A while ago I joined and covered an airsoft game held in Järvenpää. The game was organized by Järvenpää-airsoft association.
Airsoft is, briefly explained, an outdoor sport, wherein most commonly two teams compete to “eliminate” the other team by shooting them with small plastic pellets with a diameter of six millimetres. Unlike paintball, the airsoft pellets don’t leave any paint marks, thus relying in the honesty of players. And that’s where the sport holds its appeal – everybody is honest.
In Finland, airsoft games are mainly run by small associations set up by voluntary enthusiasts, such as Järvenpää-airsoft association, which organizes the games on a weekly basis.
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- Player sneaking upon another.
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- Players walking to the starting point of a versus round.
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- Setting up the “bomb”, which is practically just a resetable timer which makes a loud noice when time has ran out.
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- An eliminated player.
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- Players “defusing” the bomb by holding the reset button for 30 seconds.
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- Player retreating from cover whilst other one shoots cover fire.
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