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    Even though I have to buy a new barrel and stock (plus I'm getting a laser sight!) it's still cheaper.
    Ummm ... given the average accuracy of a paintball gun, why on earth would you bother with a laser sight? I mean, I've played a lot of PB, and I can tell you that after a few hours your barrel is so fouled no amount of brushing and cleaning is going to restore your aim. I've been known to simply run up and start pumping rounds into an opponent from five feet away. It gets that bad.

    I've never played pro or semi-pro, but I've played a lot. Talk to your teammates. Flank the opponent. Work as a team = win, pretend you're John Rambo = lose.

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    Buy lots of paintballs, smoke grenades, wear your own camo gear and belt kit; and, for the love of God, a decent pair of boots.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
    Ummm ... given the average accuracy of a paintball gun, why on earth would you bother with a laser sight?.
    hence "New Barrel". firing without being able to aim really pissed me off, because i can be really accurate if i have some form of sights. unfortunately this gun came with iron sights that are blocked by the bolt.
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    PI, maybe the new barrel really does fix the accuracy problem, but here's how it goes in my experience:
    • You start to play, and you can aim reliably out to roughly fifty feet, depending on wind.
    • After an hour or two, a round bursts in the chamber.
    • From then on, unless you take a break and completely disassemble and clean the gun, your accurate aiming range becomes more like ten feet. Sometimes less.

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    Meh. The crowd that plays it (Well, that I've seen; I've done it three times) are often both excessively aggressive and take it way too seriously.
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    yes i take paintball combat very seriously.

    When I played it, at breaktime they spent the whole of their break discussing how similar their paintball guns were to actual weapons, and how videos they'd seen on Youtube of actual combat were SO AWESOME. And the cost of paintballs is extortionate.

    However if that's your thing...go for it. That's just my personal opinion, so if you like it, keep doing it.

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    Played it several times a few years back, it's been a while though.

    Rule #1: Never play with anybody who has their own guns. These people are waaaayyyy too serious about it.
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    I'll second and third that last bit. People who take the game seriously tend to live in their mama's basements while the neighbors' dog tells them to kill. Never, ever play unless you have enough friends to lock out a field for your own crew.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
    Never, ever play unless you have enough friends to lock out a field for your own crew.
    And this is where the fun lies in the game. The smack talk/war stories aspect make it really great. You don't get this when the players don't know each other, and you have to deal with a lot of jackholes. There is a lot of similarity between paintball and multiplayer video games. LAN play is great, online play not so much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by drone View Post
    Played it several times a few years back, it's been a while though.

    Rule #1: Never play with anybody who has their own guns. These people are waaaayyyy too serious about it.
    I had to buy my own gun back in the day because there wasn't a paintball arena within a five hundred mile radius of where I lived. Tippman 98 custom, the AK47 of the paintball world, was perfect for woodsball anyway. Makes me want to dig it out of storage, good memories.

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    Sounds like fun, PI. I used to play A LOT back in the day in woods, abandoned houses, etc. You name it and we played there. I got out of it when I realized that I was spending 600+ customizing my gun and my friends started to play semi pro and the guys playing semi pro weren't people I wanted to associate myself with.

    Have fun though! I started with a spyder with a freak kit (it's been so long, but I'm assuming this stuff still exists) and moved towards a customized impulse with an eye, sticky grips, and custom barrels.

    BTW: Listen to Lemur as he is completely correct in what he is saying. I'd also highly recommend doning many layers of clothes and playing when you get a lot of snow.



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    Quote Originally Posted by drone View Post
    Rule #1: Never play with anybody who has their own guns. These people are waaaayyyy too serious about it.
    Hehe, that is basically every non-nerd teen here, down in the South of US (Northwest Florida to be precise). Back when my parents used to force me to go to the local Baptist Church with them, practically half of "Bible Study" was spent discussing and planning the next paintball meet-up, going over how “awesum” the last ones were and what sorts of guns & modifications to those guns each kid had.

    Paintball is a splendid game, but I avoid it like the plague here. Wrong types of people play it in the South. All of my close friends are nerds, and they are the only group of teens worth spending time with here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus View Post
    Hehe, that is basically every non-nerd teen here, down in the South of US (Northwest Florida to be precise). Back when my parents used to force me to go to the local Baptist Church with them, practically half of "Bible Study" was spent discussing and planning the next paintball meet-up, going over how “awesum” the last ones were and what sorts of guns & modifications to those guns each kid had.

    Paintball is a splendid game, but I avoid it like the plague here. Wrong types of people play it in the South. All of my close friends are nerds, and they are the only group of teens worth spending time with here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Subotan View Post
    When I played it, at breaktime they spent the whole of their break discussing how similar their paintball guns were to actual weapons, and how videos they'd seen on Youtube of actual combat were SO AWESOME. And the cost of paintballs is extortionate.

    However if that's your thing...go for it. That's just my personal opinion, so if you like it, keep doing it.
    meh, id never do that kind of thing. im in it for the fun. and the coolness. oh god im turning into one of them!!!

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    Rule #1: Never play with anybody who has their own guns, unless they are under $200.These people are waaaayyyy too serious about it.

    fix'd.

    i dont believe in spending several hundred bucks on a recreational activity. i mean, if someone were to go pro, and make a living off of it, I see nothing wrong with spending your extra cash on gun modifications instead of an xbox.

    basically, you dont buy a suit of medieval armor to play DnD, you don't buy full padding, helmet, and uniforms playing backyard football, you dont buy paintball guns over $200 for non-pro paintball.

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    basically, you dont buy a suit of medieval armor to play DnD,
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    Paintball is fun with friends. There, I've restated everything that's been said on the thread.

    I haven't played too much of it. My greatest memories are of breaking the rules and getting away with it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Subotan View Post
    When I played it, at breaktime they spent the whole of their break discussing how similar their paintball guns were to actual weapons, and how videos they'd seen on Youtube of actual combat were SO AWESOME. And the cost of paintballs is extortionate.

    However if that's your thing...go for it. That's just my personal opinion, so if you like it, keep doing it.
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