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Once played a medic gamemode, and died in the enemy base just to scream "I NEED A MEDIC BAG" like Dallas. Definitely just here to have fun, and bring laughs to both enemies and friends
My favorite type is the “no-shirt badass” guy. Gets rattled by bullets like a fucking champion and wears those bruises like a warrior. We all miss you David, you mad lad.
I actually have a story about the most unique “no ego vet” I’ve ever met. Man was in his 60s “frank” on the “Warped Ops Airsoft Field” and he was there with his son, now a good friend, “Parker” also military vet. 35-40. I was 19 at the time and recovering from an injury and came into airsoft with very little map knowledge but a good awareness of firearms and their focuses. I was using a barely operable m4 variant that I got for cheap. Part way through the game Frank pulled my aside and said “ son you got good awareness but your shit at picking your fights.” I was put off by this at first but then he handed me a CNEP “closed Network Ear Piece” the next round of CTF was starting and we were on a high rise with a withered brush on the hill. When the round starts he hands me his custom AR, (don’t know the model never saw it again) his three mags, and proceeded to pull out his binoculars and dived into the bush. My jaw is on the floor and his son is laughing his ass off but grabs me, pulls me over and essentially said, “put that earpiece in and stay with me, we got this.” The game proceeded as such. Frank Call sign “grandpa” called out enemy positions, numbers and approach strategies out to Parker call sign “s**t stain” and me call sign “baby face” we proceeded to hold back, capture, and return across 6 games in less than 45 minutes each round thanks to “grandpa’s” call outs and strategies. To this day I aspire to be as helpful and involving with my community as they were, without them I’m sure I never would have gone back to airsoft until they made it fun and engaging without leaving anyone behind. I also didn’t find out they were vets till we walked back to his car and I saw 2 Purple Hearts and a Silver wings strapped over dog tags on the dashboard. They never said a word or lorded anything over anyone. It was truly a great experience.
My top 5: 1- the “here give it a try” guy, always keen to let other people try his stuff out 2- the fearless rental, the guy who doesn’t care about getting sprayed down and will charge literally anything 3- the sherpas, very eager to help new players, giving them spare kit or giving advice, doing as much as possible to get people into the sport 4- the “ptfo” guys, the guys who would literally die on the field to make sure they get the objective 5- when Marshall’s or field owners step in as a special character of some sort with no affiliation to either team just to cause chaos
Met a few competitive and goofy air soft players when I was doing Mil-sims a few years back. One guy we all called ‘Hawkeye’ was a deadly shot with a bolt action rifle. Me and him got teamed up as Spotter/Sniper. He was a former Marine Recon Sniper and I was about 18 or 19 and we sat down before the match started and planned out a whole covert operation to take out the enemy team one by one. We sat up in a ‘Snipers Nest in an old barn. I told him range and wind speed. When I tell you this man was dead on? HE NEVER MISSED A SHOT and he also corrected me on range and wind trajectory. We are still in contact to this day. He also sent me a graduation gift when I graduated college. He dressed up in his actual Marine Recon BDU’s and Boonie hat. I ordered a guile suit and one for my HK-416 with a 6x scope and bipod that he used for sniping. He was the best player I have played with to this day.
I’m definitely the “just there to have fin” guy. Once, I went to a field dressed as a hot dog. It was a lot of fun and as a bonus I didn’t get team killed even once.
@@Eliassww I like how he fixed that in the first comment but then you are so annoying you had to say “fun” like he is dumb. You type of people are a different breed.
So one of my friends was running in the field and tripped over a 1911 tac with new grips, he took it and when he got out and returned to our rest spot me and some other buddies convinced him to go give it to the admin of the event. Like two minutes later this guy comes up crying because he was so happy that we returned his gun. Now whenever I find anything lost on the field I think about what happened and I always find the owner, it just makes the game feel that much better that you get to see someone smile because of something you did 😊
Whenever I find gear on the field, I always give it to am admin first before someone who claims it, just in case. It brings back faith in humanity for sure :)
Sadly had an instance where someone picked up my dropped mag (was told by someone). When we were all back in the safe zone, I asked around and nobody gave it up. Thankfully never lost anything too valuable.
On my first day playing I met a zero-ego active service military Lieutenant, he was genuinely so nice and came to help me and my friends all get set up and to just get to know us. What iced the cake for him was he would always tell these amazing stories (but never made himself out to be the best of the best, such a modest guy). Found it even funnier that he plays in his actual uniform. Need more people like him!
