Airsoft freaks discuss Paintball

When you want to explain what Airsoft is to someone who never heard of it, the easiest way is to compare it with paintball. But do Paintball and Airsoft have so much in common? With the help of Jeppe, one of our employees and former Paintball player, we tried to figure that out.

[@airsoft-explained-novritsch]

What's the one thing that you like the most about Airsoft and/or Paintball?

[@studioperfectanimation5559]

The pain... 🤣

[@fredddz2449]

The adrenalin

[@aanngel5012]

YOU

[@marcusquiroa7653]

Paintball is fun cause it hurts less and you don’t need much armor plus less injuries and light weight. Airsoft is realistic and is fun just because you get the thrill of being in a shoot out and what ever stuff like that.

[@stoneykeviin4185]

I love Airsoft because of its Realism

[@lexlex3694]

No mugs but a predator computer :)

[@Amy-ny7dc]

Priorities

[@blomproductions]

You need to pic if you dont have a lot of money Laptop for about 650+ dollars or mugs about 3+ dollars

[@squidwardo7074]

predator is trash anyway

[@aesthetical5196]

dumpster fire better than ur pc 🤭

[@kilist174]

dumpster fire yeah the best PCs in the world trash wow you really need to think before you say something.

[@fredddz2449]

I like the plant Vote plant for president

[@mattfuel1365]

lol xd

[@skywolfusa8292]

😂😂😂

[@aquarius5264]

why is this the top comment

[@Average_sr71_fan]

I agree

[@glazpeekedjfk9039]

Let's make the garden great again!

[@TwigPB]

"paintball is running and shooting and getting close" Thehiddenhedgehog: Am i a joke to you?

[@weirdlyelectric7332]

he is to them bc he plays pb lol

[@TwigPB]

@@weirdlyelectric7332 ?

[@garrett42069]

I played paintball for 3 years and Airsoft for 2 years and I’ll never go back to paintball but I still get told I play like a paintball player.

[@austinholmes4417]

Paintball looks fun but Airsoft is just better for me. Great show.

[@hero-wj5kk]

Yea weakling you aren’t tough enough to play paintball

[@austinholmes4417]

@@hero-wj5kk , I want to try it never played

[@hero-wj5kk]

Well then play it’s more fun more interesting because there is no cheaters campers or anybody you could get annoyed with

[@SpaceDevil2006]

09hero99 I’ve played it once didn’t really like it because it hurt when I got hit(I’m pretty skinny) but I agree that there are no cheaters.

[@hero-wj5kk]

Mr.Illusion it hurt but that is the fun part about it

[@c.church5661]

I started with paintball, (just backyard stuff) Then moved into airsoft. (Full time skirmish player) I always tell my airsoft friends that when you look at the two, Paintball is more fun to play and gets your adrenaline pumping much higher; while Airsoft is more tactical and affordable. I also believe that the speedball play style can dominate most play styles in airsoft. I'll always choose airsoft over paintball, but I'll never underestimate or hate on paintball.

[@MDR_Nixiam]

You said paintball Is more fun but that is an opinion not a precise fact

[@squidwardo7074]

how is airsoft more affordable? in paintball you buy a gun for $100 some paint and a mask and that's it, in airsoft you buy a $100 gun $50 rig/belt a mask bb's magazines and other gear

[@gasmaskgaming7550]

dumpster fire in paintball its the same thing

[@talal1016]

dumpster fire 10$ can get get you thousands of ammunition in airsoft

[@sklemmi]

In this video we just saw the different between airsoft and speedball. But in paintball we have magfed wich is much better to compare with airsoft. There we have markers with magazine, we have misions and have to play tactical close to airsoft.

[@soyasause4930]

Why didn't they use woodsball to compare

[@splash4934]

Yas to both

[@claytonlachance4920]

Should have mentioned both but really that’s a pretty pointless thing to compare. Speedball is way more mainstream too. To the point where colleges have teams

[@antthunder3898]

Isn’t speedball when you mix cocaine and heroin like wtf

[@gasmaskgaming7550]

airsoft just cooler bro more realistic

[@RangersDisavored]

they almost complety ignore the fact there are speedqb termanents and speedsofters haha. and the fact there are paintball games like normal airsoft games!

[@Flipflop333]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing lmfao

[@squidwardo7074]

yeah not everything is super tryhard

[@gasmaskgaming7550]

yeah but airsoft style paintball games are not as cool

[@griffinfisher1251]

There is also woods ball, it’s like an air soft field. Also he didn’t aim right. What you do with an electric marker is you turn your gun to the side and look down the barrel.

