Why is it that every kid with a nice gun is percieved as a "rich kid"

[Puddleglum]

Man, I've had to work for the money I have and my Dad's an attorney. I've only got a Mag but its a great gun and I know it inside and out and take really good care of it because I value it a lot. I know there are other kids out there with a lot better guns than mine that have worked hard for the money to but them. I am just kind of sick of a this steryotypical image of a "rich" kid. My Dad hasn't bought me any of my paintball stuff, not even paint. Would someone explain this whole idea to me, maybe I'm missing something.

[frenchtoastdude]

When I say rich kids with guns, I mean 10 year olds playing with angels or brand new cockers on there first try.

[MuckRaker]

Originally posted by frenchtoastdude
When I say rich kids with guns, I mean 10 year olds playing with angels or brand new cockers on there first try.

ditto: see my story in the "Kid with an Angel" thread in the Stories Forum:

I know a lot of kids in the 13 - 21 group who have nice markers and do deserve them, then I see
little pre-teen kids with $1,500 markers and I know they didn't earn the money to
buy them.

[Ebonclaw]

Heh. Just tell them to oil the gun you pour the oil down the reg. Now, turn around, plug your ears, and wait for the "bang!!!"

[FalconMan]

Ya and ebonclaw what does that resolve. And to the rich kid sterotype..... i admit my parents have money... but i have worked for all my money and people at my local field call me rich..... im 15 so i'm like ive worked for this money and they are like sure....... so just ask them who bought there gun..... its funny when they say there parents

[frenchtoastdude]

Yea, good idea Ebonclaw, then they can sew us because there parents are lwayers. But go ahead.

[VeNoM]

Originally posted by MuckRaker


ditto: see my story in the "Kid with an Angel" thread in the Stories Forum:

I know a lot of kids in the 13 - 21 group who have nice markers and do deserve them, then I see
little pre-teen kids with $1,500 markers and I know they didn't earn the money to
buy them.

ya but most of the time the kids (pre-teens) that have those, parents buy for them to help them out on their team! i have seen alot of parents play with there kids and if they want their kids to be runnin nice set ups (and trust me they can use them) i dont see a problem with it. i saw a kid (probably 11-12) with a nice dark LCD, but he was really good so i was happy for him . . .

[Orgazmo]

Not every kid with a nice gun is percieved as a rich kid. My friend has a Dark Angel and a Vortex Cocker that he only payed half for, but deserves it casue hes hella good. I have a B2K2 and i payed half, but im a good player (I think). A couple people that go to my local field have Nice guns that they didnt pay for, and suck, but were still cool to them. I only have a problem with people that call you a rich kid, when they themselves are rich. That happened to me a few weeks ago. A kid that i played my first game with about a year ago was at the field, and he saw my gun, and called me a rich kid, even though im middle class. This kid is upper class and was talking smack to me until he saw my kick'n paint breakin all over him and his friends. He left me alone for the rest of the day.

[Wuzup101]

My parrents have money...I'm not saying they don't. Don't let these kids piss you off. I don't mind anything unless they suck and they are bragging. Or their just ****ing dumb....like those kids who own all these high end guns and can't fix a leaky macroline. I'm lucky...I started with a spyder...noone thought i was rich :laugh:

My rents paid 400 towards the cocker in my sig for a christmas present. I have probally put in about 1200 in all my gear (including the new gun). Now I gotta figure out how to pay off my credit card...lol...I gotta get some more hours at Toys R Us!

[Sudden Impact]

Dont worry about it dude...I get the same crap sometimes when I travel to other fields to play...They act like my parents pay for everything when they dont...Im only 18...so what? Ive been playing for 5 years and I have my own store/field now, so I think I deserve these ****** guns, and you deserve yours...not much you can say but "**** 'em"...