I am this guy at game start I drop my sniper and m4 and book it with my pistol and knife straight to the objective but I also don’t take things seriously if I get shot I will just drop to the ground and be silly about my death
In my experience, a lot of the noobs I meet don't wanna leave spawn because they're scared of getting hurt. I always try to help them out of this fear of getting shot by taking point and showing fearlessness, hoping it inspires them to push on once I get hit. Other times I'll gather a smaller group and push objectives in a spartan push. Literally screaming "WE ALL PUSH ON ONE! THREE TWO ONE GO! GO!" gets the adrenaline going. One guy brought a foam scimitar and led the charge with me numerous times. I call it being the Spartan.
On the other hand, newbies here rush like motherfuckers and quite possibly are more aggressive (play style wise) than most bar speedsofters with their hi capas
@@wyattpatton1180 it was! In this one field called Ambush, they have a big castle on the map. My team got caught on the door and couldn't go in, so I just shouted to all these people at the door to stack and breach. I was waving people in going GO. GO. GO. And this one kid asked me why don't I go in with them. So I whipped out my pistol and said ok. Went in, and shot 2 people and got out. Best time of my life.
yes because annoucing the push to the enemy by shouting when you are going to attack at the top of your lungs is always going to end well for everyone involved. never understood the logic personally. its hillarious when they do it outside rooms in urban aswell. i just hit them stacking up in the middle of the countdown. works every time but is extra damaging if you buzz grenades round the corner when theres maximum bodies outside.
I would have given a shoutout to any player with some kind of medical training and equipment. Airsoft can be dangerous sometimes and those with the knowledge to do something about it are the mvp in my eyes. Seen plenty of nasty cuts and heat strokes where i play.
that's why I have a anime medical cross patch on my rig, with some basic first aid items (gauze, bandages, wipes, etc). Helps out with stabilizing some nasty accidents until the fully equipped first responders get to the field. After a few incidents, Im known at my field as "Medic" or "Doc". Feels good since it takes a long while for other medical help to arrive.
me and my partner go regularly to a field locally and my partner has extensive medical training and carries extra epi pens, heat exhaustions supplies and an extensive first aid kit with us to every game.
Ikr, I’m an emt and bring a first aid kit for airway, bleeding, circulation etc. I’ve used my skills so much in my years playing! I’ve once had to do a pneumothoractic needle compression on someone who fell from a 3story window and couldn’t breath from a hypertension pneumothorax, I kept him going till the fully kitted amboo showed up!
Yeah my field is like one of the only fields in my state and it’s close to a base and a lot of players are either ex military or are active and have medical experience and it’s so cool seeing the switch flip when there’s an emergency and they just take off to find the player
@@couldbejokim4557 Nice. I have some training from my days as a security guard so i have some basic stuff to stop the bleed if i need to. Israeli compression bandages, tourniquet, triangular bandages for the head etc... Bigger kit in my car with a cpr mask and chest seals. Nothing of your level though. I shoot alot of real firearms as well so i geared myself a bit in case something happens at the range.
These are all great players, an extra type of player I can think of is “the pack mule” the guy that brings extras/water/gas/etc to help anyone who runs out while playing
Once had one of those in a game. He just went full-on Battlefield 'Supporter'. Ammo of all weights, mines & frags, smokes for days... The whole nine yards. His gear was packed to the brim and kept us going for hours. Good thing he was built like a brick house and had the endurance of a Shire horse else I'd have worried he'd fold like a lawn chair under all that weight.
Definitely the "there to have fun" and the "no ego vet". I just want to relax and sling some bbs. Whether that's kitted out or running with mags crammed in pockets I don't care as long as I'm playing.
"Mags crammed in pockets". That reminds me of one hot summer day, where I just went back to safety, undressed all my kit and just went in t-shirt and bdu pants with my main gun and mags in every pocket. It was actually amazing playing that lightweight.
I'm a mix of tech support and watching out for the little guy. I was playing a walk on game of paintball with people ranging from 7 to probably around 35ish and I got stuck with the kids (and a few adults) but I went up to this tower and one kid got hit just outside his armor and he backed into a corner and started crying so despite being in a key position to lay down suppressing fire, I dropped my gun and pulled this kid into a more protected corner and made sure he was alright. Helped him down the exterior stairs of the tower and to the side lines and through all that, I magically never got hit. Of course it wasn't till I got back up the tower that we got flanked and some guy came up the stairs and shot before I even realized what happened lol
I've seen a LOT of 'cheaters' and 'airsoft fights' videos and it does get a bit discouraging to see. It's awesome to see a channel like this commemorate the amazing people you can meet. I hope to someday join in this community, though it may be a long while with a baby. That being said, I want to get my kids into playing airsoft too, if they decide they want to, and it would be awesome to encourage them to be one of these types of players.
You should definitely try at least one game with your kid when he gets old enough. My dad got me hooked on airsoft and now we play together really often.
