A kid with an Angel [Archive]

MuckRaker

11-07-2001, 02:54 PM

Originally posted by snipinhick
Muck, i know the feeling, two kids, both with kapp flame cockers, said they would beat me in the speed ball game, keep in mind i have a pump. i asked them why they thought that they simply replied "pumps aren't as good as cockers." I looked at him and said simply, "you cocker is really a pump, but with pnuematics to work it." he was asstonished and bewillderd. Then it comes time to play, i take and put my hat on top of one of the bunkers. the kids shoot at it constantly and never move. I then ran the tape and ended up making the two of them surrender (because i got close enought to take there guns out of there hands.)

i loved the feeling of winning, but i hate the ignorant people that brag..

That is So Funny ... a guy I know who occassionally refs where I play ... he won a cocker in a tournament, and made it into a pump ... I was the first person he nailed with it ... sounded like a dog farting ... funny as Hell.

snipinhick

11-07-2001, 06:18 PM

... sounded like a dog farting ... funny as Hell.

was that you when you squealed in agony from being hit? Or was it the gun?

snipinhick

11-07-2001, 06:24 PM

oh and muck, I am considering the inquiry you have on your bunker list..... Have you ever perhaps, stared in a movie with Burt Renyolds called "Delieveriance?"

he he he. j/k

Denwad

11-09-2001, 07:46 AM

I had to bust my butt for 6 friggin months to buy my Spyder, these type of kids make me mad!

:pissed:

MuckRaker

11-09-2001, 02:00 PM

Originally posted by snipinhick
oh and muck, I am considering the inquiry you have on your bunker list..... Have you ever perhaps, stared in a movie with Burt Renyolds called "Delieveriance?"

he he he. j/k

naw ... cause think the Inc would squeal like a Little Girl, not like a pig!:eek:

snipinhick

11-09-2001, 03:18 PM

Pork is good......

AngrySloth

11-09-2001, 06:56 PM

Today at my local pb store a kid walks in with his dad. Has an Angel in his hand with a really snazzy-lookin HPA setup. He first walks to the back end of the store, picks out a revvy and plops it on the counter. His dad writes out a check for it. The kid then asks the clerk, if they have any fill station setups. Clerk asks, "You shooting CO2 or Nitrous?" The kid says, "I don't know. What's the difference?" :laugh:

The problem I have with kids like these is that they don't know how to treat an expensive marker, so they're just going to **** it up. But it's their parents 1.5K, if the parents wanna waste it that's their business.

TheZephyr

11-11-2001, 06:03 PM

Yeah i definately know the feeling. I worked hard for my spyder, and these kids who are afraid of their own shadow, and can't shoot for **** get these awesome guns, parent funded. The other day, a few friends and I went to the local indoor field, and they rent tippman's, so I decided to leave my spyder home for some m98 action. There were two 12 year old kids with brand spankin new angels outfitted with laser sights, and they didn't know how to play paintball at all. My friends, playing for the first time kicked the **** out of them, and I must have bunkered almost every game. And before we played, they tried to impress everybody by talking about how they were such great frontplayers. This from the ****s who never moved from their first bunkers. One of my friends asked how much they paid for their guns, and they responded "I don't know, my dad paid for it."

kashik

11-11-2001, 06:05 PM

I dont get it why people let themselves get mad over seeing a little kid with a gun that his parents bought for them. I see that and dont think anything of it. It's just kind of annoying hearing people getting pissed cause someone didnt have to do something to get an angel or something. Its just how life is. Just light them up on the field :goody:

JEDARAPA2

11-24-2001, 01:31 PM

I have seen quite a few instances of this....a 12 year kid goes out to the field one day with a spankin new dark angel, 12v rev, and armegeddon. Hes parents gave the store their credit card so he could buy as much paint as suited him. He bought 4 cases. First game comes around, people are askin the kid "Who did you steal that from" and stuff lke that. He must have bought it the day before and had the shop put everyting togther. Obviously everyone there is kinda torqued at him because the second nicest gun there was a stock cocker. We go to the first game, and he runs off the field saying "My gun doesn't work!". The ref akes a look at it, bites hs tounge and says "Hmmm....I cant see anything wrong with it...hold on a sec." The ref bit his tounge becasue it wasn't turned on. The kid is sent to the airsmith and he says that there was noting wrong with it, hands it back to the kid and he comes out to the field. Same thing. This goes on for hours before someone shows him that it needs to be turned on. Kid playes with it for awhile, and it turns into a soup kitchen, chopping balls left and right. He gets parts lodged betwwen hte bolt and boy, in his hopper, and some parts got sucked below. The kid gives up on it, says its a piece of s#it, and goes to get a rental. Has no problems the rest of the day.

The second time was at a big scenario game in Ontario Oregen. The scenario game is over, so we start playing a HUGE game of speedball. And theres a little 7-8 year old kid running around with an eclipse bushy, standing out in the open. He was on our team. This kid was, beliee it or not, kickn some huge ***. He probably took out 7 peple before he moved behind a bunker, and lots more after that. It was his dad's gun but it seemed he was doing better than his dad did with it. Pretty funny.

I have had people come up to me because I have a bushy lcd and I'm only 15 saying **** about how my parents payed for it. I frikin worked my *** off an entire summer and sold everything of value that I had before I was able to get it.

Paintslanga

11-25-2001, 06:29 AM

same **** for me makin bootleg cds and selling all this **** so i can get my gun this christmas and these little kids wit dark cockers and angels and all that **** that got it from there parents. i dont get that mad cause when they get shot by my blowback its the most happeist day of my life lol jk but when i get my cocker im gonna lay the paint on them like it is a apocalypse

DeAd-EyE

11-25-2001, 07:29 AM

ya!! go paintslanga, i had to sell my comp to get my timmy... but it was worth it...

a thing u may notice about newbs w/ angels is that all they do is camp in one spot and empty there hopper by blind fireing..... this makes it easier to sneak up behind them and get them out.... i think if u get them out with just one pball it's more humiliating 'cause they just emptied a case of paint and didn't hit crap while all u did was tape ur trigger ones....

PaintballDude

11-25-2001, 08:11 AM

How about those times when those kids with the Angels are a torny player's son and the 11 year old kid is mad good?

DeAd-EyE

11-25-2001, 08:26 AM

then it's ok 'cause the kid has the skill to back up his came to be amazing. plus sincehe dad was a touney player he prolly knows a bit on how to maintain a high end gun or his dad can help him out.

anyway why do we always debate this . we should be whining less and playing more paintball.

TheZephyr

11-26-2001, 11:45 AM

I went to the field the other day and there was a 12 yr old kid with a brand new free flow cocker on my team. He insulted my Xtra (that *******!) saying "my friend has that gun, it sucks. Mine cost a thousand dollars more" (i bet he didn't pay for it) then he did nothing but blind fire, and he hit me four times in the back and the back of the head when I was bunkering a kid. I switched teams just to light him up.

Paintslanga

11-26-2001, 03:52 PM

yeah before i got my cocker i used my bros extra its pretty straight the only thing i dont like about it is that its not to great on distances i shot i guy like 20 yrds away and it bounced off 3 times!!!!!:pissed: but then i shot a guy with a sto cocker and it made me feel all the greatest remebers its the playa not the gun but it does help lol :laugh: yeah i had good times with the gun i got a ****y one thought only played worked for 3 game days but when it worled i always eliminated atleast 3 people but its fixed now and im happy :agree:

snipinhick

11-26-2001, 04:31 PM

Please use periods.... that post confused the hell outa me...

TheZephyr

11-27-2001, 01:52 AM

Yeah its like trying to read a note in a blender...

or something....

NSUCK

11-27-2001, 03:52 PM

Heh, a few weeks ago I went to a field and these 2 kids (brothers) were there with there dad, both had brand new ANS cockers. I didnt think much of it, but 2 days ago I went to another field and they were both there. Both had BRAND NEW angels, (new packs to... price tags still on) It wasnt to bad tho.. because they took care of the guns.. every round they cleaned them etc,
but they wernt that good.. they were about the same as me skill wise and there guns were 5x more expensive.... and there dad only had a Timmy... (he was way better)

snipinhick

11-28-2001, 05:08 PM

Only a timmy eh?:rolleyes:

NSUCK

11-30-2001, 05:02 PM

well compared to the kids with angels (price wise not preformance)

Thor the Mighty

11-30-2001, 05:50 PM

hey! you'll never believe it but i took a guy down with an angel with a rental gun! it was a spyder compact from like 1998 or some year like that with a piece of pipe that happened to be threaded and jammed onto the gun. that is proof right there that the gun doesnt make the man the man makes the gun, goes out, uses it, gets better and wins stuff

TheZephyr

11-30-2001, 09:18 PM

I've taken angels out with rental ProCarbines back in the day, they key is stealth, because rentals curve like a bastage.

Thor the Mighty

12-01-2001, 09:54 AM

i didnt have the advantage of stealth though because he was going after me and he expected me to run away because i was jsut a "noob with a damn rental" but little did he know that i was good with a rentalso i overtook him with skill

NcicHit

12-07-2001, 10:23 AM

My son is 9 and I let him use my Micromag. I taught him about the gun, putting the tank and hopper on, about the safety and I let him shoot it before we ever played. The first couple of weeks we played he was able to go with me and we worked toghether. I taught him to back up his team mates when they were in trouble and general paintball stuff. He now goes out on his own and can shoot people out. I thought maybe the Micromag was too much but he does a job with it so I let him use it. It's small and compact so it can handle it really well. I don't think the people we play with think it is overkill. Any comments?
Thanks.

snipinhick

12-07-2001, 06:32 PM

i wish i could call you dady.... damn man.. thats such a good thing to do for your son...

i applaud.

TheZephyr

12-07-2001, 07:06 PM

Mags are nice guns to learn on, simple smooth operation, I started playing paintball borrowing my friend's minimag, he likes his shocker better so he let me use it when i started.

KRUSTYdaClOWN

12-29-2001, 07:25 PM

I agree that nothing pisses me off more then a ten year old newbie with an angel but they are the support paintball. It sucks to have to listen to them talk crap about how good they are but paintball needs money. If it will ever grow more popular we need suckers like that to go out and donate $1200 to WDP then WDP can advertize more and bring 10 new people to the fields so consider it charity to the sport

IronAsid

12-30-2001, 07:23 AM

Did it ever cross ur mind that this kid could have went down to a feild and stolen a gun from someone?