[@liamfr7918]

Yeah that's what I started out playing then I moved into speed ball

[@jamesandkendraholmes4608]

And dude, you gave a shout out to a paintball sniper a few years back....hidden hedgehog..... he doesn't play speedball

[@FrédéricGodbout9719]

James and Kendra Holmes why the “and” at the beginning

[@jamesandkendraholmes4608]

@@FrédéricGodbout9719 auto correct........

[@chelo4197]

@@jamesandkendraholmes4608 I'm pretty sure he's been active recently, before quarintine

[@chelo4197]

@@jamesandkendraholmes4608 yeah, hidden hedgehog has been active recently, so idk what you're on

[@uravggmr0319]

Novritsch is such a chill dude. I’d love to play a game with him

[@tophe922]

I play both paintball and airsoft. My advice is try both and see what fits your playing style

[@lionkiller-qn4lf]

I like airsoft more cause u have more gun options and I love snipping and they dont have those in paintball

[@extec101]

paintball do have snipers now days more then before thanks to first strike rounds that is more accurate and flying further than regular round balls.

[@MBFly25]

And sniping with First Strike rounds is way more harder and you need way more practice and training than sniping with an airsoft gun where are you have the hopper adjustment system which helps you.

[@extec101]

@@MBFly25 im taking your word for it that airsoft sniping is easyer since i dont got that experience first hand.

[@720qpb5]

incorrct

[@peaks9441]

Paradox PB it’s not a question it’s an opinion genius

[@banshee107]

Bought a First Stike T15 with first strike rounds. Super happy with my purchase especially compared to round ball. Just wish there was competitors to drive the FS ammo $$ down. I’m a fan of Airsoft but never actually played

[@spilnter]

I am a former paintball player I tried to sell my paintball gear earlier this year over $300 dollars worth of equipment I couldn’t even get $50 dollars due to the fact where I am in the United States paintball is effectively a dead sport

[@petederksen9300]

matt hamm not ware I am

[@jokerman9623]

Idk i have to drive an hour to go airsoft but paintball is just 15 min from where I am.

[@stoneykeviin4185]

It would be nice If you made a video with The hidden hedgehog

[@tommytuomaala9087]

Yes batle royal! ARSOFT VS PAINTBALL

[@tommytuomaala9087]

@@goldenboy5693 play on eatchoters terms. Hog plats with airsofters and Novi with paintball ers.

[@blax140]

i think hedgehog would destroy novritsch

[@tewtadle268]

He has featured him

[@funkinpunisher]

Blax I’ve recently watched a bunch of videos from both parties and I have to disagree. Novritsch has military experience with sharpshooting. I think each player would defeat the other in their respective game. BUT I think Novritsch would beat Hedgehog way worse in airsoft than Hedgehog would to Novritsch in paintball

[@mvpjordan7584]

There’s magfed paintball too... and more people know what paintball is, meaning there’s more fields

[@thesilentgamer2074]

More fields that usually end up getting shut down cause they losing business I used to play paintball myself during my time playing was fun and I even got to the point of buying a magfed marker but still wasn't what I wanted expected or what I was looking for and got my first G&G M4 and most paintball players I meet are high on themselves and self centered and have yet to meet someone like that in airsoft I'm sure there probably is but paintball definitely has more of them and arrogant people too and everyone know arrogance never gets you anywhere

[@pbwrath6156]

Magfed paintball is great

[@gasmaskgaming7550]

sure bout dat

[@montagegames2561]

In paintball there is also magfed witch is literally airsoft just with paintballs

[@jaytac068]

well, that just triggers me when they compare speedball vs airsoft :D... compare magfed vs airsoft cause we don't have pussies with 300bb's in one mag :D

[@gasmaskgaming7550]

airsoft is still cooler because we don’t have big ass tanks

[@jaytac068]

Wally the walnut leaf yea but it sounds like sewing competition on Sri Lanka lol

[@CeSuDuCovers]

@@gasmaskgaming7550 Air Stock

[@tommytuomaala9087]

Literally! Magfed paintball is clean as mags cant handel paint so they make airsoft pellets out of paint. It never brakes.