Airsoft in my experience, is a wholesome experience as you get into it. The negativity videos do not do the hobby justice. It's fun, and 95+ percent of people are good people who help each other out and are very supportive and friendly.
I think definitely outside experiences can help you become one of these players. Usually, if I meet a nice person who plays airsoft, they’re nice in general.
Florida fields are full of newbies coaches, although teaching styles are mixed. We have throw them in the fire and see what happens, giving guidance only from a distance. OR the more direct style where a newbie coach assembles a squad of newbies and teaches them that way
The begginer teachers are probably the best players. It's really weird how lost you can feel when you first start out and having that RANDOM person teach you is just something else
I was the unique player. I ran with an XM8 with an S-thunder pistol grenade launcher attached to the foregrip. I just don't want to use the same M4 or AK we've seen a million times. There's good reasons for people use those platforms (tbh they're smarter for doing so) but I just wanted something different. I don't care about being "tacticool." Give me cool guns instead.
I really feel that whole ‘here to have fun’ energy. At the end of the day, most of us are just grown ups that wanna feel like we’re in an action movie or just get that feeling that we had playing war in the backyard as kids. We just turned it into a kickass hobby.
As a survival and military instructor, I absolutely give a "High Five" for the "Newbie Coaches". Brings people so close, that you can hear their stories every time you make a point on a map or fix their vest properly. Best times ever seeing a youngling getting his claws out, as time passes by and seeing him dragging others.
While I don’t personally play, I knew a guy who would start every year with a new helmet (one of those hard, smooth ones like the ones in the military). Every time he got headshot, he would take a marker out and mark the spot where he believed it was hit. He would then go to the next game with a mini mural of whatever he felt like drawing on the spot that was hit. Last I saw, he had 7-8 of these beautiful helmets from previous years of playing. Dude seriously loved the game and tried several times to get me into it, and I just might have to hit him up after this video.
I play milsim paintball but I love airsoft as well. And paintball/airsoft is a great game to play. You get exercise for sure, strengthens teamwork skills, makes new friends, learn new things even if they're almost useless in regular day-to-day life, and it's all around just super fun. You don't need to be the guy who drops $1000 into it. Just a mask and a decent gun, which can be around $300 or less together
I absolutely love playing alongside vets especially when it comes to a milsim style event I love hearing there feed back and how they try and help improve your abilities
Most military guys have no idea what they're doing unless they actually have a combat or police role as a profession. I've played with a bunch of military guys who are intel and only once did I ever play with a guy who was even remotely close to special forces. He was an Army reservist who was activated around post 9-11 and went to Afghanistan in the early and mid 2000s. He was reserve infantry with his sniper qualifications and because of his sniper status, was then attached to a special forces unit for the duration of his deployment in 2005. I got the fortune of befriending him and we'd go shooting too (real guns) and taught me how to remain calm, how to tactically move and shoot, and helped strengthen my shooting skills. Also the most chill dude in airsoft
I remember when I was just having fun with my horribly impractical loadout(a grenade launcher, two double-barrel shotgunnade launchers, and a pistol with a massive drum mag). I was doing a custom game with a friend on his 3-acre property, and we called it, "Rambo mode". As long as you can withstand the shots, you are still in the game. I went to a point to capture it, and I ran right into the enemy team. I unloaded everything I had into them and was shredded by heavy fire. Once my team caught up to me, the whole other team was gone, i needed resupply, and I looked like a prune from all the bruises. I don't remember this, but apparently, I said, "They didn't count on one thing; I slept nine hours last night." then promptly toppled over and slept for the next, what, ten hours? Easily my most fun game.
I am a 15 year old dutch kid and I love military and military style games. As soon as I am old enough I will get a license to start playing airsoft. These kind of video's only make me love airsoft more and more. Thanks for the amazing content.
No ego vet, been airsofting for 2 and a half years now and I’m 13. Met a amazing veteran who was a PJ. “So others can live.” He was humble respectful and even showed me some good tips like clearing shoulder communication and stacking. I still use those tactics to this day, thank you so much. 👍👌❤️
a PJ? as in special forces' 911 service? The guy that the SEALs call when the op goes tits up? damn, now i wish i had the time and money to get into the hobby
My advice is to have fun... also, make sure that when you buy a gun it has plenty of after market parts so that if anything does break, you can fix it easily with the help of a tech.
@@southmoreconlin3757 Thanks! The airsoft place I go to has great staff, and they say if anyone buys some new parts for their gun they will install them for free. I already got a new hop up!
