[Hectic]

Back when? I love my 82pattern its so nice n light but sturdy. And agreed with a previous post use what you like. (not too many airsofters are jerks who will judge you based on kit and such) some guys just run a gun and a hicap others run some mags in their pockets. Some folks wear jeans and a tshirt others wear plate cariers with modular gear ontop as if they are going to real war (lil overkill if you ask me but we all have what we like and what we want to get out of the game)
Some days i wear a modular chest rig sometimes 82 pattern sometimes a wear this battlebelt i have under my ghillie suit when i run a bolt action and mp5k. (some would say thats overkill)
Most important peice of kit to bring to an airsoft game is a good atitude. We are all prety friendly and wont judge we get folks from all walks of life not everyone can afford fancy gear and others live to have the coolest most modern kit they can. I prefer to use what works for me and the bsst way to figure that out is to get out and play. (everyones gear was new at some point itll get worked in. If it bugs you that much that its "shiny" today is a perfect day to go roll around in the yard to "season" it a bit or just get out to a game and follow me around ill get ya dirty real quick lol. I pulled out my gortex last weekend my teammates could smell it from 10 feet away (damn swap) other dudes pull out their gear and it smells like downey lol