How did you first learn about paintballing?

[Thor the Mighty]

I was wondering because i was replying to the thread "how popular is paintball in your neck of the woods?" and it, for some odd reason made me think of when i first heard of paintball.

the fist time i heard about paintball was in 5th grade, when my friend was talking about going with his friend but he was going to get a spyder (which i thought was a gun that looked like a spyder) and just go for a weekend. two years later, i finally tried it out, and it got me hooked. sadly, though, my mom wouldn't let me go, but once a year with my youth group (we use friggin maverics) but it is fun.

[Creek]

1985 was the frist year i heard about paintball

[Thor the Mighty]

holy ****! when did you start playing?

[Creek]

played in 85 and 86 then I moved started back up on and off after that and then 1999 I got into it again when I got settle in my job

[Thor the Mighty]

that is awesome! do you have any old school guns?

[elTwitcho]

In the newspaper, about 4 years ago

[Creek]

I have a golden eagle by brass eagle,semi aroud when they was frist coming out with it,was 1989 I got it I think. Its a piece of crap too what they have out now but back then it was a good marker.

[Thor the Mighty]

awesome! i went to a pomona swap meet a few months ago, and there was a ghetto style paintball gun with the 45 round hopper, 12gram cartrages, and the works! The guy said it was from 1978!

[Creek]

the 45 round hopper I am not too sure when it came out,we used to use 15 round tubes carry 3 too 5 of them.

[Thor the Mighty]

yeah, i've heard of that. pretty cool. i wish it was still like that, with pump and them little tubes, and no electro (nothing against them) markers because they shoot too fast.

[Richy_C]

Originally posted by Thor the Mighty
awesome! i went to a pomona swap meet a few months ago, and there was a ghetto style paintball gun with the 45 round hopper, 12gram cartrages, and the works! The guy said it was from 1978!

em, that wouldn't have been a paintball marker,

i picked up a magazine 3 years ago, bought more, for got about them , and got into actually playing last august

[Thor the Mighty]

then what was it?

[Richy_C]

was it from 1987? if not it was a cow marker, or a lumber marker, but it would be a pball marker if it was 1987, not 1978

[Thor the Mighty]

78, 87, what's the difference?

you are probably right, he is a goon

[Killers Are Quiet]

bout 9 yrs:)

first heard about it 4 yrs ago, never tried it til 1-2 yrs ago, hooked ever since

[dawgs712]

pball markers were first made in 81. couldnt have been 78

[Thor the Mighty]

they started marking cows around 78

[Warner]

Like everything else, my brother told me about it. This was 4 years ago.