@@mobox4410 hey man, you will find random groups who are very welcoming or people out there who also show up alone to randomly squad up. Trust me you won't be alone out there. Social awkwardness is normal to some of these people because they are too lol
Love the noob and new guy coaches, the ones that put the effort into teaching the kids right, looking after them, making sure they have fun with the game and invite them to hang out. Had guys do this for me in my teens and they were awesome guys really made me feel welcome and made me want to pay it forward when I saw new kids
I suffer from depression, which makes most things not very exciting for me. Last year, I played my first airsoft game and I have never been so "in the zone" in my entire life. I slid in the mud and broke a toe on a wall but I didn't even know until after the game. That's how much fun I was having. I absolutely loved it and I am so excited to play again starting this spring! My first game had rentals (me included), milsims, speed-softers (anime sticker-bombed guns and all), reinactors and some local guys who know the field like their back yard. We all vibed and had a great time!
That story is wholesome not gonna lie. The fact that you suffer from depression and you still have fun with Airsoft is a thing that makes me really happy. I hope you never give up 🏅
I guess that I'm kind of a combo of these types. Primarily the "unique player" I recently got out of the Army, and after 4 years as a cadet, and 3 in the active component, I was just tired of being in uniform, and didn't want to take airsoft so seriously. So I decided that I would dedicate my airsoft craft to cosplaying in airsoft. So now, whenever I got out to a field, I am typically cosplaying Star Wars or something, and have the unique replicas to go with it. And obviously, I am also the, "just here to have fun" guy. Cosplaying in airsoft often isn't practical, but it makes it fun, and gives me great opportunities to shout out movie quotes, haha!
I have a Mandalorian cosplay I tried late spring... it poured! My gear weighed 100Lbs, but it was awesome! I even walked into our “village” area and just kept taking hits like I was really in Beskar! Only one dude didn’t get it, everyone else was cracking up!
@@cossoft6531 it’s base is Riot gear, but I made “armor plates” by cutting old cookie sheets riveted and mounted those to thin yoga mat, then painfully threaded the mat to the Riot gear with Upholstery thread. I made the thigh pads the same way, but they did not mount well on the leg holster’s even with me making a second strap to attach them to. After about an hour they were flapping around too much and getting in the way, so I’m currently trying to come up with some sort of way to fix those. I also altered the win gun herd wolf pistol carbine to look like Boba’s. I have pics on my Instagram: Mark Thorne 1978 gotta scroll in a bit
Definitely the combat medic. Always have a fully stocked first aid kit on hand and care about any wound that you have. From the small blister on your heel to the big flesh wound you got while climbing.
I'd like to be the "I'm just here to have fun" guy. Mostly because you can form some of the weirdest yet the strongest friendships at a field. Just today when I'm writing this. I met a guy from Tennessee at a Colorado field. And we had such a blast quoting RussianBadger, and overall being weird.
If you've gotten into it, I'd really like to hear what gear you chose to run. I'm more of the tech support/watching out for the little guy. I do get competitive so I help the newbies out to learn the game and strengthen my team instead of putting them down and ruining their experience. At the end of the day, we were all new to the game at some point. If they got a jam or something, I always have a toolkit with me so I can fix issues between games for either team. I've outright traded a broken gun with someone for one I had just bought like the month before because his required much more extensive repairs so I just gave him a brand new one and said keep it
@@fireantfury2539 i sadly am under 18, and because my parents not understanding the difference between airsoft and actual firearms they will not allow me to do anything airsoft related until i move out. I hope I can find a way to convince them sometime soon.
@@nolanheath4511 For paintball you can't go wrong with any of the Tippmann guns, for airsoft, it really just depends. Do you want spring, gas, or electric? Do you want compact, or full size? I'd go with a decent electric M4-type gun
This reminds me of a field that I first started playing Airsoft. Started out with a 1911 that jam every 2-3 shots. A player once lend me his custom Hi-Capa while he looked into my 1911. Another milsim guy having fun with speedsofters. And every players held back when there’re kids and newbies around. 2 years later. I helped cleaning up newer players’ glocks that jammed during games or lend them my mags and secondary. Gave them advices on basic maintenance like when older players once helped me out.
7:00 Oh man, I remember losing one of my Marui Mk.23 magazines at our local field. Thankfully I was kinda notorious for using that silent bastard, so a month later when someone actually found it, they emailed me and got it back to me.
Can’t wait to get more experienced in this game. I went airsofting for the second time today. I’ve watched a ton of airsoft GI videos and have a lot of technical experience with tinkering with AEGs. I backyard plinked with my brothers and finally got up the courage to go to an indoor field. The joy for me so far is getting my friends and family into something really awesome and encouraging the kids on the field to push an objective with me. I’ve loved this sport long before I ever got to play publicly and love it even more now.
I’m a beginner teacher. Two years ago I started helping out the new players because no one helped me. I now have a loyal army of not so new players. I am The Godfather of my field.
