Airsoft Speech, Need suggestions.

[dosSantos]

Tough crowd

[Nocte]

Tough crowd

Maybe, but I think it's more of a tired-of-this-again-crowd. Every few months someone wants to find a reason to incorporate airsoft with school, and every time, it's a bad idea.

[Bad Karma]

Maybe, but I think it's more of a tired-of-this-again-crowd. Every few months someone wants to find a reason to incorporate airsoft with school, and every time, it's a bad idea.

[TMiller]

Airsoft is a completely unregulated sport in which adolescent males and immature or socially inept adults run around swearing and shooting at each other with what appear to the public to be real guns.

[Juicemachine]

Speeches on airsoft can be done (but they shouldn't), but not informative ones. There are not professional airsofters. You can't cite any sources as credible. If you HAVE to give a speech in airsoft (which is stupid), give one on a personal experience or something.

[Kpatrol]

Yes, but you're delivering a speech, not an interview. In a speech you give YOUR opinion, not mine. You back up your opinion with professional citations. No one here is a professional airsofter. You should know this already, since apparently, you're the speech master.

Give a speech about airsoft if that's what you really want to do, but no one here seems to want to help with your homework. Express your own stupid opinions, and don't ask me for my stupid opinions.

Why bother to reply when your not going to even be optimistic about it? I just want to know other peoples opinions. Is that a crime? If your unwilling to do it then don't bother replying... I am not asking you specifically to do anything for me. I pretty much have my act together and my shit in place, I just want to know what others think. Seriously...

[graham.]

I actually gave a successful speech in my SP111 class one year ago.

However, I will site a few key differences.

1. I had been actively airsofting for almost a year.
2. It was a persuasive speech (Add tougher restriction to who can buy them - no just clicking "yes I'm over 18" on a website)
3. I had documentation through ads, photos from events, and other things of that sort as "evidence" to support my reasons for wanting that restriction.

The biggest thing that helped me with that speech was that I had a good amount of experience with the hobby.

Also, I checked with the instructor first to make sure it was okay. She was interested in hearing about it because it was supposed to be a controversial topic. (One girl gave a speech about the legalization of pot for crying out loud.)

So guys, it can be done successfully, but unless you've been airsofting for a while

DO NOT DO IT!

[Kpatrol]

Speeches on airsoft can be done (but they shouldn't), but not informative ones. There are not professional airsofters. You can't cite any sources as credible. If you HAVE to give a speech in airsoft (which is stupid), give one on a personal experience or something.

You are, seriously, taking this too seriously... My professor does not give a damn what topic it is on but by how it is delivered, structured, and professional. There is a 40 year old mom in my class that is doing it on producing/manufacturing bake goods. There is a dude who works at best buy doing his on how to remove computer viruses from your PC. This is "public speaking" not a class that is going to change lives or save the world from global warming.
Your 14, and I think you take things to seriously. What the hell is wrong with this picture? What are they doing to kids these days? Its like deprive them from a fun world of all the best cartoons, comics, music, and childhood life and they become pessimistic nerds.

[Kpatrol]

i gave a speech on Airsoft for my sp111 class years ago, it went well and people seemed generally interested. i would keep the topic focused on the pros like how there are organized communities promoting safe and responsible use of Airsoft, how it's played, and benefits to mil/le training.

Thank you someone with a more optimistic approach. Everyone seems to be emo and on their pms cycles. My outline has a similar structure. People seem to forget that an informative speech can be light or heavy depending on the topic. You are informing people about something new that they should not know about. Not giving them a lecture on the contemplation of how life came to be.

[Newcomb]

Speeches on airsoft can be done (but they shouldn't), but not informative ones. There are not professional airsofters. You can't cite any sources as credible. If you HAVE to give a speech in airsoft (which is stupid), give one on a personal experience or something.

You are, seriously, taking this too seriously... My professor does not give a damn what topic it is on but by how it is delivered, structured, and professional. There is a 40 year old mom in my class that is doing it on producing/manufacturing bake goods. There is a dude who works at best buy doing his on how to remove computer viruses from your PC. This is "public speaking" not a class that is going to change lives or save the world from global warming.
Your 14, and I think you take things to seriously. What the hell is wrong with this picture? What are they doing to kids these days? Its like deprive them from a fun world of all the best cartoons, comics, music, and childhood life and they become pessimistic nerds.

If you don't like the suggestions that you are getting then WHY post a thread asking for SUGGESTIONS. Have you thought to yourself maybe these people on the forums knows what they are talking about? or do you just ignore the suggestions that multiple people have said and continue to spew shit from your mouth.

