How long have u played PB

[painterballer]

just wondering how much experience u guys have?

i have been playing for 3 years

[cutomcocker1]

its been 5 years...but only 2 of real hardcore play...

[Sam#27]

2.5ish

[amzng_spyderman]

4 years of regular play + 1 putzing around in the woods with my neighbor.

[dpbmustanglax]

1 year and I dont plan on stopping anytime soon.

[thunderpig]

2.25, or so.

[wjd41190]

3.5, been playin seriously for abt 2.5.

[LordOfThePaint]

~3

[coolrazer]

4 years

[smegle5]

2.5ish

[shortman506]

1.5 or 2

[Wgp3.5]

2 years

[coolrazer]

man, i hate seeing all these ppl, who have been playing for like 1-2 years with these great guns.....i used a spyder til 2 months ago and ive been playing for 4 years.

[STO Balla 22]

2 years competitively, 3 in total.

[wjd41190]

Originally posted by coolrazer
man, i hate seeing all these ppl, who have been playing for like 1-2 years with these great guns.....i used a spyder til 2 months ago and ive been playing for 4 years.

yea i agree, ive been playin 3 and a half and i used a pirahna untill a month ago.

[amzng_spyderman]

reasons for not having the money you want for a gun:

1) no job
2) job doesn't pay enough
3) you spend money on other things

solutions:

1) get a job
2) find a better paying job
3) stop spending money on stuff that isn't priority. if paintball isn't high on your priority list, it shouldn't bother you that your gun sucks.

[coolrazer]

Originally posted by amzng_spyderman
reasons for not having the money you want for a gun:

1) no job

solutions:

1) get a job



i wish i was some idiot rich kid who had parents that would buy me a DM4...... :|

[STO Balla 22]

Nice list Spydey. It's true, everyone complains about people having a good gun, then you ask them what their favorite things to do are and paintball isn't even top 5 on the list. When people ask me why I don't spend my money on other things the answer is simple. Because paintball is the best thing to spend my money on IMO.

[coolrazer]

all my money goes towards paintball and golf....in that order

[nahthan]

5 years, 1 year messing around mostly.

[amzng_spyderman]

exactly. a friend of mine spent upwards of $300 on a stereo system + cd's for his truck & buys new springer airsoft guns weekly (they break easily) despite having a low paying job, and then complains to me that he can't afford a new pb gun. "stop buying those damn little bb pistols! you've got more pistols than you have teeth!"

[painterballer]

Originally posted by coolrazer



i wish i was some idiot rich kid who had parents that would buy me a DM4...... :|

me too....:bawling:

Originally posted by coolrazer
all my money goes towards paintball and golf....in that order

u golf, cool, r u good...like whats ur best score for 9 holes?

[painterballer]

whoops...sorry

[coolrazer]

whats with the double post???

43.....not good enough for my high schools Varsity team....i need to work on shifting my weight, if i could do that i could easily shoot a 36 or so.


What clubs do u have? I have a Nike Ignite and the Slingshot Irons

ebay is my friend...i owe them about 500 bucks from golf and paintball... :laugh: :laugh:

[painterballer]

i normally shot around a 45, not good enough for my schools varsity team either, i use these fake big berthas, they where 100 bucks, got my dad to buy them for me cuz he really wants me to get into golfing, but i dont practice very much, but he is good, he shoots around even par. i said i was sorry about the DP, my internet was acting up.

[STO Balla 22]

friend of mine spent upwards of $300 on a stereo system + cd's for his truck
I would like to do something like that to my truck and get rims, but it's just too expensive. People shouldn't complain about paintball being too expensive if they're into buying stuff like that for their cars. I'm glad my truck had Flowmasters on it when I bought it, otherwise I would have had to pay over $200 for a nice sound and a little HP.

[clown_13_2001]

2 years of speedball.

[|GB|]

2.5-3 years, cant really remeber.

[SirJono]

5 months.
2 times at a field and a lot of outlaw ball.

[hybrid-sniper]

Just about 3 years
1 year competitively

[GranDream]

Almost 3 years now. 2 with my fishy.