I still remember this one time I was playing and I found a Dragunov mag laying on the floor, I just walked by it and kept playing, then, when I was walking to my spawn, I noticed that one of my teammates had a Dragunov, so when the game ended I looked for him and asked him if he lost a mag, he told me he did, I took him to where the mag was when I last saw it, and there it was, he was really nice and thankful, I even helped him fix his gopro (because it was pointing at the sky). That genuinely made my week.
I love having that vibe of "just here to have fun" as alot of times I don't take the game fully seriosly, wanting to make others laugh and teach the new comers that airstoft is supposed to be fun.
As a "I'm just here to have fun" , I love to run around with my Dan wesson 715. Sadly it's broke, gotta repair that. Shout out to my fellow chad players.
I think the one thing that’s holding me back from trying airsoft is the price of the guns and just the price of playing it in general so I like watching these videos to see what it’s like
If that’s what’s holding you back, rentals are almost always decent options at most fields. Just make sure to bring water and some half decent eyepro :)
here airsoft is a definitely an expensive sports. But the lower middle class gotta play so they form their own community, and they only allow springers. It's still expensive relative to my current monthly salary, but if converted to dollar, the most they can spent individually is only around 100 dollars(!) Me myself only spent something around 30 bucks for my plastic AR-15 spring rifle+aftermarket 3D printed pump action parts, a dummy aimpoint sight, and a spring pistol. Anyway, it is really is that cheap because we only use local airsoft brand. Low to mid quality relative to American/Japan brand, but hey it's good enough and get the job done.
@@MaDmanex100 It depends which part of the world you are. Where im from, thats a 1000 in our currency, for a plastic gun, thats a bit too much. The game is not as popular here anyway, i dont know where id get anything above a springer or double barrel sawed off.
@@cycomiles4225 Hmm, perhaps you can get one from outside the country. I dont know if its illegal though. The preused guns are rather good priced. Its incredible to get a full auto gun for less than 100 dollars. I live in sweden btw!
I like to think I fit the Fair Game player group. Have played since around 14 years old at the same site every other weekend. Sometimes volunteering as a marshal, I tend to get thrown between teams every game. Having 8 years of experience on one site, means I tend to destroy newer players. Its nice to meet the players on both sides, and help them push through the same defence you taught the previous team to set up :)
I think my favorite unique thing I showed up to a field with was my MG42. The staff that it was cool af and we ended up using it for a special Attack/Defend survival game mode that the staff hadn’t even planned for originally. It was definitely a feel good moment. :)
"I'm just here to have fun". Even if I have the most gucci tactical aesthetic loadout on me that can intimidate rentals, I receive hits more than giving hits. I do wish I improve my skills, but it doesn't discourage me as I do try my best to play and I'm not afraid of getting hit. I know what I signed that waiver for and I don't care about the consequences. If anything, I have myself to blame and take full responsibility. I even give new (or experienced) players a "good job" on hitting me or "good game" when a match is over. I don't care what loadout people run as long as they're not doing anything out of malice because in the end, we're all playing dress up with toy guns and fun is all that matters to me.
Went to a game recently where I switched kits with another guy I met there and wound up with his arasaka with a bayonet. It fell of because it was broken (beforehand) so I ran into the objective just holding a bayonet and scared the shit out of some people
Tactics>marksmanship. If your movements keep getting you shot, it doesn’t matter if you can land hits reliably ; you keep getting shot before you can fire.
Me personally I think I’m the lost and found guy and the newbie coach, it’s a fun game and I love people enjoying it, the people you can meet are just awesome, I met 4 dudes 2 years ago at a field now we hang out all the time. Also I would like to add, thank you vets for serving our country, and thank you for enjoying a hobby that’s almost (similar) to what you might have done in your service . God bless y’all, have a good day
I remember my first game, I was like twelve, I was rocking a condor battle belt for all my gear, a cheap Carrier so I didn’t get too bruised on my chest, and A nice DYE mask my brother gave me. My guns were a Tokyo Marui M9 and an old g&g combat machine. A group of players saw I was new and kinda nervous so they had me tag along with them and taught me how to play better. Still play with those guys to this day and love them all dearly
I’ve never played airsoft, though I played Gelsoft when it wasn’t banned here in Australia. Loved it and I was definitely the here to have fun guy. I just wanted to be as weird and funny as possible. As well as that there was tons of nice guys helping me out with stuff when I first played.
@@Gepedrglass it’s banned in most states, only states that you can play it (in my knowledge) is Queensland, south Australia (SA you need a fire-arms license to own gel-blasters) and I think it’s heavily regulated in Victoria.