[Kpatrol]

I actually gave a successful speech in my SP111 class one year ago.

However, I will site a few key differences.

1. I had been actively airsofting for almost a year.
2. It was a persuasive speech (Add tougher restriction to who can buy them - no just clicking "yes I'm over 18" on a website)
3. I had documentation through ads, photos from events, and other things of that sort as "evidence" to support my reasons for wanting that restriction.

The biggest thing that helped me with that speech was that I had a good amount of experience with the hobby.

Also, I checked with the instructor first to make sure it was okay. She was interested in hearing about it because it was supposed to be a controversial topic. (One girl gave a speech about the legalization of pot for crying out loud.)

So guys, it can be done successfully, but unless you've been airsofting for a while

DO NOT DO IT!

I agree, I've only been doing it for 4-5 months and thats not very much. But I have been researching it, checking videos online, and learning better ways for combat efficiency. I have also read articles over controversial topics and have had police encounters. I can make a speech on computers, make a speech over guitars, make a speech over martial arts, make a speech over cars but I already made an outline and I am too lazy to change it
Plus I did heavy research on airsoft guns and tactical equipment prior to buying all my stuff.

[Hitman07]

OMG I HATE SPEECH! BURN IN HELL YOU BLASPHEMOUS CLASS! Lol...Basics suck in college...what a waste of bleeding time...but hey..who else is gonna bring in the money to feed those waste of life college prof. that teach it.....DONT DO A SPEECH ON AIRSOFT....you will be destroyed.

[Wombat Six]

Kpatrol, I'm going to sum up everything for you.

You don't give a shit what we're saying, and won't take any suggestions from people that know more about the subject you're going to talk about than you do.

In the future, if you're not going to take suggestions or criticism, don't ask.

+1

If you have an outline, you know what you need to research, so one of two things is true:

1) You're an internet tough guy who's hoping to browbeat us into helping with your homework. In that case, post the outline so that we can provide some kind of constructive criticism towards your actual speech rather than "I want to talk about airsoft because my instructor will let me but I don't know where to begin so I'll ask the internet lol"

2) You've realized that you can't actually find anything that to support your outline aside from the crazed ramblings of a bunch of websites whereas most any other topic can be supported by books, peer-reviewed journals, industry journals, reference books, or other documentation with citation formats that appear in your MLA/APA/Chicago/whatever style manual. In this case, a new topic may be relevant to your interests.

[Kpatrol]

Kpatrol, I'm going to sum up everything for you.

You don't give a shit what we're saying, and won't take any suggestions from people that know more about the subject you're going to talk about than you do.

In the future, if you're not going to take suggestions or criticism, don't ask.

+1

If you have an outline, you know what you need to research, so one of two things is true:

1) You're an internet tough guy who's hoping to browbeat us into helping with your homework. In that case, post the outline so that we can provide some kind of constructive criticism towards your actual speech rather than "I want to talk about airsoft because my instructor will let me but I don't know where to begin so I'll ask the internet lol"

2) You've realized that you can't actually find anything that to support your outline aside from the crazed ramblings of a bunch of websites whereas most any other topic can be supported by books, peer-reviewed journals, industry journals, reference books, or other documentation with citation formats that appear in your MLA/APA/Chicago/whatever style manual. In this case, a new topic may be relevant to your interests.

I want to clear it out that I am not looking for sources.
Second this speech is not due until two weeks later which is plenty of time to compile.
I don't want you guys to look at this as a negative thing and that I am looking to mooch off the internet for a assignment. I just wanted to know some opinions from more experience players.
Think about it as doing a speech for world war II or vietnam war. You can find tons of sources for it but you can also interview people in it.
I am very grateful for the people who responded with intentions to help.

I want to thank you for helping me make this more clear. I will post my outline and see what kind of responses/reactions you guys have.

[Eyes On]

Hmm, joined 24 April and I already dislike him more than I dislike the average person.

1. Airsoft is not "New" as you put it. Some of us who have spent time in Asia were shooting one another in the mid-1980's. Guys on this forum have been shooting at one another locally since the late 1990's. It is new to you, and certainly seeing a significant increase in US popularity, but it is not anything like "new".

2. You obviously know what you need to know, so we're not going to waste your precious time. Rather, since you "can make almost any speech good" rather than "make a good speech on almost any topic" you're golden. Or maybe not. I can only assume that your diction is as poor as your written structure.

3. Since you're all fired up and ready, I'm going to lock this thread. We wouldn't want the "little people" to say more bad things to you, would we?