Dear Airsoftilogy,
I recently discovered that my local airsoft forum is being shut down due to "lack of interest." I would like to know if you guys could create a small section with your input on the smaller airsoft communities and how they tend to be unstable (well at least it is in my area,) and any ideas on how to keep it moving forward. I am just getting the chance to play at an organized event, with my first this Sunday and I am disappointed to here that the games could possibly stop all together. Do you have any ideas on how to increase the turn out and interest of the remaining players? Is there any solution to keep the games continued in the area?
Local airsoft forum: http://plasticammo.p....com/index.cgi?
By the way I think the show is great and I'm glad to see it's still going strong!
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 02:58 AM
Looks like that forum is for the Las Vegas area. I've met and played with plenty of Vegas and Nevada airsofters over the years and as far as I know, airsoft is still strong out there. I guess you just have to look in the right places?
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 05:38 AM
Make it free....
lol...not much else to do. Here in the Syracuse, NY area there really isn't anything at all. I go to CNY Airsoft in Rome-Utica-ish area which has quite a few players and draws players from Syracuse and the surrounding areas. Problem is consistency, it doesn't take but a few people who are busy and can't play to really lower the outcome of a fields success. For fields that are indoor I'm going to assume that almost always it will require much more start up cost than an outdoor field, not to mention insurance cost, meaning that players are going to have to be coming in on a regular basis at a cost that is completely dictated by the needs of the owner for covering the initial start up cost and NOT what is "convenient" to airsoft players.
To keep fields open, you need to give your field owners consistent business or there is little incentive to keep them open no matter how much they like the game. Think about 2 year cell phone contracts, cell phone providers can GUARENTEE they will make the cash to cover MASSIVE infrastructure costs because you are going to be paying them for 2 years straight and if you can't you will be paying them an early termination fee! With airsoft there is no guarantee of even a month. Really hard to base a business on that...I mean it has to be a business unless the owner has millions and can keep a field up and running for fun off his own cash.
lol...not much else to do. Here in the Syracuse, NY area there really isn't anything at all. I go to CNY Airsoft in Rome-Utica-ish area which has quite a few players and draws players from Syracuse and the surrounding areas. Problem is consistency, it doesn't take but a few people who are busy and can't play to really lower the outcome of a fields success. For fields that are indoor I'm going to assume that almost always it will require much more start up cost than an outdoor field, not to mention insurance cost, meaning that players are going to have to be coming in on a regular basis at a cost that is completely dictated by the needs of the owner for covering the initial start up cost and NOT what is "convenient" to airsoft players.
To keep fields open, you need to give your field owners consistent business or there is little incentive to keep them open no matter how much they like the game. Think about 2 year cell phone contracts, cell phone providers can GUARENTEE they will make the cash to cover MASSIVE infrastructure costs because you are going to be paying them for 2 years straight and if you can't you will be paying them an early termination fee! With airsoft there is no guarantee of even a month. Really hard to base a business on that...I mean it has to be a business unless the owner has millions and can keep a field up and running for fun off his own cash.
Edited by Nateo200, 07 December 2011 - 05:38 AM.
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Posted 08 December 2011 - 06:00 PM
Nateo200, on 07 December 2011 - 05:38 AM, said:
Make it free....
lol...not much else to do. Here in the Syracuse, NY area there really isn't anything at all. I go to CNY Airsoft in Rome-Utica-ish area which has quite a few players and draws players from Syracuse and the surrounding areas. Problem is consistency, it doesn't take but a few people who are busy and can't play to really lower the outcome of a fields success. For fields that are indoor I'm going to assume that almost always it will require much more start up cost than an outdoor field, not to mention insurance cost, meaning that players are going to have to be coming in on a regular basis at a cost that is completely dictated by the needs of the owner for covering the initial start up cost and NOT what is "convenient" to airsoft players.
To keep fields open, you need to give your field owners consistent business or there is little incentive to keep them open no matter how much they like the game. Think about 2 year cell phone contracts, cell phone providers can GUARENTEE they will make the cash to cover MASSIVE infrastructure costs because you are going to be paying them for 2 years straight and if you can't you will be paying them an early termination fee! With airsoft there is no guarantee of even a month. Really hard to base a business on that...I mean it has to be a business unless the owner has millions and can keep a field up and running for fun off his own cash.
lol...not much else to do. Here in the Syracuse, NY area there really isn't anything at all. I go to CNY Airsoft in Rome-Utica-ish area which has quite a few players and draws players from Syracuse and the surrounding areas. Problem is consistency, it doesn't take but a few people who are busy and can't play to really lower the outcome of a fields success. For fields that are indoor I'm going to assume that almost always it will require much more start up cost than an outdoor field, not to mention insurance cost, meaning that players are going to have to be coming in on a regular basis at a cost that is completely dictated by the needs of the owner for covering the initial start up cost and NOT what is "convenient" to airsoft players.
To keep fields open, you need to give your field owners consistent business or there is little incentive to keep them open no matter how much they like the game. Think about 2 year cell phone contracts, cell phone providers can GUARENTEE they will make the cash to cover MASSIVE infrastructure costs because you are going to be paying them for 2 years straight and if you can't you will be paying them an early termination fee! With airsoft there is no guarantee of even a month. Really hard to base a business on that...I mean it has to be a business unless the owner has millions and can keep a field up and running for fun off his own cash.
I understand the website has costs to operate I'm just hoping its downfall doesn't crush the entire airsoft community. I saw a lot of information on games being held around 5 years ago and it seemed like everything just dropped off again and started back in 2010, I'm hoping something similar doesn't happen again
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Posted 11 December 2011 - 07:55 PM
I wouldn't say smaller communities are diminishing. Over past few years, communities have not only been growing in California but also very noticeably in Texas and Oklahoma, which has even made some to believe that national forums are diminishing due to growing local/state communities.
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Posted 12 December 2011 - 12:53 PM
greatwatermelon, on 11 December 2011 - 07:55 PM, said:
I wouldn't say smaller communities are diminishing. Over past few years, communities have not only been growing in California but also very noticeably in Texas and Oklahoma, which has even made some to believe that national forums are diminishing due to growing local/state communities.
I don't think that locals are so much diminishing, is that I've seen a lot of players who I've played with in 2006-2009 are no longer active players. Field's shut down, people lose interest, and because of that a lot of people just give up and move on to another hobby rather than stick around and teach the noobs how to play. Once all your friends and team-mates disband for other endeavors, it's hard to stay interested.
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