Anybody play paintball????

psycho nut · September 25, 2005, 05:56 PM

Well, do you? Senarios(sp?) are pretty fun.

MRex21 · September 25, 2005, 06:12 PM

I do.

I also work for TAW Paintball Productions

We also do law enforcement training. Scenario paintball is like no other sport in the world.

Kamicosmos · September 25, 2005, 06:36 PM

I used to. Haven't played in many years. I still have my Tippman Pro-Light out in the garage.

gddyup · September 25, 2005, 07:34 PM

I was playing religiously every week a few years ago but then my son came along and I didn't really have time to get out there anymore. I sold most of my equipment and just haven't had the opportunity or time to do it since.

It's hella fun though..

Dean C · September 25, 2005, 07:48 PM

I can't point a gun at someone for fun.
dean

darkvibe · September 25, 2005, 09:20 PM

^^ thats why the "proper" name for it is a marker, not a gun. Well, according to most people who play.

I play speedball.

perception · September 25, 2005, 09:26 PM

I used to play, I still have my Tippman A-5. I break it out and shoot it occasionally.

xXStarScreamXx · September 25, 2005, 09:34 PM

I do.

I havent ina while but i still have my team boarded angel 4 fly (Joy Division)

coolridelude · September 25, 2005, 10:07 PM

i do i play woodball and scenario games. i play every week for about 3 hours in the 100 degree weather... when i am not at the range i am paintballing. i might have to slow down on paintballing because it eats my ammo money and vice versa. some of the guns(marker) cost about the same as a real gun. expensive.

yorec · September 25, 2005, 10:52 PM

Used to... But it become too "gamey" and I put the marker away. I like sneaking through the brush with the best of 'em, but when it started boiling down to who could throw the most paint the fastest I lost a lot of interest.

MRex21 · September 26, 2005, 12:17 AM

When I was into it big time, I played tournaments and scenario ball. In fact, I took a team to the Police/Fire Olympics. We placed 9th overall. Not too shabby.

I just sold my Nasty Impulse and STO Autococker. Right now, I roll out with a modded Tippmann A5, with electro-trigger. My next marker is going to be an Angel Fly of some sort.

Slateman · September 26, 2005, 07:22 AM

Used to play. Still have my automag around here somewhere. Its just so . . . . danged expensive. Seriously, it was getting to be 50 bucks a day.

Derius_T · September 26, 2005, 11:49 AM

Kamicosmos wrote:

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I still have my Tippman Pro-Light out in the garage.

Me too. I can't believe how much money I spent on every single mod you could get for it at the time. I think every concievable working piece has been modded or upgraded. It USED to be the top gun in its day. Really bummed me out when they made you chrono in at 300fps for tourney play.

Now its not even as good as some of the rental guns.

But with my current physical probs, its impossible to play anymore. I still have goggles, masks, cases of balls, all kinds of stuff around here.

We even went to a local welding shop and got a HUGE used acetalyne (sp?) tank and kept it filled with co2, and had all the hookups to fill all size bottles. We still have that too.

Doug.38PR · September 26, 2005, 01:45 PM

I went only once. Too bad I don't have time for it again. It sure was a lot of fun. But man o man. There are a lot of adults (?) out there in the field who are a little...too into it. Act almost like these "militia" (?) nuts.

Trip20 · September 26, 2005, 02:26 PM

I saw a vid of a guy who had some deal like a muzzle break on the end of his setup that would make the paintball curve in all directions depending on where he twisted the muzzle break doohicky. He was able to hit things that were behind trees and such by making it curve around.

I thought that was pretty neat - but kind of cheating!

Twycross · September 26, 2005, 02:28 PM

I've done it once or twice, but that's it.

psycho nut · September 26, 2005, 06:57 PM

Quote:

I saw a vid of a guy who had some deal like a muzzle break on the end of his setup that would make the paintball curve in all directions depending on where he twisted the muzzle break doohicky. He was able to hit things that were behind trees and such by making it curve around.

BT makes something like that, I would consider it cheating. Unless everyone had one.

Trip20 · September 26, 2005, 07:13 PM

Found the video!

*Don't click on this link if your at work. The video is in good taste but I think a banner add or two might get ya in trouble.

Slateman · September 26, 2005, 08:04 PM

Yea that thing is based on the original flatline barrel. Good to see that the technology has improved cus that original flatline was a pain in the butt to install on a Tippman 98.

Gangrene · September 26, 2005, 11:26 PM

Well, I've been lurking on this site for a week now I figure I might as well post something.

Paintball is a great game! The woods games and scenarios where you have to stalk or out-maneuver your opponents make for fantastic fun. Its healthy too. Knowing you will get a big welt when hit really adds to the motivation to move. The only thing I don't like about paintball is speedball. No offense to anyone who may like it, but that has got to be the worst way to play. Its mostly twitch with little strategy.

