airsoft* and paintball are two sports that should be able to coexist, but don't. The sports both serve different markets. Paintball seems to entertain the people that tend to play "extreme sports". It is characterized by fast paced, hard hitting, action. Airsoft serves the more tactical crowd, who prefer teamwork and strategy over speed of action. For some reason, the majority of paintball players with internet access find it nescessary to diss airsoft and its players. Although the debate over the internet are very heated, there are no known incidents of airsoft players and paintball players engaging in a physical confrontation, even though both groups have been at the same location at the same time.

Several common misconceptions about airsoft, used by the immature people who find it nescessary to diss airsoft:

1. Myth: Airsoft doesnt hurt. Its for pussies who are afraid to get dime sized bruises.
Fact: from personal experience, this is far from the truth. Airsoft guns are well capable of not only bruising, but also puncturing skin, causing blood blisters, and chipping teeth, especially in CQB. Eye protection is just as nescessary in airsoft as it is in paintball. Although the radius of damage per bb is much smaller, much more bbs are slung at a given time than paintballs.

2. Myth: Airsoft is just for kids to screw around in their back yard who cant afford/cant get th...

A massive flame was between players of two sports: Airsoft and Paintball. The arguments on the internet are very heated and fanboys are pretty much the entire population on both sides. Contrary to popular belief, paintball is not simply getting an ultra bright suit, and running around, there is such thing as woodsball, which is just as tactical as any airsoft game. Another common misconception is that airsoft guns are for fags who aren't manly enough to join the military. In reality, many veterans or current military servicemen play airsoft.

However, these two groups continue to slander eachother with the same arguments and will probably never reach a conclusion.

A never ending debate/fight both on the internet and in real life between 2 sports: airsoft and paintball

Even thought there hasn't been any known physical fights between airsofters and paintballers the two sides are very hostile and hate each other

Paintballers say airsoft isn't even a sport because it isn't even competitive and that airsoft guns are too weak to make a bruise unlike paintball guns

Airsofters say that paintball guns don't even look real and look just like fake toys and that airsoft ammo is way cheaper and airsoft guns don't need gay C02 cartridges to work.