[@daliborhovorka6285]

I love magfed paintball. It's more realistic than speedball. And you must be careful when you shoot because you have only 20 balls in magazine. It's true that airsoft have more realistic weapons but magfed guns in paintball are very close to airsoft. For example Tiberius T15

[@extec101]

got the exact same thinking as you magfed is fun and ther is limited amount of shoots in each magazine and need more planing not to run out of ammo in midle of a fight as to airsoft that got "cheater" hi cap mags with almost unlimited capacity of shoots for most of ther guns. sure paintball got boxloaders and hoppers that can compare to hi cap mags but in paintball "limited paint" and magfed start to take on real hard and for woodsball magfed fit as good as airsoft for the tactical military feel in the game.

[@talmagecleverly7718]

I'll play anything that lets me shoot my friends without getting arrested. I get a bigger adrenaline rush from paintball but play more airsoft these days since it's cheaper. After 20+ years of paintball and 4+ of airsoft, I've noticed that those coming from paintball backgrounds to airsoft generally have higher individual gunfighting skills, speed, and aggression levels than the other way around.

[@peterpasternak1721]

There is more to paintball then speedball there are airsoft style fields with building and people play outdoors in forests. They do have airsoft style guns for paintball

[@julian23561]

Real action markers?

[@splash4934]

It’s called magfed

[@kroniix_paintball4789]

Splash i love magfed, just getting into speedball

[@punker8716]

Im in australia, where you need a gun licence and be in a paintball club before youre even allowed to own a paintball marker.

[@martinrosendahl9134]

Novy's hitting the nail on the head in the last conclusion... "... is a sniper rifle really accurate? no! Is a tri-shot shotgun effective on the field? no! But people still do it because it's fun..." .. so true. Some airsofters is a bit paint-ball in their attitude and style - like speedballers... but 90% of us is only there to have fun pretending we're soldiers. It's adults & kids playing war together.. beautiful What I like best about airsoft is : all of it... the gameplay, the realism in gun designs, the nerdism about tuning and upgrading, the mil-sim aspects, the gear, the videos, the cool people you meet, the exercise - it has got everything a hobby needs... I'm even one of the lucky few to have a job in a airsoft store. So I can live off my hobby as well... life is great. Thanks for a different but educational video... gotta know your enemy ;-)

[@abrr2000]

this was interesting. Paintball is more sport oriented, airsoft is more recreation oriented. and that makes a everything make so much more sense.

[@DieFruchtigemango]

The Plant is beautiful

[@PYROTOAD]

I’m honestly tired of people say airsoft is cheaper than paintball because it’s really not. But if you want GOOD airsoft equipment that’s gonna last and work well then they are about the same. Another thing is paintball has WAY less salty people because it’s Easier to tell if someone’s been hit and to call their hits.

[@charlieburke3207]

Hey, novritch without you I would never have started playing airsoft with my dad! Thank you

[@Astris86]

I just found this video now, and although i agree with some of the points here.. .. YOU ARE WRONG, “the field’s are smaller........” LOOK UP PRZ PAINTBALL its like 5 square miles of all field, and a full 3 story building complex. Rentals SUCK never use those when you compare it to your custom modded guns. Lastly speedball is only a small part of it, tourniments are cool yes, but most paintball is small events where you go and have fun with friends. The videos you saw are PROFESSIONAL players not casual. Casual is way more fun and in some ways airsoft and paintball are like the same thing. I am a paintball player and i use a magfed gun that is way more accurate and way cooler than those markers they were using. Just look up prz paintball events and you will see what i mean

[@tylerwilson4450]

PRZ is fantastic. Just had a few friends finish up at Narcos last weekend. I also think they just left out the most hardcore and competitive option in airsoft. True SpeedQB, like a hardcore day at Siege airsoft.

[@720qpb5]

as former airsoft player and now a paintball player something that you guys don’t know about is ramping. most guns are electric and have settings where you pull the trigger a set amount of times per second and sustain that amount of pulls per second and it will shoot faster. example : shoot the gun 3 times a second and it will shoot 10.5 balls per second

[@skagenn66]

I started playing paintball back in the 90s and it was recreational paintball. Pretty much where airsoft is now. We used to have snipers with ghillie suits pump guns that were pretty accurate. As I got better I was asked to be in a tournament team. It was a very different way of playing. Super fast and team driven. We used to scrimmage with some very well known teams who are still around now like team dinasty and Ironman. These teams make an amazing amount of money and fully sponsored. They are pro players that play all around the world. People still play recreational paintball(recball) which can be cheaper then tournament. There are many types of guns in paintball depending on what kind of player you want to be. I loved playing paintball because you hear the paint wizzing by you and you get to see when you light someone up. But now that I am older and have a son interested in playing, I’m thinking of trying airsoft out. I’ve been to a few fields here in California and the airsoft crowd reminds me of paintball back in the 90s. Not a bad thing. Hope this helps out. One thing, what’s a good gun to start off with?