[PBSyndicate]

I agree, people work for the money they spend on their gear, unless of course they're not old enough to work. I've seen "young gun" tournaments (fourteen years old or younger) and all of them are wielding markers that would cost a fortune. Perhaps their sponsored, but either way, they're parents paid for everything, they don't have jobs. One week at the local field there were these two kids, no older than thirteen. One had an Autococker, the other Revenge. While walking to the flag stations, one of them almost shot me trying to "target practice". During the game it only got worse. The kid with the Revenge was awful. I advanced and got down behind a tree, he then yelled at me and told me to crouch. If I crouched I wouldn't be able to shoot what I was currently aiming at. So I remained standing, shot my target, and kept going. He followed, so I told him to lay down cover fire while I moved up. He then said 'No, we have to make sure we know were everyone is' like I doing it all wrong. So I moved up anyway, and got shot. The catch is, I was shot in the BACK of the leg, and I knew it wasn’t the opposition that eliminated me. I was kind of pissed. "Rich kids" can be funny to though, once I saw one that owned an Autococker who was asking some rental adult how to take the barrel off! I just laughed.

[snipinhick]

well, let me enlightin all of your well set people. My parents are at the bottom of the food chain.. combined they make under 40,000 a year. When needed, i help them pay bills, and when i finally get enought money to play, i get EXTREEMLY pissed off when i see a 12 year old with a black majic cocker droping it on the table at the rest area. Its not really hatred, it jealousy agents those who are suited better in life...... i just want to FLUCKING HITEM'

[Wuzup101]

Hey man...all I can say...is work hard in life if you want the best. Last time i went p'balling this little kid with a timmy shot a rental adult in the leg at the skirmish pratice field... I have to tell you though...that kid was awesome...he ran recon all around the fileld that day (senerio game) and really helped out the team. So you see...accidents do happen.

I was also shot in the *** by somebody on my own team that game.....arg...from like 10 feet away...

[CDietz]

Originally posted by Wuzup101
I was also shot in the *** by somebody on my own team that game.....arg...from like 10 feet away...

try getting lit up 15 times by your own teammate. if thats not bad enough it was from about 10 feet away

[albert]

kid walks into the shop with his daddy. looks at the wall and sees a Micro Cocker, he looks at his dad and says "That one"

dad takes the check book out and says "how much" and takes out his checkbook....

kid gets the gun...

[Sudden Impact]

kid walks into the shop with his daddy. looks at the wall and sees a Micro Cocker, he looks at his dad and says "That one"

dad takes the check book out and says "how much" and takes out his checkbook....

kid gets the gun...


I wish! :D

*l*

[MrStinky]

I played against some kid with a fully loaded bushmaster with all the works. Would've ran him atleast 1k! He wiped paint and everything.... I think he was mad because our talons we're hitting him. :P

[TheZephyr]

I only start turning on the rich kid stereotypes when the kid is pretty young, sucks, and says something like, you suck, you only have a spyder. And then I bunker the kid just to hear him squeal. Then I do an endzone dance until people start shooting at me again. Yeah I'm mean.

[DasBaldDog]

First off,

Anyone who has a post that activated the swear filter, or those who have posts that sneakily avoid the filter, CHANGE THEM NOW!

Secondly, here is a tale of attornies, beneficiaries and goblins........... oh, sorry, no goblins.

I was at EZ Paintball on Highway 64 right outside memphis TN. Now don't think this is some little country store, this is in the middle of a large, and very well to do community. It's the kind of nice store that not only has a lot of groovy equipment but also has a tv, two NICE couches, a drink machine (made in the last 5 years), a bathroom with marble floor AND a piano shop next door (sorry, had to add that last part for some reason). Anyway, I'm talking to Eric (owner) about this and that. MadDog Morgan (APG journalist) is there (grinning his 4 tooth grin) and we're all having a merry little time.

All of a sudden (don't you LOVE how ALL stories have that phrase SOMEWHERE in it?) this 11 year old comes in toting an elderly woman behind him. He looks at the Spyders, he looks at the Tippmanns, looks at just about everything and starts asking alot of retarded (imo) questions: "What kind of sight is best for "speedy-ball (actual word)?"", which gun shoots the fastest, longest, most accurate. After an exhaustive (estimation) 25 minutes of questions, the kid starts eyeing the Adrenaline Angel on the wall.

"What is that?"
"That's an Adrenaline Angel"
"Is it like the best or something?"
"Well it is the most expensive that we have. It has (Eric should have NEVER said the following words) FULL AUTO"
"Grandma, I want that one. I need all the stuff to go with it too"

In the end, total bill
Angel = $1800
12 Revvy = $60
Angel Air = $500
Ball Hauler = $50
Case of paint = $70
Jersey and Pants = $110

Anyone want to add that up?

