Lasers v. Paintballs

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Lasers v. Paintballs; Which is better...?
Topic Started: Sep 29 2008, 09:10 AM (429 Views)
Anon	Sep 29 2008, 09:10 AM Post #1
Nublet Posts: 5 Group: Newbies Member #12 Joined: Sep 29, 2008	So, my friend says paintball is better, i say laser tag is. i see two sides to this, any opinions, comments, etc.?



Pentanine	Sep 29 2008, 09:44 PM Post #2
One-Hit Wonder Posts: 13 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: Sep 25, 2008	Anon Sep 29 2008, 09:10 AM So, my friend says paintball is better, i say laser tag is. i see two sides to this, any opinions, comments, etc.? Well from what I've seen, paintball is more of a hobby, laser tag is more of a quick game to play with friends. You don't go out and buy a "sweet new laser tag gun" and mod the crap out of it. Not from what I've heard anyways. People who play paintball blow hundreds to thousands of dollars buying, upgrading, modifying, and toying around with equipment, as well as buying more ammo. The other thing to realize is that paintball is a much bigger rush. While laser tag is a nice fantasy thing that's fairly easy to work with, such as "You're in a dark room with mist! There's aliens with laser guns! Go go go!" It's kinda ghetto when you get stuck in that situation with little kids standing there, pointing their guns at your chest and firing over and over while they wait for your respawn time to end. PAINTBALL on the other hand, they're scared to even step out from behind the tree. If you get hit with a paintball, you KNOW you got hit, there's not "awww he covered his sensor!" bullshit going on, you fall to the ground and QQ if you're under the age of 13 most likely, so it's pretty nice to be able to weed those folks out. Furthermore, it's much more realistic. Your shots don't aim perfectly, you can't laser snipe from across the map, you can employ actual combat tactics, and it's overall just much more intense. If you like more intense, you'll probably like paintball more. If you like "hey guys, wouldn't this be fun real quick?" you'll probably like laser tag more. Laser tag is a game. Paintball is a sport. That's probably the best way I can put it.



Anon	Oct 21 2008, 04:13 PM Post #3
Nublet Posts: 5 Group: Newbies Member #12 Joined: Sep 29, 2008	very interesting, i guess it just depends on your mood, or in my case my spare cash, i'll be going for laser



Pyrorose	Mar 5 2009, 11:05 PM Post #4
The rawr-er Posts: 33 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: Mar 5, 2009 XBL Gamertag PyrooftheShadow Steam ID Pyrorose	Personally, I like paintball better because I've done it before and it's real-time action. And you also know exactly when you've been hit and where, as oppose to, and forgive me if I'm wrong, only knowing by a beep that emits when the laser detects a hit. Although on another note, I guess laser tag would be better in the fact of you could go to a community park or something and do it, as opposed to paintball where it's way too messy for that. Overall, I like airsoft/BB guns the best, because they have the modding and customization possibilities of paintball guns, much more affordable than paintball, and also have the ability to be used in residential areas, say, shooting your neighbors like I do. Although you don't want to make a habit of that xD



Chaos	Mar 5 2009, 11:30 PM Post #5
Master of the Chaotic Method Posts: 240 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Apr 1, 2008 Steam ID Katanoki	Yeah, airsoft's definitely more affordable, but a lot of people dislike it because it doesn't hurt as much as paintball does. Which is kind of idiotic, but that's the macho "Lol my sport's more manly" argument they use these days.



Pyrorose	Mar 6 2009, 07:37 PM Post #6
The rawr-er Posts: 33 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: Mar 5, 2009 XBL Gamertag PyrooftheShadow Steam ID Pyrorose	Yeah, but on that note, I beg to differ. Depending on what gun you use from either sport, airsoft can hurt more or less. For instance, I went paintballing once for a friend's birthday, got hit many times and barely felt it, even when at close range. Either one of the airsoft guns I have would leave quite a sting behind in the same situations. But when we went against the people with the semi-auto suped-up paintball guns, they hurt like hell. So it's a matter of what gun you have really xD Basically, for the price you'd pay on a paintball gun, you could get an airsoft gun that hurt a hell of a lot more, is what I'm trying to say. But if you have the money to go all out with paintball, then that'd hurt more obviously, and leave your mark behind. Edited by Pyrorose, Mar 6 2009, 07:39 PM.



Chaos	Mar 6 2009, 10:21 PM Post #7
Master of the Chaotic Method Posts: 240 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Apr 1, 2008 Steam ID Katanoki	Yeah, CO2 especially can be really fucking painful. My friend started bleeding when he got hit in the neck from pretty far away a couple weeks back.



Pyrorose	Mar 7 2009, 11:45 AM Post #8
The rawr-er Posts: 33 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: Mar 5, 2009 XBL Gamertag PyrooftheShadow Steam ID Pyrorose	Yeah Ouch, that really sucks >.< And that's why I don't like CO2, extremely over-powered for ordinary use, or much of any use in my opinion.



Chaos	Mar 7 2009, 10:19 PM Post #9
Master of the Chaotic Method Posts: 240 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Apr 1, 2008 Steam ID Katanoki	Yeeeeeah... With the exception of sniper rifles, there's no reason for that kind of power.



Windex	Mar 7 2009, 10:38 PM Post #10
Hans Mo Man! Posts: 10 Group: Members Member #24 Joined: Mar 6, 2009 XBL Gamertag Windexinator Steam ID Windexdjd	You can play laser tag with my laser... Muhahahaa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-jFbMLtTgU



Pyrorose	Mar 8 2009, 02:33 PM Post #11
The rawr-er Posts: 33 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: Mar 5, 2009 XBL Gamertag PyrooftheShadow Steam ID Pyrorose	Yeah, those too lol Especially since in airsofting, or at least the kind of airsofting I do, you don't get the chance to sit down and snipe people. It's constant, in-your-face fighting.



Twiglet	Mar 14 2009, 12:23 PM Post #12
How Much I Care Level: Posts: 7 Group: Newbies Member #23 Joined: Mar 5, 2009 XBL Gamertag ProTwiglet Steam ID ProTwiglet	Airsoft.



Pyrorose	Mar 14 2009, 09:13 PM Post #13
The rawr-er Posts: 33 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: Mar 5, 2009 XBL Gamertag PyrooftheShadow Steam ID Pyrorose	YES!



Chaos	Mar 14 2009, 11:07 PM Post #14
Master of the Chaotic Method Posts: 240 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Apr 1, 2008 Steam ID Katanoki	Stop one word posting. - Two users warned.



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