outdoor gaming?

[ostrich160]

Hi, I am 14 years old and I am a huge fan of xbox gaming. I play Reach and black ops all the time, but for my entire summer holiday I have been indoors on my xbox, and I'm starting to feel a little ill. I really want to go outside and play a sport or something, but none of my friends want to and I can't find any. I only really like combat sports, especially if they involves guns. However, I cannot do paintball as it slides way off my budget, I can't to airsoft as I'm underage, and anywhere that does allow me in is the same price as paintball, at least where I live (leicester, UK). I was going to try to play airsoft in some kind of field but of course none of my friends want to, and I don't have a field. I don't want to do nerf because I just don't like it. I do like melee weapons however, not sports like fencing, it would have to be more tactical, like airsoft is. Oh, and I can't do laser tag cause it costs too much for a reasonably good set and I can't do larp cause there is nowhere nearby, and it isn't my kind of genre. Please help me find an outdoor sport or hobby. Oh, and it has to be something I can do on a regal basis. 1 more thing if you suggests camping then you must suggest what to do there, like airsoft but of course I can't play airsoft, unless you can think of a way I can...

Any ideas?

Thanks everyone
Tom

[paecmaker]

uhm, do you only like combat sports nothing more, like football or any other thing. Sorry but I cant help you.

[ostrich160]

yeh, I only really like combat sports- unless its very geeky (I'm not saying gamings geeky but I'm a geek)

[Bertrum]

Maybe play Monoply in a tent or something, I have no idea, basically you can't do anything you like, and everything else you don't like. I really have no idea how to help

[ostrich160]

Okay then, what sports do you play if u have no other ideas?

[paecmaker]

If you have one nearbye maybe you can join an archery club or something. I cant think of anything else than try new horizons, look at different clubs like martial arts.

[Synge]

Make new friends. Seriously, if you can't convince your gamer buddies to do anything outside with you, meet some people who will, and you guys wil think of something to do.

[paecmaker]

And remeber, things are probably as fun as you think them to be. If you think that football sucks all the time ,it will suck, try to always make the most fun of things and you see that they eventually become fun.

[ostrich160]

First, I like my friends and have made new friends, but these new friends don't really like doing that kind of thing. Half my fiends don't go outside, and the other half do but don't want to play any combat sports. Second, its just my interests, if you were looking for a new game and I said play wow when your a cod player, if you really don't like wow then u don't like it. And, this is supposed to be for my enjoyment, I don't want to have to adjust to it. I do play rugby, but in the winter. My idea is just to keep researching airsoft and larp and stuff until I find one thats cheap and nearby.

[EpsilonX]

First, I like my friends and have made new friends, but these new friends don't really like doing that kind of thing. Half my fiends don't go outside, and the other half do but don't want to play any combat sports. Second, its just my interests, if you were looking for a new game and I said play wow when your a cod player, if you really don't like wow then u don't like it. And, this is supposed to be for my enjoyment, I don't want to have to adjust to it. I do play rugby, but in the winter. My idea is just to keep researching airsoft and larp and stuff until I find one thats cheap and nearby.

I think you missed the point. If none of your friends want to Larp with you or anything, find friends that will. Doesn't mean you have to ditch your old friends.

In terms of outdoor tactical things, there's laser tag, paintball, airsoft, or nerf. You can't play any of those. If you want to play something outside, you might need to find something else, that's why people are suggesting you try other things. Maybe you could find some buddies and play Capture the Flag in the woods. Put some camo on and sneak around the woods looking for the other team's hidden flag. If you wanted to incorporate guns you could, but at this point it looks like you're going to have to go nerf. Don't like nerf? It seems its Nerf or nothing, since you can't afford/aren't allowed to use the other options. Beggars can't be choosers, so they say. get the velcro darts so you can tell if you get somebody. Paint the guns camo colors if you want or something. But seriously, try capture the flag. Find a decent sized forest, designate the boundaries, hide your flags, and sneak around trying to find the other flags.