[@austinholmes4417]

How about the new GEL-BALL vs AIRSOFT ?

[@kspoop]

Austin Holmes hi bro gel is shitty but they are nearly the same but the performance is shit due to the gells

[@Fenrir_Aus]

As an Australian all we can have is gel blasters and it's been so much fun but would love to have air soft here if only our government stop being soft cocks :P

[@danielcook8035]

Austin Holmes I’ve recently gotten into gelsoft and I’ve been loving it, it’s so much fun however you can get nowhere near the performance you would get with a airsoft gun due to the fact that for 1 we can’t use co2 and 2 if it was too powerful the gels would just break in the barrel. Would love to play airsoft but gelsoft is a good alternative

[@kspoop]

Daniel cook bro the gells have lots of defections

[@kspoop]

Shannon G in my country any gun is illegal even nerf

[@dylansmeets5379]

3:50 I say exactly the same 🤦‍♂️🤣

[@carabinecobra7621]

True😂😂😂

[@nicod.5232]

I really like the idea of this video and that you discuss about the two similar sports/hobbys, BUT there are also many paintball players which play on fields that are similar to your Airsoft fields. I dont like the competetive side of paintball, but i enjoy the play in the forest and the urban areas with my M4 looking marker and my red Dot at the Top. And I'm playing Magfed, too so it's even more similar to Airsoft I think.. But as I mentioned I really like the discussion.

[@Freedm762]

magfed paintballs looks great, i prefered that rather than the hopperfed versions, are there any recommendation on brands for magfed paintballs? just when if friends invited me to play paintballs

[@aaronlawson2006]

As a guy who played a lot of sports in high school track, cross country, football, trap shooting, and even a bit of competitive and casual paintball I always loved paintball for the fact that it was a lot like the other sports I played in that we ran plays we had positions that we played and it was like playing other sports but now as an adult I play airsoft almost exclusively and as captain of a milsim team I bring a lot of experience from paintball among other sports and it definetly did allow me to bring this sort of new playstyle ive taken on the best team in our state with a turnout of 4 of my guys and some rental players against what was literally the best players in the area both in gear and skill. I noticed that every player on the enemy team played as individuals and knowing strenght and weaknesses of my own team I used about 3 rental players where I would put one advanced airsofter and they actually where able to hold down albiet fortified positions that where vital to our strategy and they allowed us to make plays knowing we wouldnt get flanked and in that area it was a bit of a paintball strategy the result was the enemy team moving on our rental players backed up by one of my men and myself with my other two guys who showed up that day running an absolutely disgusting flanking manuever which wiped almost all of them. Between the tactics and movement training my guys and i recieved in the army and my sports and leadership experience with what my men can bring to the table weve been one of the only teams ive ever seen play with that level of teamwork and it does in fact seem to be incredibly effective against the best players when they dont work together as a unit

[@user-dt4sr8yl2r]

Airsoft has speedsoft which is essentially the same playstyle as paintball, much more versatile as a sport :)

[@Nardz024]

More versatile?..That's not true...Paintball has woodsball, scenario, and magfed too ... As far as being a sport goes, airsoft will never compare to paintball because paintball has a reactive projectile and airsoft does not.

[@jaysonsmith9971]

Love this video guys. I have played paintball on so many occasions in so many serarios. But if i had to choose I would play airsoft, as I sold it when it was still legal, and found the sport suited my play style but mostly my budget. But if you believe what my Federal Government says about Airsoft, is that it is 90% a pre built firearm, that with a simple modification can be made 100% lethal, and this is why they need to stay banned in Australia. In my state of Western Australia, the law state that if it looks like a fire arm, it is a fire arm. So Gelsoft and Airsoft are also illegal, though there are element of the government challenging the law. Paintball is totally legal if you have a fire arms license, or play at a registered field. Paintball according to my stare government says that paint ball is a safer sport than Airsoft or Gelsoft because of the Paintball, saying that Airsoft can cause because it can penetrative capabilities. Saying crazy things like, people die playing airsoft from being shot... We need your help to dispell this myths of Airsoft. Please help as we are wanting this sport in Australia!

