Girls? Fame? Adoration from our fellow man?
Why the hell do we spend - literally, when you think about it - thousands of pounds on dressing up and playing soldier? Running around in forest and fields and abandoned factories with bangers and pop-guns? Grown men (and women)?
I love it 
Role Play, got nothing better to spend my money on, fascination of Military History, Camaraderie! OOOh and the banter is good!
I blame it on a childhood of Commando books and Warlord comic. 
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
its playing army like when we were kids.
real size action men 
And i get a *shadow* of the forces camaraderie you get in the army, not knocking airsoft its more that their is a fairly high percentage of ex mob in wwii airsoft and you all know the same barracks, people, stories....
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
I have no fecking idea... I just love it!
I started because the guns are cheeper and esyer to get hold of than private re-enactment battles. Keep doing it for the banter and the mates.
It's Fun ?
Playing soldiers when younger, interested in warfare.
Blames it on war films war games.
..... I blame it on a little guy,... with a black tash !... it's cost me a fortune !! 
Nelz mate, you *know* you could have done it on the cheap with an Austrian parka, some moleskins and a pair of wellies....
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
errr because I lost my rifle shoot when it got sold to build houses was looking for something else to do and here I am
personally I enjoy the fact I can shoot people withoit going to jail LOL 
I love it cause it's not as serious as re-enactment appears to be lol
I do WWII cause it's got nothing to do with the "drum mag/1000000 bb's and an M16" games - ie Modern
I like to dress up - hell even if it's repro - means I can get it dirty/wrecked etc and it won't cost £££££ to replace
I joined CiA - cause it appears most folks here are as sane as me 
oh - pre-game social's ahhhhh was looking at a few sites today and see they do summer white's !! where's Kermit when u need him?
For the girls ...... 
For the girls ......
Really , I didn`t think you were that way inclined...does Che know?
well it would be a wasted venture if it were for the girls ... considering we only have two LADIES atm and Che's the biggest girl of them all and that mate of his Gobolina girlie girl pants
I just want to play soldiers befor i get in and play real soldiers,also its good to have a theme and getting more info on History.
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
I do just to bask in Chomely-Warners smug glow 
No longer involved in airsoft.
It's the tight trousers... Yes, definitely: it's the tight trousers.
Why do I do this? simple:
1: I've done the whole modern-airsoft thing. I used to spend more on a loadout than a lot of sane people would spend on a car. And it got boring.
2: To get away from the white-trainer-and-boxmag-on-an-MP5 brigade
3: No cliques in WW2 Airsoft. Everyone talks to everyone else.
4: The kit sets the stage, it isn't the be-all and end-all of it.
5: You lot are a f*****g good laugh! - the social side of WW2 Airsoft is absolutely spot on
6: It makes me think what the real soldiers of WW2 went through.
Oh, Del, where did you see those Summer white's for sale?
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
Kameraden !
..the rest is just fluff around the edge .
I do it 'cos my first gun was a Thompson (heh, it seemed the only gun available that looked like what a gun should look like).
Young Ade always wore German kit which impressed me, Webby got some US kit and Major kept on and on at me to ditch DPM. I bought Webby's jacket as he was re-kitting (a monthly feature of his ) so I just had to get all the rest of the kit.
That was three years ago and Major is still telling me I need more kit 
However, it all really started to make sense when a group of us got together and decided to put it all in context - no more silly kit on open days! Grown up players, grown up games, and an excuse to act like a 10 year old - brilliant!
