How often do ya think about it

[MuckRaker]

No, not sex ... paintball. I'm short of cash this week so I won't be hitting the field. But I've been thinking about paintball a lot. "Need to get a new barrel ... New Jersey would be nice ... I wonder if a different paintball would work better with my barrel ... If I could get to that bunker, then I could cover ... " and on and on and on.

So, when You can't get to the field, how often do you think about playing. Sure I coulda made this into a poll, but who wants to get flamed? :eek: :)

[ElectricHead]

i think about it all the time, "when will my upgrades arrive? when will i go to that new rec place in town? why am i so poor i cant afford any paintballs?"

[MuckRaker]

That last one especially."Let's see, I've got $50 bucks, I could buy groceries for the family, or I could get a half case of Premiums and play for couple of hours. Decisions, Decisions." :eek:

[MereMoth]

I think about paintball all the time. I think about paintball more than sex (believe it or not).
"I can't wait to play paintball!"
"I wonder what team I will be on for the scenario game?"
"Paintball...paintball...paintball..."
"I can't wait to pick up my new stuff!"
"P-A-I-N-T-B-A-L-L, paintball!" followed by "Jeremy, stop yelling out in class!"

[Paintball Monkey]

it really depends...There are times (a month or more) that I don't want anything to do with paintball. On the other hand, I hit points (like now) where I can't get enough of it...

[MereMoth]

Originally posted by Paintball Monkey
it really depends...There are times (a month or more) that I don't want anything to do with paintball.
I never have those times. I'm always wanting to play more paintball.

[TLplus84]

oh man...it's always "gotta get a new bolt, gotta get a nwe barrel, gotta get a new harness...new hp system..So much stuff to get...so little cash...my stupid car is sucking up all my money....i coulda spent a thousand on my gun...but i decided to get an exaust,intake and headers..anywayz back to painbtall; why does it have to be so expensive~!?

[ElectricHead]

i suppose the more great things that comes out, the more great stuff today will drop in price... my opinion anyways

[Richy_C]

well prices in my locol area toke a dive because i got a new co paintball proshop! they are so much chaeper, check out their site http://www.copaintball.com, the guy there is cool to

[MuckRaker]

I was so bummed out today cause I can't hit the field this weekend that I actually ordered some Raven decals to stick on my "WarChest" This huge *** 31 gallon tuberware container that I keep all my stuff in ... I'm probably gonna break open the kids piggy banks while they sleep to see if i can get enough change to cover field fees. :eek:

[TLplus84]

LOL stealin money from the kids...just remember man...when they get older..they'll be stealin money from you..puhahaha

[PBSouLjAh]

i think about it ALLLLL DAAA TIMMMMMMMEEEEEEEE!!!!! durings tests in school (im in 8th grade) and when im talkin to friends...some of my friends get annoyed cuz i talk about paintball with my other friends so much. when im bored.....im like...triggering my finger in the air...trying to go faster and faster....and yea....im obsessed. shoot.......

[ElectricHead]

i always talk about it but most the people i talk to have no idea what im talking about, they have guns and all, they just arent very knowlegable

[TLplus84]

yeah i know..i try to talk to my friends about paintball..they just look at me funny like my head just turned into a giant grape in front of their eyes

[MuckRaker]

yeah, I talk PB to people I work with and they look at me like I might go Postal on their Arses ... There's two other folks at work who Paintball ... One is really cool, he just got a Spyder SE and he's hitting the field with me every weekend ... the other guy, well he's fun, but his wife rarely lets him out of eyesight ... Poor Bastich.

even now though I'm saying to myself, "OK, won't spend $70 bucks playing this weekend, but sure I can spare $50 for a new barrel ... hmmmm."

[TLplus84]

KID'S PIGGY BANKS MAN~! although if my dad touched my savings account...i would go postal.....but then...all the times i snuck 10 dollars from his wallet....haha

[MuckRaker]

They owe me TL, for all those Japanese Pokemon booster pacs, something like $12 a pop ... They owe me field fees ...

[TLplus84]

LOL i forgot...yeah i guess...but still...it's all a part of being a dad isnt it? puhaha got you there

[TLplus84]

just wait till they're 16.."DAD I WANT A CAR~!" and then the wedding" DAD I NEED YOU TO PAY FOR THE WEDDING~!"

[MuckRaker]

The car and wedding don't worry me too much, It's college that scares the hell out of me.