Hey MRex21, thanks for the link. I have been looking for a non-speedball field reasonabley close to the bay area. I will have to check that out some time.

SAXD9 · September 28, 2005, 03:27 AM

I was really into paintball a few years ago, but it got too expensive. I noticed recently that cases of paint are way cheaper than they were, and I'm trying to find some interested folks for some woods games.
I still have a Spyder TL Plus, converted to low pressure, 2 co2 tanks, my mask with a cpu fan I added to keep it de-fogged, and a harness with 4 150rd ball haulers.

Vitamin G · September 29, 2005, 06:33 PM

Played NPPL and PSP in 2004. Been to Denver, IAO, Chicago Open, Philly, Huntington Beach, The Ultimate Madness indoor, and a host of others.

Then I got into real guns...

chris in va · October 2, 2005, 03:12 PM

I played every weekend for a while. But like yorec said, the 'woodsball' games got taken over by the 14 year olds with the daddy-bought $1000 electros and suddenly it wasn't fun anymore.

I do enjoy sneaking around in the woods though.

MRex21 · October 2, 2005, 05:13 PM

You guys really need to try scenario paintball. It's a whole different animal. It's head and shoulders above the spray and pray tournament ball. There's scads of companies down south that run these games on weekends. Wayne Dollack's is one of them. I think Viper, and MXS also do southern games.

Hollywood D · October 2, 2005, 05:22 PM

There was a paintball shop here but it went out of business. The owner used to set up a game every weekend out in the woods or wherever. Was a lot of fun. Got expensive though. Trying to put tactics to work was the funnest part, plus you have to keep moving to try and not get hit.

September 25, 2005, 05:56 PM	#1
psycho nut Senior Member Join Date: June 3, 2005 Location: Nebraska Posts: 480	Anybody play paintball???? Well, do you? Senarios(sp?) are pretty fun. __________________ I can't spel.

September 25, 2005, 06:36 PM	#3
Kamicosmos Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 2002 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 193	I used to. Haven't played in many years. I still have my Tippman Pro-Light out in the garage. __________________ "Dreams only have meaning because we struggle in the waking world." -- Major Motoko Kusanagi GitS:SAC Member of NRA and Western Missouri Shooters Alliance

September 25, 2005, 07:34 PM	#4
gddyup Senior Member Join Date: July 22, 2005 Location: Derry, NH Posts: 219	I was playing religiously every week a few years ago but then my son came along and I didn't really have time to get out there anymore. I sold most of my equipment and just haven't had the opportunity or time to do it since. It's hella fun though.. __________________ Firefighter/EMT - Currently teamed on Engine 1... I always get to play with my Knob! "Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from poor judgement" - Unknown. "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life." - Robert A. Heinlein

September 25, 2005, 09:34 PM	#8
xXStarScreamXx Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2005 Location: Nor*Cal 707 Posts: 353	I do. I havent ina while but i still have my team boarded angel 4 fly (Joy Division) __________________ I still don't see why cannibalism is a crime.

September 25, 2005, 10:07 PM	#9
coolridelude Senior Member Join Date: February 26, 2005 Location: TX Posts: 411	i do i play woodball and scenario games. i play every week for about 3 hours in the 100 degree weather... when i am not at the range i am paintballing. i might have to slow down on paintballing because it eats my ammo money and vice versa. some of the guns(marker) cost about the same as a real gun. expensive. Last edited by coolridelude; September 25, 2005 at 11:39 PM.

September 25, 2005, 06:12 PM	#2
MRex21 Junior member Join Date: August 26, 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 178	I do. I also work for TAW Paintball Productions We also do law enforcement training. Scenario paintball is like no other sport in the world.

September 25, 2005, 07:48 PM	#5
Dean C Senior Member Join Date: June 13, 2004 Location: Mill Creek (Just north east of Seattle) Posts: 343	I can't point a gun at someone for fun. dean

September 25, 2005, 09:20 PM	#6
darkvibe Senior Member Join Date: September 16, 2005 Posts: 104	^^ thats why the "proper" name for it is a marker, not a gun. Well, according to most people who play. I play speedball.

September 25, 2005, 09:26 PM	#7
perception Senior Member Join Date: March 9, 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 421	I used to play, I still have my Tippman A-5. I break it out and shoot it occasionally.

September 25, 2005, 10:52 PM	#10
yorec Senior Member Join Date: February 2, 2000 Location: Wyoming Posts: 2,328	Used to... But it become too "gamey" and I put the marker away. I like sneaking through the brush with the best of 'em, but when it started boiling down to who could throw the most paint the fastest I lost a lot of interest. __________________ What part of "... shall not be infringed..." don't you understand?

