Hey, where's the tank? In the handle?
This question floored me. Could this player really, really, truly, not know about 12 grams?
He did not. I had to show him how the marker is pumped, and where to put a 12 gram. He caught on pretty fast, thought it was "cool".
That night I told a teammate about it. He said, "I suppose it's ok to be a dinosaur."
That's a lot of us. Players from the Dark Ages, before the Age of Semi-Autos. Players who don't stand in fill station lines. Tough guys, not scared to be "outgunned". Willing to go up against semis.
At least, for me it's all good. I like the freedom of not lugging around 10 pounds worth of paint and gear. I like the light weight of my few tubes of paintballs and few 12 grams. I never rush filling pods between games.
I'm waiting for the major leagues to open a stock class division.
Send your best stock or pump paintball stories to co2@actionpursuitgames.com. Burnout Buster
By A.B.O.
I almost quit playing. I burned out on the expensive practices, the huge credit card bills. Tired of being yelled at, cursed at. Sick of being accused of cheating (or being told to cheat to keep my
team spot). Well, I decided that I am going to play again--pretty much keeping it to stock class pump play only. I think I enjoy the game more this way. I'm buying a Phantom. Now to just find a pump team that is needing another player.
--A.B.O. (Almost Burned Out) sent this story to CO2 Mail. He has bought a Phantom and is still in the game. When burnout hits, just change the kind of paintball you play. It can bring new life to your game.
Collectors' Corner
Something caught my eye. Someone was selling an "old school marker". Curious, I called to inquire. He told me it was some old marker powered by 12 grams, that it had a short barrel and an aluminum pump arm. It turned out to be an old Brass Eagle Nightmare SB Comp. Thoughts rushed in my head. Ok, so this guy has a Nightmare comp and referred to it as old junk at least five times in every sentence. This might just prove to be a good deal after all. We talked and talked about paintball in general and I told him the old story about me and my friends, and how we started to play paintball and why we still don't even own a semi-auto marker. He was mighty impressed and told me some stories himself. We ended up talking for 15 minutes before we finally came back on track and talked about the Nightmare marker. I bought it without any hesitation. Then I bought the rest of them! Then he said he had some more, plus parts, and a Thunder Pig pump. I bought everything. My kitchen table now looks like a warzone--(and I will restore these Nightmares to their former glory!)--Tony Lindberg