"Dad, I need $30,000 a year, plus expenses for food, lodging, travel, beer, beer, beer, illicit drugs, beer, beer, several hundred parties and oh, i almost forgot, beer. Yes, that will be for the next four years, unless I find a way to stretch my academic career out for an entire decade. Yes, you are responsible for the financial upkeep of this great adventure, but don't worry, I'll get a job as a clerk at the 7-11 so I can help pay for some of that beer." Times four. :eek:

[elTwitcho]

Ahhh college :)

As for thinking about paintball, if I'm not actively involved in doing something else, there's a 90 percent chance I'm thinking about paintball. It's not healthy to be this way...

[Devil Man]

I think about most of the time except for when im preoccupied or however you spell it, i usually talk with electrichead and i dont know a clue of what hes talking about sometimes but i usually ask him "well doesnt that just do" or "what does that" so i at least have a clue about what hes talkin about but usually i dont look at him like his head so swollen thats its gonna blow up :)

[Richy_C]

my dad was talking to me about my project and i start to think about how to pay for a mag, and when i tryto explain things like thrt he says, oh thats nice, i don't think he cares lol

[MuckRaker]

So I originally posted this thread cause I didn't think I'd have the money to play this weekend ... then, after checking things out, I realize I do have the money. But the weathe sucks, and I'd have to play a night game, which I don't like to do, plus the weather ain't too great right now, cold and overcase with a good chance of rain ... so I sez to myself, "Let's see about $65 to hit the field (case of paint, fill up the tank, field fees) and then another $40 or $50 for a babysitter ... Hmmm ... that new Raven Nuvis mask is only $75 at BBT ... hmmm ... I could tell the wife I actually saved money on Paintball, like when she buys $100 worth of clothes and sez she saved us some money cause they were regularly $35 but were on sell for $25."

So anyway, the mask will be in next week. It was a quick fix, and I'm not thinking about paintball quite as much as I was earlier today. :eek:

[Richy_C]

tell us how u like the mask when u get it

[MuckRaker]

Richey, I'll have the mask Wed., hopefully, and will use it that weekend, I'll post a review on the Review page soon after.

[MuckRaker]

You know you're obsessed when:

I just made this little poster with a picture of my new mask, under the mask it reads, "I can't wait till next week, I can't wait till next week ... Cause I'm gonna scare some Newbies!!"

My wife thinks I need Prozac and told me it probably wouldn't be a good thing to hang it on my Cubicle wall ... It's not like I'm pyschotic or something ... right?

[ElectricHead]

ummm... right....

[TLplus84]

uhmm...Muckraker...maybe you should visit this site:
http://www.prozac.com

It's ok...we still accept you....(sorta) haha j/k

[MuckRaker]

What a great bunch you are .... ;)

I'm the old fart, you guys are supposed to be acting this way, not me, right?

[TLplus84]

hrmm..i donno...don't you get crazier when you get older???LOL j/k j/k

[Counterfeit]

No offense but the Raven nuvis mask is way over prised and is as ugly as sin. If your going to buy a mask for that much you really should have gone for a JT IZE or flex 7. But that is just my opinion.

[MuckRaker]

Counter, I think the Nuvis is one of the best looking masks made ... I some people are gonna be turned off because it doesn't look like what we think a mask should look like. but that's my opinion.

TL ... a person's level of insanity is directly proportional to the number of children he/she has under the age or 40.

When you're a teen, you can chalk it all up to "learning experiences."

[Counterfeit]

Okay that is way off topic. Get back on topic.

[Richy_C]

This was at some point a paintball thread? woah could have fooled me lol

[TLplus84]

what was the topic again? with all the 17th century porno and all i sorta forgot what this thread was about..hrmm.. :P

[MuckRaker]

In the centerfold she was holding a Paintball Crossbow ... that's on topic, right?

[TLplus84]

LOL nice loophole...HAHAHA :)

[MuckRaker]

the thread is "How often do ya think about it" ... tell me it's not on topic!! :eek:

[TLplus84]

hahah good point Muckraker..LOl you can make a good lawyer man :P

[MuckRaker]

Speaking of Lawyers ... there was a firm back home called Inge, Duffy and Twitty ... inspires confidence doesn't it. :p

[TLplus84]

shoot better than Cletus, Billy Bob and AcSociates...(Yes Associates is spelled like that) :P

[Ronin]

Originally posted by MereMoth
I think about paintball all the time. I think about paintball more than sex (believe it or not).
"I can't wait to play paintball!"
"I wonder what team I will be on for the scenario game?"
"Paintball...paintball...paintball..."
"I can't wait to pick up my new stuff!"
"P-A-I-N-T-B-A-L-L, paintball!" followed by "Jeremy, stop yelling out in class!"

lol yeah 1st priority paintball 2nd priority sex 3rd priority car on and on!

[TLplus84]

man.....no offence to paintball...but sex and cars come first...hehe

[MuckRaker]

You know guys, y'all are too young to be Making Babies ... better make sure that thing is well wrapped and protected.