[@johnadam4117]

They are both fun hobbies adding their own unique forms of game play, tactics, and fun. I'm an airsofter that has played just some pick up games of paintball and I can see why you could like both. I personally like airsoft better because of the bigger fields/ number of players you can have per team. But I can see the perk of going to a paint ball game with your 5 to 10 friends and having enough for a team or 2. Hope they can grow together and share communities so both can prosper.

[@gibl3120]

Why does Novritsch have a AEG enginer? New gun?

[@j_d_gamer2091]

Here’s to hoping for a Novritsch AUG

[@sirhoschi]

paintball is like counter-strike (competition oriented, clan-war), airsoft like arma (public-gaming)

[@wunmike3297]

Good comparison.

[@Freedm762]

depends, paintball have speedball and woodsball just like airsoft have the normal airsoft fields, milsim and speedqb, so all i see is the same style of sport but with different rules and guns

[@chickenwing_3230]

Perfect comparison 👍

[@MinZilla]

I don't really think so

[@gabby6993]

Dude airsoft and paintball is literally THESAME the differences are just minor and the guns are different

[@FakeRussianDude]

I feel like paintball is built for fun and entertainment. Airsoft is the same, but it's aimed for a more military/tactical and reinactment experience. There is more than just MilSims with airsoft though. Both are great, I just haven't tried paintball myself. Went with airsoft first. Great vid!

[@LadiiChiller]

I play both paintball and airsoft. I like paintball more. There's a lot more fields where I live to play at. Most of the time for airsoft, I get the cops called on me.

[@justinworkman5482]

Pro tip. Play airsoft at a field.

[@ieuandavies7004]

I prefer paintball mainly because I'm on minimum wage and the one around the corner for me only costs £4 when airsoft costs £40 (both with equipment hire)

[@SidewinderPB]

I know I'm abit late on saying this. Funny side is that they talk about only the Speedball area of paintball, paintball haves woodsball, and also Magfed only games. With the hold thing of no "campers" in paintball, there are rounds called First strike rounds, these rounds make a magfed marker a sniper in a layout.

[@Nebnub]

400 is quite a lot just to get into airsoft, a 150$ aeg and 100$ worth of equipment will do you fine.

[@L1NKU5]

I would love to see that last clip, is it on youtube anywhere? :O

[@shreypatel2920]

The guy who plays with a 3 shot shotgun and goes to have fun... I feel very very called out

[@franzst.664]

Nice video, thanks guys. Could you cover "Speedsoft"/"SpeedQB"? I think it combines the best of both worlds. Personally, I enjoy airsoft but don't like the mock-up military aspect. Also, especially in Germany, I feel that the more "sporty" look of SpeedQB/Paintball would help grow the community with all the regulation.

[@thehurricaneplanet7379]

As far as the states, a majority don’t even play speedball, it’s all woodsball, which is tactical paintball in the woods and in buildings where snipers can be effective

[@cuttlefish8184]

I think that if a paintball player went to play cqb or just any airsoft they would struggle with a few things. 1. The fact that you can get more range because of hop and hopping bbs correctly, and realizing that more people can hit you from farther away. 2. The fact that the rof on a good aeg would probably limit their ability of a fast trigger finger simply because the tech isn't able to keep up.

[@Unsettlingarts]

I like airsoft/paintball because it helps simulate fire arms combat. I prefer paintball slightly over airsoft because I can have my paintball markers set up for home defense. So my set up for airsoft is an m4 aeg and, hopefully I can get a polar star in it and, a gbb 1911. Though the weight of my gbb pistol is considerably less than my firearm, I like the familiar feel in a game. My tipx however has the same rounds in the magazine as I load in my firearm. Even though I'm probably never going to use firststrike rounds, my tipx can load and fire them. I'm planning on getting a tmc to continue with the familiar m4 platform in mag fed paintball and again, in the event of home invasion, pepper balls are a good deterrent before the real steel.

[@112mindfreak]

Why did you delete the moving to China video?

[@teamliquify6614]

Tbh I’ve watched every vid on all your channels but all the guns merch gear and accessories only thing bad for me is the price of the ssg24 and tubing kits when they were out I bought the ssg24 for $850 bucks because I live in America and now it’s $435 I should have waited but the ssp1 I the best pistol I’ve ever used

[@FluffyVesper]

For me it is all up to my location. I live 10 minutes form a paintball field, but the nearest airsoft field is about 4 hours away.