September 26, 2005, 12:17 AM	#11
MRex21 Junior member Join Date: August 26, 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 178	When I was into it big time, I played tournaments and scenario ball. In fact, I took a team to the Police/Fire Olympics. We placed 9th overall. Not too shabby. I just sold my Nasty Impulse and STO Autococker. Right now, I roll out with a modded Tippmann A5, with electro-trigger. My next marker is going to be an Angel Fly of some sort.

September 26, 2005, 07:22 AM	#12
Slateman Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2005 Location: Northern VA Posts: 323	Used to play. Still have my automag around here somewhere. Its just so . . . . danged expensive. Seriously, it was getting to be 50 bucks a day.

September 26, 2005, 01:45 PM	#14
Doug.38PR Junior member Join Date: January 18, 2005 Posts: 3,298	I went only once. Too bad I don't have time for it again. It sure was a lot of fun. But man o man. There are a lot of adults (?) out there in the field who are a little...too into it. Act almost like these "militia" (?) nuts.

September 26, 2005, 02:26 PM	#15
Trip20 Senior Member Join Date: March 21, 2005 Posts: 2,181	I saw a vid of a guy who had some deal like a muzzle break on the end of his setup that would make the paintball curve in all directions depending on where he twisted the muzzle break doohicky. He was able to hit things that were behind trees and such by making it curve around. I thought that was pretty neat - but kind of cheating!

September 26, 2005, 02:28 PM	#16
Twycross Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 1,187	I've done it once or twice, but that's it. __________________ The test of character is not 'hanging in' when you expect light at the end of the tunnel, but performance of duty, and persistence of example when you know no light is coming. - Vice Admiral James Stockdale, USN (ret.)

September 26, 2005, 07:13 PM	#18
Trip20 Senior Member Join Date: March 21, 2005 Posts: 2,181	Found the video! *Don't click on this link if your at work. The video is in good taste but I think a banner add or two might get ya in trouble.

September 26, 2005, 08:04 PM	#19
Slateman Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2005 Location: Northern VA Posts: 323	Yea that thing is based on the original flatline barrel. Good to see that the technology has improved cus that original flatline was a pain in the butt to install on a Tippman 98.

September 26, 2005, 11:26 PM	#20
Gangrene Junior Member Join Date: September 21, 2005 Location: bay area, CA Posts: 1	Well, I've been lurking on this site for a week now I figure I might as well post something. Paintball is a great game! The woods games and scenarios where you have to stalk or out-maneuver your opponents make for fantastic fun. Its healthy too. Knowing you will get a big welt when hit really adds to the motivation to move. The only thing I don't like about paintball is speedball. No offense to anyone who may like it, but that has got to be the worst way to play. Its mostly twitch with little strategy. Hey MRex21, thanks for the link. I have been looking for a non-speedball field reasonabley close to the bay area. I will have to check that out some time. __________________ Gangrene

September 28, 2005, 03:27 AM	#21
SAXD9 Member Join Date: September 8, 2005 Location: NW North Carolina Posts: 85	I was really into paintball a few years ago, but it got too expensive. I noticed recently that cases of paint are way cheaper than they were, and I'm trying to find some interested folks for some woods games. I still have a Spyder TL Plus, converted to low pressure, 2 co2 tanks, my mask with a cpu fan I added to keep it de-fogged, and a harness with 4 150rd ball haulers. __________________ ~GhostDog~ Springfield Armory XD-9 Service Model/Winchester Ranger SXT 127gr +P+ JHP Beretta 21A .22LR/ CCI Quik-Shoks Norinco SKS/ Wolf 7.62x39 FMJ

September 29, 2005, 06:33 PM	#22
Vitamin G Senior Member Join Date: May 25, 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 307	Played NPPL and PSP in 2004. Been to Denver, IAO, Chicago Open, Philly, Huntington Beach, The Ultimate Madness indoor, and a host of others. Then I got into real guns...

October 2, 2005, 03:12 PM	#23
chris in va Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2004 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 13,806	I played every weekend for a while. But like yorec said, the 'woodsball' games got taken over by the 14 year olds with the daddy-bought $1000 electros and suddenly it wasn't fun anymore. I do enjoy sneaking around in the woods though.

October 2, 2005, 05:13 PM	#24
MRex21 Junior member Join Date: August 26, 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 178	You guys really need to try scenario paintball. It's a whole different animal. It's head and shoulders above the spray and pray tournament ball. There's scads of companies down south that run these games on weekends. Wayne Dollack's is one of them. I think Viper, and MXS also do southern games.

October 2, 2005, 05:22 PM	#25
Hollywood D Member Join Date: September 30, 2005 Location: Wyoming Posts: 60	There was a paintball shop here but it went out of business. The owner used to set up a game every weekend out in the woods or wherever. Was a lot of fun. Got expensive though. Trying to put tactics to work was the funnest part, plus you have to keep moving to try and not get hit. __________________ Give me 3 stacks of High Society Springfield XD-40