The Association of Competitive Airsoft (ACA)

[Cyph34r]

I agree, real shotguns are quite unpleasant to be shot by.

[Farmer]

Worst 2 paintball shots I ever took. One to the back of the ear BEHIND my profiler mask....from a teammate who belly dove and had his trigger set WAY to sensitive and the second was my nephew at my brother's wedding ( yeah paintball wedding....sigh) when we let the 10 and unders shoot at the unarmed adults. 2 feet to the back of the hand, instant blood drawn. Airsoft way easier to take lol

[Orwell]

You want to see the scars, punk?

I was playing paintball in 1988. Yes, 1988. That was before you were even f***ing BORN, kid. I've taken BBs and paintballs to the bare face and knuckles. I know what I'm talking about.

I'm willing to bet that I've been hit by more projectiles in the head than your whole body has been. Hell, I've even been shot with a real shotgun.

Alright. I retract my assertion in deference to your experience.

Point still stands regarding the league. Not particularly thrilled by a sterilized, overly-particular unnecessarily rule-driven gameplay.

[ACADavid]

Hello AirsoftPacific!

My name is David and I'm the director of the ACA. We started the ACA back in 2011 and since then we've had a mixed reception. I completely understand why players would be hesitant of backing the ACA. The last thing we want to do is offer some BB spray fest where honor and integrity are left at the door. It's very important to us to keep the very nature of airsoft intact while providing a faster paced environment. I've decided to start jumping into some of these discussions to answer some questions and hopefully shed some light on what the ACA is.

Like I said, the ACA was started back in 2011 here in California. We had 1 event with about 8 teams participating and it was mostly force on force x1 respawn; essentially a strict competitive atmosphere. It was a great success but not exactly what we we're aiming for. Our goal was to create an environment where teams of players could really push themselves and work more closely with their teams. Out here in California, 90% of the airsoft games our players play are PuGs (pick up games) at local fields. In these pugs, you and your friends/team are paired with roughly about 60-80 other random players who will be playing against 60-80 other players. These players range from quality, honorable players to 8 year olds with polarstars.

The ACA is offering players and teams who are really into the sport a more serious and challenging atmosphere. The class system we have encourages teams to select specific loadouts and forces them to use mid cap magazines. The class system also promotes actual team play. Certain classes are able to complete objectives where other classes are more of a support role. Each game is 100% objective based. Unlimited respawns take the focus off trying to just eliminate the other team.

I can only tell you about the response we've had so far from our teams and spectators. Everyone who has played says that it's a very fast paced, tactical and team based experience. With that said, it's not for everyone. This isn't a true MilSim experience, but that's not what we we're going for. Eventually, the ACA would like to host large scale MilSim events, but that's not for a while. We think it's important to offer multiple avenues for airsoft players to play in.

I'll end with saying that we 100% support the airsoft community. We just want to see this sport grow and encourage more players to get out and play more frequently. I'm not sure why we've been getting so much animosity from the MilSim community, but I hope this kind of helps eliminate some of the accusations of us turning this into "Paintball with airsoft guns".

As for prizes, we do not agree with giving any sort of monetary gain for winning. We give unique patches away and all teams walk away respected. If not, they don't belong in the ACA. Honor is a large part of what makes the ACA great.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to post them here. I'll be checking back and can hopefully answer them asap.

[Darius137]

.... These players range from quality, honorable players to 8 year olds with polarstars....

lololol

[Solid]

Hello AirsoftPacific!

Hi David.

Like I said, the ACA was started back in 2011 here in California. We had 1 event with about 8 teams participating and it was mostly force on force x1 respawn; essentially a strict competitive atmosphere. It was a great success but not exactly what we we're aiming for. Our goal was to create an environment where teams of players could really push themselves and work more closely with their teams. Out here in California, 90% of the airsoft games our players play are PuGs (pick up games) at local fields. In these pugs, you and your friends/team are paired with roughly about 60-80 other random players who will be playing against 60-80 other players. These players range from quality, honorable players to 8 year olds with polarstars.

The ACA is offering players and teams who are really into the sport a more serious and challenging atmosphere. The class system we have encourages teams to select specific loadouts and forces them to use mid cap magazines. The class system also promotes actual team play. Certain classes are able to complete objectives where other classes are more of a support role. Each game is 100% objective based. Unlimited respawns take the focus off trying to just eliminate the other team.

It's a cool concept and all and I like it, but the thing that personally got me the most was the lack of personally made weaponry. What really IMO makes an airsoft event REALLY memorable is when one of the more devoted players shows up to a match with say, a home made L.A.W. (I know we have one of those running around here.) Either shotguns BB's all over or launched a Nerf rocket. It should just have to be approved for safety reasons, but allowed.

Also, Nerf swords. Everyone loves Nerf sword kills.

[Orwell]

Also, Nerf swords. Everyone loves Nerf sword kills.

Negative.