because of the expense of each game.
spread the gbbr awareness
I’ve been playing for over ten years. I have a shit ton of guns and I’m a gear nerd. For me. It’s just work and getting old. For example. I had tickets to ESR-19 this weekend In Oklahoma. That fire that was in me so many years ago is burning out slowly.
One other reason you didn’t touch on why the experienced crowd walk away from the sport is they either walk away from the sport because they need a break and feel it’s gotten stale. Also could have walked away due to the player base at their area or just airsoft in general. Also what could drive away the experienced crowd is sometimes it’s just expensive to maintain. It’s fun but the with the cost of everything now a days sometimes it’s hard to justify spending more money in the hobby
I stopped cause it got wayyy to toxic & everyone wants to ramp up their fps to and i quote “hurt the other players more” ive been in this industry for 20 years & everyone wants more fps in my experience of course..
For me and people I play with it's playing against hpa players. Basically turning into pay to win.
Lmao now y'all know how foreign countries feel when fighting against Americans
I feel that, their range is untouchable at bigger fields like my home field. It takes away from it sometime but you can usually adapt and change how you play but it always feels like you’re on the back foot the whole time.
In Airsoft you need to know how to take insult and injuries.
you can turn to LASER battle system and enjoy the experience of those "300 meters precision shot"moments
I like having different rigs and platforms to swap between. I also take a break during the summer months since it’s 100 degrees here in Florida so I’m always amped to get back into it when the weather cools down.
Airsoft is way too cool. Good for body good for mind and great for feeling alive
I haven't played in forever because we only have one field in the Tucson, AZ area. It's a relatively open field with a lot of die hard players who have spent a thousand or so in their gun alone. It just got to the point where it was an expensive little trip where I couldn't compete and there was no other reason to go other than to run and get shot. Plus every time I went I had at least one issue with my guns. So I either had to struggle or spend to fix them. I had gone 10 to 20 times in my life and invested a decent amount into guns and gear to make the game more comfortable than renting. But the experience was getting quickly degraded and just didn't feel worth it anymore. I love to shoot and would love to play, but it's too expensive for me in admission and consumables alone to not be able to do anything and have a redeeming experience.
Honestly got a kythera bc my FE was destroying a lot of people at my local field. Kythera means I can’t shoot AS fast but still fast enough to out pace normal aegs. Give myself more challenging time against groups of enemies too
Me personally, I haven't given up on airsoft, it's just because of financial reasons, mainly due to the amount of equipment and parts; I haven't been able to play airsoft for months because of work and college, but now that I've already graduated, and am looking for new job to sustain my hobby, I am planning to get back into airsoft very soon. I still have my AEGs, but I am start thinking of getting at least 2 GBBs. One Rifle and one SMG. I might have to lay low on the PCs and go with just a harness that I still have because I've gained weight since I played airsoft, and I am going to be biding time until I have enough money to get a new PC. Still practicing with my AEGs holding rifles techniques and speed reloadings. So, unless there's a life-changing altercation, I haven't quit on airsoft, just a long hiatus.
I thought about getting back into airsoft, but looked at the cost and compared it to what I could buy in the way of real ammo, armor, gear, and range time.
I was actually trying to get into airsoft but the local arisoft seller was surprisingly rude; he didn't want to let me check the gun (I guess to avoid wear on the replica?) and then got upset when I pointed out the sights were painted poorly.
Then he went on a rant of how airsoft replicas are just toys and how he shot real guns, and I was like okay cool thanks and left. I'm spending my money on something else
Yeah unfortunately the problem I had that caused me to quit playing can't be fixed with money. I already primary a 1911A1, secondary a pump shotgun, tertiary a P90, quaternary a basic clam shell M4 for indoor and use either a Famas or RPK for outdoor in addition to having more platforms I can swap whenever I wanted. My problems were with the players. My friend and I basically hated everyone we ever met regardless of the field we went to. All the rampant cheating and elitism drove us away from it. I want to give it another shot now that im on the other side of the country but I'm still very hesitant especially since I got back into paintball and have met great people at both the fields I've played at.