DeAd-EyE

12-30-2001, 07:45 AM

nope..
and i doubt 10 year olds are good theifs

IronAsid

12-30-2001, 07:52 AM

i am 13 and kids my age steal **** all the time

VeNoM

12-30-2001, 10:13 AM

Originally posted by IronAsid
i am 13 and kids my age steal **** all the time

im never leavin my gun unattended around you :P :rolleyes:

Squidboy

12-30-2001, 07:17 PM

I have two parent-funded markers, a ZAP ZXS 600-E and a 2001 Autococker with expansion chamber and remote coil. I begged for three months, all the while playing with a rental Pro-Lite that is about a bazzillion years old and worn as hell before I could get my dad to buy the ZAP, it was also my birthday. The Cocker didn't come at all as easily as the ZAP. I made a deal with my dad that if I got the highest grades of my class on my mock IGCSE's (Brittish exams, I'm in a brit school in colombia) that I could get a gun and accessories up to $500. I worked my *** off to get that gun and I haven't had a chance to use it yet. I am working this summer to buy a new gun and/or accessories for the cocker. I am working at minimum wage ($5.15 an hour) for three months of my summer vacation. I lose 25% to taxes, 50% to a savings account, and 10% to a charity of my chosing. That leaves me with $834.3 dollars to spend. I am going to be working my *** off to get that marker, so don't bust my chops about getting a cocker from my parents, I worked for that, don't bumy chops about the zap either, that was a birthday present.

I have no problem with busting the chops of those little bragging *******s with angels and/or another Super-high end marker. I had a similar situation with a friend of mine, I had just gotten my ZAP (which is electro BTW) and he had just gotten a M98. kept bragging about how bad he was going to whup me when we played, so naturally I got pissed at about the thousandth time he mouthed off, so I countered and told him that there was no way that he could beat me. Anyway, we get out to the field and (what a surprise, he had taken apart and fiddled with the gun) the m98 didn't work right, so after about an hour of finding out and reving what he'd done we play. The field we play at has an old DC-6 cargo planeat one end of the field and a bunch of flat wooden plank bunkers at the other and this kind of low scrub brush on one side. He decides to start inside the plane and I start at the other end of the field. My dad blows the whistle and I dash to the brush, but I don't hear him moving in the plane (It has metal floors so you can hear the lightest step). I sneak up closer to look inside and I see a little movement. So I skirt back around to the second closest layer of bunkers and I throw some stones into a bush. He lets rip into the bush and I thought I knew exactly where he was. I let rip through a window to where I think he is and I hear him call himself out. We walk over to each other and he tells me I hit him in the head, but I obviously see that ther is NO paint on the mask (he has this homebuilt helmet thing that attatches to his mask) and I tell him that bounces don't count, he didn't know that. Retard. Next game he decides he is going to try to snipe me from outside the plane, OK. My dad blows the whistle and I dive out of the plane to the sound of.........nothing. I then skirt around the side of the field with the least cover and he is nowhere to be found. So I carefully and paranoidally (word or not?) enter the brush. Shortly I cone to this six foot cliff and there he is laying in the open waiting by a small path, I yelled "Hey willy, move and die" he didn't move so I said "Slowly lean up look up and to your right" I had my gun trained on him to prevent his doing something stupid, he looked at me and screamed I SURRENDER!! when he saw that he was on the recieving end of my marker. I win again. The final game went exactly like this. William finally figured out that he didn't stand a chance as soon as I got out of the plane so we agreed that I couldn't leave the plane for 20 seconds after the game started, my dad would blow the whistle at the beginning and when I could go out. My dad blows the first whistle and I run to the cockpit to lay in ambush, bumy surprise william did something (semi) smart and gets on top of the plane and starts firing at any movemnet through this massive tear in the plane's body. I get wedged inbetween this shelf and a locked door in the cabin to avoid being hit. The second whistle blew. Slowly and as quietly as possible I put my marker on the shelf, unlock the door and slowly slide open the door, which is really hard because it is all rusted and creaky. I lean out enough so that I can see him and I slowly reach over and slide my gun off the shelf and shoulder it, aim carefully and WHAM!! I nail him right between the mask and helmet turning his head neon green. I tried after this game to tell him that his quasi sniperish tactics were stupid and he was very easy to kill, but he wouldn't listen and says now how he is going to wipe me out the next game. Fat chance. I am seriously going to light him up the next time we play with my cocker. I hope to finally get it through to him that he sucks ***** as a sniper.

HaZrD Boy 00

01-02-2002, 03:47 PM

I like to go to my field and hide my gun ( most time i take a stingray 2) i hide it with a ghille cover i made to fit it and i put my full body ghill and just take out all the little kids with their angels while they think about what got them out .. SO fu*kin hilarious..

Crusher95348

01-02-2002, 09:00 PM

You're awfully critical of your friend. Just back off seriously, also was it his first time going out cuz anyone who went out a couple of times knows he won't be able have that stupid sniper mentality.

Squidboy

01-02-2002, 09:31 PM

OK, hear my story and see if I'm still critical. He has been playing for three years, sometimes with a rental and sometimes with his Bushmaster SC (It was his dad's gun, it is currently 14 years old) which is pump. He has a number of kills that (count them) totals three. That is right, three. His idea of sniping is to find his idea of cover, which is just plain stupid, you can spot him a mile away, he lays on the ground in a wooded area and scoops leaves onto himself, what he doesn't think about is that there are now two legs sticking out of a pile of twigs and leaves and two paralell dark dirt strips on either side of him, and just sits there. He told me about a game he played "sniper" in. He found a spot and stayed there for TWO HOURS! His friends forgot about him. They left and the next batch of players started. He had to call his dad to pick him up.

Now, do you still think that I shouldn't try to knock some sense into him by lighting him up, or try to talk (rather yell) some sense into him by making him surrender?

Crusher95348

01-03-2002, 07:11 PM

Ok I have a friend who is on my tournament paintball team. We're not that good, in fact we're pretty damn pathetic, but we really want to start competing. Now we enrolled in this really cheap tournament like 10 bucks per person but there were still a lot of good teams there that had electros. I only have a 2k1 'cocker w/ hinge and revy and N2 tank so I can lay some paint pretty decently with the hinge. Here's the funny part: He wanted to play in that tournament with a Tippmann 68 special!:laugh: ! You know those old piece of s h i t guns that are like 6 years old. That broke down on him (imagine that) before the tournament and then he wanted to use his Pro-Carbine:laugh:. Now the funny thing about that is is that he lost his front bolt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:laugh: He couldn't find it, and still to this day he has no idea where his bolt is. We ended up placing third in the tournament and we actually beat one team. Most of the other ones were slaughters but ahh well, we'll try again in January.

Squidboy

01-03-2002, 09:24 PM

Damn straight that's funny!! Thing is that my team don't have nuthin' else to play with. I have the bes gun with a 2k1 cocker with an expansion chamber, remote coil, 12v revy with x-board, and a 20 oz tank. We are a five man team. The guns we have are, my cocker, two M98s, a sheridan XTS, and some ancient spyder (I think?) marker that is so old and banged up we can't figure out what model it is becuase all the lettering has been scratched off. Now, not to toot my own horn, I am the best of this crew, me and felipe creamed felipe's brother, larry and william (same guy as last post). Me and felipe hold the front while larry is our back man (that boy has an itchy trigger finger ooooohhhweee, he can fire FAST, so he covers us. William finds a spot and sits down to snipe (omg, he is a crap shot, will post story later) and felipe's brother (can't remember his name) plays mid field, taking I or felipe's place if we are hit. All together we are a pretty good team, but we NEED new guns BAD.

We are hoping to enter the local tourney soon, about a five buck entry. Prize is (*drum roll badabdbadbabdbab*) fifty bucks! Woohoo! That's enough for a case of paint, and not very good paint either, the paint over here is worse than BE, no kidding. It is so old that they are literaly shaped like water melons and will break in your gun, not on the target. They are so old that they have settled onto the shell, they are red on one side and white on the other. NO GUN CAN SHOOT THIS PAINT, whoever finds a gun that can, I will personally give them my 'Cocker, for FREE.

Welcome to Bogota, Colombia!

Crusher95348

01-04-2002, 09:24 AM

Squid can you order your paint online? Cuz that would solve that s h i t t y paint problem. You shouldn't put that challenge up to anyone, you ever heard of an intimidator, those things have anti-chop eyes meaning that you'll never break a ball because the bolt will reset if it's not in there properly.Buy a 'timmy :love: but I don't have the money :( .

Squidboy

01-04-2002, 12:51 PM

No gun can shoot this. even the timmy. the eye just sees if teh ball is in the breech, if it is it goes forward. Half of these paintballs won't feed they are so messed up. They are so brittle that you can't drop them, let alone fire them. They don't even make good paintball flame throwers becaus the paint is all settled out and separated.

DeAd-EyE

01-04-2002, 04:18 PM

paint flame throwers? more info please

Squidboy

01-05-2002, 05:36 AM

A paint flame thrower (aka paint shotgun) breaks almost all the balls fired through it, and thus has an effective range of about five feet.

gorkor99

01-07-2002, 01:28 PM

Ok, I'm having fun listening to you bash your friend and your paint, but back to the topic of this thread.

I don't begrudge anybody any gun or kit setup. I personally have a 2000 'cocker which I am slowly upgrading as I earn money (yes, I bust my butt doing construction).

When I play at my local field there are always atleast several angels being operated by kids under the age of 15 who are inept. I have no problem playing with kids who are parentally sponsored. If they can get it, then go for it. I do, however, have a problem when the kids start to trash talk. I don't say anything before the first game, but I do ask the ref to give me several newbies w/ rentals and keep the trash talkers on the other team. I advise the newbies on my team of the good bunkers and tell them what to expect through the game. After the whistle I proceed down the field with a trail of newbies behind me and we sweep the field clean. I like to give the elimination shots to the newbies and watch the Angels walk off the field and just gape at the newbie who just shot them out. There ain't nothing sweeter than watching a $1500 kit get carried off the field by a deflated ego covered w/ paint from a newbie.

Play clean and keep your mouth shut. There is always someone better.

Oh, and by the way, I am 17 and have earned everything I have, including my skill, through hard work.

L8r

Harry Painter

01-07-2002, 08:09 PM

I would have to say I can't stand kids with angels and stuff like that. Unless they worked for it. If your daddy buys it for you I get pretty mad. I'm getting a job this summer and I do chores and save an allowance to get an Xtra. And here kids just ask there parents for an Angel. They should just ask for a couple of Flashes and give me one. It's just jealousy speaking here.

freakimpulse

01-13-2002, 11:07 AM

You people that complain about kids with Angels or other high end guns make me sick. If some kid's parents have the money to buy him an Angel do you think that they should buy him a Tippmann or something. Just be thankful for what you have. Light the little brats up. It's almost all skill folks. Jealousy sucks

gorkor99

01-13-2002, 05:38 PM

I totally agree w/ freakimpulse. I mean, if I could get it I would, and so would the rest of you. Jealousy is an ugly thing.

Jmmsbnd007

01-13-2002, 07:33 PM

Originally posted by IronAsid
i am 13 and kids my age steal **** all the time
I concur.