[@kevincator8075]

I’ve played paintball before and I switch to Airsoft simple because you get more realistic guns and the game play I enjoy more you can play different games like hostage

[@blax140]

you do know there is magfed guns there look the exact same as airsoft speedball has the guns that dont look like guns and you can play hostage and different game modes in paintball like ctf deathmatch last team standing vip hostage

[@superalvin7208]

Blax magfed paintball is pretty niche, at least in my country. Extremely hard to find enough players to get it going compared to airsoft or normal paintball

[@RAGINGSQUID123]

Just a queation for jeppe, no companys mentioned, huddersfield, do i recognise you?

[@benni7155]

I (Paintball Player) played both airsoft and paintball and the only reason why im sticking to paintball is because you can bring in so much personality, like for example with your setup and stuff. and another big reason why i like paintball more is because you just need to be fitter if you are playing on a high level. and in airsoft there are way to much grown up men that think they are something special only because they have a certain badge on their shoulder

[@dav1dh0ff]

I used to play paintball a lot, but stopped a few years ago due to expense and a lot of my friends quitting. I got into airsoft last year as a lower cost alternative. It's fun, but different. Tournament style paintball seems a lot more like cqb airsoft. The atmosphere is often more sporty, less warzone. There is a whole other side to paintball too, often referred to as woodsball that is a lot more like outdoor airsoft is often played. Sometimes airsoft players or woodsball paintball players seem too intense. It's a game, not a real war. On a different note, think it's interesting that paintball guns are optimized for playing paintball, but airsoft guns aren't optimized for playing airsoft. They are almost always trying to at least look like a real gun, if not function like one. I've never seen a lightweight, low-profile, airsoft gun that is designed solely to put bbs downrange as quickly and accurately as possible.

[@jjxman9988]

I’ve tried both. I personally prefer Airsoft because it is more tactical and there are a variety of guns/types of guns and play styles plus the guns are more accurate and hurt less

[@jamesd2712]

just in case you guys were wondering, at 10:58 the Eiffel Tower legally has to be blurred, because of copyright laws

[@jamesd2712]

just at night

[@Ocer.]

"If you have a lighter and.. something you can do everything"

[@jimtomav20]

I think the difference is that airsoft is a game and paintball is a sport. In arisoft its mostly just about having fun and there is a large roleplay/cosplay element; I always hear the joke that airsoft is 90% cosplay. Paintball on the other hand is very much a sport, with the teams all wearing pretty much the same kit and playing in similar size and shaped areas. Paintball also seems to completely disconnect itself as much as possible from real guns and culture, for example, the paintball "guns" are typically referred to as "paintball markers" rather than the former.

[@justinworkman5482]

Most of that cosplay is how you are carring your kit. Lol. So its more tactical than cosplay, which is just for show.

[@jimtomav20]

@@justinworkman5482. It is a joke. But unless your at a milsim, all you need is room for a few mags, or nothing if you run hi-caps or drums.

[@ceasze5072]

As someone who’s only played paintball twice, yet the first time was a 1v1 when I was really young and the second being rather recent, and have never played airsoft, I’d say that airsoft is more to simulate real life or a more tactical experience, hence milsim, while paintball is more for the fun of shooting others, having fun with friends and stuff. As I said, I have no hands on experience so I might be wrong about somethings

[@iksdehxd7860]

Jo that last vid was just pure skill

[@georgkarrasch4560]

J Rabakov killed it

[@Shodakan0329]

I started off in paintball with a $1200 gun and got bored very quickly. As soon as I learned what Airsoft Milsim was I left PB for good. I have way more fun playing airsoft then I ever did playing PB

[@skyknightu]

the fact that airsoft dry shooting can transition to real guns is pretty fucking awesome. so a big big thumbs up for airsoft! love airsoft.

[@natf5869]

Awesome video. As someone who has changed from paintball to airsoft I love the reality of airsoft and the diversity of the weapons.

[@fxckitzghxst666]

First of all you only talked about the tournament side of paintball there’s a lot of different styles of paintball I have been playing paintball for nearly 2 years

[@blax140]

i feel bad for the airsofters that dont know what magfed paintball is and only play airsoft because the guns are more realistic and there is different game modes for paintball not just shoot each other

[@BigG344]

Paintball requires SO much more skill and athleticism. I've been playing tournament paintball for years and it's absolutely much more challenging and physically demanding. I'm not knocking airspft as it's a blast and more "combat realistic." As far as the guns being precise, tournament players typically have guns that are top tier, my whole set up cost me over $2100 and it shoots laser beams.

[@brunorosa1359]

This is like comparing american football with rugby. Two identical sports but diferent.