I saw that kid two weeks later getting smacked down by Pirahna's.

[Incube]

Originally posted by frenchtoastdude
When I say rich kids with guns, I mean 10 year olds playing with angels or brand new cockers on there first try.
Yeah thats how i see it... how the hell is a 10 year old gonna buy a 1000 dollor gun when no one but there parents can give them the money...

[THE_Cobra58]

how could that kid literally "steal" that money from his grandmother it's not like she had a lot money in the first place. you should have mentioned to his grandmother about the sport. knowing how he probably brainwashed her she doesn't know much about the sport. I bet if she knew what it was really like she wouldn't have bought the marker for him!

[DasBaldDog]

In the end, who really cares.

In five years, you're either famous and everyone who knew about you getting a gun given to you has forgotten about it. Or you've quit and don't interact with your fellow players anymore.


I just thought of something. Ever notice how spoiled little twerps do not care about the equipment handed to them. Ever notice how we despise people who (through no real effort of their own) get stuff just HANDED to them.

Think about THAT then remember Aftershock, Freeflow, Lockout, Naughty Dawgs ........etc. The only real pro team that gives a poo about their equipment enough NOT to chunk it on the ground when they get a hopper break is the All Americans. For the most part, alot of the Am A and Am B guys do the same childish stuff.

OH NO I GOT SHOT, NOW LET ME THROW MY $2000 GUN THAT I DON'T GIVE A POO ABOUT CAUSE THE COMPANY WILL GIVE ME A BRAND NEW ONE IF I BREAK THIS ONE!


Paintball used to be so much better than every other sport, when, exactly, did we sell out?

[VeNoM]

Originally posted by DasBaldDog
[B]
In the end, total bill
Angel = $1800
12 Revvy = $60
Angel Air = $500
Ball Hauler = $50
Case of paint = $70
Jersey and Pants = $110

[B]

:eek: :eek: omg are you serious?!?!?! dood that is insane that his grandma would spend that much on him when he obviously knows NOTHING about that stuff . . . dood i think im gonna cry :bawling: are you serious about that though?!?!?! what color was it?;) do you think she'd adopt me? hehe

[albert]

Originally posted by DasBaldDog
Paintball used to be so much better than every other sport, when, exactly, did we sell out?

when did we sell out? Can you elaborate a lil on that?

[DasBaldDog]

Venom: Yesh, I'm being VERY serious. It was marble blue with silver speckling. Every was colored to match.


Albert: We sold out the day that we started accepting all this bs. Thse pro are supposed to be role models for newbies and the rest of us. They don't want to be role models? TOO BAD, if you don't, find another sport (to be a role model in). As bad as they are, we are worse for accepting it.

[Azrael]

When money comes into play everything changes....

Remeber when it was just you and your friends playing in some field, and no one gave a damn about tournaments and sponsorships.

[DasBaldDog]

That is EXACTLY why I rebuked my sponsors about 8 months ago and have stopped playing tournies. I play mostly scenario games and woodsball now. I got sick and tired of the hypocracy in tourny ball. I saw Bob Long wipe during a celebrity/press game. I saw a kid break another on his team's jaw for getting shot. I saw a little 12 year old (not sure) get a $2500 gun setup without earning ANY of it. I've seen a team get first place in a tourny with prolites against angels and cockers. I've seen ALOT of stuff in my days as a paintball player, but I have NEVER seen a tourny player that acted with dignity, compassion, righteousness or any other quality that could be considered positive.

[albert]

Originally posted by DasBaldDog
That is EXACTLY why I rebuked my sponsors about 8 months ago and have stopped playing tournies......... I have NEVER seen a tourny player that acted with dignity, compassion, righteousness or any other quality that could be considered positive.

Well you were a tourney player. you never acted with dignity or compassion?

[DasBaldDog]

No, I didn't. If pitching a fit at the ref's had won me a game, I prolly would have done it. You don't know just how low you'd go until the day comes you're competing for your dream. One day I looked in the mirror (ever notice how storied always have that in there?) and realized that I had turned into a total a-hole. As soon as I stepped onto the field then I became someone who only cared about the end. The people I had to trample, the rules I had to break, the underhandedness I had to perpetrate, all means to an end. I realized I had the wrong dream.