To be honest I don’t think it’s the lack of platform variety or gameplay styles. It’s the financial impact on customers and businesses. A lot the the places near me have started focusing on paintball or shut down entirely. Airsoft just doesn’t make enough money to sustain business in certain locations. As for customers/players. Everything is getting more expensive. Airsoft fields aren’t open anymore during certain time schedules. People have to put more time into their jobs. It’s becoming stressful instead of an enjoyable hobby/sport for players. As well as just a job instead of a passion for businesses.
I stopped playing because it became too expensive and because im tired of being the oldest guy on the feild lmao 😂😂. You might say "well try out milsim that is way more mature and there is less children there." Well idk how the heck to get into those matches and i dont want to play dress up and drive all the way out to the desert and play those 2 day games lmao 😂😂 thats to much dedication lmao
Larp or gtfo
I haven’t quit but sometimes the proximity of fields to where I am is just really far
CQB in Oregon sucks because it almost does not exist. It's either woodsball or speedball. S&F The Swamp is the only CQB spot in Oregon. Place just keeps getting more added to it too!
I’m from Hillsboro, I only got a small indoor arena 😭
@@justbalde See you there partner!
i quit because my local shop installed an hpa engine in my m4, and when i went to fix some leaking they dremelled a part off the engine to make it fit. i realized ive spent too much money on airsoft only to have little in returns for value.
I’m not a communist, that’s why I run an m4😂😂
I'm ready to join gbbr side 😈
For me I haven’t played in a while cuz of lack of fields or field regulations changing due to covid. We used to have an active local milsim company but they went out of business during pandemic. It was a good mix of milsim but not too serious milsim. I do want to try and get back into it though.
I switched to gbbr because handling batteries annoyed the sh*t out of me. It also feels way more realistic and is more fun to me
Or upgrade the m4 with high end parts mine is fast as hell now
Ar15s are constrained by the v2 gearbox.
The v3 found in AKs and G36s have so much more potential. Im talking 100 meter shots with .43+ bbs potential
As if 100m shots arent capable with a v2 gearbox.
What are these magical constraints that the v2 gearbox has, that the v3 doesnt, in relation to the rifles hopup, bucking, and barrel(ya know the thing that makes the bb travel far and not just start dropping the second it leaves the barrel)
@@sylthaya7571 quite frankly you aren't worth the effort.
Ignorance is blissful isn't it.
@@pyroromancer so what makes the v3 superior?
This is dead accurate, I was running an AEG for long time at my local indoor field and it was getting stale, till I tried a GBBR and that revitalized me and made me have more interest in Airsoft. I now run a GBBR and a KWA Q10 RM4 ERG to mix things up.
For the area I live; big airsoft events are hours away which filters out people with busy lifestyles. If there were more large scale events closer to where people live more frequently then the game would be more popular. Like the frequency of popular sports 🏀 🏈 🎾.
my friends give me a hard time for running an AUG A1, but thats what makes this game so much fun/ interesting. i also find that new kits like historical kits spice up gameplay quite a bit.
Thanks for theses speed softer
I feel like airsoft is 2 different games. Speedsoft and OG airsoft. People struggle enjoying the game when people are just sprinting and feathering a trigger while others are actually playing tactically. The 2 groups of airsoft don't mesh well.
Honestly, the side playing tactically should use actual tactics.
I want to agree with the sentiment, but the fact that speedsofters can "ruin" games just says the side playing "tactically" isn't using tactics.
Coverage of angles, multiple targets to force the speedsofter to always get traded by a second man in the room, cheesing and holding devious angles should make a speedsofting team slow the heck down.
Exactly. The same platform doesn't make it the same game at all. Even a simple rule change like making rifles semi-only or full auto capable at a field completely changes it.
I hear you but I think you're missing that Milsim is kind of arbitrary because of the platform. If in real life bullets didn't rip through most "cover" like they do, people had thousands of rounds of ammo on them that didn't weigh anything, they didn't really care about death because infinite respawns at an open play, bullets only went 100 yards at most, can wear no armor because no fear of death again, and there's no artillery, and on and on and on, real tactics would look very different. Airsoft guns are one of the closest options for training and the most accessible, but milsim rules have to be imposed, such as ammo restrictions, and healing restricitions, and like milsim west having people react to fire that can't actually hurt them because they're too far away. Speedsofts only limit is the airsoft technology, so if everything is allowed with infinite respawns, no armor requirements, noo arbitarily using realistic gear, no lower capacity mags or at least ammo, it will win, even if there's a well coordinated group of milsim guys, and it will make it hard for them to coordinate.
