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You wanted opinion, the opinion is that you're trolling by first post asking about paintball kit and what the airsoft world thinks of it. If you read carefully, I said that if I posted paintball look-a-like airsoft guns in a paintball forum that I felt nobody would care.
In my opinion, your finned ammo adds more fuel the argument that paintball is all about how much money you put into your marker and paint and there is a much larger disparity in quality of gear than there is in airsoft. It also says to me that despite what people say about cost, paintball is probably going to cost far more than airsoft in the long run, one more reason to prefer airsoft.
In my opinion it's very interesting that paintball markers are moving to a somewhat more realistic gun look. I think they're trying to appeal to players interested in more GEAR "realism", an area in which I feel airsoft is the much stronger game.
You'll find less than ideal players in either sport no argument there, but if my half dozen paintball experiences tell me anything, it's that I'd be OK if paintballers stayed interested in paintball and not in airsoft. This topic has come up before and I don't recall hearing from many posters who play both, or who went back to paintball after trying airsoft. You scoff when I say it's a kids game, but if you had to make an educated guess, how old is the average paintball enthusiast? Be honest with yourself.
I'm glad there is some quality gear out there for paintballers, but it would take a lot more than a finned paintball or a quasi realistic marker to make me want to play it. Just personal opinion.
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