Alternative names for airsoft

[Agent47]

Russian "Strikeball" vs ROW "airsoft" (ROW = rest of world)

 

what do you think?

[Snigel]

If "Strikeball" involves drinking then count me in!

[hwagan]

Strikeball is too similar to Paintball.

Milsim is a subdivision of Airsoft.

 

Don't think either of those would stick... Strikeball does sound kinda cool though. Seconded on the drinking game thing.

 

 

[abbadon101]

I had a bit of a chuckle at "strike ball" and as has been said "milsim" is a type of airsoft.

 

To me airsoft is fine, people who know what it means, know what it means, and in the UK we don't need it sounding any more threatening than it already appears.

[Nasty_TheYankWelshOne]

HES

 

Homo-Erotic Shenanigans.

[ED-SKaR]

Isn't the term "strikeball" translated from russian, rather than the russians calling it "airsoft" or "strikeball". I'd guess each language/regon has its own name in its local language.

 

 

I think what we have here is a little culture shock.

[Jungle_Spectre]

MilSim can be done with other types of weaponry, or with none at all

[RWJP]

Gotta be said though, from a marketing point of view, "Airsoft" is a ###### name! It's neither particularly related to, nor descriptive of what we actually do...

 

But I agree, at least it sounds harmless. I imagine this hobby with a name like "Warzone Simulator" or whatever might get an even more negative reception than it did with "Airsoft" as it's name.

[L85FREAK]

Strikeball is too similar to Paintball.

Milsim is a subdivision of Airsoft.

 

Don't think either of those would stick... Strikeball does sound kinda cool though. Seconded on the drinking game thing.

 

 

 

How is strikeball more any more similar to paintball than airsoft already is?

[ED-SKaR]

Gotta be said though, from a marketing point of view, "Airsoft" is a ###### name! It's neither particularly related to, nor descriptive of what we actually do...

 

But I agree, at least it sounds harmless. I imagine this hobby with a name like "Warzone Simulator" or whatever might get an even more negative reception than it did with "Airsoft" as it's name.

 

 

Airsoft is quite related to the kit we use. It comes from "air rifle" and how our stuff is nowhere near as powerfull so its a "soft" air rifle = "air soft". Or at least thats how i understand it.

 

 

I have often heard airsoft refered to as a combat simulation, largley peddled by FCS* but I've heard the same in other places.

 

 

*Firefight Combat Simulations.

[frogfish]

At some games I go to I'd like to call it "babysitting" or "annoying12yearoldsareinvincible game". Other times I think airsoft is just fine, it's not very descriptive, but again it dosen't translate into either "grown men playing dress up", "grownup's cops and robbers" or "War zone simulator". All of which make us sound stupid or very agressive/potentially dangerous to the community at large.

[adadqgg]

I am not Russian enough to call it "strikeball"...

 

I call it airsoft in advertising, other times I call it operations (for me, it is OAAC-Operations Against Aggressive Capitalists).

[bulmedius]

its called wargame or wargaming in hong kong

[hwagan]

How is strikeball more any more similar to paintball than airsoft already is?

 

 

Strikeball

Paintball

 

 

It's quite similar terminology - Strikeball sounds too close to paintball. I meant the similarity in the 2 names, not the 2 sports.

[Bando]

i call it expensive either way but airsoft is fine tbh

[faramon]

and in the UK we don't need it sounding any more threatening than it already appears.

 

Lets just call it deathball ....

[Docv400]

We're discussing this because...?

 

Have I missed something?

[PianoBlack]

There are some who refer to airsoft as "plastic death." I prefer keeping it as airsoft.

 

-Piano

[DrKalinka]

Well...

 

 

 

 

Softgun seems like a commonly used word in Norway. Of everyone not in the community at least.

 

 

[adadqgg]

Strikeball

Paintball

 

 

It's quite similar terminology - Strikeball sounds too close to paintball. I meant the similarity in the 2 names, not the 2 sports.

Lol, I think of SpaceBalls when I hear "strikeball" though.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/

 

In Chinese forums, they are usually referred to as "Survival" as usually the word "airsoft gun" is censored... we also call them "electric/gas/spring puppy*, in Chinese, of course. Rule #1 of Mainland airsofting: you do NOT talk about mainland airsofting (or get banned and searched by the people's police).

[3vi1-D4n]

Puppyball!!!

 

In all seriousness, airsoft or softair is a terrible name. It gives people the wrong ideas.

 

I would be a millionaire for every time I have had people come up and said: "I want to wargame, but Airsoft sounds soft and childlike, we are going to play paintball."

 

I agree, strikeball is close to paintball but does have a better edge to it.

 

AirSim or SimAir sounds better than airsoft, and describes that we are using replica airguns to simulate combat.

[Azubi]

 

AirSim or SimAir sounds better than airsoft, and describes that we are using replica airguns to simulate combat.

 

This just sounds like you want to do Gatwick to Singapore on Microsoft Flight Simulator.

 

 

 

[Shadow_Ocelot]

When I tell people what I do, I just tell them I participate in Military Simulations, with airsoft guns. Whenever I mention Airsoft though, the US culture that I live in automatically infers that I mean the cheap springers that are so readily available at local sporting goods stores, next to all of the paintball stuff.

I find myself too often explaining that the replicas I use are 1:1 scale and weight to their real counterpart and that they are used as training equipment for police and military when I use the name Airsoft, so I avoid it for the most part.

[3vi1-D4n]

This just sounds like you want to do Gatwick to Singapore on Microsoft Flight Simulator.

 

LOL.

 

Well any suggestions are welcome. Airsoft is a Terrible name and that is a fact.

[D-JHapyMeal]

I vote for milsim, because after all, most of us do dress up like some unit in some army.

We have very realistic scenario's for what we can do, so milsim seems to be the best option imo