JEDARAPA2

01-15-2002, 02:33 PM

I get bashed around for being 14 and having a lcd bushy. I took me damn near a year to earn, and I had to sell a couple of my nitro RC cars. I had played for three years befoer the time I bought it w/ either my bro's F4 or my piranha, both of which I have nothing against. My parents gave me absolutly nothing towards it. So all you guys who target ppl like me, lay off a little, unless you are certin that the kid is being a f**ker and he parents bought it for him.

3Fingered Jack

01-20-2002, 07:02 PM

Thank god I don't have to deal with much of this down in Hickville, Oregon where I play.

MikedaPber

01-29-2002, 05:22 PM

Why so many angels? All i hear about is bratty noobs with angels. What about autocockers? If i was a kid begging my parent for a gun i could never possibly afford, i would go for the "its only 350 dollars and shoots just as accurate as the 1400 angel" approach. Easier to swallow. Then again, they probably think an autococker is just a term for any semi-auto gun.

Jspyder

01-30-2002, 05:22 PM

dudes, dont know about u but man, i really hate those cocky little ones with all their fancy pants stuff that their parents bought for them, i got nothing against having other people pay for ur stuff, its just that when people say that because they got a great gun, theyr great,,,,, no it doesnt work that way.
Little 14 year old punk comes to the field decked out in an avalanch jersey i think, got all the sporsors and everything on it, but he doesnt play for them, just bought the jersey online probably.. got a nice angel too, ill give him that much. first game, wat happens, he litterally shoots every single person on the field that he can find, 2 of my friends got shot in the back by this piece of snot because he wanted to b that damn good susposedly. im the same age as him, (sigh) so i get to say to him afterwards, "wat the hell did u just pull back there" he doesnt answer but just looks dumbly through his flex 7 and walks away. Guess wat I did to him the next game, 5 seconds,,,,,,,,,,go go go go go,,,, POW, gogged him good, lol, he deserved it.

Jspyder

01-30-2002, 05:24 PM

by the way, ive been saving money for about a year or two now to get an impy cuz i cant get a job yet, now im getting the impulse when i can get a job, damn state law, y cant i work when im 14

01-31-2002, 04:58 AM

I was playing at my local field and this kid who had to be like 11-13 had a hooked up timmy fade with a 12v revvy and was like all decked out i mean he had everything anyway i was playing and i came off the field and was talking to my chick who commented (under her breathe) "isnt it nice when mommy buys you everything you want" so i laughed and said "yea she probably squeeges his barrel and loads his pods and tubes for him" and just before the last game i swear on my life his mom was standing there loading his hopper I almost pee'd my pants
I wouldnt have been so mean except that the whole tie he was acting like a little prick and acting like he rocked and talking trash when he sucked but anyway i got caught up in this discussion and had to post this:laugh:

Little_ayotte

02-06-2002, 02:35 PM

this newbies dad bought him everything (all the clothing) fully upgraded gun but the thing was it was only a pirhana. The dad actually bought him a gun that wasn't expensive, but this kid thinks he is soo good and can beat us all. So i go up to him and ask him whats on his gun, he says he doesn't know. i was about to start laughing but i held it in. then i asked him 1 more question "what gun do u have?" the idiot was soo clueless that he said that i'm very cocky. i started cracking up:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: stupid newb smart dad, for once a daddy's boy without an angel

snipinhick

02-06-2002, 03:50 PM

Accually, if i had the coin to invest into a angel with all the fixings (A.I.R. revo and new crap) i would buy a PPS nasty pump phoon, and get two ric2000 and 2 warps and have two 88ci fiber wraped tanks (off subject as hell, but hey, i had to comback to say somthing.)

well, i would more then likly just buy a pump nasty phoon, and buy a phantom or two:crazy:

Impy4335

02-07-2002, 01:20 PM

Yeah, Ive got a ex-friend who wanted to get into the paintball scene. For his first game, in my neighbors back yard, he had a blue splashed m98 with a flatline. He (his dad actually) paid $650-750 for it. You can get it cheaper than that. He comes over and all, and up until that point he was my friend. I had my old but trusty Tigershark (now Ive got an Impy) and we start playing. He was in a bad spot, so he just shoots everything in sight until he is out of paint, and leaves, too wimpy to take the hit. About 3 months later, I had a Stingray, and he had a friend over. We gathered to play in a wooded area near our house, and he started talking all about how back my 'ray is. I was kicking his butt, but he still was like"that piecee of crap aint worth nothing" and all. He broke a ball, and didnt know how to squeegee. It was hilarious. He didnt even know you couldnt use a straight squeegee cause the flatline is curved!!! Well, I got all mad at him, and havent spoken since. He is a brat, and when he wrecked his dad's golfcart, his dad just bought them a better $1000 one.
I have not been given anything for paitnball. Yes, I got a $20 barrel and a remote and 200 old marbs for Christmas, but thats all. I paid for my Vulcan, and my Tigershark, and my Stingray, and my Autococker, and my Impy. I threw away the vulcan, sold the tigershark, still have and use the 'ray, and traded the cocker for the Impy. Now Ive got gear strewn all around my room, and some nicee stuff, and people (my friends that shoot m98s) go "dang" Matt Barber (the brat) has never even taken apart his gun, and like I said, cant even squeegee. He got the gun 5 years ago

The Raider Man!

03-06-2002, 04:08 PM

Yeah, my friend might be getting a spyder flash, and he keeps saying that he's going to kick my butt. Now this is all fine, except for one thing.... HE HAS NEVER PLAYED BEFORE!!!:| So, I can hardly wait for him to get a gun, so I can whoop his....:laugh:

SgtRauksauff

03-07-2002, 09:57 AM

Rather than bizatching that someone's parents buys them stuff :o(most states i believe have child labor laws that prevent them from making their own money until they're 15-16), We should be glad that there are parents taking an interest in having their kids join a sport that could use more good publicity.

And remember, they're only kids. They will grow up. They will learn. They will eventually probably become pretty good players. Or, they will sell their angel on ebay to someone who would cherish it and use it until the day it died.

You just can't expect a 10-13 year old to act with the same maturity as a 20-year old college student. But i DEFINITELY have seen some 20-year olds act like 10-year-old, temper-tantrum-throwing, whiny little babies!

Thats not to say that jealousy doesn't rear its head :pissed: when you're busting your balls to pay for a spyder, because you have to make your OWN money, and you see the little punk not knowing whats up or down :eyes:.

But i bet if you walked up to those kids, and actually talked to them and asked them if they wanted some tips on playing better, i could almost guarantee you that 100% of the time, they would listen up, and go out there and use those tips in their very next game.

So EDUCATE, don't BERATE.

/me gets off of his soapbox:cool:

bulletproof

03-10-2002, 07:29 PM

Im not one of the rich kids with the really cool guns but you never know what happened in their life, maybe there parents got divorced and they feel guilty, and maybe everyone should stop whining that the kid doesn't know how to use it, i know its irritating but give them a chance, so they have money, is that a bad thing? Just be happy for them and hope that they dont like there gun and sell it to you for cheap. :)

Lavahead

03-10-2002, 08:39 PM

Why is it just kids with angels? I've seen plenty of adults who are new to the sport that go out and buy an angel or impulse or some uber-cocker, when they clearly have no idea how they work and have only played like once or twice before. Even the hardcore folks who prance around before the game telling everyone how great they are, only to walk out two minutes in because they didn't check their batteries and forgot to bring more, so have to go back to their tippmann pump. Some people just spend so much time letting you know that their shiny new $1500 megamarker is gonna stomp all over your stock spyder (or whatever) forget that they've NEVER PLAYED BEFORE!

CoolPiranhaGuy

03-11-2002, 02:22 PM

Im not bothered by Newbs whose parents buy them guns even angels. im bothered when they start bragging about how good they are and really they suck.

Jspyder

03-11-2002, 02:56 PM

i agree with ya coolfishguy

2k1AngelShooter

03-12-2002, 07:49 AM

This thread has been beating to death, but I'm still going to add something (hahah).

Ok I shoot an angel fly, and use a defiant as a back up (well, in the next couple days, my shocker was untill I traded it) and I'm 19, no newbie at all. Me and my buds, gf and a couple of the other gf's walk out to a field and we shoot, 2 Angel LCDS, a defy, 2 imps, one with a warp-feed, 2 cockers, a mag and then a tippy or two. The five of us wear jerseys when we play and other players look sometimes over like we are idiots, rich punk kids and what not. Well I have bad news for them, I always say hi, chat, talk to them about their stuff but when they ask (they always do) if we bought our stuff, I tell them, "why yes we all did...heck I traded my shocker for a defiant so my gf could use it (and as my back up for tourneys) cause the shocker was to big for her..." That always brings a look of disbelief. Then trial number two comes out, now they think (and this goes for older guys too) that we are just spoiled and we suck, well We dont. We play pretty well, surpizingly(sp?) well. Alot of times, I'd be surprized if I go through 400-600 paintballs in a normal game, and I play front. Course that depends on the number of players but still. I guess too, between rounds, atleast when I'm working on everyones gun, tunning some ones cocker ect, that helps people realize I'm not just an idiot. I actually know what a bench vise is, what allen wrenchs are...

Heres another aspect, back to my gf. She's only been playing a few months, and people are surprized, even jealous she's playing w/my 600 dollar electro. Well she didn't start off with one, she started with a vert bottle spyder. After she had proved to me she was serious, and good (she nailed me in the butt durning a speedball game because I wasn't paying attention to where she was) I gave her the defy. Now, she plays hopper ball, no-matter what I do she won't wear a harness w/pods. That says something right? Not a another hoser at all.

Point is, not everyone just got theres. Scott worked hard for his cocker, I sold my Firebird (god was that a nice car) to buy a new car and my angel, John works at Cal-Fit teaching swim lessons to little annoying kids so he could buy his warp-feed impulse (and it only took one time w/ my shocker for him to realize that he had to ditch his pirhina) ect.... Thanks for your time, I hope that gives another disenting oppion to this thread.

I LOVE LIGHTING UP IDIOTS WITH ANGELS THOUGH!

weefek

03-12-2002, 01:48 PM

I can't stand using a harness w/pods either. I've only ran my hopper down once before. And I'm a front player, and I'm pretty good, get a decent amount of kills. *?*

sl1d3r

03-12-2002, 05:42 PM

god one of this kids in my school i ONCE TALKED a lot to, is a rich little ****. well all of the kids in my school r except basically me. i attend like "the best" school for academics/sports on long island called Chaminade.

well anyway, i went up to my friend and i was like hey, u wanna go paintballing this weekend, i just got my new cocker, and wanna test it out. hes like ok, but i dont have a gun. im like thats fine, u can get one at the place. hes like cool. we go to the place with a credit card in his hand. im like "why u bring that?" he goes im buying a gun. im like u ******* u never even played b4, why dont u rent a gun. hes like nah, and he buys a dye ironman because since it cost the most, he thought it was the best. he spend 2100 that day. i walked out of the place b4 the transaction was completed, i was like f*ck you u rich *******. havnt talked to him since lol :|

Druid

03-12-2002, 05:46 PM

I know man.. i hate rich people like that. go nick. leet post ^_^

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wwhooper

03-17-2002, 03:43 PM

I just happen to be 13, and I have a cocker. No, don't have a job, but I do have an allowance and responsibilities around the house. I got the cocker for Chridtmas and then worked my asss off to get good grades (my parents give me cash for that) to buy my upgrades and jersey and tourney entries. My allowance goes mostly towards my paint. I have skills. I'm a kid. I hate how YOU punks say, "oh that little kid has a good gun. He must suck" I know 12 year olds that have nice guns ($500 range) that totally kick asss. I say yeah, if somebody uses a crappy gun and says "My angel is Broken" they probably are full of it. But my point is, whether it's a little kid with a spyder sport, a kid with a Dark Angel, a 50 yr old with a pump, or a teenager witha custom cocker, you can't jst judge a player by their marker.