[BKO_Ballistics3]

3 years

[PbMaN4lIfe]

2yrs

[Ghost2867]

wow...i feel like an old-timer...

getting close to 6 and a half years now...lol

well, 2 years of playing outlaw, and i started getting serious after that.

:edit:
Originally posted by STO Balla 22
Nice list Spydey. It's true, everyone complains about people having a good gun, then you ask them what their favorite things to do are and paintball isn't even top 5 on the list. When people ask me why I don't spend my money on other things the answer is simple. Because paintball is the best thing to spend my money on IMO.
im unique...my parents absolutely hate paintball(the cost aspect)...

they wont even let me spend MY OWN damn money!!

my dad was all like: "u spend all ur money like $200 on a tank and $50 on this and $70 on that...blah blah blah", and he threatened to stop saving up my college fund...

so im pretty much stuck where i am...a nearly stock 2k2-bodied autococker...and i had such big dreams for it too...:bawling:

[Jaster]

I was playing paintball when most of you were still learning to pee standing up....:eyepop:
I started playing in 1987.
I feel old.

[Ghost2867]

i was still in my mommy's tummy...

lol

its ok, jaster...old ppl can be cool too...:P

jpjp

[death1989angel]

1 year messing around and 2 years of speedball and "town ballin" (at the park there is a town place with houses and stuff) and i might start turny ballin

[LGP-Spyder]

its been about 9 months

[SpydrCmpct2000]

3-4 years, but I only go around 6-8 times per year.

[Hmmm Donut]

2 year
i go bout 2-3 times a month

[spyder_king06]

About a year and a half now. I feel like a youngin.

[Spyderlover120]

ive played for four years but competitivly for 1.5

and i still use a spyder:(

[robdamanii]

So far it seems I take second oldest honours...

9 years.

[Jaster]

Originally posted by robdamanii
So far it seems I take second oldest honours...

9 years.

haha... so you're old too


just remember ghost, if it wasn't for all us old people... you young people wouldn't be here. ;)

[teufelhunden]

Originally posted by Jaster
just remember ghost, if it wasn't for all us old people... you young people wouldn't be here. ;)


But, test tubes and science!!!!



4 years.

[Jaster]

Originally posted by teufelhunden
But, test tubes and science!!!!

Like you whippersnappers would bother with test tubes and science... you're all too busy thinking you're all that and playing x-box.
The world would die off as soon as the new cool games came out.....


:P

[teufelhunden]

Originally posted by Jaster


Like you whippersnappers would bother with test tubes and science... you're all too busy thinking you're all that and playing x-box.
The world would die off as soon as the new cool games came out.....


:P


What's that you said? I was a bit engrossed in beating this level of Halo..

[foofighter#0]

2.5 years:|

[painterballer]

Originally posted by teufelhunden



What's that you said? I was a bit engrossed in beating this level of Halo..


:laugh:

[Jaster]

Originally posted by teufelhunden
What's that you said? I was a bit engrossed in beating this level of Halo..

:laugh: LMAO :laugh:

[g_splat]

I'm coming up on 17 years this fall. I started in 1987. Damn I'm frigging old!

Originally posted by coolrazer
man, i hate seeing all these ppl, who have been playing for like 1-2 years with these great guns.....i used a spyder til 2 months ago and ive been playing for 4 years.

Don't sweat it coolrazer. I started with a Tasco Spartan Pump, eventually went to a Spyder TL, eventually went to an Angel, got out of turny play, went back to my Spyder TL, to a Tippmann 98, to one of the many E-Spyders, to a Armotech WG-65, and now I'm back to a Tippmann A-5. God only knows how many other marker in between there. I actually enjoy where I am now though!


Originally posted by Jaster
I was playing paintball when most of you were still learning to pee standing up....:eyepop:
I started playing in 1987.
I feel old.

Finally, another old fart like me!!

Originally posted by Jaster just remember ghost, if it wasn't for all us old people... you young people wouldn't be here. ;)

"Youth and speed are no match for old age and treachery!" - the motto of the scenario team Old Men And Heavy Weights

[ilovetacos]

ive been playing for like 3 years, but the past like 1.5 ive played real hardcore!!