[@news2383]

my biggest problem is the injuries I see from airsoft. no one gets a chipped tooth or a bb stuck in there finger from paintball. both can easily be avoided by using a paintball mask and wearing gloves in airsoft but for some reason a lot of people just don't. other than that I do like airsoft more.

[@cuttlefish8184]

He is totally right (400 eu is about 435 in us) I got all my starter equipment for almost exactly $400 for airsoft.

[@aidancarlos5844]

I have a paintball magfed gun that is just as accurate as most airsoft guns

[@MinZilla]

Do you guys have hopup in paintball? because that's probably one of the things that makes airsoft more precise on longer ranges

[@DextersPBLab]

@@MinZilla no, we do have finned paintballs though

[@MinZilla]

@@DextersPBLab That sounds cool

[@user-dt4sr8yl2r]

400? Im starting with half that and safe to say I'm making no compromises 😕

[@rockinmranch6895]

Im 49 years old and played paintball for 5 years in the 90’s and once I discovered airsoft I have played airsoft ever since. Airsoft is a immersive hobby. Paintball is a sport. I gave a review of both on my FB page Mountain Airsoft. I like the immersive reenacting experience of airsoft personally. And I hate gooey paint.

[@Nightingale-eq6fg]

Compare bushball (Milsim paintball) next

[@PAINtballingxghillie]

I’ve played now for 10 years and I’ve never heard or seen anyone using your method of aiming a paintball gun, magfed guns use optics and tournament markers can be aimed by following the last ball and looking along the barrel (not having eyes in the middle of the barrel) Magfed has come a long way it’s moving in the same direction as airsoft. Using smaller calibre paintballs for pistols means they look very realistic to military handguns, I’d even go as far to say magfed paintball has been taking inspiration from airsoft. I love airsoft videos but I stopped playing after a couple of visits due to cheaters. Way to common for people to not call their hits, that’s why I chose to stay paintball because if your hit it hurts and you don’t to get hit again. It’s that fear that stops people just rushing you, it hurts! It gets people’s heads down. There’s a fear about paintball that adds a tactical prescience. It’s coming more common now that airsoft feild and paintball fields are using the same grounds to play.

[@rctankchannelone7558]

Look at mag fed paintball 👍

[@GrendelPrime79]

I haven't played airsoft yet what I like about both sports is that its people getting outside, playing hard and having fun. There is alot more in common than is different. Side note: for the purposes of getting newer/young players I have found it easier to convince parents to have their kids play with paintball guns rather than having them use paintball guns that are 'mil-sim'. Most of the airsoft videos I have seen show adults and rarely kids. Do you think is easier to transition from Nerf guns to paintball rather than to airsoft?

[@stevengibson2251]

I don't play either... yet. Still deciding on which one to sink money into. I would have one question; would it be possible, or why not make your Airsoft pellets like micro paint balls so the splat and leave a hit trace when you hit you enemy. Looks like the added pellet weight would allow for better flight characteristics and cut way down on the cheaters. If you could invent and patent a micro paint ball that shoots through the same Airsoft weapons that you now use you could be a millionaire overnight.

[@Filip-bk9it]

So it´s impossible to have a ghillesuit in paintball even in woodsball woah i did not know that

[@chipssdubbo]

hopefully thats sarcasm

[@turrtlemann3839]

Well, there's a different format of paintball called "woods ball", which in a way can sometimes be like an air soft field, and personally I prefer woods ball over speed ball because it's less of a run an gun mindset and more of a tactical strategy based mindset. Also one way you can have fun in paintball like you would in air soft like in this video is mentioned running a three shot shotgun, is having two co.2 powered pistols with 20 round magazines and run around barrel tapping or the paintball form of melee, also running a pump based gun with grenades is fun.

[@toxicparasite3031]

I think this video could point out my choice to play paintball competetively and airsoft for regular times. But i just own 2 airsofts and no paintball markers (i am a student and can't afford a pneumatic) because i know some persons who own a lot so that they can borrow some. I wondered how well playing airsoft in cqb very much helped for paintball but shooting without sights was really hard to implement.

[@djwoolnough5120]

1000 paintballs cost me 80 pound 3300 bbs cost me 16 enough said for me

[@EJ0107]

What are your guys thoughts about SpeedQB?