I've only been in for a week since I made my first shot from a GBB pistol and I could already tell that I only want to do this sport for range shooting only. There doesn't seem to have a lot convincing reasons to play PvP in this if the facilitators aren't going to be professional about it or the players cheat without consequences. PvP doesn't seem to be worth the time.
I stepped away for a year or two because of toxicity. Too many entitled, rude people that ruin the hobby
Ay thats me at 13:03 and my friend that is so random!
Anderson AIRSOFT !
solid video
I love the hobby but had to step away or least become less active after a leg injury. On top of that the lockdown really effected the team I played with and have since disbanded and life as well. Hard to get PTO and get weekends off
🥰🥰🥰…I made a cameo in this vid😍😍😍
Airsoft is super fun when you're a teen or young adult......then we get kids, jobs, wives/husbands.......and do other life shit. When kids get old enough to join in, a lot of us jump back in again. Also where I live the closest field is over an hour away, the nicer fields are closer to two hours away. Requires planning and even when playing I can maybe hit up 1-2 times a month.
The lack of local fields and number of players in my area are the only things that kept me from playing in the last 6 years.. unfortunately
I quit for about a year and sold everything but I’m getting back into it this summer. I found it to be boring because people don’t want to play to tactics or they just hang back & don’t move forward meaning I was one of the few main runners that went for objectives etc. I also found that I had too many RIFs which made choosing labour some. Now I only have two upgraded hi-capas that I didn’t sell first time round and a new T10 which I’m upgrading just now with Ulysses, shimming, piston, piston head, cylinder, cylinder head with a motor, barrel and maybe a new gear ratio to come.
Before I had a Tango Down M4, TM VSR-10, Eve-4, Mod.1, TM MK23, TM MP7A1. All upgraded to the max possible.
in my opinion its the community of the field they are playing at. or just adulting and priorities.
People leave because of how toxic it is. I ran different platforms, I ran gas and aeg, I’ve had to travel out of state to play…… nothing kills the fun like a 40-50 something year old who never served but acts like he’s a tier 1 operator and takes the shit far too seriously. Honestly we’re all LARPing and we play with toy guns. Grow up. Make the switch and Play paintball, it’s better
I will get started
Change up roles… I’ve started taking up running a UGL and I’ve had half and half of 40mm launchers… having 4 shower shells and 4 projectile style shells
Personally I was getting sick of airsoft So I just bought a Polarstar jack XD BOOM instantly more fun xD
I left because the community seems to forget they are playing with toy guns and takes everything way too serious.
So many grown men playing dress up and whining.
about to get into airsoft, definitely going to get an M4 first but I want to get one in each category. I really want a good p90!
The first time I left, many US fields implemented a less than 400 fps rule on all guns. I had a DMR at the time and not a lot of $$$, so I just stopped.
Second time because I’m way too fat rn
anyone know what the gun shown at 3:57 is? i love the magwell on it and i'd like to check it out.
Toxic speedsoft and milsim players are killing the game for us vets. Sure, it's not a new thing, but it's gotten worse in the last 4 years.
There's been an increase in new people that flood into the sport that have bad attitudes
Intro was sick😝
All your guns look so cool
4:15 that ak look really familiar
A lot of airsoft places closed around me (before the pandemic) so the closest field is 4 hours away. I don’t have the funds to open my own field and my child isn’t old enough to play. Plus the guns I want cost a lot of money lol
Big reason I don't play anymore is simply that I cant. With driving being unreasonably expensive in the UK for a younger person I cant get to my "local" closest site, which is an indoor CQB site. Unless I was willing to spend 2 hours ONE WAY on a bus to get there with all my gear too. BTW i live in a city, so I truly just got fucked in the hardest of ways so its not like I live in middle of no where.
I used to play as much as I could, but I stopped recently, because I just didn’t have the extra time and money
The real reason is airsoft is based on an outdated honest system calling hits which does not work.
make red water filled bubble wrap that burst when hit to eliminate cheating.
The answer is simple, the community is not welcoming new blood and we need to start advertising in areas, maybe start to implement more skirmish zones