[fear my impulse]

sorry to get off track a little but along with the subject..well, for one, the nice markers cost alotta money and in a non-paintballer's eyes, it's "wow, look how much money he wasted on a stupid paintball gun instead of his car" or something like that. the people i hate are the people that don't save up for it themselves, and are spoiled off their asses with their parents. also, the people that say that we wasted so much money on this and they turn around spend more money on their car putting 15" speakers in the back with an Oz amp in the back, and spending it on the looks of their car just for show.

[j_dawg38]

im 13 when i first got into paintball, it took me forever to scrap up the 150 for my compact package. it suited me well, wasn't too harsh on paint and was pretty accurate. Since then i have sold my compact and am saving from an impy with mods. I work as a busboy and make decent dollars. Every single penny that i have earned has gone into my "impy" fund. It took about 2 months of not buying nething, not playing paintball(which really sucked) and now in a week im going to reward myself with a brand new red impy with blade and drop. i hate ppl that let their mommys or anyone else buy their stuff for them. i just think its stupid b/c anyone who has an honest job knows how hard we work to get our money and little jonny over there didnt do a frickin thing and got an angel. if i ever asked my mom for an angel, shed tell me to **** off besides i find it so damn funny wen u ask a kid where he gotthe cash lol it just makes the bunkering so much sweeter

[slapcornpoopfac]

You guys are all just jealus.

Thats the only reason you are mad.

THE ONLY reason for being mad(besideds jealus)
would be if that kid who got the expensive gun were to brag and whine and stuff like that. if they dont really talk about it or not whine they are fine. even if they didnt pay for any of it and they suck. its ok with me.its all about attiude.if i get a good gun like a Timmy or somthign like that im going to give my parents like 500$ for x mas and them and my grandparents will get me the rest of the money worth of stuff.my dad only buys me paint and i dont use that much. my bro gets everything he wants though. hes been playing for as long as i have and he hasnt got a SINGLE persoon out in like a year. he sucks and everytime we say he sucks he sais. ha i have a double trigger and a better barrel and a better gun so im better then you.(by the way hes 9)
then we all light him up on the field and he crys usually.now thats the person i wou hate.

[joker]

I am 14 years old, and I would never want a full auto marker (whatever the kind). I dont think they ever should have been invented. I mean, yeah, alot of people with skill use them, but think of all the people who take their full autos and just open up on whoever they see? My ideal paintball marker (for the time being) is either a Pirahna STS G3 (preferably titanium) or else a Pirahna PRO ts (Those are SOOO nice).

But for now, I will be content with my little trracer s/a, i mean come on, for someone like me who only gets a little more than $100 a month (paper route), I really cant afford much more.

Personally I think full auto markers should never been invented. or else you have to prove you have enough skill to earn it.

However, I would never get mad a "Rich Kid" because he had a better gun then me. (I'll just go out there and play my best). I think if you get mad at whoever has better equipment then you, you are going away from the reason you first started playing paintball anyway (at least I think you started playing for the fun of it, right?) Anyway. with that said, I would also like to say that there is a great deal going on at a field near me, and I think I am gonna go play a night game soon!

:P :P :P :P

[death]

holy ****. peopel that work for money. ha. i know people who get 80 bucks a month and don't work at all. i have work for my money. not house chores, but work. i hate when 11 year olds come up with a mag or cocker and ask me how to oil the damn thing. it just pisses me off. if need to spend someone elses money on a game, they should be playing.

[Orgazmo]

Personally I think full auto markers should never been invented

Ok, why? You cant use full auto in an open game, usually never. You can only use it when you have the BPS set down in certain scenario games. How long have you been playing? Ever shot an angel, bushmaster, shocker, E-mag? They all can shoot full auto, usually people dont even use them. I've set my marker on full auto ONE time, just to say that i did.

The high end electro markers aren't bought for full auto (usually) They are bought for performance, reliability, and feel. Triggers on traccers cant compare to an Adrenaline Angel, Eclipse Shocker, Eclipse Bushmaster, or E-mag. You will want a "full auto marker" eventually im willing to bet. I had the same feelings as you for a while, up until i pulled my head out my *****. I advise you to do the same.

[PaintballDude]

Originally posted by DasBaldDog
In the end, total bill
Angel = $1800
12 Revvy = $60
Angel Air = $500
Ball Hauler = $50
Case of paint = $70
Jersey and Pants = $110

Did this kid even buy a mask?

