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Airsoft in Korea
« on: June 13, 2002, 09:07:46 AM »
Hey guys, I got this from Vell a couple days ago.  Thought you all might find it interesting to read.

Here are the results of my airsoft recon:

  Friday night, I met with a local who plays airsoft.  I went to his
motorcycle shop, with the intention of BSing about airsoft, and then
leaving.  It turned out, his team wanted to meet me as well, and we ended up in another Korean town.  The team is called 'White Scorpion' and they have a website, www.gunpower.com  It is in Korean, but there are some pictures.  They were so excited about meeting an American player.  Without any hesitation, they invited me to join the team.  These people are very different from us.  They play very short games, much like speedball.  The velocity limits are different too.  The legal limit is 300FPS here, and they were shocked to hear about the 400/500 limit we have.  The long scenario
games were something new to them also.  I showed them the AA website (Jason can thank me later for the international exposure), and they liked the pictures.
  Saturday, I went to Seoul to meet Team Bazooka.  I did not see the team, I met with their only foreigner.  He is a German, but he was so happy to talk to someone about airsoft in English.  We went to an airsoft shop to look around, and Americans are very lucky.  Due to import laws and taxes, the foreign-made guns are twice HK prices.  The guns also have a bright color forearm.  Imagine your M4 with a yellow forearm!  So, Americans should never gripe about the US retailer prices or the small bit of orange on the tips, we are more fortunate than we think!  I was invited to play with 'Bazooka' too, but I had to decline.  'White Scorpion' is a local (Kunsan) team, and they extended the offer first.  By the way, Bazooka's site is
www.bazooka.co.kr
  Anyway, my first game is next weekend (16 JUN), and I will get plenty of pictures and video.


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