[TLplus84]

haha thinkin about sex is different from having sex....Sex makes babies? LOL :P

[Ronin]

Originally posted by TLplus84
haha thinkin about sex is different from having sex....Sex makes babies? LOL :P


LMAO!!

[MuckRaker]

It all depends on what religion you are, TL. :p :eek:

[TLplus84]

hahahaha good point :P

[butt kicker]

well a poll came out 2 years ago that said a 18 year male thinks about sex ever 8 seconds i think about paintball a lot more

[TLplus84]

wow every 8 seconds.....that's crazy.....i think about it every....uh....5? hahaha :P

[spyderman one]

I was having a bad day,new gun,co2 tank,everything......then i was whatching king of the hill.Sure enough it was about paintball......that did it. i got up looked out the window,raining.not good. i think about it all the time. never stops

[MuckRaker]

I saw that episode of King of the Hill, it was funny as Hell ... we must think about it a lot more than we admit cause we're posting stuff on this boards all night every night. :)

[spyderman one]

from were they got shot looked like it hurt like hell,funnt,wouldn't want to be them,you know your obsessed when you start telling your parents what they were doing wrng and how they should move to improve there chances of winning, (i really did that too)

[Auctionjunkie!]

As the manager of Team Wiseguys and working at a paintball store, I pretty much think about paintball on a daily basis. I also write for Paintball News and do a lot on the internet. I just came back from a week's vacation in Vail and I handed out over 50 team cards to people that asked about the paintball shirts I had on. The cards have the team website address on them. Pretty interesting how many people actually play!
Dan
Manager, Team Wiseguys

[MuckRaker]

yeah, this has got to be one of the "best kept secrets." As popular as this sport is and you never really hear about it on TV, in the newspaper, on the radio ... Think about it, it's got to this point mainly through word-of-mouth, Internet forums like this and a handful of trade publications.

[TLplus84]

hahah yeah the secret society of paintball..where all the paintballers and wierdos(ahem muckraker....) gather..LOL

[Auctionjunkie!]

Originally posted by MuckRaker

yeah, this has got to be one of the "best kept secrets." As popular as this sport is and you never really hear about it on TV, in the newspaper, on the radio ... Think about it, it's got to this point mainly through word-of-mouth, Internet forums like this and a handful of trade publications.

Bad thing about it is that when you do read or hear about it in the press it's usually because some idiot did something. There was a big brooha awhile back about some kid that "...froze some paintballs and then shot them into a crowd at a party...". Some girl either lost an eye or was seriously harmed. Either way it was nothing but bad press. I'm working on a tournament for this fall/winter that will be indoors and will benefit Toys For Tots. I want to get the Marines to underwrite and sanction it to make it as big as possible. We're looking at the State Fairgrounds Coliseum. Hopefully that will gie some positive press!!

Dan
Manager, Team Wiseguys

[TLplus84]

yeah..tha'ts why we need organized events on tv to erase all the bad things thats happened with paintball. If paintball is reguarly showed on tv, then people will see that the sport does not glorify war, and that it is one of the safest sports out there.

[Richy_C]

i was ready to throw up when i saw on this show 3 bad kids supposedly shooting this old lady with a paintball gun

[TLplus84]

yeah..its this kind of bull**** that gives paintball such a bad image....all the idiots taht are using paintball markers to hurt old grandmas should be thrown in jail..

[MuckRaker]

I'm kinda torn on this whole thing about getting paintball on TV ... I may have posted differently in the past, but i think it has the potential to do more harm to the sport than good (mind you I'm thinking national coverage not local coverage, and even then ...)

Cause once it goes on, say, ESPN or ESPN2, and people become more accustomed to the sport, that's when the "investigative" reporters start popping up at fields trying to prove that the sport is not safe and is a menace to society.

I think the best way to approach is with local media, small local papers, TV stations and such ... and broach it as ActionJunkie is ... A charity event, hopefully linked to a large agency (like the Marines Toys for Tots program). It's hard for even large, aggressive news agencies to bash a charity event, especially during November and December.

Even Rec gamers should try to encourage reporters and photographers to come to a field ... but not just to write about paintball ... you need a hook. Maybe try to sell them on a Scenario game or Big game ... or that there's a group of local boys who've worked odd jobs so they can attend the Scenario game, or that have worked hard on the tourney circuit and now they're headed to the World Cup ... It's easier to sell it to a reporter if he/she doesn't have to do all the leg work.

If you get the local media interested, it's not as likely they'll portray it in a bad light. Most local media are looking for light, featury type stuff ... an easy story to fill a couple of minutes of air time or 15 or 20 inches of space in the paper ... If they think they can get in and out easy, without a lot of time invested, they're more likely to do the story.

