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How old were you when you started airsofting?

Poll: How old were you when you started airsofting? (178 member(s) have cast votes)

What age group were you in when you started airsofting?

  1. Under 16 (54 votes [30.34%])

    Percentage of vote: 30.34%

  2. 17 -24 (66 votes [37.08%])

    Percentage of vote: 37.08%

  3. 25-34 (35 votes [19.66%])

    Percentage of vote: 19.66%

  4. 34-45 (20 votes [11.24%])

    Percentage of vote: 11.24%

  5. 46 + (3 votes [1.69%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.69%

And you've been airsofting how long ?

  1. 12 months or less (18 votes [10.11%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.11%

  2. 1 - 3 years (42 votes [23.60%])

    Percentage of vote: 23.60%

  3. 3 - 5 years (40 votes [22.47%])

    Percentage of vote: 22.47%

  4. 6 -10 years (54 votes [30.34%])

    Percentage of vote: 30.34%

  5. 10 years plus (24 votes [13.48%])

    Percentage of vote: 13.48%

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#21 User is offline   Wombat 

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Posted 19 January 2010 - 22:36

Mid(ish) 20s and I think it was around 2002/2003(ish).
Lots of ish there.

#22 User is offline   Cannonfodder 

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Posted 20 January 2010 - 09:58

Ooh Taffy's done something I suggested, I wonder what else I can get him to do.
Anyway, I started playing 5 years ago, age 24

#23 User is offline   .carl. 

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Posted 20 January 2010 - 10:18

Started when i was 12, back in my prime where my chuck norris secret squire, CAG death moves were feared by all.

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Posted 20 January 2010 - 10:24

View Post.carl., on 20 January 2010 - 09:18 AM, said:

Started when i was 12, back in my prime where my chuck norris secret squire, CAG death moves were feared by all.


Wierd Carl I thought you had been Skirmishing for more than a year!, I started in 2004 aged 19 first gun was a FAMAS F1 (was actual bestest gunz).

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Posted 20 January 2010 - 10:37

Me since i was 23 some 7 and something years ago.

I was tempted to start a "how much have you spent thread" but i do know the missus looks from time to time and following terminal boy's "burn all credit cared receipts" formula she's still under the impression that my airsoft spending is not quite into five figures yet.

View PostCannonfodder, on 20 January 2010 - 08:58 AM, said:

Ooh Taffy's done something I suggested, I wonder what else I can get him to do.



If you could suggest a lottery win* i may be interested.








*greater than a quid ten quid.

#26 User is offline   Terminal Boy 

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Posted 20 January 2010 - 12:27

1st Rule of Airsoft - Tell everyone not involved (including other halves) how cheap it is to skirmish.

2nd Rule of Airsoft - Deny everything.

3rd Rule of Airsoft - Burn the evidence.

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Posted 20 January 2010 - 12:36

Thank god those days are over for me, not under the thumb anymore! (until she sees this)

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Posted 20 January 2010 - 19:32

i started at 27, after a mate got an M16 for his b'day.

he wanted someone to try airsofting with, so i bought a classic army M4, 20 mids (10 each), some dpm/pro boots and 2 arktis vests and off we went!

been at it nearly 3 years now. spent a fortune and never looked back :D

#29 User is online   Kipper 

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Posted 20 January 2010 - 23:19

15 when I started, 20 now.

#30 User is offline   kevin 

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 00:07

Started about 31, still at after 11/12 years.


evidence shredded then burned ;)..........safer that way


kevin

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 01:04

View Postshmook, on 20 January 2010 - 06:32 PM, said:

...after a mate got an M16 for his b'day.


I just got a new pressure valve for my b'day, it was spaying yuk all up on the walls!

Anyways, i skirmished for the first time at 15 *me thinks* so about 14 year I guess?
It's about that...

AP.

#32 User is offline   The Reptile House 

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 01:25

Started when I was 34. Been doing it for 5 years.

#33 User is offline   bigtent 

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 12:21

Started @ 42, Still am 42 for a few weeks. I will have a year under my belt
in April, still loving every minute.

Probably having a mid life crisis.. :D .

Spent far to much money, but at least the wife still thinks the guns are
only £50ish.....

Mark

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Posted 24 January 2010 - 15:20

I was 18 I think, around a wee bit over 10 years ago.

Back when my guts, knees and eyes all worked a lot better :/

This post has been edited by Mindz_i: 24 January 2010 - 15:22


#35 User is offline   bagafett 

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Posted 24 January 2010 - 15:44

Started when I was 31 (playing 2 years now).

Introduced by one of my students.

My bank balance hates him.

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 21:48

View PostArmourpiercing, on 21 January 2010 - 00:04 , said:

I just got a new pressure valve for my b'day, it was spaying yuk all up on the walls!


We still talking airsoft here AP? :P

Umm, guess I must have been about 14-15 when i first went to a site, at the old Matrix grounds if anyone remembers them? so about 6 years now.

#37 User is offline   TheSlee 

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Posted 17 March 2010 - 13:24

Started skirmishing in 2007 when I was 15. Been going strong ever since :D

#38 User is offline   Everett 

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Posted 17 March 2010 - 14:35

10 years ago. I'd say I wish that I knew then what I know now, but I don't know much now :D

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Posted 18 March 2010 - 15:29

Started at the ripe old age of 19, nearly four years ago.

And for the first time since I started playing, my bank balance is now back in the black!!

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Posted 18 March 2010 - 18:07

Started at about 24. Moved from CO2 pistols to airsoft after reading an article in GunMart, and discovering that I could shoot people rather than paper targets :P

Been about 7 years or so... I may even finish a loadout one of these days. :lol:

Fortunately my current squeeze has been well and truely bitten by the skirmishing bug (yes she is a chick :P). So I can actually show her kit, rather than hide it :).

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