Well. It's been awhile since I've posted on this forum, and needless to say, I was pretty surprised when I hopped on tonight to look at it. (After turning 16, getting my license and owning my own car [I bought half of it. And on that note, its a 97 Acura 2.2cl, so no, I didn't pay half of a brand new Mercedes. I paid half on a car that gets me from point A to B. Thats it], I figured I'd get back into airsoft)
As a younger player, I really liked the idea that Marauders had going. I could play there, and I was hoping to get sponsored by an AA member as soon as I turned 16 so I could play with them. After reading through these 9 pages of forum replies, I'd really like to say WTF? I like airsofting a lot, I really do, but not so much that I'm willing to spend 3k on a year. I'd never make that much money working (with the average cost of gasoline at 3.00$ a gallon) and there's no way in hell my parents would even consider paying that for a hobby of mine. 3,000k is a heft amount of money. Somebody made the connection towards the beginning of this thread that people spend 3k on a computer, but they are unwilling to pay 3k for yet another hobby. Well someone also said a few posts back from mine, that the average airsoft game lasts 5-7 hours. Lets think about that logically. Thats usually 4 days a month that I'd be playing an airsoft game 5-7 hours. I play my computer at least an hour and a half a day, so times that by 30 and vwalla. I can justify the 2.2k I spent on my computer.
Now, also, being a young player, I realize that we suffer the majority of the criticism. Some of us are mature, while some of us are ignorant babies who do nothing but whining and complaining. I consider myself a part of the mature group, although some of you make think differently, and because of this I respect the rules and follow them. I can't even begin to contemplate why the other group of younger players even want to be part of something if they can't follow along.
I listen to my elders. I respect them and intend to make sure that i stay in their good graces.
This is why, I think, we should have some sort of 16-17 age team that other AA members and older vets can actually play with and not get angry with. I would definitely love to see some sort of junior AA team. We could keep it regulated and have all the AA members talk to each of the Junior AA members and actually communicate. Instead of just blaming the younger kids for all the problems (I'm not saying that you do, I'm just saying we usually do get most of the blame) we could actually talk about it, and fix the problem.
My .02 cents.
-Steven
-P.S. Mauraders, I suggest you think about your target audience like a lot of people have said. 3k is a lot of money, and I guarantee you, most kids, and hopefully their parents, will find it ridiculous!
-P.S.S. Don't overgeneralize north Scottsdalians. Not all of them are stuck up and not all of the parents are just ignorant. Some of them actually try to teach their kids to be happy with what they have.