My worst nightmare is to turn on the Evening News and see Tom Brokaw on a paintball field "An innocent game or the proving grounds for future psychotic gunmen ... "

anyway, that's my penny's worth.

[Counterfeit]

Originally posted by MuckRaker


My worst nightmare is to turn on the Evening News and see Tom Brokaw on a paintball field "An innocent game or the proving grounds for future psychotic gunmen ... "



Yeha, they allready air stories like that now. I think with national coverage of what paintball truely is would cure the ignorance that so many people have.

[MuckRaker]

I think the only national coverage of paintball I've seen was following the Columbine Massacre, supposedly those two "kids" were into paintball ... and I remember something about that Frozen Paintball thing that was posted earlier ... very isolated incidents ... but the more mainstream something becomes, the more glaring the coverage becomes ...

[TLplus84]

the way that the media puts it..it sounds like all of us who play painbtall today are gonna go out tomorrow and blow up the World Trade Center or something...i just play paintball cuz it's fun and not because i want to become one of Osama bin Laden's followers....we need to get the media involved in the good side of paintball..not hte idiots out there that are shooting grandmas and doing drivebys on neighbor's cars...

[MuckRaker]

hell, i work at the largest newspaper in florida, and I never see anything about paintball in it ... not even in the "Calendar Columns" that run in our regional editions. Like I said, paintball is the best kept secret in the world.

[Devil Man]

thats one thing i dont like about tv its that people always try to find something wrong with something i mean nothing can be perfect you know what i mean?

[TLplus84]

true....but the thing is that paintball has such a bad rep taht a little publicity couldn't hurt it. I mean..all the publicity the sport gets is "three teenagers caused a major pileup after shooting a paintballgun out of one of the kid's cars and causing an accident". Maybe if there was a little publicity on how the sport is REALLY played, then people wont' think so lowly of paintball.

[X]

On a lighter note, everybody is talking about drive-by's targeted at grandmas. Well, my friend and this other guy were out in the guy's front yard playing football (they're 14) All the sudden this really old guy that they never met before drove by in a pickup and shot at them with a paintball gun ! They just screamed and hit the dirt. This wasn't some guy whose mailbox they bashed or something, thay'd never seen him before. True story. Weird, but true :D

Hmmmm...old guy...paintball gun...Say Muckraker, ever been to southern Ohio ? ;)

[TLplus84]

MUCKRAKER how many times did I tell you man...gotta get that Geritol in your system before you hurt someone..LOL..also..how do you make that blue smily face with teh wide eyes and round mouth? i can't figure that out..

[Devil Man]

lol oh man thats good stuff :P i know i cant figure it out either

[MuckRaker]

heh heh heh ... I remember Southern Ohio well ... wait, scratch that ... you didn't hear that ...

:eek: is colon eek colon : eek : no spaces though.

You wanna do something that will put paintball in a positive light ... talk to the owner of the field where you play and ask him to let you help organize a charity tournament, maybe to help the victims of the earthquake in Salvador, or to help United Way, or some other charity ... if you can get that going, then go to the local media and let them in on it.

I'm not sure if just generic coverage of real tournaments would influence the public one way or the other ... but it'd still be fun to watch.

[TLplus84]

yeah good idea..hrmm...SOuth Ohio...Muckraker...hahahah :eek:

[Devil Man]

muck just exactly how many id's do you have??? :eek:

[TLplus84]

watch him be like "too many to count" hahah :eek:...five bucks sez we see him on the next episode of cops...but then we dont' know what he looks like....hrm....oh well....if you're on cops muckraker...just scream "MUCKRAKER" once and well know thats you..hehe :P

[MuckRaker]

Look guys, If I told you my true Identity, I'd have to shoot ya ... :eek:

Another thing ... on this publicity issue ... next time you see a negative story about paintball in a newspaper, you should write a letter to the editor telling why paintball is a safe and legit sport ... keep it short, sweet and simple.

[TLplus84]

haha yeah just be like "YO EDITOR CHECK THIS **** OUT...PAINTBALL DOES NOT GLORIFY WAR AND IS PERFECTLY SAFE...IF YOU THINK SO...IMA COME OVER THERE AND SHOOT YOU WITH MY PAINBALL GUN...:eek:

haha naw but yea...i wrote a letter once...it was left unanswered..

[Devil Man]

that sucks it just shows how when people are wrong about something they dont want to admit to it so that probably why you didnt get a letter back :(

[TLplus84]

yah...i guess that's one more for paintball...hehe so what's the score now? 100000 to 3? :P