Lavahead

03-17-2002, 05:56 PM

I think the point that is being made is that it is silly how people who have hardly played before and/or have little or no skill go out and buy some super-gun, thinking that now they can kick everyone's *****. It's even worse when some little Billy tells his parents "I want a paintball gun" and they say "OK dear, just tell us what to buy and we will." It's about purchasing without thinking "Do I/the user of the marker really have a need for this, or will something cheaper/more managable/easier to learn how it works suffice?"

2k1AngelShooter

03-17-2002, 09:59 PM

I agree with lava head, thats what I really think this thread is about.

Ohh btw, it's fairly arrogant and just sounds stupid to say I have skill. No-one was arguing you didn't. Try this instead, I have (insert marker here) and I'm pretty good or decent or have enough skills for the marker....or I know how to work it, ect.

wwhooper

03-18-2002, 05:10 AM

If you were talking about me, that's not how I meant it, nor was it arrogant. Because I do have "practiced ability" (always keep a mini dictionary handy).I did not say, "I'm better than all of you" or say "I totally kick a**". so if you took it that way, sorry.

nitza

03-18-2002, 06:00 AM

i am only 13. I brought my first gun last year. A rebel basic, since then, I and I alone paid for everything that i have done to it. I am proud of myself, i am proud of my gun. Given, i've spent a little less then 200 on it. I still worked for every penny. Also, this summer, i plan to save everything i get for my future mag. And its prolly gonna take me another summer just to save up for a nitro tank! And i dont want to walk up in a field, and get bashed cuz i'm young with an expensive gun. I dont talk trash, i'm basically a shy guy. I just wanna play paintball

2k1AngelShooter

03-18-2002, 06:21 AM

No it's ok, I didn't take offense, just saying that sometimes how you say stuff makes you sound like one of those newbs with an angel. It's cool though, I knew what you meant. Nitza, no-one will disrespect you as long as you play fair, KNOW HOW YOUR MARKER WORKS, and just don't think of yourself as the best the world has ever seen. Just be honest and have fun!

Owens

03-18-2002, 06:44 AM

Yes friends it makes me mad too that rich little punks buy 2000 dollar markers. But thats ok. They havent played. And they will suck the first time they play. I'm with you guys because I'm 23 and in college and using a 1996 cocker. The difference between rich players and poor players is that we have to earn what we use for gear an you know it makes us feel alot better about having that gear. Insted of mr richy rich that just buys it and dosent have to worry about who's money it is. Or has to worry about if it breaks. Basicly the rich kid dont care. But I say just get over it because you poor players know you have skills to pay the bills and the rich kids are still say WTF. And we all know that we will all have a angel eventually. Even if we have to work our *** off to get one. At least it will be apprecciated. :P

2k1AngelShooter

03-18-2002, 11:16 AM

Agreed. One thing that I think parents are missing on that this sport is really addictive. IF their kids wants a new marker, then MAKE him/her work for it. What a perfect opportunity to teach your kids a work ethic? Maybe split the costs of a high end marker but make him/her work for paint, better barrels ect...

If I had a kid, I'm probably buy him a pirihina player pack...something along those lines and that'd be it. If he or she got really into and wanted something better they would have to earn it, I mean I might split the cost work something out but atleast they would be working for it. There are just to many kids out in the world who are lazy, have no work ethic, responsiblty ect... I've noticed though ALOT of paintball kids relized that had to work for what they own, and that is something VERY special about paintball.

Jspyder

03-18-2002, 02:20 PM

ya, thats what my parents make me do along with having them agree that i can buy expensive stuff for paintball. Tomorrow is my birthday and im not gettin an impulse from them, im not getting money to buy an impulse from them, but i am getting permission to buy an impulse with my money that i have saved and worked for. i couldnt be happier:) :) :) :) im still gonna use my spyder every once and a while though

2k1AngelShooter

03-18-2002, 02:24 PM

No you wont, you'll NEVER EVER USE A SPYDER AGAIN!!!

Jspyder

03-18-2002, 02:36 PM

wanna bet? i got friends with them and some time i bet ill level the playing field so they wont complain im the best of all of them cuz of my impy

Blazestorm

03-18-2002, 02:51 PM

This is another plus of paintball

In any other sports. Do you pay for your equipment... 98% no.

The one thing I see that kids buy themselves, things that have wheels attached (Bikes, Skateboards, Inline Skates, Scooters) They most likely bought themselves, but all that gear you wear when you play football, you didn't pay for.

In paintball you or your parents pay for the equipment.

People who buy their own equipment feel proud they worked hard for their money. I put over 1500 into paintball in marker's and upgrades alone. And I'm still 12. Your wondering. WTF?

I didn't buy a single thing for the past about 2 years. Doing chores and things around the house for 2 years added up a bit. I mean occasionally I'd buy some computer parts or something else.

In paintball if you didn't buy it, does it feel that good to own it?

My friends whatever they find on the ground at the field they take. They found 3 cases of paint laying on the ground, well the person who's that paint belonged to just drove off, I heard a SCREEEEECH and they came back. my friends hid the paint. There were 14 of them and one of me. I didn't want to get my *** kicked, I gave the person a the rest of my money and said "Here's to help pay for your stolen paint." I gave them 60 bucks, which bought about 3000 rounds. Other times they have found hoppers, tubes squeegies, barrel plugs, allen wrenchs o-rings, repair kits, even markers. (They gave the markers back) They even found a brass eagle 2 tube pouch, hats, a brass eagle mask, empty gear bags, tool boxes. Pisses me off. One time my friend got 2000 rounds of marballizers at my field for the price of 1000, 38 bucks (Major ripoff) and he didn't say anything. 5 minutes later they realize they are missing marbs. I overhear them and tell my friend. he returns the two bags. Gets 5 free passes into the park. Doesn't give me one shread of credit. I found out, I told him, I was honest.

Anyway enough of my ranting. I'm bored I'm tired I'm pissed and I like to let everything out at the end of the day on my first afternoon post.

Squidboy

03-19-2002, 02:30 AM

I love hearing stories of people who are even semi honest. You leave something behind over here in colombia, you will be lucky to ever find it (be sure to check pawn shops near your place) I have been living overseas now for 10 years. Most of the people you meet overseas couldn't give a rats *** about courtosey. You leave your stuff (ANYTHING, I mean for gods sake, I lost an elbow to someone) then you ain't gonna get it back again unless you want to search for the pawn shop that has it and repay for the item.

I am working this summer towards an Automag or Minimag. I have figured up the cost and it leaves me just enough money to buy a bearing and wheel set for my rollerblades that my parents gave my brother for christmas, (I had to pay a little *cough 40 cough* money to get them from him!) My ultimate goal is to become an on/off road assault person, with an upgraded mag in my hands, 1case of paintballs feeding to a warpfeed in my back pack, and a pair of off road roller blades. The blades are 500, the mag with remote warpfeed and remote 114ci tank, somewhere around 1k. The total cost of this will probably come out to about 2k, and not a cent of it coming from my parents. Mind you, my parents did buy me my first gun, the ZAP ZXS-600e (package deal) that came out to $369.73. Then after I got the top grades in my class on my Mid-terms, they bought my Autococker (another package deal so that my brother could finally play and not have to rent) that came out to $519.07. My mom then bought two rebels (they were CHEAP like $59) for my brother, who then decided that he didn't like paintball and gave them to me (for a small fee of $30). My mom has bought my cocker and my ZAP and I have taken care of them and loved them like I had bought them with my own money.

I hope to see you one day, so that I can role by and mark you with stuff I bought.

Lavahead

03-19-2002, 07:55 AM

I have no real problem with parents buying or helping to buy paintball gear for their kids, because hey, paintball can get real expensive, real quick! As long as you play and try to improve, get what you want. It's the people, regardless of age, that play like once a year, so they buy some mega-gun thinking that that'll make up for their lack of skill. What's the point? Just use rental gear and save us all the pain of hearing all about the shiny new toy! They might as well just come down to the field and show us their paycheck, then we can all say "ooohhh, wow, BIG DEAL!!! Go get your rental gear and let's play." Sorry, I'm ranting and not making any sense.

webstien

03-19-2002, 05:53 PM

Who cares! Lets all just have fun playing paintball!!!!!

Like I always say ->

Paint them all and let god sort them out!!!!

Jealousy has no part in the game of paintball, Its all about the skill my friends.

TrunksPT

03-22-2002, 09:05 AM

Haha... I got a story... not to say anything wrong with kids playing... cuz some are hella good

Yeah one day I just entered a walkon and theres this kid being kissed by his mom good-bye. Of course whatelse then an C&C angel in his hands with angel air... This kid was about 12 but said he worked at mcdonads and bought his angel on his own. (****... i work at an inventory job for a large chain getting paid probably twice his pay for longer and i'm there with my m98...) So we went on and he told us he was going to light every member of our team up with his angel. Found out that all the guys that day hunted him down like a rat in the sewer. I got him atleast 3 times throughout the day... (hehe with my m98) Near the end after most of the teams went home there were about 20 people left. so we divided into our usual bands and no bands and found out there were not enough bands (our team). So we got 2 cockers and an impluse. That Mcdonalds Angel Kid steps up and told th ref that wasn't fair. And said "Hey thats not fair... there all good... look at them... Jt, Jt, Jt, Jt... :laugh: (pointing at our jerseys)" followed by everyone laughing. he was right tho... we were all good :D we kicked the **** outta that guy.

To sum up... As much as i agree that there are some awesome kid players... (hey i play with one on my team) But there are some out there coming onto the field with highend markers bad mouthing out who hes going to tag. Thost are the things that piss me off. And expecially when you know their not old enough to have a job with an angel in their hands.