[@danielsvids7325]

It ruined airsoft. Fire hoses spraying and praying 3k+ round drum mags. No fun or strategy :(

[@MinZilla]

@@danielsvids7325 I believe Speedqb is semi only tho. It's more tactical while milsim is more strategic

[@danielsvids7325]

@@MinZilla It is semi only but its basically full auto with how fast they can shoot.

[@creamherinabeamer3807]

DanielsVids speedqb only allows mid cap. speedqb is a tournament game you’re thinking about speedsoft which is a play style

[@EJ0107]

Yea SpeedQB only use Mid Caps and Semi Auto only

[@yoboi_primeyt8687]

The only difference between Airsoft and paintball is the ammo and one has a hopper most of the time you can also play mag fed paintball and if you’d rather be a camp go play rec woods ball

[@VuVuNc]

What I love about paintball as a whole is that it’s a more pragmatic sport than airsoft. With the rise of speedqb I see this mentality being transfer to airsoft. I always felt that HPA platform are more reliable and easier to maintain and tune than any AEG or GBB using green gas or CO2. Even in terms of conception I feel paintball manufacturer are always aiming at pure performance and easy of use than airsoft companies. Having something lightweight but sturdy and not have to break your bank to get a marker for instance. You can get really good marker nowadays, for speed and for magfed too and not having to pay thousands of dollars in equipments. At the other end the paintball community as a whole is just great. From DIY custom made paintball mods shared for everyone to BIG GAME events that assemble speedball community and woodsball (including magfed) for a blast ! Yeah paintball is just more entertaining to me. To finish I will quote one of my favorite streamer. Paintball is about SPEED ! VIOLENCE ! MOMENTUM !

[@mamooh.8132]

They don't think of speedsoft which is so much fun.

[@tylerm124]

You very much forgot to mention the pretty large milsim aspect to paintball now. And you didn't mention that airsoft has a growing world known as speed soft. And speedsoft is essentially the same as speedball paintball. And the difference in the cost of paint vs cost of bb's is eaten up in plate carriers, helmets, camos, radios, gun attachments like optics, grips, batteries, suppressors, and other things. I enjoy to play them both.

[@kaoticdesignz84]

The two sport are not that different when you compare. Yes ammo and markers can be different. Paintball is cut between mil-sim/scenario and speed ball/tournament style. The sport form of it is being shown but the more scenario style game are similar to air-soft but i do like some of the unique games you can do with air soft. Also paintball does have mag fed system and you can get a wide range of CQB, Sniper/DMR or heavy gunner type markers. This show cased one side of a border sport.

[@raevin125]

The transition from playing paintball to playing airsoft is easier than transitioning from airsoft to paintball.

[@GoldWave816]

I used to play paintball but I switched to Airsoft because I live close to Balahack and Airsoft is cheaper. But I will say that playing Airsoft with a paintball mentality will make you a goat on the field. Which is basically just a speedsofter.

[@joecai9618]

I used live in China, and I instantly noticed the bottle in the back

[@masonmax1000]

Ive played paintball like 3 times and loved it going to switch to air soft next weekend.

[@georgkarrasch4560]

Nice Video. and nice discussion about it.. i play tournament paintball for 14 years now. i love to compete with other players and teams and everything beside the field.. friendships you make and so on.. i guess its quite the same in airsoft. in my opinion the big difference between airsoft and tournament paintball is that if you want to perform good as a team you have to do lot of practice and when it comes to competition hmm well we play 5 on 5 and a team has got more than 5 members.. so the 5 players who performed the best in practice will play as starting 5 in tournament.. so there s many pressure on every player in the team to perform as good as possible so that you ll get your gametime in tournament. so it needs a lot of passion, money, time to keep in shape. in airsoft its not about to promote into the next division or a place on the podeum.. so i do both now.. still play paintball and for fun i started to play airsoft. i dont think that one hobby is better than the other.. its different and both makes tons of fun.. and thats what its all about.. isn t it ?!

[@brokekid5048]

Imagine for 7 years you have been holding and aiming a paintball gun WRONG

[@CharlieJesper]

I heard a lot of talk about paintball being fast pace and just running and snap shooting everywhere you go, that they can do that. But speed soft is that aswell, you still get the option to use any gun you want, while still playing super fast place. Please don't give me hate for this, just saying.

[@andrigudmundsson9989]

Paintball cost 10 dollars for 500 paintballs plus filling tanks plus entry fee with your own gun airsoft entry fee that’s it

[@Famoustoast]

Paintball started off in the woods and now speedball is we’re it’s at now. Airsoft is now starting to be like speedball in some parts of the US and recently UK called speedQB