One of my favorites, and the kind I try to be, is the “Try my kit out” guy. My first ever game I came in with a very basic LT platform and was having a blast. When one of the guys on my team, a seasoned player, offered me his SSG1 to play with I was blown away. That experience, and others just like it, have kept me coming back week after week and growing my inventory so I can share the experience I had with new players every time.
I like to do this sometimes. Standing in the lunch queue, there's a tiny 12 yr old kid in his first airsoft game who's been getting stuck in with just a pistol telling his dad how he'd love an SMG, so I lent him my P90.
Yes I totally agree in the vets, since I used to live in a military town there were a few. One guy was a veteran of war that came back with PTSD, his psychiatric (probably spelt it wrong) told him to play Airsoft as a way to move on from the thought of guns and loud sounds being something that almost all the time meant something deadly. Thankfully he did recover and loves the sport, one of my favourite guys I've met
I remember on time at my field we were playing Medic and I was the medic. I chose to play it Hacksaw ridge style with no gun, and ended up getting 17 revives with no deaths
:0 im excited to see players like me who show up in Roman style plate armor with a kar98k and a blunt Calvary sword getting a little appreciation I’m called crazy but I’m just here to have a good time and I’m glad to see someone can appreciate that :D Edit: banzai charges into the enemy position are fun people should do them more
Thats awesome, also rock a K98, tough i still want a bayonet for it. (Have one for my m16, and when equiped, the goal of the day is to bayonet someone)
I've been playing airsoft since 2011. I've already been ref and, of course, player. I totally agree with what you said. Sometimes, when things are getting too seriously by some players and it's a shame. I never had the opportunity to practice in USA, only in France, where I'm from. But having good players is a clearly good thing for our discipline.
Some of my best memories in the game have been the ones where all I did was run around with just a pistol acting as a medic. I couldn’t do shit in the long fights in the open or sieges but being the guy who could quickly get anywhere and save anyone was way more fun to me.
I’m definitely the “just here to have fun” guy. I buy “best bang for the buck” gear and usually end up lit up in each match. As long as I get to go and have a couple fun moments in CQB arenas that’s what I spend the money for!
9:38 I love this guy's playful energy. People that know how to be silly to make an activity fun are my favorite people to be in a group with. I'm thinking about starting airsoft and these are the type of guys that I wanna meet/be on a team with. And hopefully I can become this guy, just goofing off when appropriate ans making my team members laugh and have a good day airsofting.
My favorite is the newbie coach. My first time airsofting I was using a rental some guy came over and asked me if I wanted to use his gun I said yes because it was obviously better. I realized a couple weeks ago now that I’m a lot more experienced that it was a umbrella armories Krystal crb…
My local fields have markets occasionally and I was asking about prices to one guy. I needed a mask and goggles, as I was renting at the time, and this legend gave me them for free along with some for a friend. Still my best airsoft moment to date
I would add another: the guy who avoids shooting someone if he can make him call the kill for sneaking in the back, that way he does not get unnecesary shots.
5. Newbie Coach. Back in 2011/12 I was stationed at Fort Campbell. As luck would have it, the only other guy in my unit who was into airsoft was my roommate. He was every bit as into the GBBR perfection craze as me. Too much money spent on too many guns and parts- we'd spend hours tweaking and testing in our barracks room. When we went to games, we wore our issued SAPI plates and the same rack systems/pouches we wore in the field and on deployment. Train as you fight and all that. We were the high speed gear nerds of our respective platoons. We used to go to a wonderful little indoor field in Dickson, TN called Mooseherd Airsoft. We must have gone two or three weekends of every month for awhile, dragging along any guys from our unit who were curious about "what it was that we did when we were alone together..." We'd always get a kick out of the kid coming up to you in the staging area, pointing at your grenade launcher and asking you in a quivering voice if they were going to use that on somebody- replying "absolutely" and showing him your opposing team armband or raising our hands when the referee would ask who was playing for the first time. Got a lot of people asking if we were at Campbell and proudly displaying our chicken sandwiches for them. More often than not the GBBRs would fail, leak or break. We ended up spending more time as "combat advisors" than as active players. Finding clumps of 12 year old rental gun kids hiding behind the first bunker in front of the spawn, we'd roll up on them and ask what the plan was. Usually one of them would offer some kind of answer and you'd simply refine his plan and present it to the other kids there as if you are issuing his orders. We'd use our replica PEQ-15 visible lasers to designate windows or doorways we wanted suppressed. We would break the cluster of kids down into two fire teams and begin bounding them all up and down the field- turning some ordinarily low contribution teammates into a pack of ferocious, trigger happy hyenas lighting up any target we illuminated with a laser- ourselves only shooting at the occasional opposing player on a flank or in the blind spots- protecting our guys backs. If we prepared to breach a