Once i say this young teen with a dark angel bragging not knowing it was a "DARK" He said "hey look at this angel, cool huh" and i replied "hey thats a cool dark angel" The kid looks at me "Dark?" later that day then finding him camping in the back end of the field... (With a DARK ANGEL) :eyes:

Oh well... i'll shut up now

over kill

03-25-2002, 07:01 PM

I AGREE BUT ITS NOT THE GUN ITS HOW YOU PLAY YOUR GAME . BESIDES KICKING THEIR BUTS WITH MY M98 JUST MAKES IT SO SWEET.AND FOR THEM ITS JUST DEGRADING.NOTHING TO BLAME ON BUT THEIR GAME.

mlharnett

03-26-2002, 10:54 AM

I see why a kid would get mad at another kid for talkin trash, but I say:
"Let your ACTIONS speak for you!"

When I see someone walk the walk, I let them talk the talk....otherwise you cant pay any attention to the ATNA kids
(all talk no action).

I have seen the scenario many times. People buy stuff they know nothing about. A guy bought a $2500 banjo and didnt even know how to put the picks on his fingers. Instead of me going up to him and playing in his face and laughing at him and driving him away, I took the time to show him how the picks went on and even taught him a lick or two. You never know when you will be someones hero. Every day you have the opportunity to help others and you shouldnt pass it up.

I remember when I couldnt play a banjo or a guitar or anything. Someone took the time to show me and now I look up to that person. You take someone under your wing and train them to play the way you think is most effective and now you have a team member you can count on......not just another guy who runs the other way when he sees YOU coming.

So they talk trash and cant back it up. Be the bigger man and SHOW them some things. You may get a friend out of the deal.

Thank you for your support
Matt.

wwhooper

03-26-2002, 11:45 AM

Alright I'm tired of all this... these cocky outlaw-never-been-to-real-field n00bs sayin crap like "you have $2400 marker, a nitro tank, and can fire 23 BPS, and you still can't get me". I agree with a sticker I once saw: "Angels only suck if you can't afford one". so I think all this "kid with angel" crap is just a load of jealousy on many of the people (not all of course) posting here. How do you know that a kid that has a $900 angel didn't work his butt off to make half of the money and his parents pay the other? I used to do that when I was younger to get video games and such, and it taught me the value of work, and my parents would pay for half so I wouldn't get discouraged with the time it took and give up. I mean, they have an angel, so be happy for em'. like I said before, don't judge a player by his/her marker. And I also get mad at scenario game swhen a guy walks up to me and says "I bet your mommy liked paying for that" and I tell them that I paid for the hopper, the barrel, the frame, the bolt, the 3-way, and all my apparel and stuff and I got the marker and tank for christmas and they still say something like "well I bet your parents gave you all that money then" or something and I just look at em kinda weird and walk away. I work for my paint and fees and tourney entries. I don't get jack squat from my parents.

Jspyder

03-26-2002, 01:38 PM

dude, u gotta relax, im a kid that pays for everything i got and yes i get ticked off when people my age say they are the bombdiggidy but they suck. Do u prove the people at the field wrong when the game starts? if so then thats all that matters, so chill man

Mr Angel

03-26-2002, 04:54 PM

Originally posted by kashik
I dont get it why people let themselves get mad over seeing a little kid with a gun that his parents bought for them. I see that and dont think anything of it. It's just kind of annoying hearing people getting pissed cause someone didnt have to do something to get an angel or something. Its just how life is. Just light them up on the field :goody:

:pissed: I play pro on my dad's team and i am 13 yrs old I spend all my time playing paintball. i agree with this guy because you don't know the punch i am packing. So don't judge by size or age. thats fine to pick on a kid who dosent know the difference between CO2and N2. Oh well. Also I earned my angel, saved my lunch money mowed lawns all summer asked relitives to give me work and then i 18 year old with a tippmann challanges me. Within 15-25 sec. of the start of the game I bunker him and he challenges me to a fight and claimed I was cheating and I did no such a thing.

cris8762

04-06-2002, 06:41 PM

hey sl1d3r....if you've got rich snobby friends that spend lots of money you should mooch off of them!!!! be like "hey i forgot my wallet could you pay for my paint?" hehehehehehehe that's what i would do.......man......i need to find some rich friends that want to play paintball.....:laugh: :rolleyes: :D :laugh:

2k1AngelShooter

04-07-2002, 11:13 AM

Mr. Angel? What team do you play with dad on?

anchorite

04-07-2002, 08:56 PM

yo...
dont dis kids whose parents buy them a marker.
it really shouldnt matter if it is an angel or a spyder.

the first marker I owned, my dad bought me... a spyder. a stock spyder. no shutter or nothing. 3 years later, my dad is gonna buy me an IR3.

I didnt earn it.
However, I did earn the cocker I owned and worked for, all the upgrades, my matrix, all the upgrades, and my dad's impulse (which I bought him with my own personal money for his 50th birthday).

I am nearly 19... my friends are 19, 20, 21, my dad can kick all their arses, or at least hold his own.

age has nothing to do with it... weather it is a 50 year old man with a impy, or a 13 year old with an angel.

as a matter of fact, I was watching a young guns game today at a pan am affiliate that I played in, and saw a few 9 and 10 year olds with dark angels. they were ripping it up. they were pretty good. the funny thing was their parents standing on the sideline, mom and dad, both in jerseys cheering their kid/s on.

parents are supporting their kids in this sport. if they have the money, they will probalby buy a kid the best marker they can... possibly an angel. I know if my son was into paintball in 30 or so years, I would buy him the best possible marker I could afford. most of you will do the same.

so dont whine if a kid has an angel... who cares if he is cocky. people young and old talk shyt all the time. it isnt going to change.

just think of the loving parents who want their kids to do the best they can.

and for kids buying their own angels?
think of the other things they could spend their money on...
drugs, etc.

I am not exactly the best person in terms of morals, but I will definatley support all kids with expensive markers.

174thfwff

04-07-2002, 09:19 PM

Shut up you little *****es. IF you had the money, I bet you would be in the same situation.

I work...not for the money, but for the ethics. I laugh at you suckers who make 5.25 an hour. Get some balls and ask for a raise. I did, I get 8.75 an hour stocking food onto the shelves at Wegmans Supermarket in Rochester.

BTW I have a parent funded Matrix

2k1AngelShooter

04-07-2002, 09:38 PM

I agree w/ anchorite about the buying them the best thing I could. I bought my GF...well trade for a Green fade defiant w/hpa so she has a nice great all around marker.

I think everyone here agrees, if the kid's got skills, then no problem. If the kid doesn't even know what caliber paintballs he's shooting (exergartion but still) then he probably doesn't deserve an angel.

Thats my 2cents.

Doug

Smoking_Guns

04-09-2002, 04:30 AM

I have an angel and sto parent funded. Angel air and PMI hpa on both. Lets think about this for a minute. Ok so i am 12 years old. I am playing tourneys. For christmas i get an angel. I love it. 5 months later i get an sto. I love that even more. What im trying to say is if you can get it go for it. If you cant well dont whine

2k1AngelShooter

04-09-2002, 07:46 AM

Thing is Smokey, do you know how to work your angel? Do you flaunt your marker on newb's with less? Do you have an attitude in general? Thats what most people bitc* about.

BTW, it must be rough having really nice parents who would give you 2500+ dollars in makers! It's just kind of annoying to those of us who work hard, pay payments on other things in life (ie. rent, car payments, school, insurance EXPENSIVE GF's...) and finally get a marker they've been wanting only to have a punk 10 year old (not saying you) who has no idea how his marker even works shooting a 1500 dollar rig. Thats what MOST people are talking about, we've all met them, I'm sure you have as well.

Doug

Smoking_Guns

04-09-2002, 08:07 AM

Well when newbs come up to me and ask is that an angel? I dont go ranting about how fast it shoots ect BTW im 12 not 10. Yes i know how to work on most things. I changed a manifold on it when it got crunched. Im basicaly shy. The only people i see who are asses are the adults at my field. One day a guy with a freeflow cocker with a racegun frame and a custom anno job walks in to the field. He starts bad mouthing newbs stuff and starts showing his gun off. I went over to him and asked i bet they are putting the new macro line bolts in these babys arent they. He nods and tells me how good the macro line bolts are. I couldnt help but laugh. When we get on the field he starts shooting his gun as fast as he can but all he is doing is making orange soup. The hopper wasnt on. The game starts and i rush to the 50. I ask him to put some heat on the guy who was firing at me and he says NO ill get hurt. I say from what? He says the paintballs ill get hit. I found out he had just bought the gun the day before and had never played before. What a ****

2k1AngelShooter

04-09-2002, 03:55 PM

Originally posted by 2k1AngelShooter
...and finally get a marker they've been wanting only to have a punk 10 year old (not saying you) who has no idea how his marker even works shooting a 1500 dollar rig.

Doug

Look up, I do belive it says NOT SAYING YOU. There are idiots of all ages out there.

Squidboy

04-09-2002, 04:18 PM

I am going to have to laugh with Smokey. I get all kinds of BS from all kinds of people when they find out that my mother and father funded my upgraded cocker. I know exactly how it works, and if a problem arises, I fix it myself. I do ask for an occasional help from my parents, such as when I upgraded the front pneus. I couldn't romove the cocking rod from the old one so I asked my dad for help and he showed me how to do it (BTW, the 'old ones' were the stocks). I actually like getting poked at by the BSers. I like their faces when they get their ***es whooped by a "Stupid Newbie". I have been playing paintball for about six months and I have two paintball markers, both of which were parent-funded. I know exactly how each of them works and I can use both with equal efficiency. I also get jeered by the other kids at school. They say that if I didn't have my "Super-gun" I would suck, so I rented a pro-lite from the field and, doooohh, guess what, I cleaned house. Be it with less efficiency as before as the gun wasn't as accurate as my Cocker, but none the less I still was pretty good. I have also gone up against a team, wellll, not really a team, it was two guys, one had a tricked RT PRO and the other had an over-the-hill aged spider. They both were very good players and we marked each other about the same ammount of times. What I am trying to get at is that some kids buy a $1500 rig with their parent's money and suck "royale", and to make things worse haven't a clue how to fix or maintain thier machinery, but there are others, such as my self, who have the true love of paintball that their parents see, and buy them a reasonably priced gun that will last. These players usually spend hours researching prices, performance and other aspects and narrow their selection down to a few guns. They will then present the prices and specs to their parents and tell them what is needed, where they can play, how much everything costs, etc. They will then recieve a paintgun and love it like it was bought with their own money and figure out what makes it tick, how to fix it, everything. These are the kind of players that paintball needs, the ones with the true love of the sport, who play for the joy of playing, not to show off their rigs.

I really hope that made sense.

Crash Danger

04-09-2002, 05:23 PM

paintball guns aren't really that hard to take apart and clean anyway... theres just a couple of pins and some hex screws to remove... I'm talking about a low end gun, but I know high ends aren't THAT much more complicated to disassemble...

paintballdiablo

04-09-2002, 05:29 PM

WELL......it isn't to hard for a low end gun, but say that again with an electronic gun or an autococker, its ALOT harder than what you think...