[radishboy]

4 years.

[Jaster]

Originally posted by g_splat
I'm coming up on 17 years this fall. I started in 1987. Damn I'm frigging old!

You sure are!! Remember Splatball and the survival game? How about "Gotcha!" hahaha......

Don't sweat it coolrazer. I started with a Tasco Spartan Pump, eventually went to a Spyder TL, eventually went to an Angel, got out of turny play, went back to my Spyder TL, to a Tippmann 98, to one of the many E-Spyders, to a Armotech WG-65, and now I'm back to a Tippmann A-5. God only knows how many other marker in between there. I actually enjoy where I am now though!

I used spyders up until a few years ago. It's not the gun, it's the player

Finally, another old fart like me!!

HEY! Who you callin' old you geezer!? :laugh: :P
Actually there are a few of us "Ancient" guys. They just don't admit it. ;)

"Youth and speed are no match for old age and treachery!" - the motto of the scenario team Old Men And Heavy Weights

AMEN to that brother!!!

[Rookie14]

1 year now.

[KillerOfGiants]

1 year.

[PBallWonder]

Four years.

i had a BE maruder for 1.5 years, Upped to a Mars Lt for another 1.5 years, then the past year ive been using my outkast. im planning on upping to a better marker soon.

[nos911]

Little over a year.

[SonyLover]

2 years

[winston13579]

3 years

[Sniper15]

4 years now, almost 5. I'm still using a Spyder though, all well... :|

I'm hoping to upgrade to something more "high-end" as soon as I get a "real job" (I'm hoping to get a job at Chik-fil-a within the next couple of months)...

[g_splat]

Hey Jaster!

Do you remember the first marker you owned? How about the first marker you used.

The first marker I ever used was a side hopper splatmaster then later a PGP pump.

http://www.rossgunniv.com/oldsite/images/paintballguns/splatmaster.jpg

http://www.rossgunniv.com/oldsite/images/paintballguns/allnelspots.jpg

http://www.rossgunniv.com/oldsite/images/paintballguns/custom.jpg

As I said before the first marker I owned (ans I still use it occasionally) is a Tasco Spartan pump.

I remember Splatball and the Survival Game VERY WELL!

WOW!

We're REALLY FRIGGIN OLD!

[Jaster]

True ballers start with good ol' Splatmasters! My dad got it for my for my birthday... got busted the next day for "painting" mailboxes.... :laugh:

After that it was the old BE stingrays and tiger sharks...

Let's hear it for Team Geriatric!

[Spinach]

2years

[nerdcore]

1½ years but haven't actually played in a couple months.

my cocker weeps tears of neglect.

[radishboy]

Originally posted by Jaster
...got busted the next day for "painting" mailboxes....:laugh:...


oh em gee! teh bad name fro p8ntbawl!!11!

[AR55 MtM]

I guess I could say I have been shooting guns since I was six years old been playing for around 3 and 2 years competivitly, so I guess 4

[Jaster]

Originally posted by radishboy
oh em gee! teh bad name fro p8ntbawl!!11!

it was still splatball then.... besides we didn't have fields then. The streets were our fields. HA... all these rules were made because of us old guys way back then...you're welcome. :laugh:

a lot of safety stuff came of us old guys hurting our selves too. You're welcome there too.

[hybrid-sniper]

Thanks Jaster you ruined it for everyone.

[Jaster]

I do my best!! Hey, it took a long time to master that skill. ;)

[slushii]

I've been playing for about 3 years, and I'm just getting into competitive ball.

[Sniper15]

Originally posted by Jaster
True ballers start with good ol' Splatmasters! My dad got it for my for my birthday... got busted the next day for "painting" mailboxes.... :laugh:

After that it was the old BE stingrays and tiger sharks...

Let's hear it for Team Geriatric! Heh, my first gun was a BE Stingray (I even used the little 12 gram cartriges for awhile). I bought it off of my cousin for $30. I still have the thing too...

[painterballer]

my first gun was a spydercompact, and i bought it for 100 bucks, and as soon as i bought it the price dropped to like 60 or something like that.....i was just a little upset:pissed:

[g_splat]

Originally posted by radishboy


oh em gee! teh bad name fro p8ntbawl!!11!