[DasBaldDog]

Sorry.


JT IZE = $65

[PaintballDude]

That would be funny if he was playing outlaw paintball with his friends with his $1800 Angel and no mask!

No, no. That wouldn't be funny....

[DasBaldDog]

You're right, it wouldn't be funny. Just like David Arquette and CarrotTop

[joker]

Remeber when it was just you and your friends playing in some field, and no one gave a *censored* about tournaments and sponsorships.

It still is, it still is:P :P :P

I dont have to worry about sponsorships and tournaments, I just play with my friends once a week

[PaintballDude]

David Arquette is sometimes funny; Carrot Top is just old, not funny, and does call-att commercials.

[Killer Kat]

These little rich kids that say "Oh I work for my money!" where are ya working, at home? For Daddy mowing the lawn for 50 bucks? (and it takes all of 5 minutes) Walking mommys pet poodle Poopoo? at 15 bucks a block?
Come on get a real job! Sling burgers at Micky D's, or wash dishes at the local greasie spoon!
Nice markers won't get ya my respect, unless you earned them the old fashion way, you bought'em with money you EARNED!

[fear my impulse]

yea-i earned it all here! spent 1,000+ on my gun, not including field fees, paint, jersey, gogs, maintenance..etc. when i got my first scratch on my gun, just a little scratch about 2 millimeters long, i thought it was the end of the world. i was mad that day. haha..back in the day..

[MrStinky]

Joker......your my hero! :) By the way I've ordered my PMI Pirahna Pro :love:

BAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAA :laugh:

Sorry just couldnt help myself :P

[death]

ha! somebody works for money. not mows lawns, or folds the clothes, but works!!!! i'm dishing out ice cream. you?

[yando]

i dont mind little kids having expensive guns that their parents bought. just as long as they know what they are doing and are somewhat good. what really gets me is the kids with $1000+ setups that either have no idea what they are doing or talk a lot of smack but turn out to be awful.

my parents arent loaded but they have a decent amount of money. they dont buy me whatever i want though. they pay me nothing to do chores at home. anything that has to do with my hobbies or interests, i have to pay for myself. i make $6.75 an hour being a cashier at Shop Rite (north-eastern supermarket chain). its not the best or easiest job but its pays for what i like to do (barely). but at least i know the value of a dollar. these kids that get everything handed to them, when they grow up, mommy and daddy might not give them an endless supply of money. then what will they do? they wont know how to spend money carefully or know whats its like to really work. they might end up commiting the mosts crimes or end up in the streets. oh yeah, heres a nice fact about new jersey: you probably think that the highest drug abuse by teenagers is in the cities like newark or trenton. its not, one of the richest counties in the state has the worst drug problem among teenagers. so it just goes to show, the kids that have the easiest childhood dont always grow up to be successful, so dont be jealous because they arent even in their teens and have top of the line setups. wow, i think i got a little off the subject :D !

[UTLadiesMan]

Originally posted by yando
oh yeah, heres a nice fact about new jersey: you probably think that the highest drug abuse by teenagers is in the cities like newark or trenton. its not, one of the richest counties in the state has the worst drug problem among teenagers

Actually, that doesn't suprise me, because that's how it is everywhere. In some goverment article like 5 years ago, it said LA and New York are the only areas where the city has a higher drug problem than the areas surrounding. Considering how much it costs to live there....

[fear my impulse]

i'm baggin groceries man!! hell yea!

[j_dawg38]

I be a busboy, not bad, pays well

[joker]

I deliver papers on bike and make $120 a month!!!
(it may be the worst job I will ever have, but it sure does teach me what it means to work) Plus, it gets me used to the pain of bruises on Fridays (weekend edition papers). Those things are so heavy.

Honk if you have ever had a paper route.

[TheZephyr]

The drug thing is because in the city, everyone only has the money for weed. And that isn't exactly a "drug problem", its not actually adictive, only mentally addictive. Some people can't quit because they think they need it. But in the rich suburbs, everyone has lots of money, their parents aren't home, they try the more expensive stuff, heroin, cocain, freebase. They have the money to buy this stuff because their parents always coddle them. Of course, the federal drug war is a joke, watch Traffic, its a good movie about the drug war.

[DasBaldDog]

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