2k1AngelShooter

04-09-2002, 05:38 PM

Squidboy, I think it's great that you work on your marker and research your marker ect. I'm the exact same way. I spent 10 years restoring Musclecars, building race cars, I do computerized machinery so mechinical things are natural for me (as opposed to spelling!). But, everyone has to ask someone else what to do from time to time.

Anyone who basicly says, I don't know everything but... is more than likely going to be ok. People who say, "mommy I want an angel, thats what everyone has in the magazine." Then followed by, "Ok hunny, no problem. Where do I get one and bring me my charge card. I hope you enjoy your FIRST time going paintballing"

Ect ect

Squidboy

04-10-2002, 03:05 AM

It actually took me a long while to convince my parents to buy me my first gun, the ZAP ZXS-600e, almost 3 months of research. It was a hell of a lot harder to get the second, my autococker. To get it I had to take my midterms and get THE HIGHEST grade in the class on EVERY subject except spanish, as it is my classmates' first language. There are only two other kids in my class, and they are by no means stupid. I only jus got the top grade by something like a few percent. They also said that the Autococker was a tandem christmas present, as it was like 3 days before christmas when I got it in the mail.

newbee

04-11-2002, 01:20 PM

Concerning parents giving their children incredibly expensive markers as their first. I think that it only sounds logical to start someone out with a low end gun and after they have leaned the basic and found that they enjoy paintball then make the leap to a more expensive marker - its a lot better than just going to a store buying an angel and saying "here go have some fun... dont break it". Heres an analogy to why you should start off with a low end gun. given a child an angel is like giving them your keys to your Harley befor teaching them to ride a bike with training wheels. When I first started shooting guns at like three years old I was given a daisy bb gun. Now i shoot skeet and .30-06s all of the time with no problem. It was the Daisy that tought me the basics and that is why I hit the mark every time. My father wont let me shoot a gun untill I can take it fully apart and put it back together, somehow it helps me learn how to use the specific gun better. I can take a garand apart in a little over than a minute. just some advice to parents who are thinking of doing what I disadvise.
(By the way, I in no way trying to exclude or "dis" those who have had their parents by them an expensive gun without working for it):)
Also, don't forget that no matter how much paint that you spray at me, I'll still get you between the eyes, and if you piss me off.... in the nuts.

2k1AngelShooter

04-11-2002, 02:58 PM

Agreed. Everyone should start w/ a spyder or something you know.

Harry Painter

04-11-2002, 03:22 PM

The only reason we don't like kids with Angels and stuff is because they brag and brag and brag. And jealousy. I personnaly, have a friend who has a 2k VF cocker with a Boomy that his dad bought him. I was SOOOO pissed off, because all he could talk about was his cocker, 24/7. Now everybody makes fun of him and stuff cause he's so annoying. I had to pay for my Xtra. My parent's lent me the money. It's kinda annoying because I made a list of the stuff he said he doesn't like about my Xtra. I was about 20 items. Just kinda annoying because now he's also getting a couple grand for his new mountain bike.

2k1AngelShooter

04-11-2002, 03:29 PM

That is annoying.

Cozzio

04-11-2002, 03:54 PM

hey 2k1angelshooter, you live in the same town as ACI's headquarters ! hehe

hey squidboy, how come you are in colombia ? eres colombiano o americano ?

just curious.

(and did u say you only had TWO other classmates ?)

are you in that american high school located off avenida circumvalar ( its name escapes me ... ) ?

JEDARAPA2

04-12-2002, 08:43 PM

Slayerized

04-12-2002, 08:57 PM

Think about it...these kids starting out w/ electros and cockers are putting themselves at a disagvantage. I know that I would be nowhere w/o my 3 years w/ my Piranha and F4. When I was a n00b, I sure wouldn't have minded if my parents would've bought me an Angel, but now when I look back on it it would've done me more bad than good.

JEDARAPA2, you know what you're talking about. I myself don't have that big a problem with noobs with Angels or cockers coming to our field, but then again it doesn't happen that often. And even when it does, it isn't that big of a deal. My rule is that if you have a gun worth almost as much as my car, yet couldn't drive my car, you will be lit up. It is true that these kids are for the most part incredibly ignorant about their markers, and Paintball in general. They also seem to be very arrogant. But hey, you could look at it like a good thing. They have their parents pump money into the industry don't they? And even if you cannot stand these little *****es, just laugh at their futures in paintball. Most of them will only learn to spray and pray, and never develop any real skills. That's why I said JEDARAPA2 was smart. If a kid buys an angel, and plays for a year, he will be fairly decent. If a kid starts with a pump or a low end semi, plays for a year, then buys himself a high end marker, he will be quite a bit better than the Kid with the Angel. That's why I reccomend all noobs to buy a pump first. It builds skill, is cheap, and saves paint.

Just my 2 cents anyway

2k1AngelShooter

04-13-2002, 10:10 AM

Exactly. Well said. I started wth a with a pirahna.

ACI is in Elk Grove? Must be Elk Grove, IL. Sure as heck aint here that I know of

Cozzio

04-13-2002, 05:24 PM

oh crap you're right.

actually, i confused it with the address from where I bought my pball gear. No, you live in the same town as actionvillage.com .

2k1AngelShooter

04-13-2002, 10:06 PM

NO I live in ELK GROVE, CA ( I repeat its Elk Grove CALIFORNIA). THere is an Elk Grove Il, where pbgear is.

Don't worry it happens ALL the time!

Cozzio

04-14-2002, 04:57 AM

hahaha again, you're right, my bad then :crazy:

Downdog

04-16-2002, 07:47 PM

I am 15 and i have all my guns bought buy my parents. The only thing is they won't buy me paint or upgrades. I have to work my *** off to get to play once a month. I started with compact 2000 then to automag now i am at an impulse. I also have to sell the gun that i had before and put that money into getting the new one. I know everything about my gun and how it works. I see more people at my field flaunting their spyders than the people with angels. The one thing that pissed me off was that i went to the field and saw about 10, 10 year olds with bob longs and there dads at the counter buying them paint and everything. It is all good though when you light some fool up on the field with a better gun then yours.

anchorite

04-17-2002, 11:24 AM

you know what pisses me off more than kids who got no game but shoot angels? cocky old guys with no game that shoot angels! it is funny. I light them up. they get pissed. I am friendly with them "wow... thats a really nice dark you got there. that blue to silver fade looks great." they are like "blue to silver? is that what it is? cool. yea, I just bought it."
...he is wearing a flannel shirt and blue jeans.

it is alright thogh, I guess. he is having fun playing recball. but when I invite him and his friends to scrimmage my team, he stops having fun. he got pretty cold quickly.

ohh well.

but then there are guys like my friend greg. single father. bought his daughter, who plays paintball, an impulse. shoots a vision impy and a rt mag himself. he can light it up ou there. he is one of the better guys I play with. guys like taht are cool. I wish he could have a dark angel like the other older guy does. but he cant. ohh well.

but anyways. there are different social classes based on financal issues. realize this. you may get a model 98 for christmas, while your friend gets a dark angel. there is nothing you can do about it. just learn to play. get a job, buy your own markers. this is what I did. I have had 3 self funded markers. upgraded cocker, Matrix, and an impulse which I gave to my dad.

eventually you will get hit back up. I am still waiting from my angel from my parents. lol! what are you gonna do about it? my parents are giving me an angel! then again, I am nearly 19... and I do got game.

wgpfreakjr

04-17-2002, 04:02 PM

i was at hogback and guess what this kid had a purple ironman angel...it was so nice i dunno how good he was he didnt talk smack but it was funny how he would be out b4 me and i have a spyder compact (thinkin he would be the sxit if he had an angel) but his dad on the other hand kicked ***.....i felt cool when i got him out :D i forgot what gun he had but it was a nice one they must spend alot on pb

anchorite

04-17-2002, 11:02 PM

I play paintball with my dad too...
I usually get eliminated before him.
because he is better than me?
no.
I am more aggressive. much mroe aggressive.
when my team does lose, I usually have an elimination or two of my own. just because I get out quickly doesnt mean I suck.
and recball doesnt really tell how good someone is. when it is 20 on 20 or so, on a small field, it is purley luck. the least aggressive player wins.

newbee

04-18-2002, 05:02 PM

Having a nice marker is good and all but people forget that it only takes one.

anchorite

04-18-2002, 05:48 PM

its a good thing that that last comment by newbee made sense. otherwise we may not be entirley sure of what that "one" was he is talking about.

JEDARAPA2

04-18-2002, 06:42 PM

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

bassinboy

04-19-2002, 01:23 PM

last sat. when i was reffing at pbusa(houston texas)....

some newbie brought a orracle and though he was "all that"

this little kid.. i tell you, must have been his first time playing and first gun!!!!! yes... he was that bad....

he was trying to look like a pro, while he could not even aim, only thing he was good at was wiping his splats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bassinboy

04-19-2002, 01:27 PM

Originally posted by anchorite
I play paintball with my dad too...
I usually get eliminated before him.
because he is better than me?
no.
I am more aggressive. much mroe aggressive.
when my team does lose, I usually have an elimination or two of my own. just because I get out quickly doesnt mean I suck.
and recball doesnt really tell how good someone is. when it is 20 on 20 or so, on a small field, it is purley luck. the least aggressive player wins.

"least aggressive player wins"........... uh, not really, the least aggressive player gets his but bunkered when he is hiding in the back bunker!!!!!!!!!!

at my field, there are these kids, they have the same jerseys, cuz they are some kind of "team"..... but anyways they all have tricked cockers( which pisses me off,(i only have a custom)) and they really really suck!!!!!!!!!!! they stay in the back bunkers.. but the good thing is i get to bunker them when i dead-mans walk over there!!! hehe~

jero000

04-26-2002, 04:48 AM

Originally posted by Squidboy
There are only two other kids in my class, and they are by no means stupid. I only jus got the top grade by something like a few percent. They also said that the Autococker was a tandem christmas present, as it was like 3 days before christmas when I got it in the mail. [/B]

i dunno if someone asked u this already iam tooo lazy to read all the other posts but does that mean there is only 3 people in ur class??? just wondering...

newbee

04-26-2002, 04:07 PM

anchorite its a good thing that that last comment by newbee made sense. otherwise we may not be entirley sure of what that "one" was he is talking about.

The "one" that i was talking about was one hit, in case you did not know.

Squidboy

04-26-2002, 04:27 PM

Yes that does mean there are only 3 kids in my class, including me. No girls for 3 grades down.:bawling:
I go to the British school over here in the hole called colombia because the american school is in a state of undermanagement and over population. My recommendation is to NEVER go to a brit school. There is more work in one grade here than three in the states.
Colombia sucks and there is absolutely NO REASON AT ALL to come here. The safety at the paintball fields is appaling and would thouroughly piss off any real ref or tourney player that would come here.
Barrel plugs? What is a Barrel Plug?
Safety on the grip?!?!
Masks on until 150' away from fields?!?!
Not that any would because there are only three fields known to me over here and one is really just a chunk of jungle.
There actually are a few teams here, but they all play in Cartagena and Chia, which I have not been to.
Anyway, I got to go.

