War Games

Have you ever fantasized playing on mock battles, or fighting scenes wherein you emerge the victor over numerous villains and culprits? Or have you tried pretending to be a dying soldier after being hit by bullets and grenades? Then these kind of hobby is the one for you if you want to make those childhood dream of yours a reality. War games or sports usually are very physical in nature and more or less would simulate real life situations and battles.

Today, there are at least two known types of this sport – airsoft and paintball.

• •    Airsoft

This adrenaline pumping sport can bring you back to your childhood days, when you played cop and robber games with your siblings or friends. The sport entails an action pack adventure of pure fun. In the game, usually you have to be part of a team, depending on the battle scenario you are emulating. There are a lot of scenarios that can give you a different airsoft experience but entails the same adrenaline-pumping action. Airsoft guns are the coolest, because unlike other toy guns, these guns are fashioned and made according to how a real gun would look like. In fact, some recent releases of airsoft gun versions even gives the airsoft player an experience that can be compared to an experience when using a real gun because of a realistic recoil feature added.

Basics of Airsoft:

• •    Before anything else, you should realize that this sport is not for immature players because of the potential harm it may cause to yourself and to your fellow players.
• •    Read ahead first before buying any equipment, enrich your knowledge about safety regulations, government sanctions and universal rules about the airsoft sport.
• •    Visit and observed some airsoft clubs or groups playing so that you will have a general idea about how this game is played.
• •    Look for reviews over the Internet about the airsoft sport, this will give you a good idea on what best equipment to buy that is worth its cost.
• •    Choose what kind of strategy you are most comfortable with, head to head combat or a lot of flanking manoeuvres; this will guide you on what kind of airsoft gun to buy.
• •    Secure first all the necessary safety equipments before playing.

• • Paintball

Paintball is a sport that also entails an emulation of a war zone. The game is played using paintball guns, which unlike airsoft guns, do not look anything like any real gun in this world (but perhaps they look like a Martian guns, that is if Martians exist). A paintball gun is characterized by a tube-like container, which contains the ammo for the contraption. The ammo can be compared to an M&M (a candy product), the chocolate is inside and the paintball’s case, the paint is inside.

Basics of Paintball

• •    Look up and compare prices from different paintball stores.
• •    Read a lot of reviews from paintball review sites, or even better is to get feedback from those already engage on the sport.
• •    Before engaging in this kind of sport, it is wise to consult a physician before you do so, especially if you have a history of sicknesses that involves the lungs or the heart.
• •    Before securing a paintball gun, make sure you already have all the necessary safety gears.
• •    Search for good paintball clubs or groups to play with, that has some sort of guidelines and rules to ensure that you will have a fun-filled paintball experience.