doorway, we'd take the brunt of any bb spray ourselves and allow the stack of kids behind us get a chance to rush the room. Any kids turning back after getting hit were usually grinning ear to ear and ready to return our offered fist bumps and high fives. So one day, fresh from the field having trained another batch of child soldiers, we get approached by the owner of the field and a couple of referees. He shakes our hands and introduces himself. He said (and I'll heavily paraphrase) that we no longer had to pay admission to play at that field, we were welcome any time- the reason being that field attendance was growing while we were there. Normally older players would show up, cheat the chrono, cause injuries and start arguments. They'd play aggressively and by the early afternoon only a few other players were left. The owner went on to say that when we were there, he noticed more and more sales of ammo, rentals were staying out longer and attendance was only dropping off in the last hours before closing- we didn't steal the glory, start drama or discourage the younger players from wanting to stay. Well I'll tell you. That gentlemen is how you make a pair of combat veterans bashful. However: We were soon dethroned by the Ultimate Newbie Coaches, and I'll never forget how cool this was to find out. Still at Mooseherd weeks later we noticed a larger-than-usual crowd of kids wearing ACU. Not just a badly fitted shirt of Chinese manufacture. I'm talking ACU uniforms, properly sized. Trousers bloused and ROTC ranks. However these kids were ranging wildly between 10 and 20. I didn't think they were JROTC or ROTC though due to the haircuts and lack of affiliation patches. I noticed a lot of the older guys in this group were walking around checking the younger ones to make sure they were staying hydrated, had all their gear. My buddy noticed the same thing too. For awhile we just remained puzzled and tried to figure it out. Where did they come from, who were they and how had this hierarchy developed? One day we found the cause. At the cash register we saw an older gentleman handing out bundles of wristbands and masks to the older guys who then distributed them to the even younger guys. The demeanor didn't suggest it was a father of 50 kids treating them all to a day at the airsoft arena. We waited until the moon camo cult moved into the staging area and approached the older gentleman to ask what the deal was with the group. He told us (again, paraphrasing as its been over a decade now) that he basically started a youth group to cater to the kind of kids who would bypass things like the Boy Scouts to only wind up in a gang, prison or addicted. They did airsoft, paintball, ATV riding, camping/outdoorsman survival training, real steel range days and some other stuff along those lines. Airsoft was a staple apparently and everybody was really into it. The older kids got the "team leader" status and were responsible for a few of the younger boys in the group, who in turn would take over when kids would age out. He basically just told them where and when, picked up anybody who needed a ride and paid all the admission/ handled the guardian waivers. We were floored by what he was telling us, and man, was it awe inspiring to see in action. Real cool dude. Wish I could remember his name. Ritchie Robertson or something like that is ringing a bell...
I’m a lost an found hero that always finds myself being a newbie coach. Barrel covers get lost all the time at my arena and there’s always a party of rentals there for a birthday party and I like helping them out, whether they’re on my team or not. Every now and then a kid will push up to the arena’s kill house with me because they think I’m a pro because of my kit.
I was at a CQB field with a few buddies once, and it was very few players that day. Then a pretty big birthday party walked in with about 15 players. We could tell the vast majority of them had absolutely no experience, so we spent the several minutes before game start showing them how to operate the rental guns, wind the mags, et cetera. Once the game started, it was so cool to have a little squad of newbies trailing after us, taking orders, and just having a blast. Definitely one of my favorite days.
Me and a friend are going airsofting for the first time in six days and we’re both super excited. I just wish I had more money because my age I can’t get a job. So it will be a little before I can play again, but I’m excited for that day. I’m very big into airsoft and I love the community. I’m so excited to be part of it.
unique players: "dont care about ergonomics" me: has a deagle with BIG SCOPE i met a guy once who had a hydro dipped p90 and guess what the hydro dip was? pepe.
Great to see a video showing off the positive side of the airsoft community. There are too many "top 10 airsoft fights/cheaters" videos out there. I tend to be the "just here to have fun" and "unique kit" player myself
I always try helping out new players, because people help me out when I was new And I'm always looking around on the ground to give back lost magazines to players
Planning on getting into airsoft as soon as I can. I definitely want to be the "ultra nice guy who just wants everyone to go home grinning ear to ear uncontrollably." Not on the list obviously but that's who I want to be.
I'm a 14yr old who has been playing since 2018, I have seen a lot of newbies and how they were confused, as a person that has helped lots of them the smile they get when you help them and give them tips and see them use one on field hits different
I can happily say working as a reff has it's bonuses. I love seeing the new faces every time I am on the field. When we are not on the field helping out we are out there fighting in our World War II kits. Teaching people not only about the history but why we choose to do these kits.