A LONG TIME AGO, IN A TIME FAR, FAR AWAY . . . .

Paintball was Splatball . . . .

CO2 wasn’t always refillable . . . .

The field was everywhere . . . .

We used to play wherever we could; backyards, open fields, any wooded areas, up and down the street at night. One pocket’s full of CO2 powerlets and another’s full of splatballs. You'd strap on your shop goggles and you’re ready to go!

I never really owned a true mask until I started using PGPs and Sheridan markers. I go rid if the shop goggles and got myself a pair of JT Whipper Snappers (which I loved, still own today, and wish they were legal so I could still use them) and played at a semi-organized field around 1988-89.

The original JT Whipper Snappers!
http://www.tyger.us/paintball/camocats/camsnap3.JPG
God I miss using that mask!

[painterballer]

it looks a little unsafe, like it looks like ur ears would stick out, and that a paintball could get thru the vents in the front

[xXniTemAreXx]

Jeez reading this thread is like walking through paintball history.

[YoBoneDaddy]

I'm a total noob to this sport, but I have endless respect to the people who've made it what it is.

Played my first game in April (could never justify it cause it's SOOOO expensive) and instantly fell in love. 1.5 months later got my first marker (Check sig.)

There are a lot of idiots out on the field on any given day (from my brief experience) but thus is the nature of any sport. It's crazy fun and I think I'll be playing it for many years to come.

It was so weird going from a real gun to a pball gun though.. man (especially a mangled Model98c rental)

Guns I've fired...

Canadian FN C1A1 (Made by Lee Enfield circa WWI)
British SA-80 Machine Gun
GP-51 (Single Shot SA-80 for cadets)
British Bren LSW (Dear God, talk about your power!)
Single Shot .22
Pump Action Shotgun

(Army cadets, teenagers with firearms, w00t)

[Bigshot]

2 Years now and i'm stickin with my spyder untill i've been playing for about 4 ½ years.

[Jaster]

Originally posted by painterballer
it looks a little unsafe, like it looks like ur ears would stick out, and that a paintball could get thru the vents in the front


More then you'll ever know....At the time though, ANYTHING was better then the shop goggles we had. I can't even count how many shots to the mouth I've taken or shots to the ears...
I remember the first time I went to a "real" field... big signs everywhere "NO HEAD SHOTS". People would actually get tossed out of play for gogging someone. Can anyone picture that now a days?

I had one of those too. My first "real" mask. That bad boy NEVER fogged and it was sooo comfy. I'll have to dig through the attic at my folks house to see if it's still around... I haven't seen one of those in years and years.

Originally posted by g-splat
We used to play wherever we could; backyards, open fields, any wooded areas, up and down the street at night. One pocket’s full of CO2 powerlets and another’s full of splatballs. You'd strap on your shop goggles and you’re ready to go!

Ahhh... memories. I miss those night time street games. The streed I lived on was like a "T". the top of the t were dead end streets. End to end about 3/4 of a mile. We would make "base camps" at each end. Old school capture the flag. That was so much fun. Thing was though, no one ever thought twice about seeing 20 kids at a shot running up and down the street. All the parents use to watch out the windows and get a kick out of it. I guess at the time "playing Army guy" was still ok and didn't cause to kids to become terrorists...:rolleyes:

[mopo-85]

Not long enough... only about a year.

[Ghost2867]

Originally posted by Jaster

Ahhh... memories. I miss those night time street games. The streed I lived on was like a "T". the top of the t were dead end streets. End to end about 3/4 of a mile. We would make "base camps" at each end. Old school capture the flag. That was so much fun. Thing was though, no one ever thought twice about seeing 20 kids at a shot running up and down the street. All the parents use to watch out the windows and get a kick out of it. I guess at the time "playing Army guy" was still ok and didn't cause to kids to become terrorists...:rolleyes:
damn, if that were shorter, i'd sig that...lol

[Powerful Roger]

Originally posted by coolrazer
all my money goes towards paintball and golf....in that order

Same here. I've been playing paintball for 3 years. Yes and I still play with A brass eagle.:)