Cube242

04-26-2002, 06:56 PM

Yeah, I have nothing against kids with nice guns, I honestly wish I was as lucky as they are.... anyway, on a mainly related topic:

Know what gets me every time? That one friend of yours [almost everyone has one] that thinks paintball is somewhat like a bad Steven Segall movie--he thinks pulling a Rambo [two guns, firing accurately in different directions] is a piece of cake. Then, as you're relating a story to another friend about getting marked out, he's all over you, like a fat girl on a cupcake. He does all of this, yet he avoids playing you all the time, even though you invite him...

Yes, if you're wondering, it IS personal.

Durn you, Farkas, you're mine.

Prophecy

04-29-2002, 11:41 PM

man i hate kids like that i worked my *** off in construction and drywall work for my defiant. and i can tell u construction is hard ****ing work !!!!!!!!!! those rich kids make me sick. but it makes me fell a lil better about it when i stomp the **** out of them on the field::biglaugh:

2k1AngelShooter

04-30-2002, 10:10 PM

Originally posted by Prophecy
man i hate kids like that i worked my *** off in construction and drywall work for my defiant. and i can tell u construction is hard ****ing work !!!!!!!!!! those rich kids make me sick. but it makes me fell a lil better about it when i stomp the **** out of them on the field::biglaugh:

I feel you prophecy, 10 years Custom Cabinet work. I HATE construction.

AvalonGT

05-01-2002, 10:22 AM

The only thing that I hate abot rich kids is that they have the money And I dont:( You all say you hate them but if you had 100 millon dollars would you get an syder? HELL NO! you would go buy a nice angel and angel AIR. Even if youve never played before you would get a angel if you had the money. They have they money and theres nothing you could do about it So just get over it

wwhooper

05-01-2002, 11:19 AM

Originally posted by AvalonGT
The only thing that I hate abot rich kids is that they have the money And I dont:( You all say you hate them but if you had 100 millon dollars would you get an syder? HELL NO! you would go buy a nice angel and angel AIR. Even if youve never played before you would get a angel if you had the money. They have they money and theres nothing you could do about it So just get over it I completely agree. I mean some people get porche's for their first cars, while my brother was given a 97 avalon.

2k1AngelShooter

05-01-2002, 11:42 AM

Ya I agree too. If I had bank, I would probably do the same thing.

BTW my first car was my 69 Firebird...but I payed/restored that myself!

WordTizzle

05-08-2002, 05:22 PM

muck u should have taken them into the woods stolen their guns and took off......

j/p

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AvalonGT

05-08-2002, 05:36 PM

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JayHeich

05-10-2002, 05:37 PM

Originally posted by WVprankster
I ref at Splatterpit in Wheeling and a 14 year-old kid tells me that he "would have brought his Angel today, but it's broken". This boy was playing with a Stringray that he had just taken out of the box. Being a cad, i ask him how big his CO2 tank is. He looks me dead in the eyes and says ,"20 ounces".

I figured I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. a little later inthe day I decided to try again. I asked him if he had a
threaded timing rod for it. He nodded and said(still looking me straight in the eye "yeah, I think it's stainless steel."

I thought it was funny

Hmm if you asked me those questions i couldnt answer.. but i guess im still learning so yea :)

also i dont really see the problem with these kids with angels. I know your angry cause you are stuck with your gun(no offense), and these rich *****es have these nice guns but... thats life, and eventually if you keep trying and working hard you'll get a nice gun and you wont be at all like these kids, cause you understand what it is.... YOUR LOVER :)

Spector0

05-12-2002, 04:59 PM

Ok, I'm going to be straight out honest with everyone some I don't get mixed up with these typesMy parents gave me my first marker (A Cocker) for christmas. Did i want it? Well, yeah. Could I afford it? Eventually.

In the end I had to trade my set to them for it, but honestly, its not like all the rich people know what they are buying their kids. They could really not know anything and just go to the store and say "Hey, I need a sweet gun for my kid, what do you have?" and end up with an angel.

It's not the kids that have angels that bug me.

It's the kids who talk their parents into it and brag afterwards.

Don't let it get to you.

You feel much better if you take the **** and bunker thier asses and let em whine:D

at least i do.

TheZephyr

05-12-2002, 07:44 PM

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Crusher95348

05-12-2002, 08:43 PM

how about if I clear up a couple things on this site:
1. There's on such thing as a $2k+ marker. It's unheard of. Don't even try to say that you got a really tricked out angel. There's no such thing.
2. All you people thinking that you have tricked out 'Cockers too; there's nothing that a stock 'Cocker w/ a new 3-way (good one, not KAPP[ewww...]), and a new frame won't be able to do that yours can't.
3. All you people saying you all know how to take your 'guns completely completely apart. This question is for autocockers owners "How many of you can really decently time your gun? Honestly, no blow-back. Not just timing it good enough for the marker to function, but to actually time it so no blow-back goes into the feed tube?"
4. Don't diss people w/ Angels! Please, now I don't have a great gun, as you can see by me signature, but still don't pick on 'em. If they know their marker than fine let 'em keep it. The problem you guys are obviously missing is that when Noob's get angels. They get that firepower in their hands and they're setting it on full-auto turning other people into just a mass of paint. I'm being serious, it's not a hate or jealousy issue, it's an issue of public safety. They can cause serious harm or injury to anyone playing paintball and they're a liability to everyone out on that field that day.

Crusher95348

05-12-2002, 08:45 PM

If you say you really know how to time your 'Cocker, how do you tell if it's timed right? Believe me, I can tell if it's right or wrong.

insurgent

05-27-2002, 06:51 PM

i was playing in a scenario game, and it got pretty cold once night fell. So, a couple of people's CO2 tanks were having problems due to the cold weather. Well this kid with a stock spyder sonix has no upgrades on his gun except for a nitro tank. How stupid is that to get no upgrades, not even a barrel. And buy a nitro tank. Anyways the kid was like 11 and he was telling them that their guns suck and thats y their guns wouldn't shoot. I just wanted to light him up, because he had no idea what he was talking about. no offense to all the people with spyder sonix, but that kid has no room to tell others that their guns suck when he is shooting a stock spyder sonix.

Blazestorm

05-27-2002, 07:37 PM

So your saying an inexpensive gun means the person is crappy?

So that means if lasoya was using a talon, he'd suck?

2k1AngelShooter

05-27-2002, 08:42 PM

No I think he's saying that someone who'd buy a spyder, and leave a stock barrel on it but buy nitro who thinks his is the best ever cause it has a fiber wrapped tank is a lame person.

insurgent

05-28-2002, 10:23 AM

i didnt mean to say that if u dont have a gun that is high end that u suck. That's not wat i meant at all. Wat I was sayign was that this kid was saying stuff that wasn't true, and flaming other people's equiptment.

werty7373

05-28-2002, 10:29 AM

there was a kid at my field brand new ir3 wit AIR. the gun was too advanced for him. he was out every game and some of the first. like on the break he would run right into shooting lanes and not even understand y he got out. i shot him a couple of times. he made the stupidest mistakes like foot hanging out harrness elbow when shooting taking his eyes off the field when reloading etc

Animal Mother

05-28-2002, 03:05 PM

Got to love people w/ Angels.

Squidboy

05-30-2002, 03:21 AM

Hey, if all these rich kids didn't buy angels, we wouldn't be able to buy them off of them after they get shot a couple times and think it is the gun's fault!!

I saw an IR3, purple, with blue angel air, wicked drop (this thing was MASSIVE!), Freak barrel, and a ricochet loader for something like 1000! The kid was selling it because he didn't like the feel of the bottle so far forward and the 90* grip!

Already been sold though, wish i had the money at that moment :(
Oh well, can't get everything you want.....Unless you are bill gates, he can buy russia and its surrounding countries and have money left over! In something like five years, he will be the first person to have A TRILLION DOLLARS!
Lets Write that down for the mathematically impaired:
1000000000000 :eek:

Imagine all the paintball stuff HIS kid would have if he asked for it!
Hell, He could buy WDP!

JEDARAPA2

05-30-2002, 07:16 AM

I saw an IR3, purple, with blue angel air, wicked drop (this thing was MASSIVE!), Freak barrel, and a ricochet loader for something like 1000! The kid was selling it because he didn't like the feel of the bottle so far forward and the 90* grip!

A few years ago, I was playing at this place and I guy w a hella nice Angel shows up. He gets his *** kicked all day long, and at the end of the day, he sells the the angel (earth elements lcd), the tank (an 88 45 geddon), the hopper (12v rev), a proteus, and a huge pod pack for $800, because he said he didn't like the sport.

db988

06-20-2002, 07:50 PM

my 98 custom broke after i played with it once and the best gun i ever got to shoot was a 98custom with a flatline and carstock. the best gun ive ever seen is a minimag(i play rec and i only went to a place once) skirmish and everything around where i live is way too expensive to go to so i just buy paint online. Everyone is complaining here cause there jealous they dont have those guns.

nzzzme

06-24-2002, 03:23 PM

Slayerized

06-24-2002, 06:51 PM

ok, you guys are gonna get mad at me....I'm 12, I have an Angel, Bushmaster 2k2, Intimidator, Impulse, and a cocker...I play VERY serious tourny ball...our team is very good and we go to many many major tournys...I have a job selling hotdogs in a mall (np whatsoeva) and do about $1200 a week...do you think im not working? you should really go figure out what these kids do for there junk...i got a pirahna too....

You are so full of ****. $1200 a week selling hotdogs. A 12 year old, working in a mall, selling hot dogs. You are not old enough to legally hold a job, even if it is selling hot dogs. The mall would not let you sell your hot dogs there, because you are too young. Plus, what parents are gonna let there kid spend his free time at the mall selling hot dogs. And $1200 bucks a week? Selling hot dogs? And you have an Angel, Bushy, Timmy, Impy and a piranah? Right. You mind telling us all the parts you got on these guns, all yours tanks, all the proper maintenance, and how to time your cocker? And I'm sure you play VERY serious tourny ball. What team are you on? What position do you play? You're right, I am mad at you for so blatantly lying........and being too good for periods.