THE WAS AN AWESOME SERIES SCOTT!! SERIOUSLY WE NEED MORE VIDEOS ON THIS TOPIC TO INFORM A LOT OF PEOPLE ON WHICH CATEGORY THEY MIGHT FALL UNDER.. OR EVEN GIVE THEM AN OUTSIDE LOOK TO RE-EVALUATE THEMSELVES ON WHICH CATEGORY THEY SHOULD FALL UNDER OR TRY MORE TO BE LIKE!! THANKS FOR THIS INSIGHTFUL VIDEO BROTHER!!
When me and my coworkers play I am "the distraction". The other team finds out I am a decent shot so they look for me and make strategies for me and forget about some of the other players. I love having everyone's attention 😌
I'm the good hearted tech, the newbie coach, experienced player to be fair game, and I'm just here to have fun guy I've had some airsoft players tell me to take certain fields or events as a grain of salt but just the fact that I got the chance to even go be apart of the event was amazing enough despite cheaters or whatever the case may be it's still a great time
The "just there to have fun guy" is always the best to be around. I have a story about one such guy. Once when I was in secondary school (high-school for my American friends) we went on a trip to an airsoft venue, Redhills Adventure centre. We got briefed, given rental guns, etc. The teachers and the students who weren't participating watched us through a glass window. However, halfway through the game my English teacher asked if he could join in. The staff laughed and gave him a spare rental gun. This guy hadn't even heard the briefing, but he decided to join in anyways. I remember seeing him back in school with cuts and bruises everywhere since he was just wearing the mask and had only one mag for the entire day. That day can only be described as epic since he was like a "Dark souls boss" for us to mag dump.
I definitely see myself as the newbie coach, good tech, and just here to have fun guy, I love taking care of new players and, fixing the really expensive issues for like 5 bucks at most and just shooting at the enemy and getting shot at, it's a game not life or death, and I love this sport to death
This gets me hyped to play again. I've been out of the game for a little while, due to general life, graduating, moving, buying a house, the works. Got my first game planned in like 2 years this September, dusted off all my old equipment, sucked in my gut and put on the PC, feeling good, really excited! :D
I’m the “I’m just here to have fun” I love wearing ramen soup merch and just run around and rolesing on barrels, I get yelled at for the barrels but it’s worth it, very good sniping spot 🤌🏽
I love the techies so damn much. My very first game one of these lads not only helped me adjust my hop up and sights , but he also helped me pick out and fully upgrade my dream gun not a month later. He spent a few hours and gave me nearly 100 dollars worth of upgrades entirely free just because he loved to help. Someday I hope to be knowledgeable enough to pay it forwards
I'm definitely all of them besides the tech guy I can't tech on anything really so I appreciate the techs out there helping people out with there issues.
I went to my very first actually organized airsoft game with a coworker who didn't get out much, and despite the fact that we got our asses kicked, we both had a blast and I ended up giving him one of my guns so he could play more airsoft if he had the time. If you see this, Corey, give'em hell!
As a staff member of a field, I absolutely LOVE being a newbie coach!!! Nothing makes me feel better than seeing a kid come back week after week because of an interaction with me!! Makes my heart warm!!
@@cole.please.actually psst, try something like "Nah man they're common as muck, everyone runs em these days... What we really need is an M4, you know something a bit rarer that you dont see every day." ;)
We need more good hearted techs. In all the comments of any reviews of anything that isn't a 1911, glock, m4 or ak there's always comments saying: don't get this, there's no parts and the tech won't fix it and they'll kill you if you ask them to. It also really hurts if you wanna be the "unique guy"
The veteran one I have a story about my first airsoft game I went to there was a guy everyone one called smoking fox. This man cared a sniper he bought a built from his original military issued rifle and he’d always have a huge cigar in his mouth and always played alone. He’d leave that field with the dog tags that day over his shoulder and I think that was the coolest thing I’ve ever witnessed and made me wanna stay in and build my own guns to better me at the game. Just expiring man
My first Newbie coach was the game ref, my first time playing, i had watched youtubers like slio, novritsch, jet desert fox, and you, so i kinda had a inkiling of what i needed to do, but my ref was awesome, he was screaming starship troopers refferences at the top of his lungs, and his enthusiasm got me so hyped up, i ended up getting a few kills til i was hit. it was a very good experience and I am super thankful for the way he acted, i was a little worried about getting shot after seeing some of th eclose range sniper oopsies.
When I was 11. (Dang time really flies by) I played with my dad at an outdoor field for the first time. Both my mom and dad are retired from the Navy and my dad and I had a freaking blast. I've since converted to paintball, but I think I might go back and visit airsoft again just for fun.
