Agent47 Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Russian "Strikeball" vs ROW "airsoft" (ROW = rest of world) what do you think? Link to post Share on other sites
Snigel Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 If "Strikeball" involves drinking then count me in! Link to post Share on other sites
hwagan Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 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. Link to post Share on other sites
abbadon101 Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Nasty_TheYankWelshOne Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 HES Homo-Erotic Shenanigans. Link to post Share on other sites
ED-SKaR Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Jungle_Spectre Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 MilSim can be done with other types of weaponry, or with none at all Link to post Share on other sites
RWJP Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 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. Link to post Share on other sites
L85FREAK Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 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? Link to post Share on other sites
ED-SKaR Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 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. Link to post Share on other sites
frogfish Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 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. Link to post Share on other sites
adadqgg Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 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). Link to post Share on other sites
bulmedius Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 its called wargame or wargaming in hong kong Link to post Share on other sites
hwagan Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Bando Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 i call it expensive either way but airsoft is fine tbh Link to post Share on other sites
faramon Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 and in the UK we don't need it sounding any more threatening than it already appears. Lets just call it deathball .... Link to post Share on other sites
Docv400 Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 We're discussing this because...? Have I missed something? Link to post Share on other sites
PianoBlack Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 There are some who refer to airsoft as "plastic death." I prefer keeping it as airsoft. -Piano Link to post Share on other sites
DrKalinka Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Well... Softgun seems like a commonly used word in Norway. Of everyone not in the community at least. Link to post Share on other sites
adadqgg Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 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). Link to post Share on other sites
3vi1-D4n Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Azubi Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Shadow_Ocelot Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 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. Link to post Share on other sites
3vi1-D4n Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 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. Link to post Share on other sites
D-JHapyMeal Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 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 Link to post Share on other sites
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