2k1AngelShooter

06-24-2002, 10:22 PM

Really, I make 14 bucks an hour and at 19 thats good money, and I don't even pull down 1200 bucks a week. Maybe you meant, 120 bucks?

classic68er

06-25-2002, 09:06 PM

slayer is right thats bull ****. theres no way you make 1200$ a week and you being 12. you'd get kiddnapped in a damn hotdog stand! why do you need 5 top markers! your 12! 12! when i was 12 i had to beg my parents to even let me out the door to play. even then i had to take out loans to get a spyder. and theres no way that your parents just let you buy these guns unless your some doctors son or something. my parents were my damned bankers i couldn't buy a damn snowcone without them telling me about it. as for the fact of the young noobies with angels. look guys thats life its bs but its life. i don't agree with it at all but what can we do. the kids are dumb. i played with a rental for 2 years then moved to a spyder then stock mag then impy. this is over 5 years. i just got my impy. and i work like 4 times a week cutting grass. these damn kids are morons. tell them to get an m98 and they can do the same thing because they're noobies. but then there are some bad *** kids but not many.

Squidboy

06-26-2002, 03:32 AM

Slayer, much as I would like to believe that you, a 12 year old boy, could make 1200 a month working at a HOTDOG stand, I just can't see it happening, or I will have to seriously rethink my job choices. I mean, I am working this summer in order to buy my absolute dream automag, and I am working my *** off! I am only getting paid minimum wage. This means 5.15$ x 8hr day x 5 day weeks x 9 weeks = 1854$ in total. Now the evil tax monster! 1854 x .75 = 1390.90$. That is for 9 weeks of hard work! Now if you can really run a hotdog stand and make just under that much in a week, then you need to let us know!

BTW, this is my dream mag

CrazyB

06-26-2002, 03:56 AM

Yea, i saw a 14 year old with an Angel, running it off of anti-siphon CO2, with a view loader evolution. Yea, he spent the whole day calling my gun retarded(at the time it was a slighly upgraded Spyder) Saying how the evolution was the best hopper EVER(even though i haven't heard a good thing about them except from this kid) he tried explaining what anti-siphon did, and i forgot what it was, but it was hilariously retarded, he used huge words that had nothing to do with what was happening to explain it. I tell this story to this day, and all the shop owers who i tell this too tell me i must be lying because Angels hate CO2, and i tell them that's what i said to this kid, and the kid responded with....

"You must be jealous of my gun"

and to this day i have never thought about owning an angel, nor an evolution.

tonysk83

06-26-2002, 08:50 AM

Originally posted by nzzzme
ok, you guys are gonna get mad at me....I'm 12, I have an Angel, Bushmaster 2k2, Intimidator, Impulse, and a cocker...I play VERY serious tourny ball...our team is very good and we go to many many major tournys...I have a job selling hotdogs in a mall (np whatsoeva) and do about $1200 a week...do you think im not working? you should really go figure out what these kids do for there junk...i got a pirahna too....

wow you lie, to start you say in your profile you are 17, then you say in your sig your dad has an impy, wouldnt you say you have an impy, also you make 1200 a week:eek: so u make 62400 dollars a year and you are 12 hmmmm, so u make a little less then an average adult makes 70000 range, wow

Furious pb

06-26-2002, 01:52 PM

Congratulations nzzzme, you offcially make double my mom's salary. Who does your taxes? Oh, wait, I bet your already know how to do your own. selling hotdogs in the mall, lol. hahahahahahah

Twitch

06-27-2002, 05:37 AM

Maybe the hotdog stand pulls in $1200 a week - that would make more sense.

but that's not much that's only 240 hot dogs (@ $5 each)
or 34 hot dogs a day.

You're boss should advertise more - or move the stand to a busier mall.

Hey maybe the kid's dad owns the hotdog stand - and he helps his dad sell hotdogs.

Twitch

06-27-2002, 07:15 AM

Originally posted by insurgent
i was playing in a scenario game, and it got pretty cold once night fell. So, a couple of people's CO2 tanks were having problems due to the cold weather. Well this kid with a stock spyder sonix has no upgrades on his gun except for a nitro tank. How stupid is that to get no upgrades, not even a barrel. And buy a nitro tank. Anyways the kid was like 11 and he was telling them that their guns suck and thats y their guns wouldn't shoot. I just wanted to light him up, because he had no idea what he was talking about. no offense to all the people with spyder sonix, but that kid has no room to tell others that their guns suck when he is shooting a stock spyder sonix.

Actually the first upgrade I got for my flash was a HPA setup (w/ drop forward) The gun didn't function very well on C02. I have since added a gas through grip & Ti Boomstick - but I played for 2 months w/ a stock Flash & HPA setup.

I've been playing for 5 years - I have a limited budget and felt that a more constant air pressure was more beneficial than a barrel.

Smoking_Guns

06-28-2002, 05:43 AM

Twitch is correct on this one. The more consistant you are the more accurate your marker will be. You shots will be closer together.
Having a good paint to barrel match with co2 wont help much. Your shots will be all over the place

nzzzme

07-04-2002, 07:02 PM

i only work weekends and not in the summer :D my brothers 17 and he's in med school now and my dad doesnt own an impy :D my dads never ever even played...thats just a joke

nzzzme

07-04-2002, 07:03 PM

by the way my dad is a lawyer

nzzzme

07-04-2002, 07:07 PM

and also i sell them in the light house mall in michigan city in a tralier like thing, i guess there right next to the mall but same thing....all we have to do is lisence the cart and im good to go, health inspectors come and we always get way up there. i never had a cocker sorry dude

Twitch

07-05-2002, 04:39 AM

Originally posted by Squidboy
Slayer, much as I would like to believe that you, a 12 year old boy, could make 1200 a month working at a HOTDOG stand, I just can't see it happening, or I will have to seriously rethink my job choices. I mean, I am working this summer in order to buy my absolute dream automag, and I am working my *** off! I am only getting paid minimum wage. This means 5.15$ x 8hr day x 5 day weeks x 9 weeks = 1854$ in total. Now the evil tax monster! 1854 x .75 = 1390.90$. That is for 9 weeks of hard work! Now if you can really run a hotdog stand and make just under that much in a week, then you need to let us know!

BTW, this is my dream mag

Dude how old are u? Are you under 18.

Squidboy

07-05-2002, 05:12 PM

I am all of 16!

I live in Colombia (the country), I am working in the Buisiness and Finance Section of the American Emabassy of colombia. I get crappy pay, but there is absolutely NOTHING else to do around here, so I get paid for doing easy jobs.

Twitch

07-07-2002, 07:39 PM

Originally posted by Squidboy
I am all of 16!

I live in Colombia (the country), I am working in the Buisiness and Finance Section of the American Emabassy of colombia. I get crappy pay, but there is absolutely NOTHING else to do around here, so I get paid for doing easy jobs.

Ah - not too familiar w/ your tax laws. However in the good 'ol US of A. If your parents claim you as a dependant (a $2K deduction) you don't have to pay taxes. So thus 'round refund time you'd get a nice fat check from Unc'a Sam.

Squidboy

07-08-2002, 02:49 AM

I know I will be refunded, but, as my checking account is direct deposit, the tax is taken out. Later on down the road, I will get the lost money back. Hooray for me! I do have one wish though, a salary better than minimum wage would be nice.

brian00004

07-28-2002, 11:39 PM

those damn rich kids. Once i needed a place to shoot ( my usual got locked up by the cops. im all rec ball, none of that reff ****) any way im getting co2 at my shop when this mom comes over to me and asks i wanna shoot with her kids. this chick was 40 something with plastic tits and a fresh nose, so i should have seen it comin'. Anyway i show up at this nice little forest set up they found and there i met her kids, ( that i was forced to babysit) My god I though!. 3 friggin feet tall, 8 years old! all with angels! big guys too. the game started and i was screwed. lemme put it to you this way. you ever see a kindergartener try and plug somebuddy from 150 feet away, takin pot shot with a gun so pick he looked like hed tip over when he aimed? and all through the game its, "what color are your paintballs. how much was your gun. daddy got me my gun. i bet my gun is better than your gun. its prettier." i should ghave pistol whipped the lot of them with my tippy, but alas, assault charges are harsh. and because there newbs, it could be considered a hate crime=) anyway i generally used them as diversions and human shields (the young bones are generally cartilladge ridden, so ball bounce like a kevlar vest) anyway finally i switched teams and pugged each and every one of them! they were shootin all over the place, poppin there heads out like drunken ground hogs, it was beautiful! there was also this 12 year old girl, such a ***** you see (ive got nothin against femal players btw1) that a ball nicked her arm, and she cries out like a horny coyote, runs of field screaming "hit!hit!" as she cries, and is never to be seen again. jesus, they should be ground up and there blood used as paint!
:pissed: :pissed:

falconman281

07-29-2002, 08:30 AM

So do you guys hate me now since i've been working since i was 11 and now 16 and been playing paintball for 5 years now....And i just bought an angel with all my money....so what that consider me a dumb rich kid?

Raptomatic

07-29-2002, 10:57 AM

I think it's a bad parent choice to start ANYBODY off with an electro or complex pro-gun. That goes for 10 year olds to 18 year olds with rich parents.

The parent needs to be informed or else they will waste their money. A low-end semi or a pretty good pump is an ideal starting point once their children have become decent rental players.

Otherwise, you're going to end up with an shocker running 9 oz CO2 and a Brass Eagle 45 round hopper.

brian00004

07-29-2002, 11:10 AM

Hey i have a tippy, and a secong nine ounce tank cuz thats all i could afford a year ago. I paid that ****er off installments to my parents , and they collected interest as well! keep in mind it was like 230 bucks, with extra tank and tax, and i was paying it off on 15 bucks a week allowance, thats 22 weeks, then there was that f**kin interest! all in all, it took me half a year to pay off that gun. So why cant these little kids:
A: even know the price of there set up (ask them how much it was, and 90% of the time the blank out)
B: Help pay it off, or be resonable when they cry to daddy
C: Do there parents really need to buy them the most expensive gun.

I had to play 9 friggin games with my ball chopper XL (aka pointzero) before my parents even talked about getting me another better gun. Then they told me id have to reasonable. no friggin lie you know what i did, i spent two weeks looking up prices, comparing looks, features and durability. Then my parents said, you get a maximum off 350 bucks as your loan. I didnt have to buy a tippy but i did, could of got a more exspensive gun could have got a prettier gun (though i think the tippmanns tommy gun look kicks the poo out those laser blaster looking guns) but i got a tippy. And thank god i did. Can you put a angel down in the mud and crawl through a ditch with it, i think not. but i did it with my tippy and thats all i gotta say.

The reason im mad is not that there young. its like why my parents made me borrow that point zero for 9 or 10 games. To see if id stick with it. im notorious for getting riled up with a hobby, and ditch alot of cash into it, only to dump it two weeks later (photography, ham radio, making a hovercraft
:P ) so why would those little kids need the most expensive (which really aint the best) marker. they could hate the friggin game and be out 1400 buck! and the little ones that brag because they have 1400 dollar set up. put all that money where your mouth is *****. because when you try to feather, and hurt your fingery wingeries, and then i pop out of cover 2 feet away from, well see. and i always love to see those touchy assed angels chop a hopper full of their designer art deco paintballs and then they throw down said over priced crap load and cry to mommy.